PRESS RELEASE
FROM: FOOTBALL ALBERTA
RE: PROVINCIAL RANKINGS FOR ALBERTA HIGH SCHOOLS
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Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all four Tier’s of high school football in Alberta for the 2012 season. These rankings will come out every Sunday (except for Labor Day kickoff) from now up until Nov. 4.
The teams are slotted into Tiers based on their estimated school size, which may change once official counts are known at the end of September. Please note that games vs. US opponents, or tournaments are not taken into consideration for ranking or listed in the overall record of the schools due to too many variables and inconsistent rules for those games.
Should you have any questions about the rankings or listed teams please contact Football Alberta at (780)427-8108 or check out our website at www.footballalberta.ab.ca.
Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)
Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1) Spruce Grove (3-0) Spruce Grove beat Olds 62-10 (next vs. Lord Beaverbrook)
2(2) Notre Dame (2-0) Calgary beat Centennial 38-0 (next vs. Henry Wise Wood)
3(3) Bev Facey (3-0) Sherwood Park beat Ardrossan 56-7 (next vs. Archbishop Jordan & Austin O’Brien)
4(4) Salisbury (3-0) Sherwood Park did not play (next vs. Paul Kane & St. Albert)
5(5) Henry Wise Wood (3-0) Calgary beat St. Francis 17-7 & Ross Sheppard 38-8 (next vs. Notre Dame)
6(6) Harry Ainlay (3-1) Edmonton beat Bishop O’Byrne 28-14 (next vs. L.C.I.)
7(7) St. Francis (1-1) Calgary lost to Henry Wise Wood 7-17 (next vs. Bishop O’Byrne)
8(8) Jasper Place (2-1) Edmonton beat Foothills 20-0 (next week BYE)
9(9) Notre Dame (2-0-1) Red Deer tied Hunting Hills 35-35 (next vs. Wetaskiwin)
10(10) L.C.I. (1-1) Lethbridge lost to Catholic Central 28-31(next vs. Harry Ainlay)
* last weeks rank in parentheses.
Tier II (School Pop. 750-1249)
Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1) Catholic Central (4-0) Lethbridge beat L.C.I. 31-28 (next vs. Willow Creek)
2(5) St. Joseph’s (4-0) Grande Prairie beat Valleyview 58-6 (next vs. Grande Prairie)
3(4) Austin O’Brien (3-1) Edmonton beat Paul Kane 17-14 (next vs. St. Albert & Bev Facey)
4(2) Foothills (3-1) Okotoks lost to Jasper Place 0-20 (next vs. Holy Trinity Academy)
5(3) Holy Trinity Aca. (2-2) Okotoks lost to Raymond 13-16 (next vs. Foothills)
6(6) St. Mary’s (2-1) Calgary lost to Peace River 20-35 & beat St. Timothy’s 47-0 (next vs. Forest Lawn)
7(7) Sylvan Lake (2-2) Sylvan Lake beat Lindsay Thurber 17-14 (next vs. Lacombe)
8(8) Hunting Hills (2-0-1) Red Deer tied Notre Dame 35-35 (next vs. Lindsay Thurber)
9(9) Lloydminster (3-1) Lloydminster beat Cold Lake 25-22 (next vs. Wainwright)
10(10) Bishop Carroll (2-0) Calgary beat Lord Beaverbrook 24-21 (next vs. John G. Diefenbaker)
* last weeks rank in parentheses.
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Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)
Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1) Stettler (3-0) Stettler beat West Central 34-7 (next vs. Ponoka)
2(2) Crescent Heights (4-0) Medicine Hat beat McCoy 42-0 (next vs. Brooks)
3(3) Cochrane (3-1) Cochrane beat Springbank 29-10 (next vs. George McDougall)
4(4) St. Paul (4-0) St. Paul beat Bonnyville 50-20 (next vs. Bonnyville)
5(5) Rundle College (3-0) Calgary beat Willow Creek 22-2 (next vs. Highwood)
6(6) Peace River (2-2) Peace River beat St. Mary’s 35-20 & lost to Grande Prairie 17-28 (next vs. Peace Wapiti)
7(7) Winston Churchill (1-2) Lethbridge beat Chinook 31-0 (next vs. Cardston)
8(8) St. Albert (2-1) St. Albert beat Bellerose 14-13 (next vs. Austin O’Brien & Salisbury)
9(10) Cardston (3-2) Cardston beat Dr. E.P. Scarlett 24-0 & Drumheller 52-7 (next vs. Winston Churchill)
10(-) Brooks (3-1) Brooks beat W.R. Myers 22-0 (next vs. Crescent Heights)
* - last weeks rank in parentheses.
Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)
Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(3) Pincher Creek (4-0) Pincher Creek beat Kate Andrews 29-10 (next vs. W.R. Myers)
2(5) Holy Rosary (3-1) Lloydminster beat Wainwright 36-0 (next vs. Cold Lake)
3(1) Drumheller (3-1) Drumheller lost to Cardston 7-52 (next vs. Bowness)
4(2) Ardrossan (1-2) Ardrossan lost to Bev Facey 7-56 (next vs. Archbishop O’Leary & Paul Kane)
5(10) Vermilion (3-0) Vermilion beat Westlock 62-6 (next vs. Vegreville)
6(6) Sexsmith (0-1) Sexsmith did not play (next vs. Whitecourt)
7(4) Willow Creek (1-2) Claresholm lost to Rundle College 2-22 (next vs. Catholic Central)
8(7) Kate Andrews (2-2) Coaldale lost to Pincher Creek 10-29 (next week BYE)
9(8) West Central (1-2) Rocky Mtn. Hs. lost to Stettler 7-34 (next vs. Camrose)
10(9) St. Timothy’s (1-1) Cochrane lost to St. Mary’s 0-47 (next vs. Ernest Manning)
*- last weeks rank in parentheses.
GAME OF THE WEEK:
Tier I
#2 Notre Dame Pride at #5 Henry Wise Wood Warriors
Friday, Sept. 28, 6:00 p.m., Encana Field at Shouldice Park (Calgary)
Another week another beauty in the Calgary area. Fresh off their hard fought victory over the tough St. Francis Browns, #5 Henry Wise Wood gets to poke at another hornets nest with the #2 ranked Notre Dame Pride next on the menu. The Pride have been beacon of excellence over the past decade and in two games have outscored their opponents 88-0 while the Warriors are the most consistent top 10 team in Calgary. It’s still relatively early on in the season but both teams should be at full running capacity this Friday making this a must watch game.
Tier II
#4 Foothills Falcons at #5 Holy Trinity Academy Knights
Friday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Academy Field (Okotoks)
The Battle of Okotoks is upon us. We used to have to wait until Provincials for this game to possibly occur but now with both Tier II powerhouses in the same league it’s a red letter day Okotoks every year. The town of 25,000 may be dwarfed by the big cities but nowhere else is there a community this size in the province where you find two excellent teams of this caliber just a few blocks apart. The Knights started the year ranked #1 but have fallen to #5 with two tough losses in the past two weeks while the Falcons have soared up the charts with impressive victories each week until last weeks loss to Tier I Jasper Place. Either way these two teams are loaded for bear and should put on a fireworks show this week. Friday night lights indeed!
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