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Here are theWeeklyTop-10 Rankings for all four Tiers of 12 man high school football in Alberta and the 6-man rankings as well for the 2016 season. These rankings will come out every Saturday night (except for Labor Day kickoff)from now up until November5.
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.
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WEEK #6 - 2016
October 8, 2016
Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)
Rank*School & RecordCity/TownLast Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1)St. Francis (4-0) Calgarydid not play(next vs. Notre Dame)
2(2)Bev Facey (7-0)Sherwood Parkbeat Salisbury 49-3 (next vs. Austin O’Brien)
3(3)Notre Dame (3-0)Calgarybeat William Aberhart31-1 (next vs. St. Francis)
4(4)Harry Ainlay (7-0) Edmontonbeat Austin O’Brien33-6 (next vs. Paul Kane)
5(5)L.C.I. (4-2) Lethbridgebeat Bishop O’Byrne44-5 (next vs. Catholic Central)
6(6)Henry Wise Wood (4-1)Calgarybeat Churchill/Bowness50-0 (next week BYE)
7(7)Notre Dame (5-0)Red Deerdid not play(next vs. Hunting Hills)
8(8)Spruce Grove (3-2)Spruce Grovedid not play (next vs. Jasper Place)
9(9)Centennial (3-1)Calgarybeat St. Mary’s35-6 (next vs. Robert Thirsk)
10(10)Raymond(3-3) Raymondbeat Cardston32-7 (next vs. Holy Trinity (OKO))
* last weeks rank in parentheses.
Tier II (School Pop. 750-1249)
Rank*School & RecordCity/TownLast Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1)St. Joseph’s (7-1)Grande Prairiedid not play (next vs. Sexsmith)
2(2)Foothills (3-2)Okotoksbeat Holy Trinity (OKO)47-7 (next vs. Rundle College)
3(3)Hunting Hills (3-2)Red Deerdid not play (next vs. Notre Dame (RD))
4(6)Springbank (4-0)Springbankbeat Chestermere 42-2 (next vs. Cochrane)
5(7)Medicine Hat (5-1)Medicine Hatbeat Rundle College 39-8 (next vs. Crescent Heights)
6(9)Catholic Central (5-1) Lethbridgebeat Winston Churchill 42-14 (next vs. L.C.I.)
7(4)St. Mary’s (3-1)Calgarylost to Centennial6-35 (next vs. Bishop O’Byrne)
8(5)Austin O’Brien (3-3)Edmontonlost to Harry Ainlay6-33 (next vs. Bev Facey)
9(8)Lloydminster (4-2) Lloydminsterlost to Holy Rosary0-41 (next week BYE)
10(10)Lacombe (2-3)Lacombedid not play (next vs. Lindsay Thurber)
* last weeks rank in parentheses.
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Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)
Rank*School & RecordCity/TownLast Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1)Cochrane (4-0)Cochranebeat Bert Church 87-7 (next vs. Springbank)
2(2)Holy Rosary (7-0)Lloydminsterbeat Lloydminster41-0(next week BYE)
3(4) Sylvan Lake (4-0-1) Sylvan Lakebeat Stettler 15-14 (next vs. Drayton Valley)
4(5)Crescent Heights (5-1)Medicine Hatbeat Strathmore 48-27 (next vs. Medicine Hat)
5(6)Bonnyville(5-1) Bonnyvillebeat St. Paul63-8 (next vs. Wainwright)
6(3)Cardston (3-3) Cardstonlost to Raymond 7-32 (next vs. Winston Churchill)
7(7)Stettler (4-1)Stettlerlost to Sylvan Lake 14-15 (next vs. West Central)
8(8)Holy Trinity (3-0)Fort McMurraybeat Fort McMurray Public42-6 (next vs. Father Mercredi)
9(9)Strathmore (3-2)Strathmorelost to Crescent Heights 27-48 (next vs. McCoy)
10(-)Brooks (2-3)Brooksbeat McCoy 26-0 (next vs. W.H. Croxford & Drumheller)
Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)
Rank*School & RecordCity/TownLast Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1)Sexsmith (7-0)Sexsmithbeat Valleyview35-14 (next vs. St. Joseph’s)
2(2)W.R. Myers (5-0)Taberbeat Highwood 52-0 (next vs. Willow Creek)
3(3)Ardrossan (3-1-1)Ardrossanbeat Leduc46-0 (next vs. Strathcona)
4(5)Willow Creek (4-1)Claresholmbeat Chinook 37-20 (next vs. W.R. Myers)
5(4)Valleyview (6-1) Valleyview lost to Sexsmith14-35 (next week BYE)
6(6)Bow Valley (2-2)Cochranelost to W.H. Croxford 12-19 (next vs. Chestermere)
7(7)St. Paul (3-3)St. Paullost to Bonnyville8-63 (next vs. Cold Lake)
8(9) Cold Lake (4-2) Cold Lakebeat Wainwright 27-7 (next vs. St. Paul)
9(8)Wainwright (2-4)Wainwrightlost to Cold Lake 7-27 (next vs. Bonnyville)
10(10)Drumheller (3-4)Drumhellerlost to George McDougall 2-14 beat Pincher Creek 20-15 (next vs. Brooks)
6-Man
Rank*School & RecordCity/TownLast Week Result and Upcoming opponent
1(1)St. Joseph's (5-0)Brooksbeat Heritage Christian 72-0 (next vs. Holy Cross)
2(2)Millwoods Christian (4-0)Edmontonbeat Ecole Descrochers 30-0 (next vs. Holy Redeemer)
3(3)Rimbey (3-1)Rimbeydid not play (next vs. Caroline)
4(4)Buck Mountain (4-0)Buck Lakedid not play (next vs. Breton)
5(6)J.C Charyk (3-1)Hannabeat Provost 102-12 (next vs. OLMP)
6(8)Holy Redeemer (3-1)Edsonbeat Breton 64-56 (next vs. Millwoods Christian)
7(5)Breton (4-1)Bretonlost to Holy Redeemer 64-56 (next vs. Buck Mountain)
8(7)Sedgewick (4-1)Sedgewickbeat Holy Cross 88-19 (next week BYE)
9(9)Redwater (2-2)Redwaterbeat Harry Collinge 49-6 (next vs. Assumption)
10(10)Oscar Romero (2-2)Edmonton beat Assumption50-38(next vs.Ecole Desrochers)
GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:
Tier I
#3 Notre Dame Prideat#1St. Francis Browns
Thursday, October13, 6:30 p.m., McMahon Stadium (Calgary)
This one always falls under Game of the Year type material, as arguably the hottest high school football rivalry in Canada take place this Thursday between the Browns and the Pride. As happened last year the expected crowd of anywhere between 3000-5000 has forced a move from Shouldice Park to McMahon Stadium to serve the rabid fan bases for both programs that require an entire section of the stadium to sit empty between them. For a team that hadn’t lost in close to four seasons, the Pride lost three times last year, but only to one team. In three hard fought classics the Browns beat them in the regular season, the Calgary City Final, and the ASAA Provincial Tier I Final – all by 10 points or less. This year both teams are off to their usual stellar start with defense being both teams calling cards. The Browns have given up only 6 points so far (and that was a month ago vs. LCI), and the Pride have given up a mere 16 over the same time period. McMahon has 35, 000 seats so it won’t sell out, but I wouldn’t be late for this one….and choose which side you sit on wisely .
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