Football Alberta HS – Rankings for all 4 tiers – Week 3

Picture: Harry Ainlay versus Foothills

Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1) Raymond (3-0) Raymond beat Cardston 21-0 (next week BYE)
2(2) Bev Facey (4-0) Sherwood Park beat Archbishop Jordan 54-0 (next vs. Bellerose)
3(3) Notre Dame (1-0) Calgary beat Western Canada 31-3 (vs. Bishop O’Byrne)

4(4) Harry Ainlay (1-0) Edmonton beat Foothills 45-8 (next vs. Ross Sheppard)
5(5) L.C.I. (2-0) Lethbridge beat Bishop O’Bryne 27-26 and Kellogg, ID 28-7 (next vs. Winston Churchill)
6(6) Jasper Place (1-0) Edmonton did not play (next vs. McNally)
7(7) Spruce Grove (2-0) Edmonton did not play (next vs. Strathcona)
8(8) Henry Wise Wood (1-0) Calgary beat St. Francis 15-14 (next vs. Bowness)
9(9) Salisbury (1-1) Sherwood Park lost to Bainbridge Island, WA 18-41 (next vs. Austin O’Brien)
10(-) Bowness (1-0) Calgary beat Lord Beaverbrook 21-15 (next vs. Henry Wise Wood)

Tier II (School Pop. 750-1249)

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1) Foothills (3-1) Okotoks lost to Harry Ainlay 8-45 (next vs. Dr. E.P. Scarlett)
2(2) St. Mary’s (1-0) Calgary beat Crescent Heights 19-13 (next vs. Bishop Grandin)
3(3) St. Josephs (4-0) Grande Prairie beat Valleyview 24-7 (next vs. Peace River)
4(4) Hunting Hills (3-0) Red Deer beat Stettler 30-7 (next vs. Wetaskiwin)
5(5) Holy Trinity Aca. (3-0) Okotoks beat Brooks 35-7 (next vs. Highwood)
6(8) Catholic Central (2-1) Lethbridge beat Winston Churchill 31-13 (next vs. Cardston)
7(-) Camrose (2-0) Camrose did not play (next vs. West Central)
8(-) Medicine Hat (2-1) Medicine Hat beat McCoy 48-14 (next vs. Brooks)
9(6) Austin O’Brien (1-3) Edmonton lost to St. Albert 6-21 (next vs. Salisbury)
10(7) Bert Church (1-1) Airdrie lost to Cochrane 7-43 (next vs. Chestermere)

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1) Cochrane (2-0) Cochrane beat Bert Church 43-7 (next vs. George McDougall)
2(2) Peace River (3-0) Peace River beat Sexsmith 60-14 (next vs. St. Josephs)
3(4) Crescent Heights (3-1) Medicine Hat beat Innisfail 64-6 (next vs. McCoy)
4(5) Cold Lake (2-0) Cold Lake beat Westlock 22-6 (next vs. St. Paul)
5(6) St. Paul (2-0) St. Paul beat Athabasca 69-20 (next vs. Cold Lake)
6(10) Cardston (3-3) Cardston beat W.R. Myers 51-6 and lost to Raymond 0-21 (next vs. Catholic Central)
7(8) Sylvan Lake (2-2) Sylvan Lake beat Wetaskiwin 30-12 (next vs. Notre Dame)
8(7) Stettler (1-1-1) Stettler lost to Hunting Hills 7-30 (next vs. Lindsay Thurber)
9(-) Bishop Carroll (1-0) Calgary beat Sir Winston Churchill 34-13 (next vs. Ernest Manning)
10(9) W.R. Myers (1-2) Taber lost to Cardston 6-51 (next vs. Pincher Creek)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1) Holy Rosary (2-0) Lloydminster did not play (next vs. Vermilion)
2(2) Rundle College (2-1) Calgary beat Strathmore 49-0 (next vs. Olds)
3(3) Willow Creek (3-0) Claresholm beat Chinook 43-0 (next vs. Kate Andrews)
4(4) Kate Andrews (1-0) Coaldale beat Pincher Creek 46-0 (next vs. Willow Creek)
5(6) West Central (2-0-1) Rocky Mtn. Hs. beat Notre Dame 31-13 (next vs. Camrose)
6(7) Ardrossan (1-2) Ardrossan beat St. Francis Xavier 29-7 (next vs. Archbishop O’Leary)
7(10) Olds (1-0) Olds beat Drumheller 30-8 (next vs. Rundle College)
8(9) Wainwright (1-1) Wainwright beat Vermilion 45-8 (next vs. Lloydminster)
9(-) St. Timothy’s (1-0) Cochrane beat Forest Lawn 15-6 (next week BYE)
10(5) Drumheller (2-1) Drumheller lost to Olds 8-30 (next vs. Canmore)

*- last weeks rank in parentheses.

WEEK 2 RANKINGS

WEEK 1 RANKINGS

GAME OF THE WEEK:

Tier III
#4 Cold Lake Royals at #5 St. Paul Lions
Friday, September 24, 4:00 p.m.
St. Paul Regional H.S. (St. Paul)
One of the best rivalries in Alberta high school football, this Tier III clash is an early season treat for fans in the Wheatland League. Cold Lake took both games from the Lions last year (25-2 in the regular season and 28-7 in the playoffs) but St. Paul seems to have upped the ante this year winning their first two games by a combined score of 118-20. Provincials are a long way off but usually the team that wins this game set the tone for the rest of the year. Should be fun this Friday!

Tier IV
#4 Kate Andrews Pride at #3 Willow Creek Cobras
Saturday, September 25, 3:30 p.m.
Willow Creek H.S. (Claresholm)
A rare Saturday contest for these two Tier IV powerhouses and a little early in the season for a game of this importance. Only one representative from the Southern Alberta League will advance to the Tier IV Provincials this season as opposed to two in past years so this game will give us an early indication of who that might be. Both teams shutout and blew out their opponents last week by over 40 points each so something has to give this week.

Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all four Tier’s of high school football in Alberta for the 2010 season. These rankings will come out every Sunday (except for Labor Day when they will come out on Tuesday) from now up until Nov. 8.
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.