PRESS RELEASE
Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all four Tiers of 12 man high school football in Alberta and the 6-man rankings as well for the 2015 season. These rankings will come out every Saturday night (except for Labor Day kickoff) from now up until November 7.
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.
WEEK #1 - 2015
September 7, 2015
Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)
Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(-) St. Francis (1-0) Calgary beat Foothills 22-0 (next vs. Ernest Manning)
2(-) Bev Facey (2-0) Sherwood Park beat Ross Sheppard 53-0 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)
3(-) Notre Dame (1-0) Calgary beat Holy Cross (SK) 37-9 (next vs. Raymond)
4(-) Harry Ainlay (1-0) Edmonton beat Bellerose 27-6 (next vs. Bev Facey)
5(-) L.C.I. (1-0) Lethbridge beat Bishop O’Byrne 38-6 (next vs. Timberlake (ID))
6(-) Salisbury (1-0) Sherwood Park beat Austin O’Brien 29-0 (next week BYE)
7(-) Raymond (0-2) Raymond lost to Kelowna (BC) 43-34 (next vs. Notre Dame (CAL))
8(-) Henry Wise Wood (0-1) Calgary lost to Cardston 0-22 (next vs. Holy Trinity (FM))
9(-) Spruce Grove (1-0) Spruce Grove beat Jasper Place 35-26 (next vs. Paul Kane)
10(-) Notre Dame (0-1) Red Deer lost to Hunting Hills 14-31(next vs. Lacombe)
* last weeks rank in parentheses.
Tier II (School Pop. 750-1249)
Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(-) St. Joseph’s (3-0) Grande Prairie beat High Prairie 73-8 & Centennial 20-13 (next vs. Peace Wapiti)
2(-) Medicine Hat (1-0) Medicine Hat beat McCoy 33-0 (next vs. Drumheller)
3(-) Paul Kane (0-0) St. Albert lost to Groesbeck (TX) 16-44 (next vs. Spruce Grove)
4(-) Foothills (0-1) Okotoks lost to St. Francis 0-22 (next vs. Bishop O’Byrne)
5(-) Hunting Hills (1-0) Red Deer beat Notre Dame 31-14 (next vs. Lindsay Thurber)
6(-) St. Mary’s (0-0) Calgary did not play (next vs. MCLA)
7(-) Lloydminster (1-0) Lloydminster beat Vegreville 60-0 (next vs. St. Paul)
8(-) Catholic Central (1-1) Lethbridge beat W.R. Myers 43-0 (next week BYE)
9(-) George McDougall (1-0) Airdrie did not play (next vs. Chestermere)
10(-) Chinook (1-0) Lethbridge beat Holy Trinity Academy 7-0 (next at Willow Creek)
* 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(-) Cochrane (0-0) Cochrane did not play (next vs. Bert Church)
2(-) Cardston (2-0) Cardston beat Henry Wise Wood 22-0 (next week BYE)
3(-) Rundle College (1-0) Calgary beat Ernest Manning 20-12 (next week BYE)
4(-) Sylvan Lake (0-0) Sylvan Lake did not play (next vs. Camrose)
5(-) Crescent Heights (2-0) Medicine Hat beat Drumheller 52-0 (next vs. Brooks)
6(-) Peace River (2-0) Peace River beat Peace Wapiti 28-14 (next vs. High Prairie)
7(-) St. Albert (1-0) St. Albert beat Stettler 10-0 (next vs. Strathcona)
8(-) Stettler (0-1) Stettler lost to St. Albert 0-10 (next vs. W.P. Wagner)
9(-) Camrose (0-0) Camrose did not play (next vs. Sylvan Lake )
10(-) St. Paul (1-0) St. Paul beat Athabasca 52-26 (Lloydminster)
* - last weeks rank in parentheses.
Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)
Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(-) Holy Rosary (2-0) Lloydminster beat Westlock 46-0 (next vs. Bonnyville)
2(-) Willow Creek (1-0) Claresholm beat Highwood 54-2 (next vs. Chinook)
3(-) Sexsmith (1-0) Sexsmith beat Whitecourt 61-16 (next vs. Grande Prairie)
4(-) Olds (1-0) Olds beat Sir Winston Churchill 22-6 (next vs. Centennial)
5(-) Cold Lake (1-0) Cold Lake beat Wainwright 33-14 (Vermilion)
6(-) Ardrossan (0-1) Taber did not play (next vs. W.P. Wagner)
7(-) Canmore (1-1) Canmore beat Pincher Creek 28-14 (next vs. W.R. Myers)
8(-) Pincher Creek (2-1) Pincher Creek lost to Canmore 14-28 (next vs. Bow Valley)
9(-) W.R. Myers (1-1) Drumheller lost to Catholic Central 0-43 (next vs. Canmore)
10(-) West Central (0-0) Rocky Mtn. Hs. did not play (next vs. Wetaskiwin)
*- last weeks rank in parentheses.
6-Man
Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Week Result and Upcoming opponent
1(-) Rimbey (1-0) Rimbey beat Buck Mountain 50-6 (next vs. Breton)
2(-) Millwoods Christian (0-0) Edmonton did not play (next vs. Redwater)
3(-) St. Joseph's (1-0) Brooks beat Heritage Christian 66-17 (next week BYE)
4(-) École Desrochers (0-0) Jasper did not play (next vs. Buck Mountain)
5(-) Holy Redeemer (0-0) Edson did not play (next vs. Harry Collinge)
6(-) Breton (1-0) Breton beat Harry Collinge 40-0 (next vs. Rimbey)
7(-) J.C. Charyk (1-0) Hanna beat Bowden 62-6 (next vs. Heritage Christian)
8(-) Heritage Christian (0-1) Calgary lost to St. Joseph’s 17-66 (next vs. J.C. Charyk)
9(-) Buck Mountain (0-1) Buck Lake lost to Rimbey 6-50 (next vs. Ecole Desrochers)
10(-) Caroline (0-0) Caroline did not play (next vs. Bowden)
GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:
Tier II
#3 Notre Dame Pride at #7 Raymond Comets
Friday, September 11, 6:00 p.m., Don Steed Memorial Stadium, Raymond
What a way to kick things off this Friday, as Notre Dame’s quest for the record of consecutive wins in Alberta high school football runs into the very program they are chasing. After last week’s season opening win over Holy Cross in Saskatoon, the Pride are now just 6 wins shy of the record of 39 set by the Comets from 1996-1999. Knowing the Pride’s rep the record probably isn’t on their mind as much as the importance of just winning the next game but Raymond has “pride” as well and would love to stop the streak for the generation of Comets who came before them. Great way to start the year!
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