Abbotsford's Riya Sahota (left) is guarded by Kelowna's Japleen Chahal during the TBI classic held last month at the Langley Events Centre. Both the Panthers and Owls are back on the court this week at Centennial's Top 10 Shoot-Out in Coquitlam. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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01.15.18 senior girls hoops rankings: Totems top B.C.’s AAA Top 10 heading into Top 10 Shoot-Out! ‘Cats, Kodiaks the top climbers

LANGLEY — As the province’s best senior girls Triple A teams arrive in Coquitlam beginning Wednesday for an extended four-day run at Centennial Secondary’s annual Top 10 Shoot-Out, Surrey’s Semiahmoo Totems remain a fixture at the top of the rankings.

Yet the big movers this week, also a part of the Top 10 Shoot-Out proceedings, are Port Moody’s Heritage Woods Kodiaks, who have moved up three spots in the provincial rankings with a title-game win at it own invitational, and Langley’s Brookswood Bobcats, who climb two spots following a title-game win at the MEI Eagles invitational. As well, the Terry Fox Ravens move into the provincial top 10 for the first time this season.

Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies are the big climbers at Double A, while Surrey’s Khalsa Lions moved from unranked status into the Top 10 at Singe A.

SENIOR GIRLS

TRIPLE A

1 Semiahmoo Totems (Surrey) (LW-1) 

2 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (3) 

3 Walnut Grove Gators (Langley) (2) 

4 Brookswood Bobcats (Langley) (6)

5 Kelowna Owls (4)

6 Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (5) 

7 Heritage Woods Kodiaks (Port Moody) (10)

8 Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) (7)

9 Okanagan Mission Huskies (Kelowna) (9) 

10 Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (NR)

HONOURABLE MENTION — Abbotsford Panthers (8) R.A. McMath Wildcats (Richmond) (HM), Panorama Ridge Thunder (Surrey) (HM), MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (HM), Claremont Spartans (Victoria) (NR).

(BCSSGBA)

DOUBLE A

1. St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints (North Vancouver) (LW-1) 

2 South Kamloops Titans (2)

3 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (5) 

4 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (3) 

5 Langley Christian Lightning (4) 

6 Britannia Bruins (Vancouver) (6) 

7 Duchess Park Condors (Prince George) (7) 

8 Vernon Panthers (8) 

9 Valleyview Vikings (Kamloops) (9)

10 Seycove Seyhawks (North Vancouver) (10)

HONOURABLE MENTION — Whistler Storm (HM), Little Flower Academy Angels (Vancouver) (HM), Southridge Storm (Surrey) (HM), St. Michael’s University School Blue Jags (Victoria) (HM), Pitt Meadows Marauders (HM).

(BCSSGBA)

SINGLE A

1 Unity Christian Flames (Chilliwack) (LW-1)

2 Kelowna Christian Knights (2)

3 Nechako Valley Viqueens (Vanderhoof) (4) 

4 Credo Christian Kodiaks (Langley) (3)

5 Heritage Christian Saints (Kelowna) (5)

6 Khalsa Lions (Surrey) (HM)

7 St. Andrew’s Sabres (Victoria) (6)

8 Agassiz Eagles (7) 

9 West Point Grey Academy Wolves (Vancouver) (8)

10 Bulkley Valley Christian Royals (Smithers) (9)

HONOURABLE MENTION — Charles Bloom Timberwolves (Lumby) (HM), Grand Fork Wolves (10), Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons (Victoria) (HM), Pemberton Red Devils (HM), Fernie Falcons (NR), Northside Christian Northstars (Vanderhoof) (NR)

(John Mill, BCSSGBA)

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