Surrey's Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers are back in the Varsity Letters B.C. Triple A high school football rankings. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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11.02.17: Varsity Letter’s All U Can Eat B.C. High School football notebook, rankings, schedules

The final weekend of the regular season is upon us and look at those AAA rankings! (They’re just below). 

New Westminster and St. Thomas More sitting 1-2, each school undefeated against B.C. competition and each leading their respective conferences in wins and plus-minus.

At AA, North Vancouver’s Windsor Dukes have openly wondered about their player numbers and their health moving forward, but after No. 1 beat No. 4 John Barsby convincingly last week, Bulldogs’ veteran head coach Rob Stevenson pulled no punches when he said: “Windsor was as advertised and then some. They outplayed us in every phase of the game except special teams. Physically and mentally they were dominant. What a fabulous football team and so very skilled. I have not seen an opponent execute their offence as good at any level in 22 years.”

On a side note, I had a chance to speak with one of B.C. high school football’s top recent grads, former St. Thomas More Knights’ defensive back Malcom Lee who is now an integral part of the UBC Thunderbirds defence at his halfback spot.

Last Saturday, after UBC beat Regina to force a home playoff game this Saturday against the Rams, I asked him how much attention he was paying to the Knights’ 8-0 start. 

His eyes lit up, and he spoke to carrying the same inspiration on the field at UBC as his fellow Knights carry into each of their high school games with the senior varsity.

“I have definitely been following,” said Lee. “I mean, they’re doing great. I think they are playing with so much heart.

“R.I.P. to Bernie Kully,” he continued of his former STM head coach who lost his battle with cancer earlier this season. “They are playing it for him, as I am myself.”

Revel in this final weekend and in the four weeks of playoffs that will follow on the road to Subway Bowl 2017.

As usual, here is Varsity Letters’ All U Can Eat B.C. High School Football weekend survival guide!

VARSITY LETTERS BIG 5

TRIPLE A

1 New Westminster Hyacks (8-1) (LW-1)

LW — Def. Carson Graham 30-12

TW — Friday host South Delta

2 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (8-0) (3)

LW — Def. W.J. Mouat 58-0

TW — Saturday at Mission 

3 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (7-1) (5)

LW — Def. South Delta 22-14

TW — Saturday host Mt. Douglas 

4 South Delta Sun Devils (7-2) (2)

LW — Lost 22-14 to Seaquam

TW — Friday at New Westminster

5 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (6-2) (HM)

LW — Def. Terry Fox 14-0

TW — Friday host Kelowna

HONOURABLE MENTION

Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (5-3) (4)

LW — Lost 14-0 to Lord Tweedsmuir

TW — Friday at Centennial

Notre Dame Jugglers (5-3) (HM)

LW — Def. Belmont 39-14

TW — Friday at Vancouver College

DOUBLE A

1 Windsor Dukes (North Vancouver) (6-0) (LW-1)

LW — Def. John Barsby 45-6

TW — Friday host Ballenas

2 Vernon Panthers (6-1) (2)

LW — Def. Clarence Fulton 14-7

TW — Do not play

3 Abbotsford Panthers (4-3) (3)

LW — Def. Robert Bateman 42-6

TW — Friday host G.W. Graham

4 John Barsby Bulldogs (Nanaimo) (7-1) (4)

LW — Lost 45-6 to Windsor

TW — Friday at Argyle

5 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (6-1) (5)

LW — Def. Pitt Meadows 47-14

TW — Friday at Abbotsford

HONOURABLE MENTION

Clarence Fulton Maroons (5-2) (NR)

LW — Lost 14-7 to Vernon

TW — Friday at Westsyde

Hugh Boyd Trojans (Richmond) (3-4) (HM)

LW — Def. Argyle 26-9

TW — Friday at Holy Cross

THIS WEEK

FRIDAY

AAA EASTERN CONFERENCE

2 p.m. — Kelowna at Lord Tweedsmuir

7 p.m. — Terry Fox at Centennial

7 p.m. — Mt. Boucherie at W.J. Mouat

AAA WESTERN CONFERENCE

2 p.m. — Notre Dame at Vancouver College

3 p.m. — Belmont at Carson Graham

7:30 p.m. — South Delta at New Westminster

AAA PACIFIC DIVISION

3 p.m. — West Vancouver at Handsworth

AA EASTERN CONFERENCE

3 p.m. — Langley at Robert Bateman

3:15 p.m. — G.W. Graham at Abbotsford

6:30 p.m. — Pitt Meadows at Samuel Robertson

AA WESTERN CONFERENCE

12 p.m. — John Barsby at Argyle 

3:45 p.m. — Ballenas at Windsor

7:30 p.m. — Hugh Boyd at Holy Cross

AA OKANAGAN

3:30 p.m. — Clarence Fulton at Westsyde

7:30 p.m. — Valleyview at South Kamloops

NON CONFERENCE

3 p.m. — Spectrum at Nanaimo District 

SATURDAY

AAA EASTERN CONFERENCE

1:30 p.m. — St. Thomas More at Mission

AAA WESTERN CONFERENCE

1:30 p.m. — Mt. Douglas at Seaquam

AA NORTHERN CONFERENCE 

9 a.m. — Kelly Road at Nechako Valley

SUNDAY

AA NORTHERN CONFERENCE

2 p.m. — College Heights at Prince George

SCOREBOARD

LAST WEEK

AA NORTHERN CONFERENCE

Prince George 53 Kelly Road 6

FRIDAY

AAA PACIFIC CONFERENCE

Nanaimo District 27 Rutland 14

AAA WESTERN CONFERENCE

Notre Dame 39 Belmont 14

New Westminster 30 Carson Graham 12

AAA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Mt. Boucherie 60 Centennial 12

Kelowna 31 Mission 26

St. Thomas More 58 W.J. Mouat 0

Lord Tweedsmuir 17 Terry Fox 0

AA WESTERN CONFERENCE

Windsor 45 John Barsby 6

Hugh Boyd 26 Argyle 9

AA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Abbotsford 42 Robert Bateman 6

G.W. Graham 46 Samuel Robertson 7

AA OKANAGAN CONFERENCE

Valleyview 41 Westsyde 40

Vernon 14 Clarence Fulton 7

SATURDAY

AAA WESTERN CONFERENCE

Seaquam 22 South Delta 14

Mt. Douglas 26 Vancouver College 13

AAA EASTERN CONFERENCE

NON-CONFERENCE

Handsworth 27 South Kamloops 7

AA NORTHERN CONFERENCE

College Heights 8 Nechako Valley 7

AA WESTERN CONFERENCE

Ballenas 16 Holy Cross 0

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