LANGLEY — Quad-A was the home of the biggest climbers over the holiday season for games played Dec. 17 through Jan. 6.
Vancouver College and Oak Bay each rose three spots with the Irish moving into No. 2 and the the Bays into No. 7.
The Fighting Irish won five straight to end December, including a 112-101 win over over then-No. 3 Kelowna and 98-91 over then-No. 2 Dover Bay in the semifinals and the championship finals respectively of the pre-New Year’s Day UVic Alumni tournament.
Meanwhile, the Bays won all four game to finish first as host of its own Gary Taylor Invitational before Christmas, including an 80-70 win over Lambrick Park in tourney final. Oak Bay followed by beating then-No. 4 GW Graham 71-61 in first round of the UVic Alumni tournament. It later followed with losses to two teams above them in the rankings, falling 62-57 to Dover Bay and 70-60 to Kelowna.
Ucluelet climbed four spots in the Single-A rankings to No. 3.
None of the tiers No. 1-ranked teams surrendered their rankings heading into Week 5 of the season which includes tournaments like the Alberni Totem 69, Terry Fox’s Jonathan Taylor Legal Beagle and St. Thomas More’s Rich Goulet Chancellor Memorial.
Here’s this week’s rankings:
BASKETBALL
TOP 10 RANKINGS
B.C. SENIOR BOYS
QUAD A
1 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (LW-1)
2 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS) (5)
3 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) (2)
4 Kelowna Owls (TOK) (3)
5 Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF) (6)
6 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (VSS) (7)
7 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI) (10)
8 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (8)
9 Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (9)
10 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (4)
Honourable mention — Belmont Bulldogs (Victoria) (VI) (NR), Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam) (FN) (HM), Fleetwood Park Dragons (Surrey) (SF) (HM), Grandview Heights Grizzlies (Surrey) (SF) (HM), Kitsilano Blue Demons (VSS) (HM)
Dropped out — Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV) (HM)
TRIPLE A
1 St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) (3)
3 L.A. Matheson Mustangs (Surrey) (SF) (2)
4 Enver Creek Cougars (Surrey) (SF) (4)
5 Lambrick Park Lions (Victoria) (VI) (5)
6 Byrne Creek Bulldogs (Burnaby) (FN) (6)
7 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (7)
8 Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver) (VSS) (8)
9 Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI) (9)
10 Pitt Meadows Marauders (FN) (HM)
Honourable mention — Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (VI) (10-tie), Magee Lions (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Sentinel Spartans (West Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Steveston-London Sharks (Richmond) (SF) (HM), Wellington Wildcats (Nanaimo) (HM)
Dropped out — St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (FN) (10-tie)
DOUBLE A
1 King George Dragons (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver) (VSS) (2)
3 Abbotsford Christian Knights (EV) (3)
4 Notre Dame Jugglers (Vancouver) (VSS) (4)
5 Abbotsford Traditional Titans (EV) (6)
6 Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF) (7)
7 Westsyde Whundas (Kamloops) (TOK) (8)
8 Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey (SF) (5)
9 Kalamalka Lakers (Coldstream) (TOK) (9)
10-tie Langley Christian Lightning (EV) (10-tie)
10-tie St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints (North Vancouver) (VSS) (10-tie)
Honourable mention — Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert) (NW) (HM), Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Summerland Rockets (TOK) (HM), Surrey Christian Falcons (SF) (HM), Unity Christian Flames (Chilliwack) (EV) (HM)
Dropped out — None
SINGLE A
1 SJS Eagles (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 Daaxiigan Thunderbirds (Masset) (NW) (3)
3 Ucluelet Warriors (VI) (7)
4 Southpointe Titans (Delta) (SF) (4)
5 Immaculata Mustangs (Kelowna) (TOK) (5)
6 Credo Christian Kodiaks (Langley) (EV) (2)
7 Aberdeen Hall Gryphons (Kelowna) (TOK) (6)
8 Maple Ridge Christian Hornets (FN) (8)
9 Ecole Gabrielle Roy Phoenix (Surrey) (SF) (9)
10 Nanaimo Christian Trailblazers (VI) (10)
Honourable mention — Bulkley Valley Christian Royals (Smithers) (NW) (HM), John Knox Christian Hawks (New Westminster) (FN) (HM), King David Lions (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Similkameen Sparks (TOK) (HM), Sparwood Spartans (KOOT) (HM)
Dropped out — None
KEY: EV — East Valley, FN — Fraser North, KOOT — Kootenays, NC — North Central, NW — North West, SF — South Fraser, TOK — Thompson-Okanagan, VI — Vancouver Island, VSS — Vancouver Sea-to-Sky
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