LANGLEY — The Vancouver Island threesome remains atop Quad-A as the new year opens in B.C. boys high school basketball.
They are joined by Surrey’s Tamanawis Wildcats and the Kelowna Owls within the top five of this week’s latest Top 10.
Meanwhile, the top six teams at the Triple-, Double- and Single-A tiers all home court in their first polls of 2025.
A complete look:
BASKETBALL
TOP 10 RANKINGS
B.C. SENIOR BOYS
QUAD A
1 Spectrum Thunder (Saanich) (VI) (LW-1)
2 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) (2)
3 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI) (3)
4 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (5)
5 Kelowna Owls (TOK) (9)
6 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS) (4)
7 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (6)
8 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (VSS) (7)
9 Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (8)
10 Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam) (FN) (10)
Honourable mention — Burnaby South Rebels (FN) (HM), Handsworth Royals (North Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF) (HM), West Vancouver Highlanders (VSS) (HM), Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV) (NR)
TRIPLE A
1 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (LW-1)
2 St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS) (2)
3 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) (3)
4 Rick Hansen Hurricanes (Abbotsford) (EV) (4)
5 Magee Lions (Vancouver) (VSS) (5)
6 Brookswood Bobcats (Langley) (EV) (6)
7 A.R. MacNeill Ravens (Richmond) (SF) (7)
8 Windsor Wolves (North Vancouver) (VSS) (8)
9 L.A. Matheson Mustangs (Surrey) (SF) (10-T)
10-T Richmond Colts (SF) (10-T)
10-T Wellington Wildcats (Nanaimo) (HM)
Honourable mention — Byrne Creek Bulldogs (Burnaby) (FN) (9), Enver Creek Cougars (Surrey) (SF) (HM), Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI) (HM), Pitt Meadows Marauders (FN) (HM), South Kamloops Titans (TOK) (HM)
DOUBLE A
1 Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey (SF) (LW-1)
2 Summerland Rockets (TOK) (2)
3 King George Dragons (Vancouver) (VSS) (3)
4 Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver) (VSS) (4)
5 Westsyde Whundas (Kamloops) (TOK) (5)
6 Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (VI) (6)
7 St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (Victoria) (VI) (8)
8 Lambrick Park Lions (Victoria) (VI) (7)
9 Abbotsford Christian Knights (EV) (9)
T-10 Langley Christian Lightning (EV) (T-10)
T-10 Notre Dame Jugglers (Vancouver) (T-10)
Honourable mention — Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert) (NW) (HM), Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Seycove Seylions (North Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF) (HM), West Point Grey Wolves (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)
SINGLE A
1 SJS Eagles (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 Unity Christian Flames (Chilliwack) (EV) (2)
3 Daaxiigan Sk’Adda N’ee Thunder Masset (NW) (3)
4 King David Lions (Vancouver (VSS) (4)
5 Aberdeen Hall Gryphons (Kelowna) (TOK) (5)
6 Gabriele Roy Phoenix (Surrey) (SF) (6)
7 Salmo Falcons (Trail) (KOO) (7)
8 Maple Ridge Christian Hornets (FN) (8)
9 Nanaimo Christian Trailblazers (VI) (9)
10-T Duncan Christian Chargers (VI) (10-t)
10-T Houston Christian Wildcats (NW) (10-t)
Honourable mention — Immaculata Mustangs (Kelowna) (TOK) (HM), John Knox Christian Hawks (Burnaby) (FN) (HM), Osoyoos Rattlers (TOK) (HM), Southpointe Titans (Delta) (HM), Ucluelet Warriors (VI) (HM)
(All rankings courtesy B.C. School Sports)
KEY: EV — East Valley, FN — Fraser North, KOT — 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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