Last season, head coach Guy da Silva carried Saints to the B.C. junior varsity basketball title at the LEC. The latest polls have St. George's right back in the hunt at No. 3. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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01.30.19 B.C. JV boys basketball Big 10 rankings: No. 1 Burnaby South carries No. 1 into the February Frenzy!

LANGLEY — The Burnaby South Rebels continue to hold on to the No. 1 spot in the B.C. junior varsity boys basketball rankings.

Indy rivals Vancouver College and defending B.C. champ St. George’s swap spots, while Richmond’s Top 10 presence doubles with the rise of the unranked R.A. McMath Wildcats.

The next poll is scheduled for a Feb. 13 release.

JUNIOR BOYS

1 Burnaby South Rebels (LR-1)

2 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (3)

3 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (2)

4 Kelowna Owls (4)

5 St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (9)

6 Walnut Grove Gators (Langley) (5)

7 A.R. McNeill Ravens (Richmond) (8)

8 R.A. McMath Wildcats (Richmond) (NR)

9 Rick Hansen Hurricanes (Abbotsford) (7)

10 Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert) (HM)

Honourable mention — Panorama Ridge Thunder (Surrey) (10), Queen Elizabeth Royals (Surrey) (NR), Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver) (NR), Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (HM), Valleyview Vikings (Kamloops) (HM)

Note — Last ranking issued Jan. 16.

Dropped out — Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (6), Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam) (HM), Claremont Spartans (Victoria) (HM)

(B.C. Junior Boys Basketball)

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