LANGLEY — The calm before the storm.
That’s perhaps the easiest way, ahead of the stretch-drive run to playoffs, to describe the quietest week of the B.C. senior girls basketball season… at least as far as movement in the provincial rankings is concerned.
The Lambrick Park Pride’s four-spot rise in Double-A aside, the figurative pond remained placid based on the Top 10 polls released Monday.
GIRLS
QUAD-A
1 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (2)
3 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (SF) (3)
4 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) (4)
5 Johnston Heights Eagles (Surrey) (SF) (5)
6 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (6)
7 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (7)
8 Okanagan Mission Huskies (Kelowna) (TOK) (8)
9 Oak Bay Breakers (Victoria) (VI) (9)
10 Kelowna Owls (TOK) (10)
Honourable mention — Claremont Spartans (Victoria) (VI) (HM), Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils (Coquitlam) (FN) (HM),R.E, Mountain Eagles (Langley) (EV) (HM)
Dropped out — None
TRIPLE-A
1 Vernon Panthers (OK) (LW-1)
2 Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI) (2)
3 Langley Christian Lightning (Langley) (EV) (3)
4 St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (VI) (4)
5 Duchess Park Condors (Prince George) (NC) (5)
6 Pitt Meadows Marauders (FN) (6)
7 Sa-Hali Sabres (Kamloops) (OK) (7)
8 Little Flower Academy Angels (Vancouver) (VSS) (10)
9 Wellington Wildcats (Nanaimo) (VI) (HM)
10 Valleyview Vikings (Kamloops) (T-OK) (8)
Honourable mention — Crofton House Falcons (Vancouver) (VSS) (9), Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV) (HM), R.A. McMath Wildcats (Richmond) (SF) (HM), Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) (EV) (HM), South Kamloops Titans (TOK) (HM), Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)
DOUBLE-A
1 Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF) (LW-1)
2 Credo Christian Kodiaks (Langley) (EV) (2)
3 Lambrick Park Pride (Victoria) (VI) (7)
4 Pacific Christian Pacers (Victoria) (VI) (HM)
5 Westsyde Whundas (Kamloops), (T-OK) (HM)
6 Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey) (SF) (5)
7 Notre Dame Jugglers (Vancouver) (VSS) (4)
8 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (FN) (3)
9 Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF) (6)
10-tie Fernie Falcons (KOO) (8)
10-tie Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS) (9)
Honourable mention — Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), St. Patricks Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS) (10), St. John Brebeuf Bears (Abbotsford) (EV) (NR), J.L. Jackson Jays (Salmon Arm) (TOK) (HM), West Point Grey Academy Wolves (Vancouver) (VSS) (NR)
Dropped out — Pacific Christian Pacers (Victoria) (VI) (HM), St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (North Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)
SINGLE A
1 Acwsalcta Timberwolves (Bella Coola) (VI) (LW-1)
2 Cedars Christian Eagles (Prince George) (NC) (2)
3 Ucluelet Warriors (VI) (3)
4 Nanaimo Christian Trail Blazers (VI) (4)
5 Duncan Christian Chargers (VI) (5)
6 Southpointe Titans (Delta) (SF) (6)
7 Nechako Valley Viqueens (Vanderhoof) (NC) (7)
8 John Knox Christian Hawks (New Westminster) (FN) (8)
9 Fort Saint James Falcons (NC) (9)
10 St. John’s Eagles (Vancouver) (VSS) (10)
Honourable mention — Not available
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
(All rankings courtesy of B.C. School Sports)
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