LANGLEY — With two weeks to go until the start of the B.C. senior boys basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre, all four provincial Top 10’s experienced barely a ripple on its collective lakefront.
The lone exception, last week’s Quad-A poll saw Surrey’s Grandview Heights Grizzlies ranked at No. 3. On Tuesday, following a 77-73 loss to unranked Earl Marriott in the South Fraser quarterfinals, the Grizzlies were dropped all the way to ninth.
All eight teams of South Fraser’s quarterfinalists at the tier, which began play Thursday, are still alive in the battle to procure one of its four berths to the B.C. championships.
This week fully half of the Quad-A Top 10 is from South Fraser including spots 7-10, its overall strength of schedule keeping all of its underdogs in a space where upsets are possible.
BASKETBALL
TOP 10 RANKINGS
B.C. SENIOR BOYS
QUAD A
1 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) (LW-1)
2 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS) (2)
3 Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF) (4)
4 Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam) (FN) (5)
5 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI) (6)
6 Kitsilano Blue Demons (VSS) (7)
7 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (8)
8 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (9)
9 Grandview Heights Grizzlies (Surrey) (SF) (3)
10 Fleetwood Park Dragons (Surrey) (SF) (10)
Honourable mention — Belmont Bulldogs (Victoria) (VI) (HM), Claremont Spartans (Victoria) (VI) (HM), Kelowna Owls (TOK) (HM), St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)
Dropped out — None
TRIPLE A
1 St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) (2)
3 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (3)
4 Enver Creek Cougars (Surrey) (SF) (4)
5 Byrne Creek Bulldogs (Burnaby) (FN) (5)
6 L.A. Matheson Mustangs (Surrey) (SF) (6)
7 Lambrick Park Lions (Victoria) (VI) (7)
8 Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (VI) (8)
9 Richmond Colts (SF) (10-tie)
10-tie Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (FN) (10-tie)
Honourable mention — College Heights Cougars (Prince George) (NC) (HM), Edward Milne Wolverines (Sooke) (VI) (HM), Magee Lions (Vancouver) (VSS) (9), Sentinel Spartans (West Vancouver) (NR), Wellington Wildcats (Nanaimo) (HM)
Dropped out — Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI) (HM), Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)
DOUBLE-A
1 Notre Dame Jugglers (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver) (VSS) (2)
3 Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF) (3)
4 Pacific Christian Falcons ((Victoria) (VI) (4)
5 King George Dragons (Vancouver) (VSS) (5)
6 Surrey Christian Falcons (SF) (7)
7 Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey (SF) (6)
8 Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS) (9)
9 Langley Christian Lightning (EV) (HM)
10 Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert) (NW) (10)
Honourable mention — Abbotsford Christian Knights (EV) (HM), Abbotsford Traditional Titans (EV) (HM), D.P. Todd Trojans (Prince George) (NC) (HM), St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints (North Vancouver) (VSS) (8), Westsyde Whundas (Kamloops) (TOK) (HM)
Dropped out — None
SINGLE A
1 SJS Eagles (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 Ucluelet Warriors (VI) (2)
3 Daaxiigan Thunderbirds (Masset) (NW) (3)
4 Vernon Christian Royals (TOK) (4)
5 Maple Ridge Christian Hornets (FN) (5)
6 Gabrielle Roy Phoenix (Surrey) (SF) (6)
7 King David Lions (Vancouver) (VSS) (7)
8 Cedars Christian Eagles (Prince George) (NC) (8)
9 Similkameen Sparks (Keremeos) (TOK) (9)
T-10 Immaculata Mustangs (Kelowna) (TOK) (T-10)
T-10Ebenezer Canadian Reformed Timbers (Smithers) (NW) (HM)
Honourable mention — Lakes District Lakers (Burns Lake) (NC) (HM), Nanaimo Christian Trailblazers (VI) (HM), Nisga’a Nighthawks (New Aiyansh) (NW) (NR), Southpointe Titans (Delta) (SF) (NR), T-10 Sparwood Spartans (KOOT) (T-10)
Dropped out — Bulkley Valley Christian Royals (Smithers) (NW) (HM), Houston Christian Wildcats (NW) (HM)
(All rankings courtesy B.C. School Sports)
