St. Thomas More's Vic Domingo (right) keeps an eye on Kelowna's Colby Miletto earlier this season at Burnaby Lakes. As the post-season begins, the Knights and the Owls are two of B.C.'s top teams. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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11.04.19 BC High School Football Big 5 rankings: At Triple-A, East champ Knights parlay perfect season into new perch at No. 3

LANGLEY — Six teams between B.C.’s two tiers will take this coming weekend off, the reward for earning opening-round byes as the chase for Subway Bowl 2019 gets underway.

The rest will all be back at it at turf fields around the province this Friday and Saturday.

This week’s big mover? Burnaby’s St. Thomas More Knights move up two spots to No. 3 after a win last week over former No. 4 Lord Tweedsmuir, capping a perfect AAA Eastern Conference regular season.

THE BIG 5 RANKINGS

AAA

1 South Delta Sun Devils  (9-0, 7-0) (LW-1)

LW — Def. New Westminster 28-0.

TW — Subway Bowl playoffs first-round bye. 

2 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (8-1, 6-1) (2)

LW — Def. Notre Dame 31-0.

TW — Saturday host Rutland (1:30 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (O’Hagan Field) 

3 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (6-2, 7-0) (5)

LW — Def. Lord Tweedsmuir 34-14.

TW — Subway Bowl playoffs first-round bye.

4 New Westminster Hyacks (6-3, 5-2) (3)

LW — Lost 28-0 to South Delta.

TW — Friday host Terry Fox (7:30 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Mercer Stadium). 

5 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (6-2, 5-2) (4)

LW — Lost 34-14 to St. Thomas More.

TW — Friday host W.J. Mouat (2 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Cloverdale Athletic Park).

Honourable mention 

Kelowna Owls (6-3, 5-2) (HM)

LW — Def. Seaquam 50-28.

TW —Saturday host Carson Graham (1:30 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (CNC Park). 

Mt. Douglas Rams (Victoria) (5-3, 4-3) (HM)

LW — Def. Handsworth 36-6.

TW — Friday host Seaquam (5 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Goudy Field).

Abbotsford Panthers (6-2, 5-2) (HM)

LW —Def. Mission 42-22.

TW — Saturday host Notre Dame (3 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Abbotsford Secondary).

Seaquam Seahawks (3-5, 3-4) (HM)

LW — Lost 50-28 to Kelowna.

TW — Saturday at Mt. Douglas (5 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Goudy Field).

AA

1 Vernon Panthers (7-0, 5-0) (LW-1)

LW — Def. Clarence Fulton 14-0.

TW — Subway Bowl playoffs first-round bye.

2 Ballenas Whalers (Parksville) (7-0, 3-0) (2)

LW — Def. Argyle 37-3 

TW — Subway Bowl playoffs first-round bye. 

3 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (5-2, 4-0) (3)

LW — Def. Robert Bateman 26-20.

TW — Subway Bowl playoffs first-round bye.

4 Langley Saints (7-1, 4-1) (4)

LW — Def. Earl Marriott 24-13.

TW — Subway Bowl playoffs first-round bye.

5 Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) (5-4, 2-2) (5)

LW — Lost 26-20 to G.W. Graham.

TW — Friday at South Kamloops (7 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Thompson Rivers University).

Honourable mention 

College Heights Cougars (Prince George) (7-0-1, 7-0) (HM)

LW — Def. Nechako Valley 20-14 in Northern Conference championship final.

TW — Saturday host Argyle in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Masich Stadium).

South Kamloops Titans (6-2, 3-1) (HM)

LW — Def. Okanagan Mission 65-6.

TW — Friday host Robert Bateman (7 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Thompson Rivers University)

John Barsby Bulldogs (Nanaimo) (3-4, 2-1) (HM)

LW — Def. Windsor 33-6.

TW — Friday host Holy Cross (2 p.m.) in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Nanaimo District Secondary).

Windsor Dukes (North Vancouver) (4-3, 2-2) (HM)

LW — Lost 33-6 to John Barsby.

TW — Saturday at Nechako Valley in Subway Bowl opening-round playoff game. (Masic Stadium).

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