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B.C. Boys Top 10 basketball rankings 02.21.28 edition: Oak Bay, St. Pat’s ascend to No. 1 spots in 4A and 3A in 2023-24’s final poll!

LANGLEY — More teams dropping out of the top 10 and more non-ranked teams making themselves known than at any time this season.

That’s what happens when zone championship tournaments are at their best.

With that said, here’s the final Top 10s of the season heading into Selection Sunday and the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships at the LEC.

Covers games through Feb. 27.

BASKETBALL

TOP 10 RANKINGS

B.C. SENIOR BOYS

QUAD A

1 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI) (LW-2) 

2 Spectrum Thunder (Saanich) (VI) (L-1) 

3 West Vancouver Highlanders (VSS) (8)

4 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (4)

5 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (5)

6 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS) (10-tie)

7 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (VSS) (3)

8 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (SF) (9) 

9 Kelowna Owls (TOK) (10-tie)

10-tie Burnaby South Rebels (FN) (HM)

10-tie Sullivan Heights Stars (Surrey (SF) (HM)

Honourable mention — Fleetwood Park Dragons (Surrey) (SF) (HM), Heritage Woods Kodiaks (Port Moody) (FN) (NR), Queen Elizabeth Royals (Surrey) (SF) (NR), R.E. Mountain Eagles (Langley) (EV), Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV) (NR)

Dropped out — Elgin Park Orcas (Surrey) (SF) (6), Handsworth Royals (North Vancouver) (VSS) (7), Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF) (HM), Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM),

TRIPLE A

1 St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-2)

2 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) (4) 

3 Lord Byng Grey Ghosts (Vancouver) (VSS) (3) 

4 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) (10) 

5 North Delta Huskies (SF) (5)

6 Maple Ridge Ramblers (NR) (EV)

7 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (FN) (6) 

8 A.R. MacNeill Ravens (Richmond) (SF) (8) 

9 South Kamloops Titans (TOK) (HM)

10 Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI) (NR)

Honourable mention — College Heights Cougars (Prince George) (NC) (NR), Grandview Heights Grizzlies (Surrey) (SF) (HM), South Delta Sun Devils (SF) (HM), Wellington Wildcats (Nanaimo) (HM), Windsor Wolves (North Vancouver) (VSS) (NR)

Dropped out —Brookswood Bobcats (Langley) (EV) (7), Rick Hansen Hurricanes (Abbotsford) (EV) (9), Byrne Creek Bulldogs (Burnaby) (FN) (LW-1), Carihi Tyees (Campbell River) (VI) (HM)

DOUBLE A

1 King George Dragons (Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)

2 Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey (SF) (2)

3 Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver) (VSS) (4) 

4 Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (VI) (5)

5 John Barsby Bulldogs (Nanaimo) (VI) (HM)

6 Westsyde Whundas (Kamloops) (TOK) (9) 

7 Lambrick Park Lions (Victoria) (VI) (3)

8 Summerland Rockets (T-OK) (8) 

9 Langley Christian Lightning (EV) (10)

10 Britannia Bruins (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)

Honourable mention — Archbishop Carney Stars (PoCo) (FN) (HM), Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert) (NW) (NR), Khalsa Lions (Surrey) (SF) (HM), Nechako Valley Vikings (Vanderhoof) (NC) (NR), Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF) (HM)

Dropped out — St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (Victoria) (VI) (6), Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS) (7)

SINGLE A

1 Unity Christian Flames (Chilliwack) (EV) (LW-1)

2 Credo Christian Kodiaks (Langley) (FN) (2)

3 Maple Ridge Christian Hornets (FN) (3) 

4 SJS Eagles (Vancouver) (VSS) (4) 

5 St. Ann’s Academy Crusaders (Kamloops) (TOK) (8) 

6 Gidalang Kuuyas Naay Breakers (Daajiing Giids) (NW) (5) 

7 King David Lions (Vancouver (VSS) (6)

8 Duncan Christian Chargers (VI) (NR)

9 Golden Eagles (KOO) (HM)

10 Similkameen Sparks (Keremeos (TOK) (7) 

Honourable mention — Brookes-Westshore Gryphons (Victoria) (VI) (NR), Campbell River Christian Cougars (VI) (NR), Gabriele Roy Phoenix (Surrey) (SF) (HM), McBridge Mustangs (NC) (NR), Osoyoos Rattlers (TOK) (10)

Dropped out — 9 Aberdeen Hall Gryphons (Kelowna) (TOK) (9), Bulkley Valley Christian Royals (Smithers) (NW) (HM), Gudangaay Tlaats’Gaa Nay Thunder (Masset) (HM), Immaculata Mustangs (Kelowna) (TOK) (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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