Vancouver College's Cole Cruz-Dumont. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys Top 10 preseason basketball rankings: Burnaby South, St. Pat’s, Lambrick Park and Fernie tabbed as the teams to beat in 2021-22!

Ranking day has arrived for B.C. senior boys high school basketball.

Although the start of the season has been delayed by a couple of days, we’re right on time with preseason Top 10’s from all four of the province’s tiers.

As always, our thanks to everyone involved from pollsters to coaches, for making this day a special one each season.

And that’s especially true as we arrive on the doorstep of our 2021-22 re-start season.

We follow on Friday with all four tiers of B.C. senior girls Top 10 rankings.

Walnut Grove’s Kevin Kao. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)

BOYS

QUAD A

1 Burnaby South Rebels (FN)

2 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS)

3 Kelowna Owls (OK)

4 Walnut Grove Gators (Langley) (EV)

5 Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs (Vancouver) (VSS)

6 Handsworth Royals (North Vancouver) (VSS)

7 Abbotsford Panthers (EV)

8 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI)

9 Semiahmoo Totems (Surrey) (SF)

10 Enver Creek Cougars (Surrey) (SF)

Honourable mention — Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam) (FN), Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF), Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV), Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (FN), St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (VSS)

(Howard Tsumura, VarsityLetters.ca)

Duchess Park’s Cole Laing. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)

TRIPLE-A

1 St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS)

2 Elgin Park Orcas (Surrey) (SF)

3 Duchess Park Condors (Prince George) (NC)

4 Okanagan Mission Huskies (Kelowna) (OK)

5 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV)

6 Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver) (VSS)

7 Gladstone Gladiators (Vancouver) (VSS)

8 Princess Margaret Lions (Surrey) (SF)

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

10 Byrne Creek Bulldogs (Burnaby) (FN)

Honourable mention — Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI), Carson Graham (North Vancouver) (VSS), R.A. McMath Wildcats (Richmond) (SF), Valleyview Vikings (Kamloops) (OK), Carihi Tyees (Campbell River) (VI)

(BCHSBBA)

King George’s Max Astak. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)

DOUBLE-A

1 Lambrick Park Lions (Victoria) (VI)

2 King George Dragons (Vancouver) (VSS)

3 Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS)

4 Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF)

5 Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert) (NW)

6 Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (VI)

7 Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver) (VSS)

8 St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints (North Vancouver) (VSS)

9 Westsyde Whundas (Kamloops) (OK)

10 Langley Christian Lightning (EV)

Honourable mention — Clarence Fulton Maroons (Vernon) (OK), Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey) (SF), Pacific Christian Pacers (Victoria) (VI) , Summerland Rockets (OK), Windsor Dukes (North Vancouver) (VSS)

(Lyle Dhur, SportVictoria.com)

SINGLE-A

1 Fernie Falcons (KO)

2 Credo Christian Kodiaks (Langley) (EV)

3 Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons (Victoria) (VI)

4 Barriere Cougars (OK)

5 King David Lions (Vancouver) (VSS)

6 St. John’s Eagles (Vancouver) (VSS)

7 Unity Christian Flames (Chilliwack (EV)

8 Kelowna Christian Knights (OK)

9 Osoyoos Rattlers (OK)

10 Gudangaay Tiaat’sgaa Naay Thunder (Masset) (NW)

Honourable mention — Similkameen Sparks (Keremeos) (OK), Aberdeen Hall Gryphons (Kelowna) (OK), Deer Lake Adventist Falcons (Burnaby) (FN), Meadowridge Gryphons (Maple Ridge (FN), Northside Christian Northstars (Vanderhoof) (NC)

(BCHSBBA)

ZONE KEY

Eastern Valley — EV

South Fraser — SF

Kootenays — KO

North Central — NC

North West — NW

Okanagan — OK

South Fraser — SF

Vancouver Island — VI

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