LANGLEY — The clearest indication yet that the top teams in B.C. senior girls basketball are settling in for the final stretch drive to playoffs?
The province’s three largest tiers all issued new Top 10 rankings this week, and the top four at all three remained unchanged.
Here’s a look at the latest courtesy of B.C. School Sports:
JAN. 29
QUAD-A
1 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (LW-1)
2 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (2)
3 Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV) (3)
4 Okanagan Mission Huskies (Kelowna) (TOK) (4)
5 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (SF) (5)
6 Burnaby Central Wildcats (FN) (6)
7 Kelowna Owls (TOK) (8)
8 South Delta Sun Devils (SF) (7)
9 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (9)
10 Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)
Honourable mention — Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils (Coquitlam) (FN) (10), Heritage Woods Kodiaks (Port Moody) (FN) (NR), Claremont Spartans (Victoria) (VI) (HM), Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (SF) (NR), Oak Bay Breakers (Victoria) (VI) (NR)
TRIPLE-A
1 St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (VI) (LW-1)
2 Brookswood Bobcats (Langley) (EV) (2)
3 South Kamloops Titans (TOK) (3)
4 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) (4)
5 Reynolds Roadrunners (Victoria) (VI) (5)
6 College Heights Cougars (Prince George) (6)
7 W.L. Seaton Sonics (Vernon) (TOK) (9)
8 Duchess Park Condors (Prince George) (NC) (10)
9 Sa-Hali Sabres (Kamloops) (TOK) (7)
10 Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) (EV) (8)
Honourable mention — Vernon Panthers (TOK) (HM), R.A. McMath Wildcats (Richmond) (SF) (HM), Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI) (HM), Clayton Heights Riders (Surrey) (SF) (HM), Pitt Meadows Marauders (FN) (HM), Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM)
DOUBLE-A
1 Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1)
2 Langley Christian Lightning (Langley) (EV) (2)
3 Pacific Christian Pacers (Victoria) (VI) (3)
4 Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF) (4)
5 Notre Dame Jugglers (Vancouver) (VSS) (6) (HM)
6 Britannia Bruins (VSS) (9)
7 Abbotsford Christian Knights (EV) (7)
8 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (FN) (5)
9 Lambrick Park Pride (Victoria) (VI) (HM)
10 Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF) (HM)
Honourable mention — Kalamalka Lakers (Coldstream) (TOK) (8), St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS) (HM), Fernie Falcons (KOO) (HM), Abbotsford Traditional Titans (EV) (10)
ZONE KEY
Eastern Valley — EV
Fraser North — FN
South Fraser — SF
Kootenays — KOO
North Central — NC
North West — NW
Thompson-Okanagan — TOK
Vancouver Island — VI
Vancouver Sea To Sky — VSS
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