LANGLEY — The Varsity Letters’ Big AAA rankings remain relatively stable, with the Terry Fox Ravens parlaying a 2-0 start and an impressive win against South Delta to move into a spot within the Big 5.
The most dramatic movement, however, comes at AA, where Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Timberwolves and the unranked Langley Thunderbirds each make big moves both up and into the Big 5.
Here are the latest rankings as well as VL’s weekly Weekend Survival Guide.
With the first day of fall upon us, welcome to your new week of B.C. high school football, one that finds up right back to the intensity of conference play!
RANKINGS
VARSITY LETTERS BIG 5
TRIPLE A
1 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (2-0). (LW-1)
2 Mt. Douglas Rams (Victoria (2-0) (2)
3 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (1-0) (3)
4 Notre Dame Jugglers (Vancouver) (2-0) (4)
5-tie G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (3-0) (5)
5-tie Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (2-0) (HM)
Honourable mention —New Westminster Hyacks (1-1) (HM), St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (0-1) (HM), South Delta Sun Devils (1-1) (HM), Kelowna Owls (0-1) (HM)
DOUBLE A
1 Ballenas Whalers (Parksville) (2-0) (LW-1)
2 Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) (2-1) (5-tie)
3 Vernon Panthers (0-2) (2-tie)
4 Langley Thunderbirds (1-0) (NR)
5 John Barsby Bulldogs (Nanaimo) (1-1) (5)
Honourable mention — South Kamloops Titans (0-2) (NR), Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (0-1) (NR), Windsor Dukes (North Vancouver) (0-1) (2-tie), Carson Graham Eagles (North Vancouver) (1-2) (4), Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (1-1) (5-tie)
THIS WEEK
FRIDAY
AAA WEST
1:30 p.m. — New Westminster at Belmont (Goudy Field)
5 p.m. — South Delta at Mt. Douglas (Royal Athletic Park)
AAA PACIFIC
2 p.m. — Nanaimo District at Sardis (Exhibition Stadium)
AAA EAST
3:30 p.m. — Abbotsford at Centennial (Centennial Oval)
4 p.m. — Terry Fox at Lord Tweedsmuir
5 p.m. — G.W. Graham at Kelowna (Apple Bowl)
7 p.m. — Mission at W.J. Mouat
AA COASTAL
1:15 p.m. — West Vancouver at Holy Cross
3 p.m. — Robert Bateman at Argyle
3:30 p.m. — Langley at Ballenas
3:45 p.m. — Windsor at Carson Graham
AA NORTH
5 p.m. — Kelly Road at Prince George
7 p.m. — Duchess Park at College Heights
7:30 p.m. — Rutland at South Kamloops
EXHIBITION
2 p.m. — Timberline at John Barsby
AAA/AA HYBRID
3 p.m. — Okanagan Mission at Earl Marriott
7 p.m. — Salmon Arm at Vernon, Salmon Arm at Vernon
7:30 p.m. — Rutland at South Kamloops (Hillside Stadium)
SATURDAY
AAA PACIFIC
1:30 p.m. — Sullivan Heights at Frank Hurt
AAA WEST
1:30 p.m. — St. Thomas More at Vancouver College
LAST WEEK
SEPT. 17
AA COASTAL
Holy Cross 0 at John Barsby 37, Ballenas 8 at Argyle 2, Langley 50 Carson Graham 6
NON-CONFERENCE
Vernon 2 at G.W. Graham 14, Centennial 0 at Vancouver College 32
Mt. Douglas 59 at Abbotsford 0
Kelowna 0 at Notre Dame 36
Seaquam 28 at Earl Marriott 0
Belmont 34 Nanaimo District 7
South Kamloops 0 at New Westminster 23
AAA/AA HYBRID
Rutland 47 at Salmon Arm 12
Sardis 30 at W.J. Mouat 0
SEPT. 18
AA COASTAL
Windsor 8 at Robert Bateman 38
NON-CONFERENCE
Sullivan Heights 12 at Mission 14, Terry Fox 21 at South Delta 7, Handsworth 6 at West Vancouver 37
SCOREBOARD
Week 1
NON-CONFERENCE
SEPT. 11
South Delta 35 South Kamloops 12, G.W. Graham 14 St. Thomas More 12
SEPT. 10
Robert Bateman 28 W.J. Mouat 12, Carson Graham 46 Handsworth 28, Mt. Douglas 6 John Barsby 6, Rutland 13 Vernon 12, Holy Cross 30 Abbotsford 8, Ballenas 28 Belmont 13, Lord Tweedsmuir 7 New Westminster 0, Seaquam 44 Sullivan Heights 0, Mt. Boucherie 32 Sardis 16, Terry Fox 43 Earl Marriott 0
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