B.C. senior girls basketball Top 10 rankings! Preseason polls rate Riverside, SMUS, Mulgrave as teams to beat for B.C. hoops glory!

LANGLEY — A pair of defending B.C. champions, and a silver medallist from a season looking to strike some elusive gold of its own this season.

That’s the back-story behind three of B.C.’s best teams, each of whom carry No. 1 rankings into the new 2023-24 campaign.

Quad-A B.C. champion Riverside Rapids of PoCo and Double-A B.C. champ Mulgrave Titans of West Vancouver each start were they finished at the the provincial tournament last March, ranked No. 1 in the latest preseason polls issued by B.C. Secondary Schools Basketball Association.

Triple-A No. 1 SMUS Blue Jags of Victoria look to finish one spot higher this season following its title game setback last season against the Abbotsford Panthers.

The provincial Single-A Top 10 rankings will be added here when issued.

QUAD-A

1 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (FN)

2 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (SF)

3 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS)

4 Burnaby Central Wildcats (FN)

5 Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV)

6 Kelowna Owls (OK)

7 Okanagan Mission Huskies (Kelowna) (OK)

8 Walnut Grove Gators (Langley) (EV)

9 Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils (Coquitlam) (FN)

10 Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs (Vancouver) (VSS) (10)

Honourable mention — Claremont Spartans (Victoria) (VI, South Delta Sun Devils (SF), G.W. Graham Grizzlies (EV) (Chilliwack)

TRIPLE-A

1 St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (VI) 

2 South Kamloops Titans (OK)

3 Brookswood Bobcats (Langley) (EV)

4 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) 

5 Reynolds Roadrunners (Victoria) (VI)

6 R.A. McMath Wildcats (Richmond) (SF)

7 Sa-Hali Sabres (Kamloops) (OK)

8 Little Flower Academy Angels (VSS)

9 Clayton Heights Riders (Surrey) (SF)

10 Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) (EV)

Honourable mention — College Heights Cougars (Prince George), W.L. Seaton Sonics (Vernon) (OK), Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI), Pitt Meadows Marauders (FN), Vernon Panthers (OK), Duchess Park Condors (Prince George) (NC)

DOUBLE-A

1 Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS)

2 Langley Christian Lightning (Langley) (EV)

3 Pacific Christian Pacers (Victoria) (VI)

4 Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF) 

5 Abbotsford Traditional Titans (EV)

6 Fernie Falcons (KOO)

7 Notre Dame Jugglers (Vancouver) (VSS)

8 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (FN) 

9 Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey) (SF)

10 Kalamalka Lakers (Coldstream) (OK)

Honourable mention — Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF), A.R. MacNeill Ravens (Richmond) (SF) (NR), Abbotsford Christian Knights (EV), St. Patrick’s Celtics (Vancouver) (VSS), Lambrick Park Pride (Victoria) (VI)

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