BC Boys Top 10 preseason rankings: 2024-25 to tip off with Spectrum, MEI, Collingwood, Unity topping the charts!

LANGLEY — Top 10 time is back.

The B.C. School Sports provincial pre-season high school Top 10 rankings for senior boys basketball have just been released, and as expected, its two largest tiers reflect the respective geographical strengths of two of the province’s time-honoured regions.

At Quad-A, three of the top four spots are held by Vancouver Island schools.

From Saanich hail the No. 1-ranked, defending B.C. champion Spectrum Thunder.

Sitting at No. 2, having moved up from Triple-A where last season, it won that tier’s B.C. title, are Nanaimo’s Dover Bay Dolphins.

And at No. 4 are the Island mainstays, the Oak Bay Bays of Victoria.

Fraser North powers, the Burnaby South Rebels, have been installed at No. 3, while the top five is rounded out by the top dogs of Vancouver Sea-to-Sky, the Vancouver College Fighting Irish.

At Triple-A, the Eastern Valley has three of the top five schools, including the No. 1 MEI Eagles of Abbotsford, No. 4 Brookswood Bobcats of Langley and the No. 5 Rick Hansen Hurricanes, also of Abbotsford.

Defending B.C. champion Collingwood Cavaliers of West Vancouver sit atop the Double-A poll, while defending small-school champs, the Unity Christian Flames of Chilliwack, tip-off as No. 1 in the Single-A rankings.

BASKETBALL

TOP 10 RANKINGS

B.C. SENIOR BOYS

QUAD A

1 Spectrum Thunder (Saanich) (VI)

2 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) AAA

3 Burnaby South Rebels (FN)

4 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI)

5 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS)

6 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) 

7 Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam) (FN)

8 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (VSS)

9 Sullivan Heights Stars (Surrey (SF)

10 West Vancouver Highlanders (VSS)

Honourable mention —Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (SF), Kelowna Owls (TOK), Kitsilano Blue Demons (Vancouver) (VSS), Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF), Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV)

TRIPLE A

1 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) 

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

3 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby)

4 Brookswood Bobcats (Langley) (EV) 

5 Rick Hansen Hurricanes (Abbotsford) (EV)

6 Richmond Colts (SF)

7 Windsor Wolves (North Vancouver) (VSS)

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

9 Mark Isfeld Ice (Courtenay) (VI)

10 South Kamloops Titans (TOK)

Honourable mention — Byrne Creek Bulldogs (Burnaby) (FN), Enver Creek Cougars (Surrey) (SF), Lord Byng Grey Ghosts (Vancouver) (VSS), Magee Lions (Vancouver) (VSS), Wellington Wildcats (Nanaimo)

DOUBLE A

1 Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver) (VSS) 

2 Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey (SF)

3 King George Dragons (Vancouver) (VSS)

4 Westsyde Whundas (Kamloops) (TOK)

5 Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (VI)

6 Langley Christian Lightning (EV)

7 Summerland Rockets (T-OK)

8 Lambrick Park Lions (Victoria) (VI)

9 St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (Victoria) (VI)

10 Credo Christian Kodiaks (Langley) (EV)

Honourable mention — Abbotsford Christian Knights (EV), Archbishop Carney Stars (PoCo) (FN), Mulgrave Titans (West Vancouver) (VSS), Southridge Storm (Surrey) (SF), West Point Grey Wolves (Vancouver) (VSS)

SINGLE A

1 Unity Christian Flames (Chilliwack) (EV)

2 SJS Eagles (Vancouver) (VSS)

3 Daaxiigan Sk’Adda N’ee Thunder Masset (NW)

4 King David Lions (Vancouver (VSS) 

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

6 Deer Lake Falcons (Burnaby) (FN) (HM)

7 Brookes Westshore Gryphons (Victoria) (VI)

8 Immaculata Mustangs (Kelowna) (TOK)

9 Aberdeen Hall Gryphons (Kelowna) (TOK)

10 Houston Christian Wildcats (NW)

Honourable mention — Cedars Christian Eagles (Prince George) (NC), Gabriele Roy Phoenix (Surrey) (SF), John Knox Christian Hawks (Burnaby) (FN), Maple Ridge Christian Hornets (FN), Regent Christian Royals (Surrey) (SF)

(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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