LANGLEY — Let the Subway Bowl’s month-long festival begin!
OK, OK, we’ve still got three more Triple A conference clashes on tap today, but only one affects the draw for the opening round of B.C. high school football playoff games set to kickoff next Friday.
The draw won’t move into B.C. Place until the following Saturday (Nov. 17) when five of eight quarterfinal games over the AAA and AA tiers will be played on the grand stage.
This coming weekend sees host teams playing at their regular fields, or at their nearest turf field.
We’ve got the AAA draw right here, courtesy of the B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association, but first the final conference standings.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
1 Vancouver College
2 Notre Dame
3 Mt. Douglas
4 New Westminster
5 South Delta
6 Carson Graham
7 Seaquam
8 Handsworth
9 Belmont
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1 Lord Tweedsmuir
2 St. Thomas More
3 Terry Fox
4 Mission
5 Abbotsford
6 Kelowna
7 Mt. Boucherie
8 Centennial
PACIFIC CONFERENCE*
1 Nanaimo District
*2 W.J. Mouat
*3 Rutland
4 West Vancouver
5 Sardis
6 Earl Marriott
7 Spectrum
8 Eric Hamber
9 Sullivan Heights
*— Pacific Conference standings will be complete after Saturday’s play
** — East champion Lord Tweedsmuir, West champion Vancouver College both receive opening-round byes.
SUBWAY BOWL 2018 DRAW
TOP HALF DRAW
QUADRANT A
New Westminster (W-4) vs. Abbotsford (E-5)
Winner plays Lord Tweedsmuir (E-1) in quarterfinals.
QUADRANT B
Carson Graham (W-6) vs. Terry Fox (E-3)
Notre Dame (W-2) vs. (W.J. Mouat or Rutland, P-2)*
BOTTOM HALF DRAW
QUADRANT C
St. Thomas More (E-2) vs. Nanaimo District (P-1)
Kelowna Owls (E-6) vs. Mt. Douglas (W-3)
QUADRANT D
Mission (E-4) vs. South Delta (W-5)
Winner plays Vancouver College (W-1) in quarterfinals.
(*Note — Pacific 2 berth depends on result of W.J. Mouat vs. West Vancouver game today)
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