Head coach Todd Bernett and the Vancouver College Fighting Irish remain atop the Varsity Letters' Big 5 Triple A rankings heading into their Saturday clash at No. 5 South Delta. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letter’s 09.09.19 Big 5 B.C. high school football rankings: VC and Vernon hold top spots

Welcome to Week 3 of the 2019 B.C. high school football season.

The latest rankings:

TRIPLE A

1 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (2-0, 0-0) (LW-1)

LW — Def. St. Thomas More by forfeit.

TW — Saturday at South Delta.

2 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (1-0, 0-0) (2)

LW — Won 21-0 at Blaine (Wash.).

TW — Friday at Terry Fox (Percy Perry Stadium). 

3 Mt. Douglas Rams (Victoria) (1-0, 0-0) (3)

LW — Def. Nanaimo-District 20-0.

TW — Friday host New Westminster.

4 New Westminster Hyacks (1-1, 0-0) (4)

LW — Def. G.W. Graham 40-0.

TW — Friday at Mt. Douglas.

5-tie South Delta Sun Devils  (2-0, 0-0) (5)

LW — Def. Seaquam 27-0.

TW — Saturday host Vancouver College.

5-tie Abbotsford Panthers (2-0, 0-0) (HM)

LW — Def. Notre Dame 20-16.

TW — Friday at Kelowna.

Honourable mention

Notre Dame Jugglers (Vancouver) (1-1, 0-0) (HM)

LW — Lost 20-16 at Abbotsford.

TW — Friday host Belmont.

St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (0-2, 0-0) (HM)

LW — Forfeit loss to Vancouver College.

TW — Friday at Mission.

Kelowna Owls (1-1) (NR)

LW — Def. Rutland 42-0.

TW — Friday host Abbotsford.

DOUBLE A

1 Vernon Panthers (2-0, 0-0) (LW-1)

LW — Def. Holy Cross 40-0.

TW — Do not play.

2 Langley Saints (2-0, 0-0) (4)

LW — Def. Terry Fox 28-7.

TW — Friday host John Barsby (McLeod Athletic Park).

3-tie G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (0-2, 0-0) (2)

LW — Lost 40-0 to New Westminster.

TW — Saturday at Kelly Road.

3-tie Ballenas Whalers (Parksville) (2-0, 0-0) (3)

LW — Def. Belmont 21-0.

TW — Friday host Robert Bateman.

5 Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) (1-1, 0-0) (5-tie)

LW — Lost 21-19 to W.J. Mouat.

TW — Friday at Ballenas.

Honourable mention

John Barsby Bulldogs (Nanaimo) (0-2, 0-0) (5-tie)

LW — Lost 14-12 to Mission.

TW —Friday at Langley (McLeod Athletic Park).

South Kamloops Titans (2-0, 0-0) (HM)

LW — Def. Nechako Valley 35-0.

TW — Friday at Rutland.

College Heights Cougars (Prince George) (1-0, 0-0) (HM)

LW — Def. Prince George 40-0.

TW — Do not play.

Windsor Dukes (North Vancouver) (0-1, 0-0) (HM)

LW — Lost 41-8 to Handsworth.

TW — Friday host Okanagan Mission.

LAST WEEK

SCOREBOARD

NON-CONFERENCE

FRIDAY

Vernon 40 Holy Cross 0

College Heights 40 Prince George 0

W.J. Mouat 21 Robert Bateman 19

Mission 14 John Barsby 12

Ballenas 21 Belmont 0

Sardis 24 West Vancouver 12

Handsworth 41 Windsor 8

Carson Graham 26 Argyle 0

Centennial 38 Sullivan Heights 0

Langley 28 Terry Fox 7

Kelowna 42 Rutland 0

Mt. Douglas 20 Nanaimo District 0

Lord Tweedsmuir 21 Blaine 0

Vancouver College 27 St. Thomas More 0

New Westminster 40 G.W. Graham 0

South Kamloops 35 Nechako Valley 0

SATURDAY

South Delta 27 Seaquam 0

Abbotsford 20 Notre Dame 16

Eric Hamber 24 Frank Hurt 0

Earl Marriott 21 Mt. Boucherie 15

(Records in brackets indicate first a team’s overall record, followed by its conference record. Overall records do not reflect games played outside of B.C.)

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