LANGLEY — Welcome to Week 6 of the 2019 B.C. high school football season.
St. Thomas More, at one stage of the early season forced to forfeit a non-conference rivalry game against Vancouver College due to a rash of injuries, are sitting at 3-0 in the Eastern Conference, deadlocked with North Delta’s Seaquam Seahawks.
While the heavyweights at both tiers held their ground this past week, there is a ton of parity bubbling, especially at Triple A, setting the tone for an exciting final four weeks of regular season play.
Here is Varsity Letters’ latest set of Big 5 rankings at both tiers:
TRIPLE A
1 New Westminster Hyacks (4-1, 3-0) (LW-1)
LW — Def. Carson Graham 35-12.
TW — Friday host Handsworth (Mercer Stadium).
2 South Delta Sun Devils (5-0, 3-0) (2)
LW — Def. Handsworth 30-6.
TW — Friday at Notre Dame (Burnaby Lake).
3 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (4-1, 2-1) (3)
LW — Def. Belmont 36-0.
TW — Friday at Carson Graham.
4 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (3-1, 2-1) (4)
LW — Def. Abbotsford 28-6.
TW — Saturday at Seaquam.
5 St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby) (3-2, 3-0) (HM)
LW — Def. Kelowna 16-13.
TW — Friday host Abbotsford (Burnaby Lake).
Honourable mention
Mt. Douglas Rams (Victoria) (2-2, 1-2) (HM)
LW — Def. Notre Dame 34-0.
TW — Friday at Belmont (Goudy Field).
Abbotsford Panthers (4-1, 2-1) (5-tie)
LW —Lost to Lord Tweedsmuir 28-6.
TW — Friday at St. Thomas More (Burnaby Lake).
Kelowna Owls (2-3, 1-2) (5-tie)
LW — Lost 16-13 to St. Thomas More.
TW — Friday host Centennial (Apple Bowl).
Seaquam Seahawks (3-1, 3-0) (NR)
LW — Defeated Terry Fox 28-14.
TW — Saturday host Lord Tweedsmuir.
DOUBLE A
1 Vernon Panthers (4-0, 2-0) (LW-1)
LW — Def. Salmon Arm 49-7.
TW — Do not play.
2 Langley Saints (4-0, 1-0) (2)
LW — Def. Holy Cross 46-6.
TW — Friday at Robert Bateman.
3 Ballenas Whalers (Parksville) (5-0, 1-0) (3)
LW — Def. John Barsby 26-14.
TW — Do not play.
4 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (1-2, 1-0) (4)
LW — Def. Frank Hurt 42-0.
TW — Friday host Holy Cross.
5 Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) (3-2, 0-0) (5)
LW — Def. Argyle 42-13.
TW — Friday host Langley.
Honourable mention
Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey) (3-2, 0-1) (HM)
LW — Lost 46-6 to Langley.
TW — Friday at G.W. Graham (Exhibition Stadium).
Windsor Dukes (North Vancouver) (2-1, 0-0) (HM)
LW — Did not play.
TW — Saturday at Frank Hurt.
South Kamloops Titans (4-1, 1-0) (HM)
LW — Def. Clarence Fulton 28-6.
TW — Friday at Salmon Arm (Little Mountain).
College Heights Cougars (Prince George) (3-0-1, 3-0) (HM)
LW — Def. Kelly Road 46-16.
TW — Friday host Nechako Valley (Masich Stadium).
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