Football Alberta Week 3 | Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune

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Here are the weekly top-10 rankings for all five levels of high school football in Alberta for the 2025 season. These rankings will come out every Sunday (except for Labour Day kickoff) from now up until Nov. 2. At that time those will be the last rankings and teams will take this rank into provincials.

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The 12-a-side teams are slotted into their levels based on their estimated school size by School Sport Alberta while the 9 and 6-a-side are one level only. Some re-sorting of 12-a-side levels will take place after the final official population numbers are recorded at the end of September. Please note that games vs. US opponents, scrimmages, or tournaments are not taken into consideration for ranking or listed in the overall record of the schools.

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5A (School Pop. 1400 +)

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Week’s Result and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Harry Ainlay (4-0) Edmonton beat Bev Facey 40-7(next vs. Salisbury)
2(2) Raymond (3-1) Raymond beat Holy Trinity Academy 50-14 (next vs. George McDougall)
3(3) L.C.I. (2-1) Lethbridge beat Medicine Hat 44-0 (next vs. Ernest Manning)
4(4) St. Francis (3-0) Calgary beat Centennial 35-0 (next vs. Lord Beaverbrook)
5(5) Salisbury (3-0) Sherwood Park beat Spruce Grove 36-19 (next vs. Salisbury)
6(7) Notre Dame (2-0-1) Calgary beat Lord Beaverbrook 27-7 (next vs. Centennial)
7(6) Spruce Grove (2-1) Spruce Grove lost to Salisbury 19-36 (next vs. Austin O’Brien)
8(8) Ernest Manning (1-2) Calgary beat Bowness 31-6 (next vs. L.C.I.)
9(9) Notre Dame (2-1) Red Deer won 7-0 over Sylvan Lake by forfeit (next vs. Lindsay Thurber)
10(10) Ross Sheppard (3-1) Edmonton beat Austin O’Brien 23-16 (next week BYE)
* last week’s rank in parentheses.

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4A (School Pop. 800-1399)

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Week’s Result and Upcoming Opponent

1(2) George McDougall (4-0) Airdrie beat Chestermere 31-7 (next vs. Raymond)
2(1) Holy Trinity Aca. (3-1) Okotoks lost to Raymond 14-50 (next vs. St. Paul)
3(3) St. Joseph’s (3-1) Grande Prairie beat Jasper Place 30-20 (next vs. Holy Rosary)
4(4) Catholic Central (4-0) Lethbridge beat McCoy 25-18 (next vs. Medicine Hat)
5(7) Cochrane (3-0) Cochrane beat W.H. Croxford 38-6 (next vs. Springbank)
6(9) Chinook (3-0) Lethbridge beat Cardston 21-14 (next week BYE)
7(5) Medicine Hat (1-2) Medicine Hat lost to L.C.I. 0-44 (next vs. Catholic Central)
8(6) Austin O’Brien (0-3) Edmonton lost to Ross Sheppard 16-23 (next vs. Spruce Grove)
9(8) McCoy (2-1) Medicine Hat lost to Catholic Central 18-25 (next vs. Cold Lake)
10(10) Hunting Hills (1-1) Red Deer beat Camrose 23-0 (next vs. Sylvan Lake)

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3A (School Pop. 200 – 799)

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Week’s Result and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Holy Rosary (3-0) Lloydminster beat Foothills 43-0 (next vs. St. Joseph’s)
2(3) St. Paul (2-0) St. Paul did not play (next vs. Holy Trinity Academy)
3(5) Willow Creek (2-0) Claresholm beat Olds 16-8 (next vs. Cardston)
4(2) Sylvan Lake (2-1) Sylvan Lake lost 0-7 to Notre Dame (RD) by forfeit (next vs. Hunting Hills)
5(4) Olds (1-2) Olds lost to Willow Creek 8-16 (next vs. Highwood)
6(6) Cardston (1-1) Cardston lost to Chinook 14-21 (next vs. Willow Creek)
7(8) Crescent Heights (2-1) Medicine Hat beat Brooks 27-13 (next vs. Winston Churchill)
8(9) W.R. Myers (1-2) Taber beat Strathmore 51-44 (next vs. Brooks)
9(10) Ardrossan (1-0) Ardrossan beat Leduc 17-3 (next vs. St. Albert)
10(-) Drumheller (1-1) Drumheller beat Canmore 47-28 (next vs. Foothills)

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9-a-side

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Peace River (1-0) Peace River beat High Prairie 41-12 (next vs. Whitecourt)
2(2) Ponoka (1-0) Ponoka beat Millwoods Christian 37-21 (next week BYE)
3(4) Wainwright (2-0) Wainwright beat Wetaskiwin 50-23 (next vs. Millwoods Christian)
4(3) Millwoods Christian (1-1) Edmonton lost to Ponoka 21-37 (next vs. Wainwright)
5(5) Bonnyville (1-0) Bonnyville did not play (next vs. Wetaskiwin)

6-a-side

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Week Result and Upcoming opponent

1(1) J.C. Charyk (1-0) Hanna beat West Central 68-20 (next vs. Hinton)
2(3) Breton (1-0) Breton beat Rimbey 86-65 (next vs. Holy Redeemer)
3(5) Hinton (1-0) Hinton beat Holy Redeemer 54-22 (next vs. J.C. Charyk)
4(2) Holy Redeemer (0-1) Edson lost to Hinton 22-54 (next vs. Breton)
5(4) Rimbey (0-1) Rimbey lost to Breton 65-86 (next vs. West Central)

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Upcoming games of the week

5A

#1 Harry Ainlay Titans at #5 Salisbury Sabres

Friday, Sept. 19th, 7:30 p.m., Emerald Hills Sports Pavilion (Sherwood Park), it’s a little early in the year for this game, but Salisbury vs. Harry Ainlay battles have been a must-see event on the football calendar for decades. The defending 5A Provincial Champion Titans are cruising along as usual, having survived a tough exhibition season, while the Sabres have upped their game considerably from what was a disappointing year for them last season.

Many of their games in recent years have been so good they’ve earned nicknames (i.e. Battle in the Blizzard) so don’t get there late if you want a seat at Emerald Hills this Friday.

#3 L.C.I. Rams at #8 Ernest Manning Griffins

Friday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., Stampeder Field at Shouldice Park (Calgary)

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Two strong programs meet in non-conference play this Friday in Calgary. Led by the human highlight reel, QB Owen Parker, the L.C.I. Rams haven’t had this high a ranking in decades, with the only blemish on their record being a close loss to #1 Harry Ainlay in the pre-season.

On the other side are the sneaky good Ernest Manning Griffins, who finally righted the ship last week with a win over Bowness after two tough losses to start the season by a total of two combined points. The loss of Team Alberta QB, Harrison Hyndman, to injury has been a big blow to the Griffins but he’s not their only high-calibre player, so the Rams will have their hands full this Friday at Shouldice.

6-a-side

#2 Breton Cougars at #4 Holy Redeemer Rebels

Wednesday, Sept. 15, 4:00 p.m., Holy Redeemer High School (Edson)

An early season battle in the forests of western Alberta, these two teams have been amongst the most consistent contenders at the 6-a-
side level since its inception in the early 2000s. What they are both missing, though, is a provincial championship to their name, and
this week’s game might give us a glimpse into their chances for this year. With defending champion Millwoods Christian moving up a level to 9-a-side its wide open at 6-a-side in 2025.

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