Football Alberta goes dark | Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune

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With the job action from the Alberta Teachers Association scheduled to begin on Monday, Oct. 6, all extracurricular activities, including high school football games, are on pause for the duration.

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Most leagues in the province have cancelled their schedule for the next week. It liked would have featured a great game in the Rockyview League at the 4A level. With Cochrane travelling to Airdrie for a date with George McDougall and the 5A “Grandaddy of them All” between St. Francis and Notre Dame (CGY) in McMahon Stadium, would have been, as is usual each season, the largest crowd to see a high school football game in Canada. In this edition of the rankings, we have included next week’s schedule so people can see what teams might have played.

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The School Sport Alberta (SSA) association has released contingency plans for operating provincials based on the number of weeks the job action continues. However, should it still be in place as of Nov. 4, then there will be no Alberta Bowl in 2025.

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Football Alberta truly hopes for a fair and equitable end to the job action and, like everyone else, will wait until there is a resolution before releasing future rankings. For now, we’ll just have to look at the top teams in 5A and wonder what if, and marvel at the wonderful, chaotic worlds of 4A, 3A, 9-aside and 6-aside. All the best to the student athletes in their upcoming challenges until we see you on the field again.

The 12-a-side teams are slotted into their levels based on their estimated school size by SSA, while the 9 and 6-a-side teams 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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Should you have any questions about the rankings or listed teams, please contact Football Alberta at (780)427-8108 or check out our website at www.footballalberta.ab.ca.

Week #6, Oct. 5

5A (School Pop. 1400 +)

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Week’s Result and Upcoming Opponent
1(1) Harry Ainlay (7-0) Edmonton beat Spruce Grove 35-6 (next vs. Jasper Place)
2(2) Raymond (6-1) Raymond beat Chinook 56-9 (next vs. Catholic Central)
3(4) Notre Dame (4-0-1) Calgary did not play (next vs. (next vs. St. Francis)
4(6) Ernest Manning (4-2) Calgary beat St. Francis 32-0 (next vs. All Saints)
5(7) L.C.I. (4-2) Lethbridge beat Catholic Central 54-0 (next week BYE)
6(5) Salisbury (4-2) Sherwood Park lost to Holy Trinity Academy 15-19 (next vs. Ross Sheppard)
7(3) St. Francis (5-1) Calgary lost to Ernest Manning 0-32 (next vs. Notre Dame (RD))
8(8) Notre Dame (6-1) Red Deer beat Iron Ridge 66-0 (next vs. Lacombe)
9(10) Bowness (3-1) Calgary did not play (next vs. Bishop Carroll)
10(-) Jasper Place (3-4) Edmonton beat Ross Sheppard 7-3 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)
* 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(3) Holy Trinity Aca. (4-2) Okotoks beat Salisbury 19-15 (next vs. Foothills)
2(2) George McDougall (6-1) Airdrie beat Bert Church 26-8 (next vs. Cochrane)
3(4) Cochrane (5-0) Cochrane beat Bow Valley 42-0 (next vs. George McDougall)
4(1) Catholic Central (6-1) Lethbridge lost to L.C.I. 0-54 (next vs. Raymond)
5(5) Chinook (3-2) Lethbridge lost to Raymond 9-56 (next vs. Medicine Hat)
6(6) St. Joseph’s (4-2) Grande Prairie did not play (next vs. Grande Prairie)
7(9) Hunting Hills (4-1) Red Deer beat Stettler 39-20 (next week BYE)
8(10) Medicine Hat (2-3-1) Medicine Hat tied Cardston 28-28 (next vs. Chinook)
9(8) Cold Lake (4-2) Cold Lake lost to St. Paul 19-81 (next vs. Holy Rosary)
10(7) Austin O’Brien (2-4) Edmonton lost to Bev Facey 19-22 (next week BYE)

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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 (5-0) Lloydminster did not play (next vs. Cold Lake)
2(2) St. Paul (4-0) St. Paul beat Cold Lake 81-19 (next week BYE)
3(3) Cardston (2-2-1) Cardston tied Medicine Hat 28-28 (next vs. Crescent Heights (MH))
4(4) Willow Creek (4-1) Claresholm beat Winston Churchill 35-0 (next vs. W.R. Myers)
5(5) Sylvan Lake (4-2) Sylvan Lake beat Lindsay Thurber 56-0 (next vs. Stettler)
6(7) Ardrossan (4-0) Ardrossan beat McNally 28-14 (next vs. Fort Saskatchewan)
7(8) Crescent Heights (4-2) Medicine Hat beat W.R. Myers 28-21 (next vs. Cardston)
8(6) W.R. Myers (3-3) Taber lost to Crescent Heights (MH) 21-28 (next vs. Willow Creek)
9(9) Olds (3-3) Olds beat Canmore 55-22 (next week BYE)
10(10) Drumheller (3-2) Drumheller beat Brooks 18-16 (next week BYE)

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9-a-side

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

1(1) Peace River (4-0) Peace River beat Millwoods Christian 56-0 (next vs. Valleyview)
2(2) Bonnyville (4-0) Bonnyville beat Wainwright 31-17 (next vs. Ponoka)
3(3) Wainwright (3-2) Wainwright lost to Bonnyville 17-31 (next week BYE)
4(4) Ponoka (2-1) Ponoka Wetaskiwin 47-8 (next vs. Bonnyville)
5(-) Carstairs (3-0) Carstairs did not play (next vs. Pincher Creek)

6-a-side

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

1(4) Hinton (2-1) Hinton beat Rimbey 42-37 (next week BYE)
2(1) Breton (3-1) Breton lost to West Central 28-42 (next week BYE)
3(2) J.C. Charyk (3-1) Hanna beat Holy Redeemer 22-21 (next week BYE)
4(3) Rimbey (2-2) Rimbey lost to Hinton 37-42 (next week BYE)
5(5) St. Carlo Acutis (4-0) Camrose beat J.R. Robson 70-1 (next week BYE)

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