Football Alberta’s week seven | Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune

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And, we’re back.  After a long four-week hiatus, high school football is back.  Unfortunately, the break was long enough to make the resumption of the regular season impossible, so most leagues have gone straight to abbreviated playoffs.  Some leagues or divisions within leagues that do not have teams advancing to SSA Provincials will run a longer playoff or exhibition games deep into November.  For a full listing of known games, go to this link on the Football Alberta webpage:

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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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Should you have any questions about the rankings or listed teams, please check out the website at Football Alberta or contact us at (780)427-8108.

5A (School Pop. 1400 +)

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

1(1) Harry Ainlay (7-0) Edmonton did not play (next vs. Salisbury)
2(2) Raymond (6-1) Raymond did not play (next vs. L.C.I.)
3(3) Notre Dame (4-0-1) Calgary did not play (next vs. St. Francis)
4(4) Ernest Manning (4-2) Calgary did not play (next vs. Bishop Carroll)
5(5) L.C.I. (4-2) Lethbridge did not play (next vs. Raymond)
6(6) Salisbury (4-2) Sherwood Park did not play (next vs. Harry Ainlay)
7(7) St. Francis (5-1) Calgary did not play (next vs. Notre Dame (CGY))
8(8) Notre Dame (6-1) Red Deer did not play (next vs. Jasper Place)
9(9) Bowness (3-1) Calgary did not play (next week BYE)
10(10) Jasper Place (3-4) Edmonton did not play (next vs. Notre Dame (RD))
* 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(1) Holy Trinity Aca. (4-2) Okotoks did not play (next vs. Strathmore)
2(3) Cochrane (5-0) Cochrane did not play (next vs loser Strathmore/HTA)
3(2) George McDougall (6-1) Airdrie did not play (next vs. winner Strathmore/HTA)
4(4) Catholic Central (6-1) Lethbridge did not play (next vs. McCoy)
5(5) Chinook (3-2) Lethbridge did not play (next vs. Medicine Hat)
6(6) St. Joseph’s (4-2) Grande Prairie did not play (next week BYE)
7(7) Hunting Hills (4-1) Red Deer did not play (next vs. Lacombe)
8(8) Medicine Hat (2-3-1) Medicine Hat did not play (next vs. Chinook)
9(9) Cold Lake (4-2) Cold Lake did not play (next week BYE)
10(10) Austin O’Brien (2-4) Edmonton did not play (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. St. Paul)
2(2) St. Paul (4-0) St. Paul did not play (next vs. Holy Rosary)
3(3) Cardston (2-2-1) Cardston did not play (next vs. W.R. Myers)
4(4) Willow Creek (4-1) Claresholm did not play (next vs. Crescent Heights (MH))
5(6) Ardrossan (4-0) Ardrossan did not play (next vs. St. Albert)
6(7) Crescent Heights (4-2) Medicine Hat did not play (next vs. Willow Creek)
7(8) W.R. Myers (3-3) Taber did not play (next vs. Cardston)
8(9) Olds (3-3) Olds did not play (next week BYE)
9(10) Drumheller (3-2) Drumheller did not play (next week BYE)
10(-) Camrose (2-3) Camrose did not play (next vs. Stettler)

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9A-side

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

1(1) Peace River (4-0) Peace River did not play (next week BYE)
2(2) Bonnyville (4-0) Bonnyville did not play (next week BYE)
3(3) Wainwright (3-2) Wainwright did not play (next week BYE)
4(4) Ponoka (2-1) Ponoka did not play (next week BYE)
5(5) Carstairs (3-0) Carstairs did not play (next week BYE)

6A-side

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

1(1) Hinton (2-1) Hinton did not play (next vs. Holy Redeemer)
2(2) Breton (3-1) Breton did not play (next vs. Rimbey)
3(3) J.C. Charyk (3-1) Hanna did not play (next vs. West Central)
4(4) Rimbey (2-2) Rimbey did not play (next vs. Breton)
5(5) St. Carlo Acutis (4-0) Camrose did not play (next vs. Westlock)

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Upcoming games of the week:

5A-#5 L.C.I. Rams at #2 Raymond Comets-Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. Comets Stadium (Raymond)

Well, if you had to wait four weeks between games, this isn’t a bad way to return to action. Annually, one of Alberta’s most
anticipated games, this Southern Alberta classic is just what the doctor ordered. Prior to the break, Raymond had been on cruise
control, beating their opponents handily after dropping their first game of the season to #1-ranked Harry Ainlay. The Rams have had
some ups and downs but had played consistently great teams prior to the work stoppage, only losing to Harry Ainlay and Ernest
Manning in competitive contests. L.C.I. is a great team and can play with anyone, but we’ll see how the long break, combined with
playing in Alberta’s hardest stadium, to eke out a win as the visitor. Must see football on Friday night in Raymond!

3A-#2 St. Paul Lions at #1 Holy Rosary Raiders-Nov. 7, TBA, TBA (Lloydminster)

We don’t have a time yet for this one, as Holy Rosary is hoping to have its new artificial turf field ready for action next week. Failing its availability, the game will be somewhere else. In any event, we can’t ignore a #1 vs. #2 match-up coming back from the break.

This game will also serve as the Wheatland League Championship. Holy Rosary is defending Provincial 3A Champions, but the
Lions are one of the few teams that have defeated them in recent years. Should be a good one in Lloydminster.

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