CFC50 Rankings Week 13: New champions crowned in Alberta

There’s only one week left of high school football action in Canada to settle all the debates.

The Titans of Alberta football finally met their match. Harry Ainlay won three of the past four titles, but they were no match for the red hot Raymond Comets who left no doubt about who the best team in Alberta was this season with a dominant 34-15 victory to take home their first Tier I provincial championship since 2010. It was a fitting end to the season for Raymond, who opened the year with a 25-15 loss to Harry Ainlay, but were able to correct their mistakes and grow stronger with every game on the schedule until finally reaching the summit. The only other blemish on their record was a 34-34 tie with Ernest Manning in their third game of the season, and once again they were able to exorcise those demons en route to the provincial finals by hammering the Griffins 48-6 in the semifinals. This could be the beginning of another golden age of Tier I dominance for the Comets, who won three straight provincial banners from 2008-2010 before losing to – you guessed it – Harry Ainlay in the 2011 title fight. Funny how life comes full circle eventually.

We now flip our attention to Pacific coast where the final four went to battle at BC Place over the weekend. We wish we could report some shocking results, but it was destined to be Vancouver College and G.W. Graham going to war in the provincial finals. The Grizzlies found themselves in another dog fight going into halftime down 10-3 after a pick-six by St. Thomas More, but the defending champions weren’t ready to bow out yet with a stunning second half performance that saw them pull away in the fourth quarter to secure a 27-10 victory. The Fighting Irish saw no need for the dramatics cruising to a 41-20 victory over Carson Graham, and will now be looking to reclaim the provincial title from G.W. Graham this weekend. Vancouver College won their last championship in 2019, then the 2020 season was wiped out by COVID-19, which led the way to G.W. Graham capturing their first ever provincial banner. Will it be the old-guard who prevails? Or will the new kids on the block rule the streets once again? This game has the makings of a classic showdown with Vancouver College taking their regular season matchup in a close knit battle that ended 28-23.

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We finish off in Ontario where the OFSAA Festival got underway this morning at the University of Guelph. We begin in the home region where Jacob Hespeler outscored Resurrection in the CWOSSA finals in a wild 55-35 contest to secure their spot in the Northern Bowl against Korah. It should be a fantastic matchup with Korah searching for their fourth straight OFSAA bowl victory, while Hespeler will be hoping to bring home their second OFSAA banner. Since the games are being held in Guelph, CWOSSA got two seeds this year which means the Phoenix get to rise one more time with Resurrection heading to the Metro Bowl against Chaminade College later tonight.

Lastly we had to decide the Golden Horseshoe Bowl featuring the winners out of SOSSA and GHAC. A.N. Myer have been a team on a mission this season, and they’ve added one more task to complete at OFSAA after getting the job done against Westmount with a 21-18 victory in the SOSSA Finals. On the other side of the field they’ll be facing Bishop Tonnos, who continued their magical run with a 28-14 win over S.J.H. Newman in the GHAC Finals. This will be the first bowl appearance by A.N. Myer since they won three straight from 2014-2016, while Bishop Tonnos will be looking to write the perfect ending to their fairytale season with a victory in their first trip to an OFSAA bowl game in school history.

Will we have a new number one ranked team at the end of the season? All to play for with just ten games remaining in what’s been another dramatic season of high school football in Canada.

The OFSAA Bowl Schedule:

Central Bowl – Monday, 10:00am EST
St. Roch vs. St. Patrick’s

Simcoe Bowl – Monday, 1:30pm EST
Holy Trinity vs. Bear Creek

Metro Bowl – Monday, 5:00pm EST
Resurrection vs. Chaminade College

Independent Bowl – Tuesday, 10:00am EST
Thomas A. Stewart vs. St. Michael’s College

Western Bowl – Tuesday, 1:30pm EST
Huron Heights vs. Laurier

Golden Horseshoe Bowl – Tuesday, 5:00pm EST
A.N. Myer vs. Bishop Tonnos

National Capital Bowl – Wednesday, 10:00am EST
St. Matthew vs. Northern

Eastern Bowl – Wednesday, 1:30pm EST
Frontenac vs. Belle River

Northern Bowl – Wednesday, 5:00pm EST
Jacob Hespeler vs. Korah

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#	Last Week	School/Team Mascot	City	Prov.	Conf. Rec.	Non-Conf. Rec	Results
1	1	Huron Heights Warriors	Newmarket	ON	0-0	7-0	BYE
2	3	Miller Marauders	Regina	SK	9-0	0-0	COMPLETE
3	7	Raymond Comets	Raymond	AB	4-0	6-1-1	W 34-15 vs. Harry Ainlay
4	4	Vancouver College Fighting Irish	Vancouver	BC	9-0	3-0	W 41-20 vs. Carson Graham
5	5	St. Paul’s Crusaders	Winnipeg	MB	9-1	0-0	COMPLETE
6	6	Sém. St-François Blizzard	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaure	QC	10-1	0-0	COMPLETE
7	8	Laurier Rams	London	ON	9-0	0-0	BYE
8	9	G.W. Graham Grizzlies	Chilliwack	BC	7-1	4-0	W 27-10 vs. St. Thomas More
9	2	Harry Ainlay Titans	Edmonton	AB	9-1	2-0	L 34-15 vs. Raymond
10	10	Charles-Lemoyne Dynamique	Sainte-Catherine	QC	10-2	0-0	COMPLETE
11	11	St Joseph Guardians	Saskatoon	SK	7-1	0-1	COMPLETE
12	12	Dakota Collegiate Lancers	Winnipeg	MB	8-2	0-0	COMPLETE
13	13	Jacob Hespeler Hawks	Cambridge	ON	9-0	0-0	W 55-35 vs. Resurrection
14	20	A. N. Myer Marauders	Niagara Falls	ON	9-0	0-0	W 21-18 vs. Westmount
15	21	Bishop Tonnos Titans	Ancaster	ON	9-1	0-0	W 28-14 vs. S.J.H. Newman
16	14	St. Thomas More Knights	Burnaby	BC	8-1	1-2	L 27-10 vs. G.W. Graham
17	15	St. Roch Ravens	Brampton	ON	5-0	2-1	BYE
18	17	Korah Colts	Sault Ste Marie	ON	6-1	0-1	COMPLETE
19	18	Ernest Manning Griffins	Calgary	AB	4-1-1	2-0-1	COMPLETE
20	22	Salisbury Sabres	Sherwood Park	AB	7-3	1-0	COMPLETE
21	16	Westmount Wildcats	Hamilton	ON	8-1	0-0	L 21-18 vs. A.N. Myer
22	19	Carson Graham Eagles	North Vancouver	BC	7-2	1-2	L 41-20 vs. Vancouver College
23	23	St. Andrew’s College Saints	Aurora	ON	5-0	2-3	COMPLETE
24	24	Notre Dame Pride	Calgary	AB	5-2	1-1	COMPLETE
25	25	Holy Cross Crusaders	Saskatoon	SK	5-2	0-1	COMPLETE
26	26	South Delta Sun Devils	Delta	BC	5-2	3-1	COMPLETE
27	27	Frontenac Falcons	Kingston	ON	8-0	0-0	BYE
28	28	Belle River Aigles	Belle River	ON	8-0	0-0	BYE
29	29	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Welland	ON	7-1	1-1	COMPLETE
30	30	Corpus Christi Longhorns	Burlington	ON	8-1	0-0	COMPLETE
31	32	St. Thomas Aquinas Flames	London	ON	6-1	0-0	COMPLETE
32	33	Citadel Phoenix	Halifax	NS	8-0	0-0	COMPLETE
33	34	St. Matthew Tigers	Ottawa	ON	8-0-1	0-0	BYE
34	31	St. John Henry Newman Cardinals	Stoney Creek	ON	7-3	0-0	L 28-14 vs. Bishop Tonnos
35	35	College Notre-Dame Cactus	Montreal	QC	6-5	0-0	COMPLETE
36	36	London South Lions	London	ON	5-2	1-0	COMPLETE
37	37	Riverview Royals	Riverview	NB	9-1	0-0	COMPLETE
38	38	Armand-Corbeil Scorpions	Terrebonne	QC	6-5	0-0	COMPLETE
39	39	Notre Dame Jugglers	Burnaby	BC	4-3	3-0	COMPLETE
40	41	Bear Creek Kodiaks	Barrie	ON	8-0	0-0	BYE
41	40	Resurrection Phoenix	Waterloo	ON	9-1	0-0	L 55-35 vs. Jacob Hespeler
42	42	Terry Fox Ravens	Port Coquitlam	BC	5-2	2-1	COMPLETE
43	43	Holy Trinity Titans	Oakville	ON	6-2	0-0	COMPLETE
44	44	L.C.I. Rams	Lethbridge	AB	4-1	2-2	COMPLETE
45	45	Holy Trinity Titans	Courtice	ON	4-0	0-1	BYE
46	46	Saint-Jean-Eudes Condors	Québec	QC	6-4	0-0	COMPLETE
47	47	St. Joseph Jaguars	Ottawa	ON	8-1	0-0	COMPLETE
48	48	St. Francis Browns	Calgary	AB	2-3-1	0-1	COMPLETE
49	49	Northern Red Knights	Toronto	ON	6-0	0-1	BYE
50	50	St. Patrick Fighting Saints	Thunder Bay	ON	7-1	0-0	BYE