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LANGLEY — The official opening day for B.C. high school boys basketball might be eight months away, but the prognostication never stops here at The Province.
Over the course of last week’s Quad A and Triple A championships at the Langley Events Centre, we polled coaches in the back hallways, at the media table, and of course, in the lineup at the Dole Whip counter, asking them who next year’s top teams will be.
We asked them to peer into their crystal ball. The results are here for you to clip-and-save over the spring, summer, and into the middle of fall when practices start in anticipation of our annual late-November tip-off.
SENIOR BOYS
THE PROVINCE’S BIG 10
PRE-PRESEASON RANKINGS (for 2014-15)
QUAD A
1. Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs (Vancouver)
2. Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam)
3. Walnut Grove Gators (Langley)
4. Burnaby South Rebels
5. Kelowna Owls
6. Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey)
7. Cowichan Thunderbirds (Duncan)
8. Vancouver College Fighting Irish
9. Kitsilano Blue Demons (Vancouver)
10. Pitt Meadows Marauders
Honourable mention — Heritage Woods Kodiaks (Port Moody), Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey), North Surrey Spartans, Oak Bay Bays (Victoria), West Vancouver Highlanders
TRIPLE A
1. St. Thomas More Knights (Burnaby)
2. Abbotsford Panthers
3. Fleetwood Park Dragons (Surrey)
4. Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver)
5. Norkam Saints (Kamloops)
6. R.A. McMath Wildcats (Richmond)
7. Byrne Creek Bulldogs (Burnaby)
8. Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils (Coquitlam)
9. Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert)
10. Nanaimo District Islanders
Honourable mention — McRoberts Strikers (Richmond), Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford), Steveston-London Sharks (Richmond), Sutherland Sabres (North Vancouver)
