Two WCSSAA schools have been selected as the "top 2" teams in my CWOSSA preseason Senior Boys' ranking.
The Waterloo Collegiate Vikings (who return their entire starting 5) and the Cameron Heights Golden Gaels (who return almost all of their scoring offense from a year ago) are #1 and #2 respectively in the season's inaugural ranking.
Those teams are followed by Guelph Bishop Mac, who return several key players (Jesse Kendall, Owen Brombal) and welcome back transfer Mitchell Wood.
Another school that has benefited heavily from transfers, Kitchener Huron Heights, is ranked #4. Juwan Miller (ex-Forest Heights), Junior Bradford (ex-CHCI junior) and Tyrelle Rafferty (ex-ECI junior) are three players that could impact the program in short order.
Rounding out the top 5 is Centre Dufferin DSS of Shelburne, who were the #1-ranked team at AAA last season, are now an "AA" school and have virtually everyone back from last year's roster, including the Zanette twins.
Other schools in the top 10 are Galt Collegiate (#6), Grand River Collegiate (#7), Guelph JF Ross (#8), Kitchener St. Mary's (#9) and Guelph Centennial (#10).
The full list is as follows:
1. Waterloo Collegiate / Waterloo
2. Cameron Heights Collegiate / Kitchener
3. Bishop Macdonell HS / Guelph (AA)
4. Huron Heights Secondary / Kitchener
5. Centre Dufferin District Secondary / Shelburne (AA)
6. Galt Collegiate / Cambridge
7. Grand River Collegiate / Kitchener
8. John F. Ross Collegiate / Guelph
9. St. Mary's Catholic HS / Kitchener
10. Centennial Collegiate / Guelph
Honourable Mentions
North Park Collegiate / Brantford
Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary / Waterloo
Bluevale Collegiate / Waterloo
St. James Catholic HS / Guelph
St. John's Catholic HS / Brantford
Centre Wellington District HS / Fergus