Here's how things shape up after this week's games:
(1) Grand River CI Renegades / Kitchener
Last Week: #1
The Rens went wire-to-wire at the top of the rankings, and are a strong favourite at this point for the WCSSAA and, possibly CWOSSA championships. According to my records, Grand River has only won junior CWOSSA once in school history (1998).
(2) North Park CVS Trojans / Brantford (AAA)
Last Week: #2
The Trojans will be the "team to beat" in my books at AAA CWOSSA; before that, though, there's some BCSSAA business to take care of as the Trojans will battle St. John's for the league crown in a series that starts next week.
(3) St. John's College Green Eagles / Brantford
Last Week: #3
The Eagles became the first official qualifier for AAAA CWOSSA yesterday with their semifinal win over rival Assumption.
(4) Waterloo CI Vikings / Waterloo
Last Week: #4
The Vikes have had a long layoff, last having had a league game back on October 25th. We'll see if they're rusty next week in their quarterfinal game against Jacob Hespeler.
(5) Guelph CVI Gaels / Guelph (AAA)
Last Week: #5
GCVI will enter a competitive D10 playoffs as the #1 seed, but it's far from "clear cut". They'll be keeping their eye on #3 St. James, as only one of them will advance through to "AAA" CWOSSA.
(6) Kitchener CI Raiders / Kitchener (AAA)
Last Week: #8
The Raiders, the #3 WCSSAA team, move up as a result of a strong week that included a win over Elmira. They can officially lock down their "AAA" berth with a win next Tuesday against Bluevale.
(7) Bishop Macdonell HS Celtics / Guelph (AA)
Last Week: #7
The Celts closed out their season with a couple of comfortable wins over teams near the bottom of the D10 standings; they are virtually a lock to win "AA" CWOSSA --- the bigger question at this point seems to be how they will do in the D10 playoffs.
(8) Elmira DSS Lancers / Elmira (AAA)
Last Week: #6
Lost to KCI, but still retained a first round bye in WCSSAA. An "all-AAA" game next Tuesday against Jacob Hespeler (WCSSAA quarterfinal) will provide them with a CWOSSA berth if they can pull out the win.
(9) Resurrection CSS Phoenix / Kitchener
Last Week: #9
The Phoenix will enter the D8 playoffs as the #1 seed; however, they split their season series with the #2 seed, St. Benedict.
(10) Assumption CS Lions / Brantford
Last Week: #10
Unfortunately for the Lions, their season is done after a semifinal loss to St. John's in the always-competitive Brantford league.
Honourable Mentions
St. Benedict CSS / Cambridge
St. James CHS / Guelph
SJAM / Waterloo
Bluevale / Waterloo
