Wing-men for each other, the Reynolds Roadrunners' duo of Remi Barbot (left) and Isaac Tate worked together Saturday at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex to bag the winning goal in the 69th minute as the Victoria school edged North Vancouver's Argyle Pipers in the 2021 B.C. AAA Coastal championship soccer final. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Five years after its first title, Reynolds Roadrunners again go down to the wire, edging Argyle Pipers in season-ending B.C. AAA Coastal soccer final!

BURNABY — When the Reynolds Roadrunners won the B.C. senior boys AAA soccer championships back in 2016, it marked the program’s first-ever crown and it came on the occasion of the Victoria school’s 50th anniversary.All of which led Roadrunners head coach JJ Atterbury to tell veteran reporter Cleve Dheensaw of the Victoria Times-Colonist afterwards: “I […]

Reynolds Roadrunners' Remi Barbot strikes what proves to be a pivotal free kick during the second half of the Victoria team's 2-1 B.C. AAA Coastal semifinal win over Surrey's Panorama Ridge Thunder, including (left to right) Shakeel Rai, Dillraj Dhaliwal, Joash Taggar and Harshvir Malli, Friday at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys Coastal AAA Final 4: Reynolds’ Remi Barbot provides the go-go with two goals as Victoria squad tops Surrey’s PR Thunder for AAA title game berth!

BURNABY — Hands down winner for brightest smile on the pitch Friday as the B.C. senior boys high school AAA Coastal soccer championships wrapped up its semifinal matches as a prelude to its championship Saturday here at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex?Take a bow, Remi Bardot.The effervescent Grade 11 winger for Victoria’s Reynolds Roadrunners twice […]

Argyle Pipers' goalkeeper Lucas Robson grimaces while corralling the ball Friday during his team's 3-1 win over PoCo's Riverside Rapids in the semifinal stage of the 2021 B.C. senior boys high school Coastal championship tournament at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys Coastal AAA Final 4: Argyle coach Darren Rath “…had a feeling” his Pipers were special, now comes a title-game berth after 3-1 win over Rapids!

BURNABY — All through the COVID-cancelled 2020 high school boys soccer season, veteran Argyle Pipers head coach Darren Rath carried around this feeling that all his class of rising senior varsity players needed was a season of play to verify just how special he knew them to be.Friday, on the lofty stage of the semifinal […]

Heritage Woods Kodiaks' Andrew Alvarez gives chase to Sean Cyr of the Sentinel Spartans during group play Thursday, Day 1 at the B.C. senior boys Coastal AAA championships at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. Sentinel won 1-0 as all four teams in Pool A finished play for the day at 1-1. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. boys Coastal AAA soccer Day 1: Riverside, Best, Argyle take big steps forward in group play, but Centaurs, Thunder, Spartans, Kodiaks locked in four-way tie!

BURNABY — The beauty of group play at the 16-team B.C. senior boys AAA high school Coastal soccer championships is that Thursday parity invites a Friday filled with uncertainty.And nowhere was that better exemplified on opening day at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex than in Pool A, one of the tournament’s four four-team groups, each […]

Brentwood College's Avik Bakshi (right) and Carihi's Kalem Lindstrom battle for possession during during Coastal AA championship match at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Tough road to title! Brentwood College goes to kicks in back-to-back games Tuesday, topping Carihi Tyees to win BC boys AA Coastal soccer title!

BURNABY — When a team goes to penalty kicks to win the two biggest games of its season in back-to-back fashion within a span of about four-and-half-hours, so much of it comes down to mind over matter.And perhaps no one brought more mental tenacity to the turf at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex for the […]

Notre Dame's Ryan Torresan is slowed by a member of Victoria's Lambrick Park Lions during Monday's pivotal pool-play capper, a game the defending B.C. champion Jugglers claimed to earn a berth in Tuesday's semifinals at Burnaby Lakes. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021 exclusive property of photographer. All Rights Reserved)
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Final Four set at BC boys AA Coastal soccer championships: It’s defending B.C. champ Notre Dame, Brentwood College, Carihi and Westview!

BURNABY — The defending champs have advanced all the way to the semifinals of the B.C. senior boys Coastal AA soccer championships.Yet after what basically amounts to a week shy of two years away, Day 1 of the 2021 tournament seemed to invite even more of the unknown.“Pool play is never easy, whether it’s 12 […]

The No. 3-ranked Panorama Ridge Thunder, including (left to right) Cameron Wright, Rajpal Padwal, Parambir Samra, Harman Shergill are aiming for a repeat of their 2019 B.C. AAA Triple A high school soccer title. (Photo property Panorama Ridge Thunder 2021. All Rights Reserved).
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B.C. Boys AAA soccer rankings! Defending champ and No. 3-ranked Panorama Ridge of Surrey “brings a hunger” in repeat bid effort!

LANGLEY — With the arrival of zone playoffs, the best part of the B.C. high senior school boys soccer schedule is just now kicking off.To celebrate that, we’ve got the latest AAA rankings which show extensive movement outside of the top five, especially with Surrey schools Fleetwood Park, Princess Margaret and Elgin Park all moving […]

The names have changed, but after a cancelled season, Coquitlam's Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils will open the 2021 campaign with the No. 1 ranking at AAA. (File photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. boys AAA soccer preseason rankings 2021: Dr. Best’s Blue Devils and Centennial Centaurs push Coquitlam to the front of the pack!

LANGLEY — Classes may not yet be in session, but the upcoming B.C. senior boys high school soccer season is top of mind for those anticipating its return to play in the fall of 2021.As the calendar hits Sept. 1, Varsity Letters presents the B.C. Boys AAA preseason soccer rankings, courtesy of B.C. boys high […]

Longtime South Delta Sun Devils' soccer coach Stephen Burns (centre), with co-coach Brent Sweeney, was named Thursday as a co-winner of the B.C. School Sports' 2019-20 B.C. high school Coach of the Year award. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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Stephen Burns: BCSS coaching honours awarded to South Delta Sun Devils’ longtime champion of B.C. high school soccer

TSAWWASSEN — It may have been the shortest and the quietest B.C. senior girls high school soccer season on record, yet its voice seemed to be within constant ear-shot of one its most passionate advocates.“Every time we had a game, I’d look at the schedule, and I’d think ‘Oh we should be playing right now,’” […]

Abbotsford Panthers' graduating seniors (left to right) Josiah Levale, Jalem Catlin and Marley Edwards were all members of the senior boys basketball team, yet the entire trio will play different sports at the U Sports level come 2020-21. (Photos by Howard Tsumura, photo collage by Gabriel Lynn property of Varsity Letters 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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Three for the show! Abby Panthers’ rare hoops trio of Jalem Catlin, Marley Edwards & Josiah Levale embark on U Sports careers in football, soccer, rugby!

ABBOTSFORD — Greg DeVries is some 30 years into a life of meaningful basketball games and practices, and as such, the head coach of the senior boys varsity at Abbotsford Secondary knows just how special and rare the make-up of his 2019-209 Panthers actually was by asking himself a simple question.