North Vancouver's Handsworth Royals jump for joy after securing a berth in the B.C. Quad-A semifinals on Saturday morning at the LEC. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls Quad-A/Triple-A Volleyball championships: Eight teams still standing heading into Saturday morning Final Four at the LEC

By Gary AhujaLangley Event CentreLANGLEY — While the Triple A draw here at the B.C.  Secondary Schools senior girls volleyball championships has stuck to form with the top four seeds all remaining alive, the same can’t be said for a Quad A draw which has seen its share of upsets.After two days of play at […]

North Delta's Seaquam Seahawks finished third in their pool on the opening day of the B.C. senior girls Quad A volleyball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls Volleyball Championships: Powers remain in contention at Quad-A, Triple-A tiers as LEC turns into knockout stage on Friday

By Gary AhujaLangley Events CentreLANGLEY — Pool play is complete and the teams are ready for the knockout stage as the 3A and 4A tiers of the 2019 B.C. Secondary School Senior Girls Volleyball Provincial Championships got underway at Langley Events Centre on Thursday.The teams for both tiers will play the round of 16 and […]

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Lord Tweedsmuir girls volleyball: Dedication to each other helps winning recipe take shape for Cloverdale’s Quad-A No. 1-ranked Panthers

SURREY — When the 2019 B.C. senior girls volleyball season opened back in September, the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers knew they had every ingredient necessary to produce a winning recipe.More importantly, however, they knew that the actual measures of those ingredients wouldn’t be determined without a heaping helping of regular-season trial-and-error, and that if all went […]

The Langley Christian Lightning tested their mettle last weekend at the Red Serge Invitational at Riverside Secondary in Port Coquitlam. The Lightning fell 2-0 (25-21, 25-20) in the quarterfinals to eventual tourney silver medallists Pacific Academy of Surrey. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. girls volleyball Top 10 rankings 11.08.19: Tweedsmuir’s Red Serge triumph carries Surrey’s Panthers to AAAA No. 1

LANGLEY — Led by the play of senior middle and tournament MVP Ellie Sinclair, Surrey’s Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers topped Surrey’s Pacific Academy Breaks 2-1 (27-25, 28-30, 15-12) to not only win the coveted Red Serge title last Saturday at PoCo’s Riverside Secondary, but also move into the No. 1 spot in the B.C. senior girls […]

What a week for the West Point Grey Academy girls volleyball team. After winning the Independent Schools Association title, the Wolves moved from non-ranked status to No. 6 in the latest B.C. senior girls AA Top 10 poll. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls Volleyball Rankings 10.31.19: OKM’s Huskies new Triple A No. 1, things looking up for Semiahmoo, WPGA and York House

LANGLEY —Surrey’s Semiahmoo Totems climbed two spots into the top four of the B.C. senior girls Quad-A volleyball rankings this week, while North Delta’s Seaquam Seahawks found their way back into the Top 10 after a one-week absence.At Triple A, Kelowna’s Okanagan Mission Huskies moved into the No. 1 slot at Triple A following its […]

A spot in the B.C. Top 10 is reason to clap! East Van's St. Patrick's Celtics have been a season-long staple at AA despite the fact they dropped three spots this week to No. 8. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls Volleyball Rankings 10.24.19: KSS Owls rule the roost, Byng and Handsworth in Battle Royal, LFA and MEI a pair of new No. 1’s

LANGLEY — For the first time this season, half of B.C.’s four senior varsity tiers have new No. 1’s!Here are the latest B.C. senior girls Top 10 volleyball rankings:At Quad-A, the host KSS Owls claimed first place at their own Best of the West and retained their top spot at the province’s highest tier.Immediately beneath […]

Victoria's Claremont Spartans held their ground this past week to remain among the provincial AAAA contenders. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All rights reserved)
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B.C. Girls Top 10 Rankings 10.17.19: Seaquam makes its Quad A entrance, Prince George’s Polars make a big Triple A climb

LANGLEY — Here are the latest B.C. senior girls Top 10 volleyball rankings:*At Quad A, it was more time performing in the spotlight for No. 1-ranked Kelowna. The Owls came away victorious in the UBC Okanagan Heat Invitational.The Top 10 had its most stable week of the season with no changes in the Top 10 […]

The building excitement with the 2019 Carihi Tyees senior varsity volleyball team is reflected by the excitement of Shea Watson (2, centre) and teammates (clockwise from right) Reese Davidson, Taya Bideau and Ashton Bruining during the recent UBC Mizuno Invitational. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Carry on, Carihi! Campbell River’s youthful, No. 1-ranked Tyees carry poise, experience in chase for program’s first B.C. title

CAMPBELL RIVER — Make an epic run to the B.C. AAA title match as a No. 8 seed from a school that has never, ever taken home all of the marbles, then fall achingly short of the grand prize?

The Lord Byng Grey Ghosts were all smiles after winning the Douglas College Royals Invitational over the weekend, a triumph which carried the Vancouver school to the No. 2 spot in the most recent B.C. senior girls AAAA volleyball rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls Top 10 Volleyball Rankings 10.10.19: Lord Byng’s DC Royals tourney title adds up to huge climb up Quad-A charts

LANGLEY — The Camosun Chargers and Douglas Royals invitational events didn’t disturb the No. 1-ranked teams at each of the four tiers of B.C. senior girls high school volleyball this past week.

Vancouver's Little Flower Academy Angels, pictured last month at the UBC Mizuno Invitational, hold firm at No. 2 in the B.C. Triple A rankings this week. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls Top 10 Volleyball Rankings 10.02.19: Dover Bay, Notre Dame and Mt. Sentinel the big movers, No. 1’s hold ground

LANGLEY — Here are the latest B.C. senior girls Top 10 volleyball rankings:*At Quad A, Nanaimo’s Dover Bay Dolphins staked a claim to Top 10 territory coming off a Final Four showing and eventual silver-medal finish at the Vancouver Island University Mariners invitational. No. 6 Claremont held firm with a win over the Dolphins.*At Double […]