The formerly-winless Alberta Golden Bears managed to hold off the UBC Thunderbirds Friday in Edmonton as the 'Birds dropped into last place in the Canada West. (Photo property of Cara Creatives supplied by University of Alberta athletics)
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The mystery of UBC football: Following Friday’s loss at Alberta, where has the Thunderbirds’ magic gone?

As quickly as a sweater can unravel, so too, it seems, can a national championship-contending football team’s much-hyped Canada West campaign.

Mission Roadrunners' receiver Tyson Bongo, shown here gaining some YAC versus Lord Tweedsmuir in 2017, brought his sure hands to the show Friday with a touchdown catch in a win over Mt. Boucherie. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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BCHSF Report Saturday morning 09.29.18 mop-up edition: Mission is 2-0, Rutland is 4-0 and Vernon grounds Alberta champions

LANGLEY — We’re cleaning up Friday results in anticipation of a big Saturday that includes AAA Western Conference games of note.

With players like Adam Lecy (77) populating a talented offensive line, the No. 5-ranked Fighting Irish rushed for seven touchdowns Friday in Victoria. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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FINAL EDITION 09.28.18: Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report, Friday Night Lights edition

LANGLEY — Welcome to Week 4 of the 2018 B.C. high school football season. We have broken out our coverage on the season’s showcase No. 1 vs. No. 2 AAA game between Lord Tweedsmuir and Terry Fox this afternoon in Surrey.

Yosef Drysdale (4) was a dynamic, tackle-breaking force on Friday afternoon as No. 1 Lord Tweedsmuir beat visiting No. 2 Terry Fox 20-14 in a class of AAA superpowers in Surrey. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters)
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Drysdale is dynamite, Panthers’ line blue-chip as No. 1 Tweedy wears down No. 2 Terry Fox in battle of BCHS football super-powers

SURREY — There was a rather revealing moment Friday in a game which pitted B.C.’s two highest-ranked football teams in a AAA clash for the ages.

Trinity Western head coach Cheryl Jean-Paul enters her ninth season at the helm of Spartans' basketball, and fifth-year forward Tessa Ratzlaff will play her biggest role yet in the fortunes of a program which last season sat on the cusp of national tourney qualification. (Photo by Scott Stewart property of TWU athletics)
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Trinity Western women’s basketball: A taste of March Madness gives Spartans a new recipe for success

LANGLEY — The date and the stakes were not lost on anyone within the world of Trinity Western women’s basketball. Yes, for the first time ever, a game in the month of March. And with it, a last-ditch shot to qualify for the U Sport Final 8 championships.

Carson Graham's Liam Scott (right) is one of the province's top receivers, but circumstance has moved him into the Eagles' starting quarterback role the past two games. His positional status for Saturday is likely a game-time decision. (Photo by Blair Shier property of www.Blair.photo)
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Buchanan Bowl ’18: Carson Graham’s senior WR-turned-QB Liam Scott says “We bring our rugby to our football”

NORTH VANCOUVER — It’s perhaps because Carson Graham Secondary has so steadfastly stared down the trend towards athletic specialization and so tirelessly trumpeted the benefits of multi-sport competition to its student-athletes, that a group as special as the seniors who populate the 2018 Eagles’ varsity football team can reach their Grade 12 years together, with […]

The Burnaby South Rebels, defending champs and No. 1 in VarsityLetters.ca's Big 10 preseason poll, headline at the 7th annual Tsumura Basketball Invitational this December at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics)
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Tsumura Basketball Invitational: Our 2018 boys tournament features B.C.’s cream of the crop in Quad-A, Triple-A tiers

LANGLEY — Defending B.C. Quad-A champion Burnaby South heads a star-studded field of 16 senior boys teams this December  at the seventh annual Tsumura Basketball Invitational.

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Vancouver College quarterback Eric Zychlinski leads the Fighting Irish into battle Friday in the provincial capital against the Mt. Douglas Rams. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters)
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09.26.18 edition B.C. high school football’s Weekend Survival Guide: Big 5 rankings, Top 5 Games to Watch plus full schedule

LANGLEY — Hey B.C. high school football fans, here’s everything you need to enjoy Week 4 of the senior varsity season! Our latest Big 5 rankings, the Top 5 Games to Watch, the weekend’s full schedule by day, tier and conference, plus last weekend’s full scoreboard.

With Little Flower Academy's Maibell Ong (third from left) showing her emotion, the Angels (including clockwise after Ong: Maddie Miller, Ashely Velasco, libero Melanie Tran, Elysse Barfoot and Chiara Mezzarobba) celebrate a point on their way to first place at the Mizuno UBC girls high school invitational. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Little Flower Power: LFA’s flying Angels make a quick rise to the top of B.C. girls high school volleyball world

VANCOUVER — As of this writing, they are 16-0, and a team so thoroughly connected that all the fun they seem to be having with each other is no illusion.

Heavily recruited as a cornerback, Lord Tweedsmuir senior Kojo Odoom (right) is a standout wherever he plays for B.C.'s AAA No 1 Panthers. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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The Mojo of Kojo: When it comes to Tweedy’s senior corner Odoom, his truest measure comes in what you just can’t measure

SURREY — Spend even a few short minutes chatting it up with Kojo Odoom, and you very quickly discover that Lord Tweedsmuir’s blue-chip senior cornerback has a lot more measurables than your average high school football player.