SURREY — Who are B.C.’s top high school rugby talents in the 15-man game?
Author: Howard Tsumura
Carson’s Eagles call on subs to soar, late surge leads to AAA Tier 1 BC title win over Yale
ABBOTSFORD — On the final day of the season, the proverbial gas tank is more often than not half-empty. The Carson Graham Eagles, however, showed how effective half-full could be, leaning on their reserves for some key second-half performances en route to the B.C. senior boys Triple A Tier 1 championship Saturday at Rotary Stadium.
UBC’s top-of-the-charts recruiting class is filled with records, solid-gold performances
VANCOUVER — It might not be a once-in-a-lifetime recruiting class, but if you want to call it that, it’s not hard to find the numbers to make your argument.
Talent spilleth over as PoCo’s Terry Fox Ravens win first-ever B.C. high school rugby crown
PORT COQUITLAM — Back in December of 2008, the Terry Fox Ravens had a football season for the ages: 12-0 and a wire-to-wire perch at No. 1 in the AAA rankings, capped with a Subway Bowl B.C. championship title. Later that spring, with many of the football team’s stars, the Fox rugby team went out and […]
Hyacks’ Big Ben turns silver streak into golden gallop, Tjernagel medals twice in sprints
LANGLEY — Ben Tjernagel is pretty fast, and it seems, pretty fast at shaking off a heartbreaking loss.
Varsity Letters’ Top 5 Players from Day 4 at the BC high school rugby championships
Hey rugby fans, the B.C. high school season may have ended Saturday in Abbotsford, but there is still plenty of coverage to come and we’ll keep you in the know throughout the off-season.
Why Shawnigan Lake’s Stags are the closest thing we’ve seen to a sure thing
ABBOTSFORD — Given both the quality of the opposition and the height of the occasion, it was a moment that served as a very pronounced reason why the Shawnigan Lake Stags are the closest thing B.C. high school sports has ever seen to a sure thing.
Check-list Charlie does it all! Royals’ Dannatt takes double gold, sets new 3-K mark
BURNABY — The only way Charlie Dannatt could have predicted the final weekend of his high school track career would have been to answer the question ‘What’s greatest dream finish you could possibly predict for yourself?’
SMUS play for fallen alum, top Brentwood College for BC Double A rugby three-peat
ABBOTSFORD — Ian Hyde-Lay, the veteran high school rugby coach, stood by himself at a corner of the pitch here at Rotary Stadium.
TSUMURA: My top three takeaways from Day 2 of the Subway BC track and field meet
LANGLEY — My top three takeaways from Day 2 Friday at the Subway B.C. High School Track and Field championships, with huge thanks to a dear friend of Varsity Letters, photographer Wilson Wong, who helps bring these vignettes to life: