Welcome to a late edition of Varsity Letters’ Friday Night Lights B.C. high school football report. It’s our one late filing of the season (duty called Friday as I broadcast UBC’s loss to Calgary), so thanks for understanding. Out Saturday report will follow on Sunday and our regular schedule resumes next week.
Author: Howard Tsumura
Nill labels UBC loss to Dinos “…an ass kicking” as all roads to Vanier now go through Calgary
VANCOUVER— Blake Nill has never pulled punches, and the UBC Thunderbirds head coach wasn’t about to start a new trend Friday.“You can call it what you want but it was an ass-kicking,” Nill said following his team’s 31-17 loss to the Calgary Dinos at Thunderbird Stadium. “When we had momentum, we were stopping the run […]
09.28.17: Varsity Letters’ Big 5 B.C. High School Football rankings
We’ve got a new No. 1 in Double A, and we’ve got a new school run the Triple A rankings. It’s the VaristyLetters.ca Big 5 B.C. high school football senior varsity rankings in expanded form, plus all of last week’s scores and this weekend’s schedule:
Will Maxwell: A year ago, UBC cornerback had never made a tackle… now he leads the team
VANCOUVER — The leading tackler on the best defensive team in the Canada West has a confession to make. “Up until the end of last season, I had never played a down of defence in my life,” says Will Maxwell. “Until last year, I had never even made a tackle.”
Sack artist or Touchdown Tyler? STM Knights’ Eckert embodies true throwback ethos in senior year
BURNABY — It’s so easy to get caught up in the out-of-nowhere ascent that Tyler Eckert made as a raw rookie running back last season.
Varsity Letters’ Big 5 weekend preview: Our picks for B.C. high school football’s top games
Welcome back to Varsity Letters’ Big 5 weekend preview. Today, we look at the top games being played Friday and Saturday in the world of B.C. high school football. It’s taken a few weeks, but now we’re right into the thick of AAA conference games.
Early raves for young Ravens, but true tests lie ahead for PoCo’s AAA No. 1 Terry Fox
PORT COQUITLAM — When an informal coaches poll last spring installed the Terry Fox Ravens as the team to beat in 2017 by virtue of their No. 1 spot in Varsity Letters’ preseason Big 5 Triple A football rankings, head coach Martin McDonnell and the team were more than a little surprised.
UBC’s Nill on Friday foes from Calgary: “They are the ones we have to measure ourselves against.”
VANCOUVER — The last time the UBC Thunderbirds won four straight Canada West conference football games was back in 2015 when Blake Nill was the team’s first-year head coach. History tells us, of course, that the ‘Birds parlayed that quartet of regular season-ending games into an eventual seven-game win streak that culminated with a Vanier Cup […]
Earl Marriott, Langley Christian top 2017-18 BC senior boys preseason volleyball rankings
Welcome to the first B.C. senior varsity boys volleyball rankings of the season.
SFU’s Julia Howley: How the Clan’s free spirit found her groove on a true cross-country trek
BURNABY — At various points over the summer of 2015, Julia Howley found herself standing in place that looked like it sat on the top of the world.