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UBC Thunderbirds freshman Thomas Gardner in the first player in the history of Canada West men's soccer to win Top Rookie and Player of the Year in the same season. (Photo by Richard Lam property of UBC athletics)
Feature University Men's Soccer

As UBC hosts U Sports 2018 Soccer Nationals, rookie sensation Gardner embraces his new Thunderbird life on a road less traveled

VANCOUVER — Maybe the highest compliment you can pay Thomas Gardner is to say that, whether your soccer eye is completely untrained or of connoisseur class, you simply have to watch him play to love his game.

Pitt Meadows native Sam Kell will try to help her Douglas College Royals win a CCAA national title this week in Coquitlam. (Photo courtesy Douglas College athletics)
Feature University Women's Soccer

The Renaissance Royal: How Sam Kell helped CCAA soccer tourney host Douglas College finds its national mojo

NEW WESTMINSTER — She arrived at a time when the Douglas College Royals women’s soccer program didn’t even know what a national identity was.

South Kam's Grade 11 quarterback Eric Crawford finished the regular season as one for the province's hottest and most dangerous players. (Photo by Jim Motokado courtesy of South Kamloops athletics)
Feature High School Football

South Kam Titans football: From exit meetings Monday to a Subway Bowl playoff berth Tuesday? Coach calls it “…a crazy twist of fate”

KAMLOOPS – J.P. Lancaster didn’t know what else to say other than to call Tuesday’s news “A crazy twist of fate.” On Monday, the head coach of the South Kamloops Titans high school football team had his players clean out their lockers and attend season-ending exit meetings. On Tuesday, he was not only calling his entire team […]

The Penticton Lakers dropped three spots in the rankings this week but are still amongst the Top 10 teams in B.C.senior boys AAA volleyball. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
High School Boys Volleyball

11.06.18 B.C. senior boys volleyball: Triple A ranking expands to Top 20, Double A to Sweet 16 as playoffs begin

LANGLEY — As the second season dawns in B.C. boys high school volleyball, the provincial rankings have expanded to reflect the size of the respective fields at upcoming provincial championships, including the B.C. AA and AAA championships set to run Nov 28-Dec. 1 at the Langley Events Centre. The B.C. Boys Single A tournament runs […]

Vernon Panthers' quarterback Zack Smith (4) gets a rude welcome from a host of Ballenas tacklers including (left to right) Adrian Friesen, Greg Geiger and Demar Hohnstein during Subway Bowl B.C. junior varsity AA final last December at BC Place Stadium. Star players from both teams have fortified their respective senior varsity teams this season, and both are a part of the 2018 Subway Bowl B.C. draw (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
High School Football

Varsity Letters’ Subway Bowl All U Can Eat B.C. High School Playoff Football Primer: Final Big 5 rankings, full AA, AAA brackets

LANGLEY — It’s a wire-to-wire run at No. 1 for both the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers and the Vernon Panthers  respectively in the VarsityLetters’ Big 5 AAA and AA football rankings. 

Simon Fraser Clan senior midfielder Mamadi Camara has combined work rate with focus as his team preps to open the NCAA D2 championships as West Region No. 1. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures)
Robert Bateman's fine two-way star Phoenix Moller was Sunday chosen Eastern Conference AA Defensive MVP. (Photo property of Rick MacDonald courtesy Robert Bateman athletics)
Feature High School Football

BCHSF’s 2018 AA conference all-stars! A galaxy of star quarterbacks dominates the tier’s list of B.C.’s finest

LANGLEY — B.C. Double A football put its usual array of talent on the field again this season, yet as conference all-star kudos were handed out Sunday by the tier’s coaches,  it really seemed like the ‘Year of the Quarterback’

New Westminster Hyacks senior defensive end Evan Nolli (76) capped an incredible regular season by Sunday being named the Western Conference AAA Defensive Player of the Year. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
Feature High School Football

BCHSF’s 2018 AAA conference all-stars! MVP’s Clarke, Ciccone, Blake on offence, Nolli, Odoom, Manongdo on defence

LANGLEY — B.C.’s high school football’s galaxy of AAA talent was put to the vote by member coaches Sunday morning, and as we get set to begin the start of Subway Bowl season with the first post-season practices on Monday, here’s the results.Congratulations to the B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association’s 2018 AAA conference all-stars.We’ll have […]

Vernon head coach Sean Smith chats with his Interior Conference champions. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.com)
Feature High School Football

Vernon, Holy Cross, Bateman and PGSS the conference champs as draw for Subway Bowl AA football tourney unveiled

LANGLEY — The 12-team draw is now official for the 2018 Subway Bowl B.C. AA high school football championships which begin play Friday at Langley’s McLeod Stadium, then continue Saturday in Prince George and Vernon.