South Delta running back Damon Badenhorst and the rest of the Sun Devils are B.C.'s beset No. 1-ranked AAA team. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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VL’s Big 5 B.C. High School Football ranks 10.21.19 edition: Undefeated South Delta 2019’s fourth AAA No. 1 team, Vernon still wire-to-wire atop AA

LANGLEY — In a parity-riddled 2019 season, undefeated South Delta becomes the fourth different team to own the No. 1 spot in Varsity Letters’ Big 5 AAA B.C. high school football rankings.The Sun Devils, two wins away from a perfect regular season, host Victoria’s winless Belmont Bulldogs on Saturday.The shuffle takes place, however, after former […]

Is he set to become the new face of UBC football in 2020? 'Birds quarterback Gabe Olivares engineered his team's 38-37 win over No. 3 Saskatchewan on Saturday at T-Bird Stadium. (Photo by Darryl Dyck property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A SUNDAY READ: Why UBC football’s upset stunner over No. 3 Saskatchewan has ‘Birds coach Nill convinced it’s deja vu, all over again

VANCOUVER — Blake Nill didn’t hesitate for a second. When placekicker Garrin McDonnell booted his fifth field goal of the day, an 11-yarder with just 31 seconds to play to lift the underdog UBC to a most improbable 38-37 win over a Saskatchewan Huskies’ team ranked No. 3 in the nation, the grizzled Thunderbirds’ head coach […]

SFU rookie quarterback Brandon Niksich was near perfect through the air as he engineered three second-half scoring drives to lead the Clan past host Azusa Pacific on Saturday in California. (Photo property of Crossview Studios through the permission of Azusa Pacific Athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: How Simon Fraser football snapped its 48-game losing streak! “It’s just the beginning for us” says Clan coach Ford

Sooner rather than later, Thomas Ford wants nights like Saturday to be business as usual.But he knew just as well as anyone who has held an emotional stake in Simon Fraser football over the past five-plus seasons that Canada’s NCAA team was smack dab in the middle of very a special moment.“Oh, man it was […]

New Westminster's Deakon Young (6) was a standout on defence on what was a very tough day for the New Westminster Hyakcs in their shutout loss at the hands of Vancouver College. (Photo by Alan Wardle property of New Westminster Hyacks football 2019. All rights reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: VL’s Saturday night B.C. High School Football Report: Irish blank No. 1 Hyacks, plus STM stays perfect and Catlin returns for Abby

LANGLEY — The Vancouver College Fighting Irish, St. Thomas More Knights, Abbotsford Panthers and Robert Bateman Timberwolves all came away victorious as another week of BCHSF came to a close.Click here for Friday’s late game reports!Click here for the main edition of the Friday B.C. High School Football Report!SATURDAYWESTERN CONFERENCENo. 1 NEW WESTMINSTER at No. […]

G.W. Graham Grizzlies' running back Jaiden Claassen shone under Friday Night Lights yesterday evening in Chilliwack. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A SATURDAY FOOTBALL BRUNCH: Rutland’s Blake, GWG’s Claassen, Saunders come up huge! Trio of AAA reports to follow!

Welcome to the early edition of Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Reports.Unforseen difficulties prevented us from getting you a pair of Friday games, so we’ve got them for you here.We have created a new posting with the full results from all four of today’s games including three key AAA contests: New Westminster at Vancouver […]

Handsworth quarterback Brett Birch-Jones (left) and running back Robert Lutman were among the Royals whose perseverance gave the North Van team its signature win thus far this season. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: Varsity Letters’ 10.18.19 Friday Night Lights B.C. High School Football Report

Welcome to the Final Edition of Varsity Letters’ Friday Night Lights B.C. High School Football Report.Keep us in mind Saturday as more action unfolds.And remember that the Subway Bowl playoffs kick-off exactly three weeks from today!AAAFRIDAYWESTERN CONFERENCENo. 2 SOUTH DELTA 37 at BELMONT 6VICTORIA —The South Delta Sun Devils (5-0) are setting the pace atop […]

Your old-and-wise reporter has seen it all, and this week dishes on his picks for Top 5 games in the BC High School football world. Also provided: Schedules, rankings and last week's scores.
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Varsity Letters’ All-U-Can-Eat High School Football Weekend Survival Guide: Our Top 5 blue-chip games, schedules, rankings, scores!

LANGLEY — That true fall football feeling has seeped into the environment, and as we enter the third-to-last weekend of the regular season, here’s our All-You-Can-Eat weekend B.C. High School Survival Guide.

Trinity Western's star senior trio of (left to right) Rachel Hutchinson, Brooklyn Tidder and Jenaya Robertson have exerted their influence on every part of Chase Office Field. This weekend, the three play their final regular-season games at their cozy Langley fortress. (Photo by Scott Stewart property of Trinity Western athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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TWU’s Jenaya, Rachel & Brooklyn: Three for the show… it will be tough for Spartans’ fans to see this dynamic soccer trio go!

LANGLEY — Jenaya Robertson reaches back in her mind to a time 10 years ago, and with an inflection so very apropos, the 22-year-old lets loose with a 12-year-old’s joyful enthusiasm.“We all played together on the same team for one season, and I am pretty sure we were all centre-midfielders, too,” remembers Robertson of the […]

Giving his Cascades' teammates a pair of shoulders to lean on, UFV's fifth-year senior captain and all-time program scoring leader Gurmaan Jhaj closes out his U Sports' regular-season career this weekend with a playoff berth on the line in the nation's toughest conference. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of University of the Fraser Valley athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A Jhaj of greatness: Amidst the emotion of UFV seniors night, Cascades’ all-time scoring leader Gurmaan Jhaj must summon his best game

ABBOTSFORD — Gurmaan Jhaj has brought a rare talent to the fore over the course of his university soccer career with the Fraser Valley Cascades.

South Delta's Lorenzo Mauro (left) tries his best to shake the defensive mar of Panorama Ridge's Sevak Lehal on Tuesday during a South Fraser clash in Tsawwassen won by the visiting, No. 1-ranked Thunder. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys High School Soccer Rankings 10.16.19: Thunder, Saints, Blue Devils still the top trio, Royal Bay makes its Top 10-entrance

LANGLEY — Surrey’s Panorama Ridge Thunder continued its roll atop the provincial boys AAA soccer Top 10 rankings for another week. The latest rankings:SENIOR BOYSTRIPLE A1 Panorama Ridge Thunder (Surrey) (LW-1) 2 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (2) 3 Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils (Coquitlam) (3)4 Reynolds Roadrunners (Victoria) (4)5 Handsworth Royals (6)6 Moscrop Panthers (Burnaby) (7)7 Argyle […]