BURNABY — The Surrey soccer gods are smiling bright tonight.For the first time in the history of the B.C. senior boys Triple A soccer championships, two Surrey schools will clash for the title Saturday morning (11:15 a.m.) at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex following narrow victories during Friday’s semifinal round.Surrey’s Panorama Ridge Thunder, B.C.’s No. 1-ranked […]
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B.C. senior girls basketball preseason Top 10 rankings: Addition of Quad-A ushers in a new era of four-tiered hoops
LANGLEY — It’s whole new world for B.C. senior girls high school basketball when the 2019-20 season tips off around the province on Monday.While the cream of this province’s annual crop of top players and teams will eventually rise to the surface in time for March Madness, the paths so many will follow will be […]
Subway Bowl 2019 Triple A Final Four Football Preview: No. 5 Lord Tweedsmuir vs. Notre Dame
VANCOUVER — They have not faced each other since the 2012 season, so you can’t say there is any kind of traditional rivalry set to write its next chapter when Surrey’s Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers and East Vancouver’s unranked Notre Dame Jugglers take to the field in gridiron battle Saturday (5 p.m.) in a Subway Bowl […]
Subway Bowl 2019 AA Final Four Football Preview: No. 1 Vernon vs. No. 2 Ballenas
VANCOUVER — This one is rare.
Day 1 B.C. Boys AAA Soccer Championships: S. Delta, Handsworth, Matheson, Pano, Best, VC & Reynolds keep Final 4 hopes alive
BURNABY — A lot of tired teams took early harbour in their tournament hotel rooms here at the B.C. senior boys Triple A soccer championships.Two games today helped set the plotline for Saturday’s championship finale at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex, yet one more group stage match remains for all 16 teams over the 9 and […]
Subway Bowl 2019 AA Final Four Football Preview: No. 3 G.W. Graham vs. No. 4 Langley
VANCOUVER — When Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies rallied to beat the undefeated Langley Saints 20-19 under the lights at its own Exhibition Stadium back on Oct. 18, all you knew was that this was a battle between two teams so good that their paths were sure to cross before season’s end.Well, that intersection takes place […]
Subway Bowl 2019 Final Four AAA Preview: No. 2 Vancouver College vs. No 3 St. Thomas More
VANCOUVER — Every football game has a story to tell, and as we prepare for Subway Bowl’s senior varsity Final Four semifinal Saturday under the dome at B.C. Place Stadium, we open our series of game previews by asking each of the head coaches to speak to the strengths of the team they will soon […]
Adversity reveals Burnaby South’s best side: As star senior Vujisic rehabs from broken leg, Rebels open hoops season as Quad-A No. 1
BURNABY — It’s not about their adversity. It’s about their reaction to it.And thus as a new B.C. senior boys high school basketball season tips off this Monday around the province, perhaps the biggest question to be answered is how the Burnaby South Rebels will cope with the fact that its best player, 6-foot-10 senior […]
Let the 75th season begin! B.C. Boys Big 10 preseason basketball rankings for all four provincial tiers
LANGLEY — Basketball is back!The B.C. senior boys basketball season will officially tip off this coming Monday, setting in motion a 75th anniversary season filled with ties to its glorious past.Look no further than our pre-season Quad-A rankings, populated by so many traditional powers.The Burnaby South Rebels, Vernon Panthers, Vancouver’s King George Dragons, and the […]
Joy in Jugglersville! Notre Dame strikes early, tops STA’s Fighting Saints to capture first B.C. senior boys AA soccer title in 12 years
BURNABY — One full cycle, in grade school years, can be long enough to take your breath away, and thus 12 full seasons after he last pulled the trick, Dennis Pavan’s response to victory tinged with emotion.“It’s so fantastic,” the head coach of East Vancouver’s Notre Dame Jugglers senior boys soccer team explained Wednesday afternoon […]