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Princess Margaret senior Baneet Bains will chase gold in both the 1,500m steeplechase and the 3,000m at this week's B.C. high school track and field championships in Kelowna. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of Wilson Wong 2019. All rights reserved)
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Princess Margaret’s Baneet Bains: The Lions’ senior middle-distance running star always saves her best for last

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SURREY — Baneet Bains can’t explain it. “But I’ve heard about it a lot from other people,

Tyler Duldulao (right, 3) of Vancouver's Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (stripes) goes head to head with Dino Demirovic of Burnaby's Byrne Creek Bulldogs in key zone clash last week. Both teams will be among the contenders for a B.C. Double A Tier 2 provincial title when the B.C. high school rugby championships open a four-day run Wednesday at Abbotsford's Rotary Stadium. (Photo by Rain De Guzman property off Burnaby Lake Rugby Club 2019. All rights reserved)
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Varsity Letters B.C. Rugby Report: Mountain, Handsworth, Tupper help their cause with key zone placement wins

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We’ve brought you all of the news from B.C. boys high school rugby’s championship zone matches, but key zone placement games are huge in shaping the look of the five overall provincial brackets up for grabs this week in Abbotsford.Here’s a look at some impact matches you may have missed:R.E. MOUNTAIN 15 SOUTH DELTA 10TSAWWASSEN […]

The Langley Saints (left) and Abbotsford Panthers played for the Fraser Valley title last week. Neither, however, were able to get past the provincial quarterfinal stage held on Saturday. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Underdog Rockridge an upset-minded wildcard! Ravens join Shawnigan, Saints, SMUS in B.C. junior rugby Final Four

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A wildcard wildcat and Vancouver Island muscle carried the day Saturday as the Final Four for the 2019 B.C. junior boys rugby championships were decided.

Varsity Letter's Big 5 B.C. Triple-A football rankings will be revealed next week. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Oops! Our B.C. high school football AAA Big 5 rankings countdown delayed one week

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LANGLEY — We’ve had to delay the start of our annual B.C. high school football Triple-A rankings countdown.Apologies to all of our loyal readers.Despite advertising Monday as our launch date, yours truly has overestimated his ability to produce the five daily team profiles required to count us down to our No. 1 team in the […]

South Delta's Niall Cummins (left) is back better than ever from a broken leg and torn ACL suffered on the same hit last season. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: Why they don’t come any tougher (or inspirational) than South Delta’s gritty rugby star Niall Cummins

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ABBOTSFORD — He never doubted he’d get another chance to pull jersey No. 10 back on, and then like any fly half worth his salt, dig those cleats into the muddy pitch and sell deception to every would-be tackler.

Physical play was a hallmark of Saturday's B.C. Triple A girls rugby final between host Shawnigan Lake (left) and North Vancouver's Carson Graham Eagles. (Photo by Arden Gill property of Shawnigan Lake athletics 2019. All rights reserved)
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Shawnigan repeats as top-tiered BC girls rugby champs in landmark match marked by retirement of Carson Graham coaches Baker, Pimlott

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If you have been a follower of B.C. senior girls high school rugby over the last quarter of a century, then Saturday’s championship Triple A finale was drenched in symbolism and brimming with questions.

For the first time in program history, the UBC Thunderbirds track and field team won two national titles on the same day. (Photo by Jeff Sargeant property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Extra-rare double gold! The greatest day in UBC track and field team history unfolds with a sweet sweep of team titles at NAIA nationals!

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The single greatest day in UBC Thunderbirds track and field team history ended with its head coach struggling to find the words.

St. Michaels University School wing Ty Olynyk (right) looks to keep a step on Brentwood College during the Vancouver Island Double A Tier 1 title match. (Photo by Jody Nishima property of SMUS Athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Vancouver Island 2019 boys championship rugby wrap-up: Stags, Barbs, Jags, Brentwood highlight a talented BC-bound pack

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VICTORIA — The Vancouver Island boys rugby championships have set the stage for zone’s top teams to write the final chapters of their respective 2019 campaigns.A total of 11 senior varsity sides from Vancouver Island will take part in the B.C. championship tournament which begins its four-day run Wednesday at Abbotsford’s Rotary Stadium.Varsity Letters thanks […]

North Delta's Brandon Bassi (left) saves a ball from going out of bounds against Byrne Creek's Titgol Jok during the St. Thomas More Chancellor Invitational in January of 2018. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Why Brandon Bassi will never be forgotten: North Delta grad, SFU soccer player left a legacy of empathy, loyalty and integrity

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NORTH DELTA — “You could say he was larger than life,” Jesse Hundal said. “People just gravitated to him.”