Former W.J. Mouat and UFV coach Trevor Pridie has left his job as video coordinator with Raptors 905 to fill the vacant head coaching chair at Trinity Western. (Photo by Scott Stewart property of Trinity Western athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Elphinstone's Elan Kimpton-Cuellar is just now coming to grips with his vast array of skills. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A sleeper awakens to his potential: Elphinstone grad Elan Kimpton-Cuellar a true find for TRU’s basketball WolfPack

GIBSONS — Plug his given name into one of those on-line origin sites, and in the case of Elan Kimpton-Cuellar, you get more than a little foreshadowing.

On the other side of the world, some 11,000 kilometres away from their childhood home in Syria, Sir Charles Tupper Tigers' senior Mohammed Suliman (right) found reason to embrace his Grade 11 brother Ahmad during a recent Vancouver Tier 1 rugby match against Point Grey. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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At Sir Charles Tupper, rugby’s welcoming scrum provides needed refuge for three Syrian youths building new lives in a new country

VANCOUVER — In the midst of a melee of mud and pelting rain, Mohammed Suliman still made sure he was the first to find his younger brother Ahmad on the rugby pitch.

A long shot from the outset of her university basketball career, Fraser Valley Cascades head coach Al Tuchscherer now calls rising fourth-year forward Veronica Kobes the ultimate walk-on. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of University of the Fraser Valley athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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UFV’s Veronica Kobes: The walk-on who refused to walk away speaks to her dual dreams of a career with Cascades hoops and a med school future

ABBOTSFORD — In its most figurative sense, basketball has grudgingly given in. For years, it had watched the unrelenting will to learn from the walk-on who refused to walk away, deciding finally that she had earned the right to be its friend and confidant.

Playing its second match in three days on Thursday, Lord Byng (left) had no trouble finding offence in a win over Richmond's R.A. McMath Wildcats. (Photo by Ian David Macphee property of Lord Byng athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ B.C. boys high school rugby report 04.22.19 edition: Lord Byng thrives over marathon three-match week

VANCOUVER —For Lord Byng’s Grey Ghosts, this past week was the busiest stretch of their senior boys varsity rugby season shy of a hopeful run at the upcoming provincial championships.

Collingwood's Tyler Preston (left, stripes) scored his second try of the match as the defending B.C. champion Cavaliers topped Victoria's SMUS Blue Jags on Thursday in North Vancouver. (Photo by Mark Liu property of Collingwood athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved) (Photo by Mark Liu property of Collingwood athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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04.20.19 Varsity Letters B.C. high school rugby early-weekend edition: AA’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 clash, plus Tweedy & Rockridge dramatic winners

Welcome to Varsity Letters holiday weekend edition of the B.C. Boys High School Rugby Report. We’re publishing ahead of the now-regular Monday posting day due to the nature of the holiday long weekend.

Britannia guard Shemaiah Abatayo will enter her senior season with the Bruins by leading the Vancouver school at the 2019 TBI. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2018. All Rights Reserved)
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Girls 2019 Tsumura Basketball Invitational: Our 20-team field features some of B.C.’s blue-chip best, plus a core of rising newcomers

LANGLEY — We opened our week by presenting the 20 teams taking part in the eighth-annual boys Tsumura Basketball Invitational. Today, here’s our look at the field for the 20-team girls tournament, set to run Dec. 11-14:TBI 2019GIRLSARGYLE PIPERS — Plenty of height with a trio of six-foot-plus players in Gabby Francis, Ella Mellinghaus and Julia […]

Kelowna's Malcom Greggor (left) keeps an eye on McMath's Travis Hamberger during opening-round of the 2018 TBI. Both players are back for the 2019 tourney. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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We’ve expanded to 20 teams! Meet the field for the 2019 senior boys Tsumura Basketball Invitational

LANGLEY — We’re getting older, and when that happens, it becomes time to extend that wingspan even further. The Tsumura Basketball Invitational, which has become early-season appointment viewing at the Langley Events Centre for B.C.’s best boys and girls basketball teams, will turn eight this coming December.

Last season, Coquitlam's Dr. Charles Best (celebrating a goal) lost in penalty kicks to Fraser Heights in the Fraser Valley junior title game. This season, Best's seniors have moved into No, 1 in the provincial rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
The Shawnigan Lake Stags topped Victoria's Oak Bay Barbarians in a rematch of last season's B.C. Quad A title match. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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04.15.19 Varsity Letters’ B.C. Boys Rugby Report: Stags top Barbs in B.C. Quad-A title rematch, Carson beats EMS to top Premier League table

LANGLEY — Monday’s Varsity Letters’ B.C. high school rugby report leads off with a re-match of last season’s B.C. Quad-A title final game.