Fleetwood Park's Grade 9 Tahira Khan (centre) celebrates her first goal as a Dragon during Friday's UBC Invitational championship win over Argyle on the Point Grey campus. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Fleetwood Park’s veteran core provides senior service in UBC Invitational title win, No. 2 Dragons will host 2019 AAA BC tourney

SURREY — Ask Sunny Uppal about his days playing under the most decorated coach in the history of U Sports men’s soccer, and one thing stands out above all others.“I played three seasons at UBC under Mike Mosher (2001-03) and he always told us that winning is a habit,” related Uppal of the legendary head […]

Handsworth's Eric Dikka, a rugby newcomer, was impressive in the Royals' Stadium Series shutout winnower Abbotsford's W.J. Mouat Hawks. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. High School Rugby Report 04.07.19 edition: Our ‘Stadium Series’ match reports include Carson Graham’s stunning rally over Oak Bay

Welcome to Varsity Letters’ B.C.high school rugby report. Today, the focus sits squarely on the opening week of the Stadium Series. Here’s a look at a number of the opening weekend’s games:

St. George's players Matteo Mitchell (left) and Grant Madu (right) congratulate teammate Thomas Kirkwood after he scored the game's opening try vs. Shawnigan Lake during Stadium Series action Friday at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Stadium Series 2019 ‘Battle Royale’ edition: Palmer’s extra-time try lifts St. George’s Saints to dramatic comeback victory over Shawnigan Lake’s Stags

BURNABY — When last we left one of the best rivalries in all of B.C. high school sports, the contrast between that old cliche of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat was about as pronounced as you will find.

Nikki Cabuco of Coquitlam's Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils capped her high school career off in fashion Thursday in PoCo, then shared a moment with coach Anthony Beyrouti. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Best’s Nikki Cabuco: A chapter defined by her tenacity and character gets fitting all-star close ahead of bold new journey with UFV Cascades

PORT COQUITLAM — If you have annually judged our best players by the number of appearances they make in the provincial championship tournament over the course of their high school careers, you’d have missed her.

Kitsilano's Owen Cutler will pair with Blue Demons' teammate Everest Jaggs in Friday's Vancouver senior boys all-star game. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Tupper’s Tigers Den plays host to VSSAA’s annual Vancouver City boys all-star game this Friday, full rosters here!

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Secondary Schools Athletic Association will be stage its April classic at Sir Charles Tupper Secondary for a 12th straight season on Friday.

St. Thomas Aquinas' 6-foot-3 Grade 11 forward Jessica Clarke showed the rest of the country what her potential is all about as the youngest of four B.C. players at the inaugural BioSteel girls national all-star game played at the University of Toronto. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Jenna Griffin of Port Moody's Heritage Woods is one of B.C.'s best young guards and she's suiting up Thursday in the Futures Classic. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved) (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
A study in focus, Walnut Grove's Jessica Wisotzki has emerged as a blue-chip recruit of the Simon Fraser Clan.First, she makes her high school farewell Thursday in PoCo. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Simon Fraser’s Jessica Wisotzki: After a high school all-star game farewell, huge future awaits as WGSS star set to don Clan colours

BURNABY — Basketball has continued to evolve into more and more of a position-less sport, one in which the standard line between guards and forwards has increasingly blurred and ultimately lost much of its relevance when weighed against the virtues of the dynamic hybrid athlete.

Langley Christian's Hailey Van Roekel (left) is headed to a CCAA career at Douglas, but before then, she caps her high school career in all-star fashion Thursday in Port Coquitlam. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2018. All Rights Reserved)
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Fraser Valley vs. Lower Mainland: Full rosters for Thursday’s senior girls swan song all-star game at PoCo-Riverside

PORT COQUITLAM — If you’re a bit of a misty-eyed girls high school basketball fan, it’s understandable. As zone realignment around the province kicks in next season, Thursday’s annual Fraser Valley vs. Lower Mainland senior girls high school all-star basketball game marks a sad farewell.

Diego Maffia wraps up his history-making high school career Saturday at the 32nd annual Vancouver Island Seniors Classic all-star game. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Vancouver Island All-Star Saturday: Oak Bay’s Maffia and 71 other boys, girls bid adieu to high school hoops in 32nd annual classic

LANGLEY — Few high school all-star basketball games in North America can claim a history as rich as this Saturday’s 32nd annual edition of the Vancouver Island Senior Classic, a three-game celebration of the Island’s best boys and girls’ graduating seniors.For example, back in the 1992 boys game, when the South beat the North 100-85, […]