Fleetwood Park Dragons' star Simran Billen (left) added a PK-session tally to help her team past South Delta and into last season's B.C. AAA final at UBC. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Group stage stand-outs? We pick the matches to watch in pool play as the 2019 B.C. AAA girls soccer tourney kicks off Wednesday

SURREY — The B.C. senior girls AAA high school soccer championships, hosted by Fleetwood Park Secondary, kicks off a three-day run Wednesday at Cloverdale Athletic Park. Here’s our look at one match expected to be pivotal in each of the four group-stage pools. A tournament schedule for pool play, as well as championship round semifinals and […]

In its 2-1 overtime win over Sullivan Heights at the Fraser Valley championship tournament, Riverside's Maddy Birtch (right) was a tower of strength. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Finding their flow, PoCo’s Riverside Rapids hope another hard road to B.C. AAA girls soccer provincials pays dividends

SURREY — No team has perhaps had a tougher road to the B.C. senior girls AAA soccer championships the last two years running than Port Coquitlam’s Riverside Rapids.Last season, Riverside broke through by defeating Surrey’s Elgin Park Orcas 2-0 in the Fraser Valley’s seventh-place, loser-go-home match to earn its first-ever senior varsity provincial tournament appearance […]

Despite her credentials as a 14-year-old Grade 9 rookie keeper last season, Centennial's Kelsey Eckert led the Centaurs to the B.C. AAA championship title. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Centennial’s Kelsey Eckert: Grade 10’s career choice as BCSPL & high school keeper forged by Centaurs’ 2018 run to B.C. AAA title

COQUITLAM — One of the more anonymous moments in last season’s run to the B.C. AAA girls soccer title by Coquitlam’s Centennial Centaurs was the way they were able to survive the sudden-elimination group stage on Day two of the three-day event and find their way to the tournament’s Final Four.

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)
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

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

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

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

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

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)