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 […]
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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 […]
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’s Baneet Bains: The Lions’ senior middle-distance running star always saves her best for last
SURREY — Baneet Bains can’t explain it. “But I’ve heard about it a lot from other people,
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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!
The single greatest day in UBC Thunderbirds track and field team history ended with its head coach struggling to find the words.