ABBOTSFORD — Last April, in the moments after surgeons operated on her battle-scarred left knee for the third time in just under four years, Amanda Thompson cleared her head and braced herself for the news.
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10.23.18 edition B.C. high school football Weekend Survival Guide: Big 5 rankings, Top 4 Games to Watch plus full schedule
LANGLEY — We’re down to two weeks and counting in the 2018 B.C. high school football conference regular season. Before we know it, it’ll be Subway Bowl season again.
UBC women’s basketball: On eve of 2018-19 season-opener, ‘Birds head coach Huband see a talented core set for “a coming of age”
VANCOUVER — The best way to describe just how close last season’s youthful UBC Thunderbirds’ women’s basketball team came to achieving a breakthrough campaign would be to imagine longtime head coach Deb Huband holding up a hand with her thumb and index finger about an inch apart.
10.20.18: Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report, Saturday Night Special
Welcome to the Saturday edition of Varsity Letters’ B.C High School Football Report.
Football Clan find rare air: In loss to Top 25 CWU, Simon Fraser QB Richardson flirts with GNAC passing mark, WR Rysen John has career day
The Simon Fraser Clan may not have posed an imminent threat to the host and No. 21 nationally-ranked Central Washington Wildcats on Saturday night in Ellensburg. Yet even as the visiting Clan (1-7, 0-6) was falling 60-19 to the reigning powerhouse of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, it was impossible not to appreciate the passing numbers […]
Mike and Trivel: UBC’s dynamic duo of O’Connor and Pinto forge pure magic as ‘Birds top Alberta to secure playoff berth
VANCOUVER — Over the four seasons in which they have turned home games on the Point Grey campus into appointment viewing, the UBC Thunderbirds football team’s national success has introduced a wave of star players to the growing fan base of the blue-and-gold.
FINAL EDITION! 10.19.18 Friday Night Lights edition: Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report
LANGLEY — Welcome to the Saturday morning updated version of the Friday Night Lights edition of Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report. We’ve added late reports from Vancouver College vs. Lynden (Wash.) and Westsyde vs Salmon Arm.Looks for our Saturday edition later today with all the results from today. A full schedule of today’s game […]
Juggler’s ‘Neon’ Teon lights up Notre Dame ground game, his 322 rushing yards net VL’s Player of the Week honours
LANGLEY — Once again, here’s our best effort to turn subjectivity into a science. Ahh, it’s pretty tough to do. Still, when you break 300 yards rushing in the AAA ranks it’s pretty tough to not get the nod.
Encore, encore! Argyle’s volleyball expansion whirlwind was no fluke, AAA No. 12-ranked Pipers play host to weekend invitational
NORTH VANCOUVER — You can’t blame Shon Sim for delighting in the recognition his Argyle Pipers senior boys volleyball team has received since their comet-like arrival on the provincial scene last season.
Mission earns its football wings, rush-heavy Roadrunners pay homage in adopting John Barsby’s double-wing offence
MISSION — Wrong offence, bad result. Right offence, good result. The Mission Roadrunners are true believers in that simplest of formulas this season, their third at the Triple-A tier, and one in which they have finally begun to show the signs of forward progress.