NORTH DELTA — This may sound funny, but North Delta’s ‘newest’ high school turned 40 a few weeks ago.
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Tweedsmuir football huddles with student body, Friday buy-out game a cancer fund-raiser
SURREY — In a manner of speaking, the football team from Surrey’s Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary wants to bring the entire school into its huddle on Friday afternoon.
UBC’s Ben Chow: How degrees of difficulty helped the ‘Birds star return for a special finale
VANCOUVER — The best journeys are never scripted and always organic. They test mettle, and in the best instances, wind up revealing a level of poetic gleam only possible through the hard steps of revival and re-invention.
10.01.17: Varsity Letters B.C. High School Football Report Saturday wrap-up edition
It’s our final wrap up of the week’s action with a look at Saturday’s abbreviated schedule. But before we continue with the game reports, our hearts go out to the family and friends of St. Thomas More Collegiate senior varsity coach Bernie Kully who passed away peacefully late Saturday evening.
09.30.17: Varsity Letter’s BC High School Football Report Friday Night Lights edition
Welcome to a late edition of Varsity Letters’ Friday Night Lights B.C. high school football report. It’s our one late filing of the season (duty called Friday as I broadcast UBC’s loss to Calgary), so thanks for understanding. Out Saturday report will follow on Sunday and our regular schedule resumes next week.
Nill labels UBC loss to Dinos “…an ass kicking” as all roads to Vanier now go through Calgary
VANCOUVER— Blake Nill has never pulled punches, and the UBC Thunderbirds head coach wasn’t about to start a new trend Friday.“You can call it what you want but it was an ass-kicking,” Nill said following his team’s 31-17 loss to the Calgary Dinos at Thunderbird Stadium. “When we had momentum, we were stopping the run […]
09.28.17: Varsity Letters’ Big 5 B.C. High School Football rankings
We’ve got a new No. 1 in Double A, and we’ve got a new school run the Triple A rankings. It’s the VaristyLetters.ca Big 5 B.C. high school football senior varsity rankings in expanded form, plus all of last week’s scores and this weekend’s schedule:
Will Maxwell: A year ago, UBC cornerback had never made a tackle… now he leads the team
VANCOUVER — The leading tackler on the best defensive team in the Canada West has a confession to make. “Up until the end of last season, I had never played a down of defence in my life,” says Will Maxwell. “Until last year, I had never even made a tackle.”
Sack artist or Touchdown Tyler? STM Knights’ Eckert embodies true throwback ethos in senior year
BURNABY — It’s so easy to get caught up in the out-of-nowhere ascent that Tyler Eckert made as a raw rookie running back last season.
Varsity Letters’ Big 5 weekend preview: Our picks for B.C. high school football’s top games
Welcome back to Varsity Letters’ Big 5 weekend preview. Today, we look at the top games being played Friday and Saturday in the world of B.C. high school football. It’s taken a few weeks, but now we’re right into the thick of AAA conference games.