Brentwood College's Avik Bakshi (right) and Carihi's Kalem Lindstrom battle for possession during during Coastal AA championship match at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Tough road to title! Brentwood College goes to kicks in back-to-back games Tuesday, topping Carihi Tyees to win BC boys AA Coastal soccer title!

BURNABY — When a team goes to penalty kicks to win the two biggest games of its season in back-to-back fashion within a span of about four-and-half-hours, so much of it comes down to mind over matter.And perhaps no one brought more mental tenacity to the turf at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex for the […]

With only Mt. Douglas punter Giovanni Linuzzi to beat, G.W. Graham's Tyson Orregaard is captured on his way to game-winning 70-yard punt return TD on Monday in Langley. (Photo by Joanne Hewitt 2021 exclusive property of photographer. All Rights Reserved)
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Tyson Orregaard’s special teams thunder carries the day! His 70-yard punt return TD lifts GWG’s Grizzlies past Mt. Doug & into BC Place Subway Bowl AAA semifinals!

LANGLEY — On a team as deep at receiver as Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies have been this season, Grade 11 Tyson Orregaard has tried his best to stay patient, doing anything he could to help his team.And on Monday, as the Subway Bowl B.C. AAA Coastal championships reached the quarterfinal stage for the Grizzlies, Orregaard […]

Notre Dame's Ryan Torresan is slowed by a member of Victoria's Lambrick Park Lions during Monday's pivotal pool-play capper, a game the defending B.C. champion Jugglers claimed to earn a berth in Tuesday's semifinals at Burnaby Lakes. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021 exclusive property of photographer. All Rights Reserved)
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Final Four set at BC boys AA Coastal soccer championships: It’s defending B.C. champ Notre Dame, Brentwood College, Carihi and Westview!

BURNABY — The defending champs have advanced all the way to the semifinals of the B.C. senior boys Coastal AA soccer championships.Yet after what basically amounts to a week shy of two years away, Day 1 of the 2021 tournament seemed to invite even more of the unknown.“Pool play is never easy, whether it’s 12 […]

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B.C. senior boys 2021 AAA and AA provincial volleyball championship tournament seedings released

Langley — We’ve got Triple-A and the Double-A seedings for the upcoming B.C. senior boys volleyball championships. A key with the full name of each zone name is included at the bottom of each draw:TRIPLE APOOL A1 Kelowna (TOK-1, host)2 Claremont (VI-1)3 Elgin Park (SF-1)4 McMath (SF-2)POOL B5 Steveston-London (SF-3)6 Argyle (VS2S-1)7 Penticton (TOK-2)8 Burnaby […]

Trinity Western senior defender Liz Hicks helped lift her Spartans to the U SPORTS national final but was unable to secure an elusive national title in her final university game Sunday in Sydney, NS. (Photo by Mark Janzen property of Trinity Western athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Spartans’ run to a sixth U SPORTS women’s soccer title scuttled as Trinity Western falls to MacEwan Griffins in national title game’s penalty-kick portion!

In its 17 prior contests this season, comprising Canada West league matches and playoffs, as well as U SPORTS national championship ones, the Trinity Western Spartans women’s soccer team’s 16-0-1 record showed both an aptitude and an ability to succeed at whatever kind of adversity had been placed in front of them, from injuries to […]

The members of the Merritt Panthers junior boys volleyball team pose with head coach Vince Kanigan after beating the odds and finishing third at the Okanagan championships this past weekend in Revelstoke. Front row (left to right) Gavin Mouland, Will Hubbard. Back row (left to right) Andrew Denton, Carson Mouland, Wade Kanigan, Alex Howard, Nathan Racher, Owen Sigurdsson. (Photo courtesy Merritt Secondary athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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A SUNDAY READ: Evacuated from its flood-ravaged city, Merritt Secondary Panthers junior boys volleyball reveals true spirit of B.C. high school sports!

Gian Cavaliere is not only Merritt born-and-raised, he’s also never had reason to leave his south central interior digs.Yet this past week, like just about every member of its citizenry, the Merritt Secondary School vice-principal and proud Panthers athletic director had to vacate his home in the Nicola Valley city, taking up temporary residency in […]

Centennial Centaurs receiver Keyshawn Beswick caught three first-half touchdown passes in a stunning upset of No. 1-ranked Vancouver College. (Photo by Wilson Wong. All Rights Reserved 2021)
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In an upset for the ages, Centennial Centaurs find a way to top No. 1, undefeated Vancouver College in Subway Bowl AAA quarterfinals!

VANCOUVER — Perhaps it has sunk in by this Sunday morning, but Dino Geremia took all of Saturday night trying to comprehend one of the biggest wins in Centennial Secondary football history.“It took everyone coming together to achieve a win like this,” said Geremia about an hour after Saturday’s epic 27-24 upset of No. 1-ranked, […]

Notre Dame's senior quarter Aiden Domino threw two touchdown passes and ran for another Saturday at Juggler Field in a Coastal AAA Subway Bowl quarterfinal. (Wilson Wong photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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With a steadfast defence by its side, Notre Dame pivot Domino orchestrates AAA Subway Bowl quarterfinals win over Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers!

VANCOUVER — With defence as its bellwether, the host Notre Dame Jugglers took their best opportunities and turned them into touchdowns on Saturday, finding a way to extend an incredible season which now reaches the Subway Bowl Coastal AAA semifinals this coming Saturday at B.C. Place Stadium.“Playoff football is always a lot different and today […]

With a capacity crowd of 1,600 taking in the sights, SFU's Jordan Lyons scores two of his nine points on the night Saturday against UBC in the Buchanan Cup. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of SFU athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Buchanan Cup 2021: The rivalry returns as a sell-out crowd of 1,600 packs Simon Fraser’s West Gym to watch the hosts top UBC Thunderbirds 90-82!

BURNABY MOUNTAIN — As Steve Hanson made his way across campus Saturday evening for the biggest men’s basketball game at SFU in recent memory, he just knew that nobody was in for an ordinary night.“When I got here at 5:45 (p.m.), I could already hear the 400 people who lined up,” Simon Fraser’s head coach […]

Vernon Panthers' running back Joe Murphy carried 20 times for 129 yards and two TDs in Saturday's playoff win over Duchess Park. (Photo by Darren Hove property of photographer 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Vernon Panthers roar back from early deficit to topple Duchess Park Condors in Subway Bowl AA North/Interior semifinal clash!

(Note, Triple A game reports will not be published until later on this evening due to prior broadcast commitments)The Vernon Panthers advanced to what would normally have been the team’s fifth straight B.C. high school Subway Bowl B.C. AA semifinal.And although those plans were scuttled earlier this week after a decision to play a regional […]