Rumbling towards the end zone like a battering ram, Langley Saints' running back Harshaad Jouhal (centre) is finally slowed by the Clarence Fulton Maroons' trio of (left to right) Ethan Schiman, Mo Salgado and Cavan Tilbert on Saturday morning at B.C. Place. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Subway Bowl AA 2019 Final 8: Saints’ RB duo of Thomas and Jouhal rush for three TDs each as Langley blanks Fulton

VANCOUVER — The Langley Saints made about as straightforward a statement as is possible on the gridiron Saturday as the Subway Bowl 2019 Double-A quarterfinals opened under the dome at B.C. Place.Rolling behind its powerful offensive line, Langley’s running game excelled on the fast-track indoor turf, and the end result was a 46-0 win over […]

Vernon quarterback Zack Smith was masterful in leading the defending champion Panthers back to the Subway Bowl Final Four next weekend at B.C. Place. (File photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL NIGHT FINAL BCHS Football Report 11.15.19 edition: No. 1 Vernon, No. 2 Ballenas win to set up epic Subway Bowl Final Four clash of unbeatens

No. 1 vs. No. 2, both sitting with perfect 8-0 records, and set to meet in the Subway Bowl 2019 AA Final Four one week from Saturday at B.C. Place Stadium?That’s the plotline put into play Friday as the top-ranked, defending B.C. champion Vernon Panthers and Parksville’s No. 2-ranked Ballenas Whalers each came away with […]

Last season, Notre Dame's Vincenzo Nardulli (10) played his primary role at linebacker. This season, after rushing for 16 touchdowns as a senior, he's added RB-1 to that resume. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Subway Bowl 2019: From stuntman to leading man, the stunning re-invention of Notre Dame Jugglers’ running back Vincenzo Nardulli

VANCOUVER — If the fullback is football’s version of the stuntman, then the tailback is its leading man.Notre Dame’s Vincenzo Nardulli is never going to back down from the kind of blocking assignments which became his offensive bread-and-butter the past few seasons with East Vancouver’s Jugglers.Yet as the 5-foot-11, 220-pound senior prepares for the final […]

Notre Dame head coach Denis Kelly (right), and veteran assistant George Oswald have a lot of scheming to do as the Jugglers beat Abbotsford to earn a berth in the Subway Bowl quarterfinals next week against the South Delta Sun Devils. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: The draw is all set for Subway Bowl quarterfinals! Here’s a look at Saturday’s Varsity Letters’ BCHS Football Report

LANGLEY — Saturday brought another five games, wrapping up the wildcard round of the 2019 Subway Bowl B.C. High School Football championships.First, a look at next week’s playoff bracket at both tiers, followed by our game reports. All quarterfinal dates, game times, and venues will be announced next week by the BCSSFA:QUARTERFINALSTRIPLE ATOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT […]

Holy Cross quarterback TJ Fujimura (11) threw a pair of touchdown passes as his Crusaders upset host John Barsby in an opening-round Subway Bowl playoff game played Friday in Nanaimo. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: Varsity Letters’ 11.08.19 Friday Night Lights B.C. High School Football Report

Welcome to the post season!Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report reports from Week 1 of the Subway Bowl playoffs.As usual, you can check back on the posting throughout the evening with updates from games being played throughout the province.We’ll also be back Saturday with the remainder of the first round of playoffs, all in […]

Holy Cross senior defensive end Uyi Ologhola prepares to sack Robert Bateman quarterback Ty Martens in a AA Eastern Conference clash played in late October in Surrey. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Uyi Ologhola: Holy Cross’ menacing sack artist might be a Crusaders’ hoops star first, but wow, have you seen this kid in a helmet?

SURREY — Back in the spring of 2017, when he was still only a ninth grader but playing senior varsity basketball at Holy Cross in Surrey, Uyi Ologhola was showing himself to be a kid already capable of stunning athletic feats.That season, he put his Crusaders’ teammates on his back in the B.C. Quad-A quarterfinals, […]

St. Thomas More's Vic Domingo (right) keeps an eye on Kelowna's Colby Miletto earlier this season at Burnaby Lakes. As the post-season begins, the Knights and the Owls are two of B.C.'s top teams. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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11.04.19 BC High School Football Big 5 rankings: At Triple-A, East champ Knights parlay perfect season into new perch at No. 3

LANGLEY — Six teams between B.C.’s two tiers will take this coming weekend off, the reward for earning opening-round byes as the chase for Subway Bowl 2019 gets underway.The rest will all be back at it at turf fields around the province this Friday and Saturday.This week’s big mover? Burnaby’s St. Thomas More Knights move […]

Although a broken collarbone has knocked him out of the playoffs, South Delta Sun Devils' quarterback Ben McDonald was honoured for his 2019 regular season by being chosen the AAA Western Conference's Offensive Player of the Year. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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As Subway Bowl playoffs approach, B.C. High School Football names its 2019 Triple-A conference all-star teams

LANGLEY — A galaxy of stars brought their talents to the field throughout the 2019 B.C. high school football AAA regular season which wound up Saturday.On Sunday, the BCSSFA’s coaches huddled within their respective leagues to choose their Western, Eastern and Pacific All-Stars.Congratulations to all of the honoured players:TRIPLE AWESTERN CONFERENCEOFFENCEMVP — Ben McDonald (quarterback, South […]

Langley Saints' running back Kai Thomas was picked the Eastern Conference's Offensive Player of the Year after leading the B.C. AA ranks in rushing with 1,285 yards. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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The stars who shone brightest! B.C. Double A high school football conference all-stars announced Sunday

LANGLEY — All season long, they’ve made the plays that have mattered most for their respective teams.On Sunday, they were honoured as B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association conference all-stars .Congratulations to all of those honoured. Check back later in the week for the addition of Northern Conference all-stars:DOUBLE AWESTERN CONFERENCEOFFENCEMVP — Ben Chomolok (quarterback, Parksville-Ballenas […]

Seaquam Seahawks' quarterback Jay Mather threw four TD passes in his team's regular-season finale on Saturday. Next week, he'll face the defending B.C. AAA champion Mt. Douglas Rams as Subway Bowl 2019 officially kicks off its one-month run to the B.C. title game. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Subway Bowl’s 2019 opening-round schedule: We’ve got the full opening-round match-ups set to run Nov. 8-9!

LANGLEY — Final dates, times, locations and venues are still to be confirmed by the B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association, but here are the opening-round matchups for Subway Bowl’s 2019 playoff season set to run this coming Friday and Saturday (Nov. 8-9) at sites around the province.TRIPLE A(Note — Eastern and Western conference champions each […]