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The G.W. Graham Grizzlies have got the right idea based on their inspirational t-shirts. The Grizzlies get their toughest test of the season in one of our Top 5 games of the week. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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09.19.18 edition: Varsity Letter’s Top 5 B.C. high school football games to watch this weekend (surprise, surprise)

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Here’s our take on the top five games to take in this weekend over Week 3 of the B.C. High School Football campaign.

Terry Fox defensive coordinator Tom Kudaba and senior tackle Brandon Hodge schemed to limit AA No. 1 Vernon to just seven points last week in rainy PoCo. On Friday, the AAA No. 2 Ravens are in the Apple Bowl to face quarterback Isaac Athans and the rest of the Kelowna Owls in the Eastern Conference opener for both teams. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters)
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High school football’s Week 3 has arrived! Your survival guide includes the latest Big 5 rankings, schedule, scoreboard

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LANGLEY — Week 3 is here, and at the Triple A tier, it means that virtually every member school will be involved with conference games.

With his offensive line clearing the way, Holy Cross senior quarterback Andrew Hunt tucks the ball and soldiers forward. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Do The Right Thing: Simple creed helps carry Surrey’s Holy Cross on an inspiring, new football crusade

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SURREY — The post-game victory speech Conrad Deugau delivered to his Holy Cross Crusaders’ senior varsity football team a couple of Saturdays ago, was short, sweet and to the point.

Vernon's Charles Lemay (white) feels the gang-tackling wrath of Terry Fox Ravens' (left, top to bottom) Liam Cumarasamy (20), Jaden Severy (23) and Vincent Mehain (42), as well as Kyle Huish (right) during non-conference cross-tier clash Saturday afternoon in Port Coquitlam. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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09.15.18 Final Edition: Varsity Letter’s Saturday Night B.C. High School Football Report

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LANGLEY — From a busier-than-usual Saturday, we’ve got six new game reports, including contests involving Terry Fox, Vancouver College and Notre Dame.

South Delta quarterback Ben McDonald is pictured making one of his 30 pass attempts Friday in North Vancouver as the Sun Devils beat host Carson Graham. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo)
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FINAL EDITION 09.14.18 Week 2: Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report, Friday Night Lights edition

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Welcome to Week 2 of Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Football Report.Plenty of non-conference action scheduled tonight. As well, six AAA conference clashes highlight the schedule.FRIDAYTRIPLE AWESTERN CONFERENCEABBOTSFORD 6 at No. 3 NEW WESTMINSTER 40NEW WESTMINSTER — A defence that held the opposition to only 76 total yards and limited them to 1-for-10 on third-down […]

Behind it's swarming defence, AAA Vancouver College has bolted out to a 2-0 start ahead of its Western Conference home opener Saturday against Belmont at O'Hagan Field. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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09.13.18: Varsity Letter’s Week 2 B.C. High School Football rankings and weekend survival guide

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LANGLEY — Our first true changes of the season touch both the AAA and AA tiers of Varsity Letters’ Big 5 high school football rankings.

New Westminster Hyacks' star two-way lineman Evan Nolli (centre, 76) puts the brakes on Terry Fox's Jevaun Jacobsen during the 2017 Subway Bowl AAA final last December at B.C. Place Stadium. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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For Hyacks’ senior Evan Nolli, Homecoming 2018 is the perfect time to show his home is now on the line

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NEW WESTMINSTER —How exciting it must be for the scores of university football recruiters currently making their pitch to land 17-year-old Evan Nolli, knowing that the young man they are projecting as a future star along their offensive line has as good a chance to wind up being the best defensive lineman in their program.

Vancouver College senior defensive lineman Robert Mendez (55) supplied 14 tackles on Saturday as the Irish blanked Seaquam 28-0 to open Western Conference AAA play in North Delta. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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09.11.18: Varsity Letters’ Top 10 B.C. High School Football Performances from Week No. 1

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LANGLEY — Week 1 in the B.C. high school football world was filled with highlighted performances on both side of the ball.

Vancouver College receiver Owen Ker (4) celebrates his touchdown catch from quarterback Eric Zychlinksi late in the second quarter Saturday at Seaquam. Sharing his air is Irish teammate and tight end Connor Louis. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters)
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09.08.18 Varsity Letters’ Saturday night B.C. High School Football Report final edition

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Welcome to the Saturday night edition of Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report.

Vernon Panthers' quarterback Thomas Hyett hit the ground throwing on Friday in leading his No. 1 Panthers past AAA Kelowna. (File photo by Katherine Peters, Vernon Secondary athletics)
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09.08.18 edition: Varsity Letter’s Saturday morning B.C. High School Football Report

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LANGLEY — Welcome to our Saturday morning edition of Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Football Report. Technical difficulties, including e-mail transmissions and faulty stat programs delayed our efforts to provide you with a pair of  games from Friday.