G.W. Graham defensive end Vinny Branauer has put up sack numbers over the early part of the 2021 B.C. high school football season large enough as to make past comparables very tough to find. (Photo by Joanne Hewitt property of G.W. Graham athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Even after two lost seasons, G.W. Graham’s Vinny Branauer a hard secret to keep, Grade 11 rush end has 18 sacks over first five AAA games for No. 5 Grizzlies!

CHILLIWACK — Vincent Branauer knows that if he keeps doing what he has been doing over the first month-plus of the 2021 B.C. high school football season, chances are he won’t exactly be a secret to opposition defensive offensive line coaches for much longer.And the same goes for university football recruiters.Yet in the rarest of […]

Terry Fox Grade 11 quarterback Owen Sieben is tackled out of bounds by South Delta's Matthew McPhie. (Photo by Becky Severy property of Terry Fox athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Terry Fox finds a QB gem in Grade 11 Owen Sieben: Varsity Letters’ BCSSFA Player of the Week throws for four scores in win over Kelowna Owls!

PORT COQUITLAM — Ask Terry Fox Ravens’ head coach Tom Kudaba for some memorable moments that were part of 2020’s cancelled B.C. high school football season, and one that sticks out was the sight of a then-newcomer to the team’s distanced practice sessions.“When we saw him last year, we just went ‘Holy cow, this kid […]

After having its contest with rival St. Thomas More awarded by forfeit last Friday, No. 3-ranked Notre Dame (with quarterback Aiden Domino and head coach Denis Kelly) get back to action Saturday in Tsawwassen as the unbeaten Jugglers face the host South Delta Sun Devils. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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BC High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 10.05.21 edition: AAA’s Top 5 all undefeated while parity reigns among AA’s contenders!

LANGLEY — It’s taken a full month, but after the 2020 cancelled campaign, the trends of 2021 have taken root and the front-runners in Varsity Letters’ Big 5 rankings for AA and AAA football have revealed themselves.Our annual Weekend Survival Guide has the latest rankings, scoreboard and upcoming games for Friday and Saturday.On Wednesday, we’re […]

Mt. Douglas Rams head coach Mark Townsend (centre) brought a team to Seaquam Secondary on Saturday which caught the attention of Seahawks' head coach Kevin Phillips. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Football Report 10.02.21 Saturday edition: Mt. Douglas and Belmont reach return victorious to Victoria at expense of Delta schools!

Saturday action wraps up another week in the world of B.C. High School Football.It was a day for Victoria’s two Triple A teams to flex their muscle, each getting wins on the Mainland.SATURDAYNo. 2 MT. DOUGLAS 40 at SEAQUAM 18NORTH DELTA — Kevin Phillips has been coaching B.C. senior varsity high school teams off and […]

Argyle's long-striding Ryan Holden snared a pair of 30-yard touchdown passes Friday in the Pipers' win over Windsor. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ 10.01.21 ‘A day late, but not a dollar short’ edition of the Friday Night Lights’ B.C. High School Football Report!

Welcome to the one-day-later version of the B.C. High School Football Report’s Friday Nights Lights edition.Thanks to all for understanding my previously-scheduled engagement with UBC football. We are back to our normal schedule for the remainder of the season.And thanks this week to Varsity Letters’ kind photographic contributors: Blair Shier, Joanne Hewitt, Rick Macdonald and […]

Centennial Centaurs' Ziad Sabry has put almost two full seasons of disappointment behind him with a blistering breakout game last week against Abbotsford. (Photo by Hasti Mohammadi property of Centennial Athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ BCSSFA Player of the Week: For Centennial Centaurs’ running back Ziad Sabry, there is sweet joy in a comeback two years in the making!

COQUITLAM — When Ziad Sabry runs onto the field at Chilliwack’s Exhibition Stadium this Friday for a tough AAA East clash against the host G.W. Graham Grizzlies, he’ll no doubt smile to himself, so glad that two years ago, he decided to take endure the path less taken.Last week, in fact, almost two full years […]

W.J. Mouat Hawks' receiver Ercy Avul totalled almost 200 yards in receptions to go along with one touchdown in an overtime win last Friday over the Mission Roadrunners. (Photo property of W.J. Mouat athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ BCSSFA Player of the Week: For WJ Mouat Hawks’ receiver Ercy Avul, a breakout game comes with hard work, and assists from uncles Bo and Nelson Lokombo!

ABBOTSFORD: Ercy Avul has some pretty amazing football bloodlines, yet ask the W.J. Mouat Hawks’ senior receiver/safety about his uncles Boseko and Nelson Lokombo, and it’s as much or more what they have given him in terms of off-field advice than between the lines.“Nelson had to go through high school always being known as Bo’s […]

The Carson Graham Eagles and Windsor Dukes go their separate ways after an all-North Vancouver clash last Friday. This week the Eagles play in Surrey against the Holy Cross Crusaders, while the Dukes stay within the city limits for a battle with the Argyle Pipers. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 09.28.21 edition: At AAA, it’s an Irish-Rams-Jugglers-Ravens-Grizz world, but there’s a new No. 1 at AA, plus complete schedules and scores!

LANGLEY — B.C. high school football’s first month of play is in the books.Welcome to the October, the month ahead which defines the contenders for the Subway Bowl B.C. championships.This week, Varsity Letter’s Weekend Survival Guide lays out the schedule for conference football at both tiers and in all divisions.We’ve got it all here, starting […]

Guard Vrix De Pano (left) and John Albright celebrate a moment in Saturday's win by Sullivan Heights over Frank Hurt. (Wilson Wong photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Stars in their eyes! After two years of losing, Sullivan Heights football snaps its 0-for-21 streak with first win in program history!

SURREY — The Sullivan Heights Stars may have been in a state of total elation Saturday afternoon, yet even though it was a sporting rite of passage they as a group had never been able to experience before, they carried it off it the grandest of fashion.After the program’s first-ever varsity victory — 40-0 over […]

Vancouver College running back Tommy Carvalho carries against the backdrop of a packed O'Hagan Field crowd Saturday in Vancouver. (Photo property of Bernie Crump 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Fighting Irish vs. Knights: A traditional rivalry gets gleaming treatment! Fall high school football’s full spectacle comes to O’Hagan Field as 2,500 watch No. 1 Van College blank STM!

VANCOUVER — A three-game season-opening homestand at its own O’Hagan Field couldn’t have felt more like, well… home, sweet home for the defending B.C. AAA champion and No. 1-ranked Vancouver College Fighting Irish.Yet within the guts of a 32-0 win Saturday over one of its true traditional rivals, Burnaby’s St. Thomas More Knights, the Irish […]