Abbotsford Panthers' players swarm striker Marley Edwards (left, 15) after his 13th-minute free kick goal opened the scoring and held as the winner in the 2018 Fraser Valley AAA soccer final Wednesday at South Surrey Athletic Park. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Fraser Valley AAA soccer finals: Abby Panthers end 16-year title-drought, top Matheson Mustangs with early offence, gutsy defence

SURREY — Dean Fetterly wasn’t expecting to have to reconfigure his team’s entire schematic just 20 minutes into his team’s biggest game of the season.

Vernon's Charles Lemay (white) was a standout on both sides of the ball this season and has been named the AA Interior Conference's Defensive Player of the Year. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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QB Hyett, LB Lemay star as No. 1-ranked Vernon Panthers dominate AA Interior Conference all-star selections

The Interior Conference AA high school football all-star team checks in with its conference all-stars as playoff action begins Friday.INTERIOR CONFERENCEOFFENCEMVP — Thomas Hyett, quarterback (Vernon)OFFENSIVE LINEJackson Thomas (Vernon), Sheldon Gerlib (South Kamloops), Brennan Kennedy (Clarence Fulton), Nathan Vasconcelos (Vernon), Carson Harrower (Clarence Fulton)RUNNING BACKQuinn Williamson (Clarence Fulton)FLEXRiley MacGillivray (Vernon)TOP GRADE 11Caden Danbrook, (Vernon)DEFENCEMVP — Charles […]

Victoria's Belmont Bulldogs swept to first place at last weekend's Red Serge Invitational in PoCo. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures)
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B.C. girls Top 10 volleyball rankings: Tweedy, PA Breakers, host Riverside make late-season charge at Red Serge invitational

PORT COQUITLAM — B.C.’s two-time defending AAAA champion Belmont Bulldogs pushed their record to 46-3 Saturday with win over Surrey’s Pacific Academy Breakers in the final of the Red Serge Invitational. As part of a 7-0 weekend in PoCo, it kept the ‘Dawgs firmly rooted at the top of its tier’s Top 10 rankings.

Belmont Bulldogs' Jocelyn Sherman (7) and Taylee Pomponio (14) celebrate a point during last season's B.C. AAA championship run at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures)
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Belmont girls volleyball: No. 1 Bulldogs’ quest for B.C. title three-peat rides on its three degrees of dedication

VICTORIA — You’ve heard of the six degrees of separation, but when it comes time to calculating the steps of togetherness for the Belmont Bulldogs senior girls volleyball team, it’s more about the three degrees of dedication. 

South Kam's Grade 11 quarterback Eric Crawford finished the regular season as one for the province's hottest and most dangerous players. (Photo by Jim Motokado courtesy of South Kamloops athletics)
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South Kam Titans football: From exit meetings Monday to a Subway Bowl playoff berth Tuesday? Coach calls it “…a crazy twist of fate”

KAMLOOPS – J.P. Lancaster didn’t know what else to say other than to call Tuesday’s news “A crazy twist of fate.” On Monday, the head coach of the South Kamloops Titans high school football team had his players clean out their lockers and attend season-ending exit meetings. On Tuesday, he was not only calling his entire team […]

The Penticton Lakers dropped three spots in the rankings this week but are still amongst the Top 10 teams in B.C.senior boys AAA volleyball. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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11.06.18 B.C. senior boys volleyball: Triple A ranking expands to Top 20, Double A to Sweet 16 as playoffs begin

LANGLEY — As the second season dawns in B.C. boys high school volleyball, the provincial rankings have expanded to reflect the size of the respective fields at upcoming provincial championships, including the B.C. AA and AAA championships set to run Nov 28-Dec. 1 at the Langley Events Centre. The B.C. Boys Single A tournament runs […]

Vernon Panthers' quarterback Zack Smith (4) gets a rude welcome from a host of Ballenas tacklers including (left to right) Adrian Friesen, Greg Geiger and Demar Hohnstein during Subway Bowl B.C. junior varsity AA final last December at BC Place Stadium. Star players from both teams have fortified their respective senior varsity teams this season, and both are a part of the 2018 Subway Bowl B.C. draw (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Varsity Letters’ Subway Bowl All U Can Eat B.C. High School Playoff Football Primer: Final Big 5 rankings, full AA, AAA brackets

LANGLEY — It’s a wire-to-wire run at No. 1 for both the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers and the Vernon Panthers  respectively in the VarsityLetters’ Big 5 AAA and AA football rankings. 

Robert Bateman's fine two-way star Phoenix Moller was Sunday chosen Eastern Conference AA Defensive MVP. (Photo property of Rick MacDonald courtesy Robert Bateman athletics)
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BCHSF’s 2018 AA conference all-stars! A galaxy of star quarterbacks dominates the tier’s list of B.C.’s finest

LANGLEY — B.C. Double A football put its usual array of talent on the field again this season, yet as conference all-star kudos were handed out Sunday by the tier’s coaches,  it really seemed like the ‘Year of the Quarterback’

New Westminster Hyacks senior defensive end Evan Nolli (76) capped an incredible regular season by Sunday being named the Western Conference AAA Defensive Player of the Year. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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BCHSF’s 2018 AAA conference all-stars! MVP’s Clarke, Ciccone, Blake on offence, Nolli, Odoom, Manongdo on defence

LANGLEY — B.C.’s high school football’s galaxy of AAA talent was put to the vote by member coaches Sunday morning, and as we get set to begin the start of Subway Bowl season with the first post-season practices on Monday, here’s the results.Congratulations to the B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association’s 2018 AAA conference all-stars.We’ll have […]

Vernon head coach Sean Smith chats with his Interior Conference champions. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.com)
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Vernon, Holy Cross, Bateman and PGSS the conference champs as draw for Subway Bowl AA football tourney unveiled

LANGLEY — The 12-team draw is now official for the 2018 Subway Bowl B.C. AA high school football championships which begin play Friday at Langley’s McLeod Stadium, then continue Saturday in Prince George and Vernon.