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If the Delta Pacers of Ladner live up to their AAA preseason No. 3 ranking, they'll be playing in the provincial semifinals later this year at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Earl Marriott, Langley Christian, Vernon Christian top B.C. senior boys preseason volleyball rankings

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LANGLEY — The 2018 B.C. boys high school volleyball season is now upon us. Here’s the pre-season rankings for both AAA and AA.

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.

The last goal of Poonam Sandhu's UBC playing career won her team the 2014 U Sports national title. Her first shot as the program's head coach comes Saturday at home to Victoria. (Photo by Richard Lam property of UBC athletics)
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Poonam Sandhu: For UBC’s decorated field hockey vet and new head coach, nothing trumps Thunderbird tradition

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VANCOUVER — Poonam Sandhu fashioned one of the most steeped national championship resumes in UBC sports history during her playing career in the midfield of the Thunderbirds’ women’s field hockey team.

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.

Brayden Hamilton (6) got a key first-down off a fake punt and later scored the game's lone touchdown as the No. 5-ranked AA SRT Titans blanked South Kamloops on Friday. (Photo courtesy Mitchel Crews, Samuel Robertson Technical athletics)
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09.07.18: Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Football Report Friday Night Lights FINAL edition

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LANGLEY — Welcome to the Friday Night Lights early edition of Varsity Letters’ weekly B.C. High School Football Report.Continue to check back with us through the evening as we attempt to provide game reports from each and every football game involving B.C. senior varsity teams.FRIDAYTRIPLE AWESTERN CONFERENCECARSON GRAHAM 14 at No. 3 NEW WESTMINSTER 36NEW […]