Daniella Bavaro (left) of Coquitlam's Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils drivers down field while being pursued by Karmin Dhindsa of Surrey's defending B.C. champion Fleetwood Park Dragons on Day 1 off 2017 BC girls soccer championships at Burnaby Lakes. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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Parity Party: Day of draws sure to bring Thursday madness to BC girls soccer championships

BURNABY —Take one step into tournament headquarters here at the 2017 B.C. girls high school soccer championships, and one of the first things you’re handed is the tie-breaking procedure to determine champions in each of the four pools.On Wednesday, after the first round of play, it seemed especially fitting.Six of the first eight games resulted […]

West Vancouver's No. 2 Double A Tier 1 Collingwood Cavaliers got all they could handle from No. 7 G.W. Graham of Chilliwack on Wednesday at the BCSSRU championships (Howard Tsumura, Varsity Letters photo)
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Rugby BC’s open with nail-biters! No. 2 seed Cavs, Lions get huge push from No. 7’s

We’ve provided readers of Varsity Letters with a complete write-through on Day 1 of the B.C. high school rugby championships. Every tier ands every score is covered here, as well as tomorrow’s semifinal matchups and a review of the B.C. Junior semifinals players this afternoon.

The 2017 BC high school track and field championships presented by Subway open on Thursday. Here's a peek back to action from the 2014 meet. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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All You Can Eat for Subway 2017 meet: Complete entry sheets for BC high school meet

LANGLEY — The 2017 Subway B.C. high school track and field championships open a three-day run beginning Thursday at Langley’s McLeod Athletic Park.

Bateman's Sam Davenport was simply unflappable in BC JV quarterfinal win over Brentwood College over the weekend, accounting for 21 points off five penalties and three converts. (Photo by Oswaldo Lopez Dantes)
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Sudden Sam can’t miss, Bateman joins Stags, Saints, Eagles in B.C. JV rugby Final 4

ABBOTSFORD — The Robert Bateman Timberwolves survived a dramatic finish over the weekend, in the process earning an opportunity to fashion a memorable hometown finish to their 2017 rugby season.

Panorama Ridge's Morgan Leech (left) and Priyanka Dhesa lead the Thunder into the 2017 BC tournament as Fraser Valley champions. (Photo for Varsity Letters by Richard Lam)
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Panorama Ridge soccer: Thunder cherish team ties in B.C. tourney run-up

SURREY — The health of a team heading into the B.C. girls high school soccer championships isn’t always measured by its number of bumps and bruises.In fact, veteran coaches will tell you that one of the unique challenges of their sport is building a sense of team when culling together a roster of players from […]

Carson Graham fly half Savannah Bauder captured midway through her B.C. title-winning 75-metre run to touch in Saturday's Triple A final at Rotary Stadium. (Photo for Varsity Letters by Wilson Wong/UBC athletics)
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Bauder-powered Eagles soar! Carson Graham rugby girls ‘Have mojo back’

ABBOTSFORD — Savannah Bauder put on a pair of wobble-inducing, shake-and-bake fakes. Then, answering the requirement of a most desperate moment, she started to run for her life.

Abbotsford senior fly half Tausani Levale completes her high school career by helping lead the Panthers to their first B.C. AA title since 2014, Saturday over Lake City at hometown Rotary Stadium. (Special for Varsity Letters, Wilson Wong/UBC athletics)
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Abbotsford rugby: Sisterhood of Panthers celebrates first B.C. AA title since 2014

ABBOTSFORD — Tausani Levale could write an entire volume about her B.C. high school rugby experiences with the Abbotsford Panthers. And after what happened Saturday on the pitch at Rotary Stadium, her memoirs will both open and close with championship chapters at the B.C. girls Double-A tournament.

(Wilson Wong, UBC athletics)
Vancouver College's UBC-bound sprint-hurdler Anastas Eliopoulos is Canada's No. 1-ranked 110-metre hurdler in the Under-20 division. (Photo - Wilson Wong, UBC athletics)
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The Irish Flash! VC’s UBC-bound Eliopoulos hurdles the competition

VANCOUVER — It’s been 20 years since a B.C. high school boy last breached the senior varsity record books on the track in any of the three speed-power events at the provincial championship meet.So perhaps it’s fitting that one of the fleetest school boys in North American will close out his high school career next week […]