When Abbie Simms slotted a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net in the fifth-round of penalty kicks against Victoria’s perennial powerhouse Oak Bay Breakers, and Campbell River’s Carihi Tyees began their celebration, its longtime coach could only shake his head.“We’ve gone to penalty kicks seven times this season,” began Tyees’ head […]
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B.C. high school track & field meet turns 50! Q&A with commish Lenton
LANGLEY — The Subway B.C. High School Track and Field championships is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada. And when it opens another three-day run on June 1 at Langley’s McLeod Athletic Park, the event will be celebrating a landmark 50th birthday.
Camryn Rogers: Golden farewell likely for McMath standout
RICHMOND — Maybe the most amazing thing about Camryn Rogers’ vast skills as a thrower?
Varsity Letters puts out call for Class of 2017 B.C. Recruits List submissions
Varsity Letters hasn’t even celebrated its fourth month serving B.C.’s high school and university sports communities, but we’re determined to keep a long-standing tradition alive.For the past 10 years, beginning in 2007, I have collected and published the names of B.C. high school graduating student-athletes who were set to continue studying and playing sports at […]
Mt. Douglas Rams: Varsity Letters’ No. 4 in 2017 high school football preseason AAA ranks
Welcome back to the countdown! Last we introduced Varsity Letters’ Big 5 Triple A preseason countdown by starting off with the No. 5 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers of Surrey.
05.21.17 edition: Varsity Letters’ B.C. high school rugby report-Saints, Cavs are NZ Shield winners
Welcome to Varsity Letter’s B.C. high school rugby report. Provincial tournament playdowns are now complete with the big dance set to begin May 31 in Abbotsford.
Pro rugby career beckons for Ngawati, but first, SMUS’ star wants to help Jags to B.C. three-peat
VICTORIA — Quinn Ngawati knows that every profession, in some manner, requires an extended apprenticeship.
Lord Tweedy Panthers: Varsity Letters’ No. 5 in 2017 high school football preseason AAA ranks
(We’re starting our countdown to the 2017 B.C. high school football season a little earlier than usual. Once a week, for the next five weeks, Varsity Letters will count down our Pre-Preseason Big 5 AAA teams. This week, we begin with No. 5, Surrey’s Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers)
05.14.17 edition: Varsity Letters’ B.C High School Rugby Report
Welcome to another edition of Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Rugby Report. This week we cover playoff action from the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island.
Hannah Bennison: The Vernon Panthers’ runner is a harrier with no barriers
There was moment this past March, over the late stages of the biggest race of her life, that Hannah Bennison reached what can only be described as a divine understanding with her sport.