South Kamloops' Titans' Grade 11 quarterback Jesse Peters, in just his second season at the position, has begun to hint at his great potential from the pivot. (Photo by Allen Douglas courtesy of South Kamloops Secondary athletics 2021.All Rights reserved)
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Following in his father’s QB footsteps proves a natural path for South Kam’s Jesse Peters: Titans’ BCSSFA Player of the Week showcases big arm with a four-TD performance!

KAMLOOPS — Considering the quarterbacking lineage which is so rooted in his family, the story of how Jesse Peters came to bark out the signals for the South Kamloops Titans senior varsity is thoroughly entertaining… and heartfelt.“I didn’t know much about football and I had never played quarterback before, but my dad was a big […]

Robert Bateman Timberwolves' Grade 11 quarterback Nolan Watrin threw four touchdown passes last week in a win over Surrey's Holy Cross Crusaders. (Photo property of Rick MacDonald 2021, courtesy of Robert Bateman athletics. All Rights Reserved)
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Bateman QB Nolan Watrin carries on a family tradition: Varsity Letters’ BCSSFA Player of the Week leads Double-A in both passing yards and picks for No. 2-ranked Timberwolves!

ABBOTSFORD — When opposition coaches sit down in the film room to do their pre-game due diligence, they all arrive at a point where they see just how natural the kid wearing No. 3 for the Robert Bateman Timberwolves looks whether he’s commanding the huddle at quarterback or making a big play on defence from […]

Centennial head football coach Dino Geremia leads his Centaurs against the visiting Kelowna Owls on Friday at Percy Perry Stadium. (Wilson Wong photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 10.12.21 edition: Get ready for our first statement games! Bateman vs. Langley, Notre Dame vs. Mt. Doug top the charts!

LANGLEY — Welcome to the biggest high school football weekend of the season thus far.We’ve got our first No. 1 vs. No. 2 when Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Timberwolves travel to top-ranked Langley to face the Thunderbirds in an epic AA clash at McLeod Stadium (7 p.m.).We’ve also got the No. 2 Mt. Douglas Rams of […]

Vancouver College running back Tommy Carvaolho, picutred here in the team's season-opening win over Carson Graham, rushed six times for 46 yards in a shutout win over visiting Seaquam. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Fighting Irish making O’Hagan their fortress! No. 1-AAA Vancouver College stays perfect at 5-0 following shutout win over Seaquam Seahawks!

VANCOUVER — In case you’re wondering, it’s been 749 days since the Vancouver College Fighting Irish last lost a football game.That’s over two years and counting, and although we know the pandemic wiped out the entire 2020 season, the smart money — based on the way the Irish has picked up in 2021 where it […]

Notre Dame safety Massimo Ryan's fumble recovery Saturday helped set up a touchdown and keep the Jugglers' defence perfect through five games following a shutout win at South Delta. (Photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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No. 3 AAA Notre Dame does it again on defence! After 34-0 win over South Delta, 5-0 Jugglers have still not allowed a single point!

TSAWWASSEN — If you want to let the numbers do the speaking, then the Notre Dame Jugglers did to the host South Delta Sun Devils what they have done to every team the East Vancouver school has faced this season.No. 3-ranked Notre Dame, en route to winning all five of its games by shutout this […]

The Frank Hurt Hornets were unable to win their first AAA Pacific Conference game of the season after falling to crosstown Earl Marriott on Saturday at Bear Creek Park. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Earl Marriott senior Armaan Gill, Grade 9 Cameron Boyes enjoy special moments as Mariners top Frank Hurt Hornets, move to 2-0 in AAA Pacific!

SURREY — Armaan Gill, like so many other Class of ’22 B.C. high school football seniors, had his Grade 11 season snatched away in 2020 by the global pandemic.So you have to know that every moment is being savoured by the current crop of Grade 12s, and on Saturday, Gill didn’t waste a single moment.Gill, […]

Carson Graham senior quarterback Logan Mellish engineered the winning drive on Friday as Carson Graham edged West Vancouver. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: Varsity Letters’ 10.08.21 B.C. High School Football Report, Friday Night Lights LATE-NITE edition!

LANGLEY — Welcome to another addition of the 2021 Varsity Letters B.C. High School Football Report for the Thanksgiving Day long weekend.Keep checking back on this post throughout the evening as we continue to update games from around the province and remember that the records you see for all of the teams is their conference […]

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 […]

Oak Bay senior boys volleyball coach Allan Carmichael and his Barbers sit at No. 9 in the recent AAA boys volleyball rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys volleyball rankings Week 2 10.06.21 edition: Owls, Eagles, Knights hold court at No. 1, biggest climbs taken by McMath, Duchess Park!

VICTORIA — Last week’s initial set of rankings at all three tiers of B.C. boys senior varsity volleyball, coming off a cancelled 2020 season, held remarkably true over the past seven days.Top threes at all three tiers remained static with Kelowna, MEI and Abbotsford Christian set to spend another week defending their No. 1 status […]

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 […]