St. Thomas More running back Ryan Huang rushed over for 60 yards and a score Friday in his team's non-conference win over the Nanaimo District Islanders at Burnaby Lake. (Wilson Wong photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL EDITION! 10.29.21 edition of the BC High School Football Report now complete!

LANGLEY — Welcome to the Friday Night Lights FINAL edition of the weekly B.C. High School Report.FRIDAYAAA WESTNo. 3 MT. DOUGLAS 44 at NEW WESTMINSTER 12NEW WESTMINSTER — Put Hunter Swift on the football field, and as he’s shown throughout his career the ability to, on his best nights, truly live up to his surname.On […]

Terry Fox senior running back Gavin Whittingham rushed 38 times for 298 yards and four touchdowns in last week's win over the G.W. Graham Grizzlies. (Photo by Becky Severy property of Terry Fox athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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BCHSF Player of the Week: No work load seems too heavy for Terry Fox RB Gavin Whittingham as he chases record of former Fox great Jeremie Kankolongo!

PORT COQUITLAM — Gavin Whittingham made one last plea to his head coach Tom Kudaba last Friday in the late stages of the AAA No. 4-ranked Ravens eventual 34-0 win over Chilliwack’s visiting, No. 5-ranked G.W. Graham Grizzlies.“I said ‘Coach, I think I’m close to the record,’ and he said ‘OK, you get one chance […]

Notre Dame's Massimo Ryan is a star receiver with the Notre Dame Jugglers, but ask him about his true football identity, and he'll tell you its on the defensive side of the ball. (Photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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BCHSF Player of the Week: Wherever you plug him in, Massimo Ryan shines bright, but Notre Dame Jugglers’ senior says his heart belongs on defence!

VANCOUVER — Massimo Ryan has just gotten out of his French class at Notre Dame Regional Secondary, so when he takes a call to chat a little Jugglers’ football, nothing gets lost in translation when it comes to his favourite side of the ball.“So many people see the long bomb and how amazing receivers are […]

Teammwork has been the key for Surrey's Elgin Park Orcas, who remain at No. 2 in the AAAA rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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BC Boys High School Volleyball rankings 10.26.21 edition: Spartans, Sharks do some climbing in AAA’s Top 20!

VICTORIA —Once again, here are the complete rankings (Total number of ranked teams varies week to week, based on the number of teams receiving poll points).Victoria’s Claremont Spartans and the Steveston-London Sharks are the big movers at Triple-A in this week’s latest B.C. AAA senior boys volleyball rankings.Here are the latest Top 10s for all […]

Maya MacGillivray (6) and Emelia Hunger of Surrey's No. 8-ranked AA Holy Cross Crusaders go up for a block during its match Monday against the host Elgin Park Orcas. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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BC Senior Girls Volleyball Top 10 Tuesday! 10.26.21 edition has PoCo’s Riverside Rapids the new Quad-A No. 1 as we unveil latest rankings from all four tiers!

LANGLEY — It was a shuffling of the decks at Quad-A this week.Every team from the season-opening B.C. senior girls AAAA Top 10 remaining a ranked entity as the calendar sets its site on November, with Port Coquitlam’s Riverside Rapids taking over at No. 1 from South Delta’s Sun Devils.Vernon’s Seaton Sonics make a big […]

The No. 3-ranked Panorama Ridge Thunder, including (left to right) Cameron Wright, Rajpal Padwal, Parambir Samra, Harman Shergill are aiming for a repeat of their 2019 B.C. AAA Triple A high school soccer title. (Photo property Panorama Ridge Thunder 2021. All Rights Reserved).
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B.C. Boys AAA soccer rankings! Defending champ and No. 3-ranked Panorama Ridge of Surrey “brings a hunger” in repeat bid effort!

LANGLEY — With the arrival of zone playoffs, the best part of the B.C. high senior school boys soccer schedule is just now kicking off.To celebrate that, we’ve got the latest AAA rankings which show extensive movement outside of the top five, especially with Surrey schools Fleetwood Park, Princess Margaret and Elgin Park all moving […]

G.W. Graham running back Micah Barker (left) is pursued by Langley's Noah Iannone during recent clash at McLeod Stadium. (Photo by Rick MacDonald property of GW Graham athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 10.25.21 edition: AAA & AA’s top teams tip hands to November’s parity-filled Subway Bowl run!

LANGLEY — We’re back with another edition of Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide.After this week, we’re down to our final weekend of play before the start of Subway Bowl playoffs.We’ve got rankings, this week’s upcoming games and last week’s scores, the latter two arranged by tier and conference.RANKINGSVARSITY LETTERS BIG 5TRIPLE […]

Notre Dame football coach George Oswald joins his players for a photo Oct. 22, 2021 on the simultaneous occasion of his 75th birthday and the opening of Notre Dame Secondary's first-ever on-campus turf football field. (Photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Snapshot: Why this photo of Notre Dame Jugglers’ coach George Oswald, on his 75th birthday, freezes a perfect moment in time!

VANCOUVER — Over the course of my career as a chronicler and a story-teller, I have come to appreciate that sometimes we are met by those moments when seemingly disparate elements quite suddenly become so harmonious that all we need to do is collectively close our eyes, take a deep breath and smile.On Friday night, […]

Argyle Pipers' Nick Golasovsky charges up field under wet conditions Saturday against the host West Vancouver Highlanders. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. High School Football Report 10.23.21 edition: Our Saturday chronicles examine wins by Argyle, Holy Cross and Sardis!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Varsity Letters’ Saturday night B.C. High School Football Report.It’s an abbreviated schedule with three games.Thanks to photographer Blair Shier for venturing out into the elements to provide out readers with great realism from the action.AA COASTALARGYLE 15 at WEST VANCOUVER 7WEST VANCOUVER — Wise and sensible scheming kept the ball on […]

After the first game on its new turf field on campus at Notre Dame Secondary in Vancouver, Jugglers' players celebrate a win over the New Westminster Hyacks. (Wilson Wong photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ 10.22.21 B.C. High School Football Report, Friday Night Lights early edition!

Welcome to another edition of the B.C. High School Football Report for Oct. 22.Please continue to check back on this posting throughout the evening for updates from games around our province.AAA WESTNEW WESTMINSTER 9 at NO. 2 NOTRE DAME 40VANCOUVER — It took what seems like forever, yet for the crowd on hand to christen […]