BURNABY — One full cycle, in grade school years, can be long enough to take your breath away, and thus 12 full seasons after he last pulled the trick, Dennis Pavan’s response to victory tinged with emotion.“It’s so fantastic,” the head coach of East Vancouver’s Notre Dame Jugglers senior boys soccer team explained Wednesday afternoon […]
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B.C. boys AA soccer Final Four: St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints, Notre Dame Jugglers punch tickets to Friday’s golden finale
BURNABY — The old saying says that you never underestimate the heart of a champion.North Vancouver’s St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints seemed to be holding that sentiment close to their hearts as they took to the turf at Burnaby Lake on Tuesday afternoon in the semifinals of the B.C. senior boys Double A soccer championships.A […]
Day 1 at BC Boys Double A Soccer Championships: Aquinas, Langley Fundamental, Notre Dame, Alpha grab inside track to Final 4 berths
BURNABY — North Vancouver’s St. Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints, the Langley Fundamental Titans, East Vancouver’s Notre Dame Jugglers and Burnaby’s Alpha Aztecs have all put themselves in position to claim group stage victories Tuesday morning as Day 1 of the B.C. senior boys wrapped up at rainy Burnaby Lake Sports Complex on Monday.Each of the […]
BCSSFA’s Double-A B.C. all-stars: Vernon QB Zack Smith named MVP, tops list of 28 honoured selections
VANCOUVER — Zack Smith is still focussed on earning the right to play two more games in his high school football career before he’ll stop and look back on what has been a decorated run.In the meantime, however, the accolades continue to accumulate for the 5-foot-9, 160 pound senior quarterback of the Vernon Panthers.On Monday, […]
BCSSFA’s 2019 Triple-A Dream Team: Meet MVP Jason Soriano of the Fighting Irish and our 28 other all-star honourees
VANCOUVER — He’s about the letter W more than any mash of numerical minutiae. And when you talk about winners in the context of the 2019 B.C. high school football season, it’s impossible not to reference Vancouver College Fighting Irish senior Jason Soriano.
B.C. senior boys AAA volleyball final pre-tournament seedings and pools: Earl Marriott heads into provincials at No. 1
LANGLEY — The final pre-tournament seedings and pools have been released for the upcoming 20-team B.C. Senior Boys AAA volleyball championship tournaments Nov. 27-20 at the Langley Events Centre.Surrey’s Earl Marriott Mariners carry the No. 1 overall seed into the 20-team draw.TRIPLE A
B.C. senior boys AA volleyball final pre-tournament seedings and pools: Langley Christian heads into provincials at No. 1
The final pre-tournament seedings and pools have been released for the upcoming B.C. Senior Boys AA volleyball championship tournaments Nov. 27-20 at the Langley Events Centre.The Langley Christian Lightning carry the No. 1 overall seed into the 16-team draw.DOUBLE A
Sunday football notebook: Subway Bowl’s Semifinal Saturday schedule, late game recaps, statistical updates
VANCOUVER — One of the signature clashes in this 2019 B.C. senior varsity Double A season gets a highly anticipated rematch.On Saturday night, Chilliwack’s No. 3-ranked G.W. Graham Grizzlies opened their Subway Bowl playoff season with a 35-6 win over Surrey’s visiting Holy Cross Crusaders (full game report below), setting up a provincial semifinal Subway […]
Subway Bowl 2019 AAA Final 8: Out of nowhere, unranked Notre Dame stuns No. 1 South Delta to move within a win of B.C. title game
VANCOUVER — There was a time earlier this season, coming off a loss to North Vancouver’s Handsworth Royals and sporting a 2-5 overall record after losing three straight games, that the Notre Dame Jugglers looked like no one’s idea of a Subway Bowl contender.Yet so many veterans from within the B.C. high school football world […]
Subway Bowl 2019 AAA Final 8: St. Thomas More the picks of the litter, Knights feast on interceptions in win over Mt. Doug Rams
VANCOUVER — St. Thomas More are experts in the fine art of the interception, and it’s that gift for the theft which helped send Burnaby’s Knights into the Subway Bowl Triple A Final Four next weekend against the Vancouver College Fighting Irish.Trailing 21-7 at the half, the Knights parlayed a field goal and two second-half […]