Giacomo Petrocco of No. 10 South Delta closely marks Sevak Lehal of No. 1 Panorama Ridge during recent league action in Tsawwassen. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys High School Soccer AAA Rankings 10.25.19 edition: Panorama, St. George’s still top pair as post-season sweepstakes begins

LANGLEY — Surrey’s Panorama Ridge Thunder, a runaway 7-1-0 atop the South Fraser zone’s South Division standings, will retain its No. 1 record heading into the B.C. senior boys AAA post-season sweepstakes.The Thunder wrapped up league play Tuesday with a 4-1 win over Tamanawis.In the South Division, the top five finishers (in order) were Panorama […]

Holy Cross head coach Conrad Deugau has his Crusaders looking for their first conference win of the season in a pivotal home clash against visiting Robert Bateman as the week of B.C. high school senior varsity football kicks off at the Surrey school at high noon Friday. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 10.24.19 edition: Top 5 games, schedules, rankings, scoreboards

LANGLEY — The weekend means it’s time for football, so to better navigate all of the gridiron traffic, here’s another edition Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide.The five best games, the complete schedules by tier and conference, last week’s scoreboard, and another look at our Big 5 rankings!VARSITY LETTERS TOP 5 GAMES […]

Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers' quarterback Terrel Jones has indeed 'looked comfortable' wearing No. 2 over his senior season. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Terrel Jones: He’s Lord Tweedsmuir’s old-school Football Jones! Panthers’ senior pivot epitomizes the complete team player

SURREY — It’s hard not to speak in superlatives when you’re talking about one of the most complete football players in Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers’ football history.

A spot in the B.C. Top 10 is reason to clap! East Van's St. Patrick's Celtics have been a season-long staple at AA despite the fact they dropped three spots this week to No. 8. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls Volleyball Rankings 10.24.19: KSS Owls rule the roost, Byng and Handsworth in Battle Royal, LFA and MEI a pair of new No. 1’s

LANGLEY — For the first time this season, half of B.C.’s four senior varsity tiers have new No. 1’s!Here are the latest B.C. senior girls Top 10 volleyball rankings:At Quad-A, the host KSS Owls claimed first place at their own Best of the West and retained their top spot at the province’s highest tier.Immediately beneath […]

The St. Ann's Academy Crusaders maintained their spot in the top 10 of the B.C. Single-A boys volleyball rankings this week. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All rights reserved)
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B.C. Boys Volleyball Rankings 10.24.19: Richmond’s McRoberts Strikers, Victoria’s St. Andrews Sabres the week’s big climbers

LANGLEY — Here are the latest B.C. senior boys high school volleyball rankings.Note — The B.C. boys volleyball commission will rank AAA and AA as Top 15 and A as Top 12.Here’s a look at all three tiers:TRIPLE A1 Earl Marriott Mariners (Surrey) (LW-1)2 Kelowna Owls (2) 3 Claremont Spartans (Victoria) (3)4 Mt. Boucherie Bears (Kelowna) […]

B.C. high school rugby coaches, like Lord Byng's Mike Mallette, are part of a rare resource being celebrated by BCSSRU rugby commish Walter van Halst, who has set up free coaching clinics to coincide with B.C.'s Pro D Day this Friday. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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BCSSRU offers teachers free rugby coaching clinics on Pro-D Day: “Why can’t we develop coaches the same way we develop teachers?” asks commish

SURREY — During the summer, as Walter van Halst contemplated some of the best ways to both recognize and enhance the many dedicated teachers who volunteer their time to coach rugby in B.C. secondary schools, he kept asking himself the same fundamental question.“Why can’t we develop coaches the same way we develop teachers?” asked the […]

South Delta running back Damon Badenhorst and the rest of the Sun Devils are B.C.'s beset No. 1-ranked AAA team. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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VL’s Big 5 B.C. High School Football ranks 10.21.19 edition: Undefeated South Delta 2019’s fourth AAA No. 1 team, Vernon still wire-to-wire atop AA

LANGLEY — In a parity-riddled 2019 season, undefeated South Delta becomes the fourth different team to own the No. 1 spot in Varsity Letters’ Big 5 AAA B.C. high school football rankings.The Sun Devils, two wins away from a perfect regular season, host Victoria’s winless Belmont Bulldogs on Saturday.The shuffle takes place, however, after former […]

New Westminster's Deakon Young (6) was a standout on defence on what was a very tough day for the New Westminster Hyakcs in their shutout loss at the hands of Vancouver College. (Photo by Alan Wardle property of New Westminster Hyacks football 2019. All rights reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: VL’s Saturday night B.C. High School Football Report: Irish blank No. 1 Hyacks, plus STM stays perfect and Catlin returns for Abby

LANGLEY — The Vancouver College Fighting Irish, St. Thomas More Knights, Abbotsford Panthers and Robert Bateman Timberwolves all came away victorious as another week of BCHSF came to a close.Click here for Friday’s late game reports!Click here for the main edition of the Friday B.C. High School Football Report!SATURDAYWESTERN CONFERENCENo. 1 NEW WESTMINSTER at No. […]

G.W. Graham Grizzlies' running back Jaiden Claassen shone under Friday Night Lights yesterday evening in Chilliwack. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A SATURDAY FOOTBALL BRUNCH: Rutland’s Blake, GWG’s Claassen, Saunders come up huge! Trio of AAA reports to follow!

Welcome to the early edition of Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Reports.Unforseen difficulties prevented us from getting you a pair of Friday games, so we’ve got them for you here.We have created a new posting with the full results from all four of today’s games including three key AAA contests: New Westminster at Vancouver […]

Handsworth quarterback Brett Birch-Jones (left) and running back Robert Lutman were among the Royals whose perseverance gave the North Van team its signature win thus far this season. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: Varsity Letters’ 10.18.19 Friday Night Lights B.C. High School Football Report

Welcome to the Final Edition of Varsity Letters’ Friday Night Lights B.C. High School Football Report.Keep us in mind Saturday as more action unfolds.And remember that the Subway Bowl playoffs kick-off exactly three weeks from today!AAAFRIDAYWESTERN CONFERENCENo. 2 SOUTH DELTA 37 at BELMONT 6VICTORIA —The South Delta Sun Devils (5-0) are setting the pace atop […]