John Barsby head coach Rob Stevenson liked the intensity his team showed Friday, closing out its regular season with a win over the Windsor Dukes. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: Varsity Letters’ 11.01.19 , Friday Night Lights B.C. High School Football Report

LANGLEY — We have gone final with reports from all of tonight’s games. Remember, the regular season also includes action on Saturday so check back with us later in the day for the final regular-season reports of 2019.FRIDAYTRIPLE AEASTERN CONFERENCENo. 4 LORD TWEEDSMUIR 14 at No. 5 ST. THOMAS MORE 34BURNABY — You know what […]

Last season, Lord Tweedsmuir defeated STM 27-21 early in the Eastern Conference season at LT. This season, when the same two teams meet, the Eastern Conference title will be up for grabs. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 10.31.19 edition: Top 5 games, schedules, rankings, scoreboards

LANGLEY — Once again, here’s your survival guide to the weekend ahead in B.C. high school football.Keep in mind, it’s the final slate of regular-season games with four weeks of Subway Bowl playoff action set to follow!We’ve got our Top 5 Games of the Week, as well as the full schedule by tier and conference. […]

Greyson Planinsic (left) and Michael Udoh comprise B.C.'s most devastating offensive backfield. (Photo by Alan Wardle property of New Westminster Hyacks football 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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New West’s dynamic RB duo: With Greyson Planinsic and Michael Udoh, the whole & the heart of these Hyacks always greater than the sum of its parts

NEW WESTMINTSER — Their running styles are a study in contrasts, and the length and the breadth of their respective resumes couldn’t be any more different.Yet the bottom line in the New Westminster locker room following every Hyacks football game this season is the single-mindedness which drives every post-game gab-fest between running backs Greyson Planinsic […]

After scoring a touchdown earlier this month in a win over Kelowna, St. Thomas More Knights' senior Gabe Nacario (2, with ball) is congratulated by teammates (left top right) Rickey Parsons (6), Jack Wagner (24) and Anthony De Lazzari (9). (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ Big 5 B.C. High School Football Rankings 10.28.19 edition

LANGLEY — The final weekend of the regular season is upon us.After a season of jockeying on a week-to-week basic, powers flexed their muscle this past week and kept a calm hold on the ranking sheet.Yet all that did was set up key battles for conference AAA titles on the final two days of play […]

South Delta's Ben McDonald runs by Mt. Douglas' Logan Warde during the first quarter of Saturday's Western Conference AAA home clash against the Rams at Dennison Park. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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South Delta’s Ben McDonald injured: B.C.’s best high school high school QB may be lost for year after hurting collarbone today

TSAWWASSEN — The best quarterback in B.C. high school football may have been lost for the remainder of the 2019 season.Ben McDonald, the starting quarterback of the No. 1-ranked South Delta Sun Devils, suffered what his head coach suspects may be a broken collarbone, when he was tackled late in Saturday’s eventual 28-14 home win […]

Robert Bateman head coach David Mills chats with his charges during a break in the second-half action Friday afternoon against Surrey's Holy Cross Crusaders. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: Varsity Letters’ Friday Night Lights 10.25.19 B.C. High School Football Report

LANGLEY — We’ve gone final for the night.Check back with us tomorrow for late games as well as Saturday’s schedule of contests.FRIDAYAAAFRIDAYWESTERN CONFERENCENo. 2 VANCOUVER COLLEGE 41 AT HANDSWORTH 0NORTH VANCOUVER — Five different Irish players scored touchdowns, and the while the balance was evident in its offence, the defence made its mark, too, pitching […]

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.

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. […]