Robert Bateman's fine two-way star Phoenix Moller was Sunday chosen Eastern Conference AA Defensive MVP. (Photo property of Rick MacDonald courtesy Robert Bateman athletics)
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BCHSF’s 2018 AA conference all-stars! A galaxy of star quarterbacks dominates the tier’s list of B.C.’s finest

LANGLEY — B.C. Double A football put its usual array of talent on the field again this season, yet as conference all-star kudos were handed out Sunday by the tier’s coaches,  it really seemed like the ‘Year of the Quarterback’

New Westminster Hyacks senior defensive end Evan Nolli (76) capped an incredible regular season by Sunday being named the Western Conference AAA Defensive Player of the Year. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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BCHSF’s 2018 AAA conference all-stars! MVP’s Clarke, Ciccone, Blake on offence, Nolli, Odoom, Manongdo on defence

LANGLEY — B.C.’s high school football’s galaxy of AAA talent was put to the vote by member coaches Sunday morning, and as we get set to begin the start of Subway Bowl season with the first post-season practices on Monday, here’s the results.Congratulations to the B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association’s 2018 AAA conference all-stars.We’ll have […]

Vernon head coach Sean Smith chats with his Interior Conference champions. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.com)
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Vernon, Holy Cross, Bateman and PGSS the conference champs as draw for Subway Bowl AA football tourney unveiled

LANGLEY — The 12-team draw is now official for the 2018 Subway Bowl B.C. AA high school football championships which begin play Friday at Langley’s McLeod Stadium, then continue Saturday in Prince George and Vernon.

Eric 'The Irish Rifle' Zychlinski was near flawless Friday as he led Vancouver College past Notre Dame in the 62nd annual Archbishops' Trophy game at Burnaby Lakes. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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11.03.18 BCHSF bonus report! Irish eyes smiling, Ravens rolling, Isles new Pac champs, much-improved Mission, the Polars’ QB superstar

LANGLEY — Some late finishes, some tardy coaches, some e-gremlins. Put them all together and you’ve got a bonus Saturday morning edition of Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report.

Quenching a conference-best thirst, Surrey's Holy Cross Crusaders completed a last-to-first rise in the AA Western Conference with a win over the Windsor Dukes Friday, on the final weekend of the regular season. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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FINAL EDITION: 11.02.18 Friday Night Lights B.C. High School Football Report, regular-season finale edition

LANGLEY — The Friday Night Lights shine for the final time in this 2018 B.C. high school football regular season. Subway Bowl’s one-month run beckons, but before we get there, it time to put the cap on a tremendous conference campaign.

Notre Dame head coach Denis Kelly (right), pictured chatting with assistant and longtime former head coach George Oswald earlier this season, has stood on both sidelines of the Archbishops' Trophy game. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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VC Irish vs. ND Jugglers: All the fun facts behind six-plus decades of the Archbishops’ Trophy game

VANCOUVER — It’s a game with enough reverence that you can almost hear the legendary voice of college football’s Keith Jackson providing its play-by-play.On Friday, a 7:30 p.m. kick-off will herald the 62nd playing of the annual Archbishops’ Trophy game at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex between the host Notre Dame Jugglers and the visiting […]

Notre Dame's Will Clarke and South Delta's Ben McDonald put on the perhaps the most impressive offensive show on a B.C. high school football field since Mouat's Maleek Irons rushed for 491 yards in 2012. The duo combined for 758 yards of offence and 11 touchdowns in a game in which 102 points were scored. (Photos by Howard Tsumura (left) and Mark Booth respective property of VarsityLetters.ca and The Delta Optimist)
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Big Ben vs. Will the Thrill in true QB super-power clash! 11.01.18 Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Performances of the Week

How many ‘Great Performances’ is too many? If you’re a B.C. high school football fan, you can never get too much of a good thing. 

Nanaimo District's Kyle Lindsay led the Islanders to a 2016 B.C. Subway Bowl AA junior varsity title. Two years later, he's 11th in senior AAA rushing as NDSS hits the second season with gusto. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters.ca)
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Hub City’s humble heroes: As Nanaimo District football turns 18, its Islanders charter path to top of AAA Pacific Conference

NANAIMO — Spend any amount of time chatting with him about the near-generation he has spent planting the roots of B.C. high school football at Nanaimo District Secondary School, and it become clear pretty quickly that Islanders’ head coach Nate Stevenson isn’t in the business of complaining about what his program doesn’t have.