W.J. Mouat Hawks' receiver Ercy Avul totalled almost 200 yards in receptions to go along with one touchdown in an overtime win last Friday over the Mission Roadrunners. (Photo property of W.J. Mouat athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ BCSSFA Player of the Week: For WJ Mouat Hawks’ receiver Ercy Avul, a breakout game comes with hard work, and assists from uncles Bo and Nelson Lokombo!

ABBOTSFORD: Ercy Avul has some pretty amazing football bloodlines, yet ask the W.J. Mouat Hawks’ senior receiver/safety about his uncles Boseko and Nelson Lokombo, and it’s as much or more what they have given him in terms of off-field advice than between the lines.“Nelson had to go through high school always being known as Bo’s […]

The Carson Graham Eagles and Windsor Dukes go their separate ways after an all-North Vancouver clash last Friday. This week the Eagles play in Surrey against the Holy Cross Crusaders, while the Dukes stay within the city limits for a battle with the Argyle Pipers. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 09.28.21 edition: At AAA, it’s an Irish-Rams-Jugglers-Ravens-Grizz world, but there’s a new No. 1 at AA, plus complete schedules and scores!

LANGLEY — B.C. high school football’s first month of play is in the books.Welcome to the October, the month ahead which defines the contenders for the Subway Bowl B.C. championships.This week, Varsity Letter’s Weekend Survival Guide lays out the schedule for conference football at both tiers and in all divisions.We’ve got it all here, starting […]

Guard Vrix De Pano (left) and John Albright celebrate a moment in Saturday's win by Sullivan Heights over Frank Hurt. (Wilson Wong photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Stars in their eyes! After two years of losing, Sullivan Heights football snaps its 0-for-21 streak with first win in program history!

SURREY — The Sullivan Heights Stars may have been in a state of total elation Saturday afternoon, yet even though it was a sporting rite of passage they as a group had never been able to experience before, they carried it off it the grandest of fashion.After the program’s first-ever varsity victory — 40-0 over […]

Vancouver College running back Tommy Carvalho carries against the backdrop of a packed O'Hagan Field crowd Saturday in Vancouver. (Photo property of Bernie Crump 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Fighting Irish vs. Knights: A traditional rivalry gets gleaming treatment! Fall high school football’s full spectacle comes to O’Hagan Field as 2,500 watch No. 1 Van College blank STM!

VANCOUVER — A three-game season-opening homestand at its own O’Hagan Field couldn’t have felt more like, well… home, sweet home for the defending B.C. AAA champion and No. 1-ranked Vancouver College Fighting Irish.Yet within the guts of a 32-0 win Saturday over one of its true traditional rivals, Burnaby’s St. Thomas More Knights, the Irish […]

Notre Dame's Massimo Ryan helped the Jugglers to a third-straight shutout win Friday over Seaquam at the Lakes. (Photo property of Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report 09.24.21 Friday Night Lights FINAL Edition!

Welcome to the Friday Night Lights Early edition of Varsity Letter’s B.C. High School Football Report.Please continue to check in with us throughout the course of the evening as we update this posting results from around the province.AAA WESTSEAQUAM 0 at No. 4 NOTRE DAME 42BURNABY — For the third consecutive game, the Notre Dame […]

Vancouver College running back Tommy Carvaolho (28) finds some open field, eluding the tackle of Carson Graham's linebacker Kyle Carter Sept. 2 at O'Hagan Field. The Irish get back to action at home on Saturday when they face traditional rival St. Thomas More in a AAA Western Conference battle. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 09.21.21 edition: New rankings welcome AAA Fox, plus Bateman & Langley shake up AA Big 5!

LANGLEY — The Varsity Letters’ Big AAA rankings remain relatively stable, with the Terry Fox Ravens parlaying a 2-0 start and an impressive win against South Delta to move into a spot within the Big 5.The most dramatic movement, however, comes at AA, where Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Timberwolves and the unranked Langley Thunderbirds each make […]

Varsity Letters' first B.C. High School Football Players of the Week for the 2021 season are G.W. Graham's Grade 11 defensive end Vinny Branauer (left, 75) and Rutland Grade 10 quarterback Ty Walker. (Photos by Joanne Hewitt (left) and Martyne Vallerand respective property of G.W. Graham and Rutland athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters 09.21.21 B.C. High School Football Players of the Week: Rutland’s Walker, GWG’s Branauer take top honours!

B.C. high school football is finally back into the full swing of things, and with that, Varsity Letters is honouring the top performances of each weekend by naming a winner and a runner-up as our Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week.Coaches should remember that nominations from each weekend’s games need to be sent to […]

UBC freshman receiver Jason Soriano spent the lost 2020 season honing his skills as a full-time pass-catcher for the Birds. Now, the ex-Vancouver College star is part of three-man receiving core head coach Blake Nill has nicknamed The Smurfs. Soriano digs in on a route during a fall camp session last week. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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UBC Football 2021: Thunderbirds’ head coach Blake Nill dubs his diminutive, speedy receiver trio of Soriano, Phillips, Williams as ‘The Smurfs’ ahead of Saturday opener at Alberta!

VANCOUVER — As children of the 2000’s, you couldn’t blame a certain trio of UBC Thunderbirds’ receivers for being a little perplexed last week when head coach Blake Nill announced during a team gathering that he had discovered their perfect nickname.“I have these three guys who are all around 5-10 and they have burners,” explained […]

G.W. Graham receiver Tyson Kelly (right) and the rest of the Grizzlies move into the B.C. AAA Big 5 for the first time in school history. At the same time, Nolan Watrin (left) and the Robert Bateman Timberwolves sit in a three-way tie at No. 5 in what is a parity-filled cast of teams at AA. (Photo by Joanne Hewitt property of G.W. Graham athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide 09.13.21 edition: Latest rankings have GWG Grizz with first-ever AAA Big 5 spot, plus the huge parity at AA!

LANGLEY — Welcome back to Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Weekend Survival Guide.We’ve gathered all of last week’s scores, this week’s full schedule as well as Varsity Letters’ first B.C. High School Football Big 5 rankings of the season.Our first full slate of action this past weekend provided illuminating results as teams find their […]

The 2017 G.W. Graham Grizzlies parlayed solid team defence into a long AA Subway Bowl run. Now, after nine years at that tier, the Grizz played their first game as a AAA team Friday and came away with a shutout win over the Robert Bateman Timberwolves. (File photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ 09.03.21: B.C. High School Football Report-Friday Night Lights edition… GW Graham defensive front dominates in win over Bateman’s T-Wolves

Welcome to the first 2021 Friday Night Lights edition of the Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School Football Report.Week 0 brings just one game.ROBERT BATEMAN 0 at G.W. GRAHAM 35CHILLIWACK — The host G.W. Graham Grizzlies, set for new beginnings this season in the AAA ranks, opened the 2021 campaign at Exhibition Stadium with the kind […]