G.W. Graham's Brody Janzen (left) and Braeden Macdonald (right), pictured while defending Byrne Creek's McArthur Hilton during the 2021 TBI at the Langley Events Centre last December, returned to their favourite court Thursday and topped Robert Bateman in the East Valley semifinals. The win qualified the 2020 B.C. Triple A champions for the 2022 Big Dance beginning March 9. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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The Grizz find their growl! After a soul-crushing January, Chilliwack’s defending B.C. Triple-A champs find a way to punch their golden tickets to Big Dance ’22!

LANGLEY — It’s never easy to punch your tickets to the Big Dance, and no one could relate to that any better than the head coach of the defending B.C. Triple A basketball champions from Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Secondary.“All we wanted to do was to get back to the B.C.’s so we could get a […]

B.C. high school football saw a big gain in player registration but also a steep decline in its coaching numbers. Is this the new normal? (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Why B.C. high school football’s latest numbers might just be the first barometre of the new normal in our provincial high school sports world!

VANCOUVER — Set against the unpredictable backdrop of a pandemic now just weeks shy of its second birthday in this province, no one can yet fully define what the so-called new normal in B.C. high school sports is going to look like.B.C. high school football, however, released numbers earlier this week which may well provide […]

Celebrating a title are G.W. Graham's Theo Smith (2) and Colton Mocon during Saturday's 2021 Subway Bowl B.C. AAA Coastal championship final at B.C. Place Stadium. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Subway Bowl 2021 gets its fitting finale! G.W. Graham Grizzlies edge Terry Fox Ravens 36-33 as BC high school football closes out a sizzling playoff season!

VANCOUVER — It happened somewhere around the time that Tyson Kelly picked up a bad point-after snap and ran it into the end zone for a two-point convert.Midway through the first quarter of Saturday’s Subway Bowl B.C. AAA Coastal final, Kelly and the rest of Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies had answered a game-opening touchdown drive […]

Gavin Whittingham rushed for a pair of touchdowns in last Saturday's Subway Bowl BC AAA Coastal semifinal. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Terry Fox’s Gavin Whittingham: As Subway Bowl hits Super Saturday, Ravens’ rousing running back the perfect barometre of what the game truly means to us all!

VANCOUVER — When the high school and college football calendar turns to December, the games have a way of transcending the ordinary on their way to becoming epic.And when you’re a high school senior, it goes without saying that the stakes are magnified by 10.On Saturday, when the B.C. AAA Subway Coastal championship final between […]

G.W. Graham running back Sam Mannes sets up his team's final score of the night with a big run, giving Centennial's Ziad Sabry a late straight arm before being taken down near the goal line. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Subway AAA Coastal Semifinals: Triple-A rookies keep “making history” as G.W. Graham’s Grizz blank Centennial 19-0 to earn championship berth under the dome!

VANCOUVER — It’s not the easiest club to gain membership in, yet Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies just keep playing football like they’re charter members of the B.C. Triple-A’s old-guard elite.In just its first year at the province’s largest tier, the Grizzlies brought a game plan and a purpose to B.C. Place Stadium on Saturday as […]

With only Mt. Douglas punter Giovanni Linuzzi to beat, G.W. Graham's Tyson Orregaard is captured on his way to game-winning 70-yard punt return TD on Monday in Langley. (Photo by Joanne Hewitt 2021 exclusive property of photographer. All Rights Reserved)
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Tyson Orregaard’s special teams thunder carries the day! His 70-yard punt return TD lifts GWG’s Grizzlies past Mt. Doug & into BC Place Subway Bowl AAA semifinals!

LANGLEY — On a team as deep at receiver as Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies have been this season, Grade 11 Tyson Orregaard has tried his best to stay patient, doing anything he could to help his team.And on Monday, as the Subway Bowl B.C. AAA Coastal championships reached the quarterfinal stage for the Grizzlies, Orregaard […]

Carson Graham senior quarterback Logan Mellish engineered the winning drive on Friday as Carson Graham edged West Vancouver. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: Varsity Letters’ 10.08.21 B.C. High School Football Report, Friday Night Lights LATE-NITE edition!

LANGLEY — Welcome to another addition of the 2021 Varsity Letters B.C. High School Football Report for the Thanksgiving Day long weekend.Keep checking back on this post throughout the evening as we continue to update games from around the province and remember that the records you see for all of the teams is their conference […]

G.W. Graham defensive end Vinny Branauer has put up sack numbers over the early part of the 2021 B.C. high school football season large enough as to make past comparables very tough to find. (Photo by Joanne Hewitt property of G.W. Graham athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Even after two lost seasons, G.W. Graham’s Vinny Branauer a hard secret to keep, Grade 11 rush end has 18 sacks over first five AAA games for No. 5 Grizzlies!

CHILLIWACK — Vincent Branauer knows that if he keeps doing what he has been doing over the first month-plus of the 2021 B.C. high school football season, chances are he won’t exactly be a secret to opposition defensive offensive line coaches for much longer.And the same goes for university football recruiters.Yet in the rarest of […]

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 […]

Notre Dame Jugglers' Grade 11 defensive lineman Josh Burchak times his rush and his leap, attempting to disrupt the passing rhythm of Kelowna Owls' senior quarterback Joey Howorko on Friday during AAA non-conference clash played in a torrential downpour at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex on Friday afternoon. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: The 09.17.21 B.C. High School Football report Friday Night Lights late-night edition: The football gods bring rain and an ensuing fest of good, old fumble-rooski!!

Welcome to a late version of the early edition of the B.C. high school football report.It was a day for rubber footballs and fumbled snaps, and for foolish reporters stuck over two hours in traffic on Hyw 1 East attempting a quick half-time exit after taking some photos for this posting at the Notre Dame-Kelowna […]