BURNABY — Last month, as the St. Thomas More Knights set off to Mission for what would eventually be a hard-fought 18-6 win over the host Roadrunners, STM head coach Steve De Lazzari sent a text to his defensive coordinator Jared Power about one of the team’s influential seniors.“Coach Power was going to be away […]
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B.C. boys volleyball rankings 10.09.19: No. 1 hold serve in a week where Seaquam, F. Heights, Semi, SLSS all make big climbs
LANGLEY — North Delta’s Seaquam Seahawks moved into the top half of the B.C. senior boys Triple A Super 15 volleyball rankings this week, climbing three spots from No. 7 to No. 10.Other big movers at the province’s top tier were Surrey’s Fraser Heights Firehawks and Semiahmoo Totems.At Double A, the Pacific Academy Breakers performed […]
B.C. Boys High School Soccer 10.09.19: Terry Fox’s surging Ravens climb to No. 5 as AAA Top 10 remains wide open
Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Ravens continue to move the needle forward coming out of the Fraser North.Monday’s 1-1 win over classic rival Centennial pushed the Ravens record to 3-1 and made them the week’s big climber.League mate Dr. Charles Best also climbed back into the upper tier of the Top 10 following its 1-0 win […]
Book-ends forged in gold? For UBC midfielder Sean Einarsson, a return to Thunderbird nation could well include a fairy-tale finish!
VANCOUVER — When Sean Einarsson decided to return to the home of Canada’s most decorated men’s university soccer program two seasons ago, it was with the hope that he could fashion a finish to his career which would be every bit as satisfying as its storybook start.It was back in 2013 when the redshirt freshman […]
Varsity Letters PODCAST 10.09.19: SFU basketball’s Steve Hanson, Tweedsmuir football’s Kurt Thornton and Centennial basketball’s Rob Sollero
Thanks for joining us for another episode of Varsity Letters — The Podcast! Basketball season is just around the corner and with it, the start of another season of the NCAA variety atop Burnaby Mountain. Simon Fraser Clan head coach Steve Hanson has orchestrated one of the biggest turnarounds in college basketball over the past […]
Earl Marriott boys volleyball: No. 1-ranked, defending AAA champion Mariners small in numbers, but huge in old-school heart
SURREY — If you were around the B.C. high school sports scene before the turn over the century, you saw perhaps the tail-end of what coaches these days lovingly refer to as “the old school way.”The times were certainly more innocent than they are today in terms of training, practicing and playing opportunities.Coaches like Dale […]
Varsity Letters 10.07.19 BC High School Football Big 5: STM’s Knights scrap their way into rankings, set to host Abby on Friday
LANGLEY — Welcome to Week 6 of the 2019 B.C. high school football season.St. Thomas More, at one stage of the early season forced to forfeit a non-conference rivalry game against Vancouver College due to a rash of injuries, are sitting at 3-0 in the Eastern Conference, deadlocked with North Delta’s Seaquam Seahawks.While the heavyweights […]
FINAL EDITION: Varsity Letters’ 10.05.19 Saturday Night B.C. High School football report
Saturday night’s edition of the Varsity Letters’ B.C. High School football report is now complete.WESTERN CONFERENCEHANDSWORTH 6 at No. 2 SOUTH DELTA 30TSAWWASSEN — The South Delta Sun Devils may have scored their final 22 points in unanswered fashion Saturday to remain a perfect 5-0 on the season.Yet it was one of those days when […]
Simon Fraser football: WOU’s pass-rushing Wolves bring pressure galore as QB Niksich and Clan fall to GNAC leaders
Despite all of the growing pains which have been part and parcel of the first half of their Great Northwest Athletic Conference season, Simon Fraser Clan freshman quarterback Brandon Niksich still managed to find a way to pass for more yards than any pivot in the conference.On Saturday afternoon in Monmouth, Ore., however, things felt […]
UBC football impresses with season’s first victory, yet despite win in Regina, Thunderbirds eliminated from Canada West playoffs
Its Canada West football playoff hopes may have evaporated with just two more conference games remaining, yet the UBC Thunderbirds discovered they still had enough heroic karma left in the tank of a frustrating season to pick up their first victory of 2019.“We tried our best to give it to them,” ‘Birds head coach Blake Nill […]