Under head coach Jay Fujimura's tutelage, the Abbotsford Panthers will clash with the Terry Fox Ravens on Friday in a battle of 3-2 Eastern Conference AAA teams. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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10.23.18 edition B.C. high school football Weekend Survival Guide: Big 5 rankings, Top 4 Games to Watch plus full schedule

LANGLEY — We’re down to two weeks and counting in the 2018 B.C. high school football conference regular season. Before we know it, it’ll be Subway Bowl season again.

Surrey's Elgin Park Orcas have moved back into the B.C. senior boys AAA volleyball rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Top 10 Tuesday 10.23.18 edition: All three tiers of B.C. boys volleyball Top 10s include big move by AAA Moscrop Panthers

LANGLEY — Stability returned to B.C.’s two largest tiers this past week as no new teams moved into the top five of the AAA and AA senior boys volleyball rankings.

UBC's second-year forward Madison Legault and the rest of the improving Thunderbirds open the 2018-19 Canada West regular season Friday at home to the Saskatchewan Huskies. (Photo by Richard Lam property of UBC athletics)
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UBC women’s basketball: On eve of 2018-19 season-opener, ‘Birds head coach Huband see a talented core set for “a coming of age”

VANCOUVER — The best way to describe just how close last season’s youthful UBC Thunderbirds’ women’s basketball team came to achieving a breakthrough campaign would be to imagine longtime head coach Deb Huband holding up a hand with her thumb and index finger about an inch apart.

SFU quarterback Miles Richardson was within shouting distance of the GNAC's all-time single game passing record Saturday. (Photo by Ron Hole property of SFU athletics)
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Football Clan find rare air: In loss to Top 25 CWU, Simon Fraser QB Richardson flirts with GNAC passing mark, WR Rysen John has career day

The Simon Fraser Clan may not have posed an imminent threat to the host and No. 21 nationally-ranked Central Washington Wildcats on Saturday night in Ellensburg. Yet even as the visiting Clan (1-7, 0-6) was falling 60-19 to the reigning powerhouse of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, it was impossible not to appreciate the passing numbers […]

(Photo by Bob Frid property of UBC athletics) (Photo by Bob Frid property of UBC athletics)
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Mike and Trivel: UBC’s dynamic duo of O’Connor and Pinto forge pure magic as ‘Birds top Alberta to secure playoff berth

VANCOUVER — Over the four seasons in which they have turned home games on the Point Grey campus into appointment viewing, the UBC Thunderbirds football team’s national success has introduced a wave of star players to the growing fan base of the blue-and-gold.

Notre Dame's Teon Alexander-Amour rushed for over 300 yards last week en route to Varsity Letter Player of the Week honours. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Juggler’s ‘Neon’ Teon lights up Notre Dame ground game, his 322 rushing yards net VL’s Player of the Week honours

LANGLEY — Once again, here’s our best effort to turn subjectivity into a science. Ahh, it’s pretty tough to do. Still, when you break 300 yards rushing in the AAA ranks it’s pretty tough to not get the nod.

Star senior setter Brendan McCaffrey (left) and Grade 10 middle Graham Mealing are among the Pipers set to welcome the rest of the field to this weekend's Argyle Invitational, set to run Friday and Saturday at the North Vancouver school. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Encore, encore! Argyle’s volleyball expansion whirlwind was no fluke, AAA No. 12-ranked Pipers play host to weekend invitational

NORTH VANCOUVER — You can’t blame Shon Sim for delighting in the recognition his Argyle Pipers senior boys volleyball team has received since their comet-like arrival on the provincial scene last season.

Mission's winged helmets seem especially appropriate this season as the team has adopted the double-wing, an offence which has the Roadrunners rushing up a storm. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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Mission earns its football wings, rush-heavy Roadrunners pay homage in adopting John Barsby’s double-wing offence

MISSION — Wrong offence, bad result. Right offence, good result. The Mission Roadrunners are true believers in that simplest of formulas this season, their third at the Triple-A tier, and one in which they have finally begun to show the signs of forward progress.

Terry Fox linebacker Vincent Mehain chats with defensive coordinator Tom Kudaba during early-season action in PoCo against the Vernon Panthers. The Ravens are at Burnaby Lake on Friday for a huge Eastern Conference clash with the St. Thomas More Knights. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca)
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10.18.18 edition B.C. high school football Weekend Survival Guide: Big 5 rankings, Top 5 Games to Watch plus full schedule

LANGLEY — Welcome to Week 7 of B.C. high school football’s nine-week regular season. You do the math! We’re getting down to the nitty-gritty with terrific conference matchups gaining in importance each week. Varsity Letters’ Weekend Survival Guide is once again up to the task. We’ve got a fresh new set of Big 5 rankings for both […]