VANCOUVER — It was perhaps the first fully-dry weekend of B.C. high school football played in the Mainland-Valley corridor this season, but don’t try to tell Denis Kelly that the figurative rains didn’t somehow find a way to fall, even though all the action Saturday was under the dome at B.C. Place Stadium.“It was one […]
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Subway AAA/AA Interior-Northern Semifinals: Howorko throws for three scores as Kelowna tops South Kam, sets sights on finals clash with Vernon Panthers!
KAMLOOPS — The Kelowna Owls are headed to the Subway Bowl’s B.C. AAA/AA Interior/Northern championship final next week.Owls’ quarterback Joey Howorko went 14-of-24 for 211 yards and three touchdowns as part of a 37-8 win Saturday over the host South Kamloops Titans.Receiver Jaeke Schlachter caught five passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns, including one […]
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 […]
Subway AA Coastal Semifinals: Simplicity + execution equals championship game berth as Robert Bateman dominant in 41-19 win over John Barsby!
VANCOUVER — The better Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Timberwolves get at being predictable, the tougher they seem to be to stop, and that was especially true Saturday as the calendar continued to inch towards December.The Wolves made a statement in the trenches and played brilliantly off of that effect, beating Nanaimo’s John Barsby Bulldogs 41-19 to […]
Subway AA Coastal Semifinals: It’s a Mellish-to-Nemeth TD fest! Carson’s dynamic duo takes flight as Eagles’ Air-Raid goes indoors to top Langley 24-22!
VANCOUVER — The Carson Graham Eagles are soaring when it matters most.Back on Sept. 17, North Vancouver’s Eagles were humbled to the tune of a 50-6 loss in its home opener by the Langley Thunderbirds, unranked at the time but sitting on the cusp of becoming the province’s most dominant AA team over the course […]
Quadra Cup Grade 8 Finals: Blocked punt, key pick tell the tale of a long journey as Fighting Irish top Notre Dame for Subway Bowl title!
VANCOUVER — Matt Esaw’s mind couldn’t help but drift back in time to the start of Vancouver College Grade 8 football training camp in late August.“Man alive, I cannot begin to imagine this, after what these guys looked like in August,” the Fighting Irish head coach said Saturday morning after high school football returned to […]
B.C. Boys Coastal AAA Final 4: Reynolds’ Remi Barbot provides the go-go with two goals as Victoria squad tops Surrey’s PR Thunder for AAA title game berth!
BURNABY — Hands down winner for brightest smile on the pitch Friday as the B.C. senior boys high school AAA Coastal soccer championships wrapped up its semifinal matches as a prelude to its championship Saturday here at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex?Take a bow, Remi Bardot.The effervescent Grade 11 winger for Victoria’s Reynolds Roadrunners twice […]
B.C. Boys Coastal AAA Final 4: Argyle coach Darren Rath “…had a feeling” his Pipers were special, now comes a title-game berth after 3-1 win over Rapids!
BURNABY — All through the COVID-cancelled 2020 high school boys soccer season, veteran Argyle Pipers head coach Darren Rath carried around this feeling that all his class of rising senior varsity players needed was a season of play to verify just how special he knew them to be.Friday, on the lofty stage of the semifinal […]
B.C. Girls Top 10 preseason basketball rankings: Terry Fox, R.A. McMath, Langley Christian, Credo Christian plus Fleetwood JV’s top the polls ahead of 2021-22 tip-off!
LANGLEY — A cancelled season makes the task of putting together pre-season rankings in any sport especially tough, so our thanks to everyone at the B.C. Secondary Schools Girls Basketball Association for taking a deep dive into all of the rosters to present our 2021-22 B.C. senior and juniors girls basketball Top 10 preseason rankings.Fingers […]
“His love for the game is the most important thing…” says Terry Fox HC Kudaba of Ravens’ middle ‘backer Alex Gagnon, B.C. AAA football’s Defensive POY!
PORT COQUITLAM — B.C. high school football’s AAA Defensive Player of the Year was born to fill a middle linebacker’s cleats.But more than anything, Terry Fox senior Alex Gagnon is just one of those guys who is a football player above and beyond any kind of positional designation you might happen to put beside his […]