BURNABY MOUNTAIN — Ask Bruce Langford how many more seasons he is planning on coaching the Simon Fraser women’s basketball team, and instead of providing a direct answer, he quotes his wife Leslie.“When we go out to dinner with couples our age, they all bring up this ‘When is Bruce going to retire?’ stuff,’” Langford […]
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Pacific AAA Conference All-Star team 2021: Handsworth safety Noah Brinham and Sardis tackle Travis Richley scoop-and-score MVP hardware!
LANGLEY — We continue with B.C. High School Football Conference All-Star week.Today, we present the AAA Pacific Conference team which spans North Vancouver, Nanaimo, Chilliwack and Surrey.Varsity Letters will also publish today the AAA/AA Hybrid Conference which covers schools in the Thompson-Okanagan region.Tomorrow we will wrap things up with AA’s Coastal and Northern conferences.Last week […]
BCHSF’s AAA/AA Hybrid All-Star Team 2021: Mt. Boucherie’s Wyberg, South Kam’s Fraser, Rutland’s Brydon, Vernon’s Statham all MVP picks!
LANGLEY — We continue with B.C. High School Football Conference All-Star week.Today, we present the AA/AA Hybrid Conference which covers schools in the Thompson-Okanagan region.Varsity Letters will also publish today, the AAA Pacific Conference team which spans North Vancouver, Nanaimo, Chilliwack and Surrey.Tomorrow we will wrap things up with AA’s Coastal and Northern conferences.Last week […]
Boys TBI 2021: Our Dec. 8-11 draw unveils Burnaby South, Kelowna, Yale and Winston Churchill among our headline field at the LEC!
LANGLEY — Hello high school boys basketball fans!We’ve done a lot of waiting since we all last gathered at the home of B.C. high school basketball back in March of 2020.Today, precisely two weeks ahead of the official start of the 2021-22 season, it’s time to celebrate the return of our great game.And with that?From […]
Girls TBI 2021: Our Dec. 15-18 draw unveils Terry Fox, Kelowna, Riverside, Langley Christian among our headline field!
LANGLEY — Hello high school girls basketball fans!We’ve done a lot of waiting since we all last gathered at the home of B.C. high school basketball back in March of 2020.Today, precisely two weeks ahead of the official start of the 2021-22 season, it’s time to celebrate the return of our great game.And with that?From […]
Takeaways from Notre Dame’s wildcard win over Mount Boucherie? HC Kelly points to the eight collected by his Jugglers’ defence
EAST VANCOUVER — When they are firing on all cylinders, the Notre Dame Jugglers have been the kind of team, that in 2021, seem as adept in the art of the takeaway as they are in the art of the touchdown.“Winning starts with defence and we certainly did a great job of limiting the Boucherie […]
Key forced fumble turns the tide, Vernon regains momentum, tops Polars for Subway Bowl quarterfinals berth!
There was a moment on Saturday afternoon — midway through the third quarter — when the Vernon Panthers must have felt like their bid to qualify for the Subway Bowl quarterfinal round was destined to evaporate before their eyes.Yet as a Prince George Polars’ ball carrier scampered on a 50-yard run which had taken him […]
UBC Football 2021: Gutted by playoff loss to Huskies, Birds’ coach Nill won’t skip steps that turns young team’s cache of promise & talent into its fully-realized potential!
The 2021 Canada West football season revealed a level of promise within the ranks of the UBC Thunderbirds that is darn near impossible to ignore.Yet in the immediate aftermath of a season-ending 39-17 loss Saturday afternoon in the Canada West’s Hardy Cup semifinals to the host Saskatchewan Huskies, ‘Birds head coach Blake Nill wasn’t about […]
SFU men’s basketball opens with win at CCAA/GNAC Challenge: Simon Fraser shows a new defensive edge in victory over Cal State-Dominguez Hills Toros!
It’s been so long since the Simon Fraser men’s basketball team last played an actual game that they were bound to look a little different than their past selves.The Burnaby Mountain crew which debuted Friday night at the CCAA/GNAC Challenge in Carson, CA., however, was at first glance, a lot different.“We have changed a lot […]
FINAL EDITION: B.C. High School Football Report 11.12.21 Friday Night Lights! Kelowna, GWG, Centennial, Tweedy, Mt. Doug all Subway Bowl victors!
Welcome to the Friday Night Lights early edition of the B.C High School Football Report.Playoffs open today in AAA, while AA, for the most part, closes out its regular season schedule.Check back on this posting throughout the evening for updates from all games.WILDCARD ROUNDTRIPLE A KELOWNA 38 at NEW WESTMINSTER 14 NEW WESTMINSTER — The Kelowna Owls […]