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Handsworth hitter Maya Bennett a study in perseverance, and an inspiration to...
NORTH VANCOUVER — If it’s one thing to describe the tenets of tenacity, it’s another to actually introduce them in person. So last season, as he searched for those synonyms in a team meeting with the...
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The Province’s BC High School Volleyball Report: Pipers win NS Invite, Red...
Welcomes to The Province’s B.C. high school volleyball report. We’ve got the latest rankings for both boys and girls senior varsity tiers below. This week, we’ll start off with a look ahead to the big...
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11.05.14: The Province’s B.C. High School Volleyball Report, plus full boys...
Welcome to The Province’s B.C. High School Volleyball Report. We publish as many tournament results and key game scores are are made available to us. If you are a head coach or tournament director,...
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B.C. girls high school volleyball’s tough stance on tiers brings relevance,...
TSAWWASSEN — Senior varsity girls volleyball not only has the highest participation numbers in the B.C. high school sports world, it’s also got the province’s healthiest championship environment. And...
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11.12.14: B.C. senior boys and senior girls Top 10 volleyball ranking sheet
VOLLEYBALL SENIOR GIRLS QUAD A 1. Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (LW-1) 2. Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (2) 3. Kelowna Owls (3) 4. Handsworth Royals (North Vancouver) (4) 6. Lord Tweedsmuir...
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Volleyball’s net effect at Surrey’s Earl Marriott is an affirming bond to...
SURREY — It’s on those days when the stars align in the volleyball universe that a mom like Susan Faester can find that perfect gymnasium seat and truly appreciate the connection a special sport has...
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VOLLEYBALL 2014: EMS, MEI take boys varsity titles at LEC, four girls tiers...
The Mariners weathered adversity and relied on their collective inner compass. Meanwhile, the Eagles soared to heights so lofty, it seemed that internal pressure was their only rival. And by the time...
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BC’s best volleyball players: Timberline’s Sarah Chase takes top honours,...
CAMPBELL RIVER — One of them is entitled ‘The Talent Code’, another ‘The Mind Gym: An Athletes’s Guide to Inner Excellence’. There’s even one called ‘The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team’. With the academic...
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BC’s best volleyball players: Kelowna’s Devon Cote takes top honours, plus...
KELOWNA — Mike Sodaro begins speaking to the special qualities that make Devon Cote such a nightmare to deal with on the volleyball court, and before he knows it, he’s dishing double-entendres. “I just...
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THE DIFFERENCE MAKERS 2014: Our special class takes sports and service to new...
They are thinking about our future, they are paying homage to our past. They have overcome huge obstacles in their lives, but they have never lost sight of the biggest picture of all. They care and...
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Megan and Nicole McNamara
MEGAN AND NICOLE MCNAMARA SPORT: Volleyball SCHOOL: South Delta FRESHMEN’S FUTURE: UCLA TSAWWASSEN — Maybe the most surprising thing you’ll hear about Nicole (left) and Megan McNamara is, that despite...
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Sarah Chase
SARAH CHASE VOLLEYBALL SCHOOL: Timberline (Campbell River) FRESHMAN’S FUTURE: St. Mary’s (Cal.) NORTH VANCOUVER — When Sarah Chase left her home away from home in North Vancouver in mid-May, she did so...
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HOC 2015: Living the Dream… The story of two girls and their Head of the...
Head of the Class Day 2015 has arrived. Here’s out look at the stories-behind-the-stories of two members of our 20-strong class. Full profiles of all of our honourees as well as Reader’s Choice winners...
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THE PROVINCE’S RECRUITS LIST 2015: Where the women are headed next season
The Province’s 2015 recruits list has arrived. Here’s the women’s list (below). Click here for the men’s list. Click here to read about our two highlighted boys and girls seniors. WOMEN BASKETBALL NCAA...
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VARSITY LETTERS PODCAST: SFU Clan and G.W. Graham football, Seaquam girls...
Varsity Letters welcomes SFU defensive coordinator Jaime Hill, Chilliwack-GW Graham head football coach Laurie Smith and North Delta-Seaquam senior girls volleyball coach Todd Clarke to the show....
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B.C. high school boys and girls volleyball rankings 09.23.15 — all seven tiers!
VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON RANKINGS SENIOR BOYS TRIPLE A 1. Kelowna 2. Oak Bay (Victoria) 3. Penticton 4. Mt. Boucherie (Kelowna) 5. Moscrop (Burnaby) 6. Earl Marriott (Surrey) 7. Dover Bay (Nanaimo) 8....
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10.01.15 edition: All seven tiers of BC boys and girls senior varsity...
VOLLEYBALL SENIOR BOYS TRIPLE A 1. Kelowna (LW-1) 2. Earl Marriott (Surrey) (6) 3. Moscrop (Burnaby) (5) 4. Penticton (3) 5. Mt. Boucherie (Kelowna) (4) 6. Delta (10) 7. Dover Bay (Nanaimo) (7) 8. Oak...
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Surrey Christian’s Van Ryk a rare talent, junior nat earning high praise for...
SURREY — Kiera Van Ryk admits experiencing a moment this past summer which brought clarity to her demanding daily routine of practice on the volleyball court. “I got my first opportunity to wear a...
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10.07.15: B.C. senior boys and girls varsity Top 10 volleyball rankings
VOLLEYBALL SENIOR BOYS TRIPLE A 1. Kelowna (LW-1) 2.-tie Earl Marriott (Surrey) (2) 2.-tie Moscrop (Burnaby) (3) 4. Mt. Boucherie (Kelowna) (5) 5. Dover Bay (Nanaimo) (7) 6. Penticton (4) 7. Delta (6)...
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Surrey’s Pacific Academy Breakers girls volleyball now among the nation’s...
SURREY — Over the 15 seasons that she has coached the girls volleyball team at Surrey’s Pacific Academy, Stacey Stang has carefully crafted a culture of competition and caring, the likes of which led...
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10.21.15: All seven tiers of B.C. high school girls and boys senior varsity...
The B.C. high school volleyball senior boys and girls rankings, all seven tiers, are new and noteworthy this week. On the boys side, all three No. 1s — Kelowna, MEI and Abbotsford Christian — hold...
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10.28.15 edition: The Province’s B.C. Ranking Sheet for football, soccer and...
This week, we’ve got so many sets of high school rankings that we’ve consolidated them all on one page. So here is football, the first senior boys soccer rankings of the season, and all seven tiers of...
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Red Serge weekend arrives at Riverside, plus all 7 tiers of BC high school...
The complete boys and girls rankings are below, but first… Riverside Secondary in Port Coquitlam is the site of this weekend’s 16th annual Coquitlam RCMP Red Serge Classic senior girls volleyball...
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Kelowna Owls new No. 1 in boys AAA volleyball! We’ve got all of B.C.’s senior...
VOLLEYBALL SENIOR BOYS TRIPLE A 1. Kelowna (LW-2) 2. Mt. Boucherie (Kelowna) (1) 3. Dover Bay (Nanaimo) (4) 4. Moscrop (Burnaby) (3) 5. Vancouver Technical (6) 6. Penticton (5) 7. Earl Marriott...
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B.C. HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL FINALS: MEI sweeps 2A titles, plus recaps of five...
There was no better day than Saturday to be an MEI Eagles volleyball player. For the first time in its history, both the boys and girls senior teams won B.C. senior varsity Double A titles on the same...
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BEST OF BC: Oak Bay’s Thana Fayad tops poll, selected The Province’s BC girls...
Thana Fayad was so far ahead of the curve through her secondary school career that on Friday, when all her classmates at Oak Bay Secondary in Victoria celebrate the final day of school ahead of the...
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BEST OF BC 2015! The Province names B.C.’s Super 15 boys and girls Grade 12...
HELLO VOLLEYBALL FANS First the ladies and then the gentlemen… The Province’s Best of B.C. Senior Girls Super 15 Class of 2015-16 (height, position, school, post-secondary destination, poll points) 1....
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DIFFERENCE MAKERS 2015: Stratford Hall IB’s Inaara Merani has always heard...
INAARA MERANI STRATFORD HALL IB WORLD SCHOOL (Vancouver) Located in the slums of Mombassa, in the African nation of Kenya, the Kipevu Primary School stands as a beacon of hope, its full view to...
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DIFFERENCE MAKERS 2015: Southpointe’s Meaghan MacKenzie stands up for her world
MEAGHAN MACKENZIE SOUTHPOINTE SCHOOL, TSAWWASSEN The traditional model of thinking is that our high school years are a window to the real world. Yet if you take a walk in the world of Southpointe...
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SFU hoping to bring the beach to Bby Mountain, new sand volleyball program...
BURNABY — Beach volleyball is the fastest growing sport in the NCAA and perhaps the least expensive varsity program to start, and with a myriad of spin-off benefits accompanying it, Simon Fraser...
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