UPDATED JUNE 26, 2011: We put the call out two months ago for help in compiling our annual B.C. Recruiting List. If you know of someone we missed, send the information to htsumura@theprovince.com and we’ll include it as part of our online package.

Yoan Zola (6-7 P, St. Martin de France Academy, City College of San Francisco); Jahmar Thompson (6-4 F Toronto-Metro Prep Academy); Jordan Sergent (6-5 F Sonora, Cal., Modesto J.C.); Matt Raivio (6-0 PG, Vancouver, Wash.-Mountain View, Santa Rosa J.C.); Scott Hind (6-3 SG Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox)

CIS

CANADA WEST

FRASER VALLEY

Jordan Blackman (6-5 G Abbotsford-Yale); Luke Braund (6-6 F Vancouver-St. George’s, Western Ontario (CIS)); Mike James (6-6 F Winnipeg-Oak Park, Winnipeg (CIS)); Klaus Figueiredo (6-6 G Calgary-Paul Kane, NAIT (CCAA))

THOMPSON RIVERS

Richard Bos (6-6 F Surrey-Holy); Justin King (6-4 Las Vegas-Liberty, Skagit Valley CC); Will Ondrik ( 6-7 F Surrey-White Rock Christian Academy); Mike Zayas ( 6-2 G Richmond-R.C. Palmer); Derek Wolf (6-1G Penticton), Blaz Bozinovic (6-10 F Kamloops-St. Ann’s Academy); Ivan Bozinovic (6-10 Kamloops-St. Ann’s Academy); Zach Usherwood (5-10 PG Coquitlam-Gleneagle); Akeem Pierre (5-11G Richmond-R.C. Palmer, UBC)

TRINITY WESTERN

Justin Bakuteka (6-1 PG Toronto-Martingrove, Lakeland College); Dan Briscoe (6-4 W,Kelowna-KSS,UBC-Okanagan); Mich Cockrill (6-5 G　 Chilliwack-GW Graham, UBC-Okanagan); Taylor Heinrichs (6-7 W Coquitlam-Heritage Wood); Sean Peter (6-3 G Ottawa-Hillcrest, Ottawa)

UBC

Nakai Luyken (6-2 G Abbotsford-Yale); David Wagner (6-8 F South Kamloops); Malcolm Williams (6-2 G Pitt Meadows)

UBC-OKANAGAN

Yassine Ghomari (6-0 G Vancouver-Kitsilano, Langara); Brad Quevillon (5-9 G Vancouver-Kitsilano, Langara); Parry Aulakh (6-2 G Oliver-South Okanagan); Bret Macdonald (6-1 PG Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox); Julian Asselstine (6-8 P Coquitlam-Dr. Charles Best); Ben Hindson (6-9 P, Naramata-Brentwood College); Nick Fournier (6-5 F, Niagara Falls-Welland Centennial)

VICTORIA

Michael Acheampong (6-2 G Toronto-Humber); Vijay Dhillon (6-0 G Richmond-R.C. Palmer); Dominic Ohl (6-7 F Victoria-Claremont); Sean Patrick (6-4 F London, Ont.-St. Thomas Aquinas); Reiner Theil (6-5 W Vancouver-Vancouver College); John Woldu (5-11 G London-Beal, Windsor)

Warren Liang (6-4 G Vancouver-Sir Charles Tupper)

CCAA

BCCAA

CAMOSUN

A.J. Beaudry (6-3 W Winnipeg–River East Collegiate); James Blandford (6-5 F Victoria-Stelly’s); Joe Jennings (6-7 F Airdrie, Alta.-Bert Church); Amit Khatkar (5-11 G Victoria-Claremont); Chris LeQuesne (5-10 G Victoria-Belmont); Jason Nenzel (6-1 G Parksville-Ballenas); Greg Partington (6-6 F Victoria-Spectrum); Demeko Simons (5-7 G Victoria-Mount Douglas); Desmond Slack (6-1 G Victoria-Claremont)

CAPILANO

Ater Degal (5-11 G Burnaby South); Wes Dekleer (6-4 GF North Vancouver – Argyle); John Leong (5-11 G North Vancouver-Handsworth); Rob Hougard (6-6 F Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox); Graeme McCallum (6-3 G Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox, Red Deer CCAA); Tyler Lutton (6-3 G Coquitlam-Pinetree, Acadia CIS); Omid Davani Pourmomen (6-4 G/F Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox, Victoria CIS); Sam Zhang (6-4 F, Douglas)

COLUMBIA BIBLE

Kevin Ford (6-0 G Seattle-Kent-Meridian); Des O’Brien (5-11 G Kelowna-Mt Boucherie); Darrell Popken (6-4 F Abbotsford-Yale); Wilson Willock (6-1 G Hope)

DOUGLAS

Navjot Bains (6-5 PF Surrey-Tamanawis); Gagan Sahota (6-5 SF Surrey-Tamanawis); Karan Bains (6-2, PG Surrey-Tamanawis), Keith Nath (6-3 F Vancouver-Killarney)

KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC

Aaron Ram (6-3 G North Delta-Seaquam); Chris Archangel (6-0 PG, Windsor, Ont.-Catholic Central); David Poole (6-6 F Southfield, Mich.-West Bloomfield); Gurpal Mann (6-4 F Surrey-Queen Elizabeth); Peter Mark Mitchell (6-2 G/F, Windsor Ont.-Catholic Central, St. Clair CCAA); Steven Adusei (5-8 PG North Delta-Seaquam, Douglas); Tristan Gruenthaler (6-6 F Abbotsford-Yale); William Takyi-Prah (6-3 G Vancouver-St. George’s)

LANGARA

Brody Greig (6-1 G Richmond-R.A. McMath); Ranjodh Hare (6-4 F Richmond-R.C. Palmer); Jitinder Lohcham (6-7 F Vancouver-David Thompson, UFV); Vince Tolentino (6-3 G/F Vancouver College)

NORTHERN B.C.

Billy Cheng (5-7 PG, Richmond-R.C. Palmer); Kevan Madsen (6-10 F, Prince George-Kelly Road); Gabe Aubertin (6-6 F, Kettle Falls, Wash.-Peninsula College); Charles Barton (6-3 F, Vernon-Clarence Fulton, Thompson Rivers)

QUEST

Dylan Kular (6-3 G Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat, Kwantlen); Piero Simovic (6-1 G Nanaimo-Wellington); Sunny Johal (6-8 F Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Justin Tryon (6-3 F Qualicum Beach-Kwalikum); Mo Dadfar (6-5 F Port Moody-Heritage Woods); Josh Beasley (6-1 G Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Gurminder Kang (6-3 G, Abbotsford-WJ Mouat)

VANCOUVER ISLAND

Greg Gillies　 (6-5 F Nanaimo-Dover Bay, SFU)

; Jason Mckee　 (6-5 F Nanaimo-Dover Bay); Jarryd Engevik (6-5 F Nanaimo-Cedar);

MEN

BASKETBALL

NCAA

DIV. 2

SIMON FRASER

BRANDON

Alex Klocek (6-4 G/F Coquitlam-Gleneagle); Turell Scott (6-4 G/F Coquitlam-Gleneagle)

OUA

WATERLOO

Luke Ehman (5-11 G Surrey-Holy Cross)

WESTERN ONTARIO

Larry Blyth (6-5 F, Langley-Walnut Grove)

AUS

ST. MARY’S

Trevor Davidson (6-2G Nanaimo-Dover Bay)

LAKELAND

Daniel Edwards (6-3 F Burnaby South)

BASEBALL

UBC

Jerod Bartnik (6-2 OF Langley Blaze),　Kevin Biro (6-0 INF Deep Bay),　John Caputo (6-1 INF Toronto Mets),　Dane Donegan (6-2 RHP Denver, Col.-Littleton),　Tyler Enns (6-1 OF Miles Macdonnel Collegiate-Winnipeg),　Alex Graham (6-0 RHP North Vancouver-Handsworth),　Brody Hawkins (5-10 C North Delta-Sands),　Mike Krische (6-2 OF Langley-Brookswood),　Gabe Mark (5-11 INF　Richview Collegiate-Toronto),　Kenton Schroter (6-1 RHP Wellington, Ont.),　Matt Trimble (6-2 LHP Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox)

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

Ty Walker (LHP, North Delta-Sands)

THOMPSON RIVERS

Lee Harty (6-3 P/3B/DH Geelong-Australian Technical College, Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)

DOUGLAS COLLEGE

Brent Foreman (6-2 C Coquitlam-Centennial, Coquitlam Reds)

U.S. JUNIOR COLLEGE

EL PASO

Josh Sigurdson(6-0 IF/OF Surrey-Semiahmoo)

BADMINTON

CCAA

VANCOUVER ISLAND

Jonathan Foster (5-10　 Nanaimo Christian)

LANGARA

Luke John James Couture (6-4, St. John, NB-Saint Malachy’s Memorial)

FIELD LACROSSE

NCAA

WHEELING JESUIT

Tyler Buchan (5-10 mid/attack Surrey-Holy Cross)

FOOTBALL

NCAA FBS

BOISE STATE

Taylor Loffler (6-4 DB, Kelowna)

RICE

Christian Covington (6-3 DT Vancouver College)

NCAA FCS

MONTANA STATE

Rhys Gilbert (5-10 QB North Vancouver-Windsor)

NCAA DIV. 2

GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

SIMON FRASER

Adam Dykstra (6-3 LB, UBC); Keenan North (6-4 LB, Bellingham HS); Adam Zaruba (6-5 TE, North Vancouver-Carson Graham); Kody Penner (6-5 TE, Salmon Arm); Ahmad Korma (6-2 LB, Snoqualmie, Wash.-Mt. Si); Kristian Lawrence (6-5 DL, Ottawa-St. Peter’s); Alex Hernandez (6-2 LB Vancouver College); Kyle Kawamoto (5-11 WR, North Vancouver-Handsworth); Alex Iezzi (6-2 RB London, Ont.-Mother Theresa); Marcell Noel Etchu Njang (6-2 TE Mississauga, Ont.-Father Goetz); Alex Agnoletto (6-1 OL, Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox); Marcus Goods (6-4 DL Edmonton-Jasper Place); Anthony Belmonte (6-1 WR, Vancouver-Notre Dame); Martin Duckhorn (6-3 DE Pitt Meadows); Ben Nield (6-4 OL, Arlington, Wash, D.C.); Matt Kraft (6-0 SS, South Delta); Bobby Pospischil (5-9 WR, Coquitlam-Centenial); Mitchell Barnett (6-0 LB, North Vancouver-Handsworth); Brad Bomberry (6-1 SS, Kirkland, Wash.-Juanita); Nick Dentay (6-4 OL, Aurora, Ont.-St. Andrews); Braden Schram (6-4 LB, Manning, Alta.); No
slan Jara (6-4 TE Vancouver-Notre Dame); Cam Bedore (5-11 QB, Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Nikolai Karpun (6-1 K/P, North Delta-Sands); Brian Baldwin (5-10 DB, Camarillo, Cal.-Moorpark J.C.); Quin Courtney (6-1 OL, Chelan, Wash.); Cam Brown (6-2 OL, Vanderhoof-Nechako Valley); Robert Sharps (5-11 DB, Carnation, Wash.-Eastlake); Cameron Hanson (6-3 WR, Henderson, Nev.-Bishop Gorman Prep); Robin Weathersby (5-11 DB, Chelan, Wash.); Connor Whitelaw (6-3 QB, South Kamloops); Sam Swerhone (5-11 WR, Portland Christian); Dakota Sanchez (6-3 DT, Bellingham, Wash.); Sammy Jasper (6-4 OL, Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Daniel McCutcheon (6-1 WR, Abbotsford-Rick Hansen); Spencer Lang (6-8 DL, Coquitlam-Centennial); Desmond Bassi (6-2 WR, Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Stephen Lewis (6-2 DL, North Vancovuer-Windsor); Earl Anderson (5-10 SB, Simcoe, Ont.-Holy Trinity); Tanner Pearce (6-2 SS, Mission); Jacob Hayes (6-4 OL/DL, Coquitlam-Centennial); Tarrance Crawford (6-0 RB, Windsor, Ont.-CCH Ravens); Jake Christianson (6-4 OL, Campbell River-Timberline); Trey Wheeler (6-1 QB, Issaquah, Wash.-Liberty); Jared Soll (6-3 LB, Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox); Jayden Ockenden (6-0 DB, Kamloops-Norkam); Joey Iatzko (6-3 LB, Windsor, Ont.-W.F. Herman; Jordan Traversy (6-2 FB, North Delta-Sands); Tuomas Nurmi (6-1 DB, Helsinki, Fin.); Tyler Fong (6-0 DB, Victoria-Mt. Douglas); William Hodgman (6-4 OL, Yuma-Arizona Western J.C.); Zach Rousseau (6-7 OL, Victoria-Mt Douglas)

CIS

CANADA WEST

UBC

Ben Bahrami (6-2 LB West Vancouver, Western Ontario); Shaun Ball (6-3 DE SFU); Vivie Bojilov (6-0 LB New Westminster, SFU); Alex Bulcke (6-2 OL Belle River, Ont.-Ste. Anne Catholic); Cam Canales (6-0 QB Port Coquitlam-Terry Fox); Keegan Caruthers (6-0 LB Cumberland (Ottawa) Panthers); Cody Cochrane (6-3 WR South Delta, SFU); Josh Cochrane (6-1 WR South Delta); Andrew Darcovich (6-2 WR White Rock Titans); Arshi Dhaliwal (6-2 OL/DL Mission); Phil Dick (6-1 DL Burnaby-St. Thomas More, Regina); Mike DiDomenico (6-6 OL Saddleback JC/MM Robinson); Tony Ganton (6-5 OL/DL North Delta-Sands); Ian Henderson (6-2 LB New Westminster); Cody Hillhouse (6-3 LB Surrey-Earl Marriott, St. Mary’s); Ross Hilliam (6-1 WR Burnaby-STM); Riley Horvath (6-2 Catholic Central); Noslan Jara (6-4 DL Vancouver-Notre Dame); Satbir Jawandha (6-3 LB South Fraser Rams); Riley Jones (6-1 LB South Delta); Kofi Kumamintah (6-2 DB Bute Junior College/South Fraser); Daniel McCutcheon (6-1 WR Abbotsford-Rick Hansen); Logan McLeod (6-3 OL Mission, Acadia); Lance Milton (6-1 DB UBC); Hayden Nicol (6-0 WR North Vancouver-Carson Graham); Pierre Lacerte (5-11 LB El Paso, Tex.-Franklin); Robert Perrizolo (6-2 DL Vancouver-Notre Dame); Warren Reece (5-9 RB New Westminster); Ethan Sadowski (6-4 DE North Delta-Seaquam); Valentin Schultz (6-0 WR Vienna Vikings); Kehl Snyder (6-1 DB Calgary-William Aberhart); Patrick Sullivan (6-2 OL, Queen’s CIS); Ryan Williams (5-11 DL Kamloops Broncos); Charlie Thorpe (6-0 LB Vancouver College); Adam Konar (6-1 FS Vancouver College); Chris Adams (6-0 S South Delta); Taylor Harrison (6-2 DE South Delta)

CALGARY

Matt Carson (6-4 DE Kelowna)

SASKATCHEWAN

Tyler Robson (6-0 DB Kelowna, Okanagan Sun)

OUA

QUEEN’S

Sean Mayzes (6-1 DB Vancouver College)

ST. MARY’S

John Watson (6-2 WR, Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Jamie Wandell (6-4 OL New Westminster); James Belgrave (6-0 RB New Westminster)

TORONTO

Johnny Kalamba (6-0 LB Coquitlam-Centennial), Milthon Nevy (5-5 RB New Westminster)

YORK

Dustin Plett (5-10 DL Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat)

QSSF

BISHOPS

Nick Blanchette (6-4 OL Vancouver College)

MCGILL

Jeff Tichelman (5-11 QB Vancouver College), Estello Nap Hill (6-3 TE Vancouver College), Nick Adomat (6-4 OL New Westminster)

AUS

ACADIA

Travis Collona (6-2 OL/DL Salmon Arm)

GOLF

UBC

Jeremy Demers (Toronto); Conner Kozak (Vernon)

VICTORIA

Kyle Blacquier (Fredericton, N.B.); Kevin Bredy (Calgary), Derek Rucki (Calgary)

BCCAA

THOMPSON RIVERS

Brent Pound (Kamloops-Sa-Hali Secondary), Charlie Lewthwaite (Kelowna)

HOCKEY

CIS

UBC

Kyle Johnson (6-2 F Dauphin Kings, MJHL), Steven Stanford (6-1 G Saskatoon Blades, WHL), Cole Wilson (6-1 F Camrose Kodiaks, AJHL), Jason Yee (6-1 D Powell River Kings, BCHL

NCAA

BOSTON COLLEGE

Destry Straight (6-1 fwd West Vancouver-Sentinel, Coquitlam Express); Mark Begert (5-11 def West Vancouver, Coquitlam Express)

NEBRASKA-OMAHA

Stefan Nicolishen (6-2 Fwd, Penticton, Westside Warriors)

NORTHEASTERN

Ryan Renz (6-2 Def, Castlegar, Vernon Vipers)

NORTHERN MICHIGAN

Eric Walker (6-2 def Castlegar, Trail Smoke Eaters)

ROWING

UBC

Martin Bohdal (5-10 Lightweight Vancouver RC); Daniel Cameron (6-2 Heavyweight Nanaimo); Nic Djordjevic (6-0 Lightweight Vancouver-Lord Byng); Harlan Dohm (6-3 Heavyweight Vancouver College); Sean Hacker-Teper (5-6 Coxswain Toronto-Upper Canada College); Tyson Hernandez (6-2 Heavyweight Vancouver); Jeremy Kertzer (6-3 Heavyweight Montreal); Conner McSweeney (6-0 Lightweight Vancouver RC)

VICTORIA

Coleman Bak (Brockville); Sean Carnduff (6-0 VCRC); Alex Clancy (5-2 Sidney-Deep Cove); Grahame Dawe (6-2 Shawnigan); Sean Decter (6-6 Victoria-Gorge); Harlan Dohn (6-6 Vancouver College); Evan Earp-Jones (5-9 Nanaimo); Maxim Ellison-Denison (6-2 Victoria-SMUS); Theron Finley (5-7 VCRC); Jordan Friedman (6-0 Victoria-Esquimalt); Will Kennedy (Calgary); Iain Kinch (6-7 Toronto-Argonauts RC); Nick Lee (5-9 VCRC); Gareth Lindstrom (6-2 Vancouver College); Bernardo Murad (Brazil); John Roper (6-6 Kent School); Madis Salumae (Estonia); Sean Teper Hacker (Toronto-Upper Canada College); Cameron Tilley (5-10 Sidney-Deep Cove); Austin Ward (Orange Coast College);Cameron York (6-1 Mill Bay-Brentwood College)

WESTERN ONTARIO

Max Lattimer (Vancouver College)

QUEEN’S

Mark Bonar (Vancouver College)

RUGBY

UBC

Shane Bates (5-10 Centre/Wing Capilano CCAA); Alex Mascott (6-0 Prop/Hooker Vancouver-St. George’s); Liam Murphy Burke (6-0 Fly Half/Centre Surrey-Semiahmoo); Remy Panikkar (6-3 Lock/Flanker Langara CCAA); Sam Parrague (5-10 Flanker/Prop Orinda, Cal.-Miramonte); Dane Peterson (5-11 Centre/Wing Kelowna); Charlie Thorpe (6-0 Flanker Vancouver College)

VICTORIA

Callum Busfield (Prop, Vernon-Kalamalka Secondary), Patrick Kay　 (Fullback, Outside Half, Duncan-Cowichan)

SOCCER

NCAA DIV. 2

SIMON FRASER

Chris Bargholz (5-8 Mid Fuessen-Germany-Gymnasium Hohenschwangau); Robert Brown (5-11 mid Brussels-Belgium International School of Brussels); Ryan Dhillon (5-10 wing North Delta); Erik Hacker (6-1 def North Delta-Sands); Pablo Ruiz (5-8 mid Guatemala City, Guatemala-Colegio Metropolitano); Justin Wallace (5-11mid, Kamloops-Sa-Hali, TRU CCAA)

CIS

FRASER VALLEY

Nick Haywood (6-0 mid Chilliwack); Emad　Agahi (6-1 def Maple Ridge); Matthew Kidwell (5-11 gkp Langley-Brookswood); Jordan　Leib (5-10 mid Bellingham-Squalicum); Trent Mayer (6-2 fwd Abbotsford Collegiate); Logan　McKeown (5-9 def Chilliwack-Sarids); Colton O’Neill (5-7 def Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Connor　O’Neill (5-8 mid Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Kyle Parker (6-0 def Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat)

TRINITY WESTERN

Brayden Gant (6-1 MF Maple Ridge-Thomas Haney)

UBC

Cameron Davis (5-8 F Ashbury College-Ottawa NCSSAA)

VICTORIA

Lucas Barrett (fwd, Richmond, Hugh Boyd, Simon Fraser), Kyle Kostis (6-1 mid, Calfgary-Western Canada); Miguel Romero (5-11 mid, Calgary-Lord Beaverbrook)

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Sam Hutchinson (6-0 gkp Victoria-Glenlyon-Norfolk); Ryan Ashlee (6-3 def Victoria-Reynolds)

BCCAA

CAPILANO

Brando Ciccone (5-11 gkp Coquitlam-Dr. Charles Best); Taku Bradshaw (6-1 def North Vancouver-Handsworth, UBC); Lucas Sweda (5-8 wing Burnaby Central); Andrew Malamura (5-10 mid Surrey-Fraser Valley Christian); Chris D
iabikulu (5-10 fwd Burnaby–Byrne Creek); Jordan Macdonell (5-11 fwd Coquitlam-Dr. Charles Best); Gianmarco Pensato (5-8 mid North Vancouver-Sutherland); Stefano Bortolusi (5-10 def Coquitlam-Dr. Charles Best); Mike Anderson (5-9 mid Burnaby Mountain); Will Barraclough (6-1 fwd North Vancouver–Handsworth)

LANGARA

Stefano Mattia (5-10 M/F VancouverNotre Dame); Mike Jasinski (5-10 fwd Vancouver-Sir Winston Churchill); Gurjot Sahota (6-1 def Vancouver-David Thompson); Manjot Sahota (5-11 def Vancouver-David Thompson); Tristan Forseth ( 5-9 mid-fwd Qualicum Beach-Kwalikum); Danny Chahal (5-10 def Burnaby Central)

SWIMMING

NCAA

SIMON FRASER

Dimitar Ivanov (Port Moody); Hans Heyer (Germany); Kerry Murphy (New Westminster); Taylor Dalke (Kamloops-Sa-Hali)

CIS

TRINITY WESTERN

Christian Desjarlais (Kelowna-Immaculata); Patrick Loftus (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-Lake City); Sally Wallick (5-6 Kelowna); Anthony Russo ( Kelowna)

UBC

Liam Todd (Vancouver College); Angus Todd (Vancouver College)

TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY

NCAA DIV. 1

KENTUCKY

Sean Keane (MD, Surrey-White Rock Christian); Keffri Neal (MD, Surrey-Fleetwood Park)

NCAA DIV. 2

SIMON FRASER

BJ Cunliff (XC/track Courtice, Ont.); Stuart Ellenwood (XC/track Langley); Anton Humeniuk (XC/track Vancouver-Killarney); Jason Fraser-Mauran (XC/track Burnaby-Alpha); Jacob Karamanian (track Maple Ridge)

CIS

TRINITY WESTERN

Calum Innes (5-11 sprint/hurdles Bearsdon,Glasgow-Boclair Academy); Blair Johnston (5-10 CC/MD Surrey-White Rock Christian); Dylan Kelso (6-0 LJ/sprints Nanaimo-Dover Bay)

VICTORIA

Ryan Cassidy (Grande-Digue, NB-Louis J. Robichaud); Cole Peterson (Edmonton-Harry Ainlay), Cody Therrien (Victoria-St. Andrew’s)

CIS/NAIA

UBC

VOLLEYBALL

THOMPSON RIVERS

UBC

Gabriel Aaron (6-5 OH Glebe Collegiate); Noah Derksen (6-3 OH Winnipeg-Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute); Jarrid Ireland (6-5 OH Winnipeg-Transcona Collegiate); Parker Jobin (6-10 MB Grand Prairie CCAA); Milan Nikic (6-1 set Calgary-Western Canada HS); Alex Russell (6-8 mid Surrey-Kwantlen Park); David Zeyha (6-4 OH Grand Prairie CCAA)

UBC-OKANAGAN

Riley McFarland (6-4 OH Surrey-Semiahmoo, UBC); Jonathon Russo (6-2 LS/set Winfield-George Elliott); Jeremy Fostvelt (5-10 lib, Surrey-Earl Marriott); Leigh Goosen (6-5 mid-outside Kelowna Christian); Leo Schober (6-6 mid, Kelowna)

OUA

QUEEN’S

Matthew Bonshor (6-2 OH, Surrey-Semiahmoo)

BCCAA

CAMOSUN

Tanner March (6-3 LS Kelowna-Okanagan-Mission; Tanner Litwin (6-1 set, Grand Prairie Composite, Alta, Grand Prairie, CCAA); Alex Sadowski (6-7 mid Victoria-Belmont); Ryan Thain (6-1 set Surrey-Earl Marriott); Andrew Inglis (6-5 l/r Red Deer College, CCAA); Dylan White (6-4 l/r SAIT, CCAA); Eric Riedstra (6-7 mid Victoria-Pacific Christian, Camosun)

COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES

Drew Hamilton (6-2 set Red Deer, Alta.-Notre Dame); Neil Brinker (6-1 LS Red Deer, Alta.-Notre Dame); Kieran Read (6-2 LS Okotoks, Alta.-Foothills Composite)

Garret Cassels (6-2 RS Winnipeg-Dakota Collegiate)

COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE

Connor Nickel (6-4 MB Abbotsford-MEI); Nick Van Delft (6-2 OH Langley-Credo Christian); Matthew Erickson (6-2 OH Saskatoon-Centennial Collegiate); Luke Oloffs (6-3 OH Kelowna-Mt. Boucherie)

DOUGLAS

Nick Bridle (6-6 mid South Delta); Rex Fenton (6-3 set Ottawa-Glebe Collegiate, UBC); Drew Ruby (6-2 out Surrey-Clayton Heights); Preston Wong (6-1 out Burnaby North); Graham Stoliker (6-1 set Surrey-Tamanawis)

FRASER VALLEY

Jason Boroevich (6-4 mid Burnaby Central); Victor Zych (5-10 LS Port Coquitlam-Riverside); Adam Chaplin (5-10 LS Mission-Hatzic); Robert Bauerfind (6-3 RS Surrey-Fraser Heights); Michael Chinchilla (5-10 RS Surrey-Kwantlen Park); Jon Dvorak (5-9 LS Langley Fundamental); Trevor Van Delft (5-10 LS Langley-Credo Christian)

VANCOUVER ISLAND

Adam Tishenko　 (6-2 set Vernon-W.L.-Seaton)

OCAA

REDEEMER

Jake Klassen (6-1 set Surrey-Semiahmoo)

WRESTLING

SIMON FRASER

Robert Rogal (Coquitlam-Centennial); Sunny Dhinsa (Abbotsford-W.J. Mouat); Ryan Ewechin (Nanimo-Dover Bay); Roydon Millar (Penticton)

ST. CLOUD STATE

Tim Daly (5-11 D Maple Ridge-Samuel Robertson Technical, Langley Chiefs)

Jake Bruchet (distance/XC Surrey-Elgin Park); Will Cliff (distance/XC Vancouver-St. George’s); Matt Galea (distance/XC Calgary-Centennial); Alex Kilpatrick (middle distance Vancouver-Kitsilano); Ryan Sommer (throws Surrey-Elgin Park); Jack Williams (middle distance/XC Surrey-Semiahmoo); Mo Lawerence (distance/XC Howe Sound); Devin Rajala (middle distance/XC- North Vancouver-Argyle)

CIS

CANADA WEST

Brad Gunter (6-7 RS-set Courtenay-G.P. Vanier); Nick Balazs (6-5 mid Prince George-D.P. Todd); Chris Osborn (6-8 RS-LS Phoenix, Ariz.-Manitoba, CIS); Mohamed Abdel Moniem (6-8 mid Cairo (Egypt)-Ahly VC)

TRINITY WESTERN

Tyler Koslowsky (5-11 L Abbotsford-MEI)

ACAA

RANKINGS

VOLLEYBALL

SENIOR GIRLS

QUAD A

1. Kelowna (LW-1); 2. Riverside (Port Coquitlam) (2); 3. McMath (Richmond) (3); 4. Handsworth (North Vancouver) (4); 5. Earl Marriott (Surrey) (6); 6. Penticton (9); 7. Pinetree (Coquitlam) (NR); 8. Heritage Woods (Port Moody) (5); 9. South Delta (8); 10. South Kamloops (NR)

TRIPLE A

1. Seaquam (North Delta) (2); 2. Little Flower Academy (Vancouver) (4); 3. McRoberts (Richmond) (7-AAAA); 4. Highland (Comox) (6); 5. Clayton Heights (Surrey) (9);6. Ballenas (Parksville) (3); 7. Clarence Fulton (Vernon) (7); 8. Crofton House (Vancouver) (5); 9. Wellington (Nanaimo) (NR); 10. Nanaimo District (NR)

DOUBLE A

1. Pacific Academy (Surrey) (1); 2. Lambrick Park (Victoria) (1-AAA); 3. Surrey Christian (2); 4. Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (3); 5. St. Patrick’s (Vancouver) (4); 6. St. Thomas Aquinas (North Vancouver) (7); 7. Holy Cross (Surrey) (NR); 8. Kalamalka (Vernon) (6); 9. St. Thomas More (Burnaby) (5); 10. College Heights (Prince George) (9)

SINGLE A

1. Immaculata (Kelowna) (2); 2. Highroad Academy (Chilliwack) (3); 3. Kelowna Christian (4); 4. Cedar (Nanaimo) (1); 5. Houston Christian (5); 6. White Rock Christian Academy (Surrey) (6); 7. Richmond Christian (9); 8. West Point Grey Academy (Vancouver) (8); 9. Fernie (10); 10. Golden (NR)

SENIOR BOYS

TRIPLE A

1. Oak Bay (Victoria) (LW-1); 2. Fraser Heights (Surrey) (4); 3. Van Tech (HM); 4. Kelowna (3); 5. Earl Marriott (2); 6. Elgin Park (Surrey) (7); 7. Moscrop; 8. Eric Hamber; 9. Mt. Boucherie (Kelowna) (9); 10. Penticton (6). Honourable mention — North Peace, Semiahmoo (Surrey) (5), Killarney (Vancouver) (10)

DOUBLE A

1. Langley Christian (1); 2. MEI (Abbotsford) (2); 3. College Heights (Prince George) (3); 4. George Elliott (Winfield) (4); 5. Selkirk (6); 6. Vernon (5); 7. Duchess Park (Prince George) (9); 8. Prince Charles (Creston) (8); 9. Lambrick Park (Victoria) (NR); 10. Mt. Sentinel (South Slocan) (10). Honourable mention — D.P. Todd (Prince George), Abbotsford Christian, Pacific Christian (Victoria)

SINGLE A

1. Credo Christian (1); 2. Kelowna Christian (2); 3. Cedars Christian (Prince George) (3); 4. Bulkley Valley Christian (Smithers) (4); 5. Duncan Christian (5); 6. Vernon Christian (8); 7. Unity Christian (Chilliwack) (7); 8. Chemainus (9); 9. Ebenezer Canadian Reformed (Smithers) (10); 10. Elkford (HM). Honourable mention — Sparwood, Centennial Christian

GIRLS TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Sept.30/Oct. 1

TWU Tournament

1 Riverside

2 Earl Marriott

3 Surrey Christian

4 Clayton Heights

5 Highroad Academy

6 Kelowna Christian

7 Pinetree

8 Heritage Woods

9 Brentwood College

10 Argyle

11 Richmond Christian

12 Dr. Charles Best

13 Delta

14 Fleetwood Park

15 David Thompson

16 Kitsilano

17 Elphinstone

18 York House

19 Credo Christian

20 WJ Mouat

21 ME Lazerte  (Edmonton)

22 Archbishop Carney

23 Langley Christian

24 Thomas Haney

25 Terry Fox

26 MEI

27 Southridge

28 Sentinel

29 Guildford Park

30 Walnut Grove

31 Burnaby Central

32 Maple Ridge

33 Brookswood

34 Burnaby South

35 Centennial

36 Hatzic

37 Abbotsford Collegiate

38 Princess Margaret

39 Panorama Ridge

40 St. John Brebeuf

41 Pacific Christian

42 Burnaby North

43 Unity Christian

44 Regent Christian

45 Enver Creek

46 Meadowridge

TRU Tournament

1 Penticton

2 South Kamloops

3 Kalamalka, Prince George, Golden, Mount Boucherie

7 North Surrey, Vernon, Lord Tweedsmuir, DP Todd, WL Seaton, Selkirk

13 Westsyde, Rutland,  Norkam, Sa-Hali, Chetwynd, GW Graham,Valemount

Abbotsford Christian, Salmon Arm, Sardis, Revelstoke, PleasantView

25 Valleyview

26 St. Ann’s, Princess Margaret

28 Pemberton, Stanley Humphries, Clearwater

Asics VIU Invitational

1 Pacific Academy

2 LFA

3 Highland

4 St. Pats

5 STA

6 Dover Bay

7 Ballenas, Holy Cross

9 West Van

10 Elgin Park

11 Cedar, STM

13  Wellington, Vanier, Carihi, Shawnigan Lake

17 NDSS

18 Timberline

19 Mark Isfeld

20 Belmont

21 Notre Dame

22 Frances Kelsey

23 Oak Bay, Stelly’s

25 John Barsby, DW Poppy, St. Margarets, Campbell River Christian

29 Lake Cowichan, Woodlands, Cambie, Gulf Islands

33 Kwalikum

34 Glenlyon Norfolk

35 Spectrum, Mount Douglas

37 Cowichan

38 Alberni

39 Ucluelet

Kootenay Classic

1 Immaculata

2 Fernie

3 Mount Sentinel

4 Elkford

5 Prince Charles

6 JL Crowe

7 LV Rogers

8 AL Fortune

Nothing better on a cold winter’s day then a few days inside the old gym watching high school boys basketball tournaments.

As we hit just over a month and counting to the start of another new season inside, we’ll be previewing the fields of as many boys invitationals as we can.

Here’s our first look. Keep checking back for more updates and if you have a tournament, send the information to htsumura@theprovince.com

SUTHERLAND SABRES HOLIDAY CLASSIC

WHERE: Sutherland Secondary (North Vancouver)

WHEN: Dec. 8-10

THE FIELD: Elphinstone, McNair, Centennial, Spectrum, McMath, Stelly’s, Seycove, Sutherland

ROD THOMSON-REBEL CLASSIC

WHERE: Burnaby South

WHEN: Dec. 15-17

THE FIELD: Claremont, Tamanawis, Sir Winston Churchill, Delta, Heritage Park, Yale, Steveston-London, Burnaby South

GLENEAGLE TALONS CHALLENGE

WHERE: Gleneagle Secondary, Coquitlam

WHEN: Dec. 14-16

THE FIELD: not available

52ND ANNUAL SNOWBALL TOURNAMENT

WHERE: Abbotsford Collegiate

WHEN: Jan. 11-14

THE FIELD: Kelowna, Burnaby South, W.J. Mouat, Kitsilano, St. George’s, Winnipeg-Kelvin, MEI, Yale, G.W. Graham, Chillwack, Rhode Island-St. Andrews, Abbotsford Collegiate

AIR SHOW 2012

WHERE: Pitt Meadowas Secondary

WHEN: Jan. 12-14

THE FIELD: Mount Douglas, Mount Boucherie, Sir Charles Tupper, South Delta, Argyle, South Kamloops, Gleneagle, Cowichan, Claremont, Delta, Belmont, Pitt Meadows

DELTA PACERS CLASSIC

WHERE: Delta Secondary (Ladner)

WHEN: Jan. 19-21

THE FIELD: Centennial, Earl Marriott, Lord Tweedsmuir, R.E. Mountain, Cedar, Sentinel, Burnaby Central, Delta

JUNIOR BOYS

RIVERSIDE RAPIDS INVITATIONAL

WHERE: Riverside Secondary, Port Coquitlam

WHEN: Dec. 9-10

THE FIELD: Pitt Meadows, St. George’s, Argyle, Windsor, Carson Graham, Dr. Charles Best, Pinetree

Here’s our first updated look at the invitational senior boys basketball tournaments set to run this season. Keep checking back for more updates and if you are coaching a senior boys basketball team in B.C. this season and are hosting a tournament, send the information to htsumura@theprovince.com

CHILLIWACK INVITATIONAL

WHERE: Chilliwack Secondary

WHEN: Dec. 8-10

THE FIELD: Elgin Park, Lord Tweedsmuir, Port Moody, GW Graham, Mountain, Penticton, Sa-Hali, Valleyview, GP Vanier, Sardis, Point Grey, Chilliwack

SUTHERLAND SABRES HOLIDAY CLASSIC

WHERE: Sutherland Secondary (North Vancouver)

WHEN: Dec. 8-10

THE FIELD: Elphinstone, McNair, Centennial, Spectrum, McMath, Stelly’s, Seycove, Sutherland

WALNUT GROVE GATORS CLASSIC

WHERE: Walnut Grove Secondary (Langley)

WHEN: Dec. 8-10

THE FIELD: Maple Ridge, Heritage Woods, STM, Enver Creek, Gleneagle, Fleetwood Park, Mission, and Walnut Grove.

ROD THOMSON-REBEL CLASSIC

WHERE: Burnaby South

WHEN: Dec. 15-17

THE FIELD: Claremont, Tamanawis, Sir Winston Churchill, Delta, Heritage Park, Yale, Steveston-London, Burnaby South

GLENEAGLE TALONS CHALLENGE

WHERE: Gleneagle Secondary, Coquitlam

WHEN: Dec. 14-16

THE FIELD: R.C. Palmer, Carson Graham, Byrne Creek, Pinetree, Centennial, Sutherland, Sir Charles Tupper, Gleneagle

NORTH SHORE INVITATIONAL

WHERE: Carson Graham, Argyle and Handsworth secondary schools in North Vancouver

WHEN: Dec. 1-3

THE FIELD: (to date) Calgary-Western Canada, Claremont, Cowichan, Belmont, Dover Bay, Oak Bay, Seaquam, Lord Tweedsmuir, Brookswood. Four more teams TBA.

SURREY RCMP CLASSIC

WHERE: Various Surrey high schools

WHEN: Jan. 8-14

THE FIELD: Twenty-four senior and 16 junior teams

52ND ANNUAL SNOWBALL TOURNAMENT

WHERE: Abbotsford Collegiate

WHEN: Jan. 11-14

THE FIELD: Kelowna, Burnaby South, W.J. Mouat, Kitsilano, St. George’s, Winnipeg-Kelvin, MEI, Yale, G.W. Graham, Chillwack, Rhode Island-St. Andrews, Abbotsford Collegiate

AIR SHOW 2012

WHERE: Pitt Meadowas Secondary

WHEN: Jan. 12-14

THE FIELD: Mount Douglas, Mount Boucherie, Sir Charles Tupper, South Delta, Argyle, South Kamloops, Gleneagle, Cowichan, Claremont, Delta, Belmont, Pitt Meadows

DELTA PACERS CLASSIC

WHERE: Delta Secondary (Ladner)

WHEN: Jan. 19-21

THE FIELD: Centennial, Earl Marriott, Lord Tweedsmuir, R.E. Mountain, Cedar, Sentinel, Burnaby Central, Delta

THE EMERALD TOURNAMENT

WHERE: Vancouver College

WHEN: Jan. 19-21

THE FIELD: WRCA, Walnut Grove, Terry Fox, Burnaby South, Oak Bay, Vancouver College (more teams TBA)

THE MIDTOWN SHOWDOWN

WHERE: Eric Hamber Secondary

WHEN: Jan. 25-27

THE FIELD: TBA

JUNIOR BOYS

RIVERSIDE RAPIDS INVITATIONAL

WHERE: Riverside Secondary, Port Coquitlam

WHEN: Dec. 9-10

THE FIELD: Pitt Meadows, St. George’s, Argyle, Windsor, Carson Graham, Dr. Charles Best, Pinetree

VOLLEYBALL

SENIOR GIRLS

QUAD A

1. McMath (Richmond) (LW-1)

2. Riverside (Port Coquitlam) (2)

3. Heritage Woods (Port Moody) (3)

5. Penticton (5)

6. Earl Marriott (Surrey) (6)

8. Handsworth (North Vancouver) (8)

7. Mount Boucherie (Kelowna) (NR)

4. Kelowna (4)

9. West Vancouver (9)

10. Prince George (NR)

TRIPLE A

1. Seaquam (North Delta) (1)

2. Little Flower Academy (Vancouver) (2)

4. Clayton Heights (Surrey) (4)

8. Timberline (Campbell River) (8)

5. Ballenas (Parksville) (5)

3. McRoberts (Richmond) (3)

9. Nanaimo District (9)

7. Clarence Fulton (Vernon) (7)

9. Kelly Road (Prince George) (NR)

10. Crofton House (Vancouver) (10)

DOUBLE A

1. Surrey Christian (1)

2. Pacific Academy (Surrey) (2)

3. Lambrick Park (Victoria) (3)

4. St. Thomas Aquinas (North Vancouver) (4)

5. Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (5)

6. Highland (Comox) (6)

7. Kalamalka (Vernon) (7)

8. St. Thomas More (Burnaby) (8)

9. St. Patrick’s (Vancouver) (9)

10. Sa-Hali (Kamloops) (10)

SINGLE A

1. Highroad Academy (Chilliwack) (1)

2. Kelowna Christian (2)

3. Immaculata (Kelowna) (3)

4. Cedar (Nanaimo) (4)

5. Houston Christian (5)

6. Richmond Christian (6)

7. Duncan Christian (7)

8. Mt. Sentinel (South Slocan) (8)

9. White Rock Christian (9)

10. Golden (10)

Invitational Tournaments Oct. 28-29, 2011

Peach Arch

1 Seaquam

2 Surrey Christian

3 Earl Marriott

4 Clayton Heights

5 Pinetree

6 Delta

7 South Delta, Elgin Park

9 Vanier

10 North Surrey

11 Langley Christian, Burnaby North

13 Centennial, Fleetwood Park, Mouat, Burnaby Central

17 DW Poppy

18 Kwantlen Park

19 Elgin Park Jrs, Panorama Ridge

21 Brookswood, Guildford Park, Sands, Semiahmoo

BC Catholic

1 STA

2 LFA

3 STM/St. Pat’s

5 St. John Brebeuf, Holy Cross, Immaculata, Notre Dame

9 Archbishop Carney, St. Ann’s

Penticton

1 Penticton

2 Mt. Boucherie

3 South Kamloops, Maple Ridge

5 Kelowna

6 Mt. Sentinel

7 Rutland, Valleyview

9 Similkameen, Norkam, Vernon

12 Princess Margaret, Salmon Arm

Kelly Road

1 PGSS

2 North Peace

3 Houston Christian

4 College Heights

5 Kelly Road

6 Correlieu

7 Duchess Park

8 DP Todd

9 Cedars Christian

10 Ft. St. James

11 Caledonia

12 Nechako Valley

Timberline

1 Lambrick Park

2 Timberline

3 Ballenas

4 Highland

5 McRoberts

6 Belmont

7 Carihi

8 Claremont

Woodlands

1 NDSS

2 Oak Bay

3 Cedar

4 Wellington

5 Ladysmith

6 Woodlands

7 Gulf Islands

8 Cowichan

BURNABY — There is a YouTube video from the summer of 2011 in which wrestler Amar Dhesi is being interviewed in a hospital room after suffering an injury during a Team B.C. practice session at the Western Canada Summer Games.

Dhesi’s left ankle is wrapped in a bandages, and there are a pair of crutches propped up against the wall.
“But I still wrestled,” the senior grappler from Burnaby Central Secondary recalled with a laugh last week. “They taped it up really well, and the next day I went out and won the meet.”

On the eve of the 2013 B.C. high school wrestling championships, set to begin a three-day run Thursday at the Island Savings Centre arena in Duncan, uttering the phrase ‘massive favourite’ is a sure-fire way to steer the conversation to Dhesi, the insanely-talented super-heavyweight who brings the nuanced skills of a much lighter competitor to the mat in the frame of a 6-foot-2, 260-pound giant.

To provide a frame of reference from the sport of basketball, Dhesi would be just like your average, run-of-the-mill 6-foot-10 point guard.

“He is just special,” begins Gianni Buono, the Burnaby Central head coach who has been coaching at the high school level for 24 years. “He just knows how to move for a big man. I’d like to say kid, but he is a man. He has all the skills of a lightweight wrestler. He doesn’t wrestle like a heavyweight.”

An absolute stickler for technique, Dhesi, who proudly proclaims himself to be “a third generation wrestler” inherited his love for the sport from his father Balbir, and from his grandfather, both of whom wrestled in India.

Older brother Parm, now a freshman kingpin on the mat at Douglas College, provided about as stern a training partner as you could find. Parm, in fact, beat his younger brother at 110 kilos in the B.C. high school final back in 2011 and is now up for Sport B.C.’s High School Athlete of the Year award.

With that kind of a family tree, it’s not surprising that Dhesi first hit the mat at age five. Along the way, he has won numerous national titles, including two prestigious FILA cadet crowns. Come Saturday, he’ll be attempting to win his third B.C. high school gold medal.

And Dhesi’s success has done more than catch the attention of some of the biggest collegiate wrestling programs around. This fall, he heads off to Oregon State on a full-ride scholarship, joining a Beavers’ program currently ranked ninth in NCAA Div. 1, the highest ranking of any school in the western half of the U.S.

The Beavers couldn’t help but notice the Canadian. Last year, at a regional competition in the U.S., Dhesi easily beat Oregon State’s No. 1-rated incoming freshman grappler, even though he was a full year younger.

Take one look at his physique, and the first thing you think is raw, brute strength. But as Dhesi is quick to say: “For me it’s always been my technique before my strength. You just have to go out there, stay on the mat, and practice one move a thousand times.”

Adds Buono: “We have a very technical sport, every move is technical. Your hand grip and placement is so important in being successful, and he has mastered all the fine details. Developmentally, for his age, he is at a senior national level. He can compete with men and that is extremely unusual. A lot of times at that level you can’t compete as a heavyweight because strength and power will overwhelm technique at those weight classes. But he has both and I have never seen it before.

“Of all the kids I have coached,” continued Buono, “there is no doubt that he is the best at this stage of the game, and I don’t even know how many provincial and national champions we have had.”

Weigh-ins for both the boys and girls goes on Thursday, with competitors hitting the mats for competition Friday and Saturday.

BC CHAMPIONSHIPS SET FOR WEEKEND

The 2013 B.C. Secondary Schools wrestling championships begins two days of live competition on Friday in Duncan.

Hosted by the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club, the event features 17 weight classes for boys, and 12 for girls.

Preliminary round action, and semifinals, will be contested between 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Consolation finals begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, with the championship matches set to begin at 2 p.m.

North Vancouver’s Carson Graham Eagles are the defending B.C. girls champions. The Rick Hansen Hurricanes of Abbotsford have won the past two boys titles.

AMAR DHESI
WRESTLING
SCHOOL: Burnaby Central
FRESHMAN’S FUTURE: Oregon State

If not for his humility, Amar Dhesi might find reason to be a little bitter about a level of anonymity that seems to stand in direct contrast to his gargantuan talents, ones which make the Burnaby Central Wildcats senior one of the very best high school wrestlers in the entire world.

Take the recent Fila Junior showcase event held in Las Vegas. There, in the heavyweight division championship final, Dhesi finally got the opportunity to meet the No. 1-ranked prep wrestler in the entire United States, University of Michigan-bound Adam Koon.

“I guess you could say I was the underdog,” Dhesi smiles. “They didn’t know where I was from and they didn’t know who I was.”

Amar Dhesi from Burnaby Central Secondary. (Richard Lam, PNG photo)

So much so, in fact, that in a You Tube broadcast of the match, his surname is listed at Phesi, which the announcers pronounce Fay-Zee.

Over the course of six minutes, Dhesi proceeds to dominate his high-profile foe, ultimately winning, then swiftly walking off the mat like it’s something that happens every day of his life.

“I didn’t know who he was six minutes ago,” one announcer says. “But I do now.”

In the fall, Dhesi begins what is a very rare occurrence for Canadian wrestlers, beginning an NCAA Div. 1 career on scholarship at a powerhouse U.S. program, in his case, Oregon State.

And the multiple B.C. high school and two-time FILA cadet champion, a third-generation grappler, will attack that new challenge just like all of the others placed in front of him, with a supreme inner belief that he is the best.

“You have to have that inside of you,” he explains softly. “I think that no one can score on me. I wonder how someone is going to beat me. That is how you have to think.”

And what of Dhesi’s cauliflower right ear, its cartilage morphed and molded by the constant pounding years on the mat have brought?

To him, it is a badge.

“I had this by the time I was in Grade 9,” says Dhesi, who started wrestling age five. “Everyone asks me. I tell them I am proud of it.

BURNABY — By all reports, the lettermen jackets from the mid-1980s and the cast of mid-40s men that wore them while populating the sidelines Saturday morning for the B.C. senior boys Triple A soccer championship final, still fit fine.

But hey, 27 years is still 27 years.

And when Dezenan Bezdrob scored the game winner with under 30 seconds remaining in the second overtime period at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex, lifting North Vancouver’s Sutherland Sabres to a 2-1 win over the Burnaby Central Wildcats and giving the school its first boys senior varsity soccer title since 1986, pandemonium ensued.

“A lot of those guys were there, and that was pretty cool to see,” enthused Sabres’ head coach Bill Mahon, himself a former Sutherland student. “Those guys are all like 44, 45-years-old now. They have had kids come through the school and play soccer. It was pretty cool to get such great support from the alumni.”

A full generation later, soccer may indeed be coming back into fashion at one of the North Shore’s smallest secondary schools.

The Sabres last tasted provincial glory in the mid-1980s, winning B.C. titles in both 1984 and ’86, at a time when tiers had not yet been introduced.

This season, Mahon knew what a talented group he had on his hands, even though 12 of the 15 players were still in Grade 11. So he elected not to play at the Double A tier, instead electing to play with the larger schools at Triple A.

“The toughest part most years is just getting out of your zone,” said Mahon, who this season saw his team win the North Shore league title for the first time since 1997.

The Sabres earned an automatic berth to the provincials earlier this month with a 2-1 win over Burnaby-New West champion Burnaby Central, got the No. 1 seed heading into the provincial tournament, which began Thursday, then proceeded to beat Oak Bay of Victoria 6-0 in its Friday semifinal.

In its rematch against Burnaby Central in Saturday’s final, centre midfielder Travis Ladhar opened the scoring, capping a Sabres’ counter attack with a low shot past keeper Trevor Hughes in the 25th minute.

Within a minute, however, Central’s Parker Ellis, later selected the tournament MVP, equalized when he beat Michael Girard, later picked top keeper. Both teams had their chances from that point forward, but it appeared to both teams that the 15 minutes of overtime wasn’t going to settle anything.

“I was literally bending down on one knee to figure out who was going to shoot penalty kicks when we scored the winner,” laughed Mahon, who estimated that about 30 seconds remained before a potential shoot-out.

A free kick from about 45 yards out, was launched into the box, where Adam Swanson was able to get a head on it. The ball somehow wound up on Bezdrob’s chest and with no one between him and the net, he slotted home the golden goal.

“We still had a very strong year,” said Anto Steko, who co-coached the Wildcats this season with Ibrahim Adamu. “We only had two losses the whole way, and both of them were to Sutherland.”

BURNABY — Jacqui Ferraby didn’t really know what was going on when she received a call from The Province in the spring of 2000, inviting her to a photo shoot aimed at honouring the top high school student-athletes in B.C.

“I just remember it as being a very neat experience, getting to meet all of these other athletes,” she explained. “It really made you feel as if you were a part of something special.”

We called that project Head of the Class, and over the years, it has grown — both in size and scope — into our annual, season-ending tribute to those we proudly call our best and brightest.

On June 16, HOC will not only celebrate its 15th birthday, but also the realization that its been a full decade-and-a-half since our charter class of honourees traded the security of the classrooms, gyms and hallways of their high schools for their first steps into the world of adulthood.

It’s a span of time which has carried the Class of 2000 into their early 30s, and for Ferraby, our very first HOC soccer girl, it’s a span best described as coming full circle.

From a 17-year-old soccer star who helped North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers to three straight B.C. girls Triple A soccer titles, to a CIS national championship career with the UBC Thunderbirds, and now, to her current posting as a teacher and soccer coach at Burnaby Central Secondary, the 32-year-old Ferraby is dedicated to creating the same kinds of experiences through sport that she received as a teen.

“What I loved about high school soccer was that it brought together students of all ages,” reflects Ferraby, who serves as an assistant at Central under head coach Perry Kim. “You don’t get that cross-grade interaction in the hallways, but it was always fun to play together on a team. I really want the vibe of a team where we encourage and support each other, and have fun. This is something that should be memorable, and when they are finished I want them to look back on it as something they really enjoyed.”

And this season’s Burnaby Central team, sitting at No. 2 in the first set of provincial Triple A rankings (FULL RANKINGS BELOW), has the potential to experience some pretty memorable moments.

With sisters Reesa (mid-fwd) and Morgan Wright (keeper) helping lead the way, the Wildcats, coming off a 4-1 win Tuesday at Byrne Creek, have opened Burnaby-New Westminster league play with a perfect 5-0 record.

What’s most important to Ferraby, however, is being able to make a difference, both as a teacher in the classroom and on the soccer pitch.

In the past, she has helped the Vancouver Street Soccer League, a non-profit whose aim is to use the game to empower the homeless and the addicted, and give direction to at-risk youth. Next month she begins work on a masters in special education with a focus on learning disabilities.

We never fully knew what Head of the Class would ultimately come to represent when we launched it 15 years ago. We’re happy to say we do now.

SOCCER

GIRLS

TRIPLE A

TOP 10

1. Stelly’s Stingers (Saanichton)

2. Burnaby Central Wildcats

3. McMath Wildcats (Richmond)

4. South Delta Sun Devils (Tsawwassen)

5. Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils (Coquitlam)

6. Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam)

7. New Westminster Hacks

8. West Vancouver Highlanders

9. Fleetwood Park Dragons (Surrey)

10. Point Grey Greyhounds (Vancouver)

Honourable mention — Panorama Ridge Thunder (Surrey), Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey), Sentinel Spartans (West Vancouver), Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver), Sardis Falcons (Chilliwack), Clayton Heights Nightriders (Surrey), Belmont Bulldogs (Victoria), Oak Bay Breakers (Victoria)

PARKER ELLIS, KYLE SOHI

SOCCER

SCHOOLS: Burnaby Central (Ellis), North Delta (Sohi)

FRESHMEN’S FUTURE: Simon Fraser (Ellis), UBC (Sohi)

BURNABY — When it came time to picking their respective post-secondary destinations, Parker Ellis and Kyle Sohi weren’t concerned about helping to fuel the best rivalry currently being contested in the world of B.C. university sports.

Yet their decisions to don the respective colours of the Simon Fraser Clan and the UBC Thunderbirds at a time when each are playing to the zenith of their powers has done nothing but make a great rivalry even better.

“We’ve played against each other in metro and we were on the B.C. team together last year at the Canada Summer Games,” says the SFU-bound Ellis, who after leading Burnaby Central to a berth in the B.C. high school Triple A final, joins a Clan program which has made the Final Four at the NCAA Div. 2 national championships two years running.

“We’ve know each other five or six years,” adds North Delta’s Sohi, who joins a UBC Thunderbirds team which has won the last two CIS national championship titles. “We’re friends.”

Until, of course, the head-to-head matches begin.

What is certain is that UBC head coach Mike Mosher and Simon Fraser head coach Alan Koch each love the potential of their new star recruits.

“Parker is an incredibly dynamic player,” said Koch of the Golden Boot award winner for top scorer at the high school provincials. “He is excellent in one-v-one situations, and I think he is really going to suit our fluid, attacking game.”

Adds Mosher of Sohi: “His vision to see passes and then execute them is a special ability that I haven’t seen a lot at this level. I do think Kyle can come in and make an impact as a freshman and that is not easy to do with the team that we have. Plus, his transcript (in the 98 per cent range) is one of the best I have ever seen here at UBC.”

You get the idea. Special players for a special rivalry.

Welcome to The Province’s B.C. High School Football Report.

Here is the final report for this evening:

SCOREBOARD

TRIPLE A

No. 2 Mt. Douglas 44 No. 4 South Delta 7

No. 3 St. Thomas More 50 W.J. Mouat 14

Lord Tweedsmuir 28 Mt. Boucherie 18

Notre Dame 24 West Vancouver 0

New Westminster 24 Belmont 6

Kelowna 38 Centennial 19

DOUBLE A

No. 1 Mission 38 Nanaimo District 7

No 2 Vernon 42 Westsyde 7

No. 3 John Barsby 38 Windsor 18

No. 5 Pitt Meadows 50 Rick Hansen 0

Carson Graham 34 No 5 Argyle 7

Holy Cross 48 Moscrop 46 (OT)

Abbotsford 44 Robert Bateman 28

Clarence Fulton 33 Valleyview 0

GW Graham 15 Samuel Robertson 0 (default)

TRIPLE A

FRIDAY

NO. 4 SOUTH DELTA 7 at NO. 2 MT. DOUGLAS 44

VICTORIA — There is now only one undefeated team left in the Western Conference.

The three-time defending Subway Bowl Triple A champion Mt. Douglas Rams got a breakthrough game on offence from running back Seye Farinu, and a suffocating performance from its defence to halt the high-octane offence of the South Delta Sun Devils 44-7.

“Seye, far and away, played his best game as a high school football player on the season’s biggest stage to date,” said Rams’ head coach Mark Townsend after Farinu led the No. 2-ranked hosts past No. 4 South Delta by rushing 28 times for 218 yards and four touchdowns, and catching three passes for 99 more. “He was tenacious in fighting for ever single yard possible.

“The coaching staff could not be prouder of our entire team’s effort today against a high-powered South Delta team,” continued Townsend. “We were able to contain (South Delta QB) Lucas Kirk, who is a heck of an athlete, and limit his big-play capability. It was an outstanding job by the entire Rams’ defense. And on offense, our big boys up front along with fullback Pato Vega collectively played their best game of the year with both their run blocking and pass protection.”

Mt. Douglas did all of its scoring in the first three quarters and headed into the fourth with a 44-0 lead.

Farinu rushed for scores of 21, eight, one and two yards. Manny Lopez had the other rushing score for the Rams, while Gavin Cobb hauled a 19 yard strike from quarterback Joe Clarke to round out the scoring.

On the day, Cobb had four receptions, some of the spectacular variety, for 63 yards. Clarke was excellent completing 8-of-9 passes for 162 yards and the one touchdown.

On the defensive side of the ball, Declann Michielin led the way for the Rams — who also got a safety — with five tackles, followed by Jonah Merino with four tackles and a host of other players with multi-tackle games.

WEST VANCOUVER 0 at NOTRE DAME 24

BURNABY — The Notre Dame Jugglers kept the post-season within their grasp on Friday.

Playing an under-manned West Vancouver squad at Burnaby Lakes on Friday, the Jugglers (2-3) remained in the hunt for the Western Conference’s sixth-and-final playoff berth with a shutout win over the Highlanders (0-6).

But it didn’t come easy.

“I have found that any game after a bye week is always a challenge,” said Jugglers head coach Richard Scott. “West Van came in depleted in numbers but big on guts. Their QB (the hobbled Charlie Walsh) manned up and there was no quit. We had to wake our guys up and then we started to do some good things on offence. We now need a great week of prep for the Archbishops Cup on Halloween (against No. 5 Vancouver College).”

Jordan Gabriele snared a 25-yard touchdown pass from Notre Dame quarterback Theo Landers, who called his own number twice for scores on the day. Adam Turrin booted a 32-yard field goal as well in the win.

“It was a great game to coach and watch,” said West Vancouver head coach Shawn Anderson. “Both teams played hard and it was competitive. The effort and attitude was there from our side. We just could not execute on offence when it was needed.”

Anderson was very pleased with the play of his front seven on defence.

“I can’t say enough about them,” he commented. Max Lepur and Shawn Maddess played tough inside and Grade 10 end Elliot Beamer had nine tackles.

And to top it all off, Henry Zelezen, who tips the scales at 135 pounds, and has been converted, through a rash of injuries, from free safety and wide receiver to now outside linebacker and centre, finish the game with 11 tackles, and also made four catches for 61 yards.

“That is West Van football,” said Anderson. “You are not just a wide receiver or a safety. You need to know know every thing.”

Welsh, so banged up he could barely run, finished with 124 yards passing.

CENTENNIAL 19 at KELOWNA 38

KELOWNA — Game details unavailable

NEW WESTMINSTER 24 AT BELMONT 6

VICTORIA — The season may be a marathon, but the New Westminster Hyacks proved Friday that you can win with a sprint, especially when you come out of the blocks like they did in the provincial capital.

Tyron Morgan went on a 61-yard run to score for the Hyacks on their first play of the game, and on host Belmont’s first series, Matt Seymour made a one-handed interception that he returned 76 yards for a score.

The Hyacks would (4-2) would parlay that quick start into a 24-6 win over the host Bulldogs (1-4) to win the league clash and pull to within a game of the No. 4-ranked South Delta Sun Devils (5-1) in the race for second place in the Western Conference. Interestingly enough, the two teams meet next week.

“It was a quality win against a good opponent,” said New Westminster head coach Farhan Lalji as his troops rebounded from last week’s 31-6 drubbing at the hands of Vancouver College by scoring all of its points in the first half. “Our offense could have been better in the second half, but you have to give credit to Belmont. They were well coached and well prepared. If they had any depth their record would be a lot different.”

Lalji stressed he was happy to see Seymour, who made five catches for 92 yards including a 21-yard TD catch from pivot Mackenzie Ratcliffe in the final minute of the opening half, rebound back to form.

“Matt Seymour had a great bounce back game,” added Lalji. “He was very upset with his performance last week and showed once again that he’s a special player.”

New Westminster’s other points came on a 31-yard field goal by Wayne Palmer. Court Boice scored Belmont’s lone touchdown on a 96-yard catch and run.

“We now have to quickly turn our attention to South Delta,” said Lalji “I’m sure they’ll be very motivated after their game against Mt. Douglas this week. They’ve shown all season that they’re an explosive, legit team. We’ve had some great battles for the Kushnir Boot with them, and now the stakes will be even higher.”

Morgan carried 12 times for 112 yards, while defensively New West was led by four players who combined to make 30 tackles and three sacks. Jeff Lugtu had 10 tackles and a sack, Ebrahiem Farroghi and Jorge Yarwood each seven tackles and a sack and Jonathan Tomalty with six tackles.

“Defensively it was our best game of the season,” said Belmont coach Alexis Sanschagrin, who got 112 yards rushing and solid defence from Matt Pastro. “Overall we played a good game considering our thin depth. We didn’t get the outcome we had hoped for, but I was extremely pleased with the way our guys competed.”

LORD TWEEDSMUIR 28 at MT. BOUCHERIE 18

KELOWNA — Caleb Abraham rushed 19 times for 132 yards, but most importantly, carried over the goal line to score all four of Lord Tweedsmuir’s touchdowns Friday night in Kelowna, helping the Panthers move to 4-1 in the Eastern Conference after a hard-hitting 28-18 win over the host Mt. Boucherie Bears (3-3) at the Apple Bowl.

The Panthers fought through, from their perspective, a potentially critical momentum swing in the opening half to get the win and hold on to third place in the conference behind Terry Fox and St. Thomas More.

Leading 14-0, the Panthers were able to block a Boucherie field goal attempt.

“We had eight players around the ball and as we picked it up there was an inadvertent whistle forcing a replay of the down,” said Panthers head coach Kurt Thornton who watched as the Bears eventually nailed the field goal. “A 10-point swing.”

“They battled hard in the second half and took advantage of some of our back-ups who were forced into critical situations due to injuries,” continued Thornton. “Boucherie was physical and played us very tough. We are going to have to be better if we are going to beat STM (next week).”

LT’s Colton Zayshley carried 12 times for 116 yards and had seven tackles, a sack and a 60-yard interception return. Hayden Hamilton had 10 tackles including two sacks, and a fumble recovery.

NO. 3 ST. THOMAS MORE 50 at W.J. MOUAT 14

ABBOTSFORD — At a place where running the football has been a launching pad to major college football and the pros, Terrell Jana wrote his own piece of history on Friday.

The St. Thomas More Knights’ quarterback set a school record for the longest TD run from scrimmage, going 97 yards for a major, part of alight in which he totalled 419 all-purpose yards as B.C.’s No. 3-ranked AAA team topped the host W.J. Mouat Hawks 50-14.

“Tonight was once again a tale of two halves, except this time we played much better in the second half,” said STM head coach Bernie Kully, referencing his team’s poor second half earlier this season in a non-conference loss to Vancouver College. “Mouat came out and played very physical and we didn’t respond as well as we could have. Mouat is always well prepared and coach (Denis) Kelly does a great job maximizing his team’s potential.”

Nonetheless, Jana was impossible to stop as the Knights maintained their hold on second place in the sat with a 5-1 record.

The quarterback rushed for 259 yards and two scores, and passes for 160 yards and two more, both to receiver JJ Deslauriers. Shane Noel and Andrew Flett were among the other Knights to score. Noel and Jordan Stewart rushed for a combined 136 yards as STM outscored Mouat 29-7 in the second half.

“They blew it open in the second half,” said Kelly of the Knights.

Mouat running back Jacob Dodd did his part to keep it close early, and finished the night with 36 rushed for 198 yards. Hawks quarterback Noah Falconer was 11-of-21 for 156 yards, throwing touchdowns of one yard to brother Elijah Falconer, and 20 yards to Cole Barker.

Slater McRae, one of the province’s top all-round players, had three grabs for 72 yards in the loss against a Knights’ defence that was up for the challenge. Spencer Moore from his middle linebacking spot had eight tackles and a sack, a number matched by Ben Steele. Robert Erasto has seven tackles, including two sacks and forced a pair of fumbles.

Jared Jensen’s five tackles led the Mouat defence.

Despite the loss, Mouat (1-4) still owns the sixth and final playoff spot in the East.

DOUBLE A

NANAIMO DISTRICT 7 at NO. 1 MISSION 38 

MISSION — Full game details not available

CARSON GRAHAM 34 at NO. 5 ARGYLE 7

NORTH VANCOUVER — The Carson Graham Eagles lost the B.C. Double A championship title to the John Barsby Bulldogs by a single point last December.

Last week, the Eagles’ crosstown foes, the Argyle Pipers, beat the Bulldogs by a point.

On Friday, when the two clashed in on derby soil at William Griffin Park, the Eagles weren’t interested in being involved in another close game, especially after they’d just had one of their own last Saturday, a one-point win over another crosstown foe, the Handsworth Royals.

Carson Graham (3-1) scored its last 20 points unanswered, all in the second half, topping the first-place Pipers (4-1) in a key Western Conference clash.

“The defense put in a lot of work this week after last week’s shoot out with Handsworth,” said Eagles head coach John Buchanan. “Coach Grant and the defensive coaches made some good adjustments which paid off today. We had some good pressure up front and were able to pressure their quarterback.”

The Eagles, in fact, sacked starter Cole Theobald five times on the day.

Devon Pederson, Jake Rosario, Nick Playle and Flynn Heyes all got in on the sacks, Heyes finishing with eight tackles, Rosario with five tackles and a fumble recovery and Pederson with two sacks from his defensive end position.

Offensively, Carson pivot Mike Worthen went 15-of-22 for 201 yards and three touchdowns.

After Russell Tolentino opened the game with a nine-yard run, Worthen went 25 yards to Kieran Benedito for a score and the Eafles led 14-0 at the half.

Argyle scored early in the second half, but the Eagles added three more majors the rest of the way.

Lucas Bill caught a 16-yard Worthen strike, Tolentino found the end zone on a three-yard run and Bill caught a 49-yard TD pass.

“Offensively we had a nicely balanced attack,” said Buchanan, who got over 200 yards passing and over 200 yards rushing. “Tolentino had a big game running. Our offensive line struggled at times against Argyle, but they still managed to open up some big holes. But Argyle is a very improved football team, and they did very good things on both sides of the ball. The improvement of this program since they re-started the sport is a real credit to the hard work of their players.”

Tolentino carried 17 times for 145 yards, whole Bill caught nine passes for 127 yards.

NO. 3 JOHN BARSBY 38 at WINDSOR 18

NORTH VANCOUVER — The John Barsby Bulldogs may have dropped out of the No. 1 spot in the Double A rankings, but with North Rainey at the helm, the Nanaimo squad never seems to lose its true compass direction.

Rainey fired a 47-yard Hail-Mary heave to Tyler Hill with two seconds left in the first half, then returned a kickoff 70 yards to the end zone on his team’s first touch of the second half Friday in a 38-18 win over the host Windsor Dukes.

Barsby (4-1) found itself back in a tie for first place in the West after the team that beat them last week, the Argyle Pipers, fell to the Carson Graham Eagles.

And it is those very Eagles, whom the Bulldogs beat dramatically in last season’s Subway Bowl final, who will play host to the Nanaimo squad this Thursday.

“We were happy with our ability to bounce back after last week’s game, our defensive physicality and our offensive balance,” said Barsby head coach Rob Stevenson. “Also, we stayed on an even keel with the momentum swings during this game.”

They also proved that they do indeed have a field goal unit.

The Bulldogs opened the game with a 35-yard field goal by Ettiene Kessler Martinez. Nothing too special there, except that it was Barsby’s first field goal since 2004.

Rainey finished the day with 199 yards passing and three TD tosses, both going to receiver Chris DeGoutiere who scored on grans of 60 and 25 yards, and finished the day with 132 yards in receptions.

Cole Virtanen, who led the defence with nine tackles, also led the team in rushing with 14 carries for 108 yards, including a four-yard touchdown. Parker Bowles had eight tackles and a fumble recovery.

ABBOTSFORD 44 at ROBERT BATEMAN 28

ABBOTSFORD — Jordan Fox is anything but a dime a dozen.

The Abbotsford Panthers quarterback did the unthinkable Friday, matching his six-TD performance of a week ago by doing it all over again Friday in his team’s 44-38 win over crosstown rival Robert Bateman.

A dozen TDs in two weeks?

Fox rushed for a pair of scores, and threw two apiece to Jordan Goheen and Chase Claypool as the Panthers (3-1) maintained their hold on third place in the East behind Pitt Meadows and Mission by rallying from a 22-10 halftime deficit.

Abby’s defence also came up huge.

In the second half, they picked off five Bateman passes. Richard Tshimpaka had three picks, while Madaraka Koul has two.

Bateman’s Timberwolves got off to a quick start as Trevor VanBugnum took opening kickoff the distance.

Josh Friskie was 10-21 130 yards and two touchdowns in the loss while Austin Zacher and MacKenzie Johnson led the Wolves’ defence with five tackles each.

HOLY CROSS 46 at MOSCROP 44 (OT)

BURNABY — The Holy Cross Crusaders used shutout second-half defence just to get a chance, then found a way in overtime to win one of the most exciting games in school history.

The Crusaders won for the first time in Southern Conference play this season, rallying from a 30-14 halftime deficit to beat Burnaby’s Moscrop Panthers 46-44 in overtime.

“I’m very proud of the boys,” said Crusaders’ head coach Conrad Deugau. “It took a total team effort to win and they gave everything to be successful. Other than the stats singling guys out, every single one of the boys contributed to this win.”

Some of the highlights?

Jordan O’Reilly’s touchdown-saving tackle on special teams in the second half was one as he ran down their returner from behind and stopped him on the Holy Cross 10-yard line.

“It was pure effort and determination that did it on that one,” said Deugau. “It was the turning point of the game because they couldn’t punch it in on four attempts.

NO. 2 VERNON 42 at WESTSYDE 7

KAMLOOPS — Josh Hyer couldn’t have felt much higher than he did Friday in Kamloops.

The Vernon Panthers’ 10th grade tight end, stepping into a larger role in his team’s offence due to injury, caught a pair of scoring strikes from quarterback John Garvie as B.C.’s No 2-ranked squad remained unbeaten in the Okanagan (4-0), defeating the previously-unbeaten Westsyde Blue Wave (2-1) by a 42-7 count.

Hyer caught touchdown passes of 34 and five yards from his senior quarterback, as the Panthers led 28-0 after their first four drives of the game.

“We got back on track today and played more like Panther football,” said Vernon head coach Sean Smith. “I was not happy with last week (a 37-12 win over Salmon Arm) but we came out strong tonight, we competed the whole first half and I think we showed that we are the better team.”

The Panthers led 35-0 at the half and 42-0 after three quarters.

Garvie also rushed for one score, as did Levi Nicholas and Karson Patommel. That trio, along with Zac Kronbauer, who returned a punt for a touchdown, rushed 27 times for 180 yards.

On defence, Patommel and Carson Labrecque each recorded six tackles, while Kronbauer also made an interception.

The Panthers can complete an undefeated regular season with a win next Saturday against crosstown foes, the Clarence Fulton Maroons.

SOUTH KAMLOOPS at SALMON ARM

SALMON ARM — game details unavailable

BURNABY CENTRAL 0 at HUGH BOYD 39

RICHMOND — The Hugh Boyd Trojans continued to use a balanced attack on offense, and a swarming attack on defense, to defeat the visiting Burnaby Central Wildcats 39-0 Friday night in a non-conference game.

Five different players found the end zone for Boyd.

Quarterback Tyler Moxin called his own number on a five-yard run, H-back Patrick Ruvalcaba rumbled 30 yards to the end zone, tight end Gabe Saklofsky scored twice, on a 17-yard run and a 48-yard pass reception, receiver Austin scored on a 37-yard catch, and Anthony Giorno, doubling as a wide receiver and centre, added majors off an 85-yard run and a 40-yard interception.

“We continue to get contributions from a number of players, in a number of different ways,” said head coach Bill Haddow. “We’ve got some good speed, and we’ve been able to take advantage of that on our turf.”

Hugh Boyd (3-0) can complete a perfect Southern Conference campaign if it can get past Holy Cross in a Halloween tilt at the Boyd turf in Richmond.

SAMUEL ROBERTSON 0 at G.W. GRAHAM 15

CHILLIWACK — Forfeit win for GW Graham.

CLARENCE FULTON 33 at VALLEYVIEW 0

KAMLOOPS — game details unavailable

RICK HANSEN 0 at NO. 5 PITT MEADOWS 50

PITT MEADOWS — On a night when the top half of the Eastern Conference all managed to pick up wins, the Pitt Meadows Marauders could ill afford a slip up.

Clearly, there wasn’t.

Pitt’s Ryan Beaubien not only accrued 300 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns, one of those majors came off blocked a punt.

Beaubien and teammate Mark Ashamalla each also made interceptions, Ashamalla returning his 80 yards for the score.

“We’re moving in the right direction,” head coach Matt Todd said after the game. “Our focus coming into this season was to play the full game. Last week we started slow and were down 14 points before we knew it. This week we played all 48 minutes.”

Mack Dhami led the defence with seven tackles including two sacks as Pitt improved to 4-1 ahead of its game next week against Sentinel. Beaubien had six tackles and Bailey Mountford five tackles.

BURNABY — It’s one thing to win the B.C. boys Triple A soccer championship, but it’s another to do it in the fashion that Coquitlam’s Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils did Saturday, capping three days of competition at the 2015 event by topping North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers 5-1 in the championship final.

“It’s the best high school team I have ever coached,” said Blue Devils head coach Dave Jones. “Afterwards, a few longtime B.C. high school soccer coaches told me that it’s the best team they’ve ever seen.”

Based on a level of dominance, both in regular- and post-season matches, it’s hard to argue.

The Fraser Valley champions out-scored its opposition over five games at the provincial tournament by a whopping 21-3 margin, at one stage posting three consecutive clean sheets en route to building a level of momentum that was getting stronger as the final whistle sounded at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.

The Blue Devils opened the tournament with the first of three pool-section contests by scoring three unanswered goals to beat North Delta’s Seaquam Seahawks 5-2, and finished pool play off by blanking Victoria’s Reynolds Roadrunners 3-0 and Vancouver’s Lord Byng Grey Ghosts 4-0.

On Friday after, they blanked the Burnaby Central Wildcats 4-0 in the semifinals, and although a rare defensive miscue found them trailing 1-0 early in Saturday’s title match to the Pipers, they steadied themselves to win their first B.C. crown since 2012 in convincing fashion.

Jin An in the 10th minute and Matteo Polisi in first-half injury time sent Charles Best into the break with a 2-1 lead. In the second half, Stefan Kamner, Polisi with his second of the game, and Jordan Verones rounded out the scoring.

Keeper Jared Horvath, and back liners Janko Vong and Erik Morden, the team’s three captains, were all superb in limiting the opposition to just three goals over the tournament.

Horvath was picked top goalie, and Polisi was named MVP, the latter scoring seven goals and adding three assists despite being able to play in only three of his team’s five games.

“Our school is known for its soccer prowess,” said Jones as the Blue Devils’ won last spring’s B.C. senior girls Triple A title, and this season also won the Fraser Valley junior boys crown. “We’re known as the soccer school.”

Burnaby Central defeated Surrey’s Tamawis Wildcats 4-2 to finish third.

*In the boys senior Double A championship final staged on Wednesday, Kelowna’s Okanagan Mission Huskies defeated the Sa-Hali Sabres of Kamloops 2-0. Vancouver’s John Oliver Jokers went to overtime and beat Richmond’s R.A. McMath Wildcats to finish third.

FOOTBALL

THE PROVINCE’S
BIG 5
TRIPLE A
1. Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam) (6-1) (LW-2)
2. Vancouver College Fighting Irish (8-1) (4-tie)
3. tie New Westminster Hyacks (8-1) (1)
3. tie Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (7-1) (3)
4. W.J. Mouat Hawks (Abbotsford) (5-2) (4-tie)
5. Notre Dame Jugglers (6-2) (5)
DOUBLE A
1. Mt. Douglas Rams (Victoria) (8-0) (LW-1)
2. South Delta Sun Devils (4-1) (2)
3. Rick Hansen Hurricanes (Abbotsford) (6-2) (3)
4. Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (8-1) (4)
5. Windsor Dukes (North Vancouver) (5-2, 5-2) (NR)
THIS WEEK
FRIDAY
TRIPLE A
WESTERN CONFERENCE
2 p.m. — Notre Dame at Vancouver College
3:15 p.m. — West Vancouver at Carson Graham
7:30 p.m. — Earl Marriott at New Westminster (Mercer Stadium)
EASTERN CONFERNCE
2:15 p.m. — W.J. Mouat at Lord Tweedsmuir
7 p.m. — Terry Fox at Centennial (Percy Perry)
OKANAGAN CONFERENCE
5 p.m. — South Kamloops at Kelowna (Apple Bowl)
7:30 p.m. — Mt. Boucherie at Rutland
DOUBLE A
COASTAL CONFERENCE
2:30 p.m. — South Delta at Handsworth (Griffin Park)
3 p.m. — Ballenas at Windsor
7:30 p.m. — Mt. Douglas at Belmont (City Centre)
MAINLAND CONFERENCE
3 p.m. — Rick Hansen at Mission
SATURDAY
TRIPLE A
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1:30 p.m. — St. Thomas More at Holy Cross
DOUBLE A
MAINLAND CONFERENCE
1:30 p.m. — Langley at Sands
3:15 p.m. — Pitt Meadows at Abbotsford
7 p.m. — Seaquam at Hugh Boyd
OKANAGAN CONFERENCE
1 p.m. — Okanagan-Mission at Clarence Fulton

SOCCER
SENIOR BOYS

TRIPLE A
1. St. George’s (Vancouver) (9-0) (LW-2)
2. Johnston Heights (Surrey) (11-0) (3)
3. Handsworth (North Vancouver) (11-1-0) (4)
4. Langley (9-1-0) (5)
5. Dr. Charles Best (Coquitlam) (10-1) (6)
6. R.A. McMath (Richmond) (9-0) (8)
7. Centennial (Coquitlam) (10-1) (1)
8. Burnaby South (8-1) (9)
9. Stelly’s (Victoria) (7-1-0) (10)
10. Panorama Ridge (Surrey) (8-1-2) (NR)
Honorable mention — Alpha (Burnaby) (8-1-1), North Delta (10-3)
TRIPLE A
VOLLEYBALL
SENIOR GIRLS
QUAD A
1. Riverside (Port Coquitlam) (2)
2. Kelowna (1)
3. Handsworth (North Vancouver) (3)
4. Earl Marriott (Surrey) (4)
5. North Peace (Ft. St. John) (6)
6. Frances Kelsey (Mill Bay) (7)
7. Prince George (8)
8. Penticton (NR)
9. Clayton Heights (Surrey) (NR)
10. Hugh McRoberts (Richmond) (9)
TRIPLE A
1. Timberline (Campbell River) (1)
2. MEI (Abbotsford) (2)
3. Duchess Park (Prince George) (3)
4. South Delta (4)
5. Aldergrove (5)
6. Mark Isfeld (Courtenay) (6)
7. Clarence Fulton (Vernon) (7)
8. Crofton House (Vancouver) (8) 
9. Nanaimo District (9)
10. Wellington (Nanaimo) (10)

DOUBLE A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (North Vancouver) (1)
2. Brentwood College (Mill Bay) (2)
3. St. Patrick’s (Vancouver) (3)
4. Pacific Academy (Surrey) (4)
5. Woodlands (Nanaimo) (5)
6. St. Thomas More (Burnaby) (7)
7. Holy Cross (Surrey) (NR)
8. Kalamalka (Vernon) (8)
9. Fraser Valley Christian (Surrey)  (6)
10. Selkirk (Kimberley) (9)
SINGLE A
1. Kelowna Christian (1)
2. West Point Grey Academy (Vancouver) (4)
3. Mount Sentinel (South Slocan)  (2) 
4. Langley Christian (3)
5. Immaculata (Kelowna) (5) 
6. White Rock Christian (Surrey) (7)
7. Credo Christian (Abbotsford) (NR)
8. Highroad Academy (Chilliwack) (6)
9. Glenlyon-Norfolk (Victoria) (9)
10. Fernie (8)

RESULTS
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (Oct. 30-31)
Timberline Wolves Classic
(at Campbell River)
1 Timberline, 2 Frances Kelsey, 3 DW Poppy, 4 NDSS, 5 Carihi, 6 Belmont, 7 Timberline Juniors, 8 Brooks
Woodlands Tournament
(at Nanaimo)
1 Woodlands, 2 Wellington, 3 Dover Bay, 4 Oak Bay, 5 Ballenas, 6 Ladysmith, 7 Cedar, 8 Gulf Islands

B.C. Catholic Championships
1 STA, 2 St. Pat’s, 3 STM, 4 Holy Cross, 5 Notre Dame, LFA, Archiboshp Carney, Immaculata; 9 St. Andrew’s, St. Ann’s , St. John Brebeuf
 
Kelly Road Tournament
(at Prince George)
1 Prince George, 2 Duchess Park, 3 Correlieu, 4 Nechako Valley, 5 College Heights, 6 Cedars Christian, 7 DP Todd, Ft. St. James. Chetwynd, Kelly Road, PGSS B
 
Peace Arch News Tournament
(at South Surrey)
1 Earl Marriott, 2 Clayton Heights, 3 Burnaby Central, 4 Johnston Heights, 5 Vanier/Mark Isfeld, 7 Aldergrove/Delta, 9 Seaquam, 10 Riverside Jrs, 11 Centennial, Semiahmoo, 13 Earl Marriott Jrs, North Surrey, Queen Elizabeth, Sands, 17 Frank Hurt, Fraser Heights

Penticton Invitational
1 Kelowna Christian, 2 Penticton, 3 Kelowna, 4 Kelowna 11’s, 5 Penticton Jrs, 6 Mt. Sentinel. 7 Princess Margaret, Boundary Central

Independent Schools Association Championships
1 West Point Grey Academy, 2 Crofton House, 3 Collingwood, 4 York House, 5 Glenlyon Norfolk, 6 Shawnigan Lake, 7 SMU

SENIOR BOYS
TRIPLE A
1. Fleetwood Park (Surrey) (1)
2. Earl Marriott (Surrey) (2)
3. Kelowna (5)
4. Mt. Baker (Cranbrook) (3)
5. David Thompson (Vancouver) (4)
6. Semiahmoo (Surrey) (6)
7. G.P. Vanier (Courtenay) (7)
8. Mt. Boucherie (Kelowna) (8)
9. Killarney (Vancouver) (9)
10. Penticton (10)
Honorable mention — Fraser Heights (Surrey), Oak Bay (Victoria), Burnaby North, North Peace

DOUBLE A
1. MEI (Abbotsford) (1)
2. W.L. Seaton (Vernon) (2)
3. Clarence Fulton (Vernon) (3)
4. Sa-Hali (Kamloops) (4)
7. Mt. Sentinel (South Slocan) (7)
9. Abbotsford Christian (9)
5. Langley Christian (5)
6. Prince Charles (Creston) (6)
8. George Elliott (Winfield) (8)
10. Princess Margaret (NR)
Honorable mention — Kalamalka Lakers (Vernon), D.P. Todd (Prince George) (10), Fernie, Vernon, Smithers
SINGLE A
1. Richmond Christian (1)
2. Houston Christian (2)
3. Credo Christian(Langley) (3)
4. Bulkley Valley Christian (Smithers) (5)
5. Immaculata (Kelowna) (NR)
6. Kelowna Christian (4)
7. Ebenezer (Smithers) (7)
8. Vernon Christian (6)
9.  Duncan Christian (9)
10. Clearwater (NR)
Honorable mention — Sparwood, Eagle River (Sicamous)

CROSS COUNTRY
B.C. CHAMPIONSHIP
PRE-MEET RANKINGS
Girls
Team
1. Oak Bay
2. West Point Grey Academy
3. Salmon Arm
4. Semiahmoo
5. Little Flower Academy
Individual
1. Lindsey Butterworth – Handsworth
2. Christine Ridenour – Cowichan
3. Sasha Schoch – Kelowna
4. Jackie Reagan – Little Flower Academy
5. Alex Siemens – WJ Mouat
Boys
Team
1. Saint George’s
2. Oak Bay
3. Kwanten Park
4. Claremont
5. Walnut Grove
Individual
1. Justin Kent – Kwantlen Park
2. Connor Clerke – Kelowna
3. Christian Gravel – Saint George’s
4. Will Cliff – Saint George’s
5. Thomas Riva – Kwalikum

COLE MOROKHOVICH
SOCCER
SCHOOL: Burnaby Central
FRESHMEN’S FUTURE: Princeton

Burnaby Central’s Cole Morokhovich. (PNG photo)

When Cole Morokhovich talks about the best of both worlds, he’s speaking to the environment that perserverance has helped create for himself.

For the past number of years, that will to work has included the daily commute through the early-morning rush hour from his home in the Tri-Cities to Burnaby Central Secondary where he has honed his game on the soccer pitch within the Vancouver Whitecaps program.

“It’s been worth it and I look at it as a small price to pay to be in the best training environment in Canada,” the Port Coquitlam native explains.

Lockstep with that desire to become the best soccer player he could, however, was an innate recognition that doing so in the classroom was equally important.

And when you shoot for the moon and put the two disciplines together, you get the kind of end result that propels you to your biggest dreams.

In the fall, Morokhovich jets off to the east coast of the U.S. to begin a most challenging academic-athletic chapter in his life in the Ivy League at New Jersey’s NCAA Div. 1 Princeton University.

Yes, that Princeton, the school which U.S. World Report ranked as its national No. 1 university in 14 of the last 16 years. In the other two it was ranked second.

And if you ask Morokhovich, who still envisions a pro career in the game, what helped him stay focused on the road to becoming an Ivy League athlete, he’ll tell you that bouncing back from failure has played a pivotal role in developing the resiliency that today serves him so well.

“I started off playing for PoCo, but I came over to Coquitlam when I was 11 and I tried out for the top team,” he remembers. “I didn’t make. So I played at a lower level, worked hard and by the end of that year I was training with the higher team. The season after I tried out and made that team.”

The same scenario would repeat itself at an even higher level.

Morokhovich was cut in his first attempt to make the Whitecaps program, but came back the next season and has been there ever since.

“That is what is so great about the Ivys,” he continues. “It is the cream of the crop for academics and athletics. It made me want to challenge myself to be accepted there. I spent hours getting my soccer video ready to send out to the coaches, writing my ACT’s and of course, maintaining my grades in high school at the same time.

“I truly believe I couldn’t have done all of this without soccer,” continued Morokhovich, who is contemplating an academic path that includes med school, “and its big part of my success. But I want to also see if I can play professsional soccer first.”

For a guy who has a track record of not taking ‘No’ for an answer, it’ hard to bet against him.

(A note from reporter Howard Tsumura — The Province wishes to thank both Cole Morokhovich and Olivia Sheppard for sharing the spotlight in their Head of the Class photograph which is a part of our 17th annual print edition. What athlete doesn’t want to have their own page? We understand this, but felt that the impact of having two Vancouver Whitecaps players — a boy and a girl — each accomplishing their goals of becoming student athletes at the same Ivy League school would produce an image that carries with it a powerful message to all young athletes striving to make their biggest impact in both the classroom and on the playing field. When you look at it, we’re sure you’ll agree. We thank both of them for their graciousness and wish them all the best in their respective futures).