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Donnie and Dhali - The TeamDonnie and Dhali - The TeamMarch 9th 2023Today the guys react to an OT win by the Canucks against the Ducks last night and catch up with a former Canucks forward.Joining the guys is Farhan Lalji (18:33), Howard Tsumura (28:45) and Brandon Sutter (48:54).2023-03-091h 30A Hoops JourneyA Hoops JourneyEpisode 83 - ”Pink Whistle Campaign” and talking Officials with Karn DhillonWe have respected and longtime veteran referee Karn Dhillon joining us on the podcast for Episode 83 of A Hoops Journey. We release this episode a day before the Junior Boys Provincials to bring awareness to the Pink Whistle Campaign - started 13 years ago when Karn's sister Amanjit was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The grassroots program has since grown tremendously, with the officials in the provincial tournament wearing pink whistles. We end off the show with Karn and Aaron sharing stories, best games that Karn has officiated, hilarious stories featuring the Eberhardt's, Dolphin Park and much, much more!  2022-02-261h 10A Hoops JourneyA Hoops JourneyEpisode 79 - John MillsWe have proud Vancouver Irish alumnus and former UBC Thunderbird John Mills. A long decorated basketball career both as a player and off the court as part of Canada Basketball and various boards in president, executive director and co-chair positions, we sit down with the former teacher to chat about his past. We chat all things Vancouver College, UBC, Canada Basketball and how to fix Canada Basketball as an institution. A fantastic episode featuring Hawkins' Cheezies, Gordon Thorogood, and so much more!   Article on Bill Russell by Howard Tsumura: "It’s no fable! In 1952, before his...2022-01-081h 06A Hoops JourneyA Hoops JourneyEpisode 63 - Howard TsumuraCurrent Varsity Letters founder and writer Howard Tsumura joins us for Episode 63 to outline a storied career. Howard is a former writer for The Province, beat writer for the late Vancouver Grizzlies, and a multi-sport writer for all of BC High School Sports, and frequent play-by-play broadcaster for high school and university sports. he talks about how he got into the journalism industry, dealing with adversity at a young age, how he found his voice in his writing, his foray into the NBA, the magic of high school sports and kids' stories, and so much more. One of THE...2021-07-171h 53Varsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 37: March 10, 2021Welcome back to Varsity Letters-The Podcast! This week, as the Langley Events Centre re-plays classic B.C. boys basketball championship finals, we have a guest who has coached in one of the most finishes ever. Before he assumed the head role with SFU men's basketball in 2016-17, Steve Hanson was the co-coach of the Terry Fox Ravens, and in 2012 the Fraser Valley No. 4 seeds staged an epic run through the bracket at the LEC, setting up a classic clash for the title with Langley's Walnut Grove Gators. Hanson re-lives that championship season and...2021-03-1042 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 36: March 3, 2021Welcome to the Varsity Letters podcast. This week, in honour of the B.C. senior girls basketball championships, we catch up with former Centennial head coach Steve Pettifer, who in the last 1980s, led the Centaurs to five straight provincial Final Fours, including a pair of titles. Pettifer, brought to Centennial by the legendary Rich Chambers, later coached the school’s boys team into the provincial final. Varsity Letters, Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to provincial university and high school sports coverage, is produced by Gabriel Lynn, and available at Apple Music, Spot...2021-03-0353 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 35: February 24, 2021Welcome to the latest edition of the Varsity Letters podcast. Today we chat with longtime basketball referee Karn Dhillon. Varsity Letters, Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to provincial university and high school sports coverage, is produced by Gabriel Lynn, and available at Apple Music, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Our theme music, Generation Next, is written and performed exclusively for Varsity Letters by Chad Joiner and the MEI Screaming Eagles marching band.2021-02-2456 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 34: February 17, 2021Varsity Letters is back this week with one of B.C.'s most enduring basketball coaches and personalities: Larry Street. The former Burnaby South grad, who played collegiately at Simon Fraser and has, for the past generation, coached the senior boys varsity at Courtenay's G.P. Vanier Secondary, Street joins host Howard Tsumura to chat about his lifelong love affair with the sport. Varsity Letters, Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to provincial university and high school sports coverage, is produced by Gabriel Lynn, and available at Apple Music, Spotify, or wherever you listen to po...2021-02-1747 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 33: January 27, 2021The UBC football nation, just like all of the other tight-knit, tradition-laden programs across Canada, mourned the loss of 2020 university football season. Thunderbirds’ head coach Blake Nill, however, is excited and hopeful for the prospects of a 2021 campaign… that much is obvious as the three-time Vanier Cup national championship-winning coach joins host Howard Tsumura on this week’s Varsity Letters’ podcast. Varsity Letters, Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to provincial university and high school sports coverage, is produced by Gabriel Lynn, and available at Apple Music, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Our the...2021-01-2746 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 32: January 20, 2021From a college football career at Brigham Young University to an NFL coaching internship under Andy Reid and Eric Bieniemy with the Kansas City Chiefs, Mike Rigell has travelled a varied and valued road on his journey to becoming the head coach of Simon Fraser University football. Today, Coach Rigell joins the Varsity Letters podcast ready to speak to all facets of his football life, from putting on the pads as a young grade schooler, to helping guide Simon Fraser football through the past 10 months of the coronavirus pandemic. Varsity Letters, Canada’s only podcast de...2021-01-2041 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 31: January 13, 2021Happy New Year. Our first podcast of 2021 features Chris Kennedy, Superintendent of Schools for West Vancouver, and a lifelong B.C. high school basketball coach. Kennedy's popular blog Culture of Yes is now in its 11th year, and today the Richmond native stops by to engage our provincial audience with everything that the word Optimism means in his eyes as an administrator, educator and coach. Share with us not only his hope for the post-pandemic world and for the role our youth will play in it, but the example our young people are...2021-01-1335 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 30: December 17, 2020He was the leading man on a high school basketball dynasty which ushered in a new era of mainstream popularity for B.C. boys high school basketball. Former Richmond Colts star Ron Putzi stops by to join host Howard Tsumura on this week’s Varsity Letters’ podcast. Tsumura covered Putzi’s high school exploits just as his own career as a journalist was beginning and the two have kept in touch over the years. In this week’s episode, the pair have a delightful time dissecting Putzi’s rather unique multi-sport background, and also discu...2020-12-1749 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 29: December 10, 2020The Varsity Letters time machine spins the knobs and dials and heads back to the year 1971 to celebrate (a wee bit early) a very special 50th anniversary BC high school moment! Our guest? Basketball B.C. president Stu Graham has worn so many hats, and he brings the entire wrack to the for as he chats hoops and life with host (and fellow North Delta Huskies grad) Howard Tsumura. Over the course of 50 minutes, we talk about Stan Stewardson, the Silver Moon Store, hairstyle of the 70s and so much more. ...2020-12-1048 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 28: December 3, 2020TSN’s Farhan Lalji, a 31-year high school football coach in the province of B.C., stops by to chat with host Howard Tsumura about a whole host of topics. This coming Saturday at B.C. Place Stadium would have been the 2020 Subway Bowl provincial championship finals, so we chat about everything in and around the high school and university football scene, and how COVID-19 has cut a swath straight through its heart. In an episode taped just as Wednesday’s Pittsburgh-Baltimore game was set to kick off, Lalji and Tsumura also talk about the silv...2020-12-0341 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 27: November 25, 2020This week, the Varsity Letters podcast welcomes a giant in Canadian basketball circles. Allison McNeill has touched the stars at every level at which she has played and coached, and today we cover some of the facets of her basketball life that don’t get as much attention! But first, we will talk with Coach McNeill about the struggles the B.C. basketball community is going through as a new high school season, set to dawn across the province next week, remains shuttered. High school, university, NCAA Div. 1, international competition including the Olympics! Al...2020-11-2551 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 26: November 18, 2020It’s Wednesday and time to wrap up our two-part series of Shrum Bowl memories by chatting with Simon Fraser University running back Bo Palmer. A man of many talents, Palmer not only left his mark on the NCAA-era of football at SFU, he enjoyed a little-known career as a child actor. Originally a quarterback, it took him more than a few seasons before he eventually morphed into a running back, and once his feet hit the ground in that new position, he was off and running. Today, Palmer takes us on an in...2020-11-1837 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 25: November 16, 2020Welcome back to Varsity Letters - The Podcast. Earlier this week, we let you — our loyal listening audience — know all about our themed, two-part discussion with a pair of past B.C. football greats, who each happened to have played in the last contested Shrum Bowl… way back in 2010! My, how a decade flies by! Today, we start the mini-series by inviting former UBC Thunderbirds’ quarterback Billy Greene to the VL-Pod. Yes, we talk plenty of Shrum Bowl memories, but we also talk about the quarterback’s high school career, his 2011 award-winn...2020-11-1642 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 24: November 4, 2020What were the days of B.C. boys high school basketball like in the late 1980s and early 1990s, especially outside of the largest tier of competition? Terry Fox Ravens’ senior boys basketball co-coach Mark Prinster joins host Howard Tsumura on this week’s Varsity Letters podcast to reflect on what now looks like a golden age! Prinster and Tsumura were each 23 years old when they met during the 1986-87 season, Prinster as the head coach of Burnaby’s Cariboo Hill Chargers, and Tsumura less than a year into his tenure as the sports editor at The...2020-11-0437 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 23: October 28, 2020Welcome to the Varsity Letters podcast for Wednesday, Oct. 28. Our guest this week might be the only person to have led a B.C. senior boys basketball team to a provincial title as a head coach, while also having played in a B.C. senior boys hoops varsity final, a CCAA national final, and a U Sports Final 8 national final. All that said, St. Thomas More Knights head coach Aaron Mitchell, a proud Terry Fox, Capilano, Langara and Brandon alum, is also a fine broadcaster in his own right, launching A Hoops Journey this past...2020-10-2839 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 22: October 21, 2020Trinity Western Spartans’ women’s basketball coach Cheryl Jean-Paul checks in with host Howard Tsumura this week to chat about her school’s 2020 Leadership Super Conference, a remote event set to stream this Friday. The focus this year, in this time of global pandemic, has shifted even more squarely on the holistic side of student-athlete well-being. As well, Jean-Paul speaks to the importance of the Diversity Panel she will chair as part of Friday’s conference, and in the strides taken by the newly-formed Black Canadian Coaches Association. There’s also plenty of time to ta...2020-10-2130 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 21: October 15, 2020Welcome back to another edition of the Varsity Letters podcast! This week we welcome Abbotsford Secondary head football coach Jay Fujimura to chat about the record-setting weekend enjoyed by former Panthers’ great Chase Claypool. The four touchdowns Claypool scored for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their win over the Philadelphia Eagles represented a landmark moment for the B.C. football community. As well, you can read all about the incredible 2015 senior season Claypool enjoyed with Abby Sr. before embarking on his collegiate football journey at Notre Dame right here at VarsityLetters.ca Fo...2020-10-1524 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 20: October 7, 2020Welcome to another episode of Varsity Letters—The Podcast. Today we open the show with a short tribute to the late Karin Khuong from Mike Carkner, one of her basketball coaches at Terry Fox Secondary in PoCo. Khuong, 16, lost a two-year battle with cancer on Sunday. The theme of the show this week? In honour of World Teacher Day 2020, we welcome a pair of longtime B.C. teacher coaches. Paul Eberhardt, a West Vancouver School District VP, and a longtime college and high school basketball coach, revisits with many of...2020-10-0748 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 19: September 30, 2020Varsity Letters — The Podcast is back on the air.   Looking back isn’t our usual habit, but with the pandemic shutting down what would normally be a frenetic fall season of high school and university sports, we’re going to be heavy on history this week.   UBC’s manager of Sports Information Wilson Wong joins us off the top to talk about UBC track star and former Prime Minister John Turner’s time on the Point Grey campus, the 1929-30 UBC women’s basketball world champions (they triumphed in the title game over Fran...2020-09-301h 03Interviews with Anthony BeyroutiInterviews with Anthony BeyroutiHoward Tsumura Vancouver's Most Beloved Sports Writer and Founder of Varsity LettersThe interviewer becomes the interviewee on this episode, as Anthony sits down with one of BC's favourite sports writers, Howard Tsumura.   With over 38 years in the industry, Howard has covered high school, university, and professional sports with a unique flair that has made him one of the best to ever do it.   Growing up in rural Delta, BC, Tsumura never had the opportunity to participate in team sports. Keeping a scrapbook of newspaper clippings covering the Canucks, Canadiens and Expos, Howard's love of sports began to flourish. It wasn't until he entered Sands...2020-07-2951 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 18: June 10, 2020Welcome back to Varsity Letters - The Podcast for June 9, 2020.   Big news this week in the world of Canadian university sports means we’ll welcome three guests to the pod this week!   Joining us will be UBC Director of Athletics Kavie Toor, longtime Trinity Wester University head women’s soccer coach Graham Roxburgh, and Football Canada president Jim Mullin.   All three guests will shed their perspective on the Canada West's cancellation of its fall season Monday, touching on the uncertain future which lies ahead for student-athletes, as well as...2020-06-1052 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 17: June 4, 2020Welcome to the Varsity Letters podcast for Thursday, June 4.    Today we welcome UBC Thunderbirds head track and field coach Laurier Primeau back to the podcast to chat about the state of the sport and the loss of the spring season following his program’s dual win at the 2019 NAIA national championships.   Laurier also reflects on B.C.’s graduating Class of 2020 high school seniors, a special two-sport recruit headed to his program, and the influence of his late high school coach Dave Nichols.   But before any of that, we...2020-06-0430 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 16: May 27, 2020Welcome back to Varsity Letters - The Podcast!   This week, B.C. Secondary School Football Association president Travis Bell joins host Howard Tsumura to discuss what lies ahead for high school football in B.C. ahead of what is hoped to be an on-schedule September kick-off.   Of course, it’s a fluid situation, and Abbotsford’s Bell — a former head coach at W.J. Mouat and current vice-principal at Robert Bateman Secondary — addresses the challenges in these unprecedented times.   Varsity Letters, Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to provincial...2020-05-2718 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 15: May 21, 2020Welcome to another edition of Varsity Letters-The Podcast.   This week, we speak with Walter Van Halst, the commissioner of the B.C. Secondary Schools Rugby Union on the future of the sport within the provincial high school ranks.   B.C. high school rugby was coming off one of its most successful seasons ever in 2019 with a newly-established championship playoff structure lending opportunity for four tiers of title contention.   Van Halst speaks to the fluid situation facing all of the province’s individual sports commissions during this challenging time...2020-05-2125 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 14: May 13, 2020Welcome back to another episode of Varsity Letters - The Podcast!   On this week’s show, we chat with newly-named Fraser Valley Cascades men’s basketball coach Joe Enevoldson, the former coach of New Westminster’s Douglas College Royals.   Coach Enevoldson addresses his move to the U Sports level, talks about a pair of ‘big’ recruits, and speaks to the fraternity of Canada West coaches he is set to join, a group which includes the like of established B.C. coaches like Kevin Hanson, Craig Beaucamp and Scott Clark.   Varsity...2020-05-1325 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 13: May 6, 2020Varsity Letters — The Podcast is back.   Apologies for our extended absence.   Today, we are joined by Jesse Hundal, the teacher/boys basketball coach at North Delta Secondary School. Jesse chats openly and positively about the challenges facing both teachers and students these days as the 2019-20 academic year comes to a close amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   Of course we also touch on the special nature of high school sports, the re-birth of Huskies basketball, and we take time to honour a special student-athlete— Brandon Bassi — who helped bring a unique level of character and caring to the hallways of his  school bef...2020-05-0623 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 12: November 27, 2019Varsity Letters — The Podcast is celebrating basketball and football as the calendar gets set to take us into December.   Joining us first is Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Howard Kelsey, who brings us up to date on the Greater Victoria Invitational NCAA women’s basketball tournament, as well as all the big news on tap with the Canadian men’s national team and its bid to qualify for the Olympics. Hint: Our NBA players may participate en masse.   As well, we’re joined by Simon Fraser football’s Rysen John, the 6-foot-7 receiver who speaks not only to the next challen...2019-11-2746 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 11: November 20, 2019The Varsity Letters’ podcast is back, and ready to not only chat about football and basketball, but about the home for so many of our province’s top high school invitational and championship tournaments.   First, in the spirit of this Saturday’s Subway Bowl Final Four weekend at B.C. Place Stadium, Vernon Panthers’ head coach Sean Smith chats about the Okanagan powerhouse which faces Parksville’s Ballenas Whalers in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle of undefeated teams.   Al Tuchscherer, the head coach of the Abbotsford’s Fraser Valley Cascades women’s basketball team stops by to set up his team’s challengi...2019-11-2052 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 10: November 14, 2019We’re one day late due to the Remembrance Day long weekend, so thanks for your patience and your loyalty to Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to provincial university and high school sports coverage.   Joining us on the show today: *Kelowna Owls head coach Chris Cartwright explores all of the great things that happen over the journey of building a high school football program as the Owls prepare to face the Vancouver College Fighting Irish on Saturday (2:30 p.m.) at B.C. Place Stadium.   *Former Canadian senior women’s national team head coach Allison McNeill stops by to talk about th...2019-11-131h 10Varsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 9: November 6, 2019Welcome to November! The 11th month means playoff football and the start of the basketball season, and our line-up of guests reflects just that.   Vancouver College Fighting Irish head coach Todd Bernett stops by to break down his team’s incredible defensive play this season ahead of its Subway Bowl opener Saturday at home to Rutland.   We’re also joined by Douglas College head men’s basketball coach Joe Enevoldson as the Royals prep for a big CCAA PacWest home opener Saturday against the Langara Falcons.   And we close out the show with Jeff Gourley, the veteran head coach of East Vanc...2019-11-0651 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 8: October 30, 2019It’s Wednesday, and as we reach midweek, it means the launch of another episode of Varsity Letters — The Podcast. Today we focus on football and basketball.   Joining us to begin the program is St. Thomas More Knights football coach Steve De Lazzari, who talks about all the little things which have added up to a six-game win streak for his team heading into Friday’s regular season finale: A battle for the Eastern Conference title against Surrey’s Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers.   We’ll also be joined by a pair of basketball coaches. Deb Huband will lead her UBC Thunderbirds into the openi...2019-10-3056 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 7: October 23, 2019The Podcast is back from its one-week sabbatical! Thanks for joining us and thanks for your continued loyalty to Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to the coverage of provincial high school and university sports.   Off the top, Simon Fraser Clan head football coach Thomas Ford checks in to chat with host Howard Tsumura about his team’s 24-17 win Saturday at Azusa Pacific, the team’s first win against NCAA Div. 2 competition since 2014. Ford also talks about the fact that two of his players were named the GNAC’s Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, and he looks ahead to...2019-10-2341 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 6: October 9, 2019Thanks for joining us for another episode of Varsity Letters — The Podcast!   Basketball season is just around the corner and with it, the start of another season of the NCAA variety atop Burnaby Mountain. Simon Fraser Clan head coach Steve Hanson has orchestrated one of the biggest turnarounds in college basketball over the past few seasons and he joins host Howard Tsumura right off the top to talk about an exciting new season ahead in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.   The VL Pod then heads off to Cloverdale for a chance to talk high school football with Lord Tweedsmuir head coac...2019-10-0957 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 5: October 2, 2019The Podcast returns for another week, this time touching on football, basketball and rugby. Off the top, we visit with Canadian Under-20 men’s rugby coach Adam Roberts, the longtime head coach at Surrey’s Earl Marriott Secondary. Roberts and host Howard Tsumura talk about the inherent pride that comes with Canada taking to the pitch against New Zealand for its second game at the World Cup of Rugby, as well as the growth of the game at the youth level in B.C. Then, it’s a Varsity Letters first. We catch up with Kelown...2019-10-0249 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 4: September 25, 2019Welcome back, loyal listeners, to another episode of Varsity Letters — The Podcast, Canada’s only weekly podcast dedicated solely to the coverage of provincial and university high school sports. This week, our three guests are: *UBC’s Laurier Primeau, the head coach of Thunderbirds’ cross-country, and track and field, reflecting on last spring’s dual national championships, and the upcoming World Track and Field Championships in Qatar where five former UBC athletes will compete. *South Delta Sun Devils’ head football coach Ray Moon on his team’s upset win last week over No. 1-ranked Vancouver College. *Fraser Valley Cascades head men’s soc...2019-09-2550 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 3: September 18, 2019Welcome back to Varsity Letters — The Podcast! As mid-September hits, footballs are in the air everywhere, including the respective home bases of our three gridiron guests this week. Simon Fraser head coach Thomas Ford takes us from fall camp through to Saturday’s home opener at Swangard Stadium against South Dakota School of Mines. As well, UBC offensive coordinator Taylor Nill outlines the challenges of a young team trying to find its identity on offence as the Thunderbirds head to Winnipeg on Saturday to face the Manitoba Bisons. We’ve also got Ryk Piche, the head coach of the La...2019-09-1841 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 2: September 11, 2019Varsity Letters — The Podcast is back with episode No. 2 in our re-launch. This week, we open our show with a high school football theme, celebrating Saturday’s 35th anniversary of the Abbotsford Panthers’ 1984 B.C. championship win over the Notre Dame Jugglers. Paul Gill, Denis Kelly and Jalem Catlin are all a part of the past, present and continued future of this storied rivalry and all three stop by to chat with host Howard Tsumura. As well, we hit the trails for the opening of the 2019 NCAA cross-country running season with Simon Fraser head coach Brit Towsend as she leads her na...2019-09-1149 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastEpisode 1: September 4, 2019There’s a sense deja vu filtering through the airwaves this week around the province of B.C. with return of Varsity Letters — The Podcast.   Long a weekly staple during my years at The Vancouver Province, we’re back for the first time since 2016, right here at Varsity Letters.   This week, we’re honoured to have as our first two guests: New Westminster Hyacks head football coach Farhan Lalji, and UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball coach Kevin Hanson.   You can find the podcast right here each week at Varsity Letters, at Apple Music, or wherever you find your podcasts.  2019-09-0443 minVarsity Letters PodcastVarsity Letters PodcastWelcome to Varsity Letters PodcastLook for the Varsity Letters Podcast — home of BC High School and University sports — coming to you in September 2019!2019-08-2401 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for 10.27.16Welcome to Canada’s only high school and university sports-specific podcast: Varsity Letters. This week, host Howard Tsumura loses himself in the Abbotsford sports world. First, Fraser Valley Cascades women’s basketball coach Al Tuchscherer stops by to talk about his young team’s upcoming 2016-17 U Sports’ season. Then, we talk high school football with Travis Bell, […]2016-10-2700 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for November 26, 2015Varsity Letters pays tribute to an exciting weekend of November football as Howard Tsumura and guest host Patrick Johnston break down all four games at the Subway Bowl AA and AAA football semi-finals and also discuss the amazing success of UBC football as the ‘Birds head into the Vanier Cup final Saturday against the Montreal Carabins.2015-11-2600 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for November 19, 2015Host Howard Tsumura chats with high school football coaches including St. Thomas More’s Bernie Kully, Carson Graham’s Brian Brady and Notre Dame’s Richard Scott.2015-11-1900 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for November 5, 2015Chatting via phone and Skype from Delta and Saskatoon host Howard Tsumura and guest Patrick Johnston discuss the beauty of November football, with an eye on the high school, college and pro levels in the province of B.C.2015-11-0500 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for October 15, 2015Handsworth Royals head football coach Jay Prepchuk, Trinity Western women’s soccer coach Graham Roxburgh and Kelowna Secondary athletic director Arnar Bernhardson all stop by to chat with host Howard Tsumura.2015-10-1500 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for September 3, 2015Blake Nill of the UBC Thunderbirds and Kelly Bates of the Simon Fraser Clan each chat with host Howard Tsumura, as does Rob Giesbrecht, head coach of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s soccer team.2015-09-0300 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for August 27, 2015Host Howard Tsumura ushers in the start of a new season of B.C. high school football with guests Ben Macauley and Travis Bell, the new head varsity coaches at Kelowna and Abbotsford’s W.J. Mouat respectively.2015-08-2700 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters Season Wrap UpWhat a year it’s been! Varsity Letters wraps up its debut season with Episode No. 36. Host Howard Tsumura and producer/engineer Adam Foster chat theme music and the power of the podcast. Tsumura also looks ahead to next season and welcomes his final guest of the season, Brookswood Bobcats’ three-sport athlete Michael Pratt. Varsity Letters […]2015-06-2500 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters’ Top 10 moments of the 2014-15 BC high school sports seasonThe moments that resonated most from the 2015-16 BC high school sports season? They weren’t all about the championships. Varsity Letters counts down its 10 top highlights as Howard Tsumura is joined in the studio by guest host Patrick Johnston.2015-06-1800 minVarsity LettersVarsity Letters2014-15 High School Year in Review, part oneThis week, Varsity Letters takes a look back at the year at was in B.C. high school sports. Patrick Johnston plays the host role as Howard Tsumura reflects back on the season’s championship highlights. Varsity Letters is Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to high school and university sports.2015-06-1200 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for June 4, 2015West Vancouver superintendent of schools Chris Kennedy chats with host Howard Tsumura about the future of high school sports in B.C and SFU Clan women’s basketball star Erin Chambers reflects on her prodigious career and all that awaits the talented Mission native.2015-06-0400 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for May 21, 2015Varsity Letters is feeling the spirit of the spring championship season in B.C. high school sports. Host Howard Tsumura welcomes West Vancouver-Collingwood boys rugby coach David Speirs, as well as South Delta girls soccer coach Stephen Burns.2015-05-2100 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for May 7, 2015Host Howard Tsumura is joined by Laurier Primeau, the charismatic head coach of the Trinity Western University track program and former Simon Fraser basketball star Courtney Gerwing, now two seasons into her head coaching-tenure at New Westminster’s Douglas College.2015-05-0700 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for April 30, 2015Host Howard Tsumura is joined by TSN’s Farhan Lalji to speak about the NFL draft and New West Hyacks high school football. Also Simon Fraser Clan head track and field coach Brit Townsend talks about her program’s run to the NCAA national championships.2015-04-3000 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for April 16, 2015Host Howard Tsumura talks to a pair of university coaches, Virgil Hill, the new head coach of SFU men’s basketball and Trinity Western’s 16-year women’s head soccer coach Graham Roxburgh.2015-04-1600 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersHowie’s back!Host Howard Tsumura chats hoops with DRIVE basketball co-founder Pasha Bains about his playing career and the future of the sport in this province, and with Simon Fraser University athletic director Milt Richards about all things Clan.2015-04-0200 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersB.C. high school hoops, Steve Nash and Canadian basketballThis Howard Tsumura and Patrick Johnston look back at the 2015 B.C. high school hoops campaign and take time to reflect on Steve Nash's career and what both things mean for the future of the Canadian game.2015-03-2700 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersTalking 2015 BC High School Hoops TitlesHoward Tsumura wraps up the 2015 Girls' season and looks ahead to a big weekend for the Boys.2015-03-0900 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters – Howard is away covering basketball championshipsVarsity Letters is not available this week while host Howard Tsumura is busy covering the British Columbia Provincial High School Basketball championships.2015-03-0500 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters has a whole lotta hoops on deckHost Howard Tsumura talks to a trio of hoopsters: high school coaches Ed Lefurgy and Vlad Nikic, as well as FVU women's player Sarah Wierks2015-01-2900 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for January 22, 2015Host Howard Tsumura chats with four coaches whose teams are all pointed towards long post-season runs including Tyler Kuntz of UBC men’s hockey, basketball coaches Steve Hanson (Terry Fox boys), Dany Charlery (Quest University women) and Ian Hyde-Lay (St. Michaels University School boys).2015-01-2200 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for January 8, 2015Host Howard Tsumura chats with longtime Tupper boys basketball coach Jeff Gourley, and veteran football broadcaster Jim Mullin about the potential of a national interlocking schedule for CIS schools.2015-01-0800 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters reviews 2014It’s time to wrap up 2014. Howard Tsumura joins guest host Patrick Johnston to talk about the highlights of the 2014 fall season in B.C. high school and university sports. There was some epic action in the boys high school football championships. There was a highly-competitive season in girls high school volleyball – the most-participated-in […]2014-12-1200 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for Dec. 04, 2014Host Howard Tsumura previews Saturday’s two Subway Bowl senior varsity championship finals at BC Place Stadium with the head coaches of all four teams.2014-12-0400 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for Nov. 27, 2014Varsity Letters host Howard Tsumura chats with Mission Roadrunners head coach Danny Jakobs about the weekend’s Subway Bowl playoffs, University of the Fraser Valley sports information director Dan Kinvig and Langara Falcons men’s basketball coach Paul Eberhardt.2014-11-2700 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters for November 6In this episode of Varisty Letters host Howard Tsumura flies solo, discussing all of the big games that make up this weekend’s regular season finale in B.C. High school football and sets up the rest of a busy slate of basketball and soccer contests.2014-11-0700 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersTrinity Western, UBC and Pitt Meadows CoachesVarsity Letters host Howard Tsumura is joined by Trinity Western women’s soccer coach Graham Roxburgh, UBC Thunderbirds women’s basketball coach Deb Huband and Matt Todd, Pitt Meadows Marauders football coach.2014-10-3000 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersSeasons and ProgramsSt. Thomas More Knights head football coach Bernie Kully, women’s volleyball coach Steve Manuel and Douglas College women’s soccer coach Chris Laxton chat with host Howard Tsumura about their seasons and their programs.2014-10-2300 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersThe Coaches SpeakSimon Fraser Clan basketball coach James Blake joins host Howard Tsumura ahead of the team’s rescheduled season opener. Football coaches Farhan Lalji of New Westminster and Sean Smith of Vernon chat about their seasons and their programs.2014-10-1700 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters with Howard Tsumura for October 8Guests are Tom Kudaba, the co-head coach of PoCo’s No. 1-ranked Terry Fox Ravens and Laurie Smith, head coach of the senior varsity football team at Chilliwack’s GW Graham.2014-10-1000 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters with Howard Tsumura for October 2Howard Tsumura talks high school and university sports...2014-10-0300 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters, Episode 3: September 25, 2014Howard Tsumura looks at this weekend’s slate of games and checks in with a pair of head coaches: Mark Townsend of Victoria’s Mt. Douglas Rams and Bill Haddow of Richmond’s Hugh Boyd Trojans.2014-09-2600 minVarsity LettersVarsity LettersVarsity Letters with Howard Tsumura, episode 1Province Sports amateur sports report Howard Tsumura launches his 2014-15 podcast season with UBC football coach Shawn Olson as his guest. Plus updates on the teachers dispute's impact on high school sports.2014-09-1100 minCiTR -- Wener?s BarbequeCiTR -- Wener?s BarbequeBroadcast on 09-Oct-2007The band today- Lotus ChildHoward Tsumura from the Vancouver ProvinceGiulio Caravatta- BC Lions Color CommentatorBJ Bass- My main man from Las VegasGraham Walker from the World Rock Paper Scissors Society- fun interview2007-10-101h 38CiTR -- Wener?s BarbequeCiTR -- Wener?s BarbequeBroadcast on 16-Jan-2007Today's show- which opened with a great clip of Drawn's Together's Judge Fudge, centered around UBC Basketball.The show started with me yacking away and then Casey Archibald and Assistant Coach Vern Knopp of the UBC Thunderbird Men's Basketball Team showed up. We talked about last Friday's loss in Brandon. The defeat snapped the Birds' 33 game regular season Conference winning streak.We also broke down this weekend's big matchup at UVIC. The Brids' are the #6 in the country and UVIC is #9. UBC is 14-1, UVIC 13-2. It will be the second and third matchups of the season...2007-01-171h 32