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As the rains began to fall last Thursday afternoon, the Senior Girls Soccer team managed to keep their soccer cleats on long enough - before racing off to catch planes, trains, busses, and automobiles to begin their four day Easter Break - to edge the Gulf Islands SS Scorpions 2-1 in league action. After conceding a goal in the opening minutes,...

Jack NG woke at six on Saturday morning, a big day before him. It was dark, wet, and early, and he tucked two cereal bars into his backpack and headed out the door with his dad, Jim, off to Maple Bay for their annual regatta. After carefully bolting into place the cold aluminum riggers, he and his three crewmates launched the boat and headed to...

Under sunny skies, atop a manicured emerald green pitch, the Junior Girls Soccer team opened their season with a 3-0 victory over Shawnigan yesterday. Buoyed by an appreciative crowd of students, staff, and staff children, the girls put their best feet forward. Although our team dominated possession early on, they were unable to crack a...

Today, despite the fact that the mercury hovered around freezing, was the first day of spring term sports. Only Senior Boys Basketball and and Grade 9 Boys Basketball, both bound for the provincials in the next week, continued their second term athletics. As the photo above suggests, our campus fields are still covered by a foot of snow....

November 2018 marked the end of a thrilling season for the Brentwood Senior Boys Soccer Team. The lads had a fulfilling season, improving throughout each game and training session, and ultimately qualifying for the Provincial Championships. The boys won all four league games during their regular season, finishing top of the table and qualifying...

With the season coming to a close, the Senior Boys Soccer team headed to Vancouver last week to compete at the Provincial Championships for the 3rd year in a row. A week earlier, the boys had finished 3rd at the Island Championships, beating out Brooks Secondary 1-0 to win themselves a bronze medal, qualifying for the “The Show”. Arriving in...

The season was a rollercoaster. The boys started out with a convincing win over Kelsey, kicking the year off with a 7-0 goal differential. A week later the short-staffed team faced next door rivals Shawnigan. The lads lost a hard-fought battle against a surprisingly strong & well instructed team. Next up was the 2018 Junior Boys ISA Championships,...

For most Brentwood students and faculty, that is a rhetorical question. After 10 weeks of school, of course we need a mid-term break. Don’t dare get between me and my afternoon nap/Netflix account/bus to the airport/mainland! For several groups of Brentonians, however, mid-term was about staying together, having fun and pursuing excellence. Mr...

On some days, everything seems to fall into place. On others, “things fall apart, the centre cannot hold”. Over the past 30 hours, it has been more the latter than the former for the Senior Boys Soccer team as they hosted the North Island Championships. In their opening game against Wellington, the boys fell behind 3-0 in the opening 10 minutes....

The Senior Boys Soccer team has had an impressive start to the 2018 season. The team, consisting of a mix of Grade 11s, 12s, and even a few grade 10s, has gone undefeated in the regular season so far. On September 20, Brentwood hosted their friends down the road, Shawnigan Lake School. The boys played well and came out with a convincing 7-4 win....