Vancouver/Fraser Valley (with files from Varsity Letters/Howard Tsumura) It had one of the best names ever… you know, one of those names which so quickly became unforgettable, earning a place in our sports vernacular so accepted that we never, ever considered its eventual demise.
Local high school football fans equate the name with the program at G W Graham in Chilliwack.
After two decades at the centre of most every conversation about high school football in this province, ‘Subway Bowl’ is no more.
The actual championship of B.C. high school football, will stay the same for the annual month-long post-season celebration of Grade 8, junior varsity and senior varsity football in our province, the one capped with Championship Saturday that first weekend in December at B.C. Place Stadium.
“The fact that it was called ‘Subway Bowl’, you didn’t have to explain that to anyone,” B.C. Secondary Schools Football Association president Travis Bell said earlier this week. “You knew it was the high school football championship in B.C.
The new name for the tournament is expected to be released in the coming weeks.
To read the entire Varsity Letters article, click here: https://varsityletters.ca/saying-good-bye-to-subway-bowl-after-20-years-b-c-s-high-school-football-championships-ready-to-embrace-a-new-title-sponsor/?fbclid=IwAR2CC3_VHB5-AYW8a-kpdDmEvhvAUqWZAWgubwc1WYulil0gS7ZHK53XZ20
