JV Performance and Leadership

Varsity Performance and Leadership

Strat O Cast

Sunday Morning Chat 

Great conversation with three of our super alumni Mr. Brenden Bruce, Mr. Ryan Stratton and Mr. Parker Bowles.  Hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!

An Ode to the 2017 Barsby Football Program

John Barsby Football 2017

The Best Friends Club

A high school football season is precious.  A young man only gets four of them if he is lucky.  Each season is unique in that the squad is composed of a different cast of characters each with their own contribution to make.  Some year’s we are big, some years we are fast, some years it is a mix of both.  The mortar between the bricks is the ability to catch, run, tackle, block, kick and pursue.  The rebar that runs between the bricks is the marrow of the game; unselfishness, toughness in adversity, heart, desire and a love for one another.  The arrangement of the bricks is the ability to do one’s part to the best of his abilities within the team schemes for offense, defense, punt protection and coverage, kick-off coverage, punt return, field goal/extra-point and kick-return.   In short many bringing their A-game to the practice and playing fields to become one heartbeat, one play at a time in common-cause.  There is “individual greatness” inside each man and when it is all focused in one direction, with one purpose something beautiful happens.  Something bigger than the physical, something magic and spiritual that creates a play or series of plays that are in the moment, that have never been done in quite the same way before and will never be done the exact same way again.  It is a song in the moment, it is creation, it is the work of many hands and it lasts a lifetime.  Quite simply, it is beautiful.  Beautiful because it was made from scratch and the product of many striving in unison for perfection.  Perfection as individuals is being the best we can be with what we have in a moment in time.  Perfection is tiered, it gets harder to obtain with each individual added to the equation.  The game played in between the sidelines, on the field of battle against an opponent determined to disrupt your efforts at every turn within the rules of play demands the ultimate in terms of perfection.  Let us go back to the phases of the game: Offense (11 Players), Defense (11 players), Kick-Off (11 players), Kick-Return (11 players), Punt Team (11 players), Punt Return (11 players), Field Goal/PAT (11 players) defending the Field Goal/PAT (11 players).   Now that is 88 players not including the 2’s and 3’s that have to be trained-up to fill in at a moment’s notice with no loss of effectiveness.  Really, that’s 3 x 88 brains, bodies and fighting spirits that have to coordinate themselves with the goal of perfection in the moment, where every player has to succeed for the other 10 to succeed on a given play.  That number is 264 players that have to be polished and precise TOGETHER to succeed.  Most games vary by the number of plays played between 120 and 150 plays.  That means at a minimum you have to have 264 brains, bodies and fighting spirits preparing and striving for perfection with 120 opportunities to do so….that folks is 31 680 combinations of a perfect effort to make a perfect play in one game.  Now, a regular season is nine (9) games.  That is 285 120 opportunities to achieve perfection together.  A championship season would be 13 games.  That is 411 840 opportunities to be perfect in the face of the headwinds of an opponent hell bent on disrupting a perfect team effort in one season.  

Herein resides the greatness of the game.  There is boundless and quite frankly, exponential opportunity for finding one’s best-self.  The pursuit of perfection as an individual, as a sub-unit, as a unit and a team is manifest.  There is a seat at the table for EVERYONE and the recipe for perfection season after precious season draws from its human ingredients that are as varied as the society we live in.  Within a school building there is a group of potential players that are walking the hallways.  As a coach, they are what you have so you give them all you have and that gang is the social contract.  Helping each player find their greatness and guiding them to perfection as a team is the challenge.  Coaching staffs are again, if you do the math, a group of architects and engineers with a similar exponential task before them.  The staff must be coordinated in terms of training for the ultimate outcome.   All those opportunities gang, they add up to the journey that is a season.  A precious season like none that has come before and like none that will ever follow.  When the final whistle blew this year, the last page of the 2017 season was turned.  The afterglow of the season we all authored together like a novel just read, will resonate for the rest of our lives.  When you look back at it, the journey reigned supreme over any win-loss record. Shakespeare once wrote that good memories are like roses in winter or something to that effect.  To the 2017 Bulldogs and your families….I am 51 years old, YOU are always going to be my roses as I enter the winter years of my life.   I can hardly wait to chase perfection in 2018 with those who step forward to struggle day in and day out to be their best.  Another season unique in every way you can imagine. Love You All!  Coach  

2018 Registration

The Best Food You Ever Ate Was Made From Scratch!

There is a Championship walking in the school hallways right now...

Bring Your Best and help build this year's TEAM!

2018 John Barsby Football Registration

7:01 PM Thursday, 1 March

Chandler Hall

JV Football - Boys Currently in Grades 8 and 9 (Will be G. 9/10 in Sept.)

Varsity Football -Boys Currently in Grades 10 and 11 (Will be G. 11/12 in Sept.)

Do What You Love!




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2017 AA Varsity Playoffs Round 1

VS

Varsity Dawgs vs Langley Saints

2:01 PM Friday, 10 November

Nanaimo District HS Field, BC

Bring: Your own water bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Uniform: Blacks

Itinerary

1151  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed

1221  Equipment Check

1231  Board Team Bus

1246  Arrive @ Nanaimo District HS Field/Set-Up Park

1316  Begin Team Warm-Up

1401  Kick-Off

1601  Game Ends

1606  Team Circle

1616  Take Down Field

1626  Board Team Bus

1641  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

1656  Players Released

*All School Rules Apply on This Trip

**Players are responsible for all missed school work

***All Players must travel to and from game on team bus

Varsity Week 9

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Varsity Dawgs @ Argyle Pipers

12:01 PM Wednesday, 3 November, 2017

William Griffin Park, North Vancouver, BC

Uniform: Whites

Bring: Your own water bottle, ten dollars, two meals and a fierce desire to compete!

Itinerary

0716  Meet in Dawghouse

0736  Equipment Check

0745  Board Team Bus

0830  Departure-Bay-Horseshoe Bay Ferry Sails

1015  Board Team Bus

1035  Arrive @ William Griffin Park

1106  Begin Team Warm-Up

1201  Kick-Off

1401  Game Ends

1406  Team-Circle

1501  Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay Ferry Sails

1656  Board Team Bus to Dawghouse

1711  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

1721  Players Released

*Players are responsible for all missed school work

**All School Rules Apply On This Trip

***Players must travel to and from game on team bus

JV Week 9

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JV Dawgs @ Argyle Pipers

3:01 PM Wednesday, 1 November, 2017

William Griffin Park, North Vancouver, BC

Uniform: Whites

Bring: Your own water bottle, ten dollars, two meals and a fierce desire to compete!

Itinerary

1106  Meet in Dawghouse

1126  Equipment Check

1136  Board Team Bus

1231  Departure-Bay-Horseshoe Bay Ferry Sails

1416  Board Team Bus

1436  Arrive @ William Griffin Park

1437  Begin Team Warm-Up

1501  Kick-Off

1701  Game Ends

1706  Team-Circle
1711  Board Team Bus

1900  Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay Ferry Sails

2056  Board Team Bus to Dawghouse

2111  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

2121  Players Released

*Players are responsible for all missed school work

**All School Rules Apply On This Trip

***Players must travel to and from game on team bus

Varsity Week Eight

VS

Varsity Dawgs vs Windsor Dukes

2:01 PM Friday, 27 October, 2017

Merle Logan Field

Uniform: Blacks

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

1211  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed

1236  Equipment Check

1241  Board Team Bus

1256  Secure Team Bench/Set-Up Field

1316  Begin Warm-Up

1401  Kick-Off

1601  Game Ends

1606  Team Circle

1616  Take Down Field

1631  Board Team Bus

1646  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

1701  Players Released

*Players are responsible for all missed homework

**Players must travel to and from game on team bus.

***All school rules apply on this trip

JV Week Eight

VS

JV Dawgs vs Spectrum Thunder

3:01 PM Wednesday, 25 October, 2017

John Barsby School Field AKA "The Cage"

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Uniform: Reds

Itinerary

1341  Meet In Dawghouse

1406  Equipment Check

1411  Secure Bench Area

1416  Begin Team Warm-Up

1501  Kick-Off

1701  Game Ends

1706  Team Circle

1716  Take Down Field

1731  Change Over Gear

1746  Players Released

* Players are responsible for all missed school work.

**IMPORTANT- Wash your uniforms inside-out in cold water.  Hang Dry Them.

Varsity Week 7

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Varsity Dawgs @ Hugh Boyd Trojans

2:01 PM, Friday, 20 October, 2017

Hugh Boyd HS Field, Richmond, BC

Uniform: Whites

Bring: Two Meals, Your Own Water Bottle and a Fierce Desire To Compete!

0841  Meet in Dawghouse
0901  Equipment Check
0906  Board Team Bus
1016  Duke Point Ferry Sails
1216  Arrive at Tsswassin Ferry Terminal
1231  Walk-On To Team Bus
1311  Arrive @ Hugh Boyd
1321  Begin Warm-Up
1401  Kick-Off
1601  Game Ends
1606  Team Circle
1621  Board Team Bus
1746  Tsswassin Ferry Sails For Duke Point
1946  Arrive @ Duke Point
2021  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear
2036  Players Released

*Players must travel to and from game on Team Bus
**All School Rules Apply on This Trip
***Players are responsible for all missed school work/assignments   

JV Week 7

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JV Dawgs @ Earl Marriot Mariners

2:01 PM, Wednesday, 18 October, 2017

Earl Marriot HS Field

Uniform: Whites

Bring: Two Meals, Your Own Water Bottle and a Fierce Desire To Compete!

0841  Meet in Dawghouse
0901  Equipment Check
0906  Board Team Bus
1016  Duke Point Ferry Sails
1216  Arrive at Tsswassin Ferry Terminal
1251  Arrive @ Earl Marriot
1311  Begin Warm-Up
1401  Kick-Off
1601  Game Ends
1606  Team Circle
1621  Board Team Bus
1746  Tsswassin Ferry Sails For Duke Point
1946  Arrive @ Duke Point
2006  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear
2021  Players Released

*Players must travel to and from game on Team Bus
**All School Rules Apply on This Trip
***Players are responsible for all missed school work/assignments   

Varsity Week 6

VS

Varsity Dawgs vs Holy Cross Crusaders

2:01 PM Friday, 13 October, 2017

Merle Logan Field

Uniform: Blacks

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

1211  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed

1236  Equipment Check

1241  Board Team Bus

1256  Secure Team Bench/Set-Up Field

1316  Begin Warm-Up

1401  Kick-Off

1601  Game Ends

1606  Team Circle

1616  Take Down Field

1631  Board Team Bus

1646  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

1701  Players Released

*Players are responsible for all missed homework

**Players must travel to and from game on team bus.

***All school rules apply on this trip

JV Week 6

VS

JV Dawgs vs Holy Cross Crusaders

3:01 PM, Wednesday, 11 October, 2017

In "The Cage"

Uniform: Reds

Bring: Your own water bottle and a Fierce Desire To Compete

Itinerary

1341  Meet In Dawghouse

1406  Equipment Check

1411  Secure Bench Area

1416  Begin Team Warm-Up

1501  Kick-Off

1701  Game Ends

1706  Team Circle

1716  Take Down Field

1731  Change Over Gear

1746  Players Released

* Players are responsible for all missed school work.

**IMPORTANT- Wash your uniforms inside-out in cold water.  Hang Dry Them.

Best To All!

Varsity Week 5 @ Ballenas

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Varsity Dawgs @ Ballenas Whalers

3:30 PM Friday, 6 October

Ballenas HS Field

Uniform: Whites

Bring: Your own water bottle and a Fierce Desire to Compete

Itinerary

1:20  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed
1:45  Equipment Check
1:50  Board Team Bus
2:25  Arrive @ Ballenas
2:30  Warm-Up
3:30   Kick Off
5:30  Game Ends
5:45  Team Circle
5:55  Board Bus For Dawghouse
6:30  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear
6:40  Team Released

**All School Rules Apply on This Trip
***Players are responsible for all missed school work.

JV Week 5 @ Ballenas

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JV Dawgs @ Ballenas Whalers

3:15 PM Wednesday, 4 October

Ballenas HS Field

Uniform: Whites

Bring: Your own water bottle and a Fierce Desire to Compete

Itinerary

1:10  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed

1:35  Equipment Check

1:45  Board Team Bus

2:15  Arrive @ Ballenas

2:30  Warm-Up

3:15  Kick-Off

5:15  Game Ends

5:20  Team Circle

5:35  Board Team Bus

6:10  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

6:20  Team Released

**All School Rules Apply on This Trip

***Players are responsible for all missed school work.

Varsity Week 4

VS

Varsity Dawgs vs Robert Bateman Timberwolves

2:01 PM Friday, 29 September, 2017

Merle Logan Field

Uniform: Blacks

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

1211  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed

1236  Equipment Check

1241  Board Team Bus

1256  Secure Team Bench/Set-Up Field

1316  Begin Warm-Up

1401  Kick-Off

1601  Game Ends

1606  Team Circle

1616  Take Down Field

1631  Board Team Bus

1646  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

1701  Players Released

*Players are responsible for all missed homework

**Players must travel to and from game on team bus.

***All school rules apply on this trip

Varsity Week 3

VS

Varsity Dawgs vs Spectrum Thunder

3:01 PM, Friday, 22 September, 2017

Merle Logan Field, Nanaimo, BC

Uniform: Blacks

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

12:51  Meet In Dawghouse/Change In To Game Pants

1321  Equipment Check

1331  Board Team Bus

1346  Secure Team Area/Set-up Field

1411  Begin Warm-Up

1501  Kick-Off

1701  Game Ends

1706  Team Circle

1716  Board Team Bus

1736  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

1751  Players Released

*Players are responsible for all missed school work.

**Players must travel to and from game on team bus.

***All School Rules Apply on This Trip.

Week 3 JV

VS

JV Dawgs vs Nanaimo District Islanders (AAA)

3:01 PM, Wednesday, 20 September

John Barsby Field

Uniform: Reds

Bring: Your own water bottle and a Fierce Desire To Compete

Itinerary

1346  Meet In Dawghouse

1406  Equipment Check

1411  Secure Bench Area

1416  Begin Team Warm-Up

1501  Kick-Off

1701  Game Ends

1706  Team Circle

1716  Take Down Field

1731  Change Over Gear

1746  Players Released

* Players are responsible for all missed school work.

**IMPORTANT- Wash your uniforms inside-out in cold water.  Hang Dry Them.

Week 2 Varsity

VS

Varsity Dawgs vs Samuel Robertson Technical Titans

1:46 PM Friday, 15 September, 2017

Merle Logan Field

Uniform: Blacks

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

1151  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed

1216  Equipment Check

1221  Board Team Bus

1236  Secure Team Bench/Set-Up Field

1301  Begin Warm-Up

1346  Kick-Off

1546  Game Ends

1551  Team Circle

1601  Take Down Field

1611  Board Team Bus

1626  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

1641  Players Released

*Players are responsible for all missed homework

**Players must travel to and from game on team bus.

***All school rules apply on this trip

Week 2 JV Dawgs @ SRT Titans

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JV Dawgs @ Samuel Robertson Technical Titans

2:01 PM Wednesday, 13 September, 2017

SRT School Field

Uniform: Whites

Bring: $ 10.00 for Ferry, Two Meals, Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

0921  Meet In Dawghouse/turn in your ferry $ to designated coach.

0941  Equipment Check

0951  Board Team Bus

1041  Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay Ferry Sails (we will change on ferry)

1216  Board Team Bus

1311  Arrive @ SRT

1326  Conduct Team Warm-Up

1401  Kick-Off

1601  Game Ends

1606  Team Circle

1616  Board Team Bus

1930  Horseshoe Bay Ferry sails for Departure Bay

2130  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

2145  Players Released

*Players are responsible for missed school work.

**All School Rules Apply on This Trip!

***Players must travel to and from game on team bus.

Varsity Week 1 "Ray Kocher Classic"

VS

Varsity Dawgs vs Nanaimo District Islanders (AAA)

6:01 PM, Friday, 8 September, 2017

Merle Logan Field

Uniform: Blacks

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

1601  Meet in Dawghouse/Get Changed

1626  Equipment Check

1636  Board Team Bus

1646  Secure Team Area/Set-Up Field

1711  Begin Team Warm-Up

1801  Kick-Off

2001  Game Ends

2006  Team Circle

2021  Take Down Field

2031  Board Bus

2046  Arrive @Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

2101  Players Released

* All School Rules Apply on This Trip
** Players must travel to and from game on team bus.

*** IMPORTANT - Wash your uniforms inside-out and in cold water.  Hang Dry Your Uniform.

JV Week 1

VS

JV Dawgs vs ST. Thomas Moore Knights (AAA)

2:01 PM, Thursday, 7 September

John Barsby Field

Uniform: Reds

Bring: Your own water bottle and a Fierce Desire To Compete

Itinerary

1231  Meet In Dawghouse

1306  Equipment Check

1311  Secure Bench Area

1316  Begin Team Warm-Up

1401  Kick-Off

1601  Game Ends

1606  Team Circle

1616  Take Down Field

1631  Change Over Gear

1646  Players Released

* Players are responsible for all missed school work.

**IMPORTANT- Wash your uniforms inside-out in cold water.  Hang Dry Them.

2017 Garden Manure Sale

2017 Garden Manure Sale

John Barsby Football Annual Garden Manure Sale

Location is the John Barsby HS Student Parking Lot off of Bruce Avenue.

The sale is Friday 17 March 2-5 PM, Saturday 18 March 9 AM-5 PM, Sunday, 19 March 9 AM-5 PM while supplies last.

The cost is $5.00 per approx. 40lb bag of Cow Manure. Buy 4 bags and pick-up your order, get fifth bag Free.

AA JV BC Championship Game!

VS

JV Dawgs vs Nanaimo District Islanders

11:31 A.M.

Saturday, 3 December, 2016

BC Place Stadium

Vancouver, BC

Bring: $10.00, Two Meals and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Uniform: Reds

Itinerary

0531  Meet In Dawghouse

0546  Equipment Check

0551  Board Team Bus

0631  Horseshoe Bay Ferry Sails

0901  Arrive @ BC Place

0921  Secure Change Room

1001  Get Changed/Conduct All Taping

1131  Kick-Off

1331  Game Ends/Shake Hands/Post-Game Awards

1401  Board Team Bus (We will change on Ferry)

1501  Horseshoe-Departure Bay Ferry Sails

1701  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Turn-In Uniforms/Clean Lockers

1731  Players Released

*All School Rules Apply On This Trip

** All Players Must Travel To and From Game On Team Bus

Giving Thanks!

The essence of thanksgiving..“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.” 
--Henry David Thoreau in a letter to Harrison Blake (December 6, 1853)

JV BC Semi-Final, Barsby vs Vernon

VS

JV Dawgs vs Vernon Panthers

2:46 PM, Wed. 23 November, 2016

W.J. Mouat HS Field

Abbottsford, BC

Bring: $10.00, Two-Meals, Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Uniform: Reds

Itinerary

0901  Meet In Dawghouse

0926  Equipment Check

0931  Board Team Bus

1031  Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay Ferry Sails

1206  Ferry arrives @ Horseshoe Bay

1326  Arrive @ W.J. Mouat/Change/Secure Bench area

1401  Begin Team Warm-Up

1446  Kick-Off

1646  Game Ends

1451  Team Circle

1706  Board Bus

1901  Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay Ferry Sails

2101  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

2121  Players Released

* All School Rules Apply On This Trip

**All Players Must Travel To and From Game On Team Bus

JV BC Quarter-Final

VS

JV Dawgs vs Langley Saints

1:46 PM

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Merle Logan Field, Nanaimo, BC

Uniform: Reds

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

1136  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed/Conduct All Taping

1211  Equipment Check

1216  Board Team Bus

1231  Arrive @ Field/Secure Bench Area

1251  Begin Team Warm-Up

1346  Kick-Off

1546  Game Ends

1551  Team Circle/Take Down Field

1606  Board Bus For Dawghouse

1621  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

1646  Players Released

* All School Rules Apply on This Trip

**All Players Must Travel To and From Game On Team Bus    

With Compassion For and In Solidarity With Our Brothers and Sisters @ Abbey High

Varsity Dawgs Vs Hugh Boyd Trojans

VS

2:01 PM

Friday, November 4

Merle Logan Field

Nanaimo, BC

Uniform: Reds

Bring: Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

11:51  Meet In Dawghouse/Change/Conduct All Taping

12:21  Equipment Check

12:31  Board Team Bus

12:46  Arrive @ Field. Secure Team Area

13:11  Begin Team Warm-Up

14:01  Kick-Off

16:01  Game Ends

16:06  Team Circle

16:11  Take Down Field

16:31  Bus Leaves For Dawghouse

16:46  Arrive @ Dawghouse/Change Over Gear

17:01  Players Released

* All School Rules Apply On This Trip

**All Players Must Travel To And From Game On Team Bus 

JV Dawgs Vs Ballenas JV

VS

3:01 PM

Wednesday, 2 November

In-The-Cage (AKA John Barsby Field)

Uniform: Reds

Bring:  Your Own Water Bottle and A Fierce Desire To Compete!

Itinerary

1:31  Meet In Dawghouse/Get Changed/Conduct All Taping

2:01  Equipment Check

2:06  Secure Team Bench

2:11  Begin Team Warm-Up

3:01  Kick-Off

5:01  Game Ends

5:06  Team Circle/Take Down Field

5:36  Dawghouse Opened/Change Over Gear

5:51  Players Released