2014 Provincial Champions

2014 Provincial Champions
"Hard Work!"

"Last Play"

"Last Play"

2011 AA JV Champions

2011 AA JV Champions
Hard Earned Is Hard To Beat!

Setting The Standard

Setting The Standard
MACTE VIRTUE: Translation: Increase in Excellence! This is our creed!



John Barsby Football Philosophy



Try Your Hardest! Get Better Each Day! Do The Right Thing!



Program Record



1996 Varsity 3-5-0



1997 Varsity 3-6-1



1998 Varsity 1-6-0

1998 JV 6-4-0 Wild-Card Playoff



1999 Varsity 11-3-0 BC Championship Finalists

1999 JV 7-2-0 Wild-Card Playoff



2000 Varsity 13-1-0 BC Champions

2000 JV 5-4-0 Wild-Card Playoff



2001 Varsity 5-4-0 BC Quarter-Finalists

2001 JV 8-2-0 BC Quarter-Finalists



2002 Varsity 6-4-0 3rd Place In Division

2002 JV 7-3-0 Wild-Card Playoff



2003 Varsity 7-2-0 Wild-Card Playoff

2003 JV 10-3-0 BC Semi-Finalist (Only Public School in the final four!)



2004 Varsity 8-3-0 BC Semi-Finalists

2004 JV 6-3-0 Wild-Card Playoff



2005 Varsity 5-3-0 BC Quarter-Finalists

2005 JV(AAA) 3-4-0 Wild-Card Playoff



2006 Varsity 6-4-0 BC Quarter-Finalists

2006 JV(AAA) 4-4-0 Wild-Card-Playoff



2007 Varsity 5-5-0 Wild-Card-Playoff

2007 JV (AA) 10-1-0 BC-Semi-Finalists



2008 Varsity 9-2-0 BC Quarter-Finalists

2008 JV (AA) 11-1-0 BC Semi-Finalists



2009 Varsity 4-5-0 Wild-Card Playoff

2009 JV (AA) 9-2-0 BC Semi-Finalists




2010 Varsity 12-0-0 BC Champions

2010 JV (AA) 11-2-0 BC Championship Finalists


2011 Varsity 11-1 BC Championship Finalists

2011 JV (AA) 10-0 BC Champions


2012 Varsity 9-3 BC Semi-Finalists

2012 JV (AA) 8-3-1 BC Semi-Finalists


2013 Varsity 13-1 BC Champions

2013 JV (AA) 4-5 BC Quarter-Finalists


2014 Varsity 11-1 BC Champions

2014 JV (AA) 6-4 BC Quarter-Finalists


2015 Varsity 8-3 BC Quarter-Finalists

2015 JV 6-5 BC Quarter-Finalists


2016 Varsity 2-7

2016 JV 8-4 BC Finalists


2017 Varsity 9-2 BC Quarter-Finalists

2017 JV 2-6


2018 Varsity 7-3 BC Semi-Finalists

2018 JV 7-3 BC Semi-Finalists


2019 Varsity 3-5 Quarter-Finalists

2019 JV 4-6 BC Quarter-Finalists



2021 JV 11-0 BC Coastal Champions 2021 Varsity 5-4 BC Coastal Semi-Finalists 2022 JV 7-3-1 BC AA Semi-Finalists 2022 Varsity 7-4 BC AA Finalists

2014 Harewood Freight Train!

2014 Harewood Freight Train!
BRING IT!

Thursday, December 21, 2017

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  

Monday, December 18, 2017

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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Monday, November 6, 2017

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


Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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

Friday, October 20, 2017

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.

Monday, October 16, 2017

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   

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

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.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

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.

Sunday, September 24, 2017

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

Sunday, September 17, 2017

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.

Sunday, September 10, 2017

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.

Monday, September 4, 2017

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.

Monday, March 13, 2017

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.