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North Peace Grizzlies drop opening provincial soccer matches

The North Peace Grizzlies began ‘AAA’ boys’ soccer provincials in Burnaby on Thursday, November 20th.

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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Sports

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November 21, 2025

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The North Peace Secondary School (NPSS) Grizzlies began the tournament on Thursday, November 20th. (Photo by Joshua Hoehne/Unsplash)

BURNABY, B.C. — Fort St. John’s entry into the boys ‘AAA’ provincial soccer championships began with a whimper instead of a roar.

The North Peace Secondary School (NPSS) Grizzlies began the tournament on Thursday, November 20th with games at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.

Their first game came against St. George’s Senior School, an independent boys’ school in Vancouver’s Dunbar area.

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The Grizzlies fell by a score of 6-0, setting up their next game versus Abbotsford Senior Secondary as a must-win situation.

Unfortunately, a goal in the game’s first five minutes spelled doom for the Grizzlies. Falling behind 3-0 in the game’s first 30 minutes, NPSS lost by the same score of 6-0.

The Grizzlies will try to salvage a victory from pool A in their next game against North Surrey Secondary, scheduled for Friday, November 21st at 12 noon Fort St. John time (11 a.m. Burnaby time).

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This will be the final round-robin match before the elimination games begin at 12:45 p.m. (1:45 p.m. local time). The tournament’s finals will be played on Saturday, November 22nd.

For further details about the NPSS Grizzlies, visit the school’s Instagram page.

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Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018. After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge. Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories.

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.