Grade 10 runner Reese Trumpy led the SMUS Senior Girls to eighth place at the BC Cross Country Championships in Abbotsford, while Santiago Rankin scored all three goals in the Junior Boys Soccer team’s 3–2 win to claim Island bronze. This week, field hockey heads to provincials, Senior Boys Soccer hosts the Island championships and both senior volleyball teams are in playoff action.
SMUS also named field hockey midfielder Anna Beaudry and Senior Boys Volleyball captain Eric Thompson its first Athletes of the Month for 2026–27.
Cross Country
Grade 10 runner Reese Trumpy led the SMUS Senior Girls to an eighth-place team finish at the BC Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Clearbrook Park in Abbotsford.
Trumpy was the top Blue Jag finisher in the Senior Girls AA race, completing the five-kilometre course in 20:23.9 to place 17th out of 134 runners. That finish easily beat her time at the Vancouver Island meet, where she placed seventh in 21:00.
Fellow 10th-Grader Natalie DiFelice-Oinonen finished 40th for SMUS in 21:13.7. Teammate Lauren Arndt placed 60th in 22:01.3 while Ella Buckley finished 78th in 23:06.7. Addy Newman-Ting (94th, 23:42.5) and Sophie Buckley (128th, 27:13.3) rounded out the SMUS finishers.
Field Hockey
The SMUS Field Hockey team will compete in the 12-team BC AAA Championship tournament beginning this Wednesday at Shawnigan Lake School and the Cowichan Sportsplex. See Championship schedule
The No. 2 seed from Vancouver Island, SMUS will face Crofton House at 9:00 a.m. and Tamanawis at 12:00 p.m. in its two preliminary pool games on Wednesday at Shawnigan.
In addition to those three teams, the BC tournament field includes host Quw’utsun, Oak Bay, Handsworth, Collingwood, GW Graham, Kelowna, Little Flower Academy, Charles Best, and Carson Graham.
Quarterfinals, featuring the top two teams from each pool, go Thursday morning with the semifinals set for that afternoon. The championship final is scheduled for 1:30 pm on Friday at the Cowichan Sportsplex.
Senior Boys Soccer
The Senior Boys begin their quest for the Vancouver Island AA Soccer Championship when they play host to the eight-team tournament starting this Monday at the University of Victoria.
The Blue Jags have been placed in Pool B for the Island tournament, along with defending BC Champion Carihi of Campbell River, Gulf Islands Secondary, and Glenlyon Norfolk School. SMUS was scheduled to meet Gulf Islands at 9 am and GNS at 2:15 pm in Monday games before closing out pool play against Carihi with a 9 am Tuesday kick-off.
Pool B includes Brentwood College, Mark Isfeld, Stelly’s, and Lambrick Park. The two pool winners will meet in Tuesday’s 2 pm Island final and qualify for the BC AA tournament, along with the winner of the third-place game which also begins at 2 pm.
The BC AA Championship tournament runs Nov. 23-25 at Burnaby Lake.
Junior Boys Soccer
The SMUS Junior Boys Soccer team captured the bronze medal as the Island Championship tournament wrapped up last Tuesday in Courtenay.
The Junior Jags edged host Mark Isfeld 3-2 in the third-place game. Santiago Rankin scored all three goals for SMUS in the win.
“It was great team achievement for sure,” said Kevin Mennie, who along with Kelsey Boudreau coached the SMUS squad.
Earlier Tuesday, the Blue Jags secured a spot in the third-place game with a 2-1 win over Carihi. Rankin and Graeme Shanks scored for SMUS in that game.
The Juniors split their preliminary games on Monday as the Island tournament began. The Jags opened with a 1-0 loss to Oak Bay. Oak Bay scored in the first minute of the game and then hung on for the win. SMUS believed it had equalized in the second half but the referee didn’t see the ball cross the goal line. “The boys played an outstanding second half,” Mennie said.
SMUS bounced back with an afternoon victory in penalty kicks over Ballenas after the teams ended the game in a 3-3 draw. SMUS trailed 3-0 at the half, but goals by Declan Ross, Woody Carswell, and Rankin evened the score. In penalty kicks, SMUS keeper Isaiah Pereira made a save and Tristan Lobb booted home the winner.
Senior Boys Volleyball
The Senior Boys Volleyball team will begin its battle for a berth in the Island AA Championships by hosting a first-round Lower Island playoff match this Monday against visiting Stelly’s, beginning at 5:30 pm. The Blue Jags are the fourth seed in the Lower Island playoff draw while Stelly’s is fifth.
In other first-round action at SMUS Monday, Vic High meets Esquimalt at 5:30 pm, Parkland and Pacific Christian square off at 7:15 pm, and Lambrick Park and Edward Milne play at 7:15 pm.
Monday’s winners will meet in Lower Island semifinals on Thursday at 6 pm. The final and third-place matches are scheduled for 7:30 pm. Thursday’s matches will all be played at Pacific Christian.
The top four teams will advance to the Island AA Championship tournament, Nov. 20 and 21 at Lambrick Park.
In their final regular-season action last Wednesday at Pacific Christian, the Blue Jags dropped a close match to Lambrick (20-25, 23-25) and then split with the host Pacers, the No. 1 Lower Island AA team, (25-20, 21-25).
Last Friday, the Senior Boys hosted Gulf Islands for a best-of-five afternoon exhibition series. The Blue Jags, missing powerful Grade 12 hitter Eric Thompson, fell to the visitors in a competitive matchup (18-25, 25-13, 23-25, 22-25, 25-23).
Senior Girls Volleyball
The Senior Girls Volleyball team opened Lower Island AA playoffs at Stelly’s last Tuesday night. The host Stingers defeated the Blue Jags in three close sets, winning the best-of-five match 25-20, 25-18, 26-24.
SMUS will see more playoff action this Tuesday at Edward Milne, when it meets the host Wolverines at 5:30 pm and Vic High at 6:45 pm as part of a three-team round-robin that will determine the Lower Island AAA fifth- through seventh-place teams.
The Blue Jags will also take part in Veterans Cup playoffs on Saturday at Belmont, beginning with a 9 am match against St. Margaret’s.
Junior Boys Volleyball
The SMUS Junior Boys Volleyball team wrapped up its season with a pair of Lower Island consolation playoff match wins on Thursday at Edward Milne.
The Junior Jags split with the host team (22-25, 25-16) but won on overall points, before sweeping Vic High (25-15, 25-17).
Junior ‘A’ Girls Volleyball
The Junior ‘A’ Girls Volleyball team ended its season with an 11th-place Lower Island playoff finish by splitting a pair of matches on Thursday at Esquimalt.
The Blue Jags fell in straight sets to the host team before capping their season by beating Lambrick Park in both sets. Iben Hamilton, the SMUS libero, enjoyed a strong night especially on defence.
Junior ‘B’ Girls Volleyball
The Junior ‘B’ Girls swept host Spectrum 2-0 to complete their season in Lower Island Division 2 Volleyball crossover playoff action last Monday after beginning the day with a pair of close losses to Vic High.
“We had some awesome serving runs from Miffy, Kayleigh, and Sarah,” said Coach Samantha Butler. “Katheryn had some great hits and blocks with Beth getting lots of great digs as libero.”
SMUS Athletes of the Month
Anna Beaudry from Field Hockey and Eric Thompson from Senior Boys Volleyball have been honoured as the first SMUS Athletes of the Month for the 2026-27 school year.
A Grade 12 midfielder, Beaudry is a true leader on a SMUS team that has faced a huge player turnover from 2025. “She has shown up with positivity and leads on and off the field by example,” says Coach Ali Baggott. “Playing almost every minute, Anna has scored or assisted on nearly every goal and she continues to boost our energy and confidence.”
The Grade 12 SMUS Boys captain, Thompson is a powerful, heavy hitter who can score in a variety of ways. “He brings tremendous energy and momentum with his big kills and has the ability to take over a game,” says Coach Brady Doland. “Eric leads by example through his powerful play and ability to energize those around him.”
Blue Jag Alumni: Brown Sisters Lift McCrae Cup
On Nov. 8, Mackenna Brown '26 and Wynn Brown '24 hoisted the McCrae Cup as U SPORTS National Champions in Women's Field Hockey. The UBC Thunderbirds players went undefeated this season to win both the national banner and the conference, Canada West, title, ending a nine-year drought of being the top team in Canada. Ahead of the tournament Mackenna Brown was named Canada's Rookie of the Year, earning her the Joyce Slipp Award. Mackenna also scored the game winner in the gold-medal game where UBC beat Toronto 2-1 at the Waterloo-hosted event.
Read about UBC winning the National Championship title
Read about Mackenna Brown being named U SPORTS Rookie of the Year
Blue Jag Alumni: Soccer Nationals Stage set
The University of Victoria Vikes are set to host the U SPORTS men's soccer national championships this week, Nov. 12-15, at Centennial Stadium. The No. 1-seeded UBC Thunderbirds and No. 4-ranked UVic Vikes have both qualified. SMUS alumni Takin Keshavarz '21 and Joe Mackenzie-Elrick '26 are both members of the 24-member UVic squad. On the women's side, the U SPORTS national championship is hosted Nov. 12-15 at UBC's Thunderbird stadium. UBC, Trinity Western and Thompson Rivers women's squads have all qualified from the Canada West conference. First year forward Joss Olcen ' 25 will be on the Thompson Rivers line up after the WolfPack secured their first-ever conference medal in the program's history with a Canada West silver medal on Nov. 6. The teams get underway on Nov. 12 with the WolfPack playing Montreal at 1:30 p.m.
