The big man on the Terry Fox secondary school campus made big news earlier this week when he signed a scholarship offer to play football with the University of Idaho Vandals of the NCAA Div. 1 ranks.
Six-foot-eight, 330-pound Ravens' offensive lineman Mason Woods will head south next grid season, starting in September. He was named a 2011 B.C. high school provicincial all-star.
Currently playing for Fox's senior boys basketball team, athleticism seems to run in Woods's family as his sister, Mae, is currently on a hoops scholarship at the University of Houston.
FOX, KODIAKS IN HOOPS BATTLE
Denying points as opposed to delivering them is paramount Friday for the Terry Fox Ravens.
So insists Fox head coach Steve Hanson, whose squad faces Tri-Cities rivals the Heritage Woods Kodiaks in a key Fraser Valley North senior boys high school basketball league contest at Terry Fox gym, 7:30 p.m.
"Our game plan is to play better team defence from start to finish," said Hanson, whose 14-5 team is polled No. 7 among B.C. AAA squads while the Kodiaks are currently unranked.
Containing top gun Mitch Ligertwood will be a big task against a Heritage Woods unit that qualified for provincials for the first time ever last year.
