MEI's Charlotte Dyck (left) tangles with Yale's Asia Kumar during Day 2 action at the B.C. junior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Gary Ahuja property of Langley Events Centre 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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JUNIOR: Game reports from Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. Junior girls basketball championships!

By GARY AHUJA (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — We have four teams left standing at the Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament.The first semifinal will feature the top-seed Oak Bay Breakers and the No. 5 Argyle Pipers while the latter one is an all-Eastern Valley battle between the No. 10 M.E.I. Eagles and the No. […]

Pacific Christian's Abbi Ellison was a scoring threat from start to finish against Notre Dame during Day 2 action at the B.C. senior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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DOUBLE A: Game reports from Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. Double-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the B.C. girls basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.To our treasured readers, thank you so much for all of your support on Wednesday, leaning on us for coverage from the biggest game of the 2022-23 season.Please come back here throughout the day for live game stories and […]

Kelowna's Mav Chahal (left) tries to slow Riverside's Natalie Curley during Day 2 action at the B.C. senior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Dan Kinvig 2023 by special permission. All Rights Reserved)
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QUAD A: Game reports from Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. Quad-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the B.C. girls basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.To our treasured readers, thank you so much for all of your support on Wednesday, leaning on us for coverage from the biggest game of the 2022-23 season.Please come back here throughout the day for live game stories and […]

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TRIPLE A: Game reports from Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. Triple-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the B.C. girls basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.To our treasured readers, thank you so much for all of your support on Wednesday, leaning on us for coverage from the biggest game of the 2022-23 season.Please come back here throughout the day for live game stories and […]

King George's Jose Zuluaga (left) is guarded by North Delta's Kristian Cabico during opening round Rising 8 bracket action at the 2022 Tsumura Basketball Invitational. Both schools started and finished the polling season within their respective provincial Top 10s. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2022 All Rights Reserved)
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Boys Top 10 Hoops rankings: How did the PRESEASON poll compare with the 03.01.23 FINAL poll at all four tiers!

LANGLEY — The final Top 10 polls of the season are out. How did they compare with the first poll of the season? Take a look.We’ve got the preseason poll from Nov. 22 included down below.The boys B.C. tournaments tip off March 8 at the LEC.BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSFINALQUAD A1 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (LW-1)2 […]

St. Thomas More's Tarrence Booker has been one of B.C.'s very best senior point guards this season, and on Sunday he was selected zone MVP as his team faced the Byrne Creek Bulldogs in Sunday's Fraser North AAA zone final at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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STM’s Tarrence Booker: A rarity in this day and age, Knights’ Fraser North AAA MVP says: “Social media doesn’t really equate to how good a player really is”

LANGLEY — It was the kind of moment that a kid named Booker (T. Book to his friends) has learned to read all too well over the course of his high school basketball career.On Sunday afternoon, as the Fraser North Triple-A senior boys basketball championship game wound its way to what everyone at the Langley […]

Holy Cross' Solene Jackson helped her team to a narrow win over SMUS in the second round of play on Day 1 at the B.C. junior girls basketball championships in Langley. (Photo by Gary Ahuja property of LEC 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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JUNIOR: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. JUNIOR girls basketball championships!

BY GARY AHUJA (Special for Varsity Letters)The 16 games are done and the 24 teams are now settled into their three 8-team brackets (Championship, Showcase and Rivalry) following 16 games on day one of the Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament!TOP HALF DRAWNo. 1 OAK BAY 56 No. 17 FLEETWOOD PARK 32LANGLEY — Facing an […]

Walnut Grove's Kiera Pemberton drivers past the Mt. Baker Wild during Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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QUAD A: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. Quad-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 1 here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre.Please check back here with regularity for updated reports from this tier of play.STORIES BY GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)QUAD-ATOP HALF DRAWNo. 1 WALNUT GROVE GATORS 97 No. 16 MOUNT BAKER WILD 28LANGLEY – […]

Mulgrave's Katelyn Takeuchi measures up a shot against Prince George's Has Ti Kelly Road Grizzlies during Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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DOUBLE-A: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. Double A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 1 here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre.Please check back here with regularity for updated reports from this tier of play.TOP HALF DRAW STORIES BY BRAD ZIEMER (Special for Varsity Letters)BOTTOM HALF DRAW STORIES BY DAN KINVIG (Special for Varsity Letters)No. 1 […]

UVic-bound Makena Anderson of the SMUS Blue Jags looks to shoot over Seaton's Mya Koleba during Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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TRIPLE-A: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. Triple A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 1 here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre.Please check back here with regularity for updated reports from this tier of play.TRIPLE-ATOP HALF DRAWNo. 1 ST. MICHAELS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL 80 No. 16 W.L. SEATON 36LANGLEY — Makena Anderson is not a player searching […]