LANGLEY — Games have been sparse from the start of the holiday break through the re-opening of schools around the province this week.Nonetheless, their frequency will continue to pick up steam.As a result, these are our first set of B.C. senior boys basketball rankings since Dec. 20.Quad-, Double- and Single-A tiers all check in with […]
Author: Howard Tsumura
Julian be nimble, Julian be quick! Now 75 pounds lighter, here’s why Simon Fraser’s 7-foot centre Julian Roche is playing the best basketball of his career!
BURNABY — The biggest man on Burnaby Mountain is standing taller than ever.Julian Roche has stopped growing, yet there seems little question these days that Simon Fraser’s 7-foot senior centre is reaching new heights in every part of his life, including on the court where his team-leading 15.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game are […]
B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball Top 10 rankings 01.04.21 edition: Pollsters install Riverside Rapids at No. 1 following TBI finals victory
LANGLEY — B.C. girls high school basketball released its latest Top 10 rankings on Tuesday for the Quad A tier, the first since Dec. 15.Riverside, following its win over Terry Fox in the Tsumura Basketball Invitational championship final on Dec. 18, moved into first place.All other tiers of B.C. girls senior varsity basketball, as well […]
B.C. boys high school basketball rankings 12.21.21 edition: Dover Bay, Mark Isfeld, Summerland all climb into Top 10 poll position!
LANGLEY — Our final set of senior boys basketball rankings of 2021 have arrived, and as usual, there were many tough decisions which had to be made.All the best over the holidays and we will return with our next rankings in 2022.SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Burnaby South Rebels (13-0) (FN) (LW-1)Last week — Won all three […]
B.C. Girls High school basketball rankings 12.20.21: Brookswood new AAA No. 1 while LCS, Credo maintain their AA and A strongholds!
LANGLEY — B.C.’s highest ranked teams at the Triple- and Double-A tiers took part in this past week’s Tsumura Basketball Invitational, and their performances are reflected within the first in-season Top 10 rankings released by the pollsters at B.C. girls high school basketball.Here are Top 10s for tiers Triple-, Double- and Single-A. We have also […]
A Sunday Read: A Rapids ascent comes on the heels of red sneakers… Indeed, there’s no place like home as Riverside tops Terry Fox at LEC for Tsumura Basketball 2021 girls title!
LANGLEY — Venica Davignon didn’t have to click the heels of her red basketball slippers together three times and repeat the phrase ‘There’s no place like home’ on Saturday night in order to transport both herself and her Riverside Rapids teammates to their version of hoops utopia.After all, they were already standing on centre court […]
Tsumura Basketball 2021: Langley Christian, South Delta round out our Top four… here’s how our finishes third through 12 were determined Saturday at the LEC!
LANGLEY — Here’s how teams placing third through 12th fared on their final day of competition Saturday at the 2021 girls Tsumura Basketball Invitational.3RD-4THLANGLEY CHRISTIAN 85 SOUTH DELTA 59LANGLEY — Lightning head coach Danielle Gardner was thrilled with her team’s bronze-medal ways.“I feel fantastic, I mean not having played for a couple of years, it […]
Hunker down for the Battle of PoCo… it’s No. 1 Terry Fox & No. 6 Riverside in a Saturday night LEC clash for Tsumura Basketball 2021 bragging rights!
LANGLEY — Get ready for the Battle of PoCo!On Saturday (8:30 p.m.), the Langley Events Centre will give B.C. girls high school basketball its last major showcase tournament until at least the start of February on when the Quad-A No. 1 Terry Fox Ravens take on the No. 6 Riverside Rapids.It’s a Port Coquitlam derby […]
Tsumura Girls Basketball 2021: Here’s how Terry Fox, South Delta, Langley Christian and Riverside all found their way to Friday’s Final Four at the LEC!
LANGLEY — Final Four Friday is set here at the 2021 girls Tsumura Basketball Invitational at the Langley Events Centre.In the 6:45 p.m. opener, Double A No. 1 Langley Christian meets Quad-A No. 6 Riverside.In the 8:15 p.m. finale, No. 1 Quad A Terry Fox battles Quad A No. 10 South Delta.If you want to […]
FINAL EDITION: Tsumura Girls Basketball Day 2 reports: Fox-Churchill, MEI-S. Delta, Riverside-Brookswood, LCS-SMUS as Elite 8 set for Friday!
This is the final wrap from Day 2 of the Girls 2021 Tsumura Basketball Invitational at the Langley Events Centre.All game reports and photos are below.First, here’s a look at tomorrow’s championship quarterfinals. Remember, semifinals tip at 6:45 and 8:15 p.m. Friday, with Saturday’s final tipping at 8:30 p.m.QUARTERFINALS (All games on Centre Court)TOP HALF […]