Jenna Talib and the Mulgrave Titans beat the Southridge Storm of Surrey on Day 2 of the B.C. senior girls Double-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.03.22 Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior girls DOUBLE-A Elite 8 basketball championships!

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2022 B.C senior girls Double A basketball championships.Please keep checking back on this posting for live reports from all four quarterfinal clashes. STORIES BY AARON MARTIN (Special to Varsity Letters)ST. MICHAELS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL BLUE JAGS 59 NOTRE DAME 40LANGLEY – The No. 5-seeded St. Michaels University School Blue Jags earned their […]

Terry Fox's Lauren Clements keeps close eye on Abbotsford's Chelsey Dulku on Day 2 of the B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.03.22 Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior girls QUAD-A Elite 8 basketball championships!

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2022 B.C senior girls Quad A basketball championships.Please keep checking back on this posting for live reports from all four quarterfinal clashes.All stories by HOWARD TSUMURAWALNUT GROVE 88 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 79LANGLEY — There are games that cement a player’s baromtere of greatness, and for Walnut Grove’s electrifying Kiera […]

R.A. McMath's Kee Hohlweg (left) drives on College Heights' Sophia Fuller on Day 2 of the B.C. senior girls Triple-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Gary Ahuja property of Langley Events Centre 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.03.22 Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior girls TRIPLE-A Elite 8 basketball championships!

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2022 B.C senior girls Triple A basketball championships.Please keep checking back on this posting for live reports from all four quarterfinal clashes.All Stories by GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)R.A. MCAMTH 93 COLLEGE HEIGHTS 49LANGLEY – The R.A. McMath Wildcats have proved they can take care of Prince George […]

St. Thomas More's Mara Nica and Mia Chen converge to make sure the MEI Eagles don't grab a rebound on the opening day of the B.C. junior girls basketball championships. (Photo by Gary Ahuja 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.02.22: Complete Day 1 reports from the 2022 B.C. junior girls basketball championships

BY GARY AHUJA (Special for VarsityLetters.ca)Welcome to Day 1 of the Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament.Wednesday’s second-round winners now advance to the Championship Round with all four quarter-final games set to be played at R.E. Mountain Secondary.The action gets underway at 4:00pm between No. 4 South Kamloops and No. 5 Reynolds with No. 1 […]

Burnaby Central's Jayla Huyhn (left) looks to pass out of the double team of Carihi's Gillianne Stewardson and Hailey Bond. on Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls Triple-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.02.22: Complete Day 1 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior girls Triple-A basketball championships

ALL STORIES BY GARY KINGSTON (Special to Varsity Letters)Welcome to Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls Triple-A basketball championships.Please continue to check back on this posting for updates and photos from all eight championship round games:SA-HALI 68 ALBERNI DISTRICT 62LANGLEY – It took 35 years for the Alberni District Armada to develop a team […]

Langley Christian's Lainey Shelvey drives past Shas Ti Kelly Road's Breanna Skelly on Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls Double-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of University of the Fraser Valley athletics 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.02.22: Complete Day 1 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior girls Double-A basketball championships

Welcome to Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls Double-A basketball championships.Please continue to check back on this posting for updates and photos from all eight championship round games:BY HOWARD TSUMURAKALAMALKA 56 LAMBRICK PARK 44LANGLEY — The Kalamalka Lakers just needed a quick pep talk to calm their nerves and stoke their confidence.And once they […]

Riverside's Avery Sussex is the picture of drive as she goes to the rim against Belmont's Marley Birnanbaum on Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.02.22: Complete Day 1 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships

Welcome to Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships.Please continue to check back on this posting for updates and photos from all eight championship round games:BY DAN KINVIG (Special for Varsity Letters)ABBOTSFORD SENIOR 84 FLEETWOOD PARK 47LANGLEY — On first glance, the Abbotsford Senior Panthers appear to be a team poised to […]

Valleyview Vikings seniors (left to right) Tlell Schreiner, Jaya Saroya and Jaime Horsman are bound for the Big Dance starting Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Karen Horsman 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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The return of Howie’s High School Hamper: Six things to watch as the 2022 B.C. girls basketball championships tip-off Wednesday at the LEC!

LANGLEY — On the eve of the B.C. senior girls basketball championships, it’s time to fill in some of the little-known details of the season, all of which are a part of the legacy of the 48 teams set to tip off a four-day run Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre.So after about a decade […]

Brookswood senior guard Cassidy Buchanan (centre), one of B.C.'s Best in 2021-22, looks to cap her high school career in her hometown as she leads 3A Brookswood into the BC's at the LEC starting Wednesday. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C.’s best girls senior varsity hoop talent! On eve of Championship Week, BCSSGBA unveils its Top 5’s for 2021-22 at 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A!

LANGLEY — After a one-year hiatus, it’s once again time to tip our collective hoop hat to all of talented players that make the B.C. girls high school basketball world such an exciting one to follow.This season, the B.C. Secondary Schools Girls Basketball Association is presenting its Top 5 players in each of the four […]

With SMUS' Maddy Albert in chase, Syra Toor of Seaquam is captured in mid-flight during B.C. junior girls basketball action between the No. 1-ranked Blue Jags of Victoria and the host and No. 2-ranked Seahawks on Feb. 4, 2022 in North Delta. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. junior girls 2022 championship bracket revealed! SMUS, Seaquam, OKM and South Kam tab the top four seeds for 24-team tourney!

LANGLEY — When they met in a mid-afternoon game without any fans back on Feb. 4, we called the 60-58 overtime win by No. 1 St. Michaels University School Blue Jags of Victoria, over the host and No. 2-ranked Seaquam Seahawks of North Delta a potential preview of the 2022 B.C. junior girls championship final.So […]