For Simon Fraser’s Mikyle Malabuyoc, it’s all about the orchestration of the score! Red Leafs’ point guard set to dish dimes as team celebrates Filipino Heritage Night on Thursday vs. Alaska Nanooks!
By Howard TsumuraVarsity LettersBURNABY MOUNTAIN — A great conductor will tell you that there is infinitely more to performing a great symphonic score than just looking at notes and abiding by time signatures.It’s more about seeing the big picture, and within the details, trusting that through the repetition of rehearsal that your vision is both […]
Yes, it’s a marathon, but for North Van’s No. 1-ranked Argyle Pipers, the Road to the LEC can also have its share of sprints!
By Howard TsumuraVarsity LettersNORTH VANCOUVER — Wonder what one of the best high school basketball teams in the province had planned for in the early morning hours of today, the first Tuesday in February?“Umm, we have wind sprints at 7:10 a.m., tomorrow morning… and it’s on purpose, right?” Anthony Beyrouti, head coach of the Quad-A […]
02.02.26 edition: Pipers, Panthers, Crusaders and T-Wolves hold down the fort! Are latest BC senior girls Top 10 rankings the calm before the playoff storm?
LANGLEY — The calm before the storm.That’s perhaps the easiest way, ahead of the stretch-drive run to playoffs, to describe the quietest week of the B.C. senior girls basketball season… at least as far as movement in the provincial rankings is concerned.The Lambrick Park Pride’s four-spot rise in Double-A aside, the figurative pond remained placid […]
02.02.26: B.C. Basketball Metrics boys combined team ratings: 4A Rutland, 3A Brentwood College, 2A D.P. Todd the week’s biggest climbers!
By HOWARD TSUMURAVARSITY LETTERSLANGLEY — Reader response was excellent last week as Varsity Letters and B.C. Basketball Metrics debuted with its co-operative presentation of Top 16 and Zone ratings for B.C. senior boys basketball. We’re back with Week 2 and as the post-season beckons, it’s pretty apparent that nothing beats a good regional clash, whatever […]
01.28.26 edition: Vancouver College top both the B.C. senior Quad-A and junior boys provincial Top 10 rankings! Here’s all five tiers as March Madness creeps up ever closer!
LANGLEY — So may call it an eternal question, yet more than ever, this is the week to ask if this is indeed the year of the Vancouver College Fighting Irish? At least as it pertains to the spoils of March Madness.This week, the Irish sit at No. 1 in both the Quad-A senior boys […]
