LANGLEY — The fourth B.C. junior boys basketball poll of the season, coming 24 days ahead of the B.C. championship tourney’s opening-day tip at the Langley Events Centre, finds the province’s powers keeping some faithful company.
No. 1 Burnaby South beat No. 2 Sir Charles Tupper in the 2017 final.
Vernon and Sullivan Heights, each entering a higher realm of success in their overall basketball programs these days, enter the top 10, as do North Delta’s Seaquam Seahawks as an honourable mention entity.
BASKETBALL
JUNIOR BOYS
B.C. TOP 10
1 Burnaby South Rebels (LW-3)
2 Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver) (2)
3 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (1)
4 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (4)
5 Terry Fox Ravens (Port Coquitlam) (7)
6 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (6)
7 Abbotsford Panthers (8)
8 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (9)
9 Vernon Panthers (NR)
10 Sullivan Heights Stars (Surrey) (NR)
Honourable mention — Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam) (5), Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert) (HM), Duchess Park Condors (Prince George) (HM), G.P. Vanier Towhees (Courtenay) (HM), Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (NR)
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