LANGLEY TOWNSHIP — Welcome to Day 1 of the 2026 B.C. senior girls Single-A basketball championship, coming to you from the Langley Events Centre.
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Howard Tsumura
SINGLE A (AT R.E. MOUNTAIN)
BULKLEY VALLEY 69 DUNCAN CHRISTIAN 40
LANGLEY – No pressure.
That was the message from coach James Horner to his 14th seeded Bulkley Valley Christian Royals ahead of their opening round game at the 2026 B.C. Senior Girls Single-A Championships.
The Royals scored the upset win, taking down the third-seed Duncan Christian Chargers 69-40.
The Royals were the Northwest runner up and faced a wild-card game just to qualify.
“We knew we were under-seeded. Last year we finished 8th in the tournament, and we improved and brought back a lot of our players,” said Royals coach James Horner. “We just had an up and down year with some girls playing volleyball and haven’t had the normal trajectory and results that you can have.”
The lower ranking actually helped the team, he offered.
“We were supposed to lose, it’s ok: we don’t have to worry about the results, we just have to worry about playing our game. If shots fall, they fall. The girls bought into that,” Horner said.
Bulkley Valley led 21-12 but only scored five points in the second quarter, leading by a basket at the half. The second half was a different story, however, with the Royals outscoring the Chargers 43-16 over the final 20 minutes.
“We just controlled the ball well, passed around their zone and found the open person, whether that was a shot or down from the post. We were scoring multiple ways in our half-court set and that is what the difference was,” Horner said.
With no Grade 12s on the roster – and just four Grade 11s – the coach said the experience the young team gained at last year’s tournament was invaluable in dealing with nerves.
“They got to see the gym, see the banquet, the whole energy. We don’t play (in environments) like this up north, the big gyms and all the announcers and stuff like that,” he said.
No. 2 CEDARS CHRISTIAN 88 VS. No. 15 ST. MARGARET’S SCHOOL 34
By Gary Ahuja (Special for Varsity Letters)
LANGLEY – It was unfamiliar territory for Prince George’s Cedars Christian Eagles.
The North Central champions and No. 2 seed tipped off the 2026 B.C. Senior Girls Single-A Championships bright and early, taking the court at R.E. Mountain Secondary for an 8:30 a.m. start.
The Eagles had not played that early all season, and for a roster featuring just one true senior and one Grade 11, the provincial stage was new territory.
“It was good to get that first one out of the way. A lot of our girls are first-time here. Shake off the nerves and hopefully now get into a rhythm,” said coach Jordan Johnson following his team’s dominant 88-34 win over the St. Margaret’s School Cardinals. “It’s also nice not to be waiting around and to get that first game out of the way.”
The No. 15-seeded Cardinals from Victoria struck first with the game’s opening two baskets and trailed just 16-12 after the first eight minutes. But the Eagles tightened up defensively in the second quarter, allowing just one field goal and four points to seize full control.
Cadence Hooft, a 5-foot-10 Grade 10 forward, earned Player of the Game honours with a commanding 28-point performance.
“She’s a workhorse for us. She does the hard stuff, the gritty things, the rebounding. She’s very physical inside for us,” Johnson said.
Senior Chloe McEwan added 23 points for the Eagles.
St. Margaret’s was led by Abby Nicholson with 16 points, while Ciara McKenzie chipped in 13.
NO. 10 IMMACULATA 81 NO. 7 SOUTHPOINTE ACADEMY 52
By Gary Ahuja (Special for Varsity Letters)
LANGLEY – A strong finish to the season carried over into the provincial championships for Kelowna’s Immaculata Mustangs.
The Thompson-Okanagan continued their late-season surge. After a slow start to the campaign, the Mustangs entered the 2026 B.C. Senior Girls Single-A Championships riding an eight-game winning streak and carried that momentum into a dominant second half performance against Delta’s Southpointe Academy, winning 81-52
The game was tightly contested early, with Immaculata holding a slim two-point edge at halftime. But the Mustangs blew it open to start the third quarter, unleashing a decisive 22-0 run that put the game out of reach.
Grade 11 point guard Lotte Kruger led the way with 22 points, while Grade 10 guard Sloane Fuglestveit added 19. Natalia Postolka paced Southpointe Academy with 18 points.
1:15 P.M. 4 DASMESH (6) VS. KING DAVID (11)
3 P.M. 5 NANAIMO CHRISTIAN (5) VS. EBENEZER (12)
4:45 P.M. 6 NECHAKO VALLEY (4) VS. ABERDEEN HALL (13)
6:15 P.M. 7 ST. JOHN’S (8) VS. JOHN KNOX CHRISTIAN (9)
7:45 P.M. 8 ACWSALCTA (1) VS. GRAND FORKS (16)
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