The B.C. senior boys basketball season tips off Monday, and to get things started, we present the Big 10 rankings for all four of this province’s tiers.
Here’s to a great season and our promise of B.C.’s best high school basketball coverage, right here at Varsity Letters:
SENIOR BOYS
QUAD A
1. Holy Cross Crusaders (Surrey)
2. Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey)
3. Oak Bay Bays (Victoria)
4. Yale Lions (Abbotsford)
5. Burnaby South Rebels
6. W.J. Mouat Hawks (Abbotsford)
7. Semiahmoo Totems (Surrey)
8. Walnut Grove Gators (Langley)
9. Kelowna Owls
10. Kitsilano Blue Demons (Vancouver)
Honourable mention —Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey), Vancouver College Fighting Irish, Handsworth Royals (North Vancouver), Pinetree Timberwolves (Coquitlam), St. George’s Saints (Vancouver)
(Howard Tsumura, VarsityLetters.ca)
TRIPLE A
1. South Kamloops Titans
2. Bodwell Bruins (North Vancouver)
3. Byrne Creek Bulldogs (Burnaby)
4. R.A. McMath Wildcats (Richmond)
5. MEI Eagles (Abbotsford)
6. North Delta Huskies
7. Sir Charles Tupper Tigers (Vancouver)
8. Wellington Wildcats (Nanaimo)
9. Richmond Colts
10. Rick Hansen Hurricnaes (Abbotsford)
Honourable mention —Vernon Panthers, GW Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack), Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver), Steveston-London Sharks (Richmond), Duchess Park Condors (Prince George)
(BC Boys High School Basketball)
DOUBLE A
1. Brentwood College (Mill Bay)
2. Clarence Fulton Maroons (Vernon)
3. Westsyde Whundas (Kamloops)
4. St. Patrick’s Celtcis (Vancouver)
5. Shawnigan Lake Stags
6. Charles Hays Rainmakers (Prince Rupert)
7. King George Dragons (Vancouver)
8. Collingwood Cavaliers (West Vancouver)
9. Pacific Academy Breakers (Surrey)
10. Lambrick Park Lions (Victoria)
Honourable mention — Delview Raiders (North Delta), Britannia Bruins (Vancouver), R.C. Palmer Griffins (Richmond), St. Michaels University School Blue Jags (Victoria), Southern Okanagan Hornets (Oliver)
(Lyle Dhur, sportvictoria.com)
SINGLE A
1. Heritage Christian Saints (Kelowna)
2. B.C. Christian Panthers (Port Coquitlam)
3. Credo Christian Kodiaks (Langley)
4. Bulkley Valley Christian Royals (Smithers)
5. Kelowna Christian Knights
6. Khalsa Lions (Surrey)
7. Osoyoos Rattlers
8. Unity Christian Flames (Chilliwack)
9. Regent Christian Royals (Surrey)
10. Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons (Victoria)
Honourable mention — Similkameen Sparks (Keremeos), King David Lions (Vancouver), Duncan Christian Chargers, Deer Lake Falcons (Burnaby)
(Sean Juteau, Greater Vancouver Independent Schools Athletic Association)