LANGLEY — With pool play complete for the 2026 Surrey RCMP Tournament, the Tamanawis Wildcats were are all set to begin official Round 1 action today against the Southridge Storm as B.C.’s No. 1-ranked Quad-A team.Yet beneath them, the province’s largest tier was turned head over heels based on the results of this past week […]
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01.12.26 edition: The first B.C. senior girls high school basketball Top 10 rankings of 2026 are here!
LANGLEY — Here are the first B.C. School Sports’ Top 10s of 2026 available from Tiers 4A, 3A and 2A:GIRLSQUAD-A1 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (LW-1) 2 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (2) 3 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (SF) (3)4 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (4)5 MEI Eagles (Abbotsford) (EV) (5)6 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (8) 7 Johnston […]
01.07.26 edition: Traditional powers Vancouver College, Oak Bay each open 2026 as the Quad-A biggest climbers! Here are your first BC boys basketball Top 10 rankings of the new year!
LANGLEY — Quad-A was the home of the biggest climbers over the holiday season for games played Dec. 17 through Jan. 6.Vancouver College and Oak Bay each rose three spots with the Irish moving into No. 2 and the the Bays into No. 7.The Fighting Irish won five straight to end December, including a 112-101 […]
The story of UBC’s Cerys Merton: How a penchant for defence, inspired by a late high school teammate, has helped ‘Birds guard become her program’s all-time steals-per-game leader!
By Howard TsumuraVANCOUVER — Thumb through the pages of Cerys Merton’s own basketball dictionary, and you’ll discover that the definition of the term ‘skill set’ includes at least one discipline not commonly clustered with the likes of the game’s time-honoured standards of shooting, passing and dribbling.“I think the biggest thing is just constantly bringing that […]
B.C. junior boys basketball provincial invitational berthing announcement!
Attn coaches of B.C. junior boys basketball teams, we have news for you!
12.17.25 edition: BC senior and junior Top 10’s! Holy Cross, Byrne Creek big leapers, VC Irish top JV poll!
LANGLEY — Here’s a look at the latest Top 10s from all four tiers, plus we’ve got the latest B.C. junior boys Top 10 as well:BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (LW-1)2 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) (2)3 Kelowna Owls (TOK) (4) 4 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (6) 5 Vancouver College Fighting […]
12.17.25 edition: Argyle, Langley Christian, Holy Cross top the latest B.C. girls high school Top 10 basketball rankings!
LANGLEY — The Tsumura Basketball Invitational brought together the majority of the top teams from the province’s three largest tiers… and the results have spoken with new No. 1s this week at the Quad- and Triple-A tiers.Here are B.C. School Sports’ latest Top 10s with two of four precincts reporting.Check back for a potential new […]
A Sunday Read: Dads, go hug your daughters! As Pitt Meadows wins TBI Select 16 title, we reflect on why coaching our kids is the honour of a lifetime!
PITT MEADOWS 58 VALLEYVIEW 42By HOWARD TSUMURA LANGLEY — Remember taking your elementary school-aged daughter to a high school basketball game because as a dad, you knew just the simple act of doing so felt like your way of passing on a gift to her?For anyone who has, fear not, because even if you’ve forgotten about […]
TBI 2025: Even with its size, Argyle Pipers prove bigger than the sum of its parts in Super 16 title win over Riverside!
LANGLEY — Broken down to its most essential parts, North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers are a team filled with individual success stories.A 6-foot-5 post who just accomplished in the past four days what it may well have taken her all of last season to accomplish.An irrepressible inside-outside scoring threat, who after copping Most Valuable Player honours […]
TBI 2025: Super 16 draw hits Final Four Friday! Riverside, Argyle get big wins to set finals card! Read our game reports here!
Reports from Friday night’s two TBI Super 16 semifinals are here:RIVERSIDE 68 SEAQUAM 64By HOWARD TSUMURALANGLEY — Ari Brown is just starting to show us who she is supposed to become on the basketball court.Yet there was Riverside’s 6-foot Grade 9 starter, in the heat of a TBI Super 16 Final Four fourth-quarter drive of […]