RICHMOND — Not that any of this is being scripted from above, but act three of a potential four-act play found our chief protagonists locked in a familiar script Friday at The Oval.
Author: Howard Tsumura
Wan vs. Aimaq: Superstar saw-off in 3A Mainland final, but Bulldogs take banner
RICHMOND — Bithow Wan was quick to speak to a traditional axiom of his sport Friday night at The Oval.
Kits survives huge Burnaby South rally for B.C. tourney berth
RICHMOND — In the final analysis, when the aim is to get to the dance, you don’t quibble with details like seeding, margin of victory, or style.
Morris, Knights grind out AAA Mainland bronze vs. Grey Ghosts
RICHMOND — With four minutes to go in the first quarter of Friday’s Lower Mainland Triple-A championship third-place game, Aaron Mitchell looked up at the scoreboard at The Oval and got a little queasy.
North Delta Huskies: JV dreams tied to honouring a golden past
NORTH DELTA — The toughest and most unpredictable tournament to try and win in the entire canon of B.C. high school basketball tips off Saturday
Jenna Carpenter-Boesch: Her family ties bond UBC hockey
VANCOUVER — The rink in her home town, which is actually too small to be even called a town, was built from scratch

SFU’s Sophie Swant: Zen and the beat of a basketball heart
BURNABY — Sophie Swant’s basketball heart has always ticked to the beat of a bull in a china shop
02.23.17 edition: Varsity Letters’ Big 10 boys basketball rankings
Only one more set of Top 10 rankings remain this season. Plenty of movement in the Quad A rankings this weekend, including a newcomer from Coquitlam.
Oak Bay, Seycove grab No. 1 seeds, draws for BC 2A, 3A tourneys here
LANGLEY — The Brookswood Bobcats’ bid to become the first B.C. senior girls basketball team to win four straight Triple-A provincial titles since the Salmon Arm Jewels did it to close out the 1970s remains in tact.But if they are going to do it, the three-time defending champs and No. 3 tourney seeds may well […]

Tsumura: Here’s my draw for the 2017 B.C. AAA girls hoops tourney
Impossible to seed, impossible to please.Just downright impossible.Greater minds than myself have been entrusted with putting together tonight’s draws (7 p.m. live stream, click here) for both the B.C. AA and AAA senior girls basketball championships.So I figured I would give the AAA draw a shot. (For fun coaches, please keep this in mind).TOP HALF […]