LANGLEY — Together, they were the Saturday night dream that happened two nights too early.
Author: Howard Tsumura
A Dhaliwal delight: Thunder’s ‘Super Sav’ leads Panorama past Grove, into Final Four
LANGLEY — Surrey’s Panorama Ridge Thunder had a sneaky feeling that bringing an ultra-aggressive mindset and leading with their physicality would help them sweeten the aftertaste of an ugly batch of numbers and help them snap a losing streak against their foes.
Winning games on grit sign of Abby’s maturity, Panthers are Final Four-bound
LANGLEY — They may be young, but if you listen to head coach Prentice Lenz talk about his team, it seems pretty clear that the Abbotsford Panthers have learned to embrace some pretty big concepts well ahead of their time.
Jasper, Bobcats turn up defensive heat to top Owls in Final 4 return
LANGLEY — If the Brookswood Bobcats are going to put themselves into their fifth-straight Telus B.C. senior girls basketball championship final on Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre, it’s their role players that will have to help carry them through Final Four Friday.Led by B.C. girls Player of the Year Louise Forsyth, who scored […]
Comic book marvels: Britannia’s shrink-&-stretch roster confounds Condors
LANGLEY — In the classic Marvel comic tales of The Fantastic Four, Mister Fantastic is the genius scientist who has been given the power to stretch his body into any shape he desires.Think about that ability to go from large to small and any dimension in between, apply it to the roster of a girls high school […]
FINAL: 03.01.17: Day 1 from the Telus B.C. girls basketball championships
It’s a wrap from Day 1 at the 2017 Telus BC girls high school senior varsity basketball championships.Here are game recaps from all 16 sudden-elimination contests. First we lead off with a look at Thursday’s schedule.DOUBLE AQUARTERFINALS12 p.m. — South Kamloops vs. Immaculta, 1:45 p.m. — Seycove vs. Ballenas, 3:30 p.m. — Vernon vs. Windsor; […]
Jet-lagged no more, UBC middle Li making most of second chance
VANCOUVER — By all accounts, Maggie Li’s first attempt at trying to secure a roster spot on the UBC Thunderbirds volleyball team was like one of those tragic-comic auditions on American Idol.
Burnaby South the champ: Rebel nation celebrates BC JV-title win over Tupper
LANGLEY — The Burnaby South Rebels came ready for a battle Tuesday night at the Langley Events Centre, figurative hard-hats an essential part of the wardrobe in a clash with East Vancouver’s Sir Charles Tupper Tigers.On the occasion of the Telus 2017 B.C. junior boys basketball title game, the eighth-seeded Rebels relished their roles in […]
10 ‘Other Things’ to know about the Telus 2017 BC girls championships
The massive undertaking that is each season’s annual Telus B.C. senior and junior girls basketball championships brings 56 teams from all over our province to the Langley Events Centre.
ERIN COLE: The PGSS Polar brings a fighter’s will to the LEC
(Editor’s note — Each year, in advance of the girls championships, I send out requests for information on teams I never get to watch during their season of play, hoping coaches will take the time to enlighten in all manner of team aspects.This year, Prince George Secondary head coach Tracy Cole took the time to […]