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Author: Howard Tsumura

Tupper's Gaurab Acharya has been a Tigers' hoops camper since kindergarten. Now he's got the East Van school in the BC JV Final Four. (VarsityLetters.ca photo -- Howard Tsumura)
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East Van growl: These Tupper Tigers have claws and game!

February 26, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

LANGLEY — For over a decade, Gaurab Acharya has been living the Sir Charles Tupper Secondary basketball dream.

North Delta's Suraj Gahir led the Huskies past St. George's on Sunday at the LEC. (Howard Tsumura, VarsityLetters.ca photo)
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Husky Power: New mantra trumps low seed as North Delta in Final Four

February 26, 2017February 26, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

LANGLEY — The North Delta Huskies labeled their unexpected loss in the third round of the recently-completed Fraser Valley junior varsity championships as “well-timed.”

Ellen Kett leads SFU into the GNAC playoffs beginning Thursday in Lacey, Wash. (SFU athletics photo by Ron Hole)
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Ellen Kett: Why the SFU Clan point guard is the GNAC’s MVP

February 26, 2017February 26, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

BURNABY — Momentum is such a fragile intangible that once you’ve got it, you’ll do anything to keep it.

Vancouver College's Joshua Jaurigue (left) keeps a close eye on St. George's Adrian Bacic on Friday in the Lower Mainland AAA final in Richmond. (Photo -- Paul Czene)
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Irish depth zaps rally of Saints in Mainland AAA final

February 25, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

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.

Byrne Creek's Bithow Wan was a fourth-quarter force Friday in the Mainland AAA final vs. Steveston-London. (Photo -- Paul Czene)
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Wan vs. Aimaq: Superstar saw-off in 3A Mainland final, but Bulldogs take banner

February 25, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

RICHMOND — Bithow Wan was quick to speak to a traditional axiom of his sport Friday night at The Oval.

Burnaby South's Jusuf Sehic (right) looks for room against Kitsilano's Diallo Oballa on Friday in Mainland 3A sudden-elimination final. (Photo - Howard Tsumura/VarsityLetters.ca)
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Kits survives huge Burnaby South rally for B.C. tourney berth

February 25, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

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.

Lord Byng's Declan Herbertson (left) shoots over St. Thomas More's Nathan Hallam on Friday in the Mainland 3A bronze final. (Photo -- Paul Czene)
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Morris, Knights grind out AAA Mainland bronze vs. Grey Ghosts

February 25, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

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.

The North Delta Huskies carry generations of tradition into the 2017 BC junior boys basketball championships beginning Saturday at the LEC. (North Delta Huskies athletics)
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North Delta Huskies: JV dreams tied to honouring a golden past

February 24, 2017February 24, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

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

UBC Thunderbirds Jenna Carpenter-Boesch has brought the family feel to Thunderbirds' women's hockey. (Richard Lam, UBC athletics)
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Jenna Carpenter-Boesch: Her family ties bond UBC hockey

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — The rink in her home town, which is actually too small to be even called a town, was built from scratch

Simon Fraser Clan 5-foot-11 forward Sophie Swant has a new favourite word. (Ron Hole, SFU athletics)
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SFU’s Sophie Swant: Zen and the beat of a basketball heart

February 23, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

BURNABY — Sophie Swant’s basketball heart has always ticked to the beat of a bull in a china shop

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