CHILLIWACK — There has been no shortage of inspiring play this season from the senior girls basketball team at Abbotsford’s Yale Secondary.Yet more times than not for the hard-working Lions, there has been a distinct lack of championship finishes as they have traversed the fields of the province’s very best invitational tournaments in 2023-24.All of […]
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BC girls Top 10 hoop ranks 01.16.24: It’s all about the rise and fall! Two new No. 1s, plus big climbers at Argyle, Yale, OKM and SMUS highlight a parity-filled party!
LANGLEY — Over a senior girls high school basketball season in which parity is clearly showing itself to be the norm within the province’s two largest tiers, the key plot line is all about the rise and fall.That’s the story behind the first Top 10 rankings of 2024, with new No. 1’s at both the […]
B.C. BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 10 RANKINGS 01.10.24 EDITION: Oak Bay back on top at Quad-A! B.C.’s newest cross-town rivalry resumes vs No. 2 Spectrum resumes Jan. 16! First ranks of 2024 are here!
LANGLEY — As 2023 gives way to 2024, it’s been a case of ‘all quiet’ atop the upper reaches of B.C. senior boys basketball.That is unless you look to the Vancouver Island South league, where the province’s top two Quad-A teams are making news each time they step on the court.The latest installement in the […]
B.C. BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 10 RANKINGS 12.20.23 EDITION: Spectrum moves into Quad-A No. 1 after topping Oak Bay in final of Bays’ own Gary Taylor Classic! Here’s all four tiers!
LANGLEY — Quad-A has a new No. 1 as an all-capital clash capped off the Gary Taylor Classic last Saturday in Victoria.The Spectrum Thunder topped Oak Bay in the championship final of the Bay’s own annual classic, a victory which moved the Thunder all the way to No. 1 while Oak Bay dropped to No. […]
A SUNDAY TBI READ: As Seaquam tops Riverside for Super 16 title, here’s to a fateful draw, writing about a new generation of Taits and the power of old hoops photos!
LANGLEY — In the days leading up to the Tsumura Basketball Invitational’s tip off this past Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre, Seaquam Seahawks head coach Lucky Toor did a quick scan of the Super 16 draw his team would be a part of.With a hopeful bent, Toor imagined all of the potential foes his […]
Tsumura Hoops: Poise under pressure allows MEI Eagles to weather STM Knights’ pressure defence en route to TBI Select 16 title!
LANGLEY — By the time the fourth quarter had hit its stretch drive in a game much too close to call, Abbotsford’s MEI Eagles were flapping along on ruffled feathers, busy just trying to maintain their intended flight plan towards a championship title here at the Tsumura Basketball Invitational.It was, after all, the very juncture […]
SUPER 16 TBI GIRLS FINAL FOUR FRIDAY: Spurred by the agony of defeat, Riverside Rapids at their best when playing from deeper place! Title clash vs. Seaquam to determine new B.C. Quad-A No. 1 team!
4A No. 2 RIVERSIDE 86 4A No. 4 BURNABY CENTRAL 81LANGLEY — It may be cliche to say that the numbers have told the story here all week at TBI 2023 for the defending B.C. Quad-A champion Riverside Rapids.Yet simple math, when used in the right context, turns out to be a pretty telling way […]
SUPER 16 TBI GIRLS FINAL FOUR FRIDAY: Despite its warts, much-hyped Seaquam-Brookswood clash delivers on so many levels! Seahawk win sets up Super 16 title date with Riverside Rapids!
4A No. 3 SEAQUAM 67 2A No. 1 BROOKSWOOD 40LANGLEY — The Quad-A No. 3 Seaquam Seahawks of North Delta were fresh off a win over the No. 1-ranked Argyle Pipers.Meanwhile, Langley’s Brookswood Bobcats came in with the No. 1 ranking in Triple A, and were themselves fresh off a win over the Double-A No. […]
SELECT 16 TBI GIRLS FINAL FOUR FRIDAY: MEI Eagles close game in the shooter’s zone, rally past Holy Cross for Select 16 finals clash vs. STM’s Comeback Kids!
3A No. 4 MEI 67 2A No. 4 HOLY CROSS 56LANGLEY — Judging by the way they are finishing games this week here at the Tsumura Basketball Invitational, Abbotsford’s MEI Eagles are winning even as they are losing the battle of attrition.The team which had starting point guard Eva Driedger and back-up Mya Buttar knocked […]
SELECT 16 TBI GIRLS FINAL FOUR FRIDAY: Could this be magic? St. Thomas More’s out-of-nowhere 22-0 run stuns Walnut Grove Gators!
2A No. 5 ST. THOMAS MORE 51 4A WALNUT GROVE 40By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — The easy question to ask St. Thomas More Knights senior girls basketball head coach regarding the performance of her team now to wgames running: Is it magic?“Yes, and no,” Cassie Lauang said after the Knights went on a three-point drenched 22-0 […]