LANGLEY — Darko Karac never freezes, even on those December nights when he arrives at a basketball court with ice in his veins.That was about the only diagnosis you could deliver if you happened to watch the King George Dragons’ 6-foot-4 senior guard do his magic over the final 78 seconds of one of the […]
Author: Howard Tsumura
TBI 2023’s Final Four Friday: No denying Oreta’s talent! STM Grade 11 shines like true star as Knights top SWC for Select 16 title-game berth!
(Note to readers: We will be posting four separate stories on each of the semifinal games played Friday at the Tsumura Basketball Invitational. Some may appear Saturday morning. Keep checking back for updates — Tsumura)LANGLEY — It wasn’t hard for the spotlight to find Jacob Oreta as Final Four Friday arrived here at the Tsumura […]
TBI 2023 Super 16 Day 2: It’s quarterfinals day here at the LEC and we’ve got the complete scoop from all four games!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final in the Super 16 bracket!Friday’s Final Four now set.6:15 p.m. — Calgary-St. Mary’s vs. Santa Margarita Catholic7:45 p.m. — St. George’s vs. St. Patrick’sSUPER 16QUARTERFINALS (all games at South Court)TOP HALF DRAWQUAD ASANTA MARGARITA 83 SPECTRUM 49LANGLEY — When Justin Hinrichsen returns to the Langley Events Centre on Friday with […]
TBI 2023 Select 16 Day 2: It’s quarterfinals day here at the LEC and we’ve got the complete scoop from all four games!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone dark at 1 a.m. Final two game reports will be posted in the morning!SELECT 16(All games at Centre Court)TOP HALF DRAWQUAD ASIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 63 NORTH DELTA 57LANGLEY — They missed out on a berth to the provincial championships last season and there is no trace of them to be found […]
TBI SELECT 16 DRAW: Day 1 is complete at the 2023 Tsumura Basketball Invitational and we’ve got all eight game-by-game reports!
LANGLEY — Day 1 of the 2023 Tsumura Basketball Invitational is now complete.Enjoy our game reports!SELECT 16(All games at South Court)TOP HALF DRAWQUAD ANORTH DELTA 66 G.W. GRAHAM 50LANGLEY — The North Delta Huskies are offering a pretty big early clue as to what kind of team they aspire to be this season.And if the […]
TBI SUPER 16 DRAW: Day 1 is complete at the 2023 Tsumura Basketball Invitational and we’ve got all eight game-by-game reports!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final on Day 1 of the 2023 Tsumura Basketball Invitational.Here’s all eight game reports with photos.To insure you haven’t missed a new report across right to the bottom as games are listed to mirror their place in the draw and are not ordered by start times.SUPER 16(All games at Centre Court)TOP […]
TBI Boys 2023: Santa Margarita Catholic’s Eagles fly north! Klay Thompson’s alma mater brings pulse of SoCal hoops to Tsumura Basketball Invitational! Day 1 debut Wednesday vs. Byrne Creek!
LANGLEY — Everything about their world seems soaked in culture and the history of SoCal basketball.Check out this week’s Los Angeles Times’ Top 25 boys high school rankings for its own Southland region, and there are the Santa Margarita Catholic Eagles sitting at No. 19.Do a little surfing through your favourite search engine and it’s […]
Rookie Red Leafs rise to new challenges atop Burnaby Mountain! Ex-Handsworth stars Van Bylandt, Christiansen lead with work ethic while their talents begin to shine for Simon Fraser!
BURNABY — A mere three minutes of viewing may not be enough to constitute any kind of a scientific sample size.Yet if you were among the small crowd gathered earlier this month for the CCA Div. 2 Canadian Tip-Off Classic at the Langley Events Centre, you might have at least developed a pretty strong hunch […]
Vanier Cup 2023: UBC’s national title bid falls short at the hands of Montreal’s historic post-season defence! Carabins keep Thunderbirds’ offence out of the end zone to hoist U SPORTS gridiron spoils!
KINGSTON, ONT. — They came east to play the biggest game of their season, but to win it they had overcome a defence whose numbers told a tale of invincibility.And in Saturday’s Vanier Cup national championship final, it was a heavy dose of those historic credentials which not only kept the UBC Thunderbirds out of […]
For Simon Fraser’s Jessica Wisotzki, a new single-game scoring standard caps five-game win streak, Red Leafs’ star senior also says ‘sharing the rock’ with sister Sophia part of ‘…a special bond!’
By Howard Tsumura(This story appeared in its original form at athletics.SFU.ca Re-printed here via kind permission of Simon Fraser athletics)BURNABY — The Simon Fraser women’s basketball team opened its season with three straight losses on B.C. soil during the recent CCA Div. 2 Canadian Tip-Off Classic, inviting questions as to just how long it was […]