LANGLEY — Explore the deep and voluminous lore of B.C. senior boys basketball history, and a common thread of its early days often times centres around the good, old-fashioned discipline of running.As I grew into the high school school reporter’s beat at The Province newspaper in the early 1990s, I heard the tales of teams […]
Author: Howard Tsumura
B.C. 2-A championship final: Cavaliers trey magnifique! With splash after splash, high-volume, high-percentage threes carry Collingwood to crown!
BY GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY – Seeded No. 3 and deadly with the three.The Collingwood Cavaliers rode a red-hot afternoon from behind the arc to a 71-64 win over No. 4 seed Brentwood College in the Double A final at the B.C. senior boys high school championships at the Langley Events Centre.It was […]
Boys 1A championship final: Upset bid earn’s crowd’s rapt attention, but Haida Gwaii’s Breakers fall in the end to dynastic Flames of Unity Christian!
NO. 1 UNITY CHRISTIAN 74 NO. 6 GIDGALANG KUUYAS NAAY 71BY GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY – It was going to be a Cinderella story for the ages in the B.C. senior boys Single A basketball final at Langley Events Centre.But, alas, there would be no dramatic, Hoosiers-like finish on Saturday as the gutsy, […]
03.08.24 Day 3 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Quad-A Friday Final Four semifinal basketball championships!
Hello B.C. boys high school basketball fans.Final Four Friday has arrived.Myself and our Varsity Letters’ team of writers will be bringing you full coverage of all eight semifinals form the 1, 2, 3 and 4A tiers tonight.Remember that whatever tier you’re reading about here, all you need to do is go there main page at […]
03.08.24 Day 3 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Double-A Friday Final Four semifinal basketball championships!
Hello B.C. boys high school basketball fans.Final Four Friday has arrived.Myself and our Varsity Letters’ team of writers will be bringing you full coverage of all eight semifinals form the 1, 2, 3 and 4A tiers tonight.Remember that whatever tier you’re reading about here, all you need to do is go there main page at […]
03.08.24 Day 3 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Single-A Friday Final Four semifinal basketball championships!
Hello B.C. boys high school basketball fans.Final Four Friday has arrived.Myself and our Varsity Letters’ team of writers will be bringing you full coverage of all eight semifinals form the 1, 2, 3 and 4A tiers tonight.Remember that whatever tier you’re reading about here, all you need to do is go there main page at […]
03.08.24 Day 3 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Triple-A Friday Final Four semifinal basketball championships!
Hello B.C. boys high school basketball fans.Final Four Friday has arrived.Myself and our Varsity Letters’ team of writers will be bringing you full coverage of all eight semifinals form the 1, 2, 3 and 4A tiers tonight.Remember that whatever tier you’re reading about here, all you need to do is go there main page at […]
03.07.24 Day 2 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Single-A Elite 8 quarterfinal basketball championships!
Howard Tsumura here, founder and writer of Varsity Letters.Welcome to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 B.C. Single-A boys basketball championships.We’ve got complete coverage tonight of all four championship games in each of the four tiers of competition.Keep checking back here throughout the evening for updates at this tier, but remember you can go to […]
03.07.24 Day 2 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Double-A Elite 8 quarterfinal basketball championships!
Howard Tsumura here, founder and writer of Varsity Letters.Welcome to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 B.C. Double-A boys basketball championships.We’ve got complete coverage tonight of all four championship games in each of the four tiers of competition.Keep checking back here throughout the evening for updates at this tier, but remember you can go to […]
03.07.24 Day 2 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Triple-A Elite 8 quarterfinal basketball championships!
Howard Tsumura here, founder and writer of Varsity Letters.Welcome to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 B.C. Tripe-A boys basketball championships.We’ve got complete coverage tonight of all four championship games in each of the four tiers of competition.Keep checking back here throughout the evening for updates at this tier, but remember you can go to […]