A coach's tears of joy. Langley Christian head coach Danielle Gardner took a private moment amidst the celebration of her team's B.C. Double-A championship win over Mulgrave during Day 4 championship game play at the 2024 B.C. senior girls basketball championships March 2, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of Varsity Letters 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: How this photo tells a thousand words about why our high school coaches coach! Here’s why I am writing about what Danie Gardner’s face says to me as her Langley Christian Lightning win B.C. girls Double-A title!

No. 3 LANGLEY CHRISTIAN 75  No. 1 MULGRAVE 69By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — Somehow, somewhere amidst the sea of Langley Christian players, parents and most of all fans, the latter of whom just a minute or two prior had stormed the court at the Langley Events Centre, Lightning coach Danielle Gardner found a tiny sliver of […]

The star of the show, Miah Schuurman, played like a force of nature against Pacific Christian during Day 4 championship game action at the 2024 B.C. senior girls basketball championships March 1, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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Schuurman’s historic showing earns Unity Christian Flames first Single A title in five years in win over Pacific Christian’s Pacers!

By AARON MARTIN (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — If you’re put on the big stage, you’re expected to put on a big show.In the B.C. senior girls Single-A championship final Saturday at the Langley Events Centre, Miah Schuurman and Chilliwack’s Unity Christian Flames more than obliged, delivering a high-flying, 83-75 win over Victoria’s Pacific Christian […]

Who says third-place games don't matter! The Okanagan Mission Huskies (pictured) and the Yale Lions put on a tremendous show in the Quad-A third-place game on Saturday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Mark Steffens property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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Why bronze is still golden! Hopf’s two clutch free throws allow OKM’s Huskies to have their Quad-A medal moment at the LEC!

BY AARON MARTIN (Special for Varsity Letters)(Note — Varsity Letters will do it’s best to post championship game stories form the 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A finals today from the LEC. Please check back later tonight for updates. For stories you don’t see out promise is to get them to you as quickly as possible […]

South Kamloops' Kiana Kaczur (back) and SMUS Alex Motherwell crashed and banged into each other all game long MARK STEFFENS during Day 3 Final Four play at the 2024 B.C. senior girls basketball championships March 1, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Mark Steffens property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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TRIPLE-A B.C. girls Final Four 2024: No box score can paint this kind of hoops beauty! Physicality carries the day as SMUS edges South Kam for return to title-game stage!

No. 2 SMUS 55 vs. No. 3 SOUTH KAMLOOPS 54By HOWARD TSUMURALANGLEY — They don’t give out an award for the Most Physical Game played here at the B.C. senior girls basketball championships.But if they did, the Triple-A semifinal played Friday between the Vancouver Island and Thompson-Okanagan champs would win hands down.And in a game […]

Miah Schuurman drives past Credo Christian during Day 3 Final Four play at the 2024 B.C. senior girls basketball championships March 1, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Mark Steffens property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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SINGLE-A B.C. girls Final Four 2024: Miah Schuurman catches fire for Flames, pours home 36 points as blue-collar Unity Christian pulls upset for BC finals berth!

No. 8 Unity Christian Flames 49 No.5 Credo Christian Kodiaks 37LANGLEY — The Unity Christian Flames are not about the glitz, glam, or fashion.The Flames play gritty, tough basketball and head coach Kyle Smiens fully embraces his team’s mentality.“We’ve been grinding out games all year,” he said following his No. 8-seeded team’s 49-37 upset win […]

Brookswood's Jordyn Nohr (centre) looks to pass out of a double-team against Reynolds during Day 3 Final Four play at the 2024 B.C. senior girls basketball championships March 1, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Dan Kinvig 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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TRIPLE-A B.C. girls Final Four 2024: Brookswood more than the Jordyn-aires! Bevy of Bobcats make long-distance splash as Brookswood tops Reynolds and heads to BC final!

No. 1 BROOKSWOOD 73 vs No. 5 REYNOLDS 51By Dan Kinvig (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — When a team has one lights-out perimeter shooter, it’s a nuisance for the opposition.If they have two? It’s a problem.Any more than that? It’s a five-alarm fire, nearly impossible to extinguish.Case in point? The Brookswood Bobcats’ team-wide flame-throwing exhibition […]

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QUAD-A B.C. girls Final Four 2024: Avery and Jorja are kindred souls right to their soles! Story of Rapids’ pair unlaced as Riverside tops OKM for third-straight BC finals berth!

No. 1 RIVERSIDE 81 vs No. 4 OKANAGAN MISSION 65By Dan Kinvig (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — There’s little new ground to be broken in the digital pages of this website when it comes to Avery Sussex.Like, newsflash, did you know she’s very good at basketball and scores a lot of points?That’s not the direction […]

Seaquam's Syra Toor splits the defence of the Yale Lions during Day 3 Final Four play at the 2024 B.C. senior girls basketball championships March 1, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Dan Kinvig 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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QUAD-A B.C. girls Final Four 2024: Seaquam Seahawks top Yale, stake claim as first North Delta senior girls team in BC senior final in over a generation!

No. 3 SEAQUAM 81 vs No. 7 YALE 40By Dan Kinvig (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — Digging through the B.C. 4A tournament record book to find the last time a North Delta senior girls basketball squad advanced to the title game in B.C.’s highest tier, you have to back . . . waaaaaaaaaaay back.Thirty-eight years, […]

Kealayna Tupas-Singh looks to dribble up the floor past Neveah Aquinas of Sir Alexander Mackenzie during B.C. girls Single-A semifinals at the LEC on Friday. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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SINGLE-A B.C. girls Final Four 2024: Tight pull of family helps Pacific Christian return to B.C. title game after tiering change!

No. 1 Pacific Christian 73 No. 5 Sir Alexander Mackenzie 62By Nicolas Hauka (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — A sense of family and belonging is essential to being successful in life.No. 1-seeded Pacific Christian Pacers coaches Jen and John Stewart say there’s also a correlation on the basketball court.It was a feeling that seemed almost […]

Fast-breaking to the basket like the Showtime Lakers, Langley Christian's Colette Van der Hoven does some damage to Surrey's Holy Cross Crusaders during Day 3 Final Four play at the 2024 B.C. senior girls basketball championships Feb. 29, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Garrett James property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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DOUBLE-A B.C. girls Final Four 2024: LCS Lighting bolt out of gates like Showtime Lakers, top Holy Cross behind Van der Hoven’s career-best 32 points!

By Howard TsumuraNo. 3 LANGLEY CHRISTIAN 74 No. 2 HOLY CROSS 40LANGLEY — Sometimes the most valuable win you can have prior to the playoffs is a close one that gets under your skin, gnaws at you unrelentingly and pushes you to a new level of desperation.That’s what happened to the Langley Christian Lightning last […]