The quietest Championship Saturday in the history of B.C. boys high school basketball has arrived.
And while we have no actual games to celebrate, we can still celebrate the game itself and the resilience it has shown en route to a comeback in 2021-22.
Today, to cap two straight weeks of looking ahead to some of next season’s top talent, we present our list of 15 Players to Watch in the B.C. Quad A ranks. Thanks to the B.C. Boys High School Basketball Association for their work in finalizing this list. While Varsity Letters did not take part in the selection process, we nonetheless congratulate all the honourees, as well as everyone who has continued to keep the pulse beating over a challenging 2020-21 season that was not.
KARAN AUJLA
Burnaby South Rebels
6-foot-7 forward
MICHAH BORNE
Kelowna Owls
6-foot-4 forward
KIRAN CHADWICK-RUPP
Oak Bay Bays (Victoria)
6-foot-5 forward
COLE CRUZ-DUMONT
Vancouver College Fighting Irish
6-foot-4 guard
TREVER DUFFIN
Walnut Grove Gators (Langley)
6-foot-4 forward
KC IBEKWE
Centennial Centaurs (Coquitlam)
6-foot-9 forward
MILAN JOHN
Sir Winston Churchill (Vancouver)
6-foot-2 G/W
KEVEN KAO
Walnut Grove Gators (Langley)
5-foot-9 guard
REID LOEWEN
Yale Lions (Abbotsford)
6-foot-9 centre
RAV RANDHAWA
Fleetwood Park Dragons (Surrey)
6-foot-1 guard
GUREK SRAN
Enver Creek Cougars (Surrey)
6-foot-4 forward
FILIP SUBOTIC
Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs (Vancouver)
6-foot guard
MATTHYS VAN BYLANDT
Handsworth Royals (North Vancouver)
6-foot-5 post
JACK VANDENBERG
St. George’s Saints (Vancouver)
5-foot-10 guard
JIMMY ZABORNIAK
Burnaby South Rebels
5-foot-11 guard
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So many hard-working & talented student-athletes – really looking forward to hopefully seeing them all in action later this fall!
Where is Cole Koop on this list???