VANCOUVER — Football is a game of constant renewal, reinvention and rebirth, and perhaps nowhere is that more palpable than along its offensive line where its tackles, its guards and its centre can be looked upon as a union not unlike a musical quintet.Within its ‘lean-on-me’ kind of environment, offensive lines not only learn to […]
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UBC football ’24: Can Thunderbirds find a way to snap 37-year Hardy Cup repeat drought? Ex-Dinos’ boss Wayne Harris reunites out west with old boss Blake Nill as ‘Birds new linebacker coach!
VANCOUVER — Last spring, coming off the team’s first Canada West title and Vanier Cup appearance since 2015, Blake Nill’s cel phone began to elicit some interesting activity from the 403 area code.“When the University of Calgary decided not to bring in Wayne for this season, it was funny because I got calls from three […]
UBC Football ’24: QB Garrett Rooker made Thunderbird Stadium his own ‘Home, Sweet Home’… Texas pivot soaked up Vancouver’s summer sun, now preps ‘Birds for Hardy Cup rematch Friday vs. Alberta!
VANCOUVER — Garrett Rooker has spent so much time on UBC’s Point Grey campus the past few months that the suburban Houston, TX neighbourhood of his youth may have, for the time being, defaulted in its status to that of his ‘second’ home.“I spent most of my summer here,” admitted the Thunderbirds’ fourth-year quarterback and […]
B.C. boys All-Star Saturday: We’ve got full rosters for all four teams as St. Thomas More hosts boys hoops finale April 20!
By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — A galaxy of the some of the best graduating talent in the B.C. senior boys basketball Class of 2024 will gather at Burnaby’s St. Thomas More over the weekend.The occasion?None other than All-Star Saturday.Mark down Saturday, April 20 at STMC’s spacious gymnasium, located at 7450 12th Ave., Burnaby.The Single-A vs. Double-A […]
BOYS TBI 2024: The teams are now set for the Tsumura Basketball Invitational Dec. 4-7! It’s a 32-team affair with Super 16 and Select 16 pools!
LANGLEY — We’re just over a month past another thrilling season of B.C. senior boys and girls basketball provincial championships here at the Langley Events Centre.Now, it’s time to put a stamp on the upcoming 2024-25 season.Today we’ve got the 32 teams which will make up the boys field in the Super 16 and Select […]
GIRLS TBI 2024: The teams are now set for the Tsumura Basketball Invitational Dec. 11-14! It’s a 32-team affair with Super 16 and Select 16 pools!
By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — We’re just over a month past another thrilling season of B.C. senior boys and girls basketball provincial championships here at the Langley Events Centre.Now, it’s time to put a stamp on the upcoming 2024-25 season.Today we’ve got the 32 teams which will make up the girls field in the Super 16 […]
The story of Gio and Theo: UBC’s book-end offensive tackles bring rare size and athleticism to the party! NFL teams and major pundits can’t help but be impressed ahead of 2024 draft!
By Howard TsumuraVANCOUVER — The story of Gio and Theo is the story of two ‘Made-in-B.C.’ high school football products who not only made the decision to play for their home university team, but along that journey turned themselves into the kinds of players with a chance to play in the National Football League.UBC offensive lineman […]
It’s way-too-early Top 10 time! B.C. senior girls’ pre-preason basketball rankings for 2024-25 are here!
LANGLEY — With the 2023-24 B.C. senior girls basketball season now recently in the rearview mirror, it’s time for our first look at the road ahead.That can mean just one thing: The pre-prepreseason Top 10’s at all four tiers!Let this be all the reasons you keep our great game at the forefront of your thoughts […]
B.C. girls high school basketball will celebrate 75th provincial championships in 2025 at LEC by playing all of its Championship final games on the big floor of Arena Bowl!
LANGLEY — B.C. high school basketball’s championship season is coming off what may well be its most comprehensively attended back-to-back-to-back provincial tournaments.And while the walls at the host Langley Events Centre seems to still be reverberating almost a full week after their completion, the long-whispered rumours about a key venue change for one of those […]
Boys 4-A final: They came out of nowhere in a hurry! But Spectrum Thunder’s B.C. title win over Tammy bubbled over with ties to its past, brilliant skill and young coach who brought out the best in everyone!
By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — There are so many paths to traverse and rivers to cross in the quest of a B.C. senior boys top-tiered high school basketball championship that the journey of virtually every single prior winner is rife with clues… the breadcrumbs have been easy to find.They are kind of like the staples on […]