NO. 1 ACWSALCTA 78 NO. 2 CEDARS CHRISTIAN 62By GARY KINSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY TOWNSHIP — LANGLEY – Never mind the 12 long hours it will take, it’s finally going to be a joyous trip home to Bella Coola this weekend for the Acwsalcta Thunder senior girls basketball team.And, for their drum-pounding family members […]
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A Final Four 3A finale: An imbedded defensive mindset helps Vernon top Duchess Park as Panthers return to title game for first time since 2017!
By Howard TsumuraVarsity Letters(A note from your author: Due to play-by-play broadcasting responsibilities for all four of Friday’s Final Four games at 3A and 4A, I was unable to produce this story for readers by a reasonable hour. Instead, a night’s rest allows me to present it here from a more rested state of mind. […]
B.C. Quad-A Girls Final Four Friday game 2 Riverside vs. MEI
NO. 2 RIVERSIDE 80 NO. 3 MEI 69 By DAN KINVIG (Special for Varsity Letters)Climbing Everest without oxygen.Swimming the English Channel.Crossing the Sahara on foot.All epic feats of human strength, skill and endurance.Let’s add one more to the list: Dribbling the basketball in Francesca Salonga’s general vicinity.It’s not for the faint of heart, as the MEI […]
B.C. Quad-A Girls Final Four Friday Game 1 Argyle vs. Semiahmoo
NO. 1 ARGYLE 86 NO. 5 SEMIAHMOO 61 By DAN KINVIG (Special for Varsity Letters)Over the first two rounds of the B.C. Quad-A provincial tournament, trying to stop Jaida Claypool and the Semiahmoo Thunderbirds’ high-octane offence evoked lyrics from the classic movie musical The Sound of Music.How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?How […]
B.C. Triple-A Girls Final Four Friday Game 1 Langley Christian vs SMUS
NO. 2 LANGLEY CHRISTIAN 66 NO. 3 ST. MICHAELS 58By DAN KINVIG (Special for Varsity Letters)It’s often said that basketball is a game of runs.In fact, it might be the most overworked cliché in the basketball lexicon. Of course, clichés are clichés because there’s a kernel of truth embedded… but even by that standard, what we […]
B.C. 2A Girls Final Four Friday Game 2 Holy Cross vs. Westsyde
NO. 1 HOLY CROSS 85 NO. 13 WESTSYDE 52By IAN FRENCH (Special for Varsity Letters) LANGLEY — Closing out semifinal action at the B.C. senior girls 2A provincial championships, the red-hot, top-ranked Holy Cross Crusaders went toe-to-toe with the 13th-seeded Westsyde Whundas, a surging underdog. It was an energetic battle of the bigs, with the majority […]
B.C. Girls Double-A Final Four Friday Game 1 St. Thomas More vs. Credo Christian
NO. 3 ST. THOMAS MORE COLLEGIATE 78 NO. 2 CREDO CHRISTIAN 74By GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY – The St. Thomas More Knights senior girls basketball team is a delight to watch. Fun. Exciting. Thrilling.Yes, as has been well documented, they are height challenged, but they fly around the court defensively like their shorts […]
B.C. Girls Single-A Final Four Friday Game 2: Acwsalcta vs. Nechaklo Valley
(Apologies for this error…. the REAL story has now been inserted here. again, so sorry for this — Howard Tsumura)NO. 1 ACWSALCTA 71 NO. 4 NECHAKO VALLEY 49By IAN FRENCH (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — Taking centre stage at the Langley Event Centre’s Centre Court was a heavyweight bout.The top-ranked and defending champs Acwsalcta Thunder […]
B.C. 1A Girls Final Four Friday game 1 Dasmesh vs. Cedars Christian
(NOTE to loyal readers. We will be late posting some stories due to your founder’s play-by-play broadcasting chores tonight, We ask for your patience)NO. 2 CEDARS CHRISTIAN 71 NO. 6 DASMESH 33By GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY – Having size, especially when it’s a combination of height and strength, is one thing. Using it […]
We’ve gone FINAL! 02.26.26 Day 2 reports from the 2026 B.C. senior girls SINGLE-A Quarterfinals!
LANGLEY TOWNSHIP — Day 2’s quarterfinals are now complete at the 76th annual B.C. senior girls basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre.The stage is now set for Friday’s Final Four.Here are the matchups in Single-A being staged at the LEC’s Centre Court.12 p.m. — No. 2 Cedars Christian vs. No. 6 Dasmesh1:45 p.m. — […]