LANGLEY — Proponents from both sides agree on one thing, and that is at its fundamental core, it’s the biggest issue ever put to vote in the history of B.C. high school sports.
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B.C. high school rugby 2020: As ‘The Boot’ classic enters its second quarter-century, SMUS vs. Oak Bay gets a TV audience
VICTORIA — One of the gems of the B.C. high school rugby calendar becomes less of a secret outside of the provincial capital beginning this season.That’s because Thursday’s 26th playing of the annual Boot Game (6:30 p.m.) between storied rivals St. Michaels University School Blue Jags and Oak Bay Barbarians at historic Centennial Stadium on […]
A Sunday Read: As G.W. Graham Grizzlies win first B.C. title, its emotional coach Jake Mouritzen admits: “…I still don’t really understand what’s happening”
LANGLEY — This is a story about reaching that moment in life where everything and everyone you love the most has come together with such dreamlike precision that no matter how hard you train your focus, all the edges remain a blur.“I can’t explain it,” Jake Mouritzen says with elated exhaustion in a voice so […]
A Sunday Read: How Burnaby South’s Sasha Vujisic made the final game of his high school career his best, leading Rebels past Kelowna for a B.C. Quad A crown
LANGLEY — Sasha Vujisic walked into his team’s halftime locker room Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre and had a little talk with himself.“The truth is, I was just playing bad,” said Vujisic, Burnaby South’s 6-foot-10 senior forward in self-critique of the opening half of the final game of his high school basketball career.Considering […]
B.C. Double-A championship final 2020: MVP Leighton follows in footsteps of McChesney to give Rupert’s Rainmakers a repeat B.C. championship
LANGLEY — The Rainmakers were the reigning champs who came to Langley this week to prove that while slightly re-tooled, they still had the stuff for a repeat.Despite losing the talents of 6-foot-9 2019 MVP Liam McChesney, Prince Rupert’s Charles Hays Rainmakers soldiered on and refined an identity built around both senior leader Kai Leighton […]
B.C. Single-A championship final 2020: Fifth time the charm for Unity Christian as Flames top Highroad Academy for school’s first B.C. title!
LANGLEY — Try, try, try, try and then try again. In the all-Chilliwack battle for the B.C. senior boys basketball championship title, the Unity Christian Flames were the team tasked with rolling the boulder up the hill.
FINAL EDITION – DOUBLE-A 2020: It’s No. 1, defending champion Charles Hays set to clash with No. 2 King George Dragons
LANGLEY — Welcome to our reports from Friday’s Final Four here at the 2020 B.C. senior boys basketball championships and the Langley Events Centre.Please check back on this posting throughout the day as we bring you reports from both of today’s semifinals.By Gary Kingston (special to Varsity Letters) DOUBLE ATOP HALF DRAWNO. 1 CHARLES HAYS 69 […]
FINAL EDITION – QUAD-A 2020: No. 1 Burnaby South, No. 3 Kelowna set to make fourth clash of the season a battle for B.C. bragging rights!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final here from Friday’s Final Four here at the 2020 B.C. senior boys basketball championships and the Langley Events Centre.All stories by Howard TsumuraQUAD ATOP HALF DRAWNO. 1 BURNABY SOUTH 69 NO. 4 VANCOUVER COLLEGE 52LANGLEY — Jacob Holt was pretty much unstoppable, but the Burnaby South Rebels still mustered the […]
FINAL EDITION – SINGLE-A 2020: Hey Chilliwack, it’s on! No.1 Highroad vs. No. 3 Unity Christian prepare for another battle royale, this one for BC title!
LANGLEY — Welcome to our reports from Friday’s Final Four here at the 2020 B.C. senior boys basketball championships and the Langley Events Centre.Please check back on this posting throughout the day as we bring you reports from both of today’s semifinals.By Gary Ahuja (special to Varsity Letters) SINGLE ATOP HALF DRAWNO. 1 HIGHROAD ACADEMY 79 […]
FINAL EDITION – TRIPLE-A 2020: No. 1 Duchess Park and No. 2 G.W. Graham match strength on strength in Saturday’s B.C. final!
LANGLEY — Welcome to our reports from Friday’s Final Four here at the 2020 B.C. senior boys basketball championships and the Langley Events Centre.Please check back on this posting throughout the day as we bring you reports from both of today’s semifinals.All stories by Howard TsumuraTRIPLE ATOP HALF DRAWNO. 1 DUCHESS PARK 61 NO. 4 […]