No. 8 A.R. MACNEILL 70 No. 9 SOUTH KAMLOOPS 58BY AARON MARTIN (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — The A.R. MacNeill Ravens flashed on both ends of the court Wednesday evening, nearly leading wire-to-wire in a 70-58 triumph over the South Kamloops Titans on the opening night of the B.C. Triple-A Championships.“It’s going to be a […]
High School Boys Basketball
2A-Boys: After early Rainmakers’ three-point shower, Brentwood College’s Pasquale drops 32 to punch Elite 8 tickets and date with Westsyde!
By AARON MARTIN (Special for Varsity Letters)No. 4 BRENTWOOD COLLEGE 82 No. 13 CHARLES HAY 54LANGLEY — Brentwood College weathered an early storm on Wednesday evening, parlaying a dominant second half into an 82-54 win over the Charles Hayes Rainmakers in their opening-night clash at the B.C. Double-A High School Boys Championships.The Sweet 16 contest […]
3A Boys: North Delta’s zone defence and the Hothi-Lalli duo carry the day as Huskies top Wellington for Elite 8!
TRIPLE-ANo. 4 NORTH DELTA 66 No. 13 WELLINGTON 45LANGLEY — Just before the half, in a game the North Delta Huskies were already dominating, one of its starting seniors let everyone wearing the school’s traditional black-and-gold that there would be no rest in his team’s quest to return to the provincial Elite 8.First Amarpreet Lalli […]
4-A boys: Semiahmoo’s Jack-hammer pair help T-Birds plow a path to Elite 8, Clayton and Snead prove to much for KSS Owls!
No. 6 SEMIAHMOO 73 No. 11 KELOWNA 64LANGLEY — In the end, Semiahmoo’s two Jacks were enough to break the backs of the Kelowna Owls in a game won in this modern, three-point centric era of basketball with just two made triples.Instead, it was more like throwback, cager-style hoops.Senior post Jack Clayton and Grade 10 […]
Boys 4-A: Langley’s No. 14 Mountain men threaten with upset bit, but No. 3 West Van ties a plaid ribbon around a 67-59 win!
No. 3 WEST VANCOUVER 67 No. 17 R.E. MOUNTAIN 59By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — Andrew Steinfeld, where are you?You know I’m old school, but more than that, just plain old.And so I ask again, Andrew Steinfeld where are you?Back in the spring of 1988, in one of the most organically-grown stories of the B.C. boys high […]
Boys 4-A: Bby South’s under-sized Llordrikk Gutierrez drops 30 in win over Tweedy then says “I’m playing against Goliath and I am David, every time”
No. 7 BURNABY SOUTH 86 No. 10 LORD TWEEDSMUIR 73By HOWARD TSUMURALANGLEY — Pound for pound, inch for inch, it’s hard to find a better player in the Class of 2024 thaN Burnaby South senior Lordrikk Gutierrez.Fire-plug wide and perhaps somewhat generously listed at 5-foot-10, the Rebels’ play-me-anywhere-and-I’ll-still-get-it-done-coach star was at his best as the […]
4-A Boys: Spectrum’s first trip to B.C.’s this century finds its groove after early jitters! No. 2 seeds eventually roll past No. 15 Polars!
No. 2 SPECTRUM 89 No. 15 PRINCE GEORGE 56By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — If you asked the members of the Spectrum Thunder what one thing they would want to most clean up with regards to their game here at the 78th annual B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championship, it’s setting the temp off the opening tip.In […]
How Ken Shields learned to dream! The story of a young boy’s road to the B.C. title 60 years ago with the 1964 Prince Rupert Rainmakers!
By Howard TsumuraNORTH DELTA — When I think about the single most enduring reason that high school basketball has remained my favourite subject on which to write, I continually come back to that near-mystical feeling I get thinking about the moment when a young player catches the game’s fever for the first time and never […]
Guy MacPherson (1962-2024) To my basketball-writing brother: I’ll miss you at the B.C.’s this week… but I know you will be watching!
VANCOUVER — “Hey Howard, I’ve got someone you have to meet” my friend, the former Victoria Times-Colonist basketball writer Jeff Rud said, finding me in my customary position, slumped over my laptop while transcribing an interview during one of the frequent media gatherings called by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the run-up to their first season […]
B.C. Boys Basketball Championships 2024: Your roadmap to the LEC’s March Madness adventure! Here’s all four tiers to follow all four glorious days of action at Arena Bowl, Centre Court, South Court and the Fieldhouse!
LANGLEY — Here’s all four 16-team draws as the B.C. senior boys high school basketball championships open Wednesday for a four-day run at the Langley Events Centre.QUAD ATRIPLE-ADOUBLE-ASINGLE-AIf you’re reading this story or viewing these photos on any website other than one belonging to a university athletic department, it has been taken without appropriate permission. […]