LANGLEY — The Maple Ridge Ramblers are starting to look like the Detroit Lions of B.C. high school basketball.From winless, 0-20 season in 2021-22 as Grade 9s to qualifying for the B.C. senior boys Triple-A tournament as the champions of the Fraser North?Yup.“We went from not winning a game with our crew in Grade 9.. […]
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B.C. Junior Boys 2024 Elite 8: Game-turning treys from Tan-Ngo, Mayott propel VC Fighting Irish past Enter Creek and into Final Four!
No. 2 VANCOUVER COLLEGE 44 No. 7 ENVER CREEK 38LANGLEY — There was a critical juncture in Sunday’s quarterfinal clash here at the 2024 B.C. junior boys basketball champions where you could pause, scratch your head and think that just maybe you could see a slight crack in the armour of this current edition of […]
B.C. Junior boys 2024 Elite 8: Terry Fox Grade 9 trio digs deeps for professor Chambers, Ravens top LA Matheson for Final Four berth!
No. 7 TERRY FOX 56 No. 4 L.A. MATHESON 49LANGLEY — Rich Chambers has spent the majority of his Hall of Fame coaching career coming to the realization that in the end, it all comes up down to what his young student-athletes are able to get done on the court.Yet as one of our game’s […]
Pacific Academy Breakers head coach Joel Ashbee is in his element coaching up David Ude during Round 2 action Saturday as the Langley Events Centre opened its four-day run as host of the 2024 B.C. junior boys basketball championships. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2024. All Rights Reserved
Surrey’s Pacific Academy Breakers crashing the party at BC Jr. Boys tourney! Unique pre-game ritual has No. 22-seeds a win from Final 4!
A message from Howard:We’ve included this story as part of our Day 1 reports at VarsityLetters.ca, but it’s so unique we’re presenting it as a stand-alone story here!No. 22 Pacific Academy 64 No. 6 Abbotsford Christian 48LANGLEY — The No. 22 slot in the B.C. junior boys basketball championship draw is not some sweet spot […]
2024 B.C. Junior Boys championships Day 1: FINAL! All games reports from the Sweet 16 round as Sunday’s quarterfinals beckon!
LANGLEY — We’re down to the Sweet 16 here after Day 1 of the 2024 B.C. junior boys basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre.Here’s a look at Saturday’s second round of championship sudden elimination as the field has been trimmed from 64 to 16 heading in Sunday’s quarterfinals.Please keep checking back as we update […]
B.C. Junior Boys 32-team championship bracket unveiled: Traditional powers at No. 1 Oak Bay, No. 2 Van College, No. 3 St. Pats joined by Surrey’s No. 4 L.A. Matheson Mustangs as action tips off Saturday at the LEC!
LANGLEY — If the pre-tournament seedings hold through to Monday’s Final Four, the 2024 B.C. junior boys basketball championship is going to reflect a whole lot of what’s also happening in the senior varsity world.Yet there’s also one newcomer to pre-tourney elite status as the massive-32 team draw for the four-day event set to tip […]
B.C. Boys Top 10 basketball rankings 02.21.24 edition: A bumper-crop season for Vancouver Sea-to-Sky Quads keeps the drama at high-alert levels in the run-up to March Madness!
LANGLEY — The Handsworth Royals 76-62 win over the West Vancouver Highlanders in last Thursday’s North Shore Quad-A final vaulted the North Vancouverites up the chart to No. 7 this week.Yet all of Vancouver Sea-to-Sky’s trap doors and tipping points continue to unfold in dramatic fashion as four the province’s Top 10 teams continue their […]
B.C. Boys Top 10 basketball rankings 02.14.24 edition: Fast-rising Elgin Park Orcas, St. George’s Saints give boys Quad-A 10 Top 10 a new look!
LANGLEY — Vancouver’s St. George’s Saints and the Elgin Park Orcas of Surrey were the big climbers this week in the B.C. senior boys Quad-A Top 10 rankings.Saints proved their mettle in winning close at home and on the road against traditional rivals, beating St. Patrick’s at home 73-69 and then winning 85-84 last Thursday […]
Grayson Ritzand: At age 15, here’s the origin story of Nanaimo-Wellington’s iron-pumping, semi-ambidextrous star Grade 10 forward who’s already surpassed the 1,000-point senior varsity scoring mark!
NANAIMO — Ask Grayson Ritzand to tell you the story of how he has become a chiseled, semi-ambidextrous senior varsity forward with level of maturity which seemingly overshadows even his own voluminous scoring average, and it almost seems like you’re privy to plot lines of some comic book super-hero origin story-in-the-making.That’s the feeling you get […]
BC Junior Boys Hoops Top 10: It’s 17 days and counting to championship tip-off at the LEC! Will form hold for an St. Pat’s vs. Oak Bay final? Let the madness begin as the chase for 32 berths is heating up!
LANGLEY — The B.C. junior boys basketball championships tip off on the final Saturday of February.That’s Feb. 24, or 17 days.Here’s the final Top 10 of the season as the official stretch drive to provincials is under way. Of note, only four ranked teams from last week survived the cut to remain in the final […]