North Delta Huskies' Grade 11 point guard Harvey Hothi (right) keeps College Heights points guard Gaurav Bains at at arm's length during Day 2 action at the B.C. senior boys high school basketball championships. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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TRIPLE A: Game reports from Day 2 quarterfinals at the 2023 B.C. Triple-A boys basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. senior boys high school basketball championships.It’s Elite 8 Thursday and we will give you the full scoop here.Please check back throughout the day for coverage of all four quarterfinal games at this tier.TOP HALF DRAWSTORY BY HOWARD TSUMURANO. 6 NORTH DELTA 69 NO. 14 COLLEGE […]

Unity Christian's Ethan Volryk plays it physical inside against Sir Alexander Mackenzie during Day 1 action at the B.C. senior boys high school basketball championships. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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SINGLE A: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. Single-A boys basketball championships!

The final week of the B.C. high school basketball season is now underway with Day 1 of the 2023 B.C, boys basketball championships.Please check back here throughout the day for continual live game report updates on this tier.ALL STORIES BY GARY AHUJA (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY —DAY 1SWEET 16TOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ANO. 1 UNITY CHRISTIAN […]

Slowing up his dribble as he hits the half court, Brentwood College's Dylan Gage (left) is guarded by Archbishop Carney's Tristan Llego during Day 1 action at the B.C. senior boys high school basketball championships. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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DOUBLE A: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. Double-A boys basketball championships!

The final week of the B.C. high school basketball season is now underway with Day 1 of the 2023 B.C, boys basketball championships.Please check back here throughout the day for continual live game report updates on this tier.DOUBLE-ATOP SIDE DRAWSTORY BY  STEVE FROST (Special for Varsity Letters)1 BRENTWOOD COLLEGE 97 NO. 16 ARCHBISHOP CARNEY 65LANGLEY […]

St. Patrick's Irish Coquia rises up for a shot against J.L. Crowe's Daniel Fang during Day 1 action at the B.C. senior boys high school basketball championships. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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TRIPLE A: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. Triple-A boys basketball championships!

The final week of the B.C. high school basketball season is now underway with Day 1 of the 2023 B.C, boys basketball championships.Please check back here throughout the day for continual live game report updates on this tier.STORIES BY  BRAD ZIEMER (Special for Varsity Letters)TRIPLE A(All games at Centre Court)DAY 1SWEET 16TOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ADAY […]

Semiahmoo's Andre Juco passes out of a Mt. Baker double team during Day 1 action at the B.C. senior boys high school basketball championships. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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QUAD A: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. Quad-A boys basketball championships!

The final week of the B.C. high school basketball season is now underway with Day 1 of the 2023 B.C, boys basketball championships.Please check back here throughout the day for continual live game report updates on this tier.ALL STORIES BY HOWARD TSUMURAQUAD-A(All games at Arena Bowl)DAY 1SWEET 16TOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ANO. 1 SEMIAHMOO 116 NO. […]

Over a coaching career touching parts of five decades, Paul Eberhardt of the West Van Highlanders is one of B.C.'s longest-tenured head coaches. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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“Hey Coach Ebe, some season, huh?” From lessons learned as guest coach at Sacramento Kings camp, to magical year at West Van, Paul Eberhardt leads Highlanders into B.C. Sweet 16 clash against Rich Chambers & Terry Fox Ravens!

WEST VANCOUVER — He was bold enough as a high school senior back in the earliest days of the 1980s to step forward, take his own team and declare his major for life: Basketball coach.And this past fall, when the opportunity arose to attend the NBA training camp of the Sacramento Kings as a guest […]

The big floor is in at the LEC's Arena Bowl and the big games begin Wednesday at the B.C. senior boys basketball championships. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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Let the madness begin! Plot your four days of B.C. senior boys basketball heaven at the LEC! As we prep for a Wednesday top, here’s all four Sweet 16 draw in hi-res format!

LANGLEY — Fun to take a peak inside at Arena Bowl on Sunday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre.The floor is in and the anticipation begins for tip-off to the 2023 B.C. senior boys basketball championships.Hope you’ll visit and re-visit here as you plan your schedule around the action with the draw from all four […]

King George's Jose Zuluaga (left) is guarded by North Delta's Kristian Cabico during opening round Rising 8 bracket action at the 2022 Tsumura Basketball Invitational. Both schools started and finished the polling season within their respective provincial Top 10s. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2022 All Rights Reserved)
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Boys Top 10 Hoops rankings: How did the PRESEASON poll compare with the 03.01.23 FINAL poll at all four tiers!

LANGLEY — The final Top 10 polls of the season are out. How did they compare with the first poll of the season? Take a look.We’ve got the preseason poll from Nov. 22 included down below.The boys B.C. tournaments tip off March 8 at the LEC.BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSFINALQUAD A1 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (LW-1)2 […]

St. Thomas More's Tarrence Booker has been one of B.C.'s very best senior point guards this season, and on Sunday he was selected zone MVP as his team faced the Byrne Creek Bulldogs in Sunday's Fraser North AAA zone final at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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STM’s Tarrence Booker: A rarity in this day and age, Knights’ Fraser North AAA MVP says: “Social media doesn’t really equate to how good a player really is”

LANGLEY — It was the kind of moment that a kid named Booker (T. Book to his friends) has learned to read all too well over the course of his high school basketball career.On Sunday afternoon, as the Fraser North Triple-A senior boys basketball championship game wound its way to what everyone at the Langley […]

The man of the hour, Zeru Abera, shown here being guarded by Tamanawis' Sunny Dhami, scored a game-high 22 points including the winning bucket with 2.4 seconds remaining. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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Zeru Abera finds his perfect arc as last-second jumper gives STM first B.C. Jr. boys crown in 35 years, Knights’ fans storm LEC’s South Court in celebration!

LANGLEY — On Tuesday night, the game clock at the Langley Event Centre’s South Court tried its best to tell Zeru Abera that it was time to panic.It flashed the fact that only 11 seconds remained in a classic B.C. junior boys championship game tied at 42-42 between Burnaby’s St. Thomas More Knights and the […]