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A Vancouver College vs. Walnut Grove clash for the 2022 B.C. junior boys championship? If the latest rankings play out, that would be the matchup! (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. junior boys basketball rankings 01.11.22: WGSS Gators move up to No. 2, Byrne Creek and Spectrum inch closer to Top 10!

Langley’s Walnut Grove Gators have moved into the top two in the latest B.C. junior boys Top 10 basketball rankings released Tuesday. Vancouver College continues to hold down the No. 1 spot.Meanwhile, Surrey’s Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers crack the top 10, while Burnaby’s Byrne Creek Bulldogs, and the Spectrum Thunder of Victoria work their way into […]

While Fleetwood Park head coach Jordan Taylor (right) peers back at the score clock, Grade 11 Dragons' forward Eesher Sarai (6) steps off the floor during Dec. 10 contest at the 2021 TBI at the Langley Events Centre. Fleetwood Park remains No. 5 in the most recent B.C. AAAA rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. boys high school basketball rankings 01.11.22 edition: After a quiet holiday break, tip-off tempo picks up! Brentwood moves in B.C. Double-A No. 1!

LANGLEY — Games have been sparse from the start of the holiday break through the re-opening of schools around the province this week.Nonetheless, their frequency will continue to pick up steam.As a result, these are our first set of B.C. senior boys basketball rankings since Dec. 20.Quad-, Double- and Single-A tiers all check in with […]

Victoria's Claremont Spartans and the Centennial Centaurs of Coquitlam continued to remain a presence within the B.C. boys Quad-A basketball rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. boys high school basketball rankings 12.21.21 edition: Dover Bay, Mark Isfeld, Summerland all climb into Top 10 poll position!

LANGLEY — Our final set of senior boys basketball rankings of 2021 have arrived, and as usual, there were many tough decisions which had to be made.All the best over the holidays and we will return with our next rankings in 2022.SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Burnaby South Rebels (13-0) (FN) (LW-1)Last week — Won all three […]

McArthur Hilton of Byrne Creek and the rest of the Bulldogs climb one spot to No. 6 in the latest B.C. AAA rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. boys high school basketball rankings 12.14.21 edition: Fleetwood Park, A.R. MacNeill, STM take giants steps up coming off blue-chip TBI performances!

LANGLEY — No. 1 was about the only safe number this past week in B.C.’s four tiers of senior boys high school basketball.Once again, our pollsters have spoken and here are the latest in our second-to-last edition before the holiday break.SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Burnaby South Rebels (10-0) (FN) (LW-1)Last week — Won all four games […]

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Semi, Tammy and the Polars! Three newcomers crack the B.C. junior boys basketball Top 10!

LANGLEY — There has been some big-time shuffling following the pre-season junior boys rankings released at the end of November. Surrey’s Tamanawis Wildcats and Semiahmoo Thunderbirds, as well as the Prince George Polars jump in from nowhere to the Top 10.Here’s the complete look:1 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS) (LW-1)2 West Vancouver Highlanders (VSS) (3)3 […]

Burnaby South guard Jimmy Zaborniak (right) looks to score under the reach of King George forward Adam Spano on Saturday in the final of the Tsumura Basketball Invitational at the LEC. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved) (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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A SUNDAY READ: Burnaby South’s senior duo of Aujla and Zaborniak go above and beyond as new Tsumura Basketball champs recalibrate hoops focus for a run to March Madness!

LANGLEY — One of them took the step of hiring a personal trainer to keep on getting better.The other finally decided to listen to his mom and make healthier eating choices.Taken as a whole, Jimmy Zaborniak and Karan Aujla have left no stone unturned in their quest to lead the Burnaby South Rebels back to […]

With Burnaby South's Karan Aujla (background) proving to be a tough foe, King George's Adam Spano battles for a rebound in Saturday's TBI final at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI Boys Finals 2021: Burnaby South extinguish King George Dragons’ fire with a suffocating defence borne in the heat of Rebels’ own practice gym!

LANGLEY — Come Monday, he will get back to demanding the very best from his players under the crucible of what is a Burnaby South senior boys basketball practice.But on Saturday night, under the bright lights at centre court of the Langley Sports Centre, Rebels’ head coach Mike Bell couldn’t help but call his players […]

Fleetwood Park Grade 10 guard Inder Deol can feel the defensive presence of Sir Winston Churchill's Paolo Murphy (21) and Kai O'Donnell during the 3rd-4th game on Saturday at Tsumura Basketball Invitational. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Tsumura Basketball 2021: Surrey’s surprising Fleetwood Park Dragons take third, while Churchill, Abby, MacNeill, Claremont and STM complete the rest of our boys Great 8!

LANGLEY — Here’s a look at the three games which determined third to eighth at this season’s Tsumura Basketball Invitational which wrapped up Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.THIRD-FOURTHFLEETWOOD PARK 78 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 66LANGLEY — Surrey’s unranked Fleetwood Park Dragons, nursing a 54-53 lead after three quarters against Vancouver’s No. 5-ranked Sir Winston Churchill […]

Burnaby South guard Jimmy Zaborniak and the Rebels are playing at their own level this season atop the B.C. boys high school basketball world, and after topping Sir Winston Churchill on Friday in the TBI semifinals in Langley, they hunt the tourney title Saturday against the King George Dragons. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Tsumura Basketball 2021: OK, how the heck do you beat No. 1 Burnaby South? “I think you have to be near-perfect” says Churchill coach Ly after Rebs crush ‘Dawgs for berth in TBI title tilt!

LANGLEY — OK, so what the secret?How in the heck do you beat the Burnaby South Rebels?Or is trying to get past B.C.’s No. 1-ranked AAAA boys basketball team simply an impossible task?“I think you have to be near perfect,” said Quyen Ly, the head coach at Vancouver’s Sir Winston Churchill Secondary after his Quad-A […]

Fleetwood Park's Gurmum Ghuman, book-ended by King George's Rishin Uppal (left) and Jose Zuluaga (12), finds Adam Spano a tall order during TBI semifinals Friday in Langley. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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It’s on to TBI 2021’s Saturday championship final for King George! In a Final Four ‘Battle of Dragons’ Coach Kulic’s Kardiac Kids rally to top Surrey’s Fleetwood Park!

LANGLEY — Darko Kulic talks so much about his King George Dragons as being the “little AA team” that always hard plays to the end regardless of the score,” that maybe you think it’s nothing more than hyperbole.Yet break down the score line from his team’s 66-59 win over Surrey’s Fleetwood Park Dragons, and you […]