LANGLEY — David Thompson loves the way his players love the game.The head coach of the Vancouver Island champion Oak Bay Bays got yet another commanding performance from his so-called ‘basketball junkies’ on Sunday morning, as the No. 5-seeded Victoria squad used a commanding third-quarter surge to hand Langley’s No. 20-seeded Brookswood Bobcats a 58-49 […]
High School Boys Basketball
Fleetwood Park, Walnut Grove fans brings the emotion (and volume) back to our game… Dragons top Gators in a classic Sweet 16 clash as BC juniors close out Day One!!
LANGLEY — They abided by the 50 per cent capacity rules on the opening day of the B.C. junior boys basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre.Yet based on the passion, emotion and flat-out volume brought to proceedings by the cheering sections for the final game of the night, supporters for Surrey’s Fleetwood Park Dragons […]
B.C. Junior Sweet 16: Burnaby South’s Redemption Season moves to Elite 8 after Lordrikk-powered Rebels rally to top Tamanawis!
LANGLEY — They call it their Redemption Season.Ever since a Grade 8 campaign back in 2018-19 fell well short of their expectations, the Class of 2024 boys basketball team from Burnaby South Secondary has been out to prove a point to both themselves and the rest of the province.And on Saturday, on a perilous opening […]
B.C. Junior Boys hoop championships: Follow our reports tonight from the round of Sweet 16!
LANGLEY — Here is the draw for the Sweet 16 portion of the B.C. junior boys basketball championships, set to tip off at 4 p.m.Check back on this posting throughout the evening for game-by-game reports which are bing posted below the draw:TOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT A (Centre Court)4 p.m. — SMUS (Van Isle-4) vs. Claremont (Van […]
Day 1 B.C. Junior Boys championships: Keeping pace with Sudden Saturday’s 32-game schedule!
LANGLEY — Round one of Day 1 of the 32-team B.C. junior boys basketball championships is now complete at the Langley Events Centre.We’ve started a new posting to cover the evening card’s Sweet 16 games. You can find it in the lead spot at VarsityLetters.caHere is how that round shapes up based on the 16 […]
Behind K.C. Ibekwe triple-double, Centennial punches B.C. 4A tourney berth while handing No. 1 Burnaby South first loss in 28 games!
BURNABY — In an emotional final scene Friday night, in a sport only high school basketball games are seemingly able to produce, the fans of Coquitlam’s Centennial Centaurs stormed the court in absolute delirium to celebrate their team’s 69-62 upset win of No. 1-ranked, undefeated and defending B.C. champion Burnaby South in the semifinals of […]
The Grizz find their growl! After a soul-crushing January, Chilliwack’s defending B.C. Triple-A champs find a way to punch their golden tickets to Big Dance ’22!
LANGLEY — It’s never easy to punch your tickets to the Big Dance, and no one could relate to that any better than the head coach of the defending B.C. Triple A basketball champions from Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Secondary.“All we wanted to do was to get back to the B.C.’s so we could get a […]
Junior Boys Basketball 32-team draw released as B.C. high school basketball’s official championship season prepares itself for Saturday tip-off at the LEC!
LANGLEY — The B.C. high school boys and girls basketball championship season is March Madness defined and it begins Saturday as the B.C. junior boys event tips off at the home of the provincial game: The Langley Events Centre.That signals the start of 12 days of provincial tournaments over a 15-day span: Feb. 26-March 1 […]
B.C. boys high school basketball rankings 02.22.22 edition: No. 1’s all hold ground while AAA McMath and AA Windsor take biggest jumps ahead of zone championship week!
LANGLEY — The bookends of Quad- and Single-A remained calm, yet the waters were far from serene within B.C.’s two middle tiers as the senior boys basketball world turned towards, what will be for the most part, its final week of pre-B.C. tournament action.Richmond’s R.A. McMath Wildcats jumped from the honourable mention to No. 7 […]
B.C. boys high school basketball rankings 02.15.22 edition: Kelowna, The Grove, P-Marg’s Lions, Credo Kodiaks all make big Top 10 moves!
LANGLEY — Just in case you thought it was a given who the top teams at each tier were heading into playoffs, the grind of the season and the overall depth of play reminded us that there is still so much more to be told.Six honourable mention teams from a week ago moved into Top […]