By HOWARD TSUMURAVarsity Letters(Today we finish our short series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the three-point shot in B.C. boys high school basketball)LANGLEY — Ever wonder how important it can ultimately be to save score sheets from high school basketball games?As I began my research on three-point shooting in B.C. boys high school basketball for […]
High School Boys Basketball
Happy 40th Birthday to the BC Boys High School Three-Pointer! Born in 1984-85, we trace its origins from near-total anonymity to its place as the game’s signature shot!
By HOWARD TSUMURA(Varsity Letters)(The first of a two-part series which concludes Tuesday, March 4)LANGLEY — In the first week of the new year, I took out my notepad and my voice recorder and I started to interview a lot of the acquaintances I have made over what has been a lifetime spent within our province’s […]
No. 2 St. Patricks shoot out the lights from three, Celtics top No. 1 Argyle Pipers to win an epic B.C. Junior title!
LANGLEY — All week long here at the 55th B.C. junior boys basketball championships, the St. Patricks Celtics proved that when it comes to playing fast, they have no peers in this province.In Tuesday night’s championship game, however, played before an overflow sell-out LEC South court crowd against North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers, a funny thing […]
Argyle’s unflappable Ilia Maydan leads with his heart as No. 1 Pipers top No. 4 Tweedy for berth in B.C. JV title game!
LANGLEY — A generation ago in B.C. boys high school basketball, the thought of seeing a perfectly in-tune 6-foot-5 Grade 10 point guard would have been a rumour it not an outright lie.But on Monday, in the semifinals here at the 2025 junior provincial semifinals, a kid named Ilia Maydan was nothing but the truth.Maydan, […]
For St. Pat’s stars Labrador, Cotin senior service helps junior Celts outlast Fox, earn spot in BC JV title tilt!
LANGLEY — Five Final Fours in the past six years, and now a chance to win its second provincial title over that span.St. Patricks are indeed a program in every sense of the word, and on Tuesday here at the 55th annual B.C. Junior Boys semifinals, the Celtics outlasted PoCo’s Terry Fox Ravens 68-62 behind […]
No. 1 Argyle tops Burnaby South! Now, after a near half-century between BC junior boys Final Fours, Pipers ready to play!
Every great team has its kryptonite.On Sunday, however, North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers seemed to lace their figurative capes just that extra little bit tighter.And after a 72-57 win over a No. 8-seeded Burnaby South Rebels team that Pipers head coach Jamie Oei respectfully labels as its chief nemesis, the No. 1-seeded Pipers are headed to […]
With its dynamic shooting and driving, and relentless defence, Lord Tweedy’s Panthers top VC Irish for BC JV Final 4 berth!
LANGLEY — The offence of the South Fraser champion Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers has been eye-popping this week here at the 2025 B.C. junior boys basketball championships.And when you ascend to that place where both shooting the three and attacking with gusto form a perfect duo of unpredictability, you arrive at a place where threats imagined […]
Terry Fox gets ravenous on defence… No. 3 Ravens’ no-name mentality fuels win over Sullivan and BC JV Final 4 berth!
LANGLEY — Take a quick glance at the main rotation in the back court of the Final Four-bound Terry Fox Ravens here at the 2025 B.C. junior boys basketball championships in Langley, and all the while tell yourself that looks can be deceiving.It’s guys like Diego Castro. Robi Felipe. Santiago Castro. Ricky Adam.They don’t exactly […]
No. 2 St. Pats earns BC junior Final 4 berth as patient game plan enough to hold off No. 7 New West Hyacks
LANGLEY — Basketball purists love to wax on about our beautiful game, and tell the stories about how it’s one of the last places where no opposition advantage is ever too great for a little ingenuity and a self-belief to overcome.Yet when the team in question turns out to be the too often times vertically-challenged […]
B.C. Junior Boys Saturday Sweet 16! Game reports as 32-team pool whittled down to it’s Great 8!
LANGLEY — Welcome to the second half of what has been one of the most parity-filled opening rounds in the recent history of the B.C. junior boys basketball championships here at the Langley Events Centre. Seeds Nos. 1-5, along with Nos. 7 and 8 managers to survive the first round, but you may notice from […]