Lord Tweedsmuir head coach Drew Gallacher couldn't hide his emotion after the Panthers rallied from 20 points down to beat No. 1 Holy Cross and earn a Final Four berth Friday. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Feature High School Boys Basketball

FINAL EDITION: B.C. Boys Quad A Day 2 — We’ve got reports from all four Elite 8 games!

LANGLEY — Welcome back loyal Varsity Letters readers. We’ve now gone final on our B.C. Quad A reports from Thursday. Here’s reports on all four Elite 8 contests.

Glenlyon Norfolk's Chris Graham is finishing his senior season with a bang. On Thursday he led his Victoria-based Gryphons into the the B.C. Single A Final Four. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Daunte Nelson of the Belmont Bulldogs is guarded by Kelowna Owls' Jonathon Haughton (centre) and Ajay Gill. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Feature High School Boys Basketball

FINAL EDITION: B.C. Boys Quad A Day 1 — We’ve got reports from all eight Sweet 16 games!

LANGLEY — Welcome to our coverage of the B.C. senior boys Triple A basketball championships. We’ve wrapped our coverage for the day.

Duchess Park's Caleb Lyons (left) is guarded by Caledonia's Ty Giesbrecht during opening round action Wednesday at the LEC. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Feature High School Boys Basketball

FINAL EDITION: B.C. Boys Triple A Day 1 — We’ve got reports from all eight Sweet 16 games!

LANGLEY — Welcome to our coverage of the B.C. senior boys Triple A basketball championships. We’ve wrapped our coverage for the day.

Sparwood's Tanner Barclay scored 83 points in a game this season, the second-highest single-game total in B.C. high school history. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Feature High School Boys Basketball

The Diego of the Kootenays is at the BC’s! On same day Maffia scored 94, Sparwood’s Barclay scored 83! Watch him this week at the LEC!

LANGLEY — If you’re a high school basketball historian, you may remember this past February 9th as the day Oak Bay Bays’ senior guard Diego Maffia set a new B.C. single-game record by scoring 94 points in a 114-88 win over Edmonton’s Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds at Kelowna’s Western Canada Invitational.Yet that very same day, in […]

Steveston London Sharks head coach Mike Stoneburgh has not only done a terrific job getting his team back to the dance, he's got no shortage of entertaining stories to tell. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Feature High School Boys Basketball

Tsumura’s ‘Twas the Night Before Tip-Off! Here’s 10 stories to tell on the night before the 2019 B.C. senior boys basketball championships

One more sleep til the The Big Dance tips off. For me, it’s a day to reflect on the greatness of our game, to appreciate the efforts of our coaches and players at all four tiers, and to try offer a sampling of stories which I feel touch on why this time of year is so […]