ABBOTSFORD — To an impressionable middle schooler, they served as his early mentors, a pair of giving gurus who would not only come to share a past with Fraser Valley Cascades’ guard Riley Braich, but a path towards a common goal.
High School Boys Basketball
LEC to play host to first-ever Canadian girls club basketball championships in August
LANGLEY — Canada’s first-ever national girls club basketball championships will tip-off in about six weeks time, right here in B.C.
Gladstone’s Michael Chany: How a ‘visionary’ kid paved his path to Capilano U hoops
VANCOUVER — There is an old saying about how having vision can help you to see the impossible.
Tsumura Basketball boys 2017 invitational to feature cream of next season’s 4A/3A crop
NORTH DELTA — Only 212 more days!The 2017 boys Tsumura Basketball Invitational doesn’t tip off its three-day run at the Langley Events Centre until Dec. 7.But that doesn’t mean we can’t unveil the 16-team field now.
Kelowna’s Mason Bourcier stamps platinum status on UBC Thunderbirds solid gold recruiting class
VANCOUVER — Mason Bourcier is turning the 2017 recruiting class of the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball program into the school’s own version of the NBA’s 1996 draft lottery.
Tammy’s Sukh Bains turns three-year hoops odyssey into NCAA Div. 1 future at Wisc-Green Bay
In his senior year of 2013-14, at Surrey’s Tamanawis Secondary, Sukhjot Bains was voted B.C.’s No. 1 senior boys basketball player.
Triples top Quads! Historic hoops result cements BC boys basketball parity
RICHMOND — Historic.Even though it’s the classification with the least amount of lineage in the annals of B.C. High School Boys Basketball Association history, the three-season-old Triple A tier made a massive statement at Saturday’s provincial all-star weekend at R.C. Palmer Secondary.
Zak attack helps Double A all-stars, Cambie’s Hassan picked game MVP
RICHMOND — He may not always hear his name mentioned with the most accomplished players at his tier, but on the final day of the 2016-17 season Saturday, no one was better than Zak Hassan.
Killarney’s Knight, Dhillon of ‘Canes champs as B.C. dunk, three-point contests return
RICHMOND — Kiante Knight wasn’t able to cap his high school basketball career with a berth in the provincial championships, yet the Killarney Cougars standout still managed to put an exclamation point on things.
South Kam, Heritage Christian join Holy Cross, Brentwood atop B.C.’s four boys hoop polls
Pre-preseason B.C. boys high school basketball rankings for Triple-A and Single-A are new!