King George Dragons' head coach Darko Kulic tends to Nikan Najafi, one half of the team's space-eating inside duo, at recent Vancouver City finals. King George is the No. 2 seed in BC 2-A draw at the LEC. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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25 years since Nash, 25 things to watch at the 2017 B.C. boys high school hoops tourney

It was 25 years ago this month when a lone scout from Santa Clara University sat in the stands of the old PNE Agrodome looking around to make sure that no one had spotted the point guard he was watching.

Third-generation Vancouver College Fighting Irish players Jack Cruz-Dumont (left) and Sam Bailey lead the Irish into the 2017 BC Quad A tournament Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. (Vancouver College athletics photo)
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Cruz-Dumont & Bailey: Third-gen Fighting Irish carry VC family tradition into BC’s

LANGLEY — When Bill Bailey was a senior at Vancouver College back in 1954, old Alumni Gym was just being constructed.

The 2017 BC boys basketball draws have now been released!
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ALL YOU CAN EAT: All four B.C. high school boys basketball draws, plus watch our bracket unveilings

Basketball fans, we started the countdown to the 2017 Telus B.C. senior boys basketball champinships this afternoon with the release of draws at all four tiers.This is your ‘All You Can Eat’ package, complete with the live draw show production with myself and host Chris Kennedy.We have boosted coverage here by adding the complete ‘4-day […]

How Howard would seed the BC boys 4A provincial draw (VarsityLetters.ca)
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How Happy Howie would construct the BC Boys Quad-A hoops draw

LANGLEY — The draw for the Telus B.C. senior boys basketball championships will be made Sunday (3:30 p.m.) via livestream (tfsetv.com) from the Langley Events Centre.In the spirit of it all, I present the Quad-A draw, as if I had been summoned the power to create the 16-team bracket.As I always say, it’s never perfect, […]

Burnaby South's Jiordano Khan (left) takes it at Sir Charles Tupper's Toni Maric during 2017 BC JV championship final at the Langley Events Centre. (VarsityLetters.ca photo by Howard Tsumura)
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Burnaby South the champ: Rebel nation celebrates BC JV-title win over Tupper

LANGLEY — The Burnaby South Rebels came ready for a battle Tuesday night at the Langley Events Centre, figurative hard-hats an essential part of the wardrobe in a clash with East Vancouver’s Sir Charles Tupper Tigers.On the occasion of the Telus 2017 B.C. junior boys basketball title game, the eighth-seeded Rebels relished their roles in […]

Tupper's Norben Bulosan scored 25 first-half points Monday as the Tigers eliminated North Delta in the BC junior boys Final Four at the LEC. (VarsityLetters.ca photo -- Howard Tsumura)
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Tupper vs. South: It’s all on line Tuesday for B.C. boys JV banner

LANGLEY — Vancouver’s Sir Charles Tupper Tigers and the Burnaby South Rebels have both enjoyed the kinds of seasons befitting their status as chief combatants in Tuesday’s Telus 2017 B.C. Junior Boys championship final.