Luke Wagner helped lead Surrey's Elgin Park Orcas past Kelowna's Mt. Boucherie Bears and into the Final 8 at the Big Kahuna boys AAA volleyball championships Thursday at the LEC. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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Orcas surface in B.C. AAA quarterfinals! Elgin Park’s 8-man squad finds a way into provincial Final 8

LANGLEY — There were more than a few sage experts who felt that Surrey’s ‘Little Team That Could’ would be in for a real battle just to qualify for the Big Kahuna B.C. Boys Triple A volleyball championships, which opened Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre.

Lake Country's George Elliott Coyotes are Okanagan champs heading into the Big Kahuna B.C. boys volleyball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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B.C. boys volleyball championships: Full list of AA and AAA teams, plus seeds and pools

LANGLEY — The zone championships for the Big Kahuna B.C. senior boys volleyball championships have been completed and thus, we’ve got our list for the tournament, set to run Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at the Langley Events Centre.

Langley Christian's Brodie Hofer and Kayla Oxland of Handsworth share their stories of inspiration on the road to the LEC. (Paul Yates, Blair Shier photos)
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Brodie and Kayla: Two of our brightest high school volleyball stars on inspiration along the road to the Big Kahuna B.C. tourney

LANGLEY — Its shared history is not exactly an open archive, yet the organizers of the 2017 Big Kahuna B.C. High School Volleyball Championships know there will be a special vibe when the events kicks off a four-day run Nov. 29 at the Langley Events Centre.

Vancouver's St. George's Saints have found a way into the expanded 20-team B.C. senior boys AAA rankings this week. (Varsity Letters photo)
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11.07.17: B.C. senior boys volleyball AAA and AA provincial rankings

This week, the rankings expand in number to better represent the number of teams which will be fielded in each tier at the upcoming B.C. championships at the Langley Events Centre.AAA RANKINGSAA RANKINGS  

Luke Stroud is one of only eight Orcas making up the 2017 Elgin Park senior boys volleyball team. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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TSUMURA: A coaching co-op which empowers youth? Rare vision, ingenuity creates volleyball family at Elgin Park

SURREY — No less wise a person than the Greek philosopher Plato once opined that necessity is the mother of invention. Over the past few seasons at Surrey’s Elgin Park Secondary School, it has been the mother of a recent grad who has embraced that old saying with gusto, and in the process helped make the […]

After a crazy week of ups and down in the B.C. senior boys AAA volleyball rankings, Surrey's Semiahmoo Totems are back in the Top 15. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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10.17.17 BC boys volleyball AAA rankings: Top 15 features 15 changes from last week

If there has been a week with more movement in the top 15 than this past week at the Triple A level, please let us know. Not only did Kelowna’s Mt. Boucherie Bears and the Mt. Baker Wild of Cranbrook take huge climbs to the top of the charts based on their excellence at this […]

Lake Country's George Elliot Coyotes, pictured last Friday at War Memorial Gymnasium, maintained their spot in the top four of the B.C. Double A rankings this week following their performance at the UBC Invitational. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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10.05.17 edition: Huge changes in Top 15 mark Week 2 of senior boys AAA volleyball season

Welcome to the second B.C. senior varsity boys volleyball rankings of the season. The long season will always provide correction and recalibration, but for this week, the Triple A rankings have gone topsy-turvy with two top-five teams falling to honourable mention status and another dropping out of the rankings all together.