Brookswood's Emma Lenhoff (left) digs in on defence against Yale's Aysia Kumar in the B.C. junior girls semifinals at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Mark Steffens property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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JUNIOR: It’s Oak Bay and Brookswood on Saturday in the finals of the 2023 B.C. junior girls basketball championships!

BY GARY AHUJA (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — Two teams who won their last Junior Girls provincial championships a year apart are now set to play for the big prize on Saturday afternoon.The Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament champion will be either the top seed Oak Bay Breakers (who last won in 2012) or […]

Yale's Samara Mason (left) does her best to stay hip to hip with Walnut Grove's Kiera Pemberton during Day 3 Final Four action at the B.C. senior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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QUAD-A FINAL FOUR, Game 1: Coach Rowell running out of words to describe Kiera Pemberton’s excellence! Gators star unstoppable again in win over talented Yale Lions!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Final Four Friday here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships.We will have live reports on today’s two semifinals.Check back through the course of the day as we post reports as quickly as we can based on writing, photographic and broadcast demands. Your patience is appreciated!No. 1 WALNUT GROVE […]

Abbotsford's Malia Lenz led her team past McMath and into Saturday's championship final during Day 3 Final Four action at the B.C. senior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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TRIPLE A: Game reports from Day 3 of the 2023 B.C. Triple-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Final Four Friday here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships.We will have live reports on today’s two semifinals.Check back through the course of the day as we post reports as quickly as we can based on writing, photographic and broadcast demands. Your patience is appreciated!STORIES BY GARY KINGSTON […]

Team toughness exemplified, Pacific Christian Pacers' senior Eden Kremer (left) attempts to get past Langley Christian's Shaylah Black during Day 3 Final Four action at the B.C. senior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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DOUBLE A: Game reports from Day 3 of the 2023 B.C. Double-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Final Four Friday here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships.We will have live reports on today’s two semifinals.Check back through the course of the day as we post reports as quickly as we can based on writing, photographic and broadcast demands. Your patience is appreciated!No. 3 PACIFIC CHRISTIAN […]

MEI's Charlotte Dyck (left) tangles with Yale's Asia Kumar during Day 2 action at the B.C. junior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Gary Ahuja property of Langley Events Centre 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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JUNIOR: Game reports from Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. Junior girls basketball championships!

By GARY AHUJA (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — We have four teams left standing at the Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament.The first semifinal will feature the top-seed Oak Bay Breakers and the No. 5 Argyle Pipers while the latter one is an all-Eastern Valley battle between the No. 10 M.E.I. Eagles and the No. […]

Pacific Christian's Abbi Ellison was a scoring threat from start to finish against Notre Dame during Day 2 action at the B.C. senior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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DOUBLE A: Game reports from Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. Double-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the B.C. girls basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.To our treasured readers, thank you so much for all of your support on Wednesday, leaning on us for coverage from the biggest game of the 2022-23 season.Please come back here throughout the day for live game stories and […]

Kelowna's Mav Chahal (left) tries to slow Riverside's Natalie Curley during Day 2 action at the B.C. senior girls high school basketball championships. (Photo by Dan Kinvig 2023 by special permission. All Rights Reserved)
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QUAD A: Game reports from Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. Quad-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the B.C. girls basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.To our treasured readers, thank you so much for all of your support on Wednesday, leaning on us for coverage from the biggest game of the 2022-23 season.Please come back here throughout the day for live game stories and […]

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TRIPLE A: Game reports from Day 2 of the 2023 B.C. Triple-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the B.C. girls basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.To our treasured readers, thank you so much for all of your support on Wednesday, leaning on us for coverage from the biggest game of the 2022-23 season.Please come back here throughout the day for live game stories and […]

Holy Cross' Solene Jackson helped her team to a narrow win over SMUS in the second round of play on Day 1 at the B.C. junior girls basketball championships in Langley. (Photo by Gary Ahuja property of LEC 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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JUNIOR: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. JUNIOR girls basketball championships!

BY GARY AHUJA (Special for Varsity Letters)The 16 games are done and the 24 teams are now settled into their three 8-team brackets (Championship, Showcase and Rivalry) following 16 games on day one of the Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament!TOP HALF DRAWNo. 1 OAK BAY 56 No. 17 FLEETWOOD PARK 32LANGLEY — Facing an […]

Walnut Grove's Kiera Pemberton drivers past the Mt. Baker Wild during Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2023. All Rights Reserved)
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QUAD A: Game reports from Day 1 of the 2023 B.C. Quad-A girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 1 here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre.Please check back here with regularity for updated reports from this tier of play.STORIES BY GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)QUAD-ATOP HALF DRAWNo. 1 WALNUT GROVE GATORS 97 No. 16 MOUNT BAKER WILD 28LANGLEY – […]