Marah Dykstra has averaged just north of a 20-10 double-double this season for Vancouver's Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Sir Winston’s Churchill’s Marah Dykstra: With D1 career at Montana State awaiting, star senior guard leads Bulldogs back to the Big Dance for first time in five seasons!

VANCOUVER — Ask Marah Dykstra about some of the very best things happening in her life these days, and without taking her eyes off the prize for even a second, she lets you know she’s determined to savour every last moment of her high school basketball career.Of course, following Thursday’s 62-29 victory over the West […]

Prior to officiating a senior boys basketball between host Byrne Creek and St. Patrick's on Feb. 3, 2022, veteran officials Dindo Cobarrubias (left) and Karn Dhillon take a moment to remind everyone of the Pink Whistle Campaign. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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In tough times, BCBOA’s Pink Whistle Campaign hits its all-time high! “Little by little, one whistle at a time, one donation at a time, we’re all making a difference…” says founder Karn Dhillon!

LANGLEY — In the B.C. basketball community, pink whistles attached to the ends of pink lanyards have become the ties that bind… even in the toughest of times.And if you ask Karn Dhillon, the longtime, respected basketball referee, about the Pink Whistle/Call A Foul on Cancer campaign that he launched as an annual February initiative […]

While B.C. senior girls basketball teams, like the Yale Lions and its star guard Maggy Curtis begin their journey to the B.C. championships, the Langley Events Centre is looking to find volunteers to help make the 2022 event a big success. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. senior girls 2021-22 basketball championship tournaments look to fill key volunteer roles, including tournament director!

LANGLEY —  The Langley Events Centre is accepting submissions of interest from individuals interested in volunteering at the 2022 B.C. School Sports Girls Basketball Provincial Championships.LEC is hosting the 2A, 3A, and 4A Tournaments from March 2-5, 2022, and the LEC Tournament Committee is responsible for working with LEC staff towards the planning and execution […]

Brookswood head coach Chris Veale and his Bobcats moved up to No. 2 at Triple-A. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls Basketball Rankings 02.14.22 edition: Riverside, Burnaby Central, Langley Christian maintain holds on No. 1, Seaquam takes over top spot at junior!

LANGLEY — Moving into the Top 10 was tough sledding this past.In the latest B.C. senior girls basketball rankings for Tiers Quad, Triple, Double and Single-A, there was some minimal jockeying but no new teams did enough to crack the Top 10.With all that said, Riverside of Port Coquitlam, Burnaby Central and Langley Christian stayed […]

What a memory! Lord Tweedsmuir's Arjun Samra is carried around the court at the Langley Events Centre just prior to being named the 2019 B.C. Quad A tournament MVP. We're looking for some of your fondest as March Madness inches closer. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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March Madness comes to the LEC! Attn: Past players, coaches and media members, too… share your favourite B.C. boys or girls tourney memories with us via video!

Hey Varsity Letters’ readers, here’s a note from all of the dedicated people working behind the scenes at the Langley Events Centre who are determined to make March Madness as special as it deserves to be following last season’s cancelled 2020-21 provincial basketball championship tournaments:LANGLEY — With the Junior Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournaments and the […]

Seaquam's Amar Thiara (left) looks to dish in the face of defensive pressure from Argyle's Nathalie Francis during the Tsumura Basketball Classic in December of 2021. A re-birth in girls basketball at Seaquam has both its senior and junior varsity teams each sitting in the Top 10 rankings as March Madness approaches. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Seaquam revels in a girls basketball renaissance! The Seahawks of Sunshine Hills bring long-lost, late-1980’s vibe back to their North Delta neighbourhood!

NORTH DELTA — When it comes to senior varsity girls basketball, the high school from that North Delta neighbourhood known as Sunshine Hills is finding out how good it feels to find its place in the sun.When rankings were released earlier this week, not only was the Seaquam Seahawks senior girls team ranked at No. […]

The Langley Christian Lightning seem ready to make a third run at the thus-far elusive B.C. senior girls Double A basketball championship title this March at the Langley Events Centre. It's a quest being led by the team's talented trio of seniors (left to right) Taelor Coxford, Sydney Bradshaw and Lainey Shelvey. (Photo graphic by Gabriel Lynn, photos by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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The ‘Strikes Thrice’ magic of the Langley Christian Lightning! In a tier-free girls high school basketball world, might Double-A powers be BC’s No. 1 overall team?

LANGLEY — Imagine a B.C. girls high school basketball world without any tiers of classification.Instead, replace it with a soup pot of sorts in which every team in the province is thrown together to form a chowder-like broth.Bring to a boil.Cover.Simmer.Let the cream rise to the top.And when you lift that cover, who might you […]

After her game-high 31 points on Tuesday, Riverside's Avery Sussex is averaging 23 ppg in two meetings this season against the crosstown rival Terry Fox Ravens. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Riverside stocks its mint from the free-throw line! Quad-A No. 1 Rapids make their trips count in win over crosstown No. 3 Terry Fox Ravens!

LANGLEY — The Riverside Rapids may have forgotten to bring their vaunted three-point shooting game to Tuesday’s second round in the Battle of PoCo.Yet in the end, the Quad-A No. 1 Rapids simply exchanged an icy time from distance for a white-hot one from the charity stripe en route to a decisive 88-60 win over […]

Emily Sprott, the Grade 9 guard with Chilliwack's G.W. Graham Grizzlies, drives on Surrey's Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers during the 2021 TBI played last December at the Langley Events Centre. The Grizzlies sit amongst the province's top 15 Quad-A senior varsity teams in total poll points this week. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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BC Girls Basketball Rankings 01.31.22 edition: We’ve got all four tiers plus JV as Fleetwood Park jumps back into 4A Top 10 at No. 7, Burnaby Central debuts as the new No. 1 at 3A!

LANGLEY — For the first time since issuing its preseason rankings back in the late fall, B.C. Senior Girls Basketball has released new provincial Top 10s for all four of its tiers simultaneously.The first in-season set of B.C. junior girls rankings are also included today.PoCo’s Riverside Rapids have managed to retain their hold on No. […]

Terry Fox senior point guard Cerys Merton has been there to give her team a helping hand throughout her entire high school basketball career. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: What defines the heart of Terry Fox’s UBC-bound point guard Cerys Merton? “She never turns down a battle!”

PORT COQUITLAM — Cerys Merton was born with a drive that needs no ignition.And these days, as we hit the stretch drive to the B.C. senior girls basketball championships, it’s a most fitting way to describe the energy and the presence that the Terry Fox Ravens’ senior point guard brings each time she sets foot […]