Argyle point guard Holly Brewer gave her team a push in its clash with South Kamloops in the 2020 3A quarterfinals Thursday at the LEC. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL EDITION: Triple-A girls Day 2 — It’s Abby vs. Argyle, OKM vs. McMath as top four seeds bring drama to Friday’s Final Four

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 B.C. senior girls Triple-A championships.Please check back on this posting throughout the day as we continue to update the eight sudden-elimination games on tap.TOP HALF DRAWNO. 1 ABBOTSFORD 76 NO. 9 DUCHESS PARK 49LANGLEY — While spending the early moments of the fourth quarter flirting with […]

Sir Winston Churchill of Vancouver and Abbotsford's Yale Lions clashed Wednesday on the opening day of the BC junior girls championships at RE Mountain Secondary. (Photo property of Wilson Wong 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Junior Girls 2020: An opening day victory is just what No. 1 seeded Dr. Knox of Kelowna ordered

By Gary Ahuja (special to Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — It would appear age is just a number these days, with teams no longer deferring to the upper classmen in the pecking order.Last year saw the Semiahmoo Totems (despite having its core made up almost entirely of Grade 10s) who captured the B.C. 3A (now the 4A) […]

Despite a reoccurrence of her cancer, Terry Fox's Karin Khuong took to the court with her Terry Fox teammates on Wednesday as the B.C. championships opened at the LEC. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of University of the Fraser Valley athletics 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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Terry Fox’s Karin Khuong calls seeing action with her Ravens’ teammates at BC’s vs. John Oliver: “A special moment to be on the court”

NO. 2 TERRY FOX 69, NO. 15 JOHN OLIVER 37By Dan Kinvig (Special to Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — Sometimes, a simple game of basketball carries profound meaning that extends well beyond the final score.For the No. 15-seeded John Oliver Jokers, simply taking the court at the LEC on Wednesday was a matter of significance.The Vancouver program […]

Semiahmoo's Tara Wallack and the rest of the Totems were every bit in mid-dynasty form Wednesday as they opened play at the B.C. Quad-A championships. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of University of the Fraser Valley athletics 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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Quad-A girls Day 1: Your home for live game reports all day as the 2020 B.C. championships tip-off at the LEC

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 B.C. senior girls Quad-A championships.Please check back on this posting throughout the day as we continue to update the eight sudden-elimination games on tap.QUAD ATOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ABy Dan Kinvig (Special to Varsity Letters)NO. 1 SEMIAHMOO 126 NO. 16 PRINCE GEORGE 27LANGLEY — Semiahmoo Totems head […]

Langley Christian's Sydney Bradshaw (right) is contested by the defence of Creston's Prince Charles Comets during the opening minutes of their Round 1 B.C. Double A clash on Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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Double-A girls Day 1: Your home for live game reports all day as the 2020 B.C. championships tip-off at the LEC

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 B.C. senior girls Double-A championships.Please check back on this posting throughout the day as we continue to update the eight sudden-elimination games on tap.DOUBLE ATOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ANO. 1 LANGLEY CHRISTIAN 112 NO. 16 PRINCE CHARLES 22By Gary Kingston (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — The top […]

Abbotsford's Malia Lenz (right) and the rest of her No. 1 seeded Panthers were decisive opening-round winners over Ali Chong and the rest of Vancouver's Magee Lions in the opening round of the 2020 B.C. senior girls Triple A basketball championships Wednesday at the LEC. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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Triple-A girls Day 1: Your home for live game reports all day as the 2020 B.C. championships tip-off at the LEC

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 B.C. senior girls Triple-A championships.Please check back on this posting throughout the day as we continue to update the eight sudden-elimination games on tap.TRIPLE ATOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ANO. 1 ABBOTSFORD 98 NO. 16 MAGEE 33LANGLEY — After his team spent 40 minutes in the fire Wednesday […]

Abbotsford's Marin Lenz, over the course of her prolific high school career with the Panthers, showed that she could not only perform magic with a basketball, but as well, put an entire team on her back. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Girls 2019-20 Player of the Year: Abby’s compact Marin Lenz has taken giant steps to stand at the top of her game

ABBOTSFORD — It’s the highest sign of opposition respect to have your offensive game so greatly feared that you wind up facing one junk defence after another.

Meet Valleyview's Indigo Learie (left) and the rest of our first-ever B.C. Fab Five teams, the top five players as selected by the BCSSGBA from all four provincial tiers. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C.’s blue-chip best for 2019-20! From Quad, to Triple… from Double to Single, here’s our Fab Five girls hoops picks from every tier!

LANGLEY — Welcome to the day before opening tip here at the 2020 B.C. senior girls basketball championships. Over a season in which teams competed within a revamped geography of zones and new league alliances, we have arrived at our annual look at the top players in the province.

Abbotsford's St. John Brebeuf Bears are headed for their first ever B.C. senior girls AA tournament. (Photo property of St. John Brebeuf athletics 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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The adventure of Brebeuf’s basketball Bears: Big dreams and baby steps have Abby’s SJB senior girls B.C. AA tourney-bound!

ABBOTSFORD — Put enough baby steps together, and it’s only just a matter of time before you begin to make a path out of the wilderness along a journey you can call your own.

Chris Kennedy was once again the host of the B.C. girls basketball live draw presentation which aired Wednesday evening from the Langley Events Centre. (LEC photo)
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Your home for B.C. championship brackets: Plan your hoops week right here with all five upcoming provincial tournament draws

LANGLEY — We’ve got all five of the B.C. high school championship draws released over the past few days right here in one place.In order, you’ll find the B.C. senior girls 4A, 3A and 2A tournament draws, followed by the B.C. junior girls and boys draws.Under each draw, we’ve provided a handy URL to click […]