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 […]

Heritage Woods' Kiara Kozak, shown here at last December's TBI, pulled down an amazing 30 rebounds on Wednesday to lead the Kodiaks past North Surrey and into the B.C. Quad-A championships beginning next Wednesday right back at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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Kozak grabs 30 caroms, Alyza Aikins goes wild from three: Here’s how Heritage Woods, Tweedy, Cowichan punched Big Dance 2020’s final tickets

LANGLEY — The final three pieces of the puzzle have been fit into place, and that set’s the stage for tonight’s official unveiling of the B.C. senior girls AA, AAA and inaugural AAAA 16-team draws.

John Oliver Jokers' Queenie Salazar can't fight back her tears of joy after the Grade 9 guard helped South Van's John Oliver Jokers to their first B.C. senior girls basketball championship tournament berth in 27 years last week in the school's own gym. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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The Joy of John Oliver’s basketball Jokers: After 27 years, ‘perpetual underdogs’ have their day, punch tickets to B.C. Quad-A championships!

VANCOUVER — Before he can can even begin to express the joy these days that comes from being a John Oliver Joker, Pat Lee offers an apology to the curious reporter at the other end of his cel phone connection.

Fraser Valley's Deanna Tuchscherer has enjoyed a brilliant rookie debut in the Canada West. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of University of the Fraser Valley athletics 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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“…Hey, she just pulled a Dirk!” UFV’s fab frosh Tuchscherer making like a U Sports’ Nowitzki

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