LANGLEY — B.C. senior boys varsity basketball is set to step into the spotlight beginning Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre.Bookmark us as your one -stop place to view all four 16-team draws over the days leading up to the start of our four-day run March 6-9!
High School
Painting a masterpiece: South Kam’s Titans plug the paint, slow Grizzlies forwards en route to Double A repeat title
LANGLEY — Halftime.As the South Kamloops Titans showed Saturday, it can be enough time to change the course of a game and ultimately deliver a repeat provincial championship.Just don’t get too picky with head coach Del Komarniski about exactly what changes he made to turn his Titans into lock-down second-half defenders against Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham […]
Semi-tough! Totems shake early jitters on big stage, rally to top Gators for BC Quad-A crown; says coach “…their comeback was epic”
LANGLEY — For all of accolades and all of the recognition they receive, the vast majority of Surrey’s Semiahmoo Totems are still over two full years away from donning cap and gown at their high school commencement ceremonies.
Poised… and perfect! Terry Fox completes a dream 35-0 season, Ravens hot off the press in decisive B.C. title win over Kelowna
LANGLEY — At every turn along a season-long journey, just when you thought the moment would become too big for them to comprehend, they would confound their audience.
No. 1 Semi, No. 2 Grove in a battle royal for all the marbles! What did Friday’s Final Four tell us about today’s AAA Super Saturday clash?
LANGLEY — All week long, it’s the question that has been begging for an answer.
Deanna delivers a dandy! “…she’s done all of her work for that shot” says coach after GWG star leads her Grizzlies back to B.C. Double-A final
LANGLEY — “You know what?” Sarah Mouritzen began. “I am going to cry. She’s 18? She has done all of her work for that shot. For all of the work she put in, she deserves this. When she hit that shot she burst into tears because it meant so much to her. This is awesome.”
South Kam’s Maddy Gobeil re-injures ankle, shakes it off to carry her Titans past STA and back to B.C. Double A final
LANGLEY — The last couple of seasons here at the B.C. senior girls basketball championships, there have been two distinctly different units of time measurement in place.There’s the regular ticking of the game clock which allocates 10 minutes per quarter over four quarters.And there is another kind of time, one usually reserved for fourth-quarter stretch […]
B.C. JUNIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 1 Terry Fox, No. 2 Kelowna clash head-on for gold in match-up of dream teams
BY GARY AHUJA, Special to Varsity LettersIt’s the No. 1 seed Terry Fox Ravens against the No. 2 seed Kelowna Owls in Saturday’s 1 p.m. championship final on the LEC’s Centre Court. Here’s a look at how both teams fared in their Friday semifinals:
Think Pink! Tupper Tigers boys basketball team set to don all-pink ‘We Are One’ uniforms tonight in Mainland AAA final
VANCOUVER — The power of a high school sports team to impact the power of positivity and togetherness in the province of B.C. and in turn, around the globe, may never be stronger than it is tonight (6:15 p.m.) at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
With just three players left, gutsy Yale Lions JV girls force double OT in BC Elite 8! Here’s how they did it!
LANGLEY — Their dreams of a provincial championship had ended, yet wasn’t that a smile on Marissa Rodde’s face? “It’s still a win in my books,” the talented 5-foot-11 Grade 10 forward with the Yale Lions said. “To go to two overtimes with just three players… I am really proud of my teammates.”