SURREY — No where was there more proof of the Fraser Valley’s depth of strength this season than the fact that Langley’s Brookswood Bobcats were playing a sudden-elimination game less than three full weeks into February.The Bobcats, however, marshalled their best qualities and more, as point guard Jenna Dick scored 15 points and dished eight […]
High School
Road to the LEC 2019: Marin Lenz scores 35, Abby Panthers find way back to B.C.’s with wildcard win over Claremont
VICTORIA — It hasn’t been their normal road to the Langley Events Centre, but the Abbotsford Panthers are back on track to the home of the B.C. championships thanks to the second sudden-elimination victory of their post season.Grade 11 guard Marin Lenz poured home 35 points and the Panthers used a 33-11 run in the […]
B.C. High School Westling 2019: Finalists all set for Tuesday’s 29 boys, girls B.C. weight-class finals
By Gary AhujaSpecial to VarsityLetters.caLANGLEY — Following 10 hours of wrestling and 602 bouts on Monday, the finals are set to determine which wrestlers will be crowned provincial champions.
Topping B.C.’s Single-A charts with extended run at No. 1, Victoria’s 25-3 GNS Gryphons re-kindle magic of 2007’s title-winning team
VICTORIA — When you’ve coached a senior boys varsity basketball program at one school for over 30 years, you build an extremely large and reliable sample size as a base of comparison.
A Sunday read: What makes Britannia Bruins’ senior guard Jasleen Bahia such a high school scholar-athlete-mentor extraordinaire
VANCOUVER — On a talented basketball team she leads from the heart.
Van College’s wrestling Irish: Rising stars like Grade 9 Damien Clark signal rise in fortunes as B.C. tourney opens Monday at LEC
VANCOUVER — At a school were football, basketball and rowing are king, and where soccer came out of nowhere this past November to claim its first-ever top-tiered B.C. title, you’d think the student body was already pretty much picked over for athletes.
It’s a Kits’ blitz! From out of nowhere, Kitsilano’s Blue Demons rise to challenge of becoming B.C. Quad-A title contenders
VANCOUVER — Looking for answers as to just what kind of a cannon the Kitsilano Blue Demons have been shot out of lately?
After 2018’s epic Final Four run, Belmont’s basketball Bulldogs remain in dogged pursuit of March Madness return
Kevin Brown can remember gathering with his Belmont Bulldogs last March to watch the unveiling of the 16-team B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championship bracket via livestream from the Langley Events Centre.
02.13.19 edition: No. 1’s hold court atop Big 10 rankings as playoff fever hits B.C. boys high school basketball
LANGLEY — Snow days are hopefully done.Here’s our look at all four tiers of B.C. senior boys high school basketball rankings:SENIOR BOYSQUAD A (records, ranking reflect games played Feb. 6-12. Records indicate games against B.C. competition only)1 Terry Fox Ravens (23-4) (Port Coquitlam) (LW-1)Last week — Won both games to finish first at Fraser Valley […]
Year of the Dragons? Fleetwood Park’s proud coaching heritage, rise of Grade 9 star Rav Randhawa make them a bubble team to watch
SURREY — Nick Day has to say it a few times before it starts to roll off the tongue, but once it does, he enunciates the words with pride.