COQUITLAM — Semiahmoo’s Tara Wallack and Izzy Forsyth are setting enough of a standard these days as a high school front-court pair beyond compare that at least one rival coach found himself thinking back to the turn of the century for an apt comparison.“I coached against Kim Smith, Katja Fuess and Julia Wilson, and so […]
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Centennial Top 10 Shoot-Out 2020: Double-A No. 1 Langley Christian’s Grade 10 duo of Shelvey and Bradshaw shines in win over Terry Fox
COQUITLAM — It seems there is a youth movement wherever you care to look these days in the B.C. senior girls high school basketball world.From teams comprised almost entirely of underclassmen, to those with quality smatterings of non-seniors, that was clearly the theme of this week’s 2020 Top 10 Shoot-Out at here at Centennial Secondary.And […]
Centennial Top 10 Shoot-Out 2020: Valleyview’s road-warrior Vikes show their pluck as Learie leads Kamloops squad past Claremont
COQUITLAM — No amount of snow was going to keep the Valleyview Vikings from their appointed rounds at the 2020 Top 10 Shoot-Out this weekend at Centennial Secondary.
Centennial’s Top 10 Shoot-Out: Live reports from the heart of Coquitlam on the final day of the 2020 girls hoops classic
COQUITLAM — We’re here at the nine-team Centennial Top 10 Shoot-Out tourament in Coquitlam.Stay tuned for updates on this posting throughout the afternoon.Here’s a look at what we’ve been able to see since setting foot in the gymnasium.VALLEYVIEW 74 CLAREMONT 70COQUITLAM — No amount of snow was going to keep the Valleyview Vikings from their […]
As his anonymity quickly fades, Holy Cross senior guard Brent Padilla helps lead his host Crusaders into the 2020 B.C. Catholics
SURREY — Pretend that on one list you’ve got the names of the most proficient scorers in the B.C. high school boys basketball world.
B.C. senior boys basketball rankings 01.15.20: Quad-A No. 1 Centennial Centaurs hoist Beagle spoils, DP Condors soar to No. 1 at STM Chancellor
NORTH DELTA — Significant news took place at all four tiers of B.C. high school boys basketball this week.It runs the gamut from Centennial’s continued run of Quad-A excellence, to the Triple A and Single A tiers getting new No. 1’s in the form of Prince George’s Duchess Park Condors and Chilliwack’s Unity Christian Flames, […]
B.C. senior girls basketball rankings 01.15.20: The decade’s first Top 10s find a familiar Fab Four sitting atop the heap
LANGLEY — No. 1’s held firm across all four tiers as B.C. senior girls high school basketball issued its first Top 10 rankings of 2020. On a snow day Wednesday, here’s a look at all of the numbers:
Sammy Shields: A veteran at last, Riverside’s star guard leads a new core of Rapids into Centennial’s midseason Top 10 Shoot-Out showcase
PORT COQUITLAM — When you’re dropping 38 points in a senior varsity game as an eighth grader, the way Sammy Shields did back in the 2016-17 season, it seems a given that the greatest strength of the Riverside Rapids’ Grade 11 standout guard is her scoring ability.And while it’s hard to make a case that […]
A Sunday Read: The magic on-court match of Centaurs’ Parolin and Skelding carries Centennial past Burnaby South in Legal Beagle final
PORT COQUITLAM — There is an invisible connection on the basketball court which seems to bind Coquitlam’s Centennial Centaurs.
Caleb the Conqueror: Duchess Park’s Caleb Lyons scores 35, leads No. 2 Condors past No. 1 GWG Grizz in Chancellor 2020 final
BURNABY — Caleb Lyons has a way of making every gym his own home, sweet home.This week, it was the spacious, well-lit and energetic confines at Burnaby’s St. Thomas More Collegiate where he made himself comfy.In fact after he knocked down six triples, scored a team-high 35 points and was picked the MVP of STM’s […]