LANGLEY — On a blustery, wind-whipped Saturday, power outages across the region threatened the cancellation of the eagerly-anticipated battle between the No. 1 Seaquam Seahawks and the No. 2 Brookswood Bobcats in the final of the Tsumura Basketball Invitational’s Super 16 championship final at the Langley Events Centre.Yet by the time the sun had set […]
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TBI 2024: After lengthy power outage delay, Duchess Park’s game of Hide-and-Go-Seek keeps Condors loose in TBI Select 16 championship game win over Notre Dame!
LANGLEY — The Duchess Park Condors don’t sweat the small stuff.The reason?They’ve got each other.Retiring to its nearby team hotel during the power outage which threatened their Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 championship game against the Notre Dame Jugglers, the Prince George squad had so much fun waiting it out, that when it came time […]
TBI GIRLS 2024 Final 4 Friday is a wrap! No. 1 Seaquam vs. No. 2 Brookswood for all the Super 16 marbles!
Welcome to Final Four Friday.We’ve got reports from both of today’s Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 semifinals right here.Check back with us throughout the day as we set up Championship Saturday’s title game.SEAQUAM 79 RIVERSIDE 66LANGLEY — If you can shoot it, really shoot it, nothing can stop you.That may be Basketball 101 stripped to […]
TBI GIRLS 2024 Final 4 Friday is a wrap! Notre Dame vs. Duchess Park for Select 16 title!
Welcome to Final Four Friday.We’ve got reports from both of today’s Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 semifinals right here.Check back with us throughout the day as we set up Championship Saturday’s title game.NOTRE DAME 52 MARK ISFELD 36LANGLEY — In a little media pre-game chat, Notre Dame head coach Tracy Clarke offered a reporter a […]
FINAL: TBI Select 16 quarters produce Notre Dame-Isfeld, Vernon-Duchess card for Final Four Friday!
Welcome to Day 2 of TBI girls 2024!We’re on to the quarterfinals today in the Select 16 poolPlease check back througHout the day as Nic Hauka covers the day’s four championship round games!NOTRE DAME 50 SOUTH KAMLOOPS 28(STORY BY NICOLAS HAUKA, Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — The old saying defence wins championships is cliche, but […]
FINAL: TBI Super 16 quarters produce Argyle-Brookswood, Seaquam-Riverside card for Final Four Friday!
LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of TBI girls 2024!We’re on to the quarterfinals today in the Super 16 poolPlease check back throughout the day as Howard Tsumura covers the day’s four championship round games!ARGYLE 90 LORD TWEEDSMUIR 74 LANGLEY — If the Argyle Pipers do not have the greatest overall wingspan of any team in […]
12.11.24 edition: BC Boys Top 10 Hoops rankings! Semi, Fox make 4A climb, STM takes over as AAA No. 1
LANGLEY — Here are the second set of B.C. boys high school in-season basketball rankings.BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Spectrum Thunder (Saanich) (VI) (LW-1)2 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) (2)3 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI) (3)4 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS) (4)5 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (VSS) (5)6 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (6)7 Semiahmoo […]
SELECT 16 FINAL: Our complete wrap up from Day 1 TBI GIRLS 2024!
LANGLEY — Welcome girls basketball fans!Day 1 of the TBI Select 16 draw is upon us.Please keep checking back throughout the day as we do our best to update this post with live games reports.We will try to get photos from as many games as we can, but there are no guarantees.Thanks for following along, […]
SUPER 16 FINAL: Our complete wrap up from Day 1 TBI GIRLS 2024!
LANGLEY — Welcome girls basketball fans!Day 1 of the TBI Super 16 draw is upon us.Please keep checking back throughout the day as we do our best to update this post with live games reports.We will try to get photos from as many games as we can, but there are no guarantees.Thanks for following along, […]
B.C. Junior Boys Basketball Top 10: First in-season poll has St. George’s, Argyle, New West and Van College the early Final Four pick when JV fever hits LEC’s 32-team tourney Feb. 22-25!
The B.C. Junior Boys Basketball Association checks in with its first poll of the season.It’s the start of the run-up to to the 2025 B.C. invitational championship at the Langley Events Centre Feb. 22-25.Last season’s champions from Terry Fox Secondary in PoCo are now competing at the senior varsity level and opened some eyes this […]