R.A. McMath's Riley Oughtred (left) is challenged by Sir Charles Tupper's Emre Saracoglu during Round 1 action at the 55th annual (and newly-dedicated) Rich Goulet Chancellor Memorial on Wednesday at Burnaby's St. Thomas More Collegiate. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2022 All Rights Reserved)
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01.04.23 edition: B.C. senior boys basketball Top 10 rankings for all four tiers

BURNABY — The first set of Top 10 rankings for B.C. senior boys high school basketball have arrived for 2023, and Surrey schools have surged in the largest Quad-A tier.Here’s the lastest from our B.C. pollsters at all four tiers for Jan 4, 2023:BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (LW -1)2 […]

Fleetwood Park's Aaron Uppal (left) switches to glide as he elevates above Walnut Grove's Kaiser Nostrum during opening-round TBI Super 16 boys tourney action last week at the LEC. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2022 All Rights Reserved)
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12.14.22 edition: B.C. senior boys basketball Top 10 rankings for all four tiers

The latest Top 10 rankings for B.C. senior boys high school basketball have arrived for Dec. 14, 2022:BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Semiahmoo Thunderbirds (Surrey) (SF) (LW -1)2 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI) (6) 3 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS) (3)4 St. George’s Saints (Vancouver) (VSS) (4)5 Kelowna Owls (OK) (10-tie)6 Burnaby South Rebels (FN) […]

In a convergence of big men, Semiahmoo's Cole Bekkering draws both Yabi Aklog and Jacob Cofie into the paint during exhibition clash Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: Here’s what Semiahmoo vs. Eastside Catholic taught us all about B.C. vs. U.S. high school hoops! It’s why we can say that we’ve got a shooter’s chance!

LANGLEY — Just checking in with you all today with the latest update from the ‘Just how good is B.C. boys high school basketball compared to our neighbours from the south in Washington’ department.Reporting straight from the scene this weekend at the Langley Events Centre, your trusty agent can inform you with confidence: Our best […]

Extending to the window, Oak Bay's Griffin Arnatt, guarded by Kelowna's Aryton Daniels, led his Victoria-based Bays to the 2022 Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 championship title Saturday night at the LEC. Arnatt, rebounding from an injury-plagued 2021-22 season, was later selected tourney MVP. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2022. Protected image. All Rights Reserved)
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Tsumura Basketball 2022: With MVP Arnatt leading the way, Victoria’s Oak Bay Bays stake ownership of the paint, ride complete performance to win TBI tussle with Kelowna Owls!

OAK BAY 73 KELOWNA 47LANGLEY — High school basketball’s version of spring reawakening doesn’t follow the standard calendar of the four seasons.Instead, it welcomes its own kind of re-birth in the early weeks of December, that time when the gymnasium, like the backyard garden, sprouts the new possibilities of the months to follow.On Saturday, that […]

Thirty years after his dad Darren starred for Kelowna, new Owls starting point guard Nash Semeniuk helped lead his team past Burnaby South in the semifinals of the 2022 Tsumura Basketball Invitational on Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of SFU athletics 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Tsumura Basketball Final 4 Friday: Kelowna guard Nash Semeniuk, named after you know who, wears No. 13 with pride as Owls top Rebels for title game berth!

LANGLEY – If there was a heart-and-soul force on the floor at the Langley Events Centre on Friday night during the Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16’s semifinal round, chances are he was wearing the No. 13 jersey of the Kelowna Owls. Leading with his heart and playing with an unrestrained purpose, there was no denying […]

Oak Bay's Finley Lillis looks to pass out of a Vancouver College double team which including Irish big man Roko Maric during TBI Super 16 semifinal Friday night at the LEC. (Photo by Gary Ahuja property of Langley Events Centre 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Tsumura Basketball Super 16’s Final 4 Friday: In a galaxy of Oak Bay stars, Arnatt’s 32-point night helps Bays outshine VC Irish en route to title game!

OAK BAY 85 VANCOUVER COLLEGE 70LANGLEY — It stood as a testament to toll to be paid along the build-up towards the character-testing nature of a fourth-quarter stretch drive.On Friday, there was nothing to choose between Victoria’s Oak Bay Bays and the Vancouver College Fighting Irish in the second of two Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super […]

Spectrum's Justin Hinrichsen (13) and North Delta's Arjun Atwal eye a rebounds Friday during TBI Rising 8 title game at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property of Langley Events Centre 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Rising 8’s TBI 2022 final: Front-court force of Spectrum’s Hinrichsen and Felt carry Victoria’s Thunder past North Delta Huskies in title tilt!

SPECTRUM 79 NORTH DELTA 62LANGLEY — It’s not going to be too far in the distant future before Justin Hinrichsen and Tyler Felt are going to be among the most talked-about players in B.C. boys high school basketball.Shoot, it’s getting tougher and tougher by the day to ignore the Grade 10 sensations playing in the […]

Spectrum's Justin Hinrichsen (left), battling in the paint with West Vancouver's Malcolm Lotz at the 2022 B.C. junior boys Sweet 16 at the LEC, has come into his own as a 10th grader on the senior varsity Thunder, in town to play in the Tsumura Basketball Invitational beginning Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Tsumura Basketball 2022: A chip off the old hoops block, Grade 10 Justin Hinrichsen helps lead Spectrum Thunder precisely 30 seasons after dad Eric’s B.C. title with Carihi Tyees!

Justin Hinrichsen doesn’t spent a whole lot of time thinking about it.“It just happens,” the 6-foot-3, 165-pound Grade 10 guard/forward with Victoria’s Spectrum Thunder admits when asked how his rare combination of athleticism, talent and instinct has managed to intersect in such a timely fashion just weeks into his first season of senior varsity hoops.“I’ve […]

Semiahmoo's Marcus Flores (12) and Andre Juco (11) are part of the Quad-A No. 1-ranked Thunderbirds' team which will face Eastside Catholic on Dec. 9 during TBI week at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Quad-A No. 1 Semiahmoo brings Seattle-area’s Eastside Catholic Crusaders and top prospect Cofie to the LEC! 35 years after Richmond-DeMatha, the B.C.-U.S. tradition continues!

LANGLEY TOWNSHIP — The players on B.C.’s No. 1-ranked senior boys Quad-A basketball team likely aren’t aware of it, but when South Surrey’s Semiamoo Thunderbirds take to the court later next month at the Langley Events Centre, they’ll be paying a bit of a tribute to one of this province’s pioneering programs: The 1980’s-era Richmond […]

Holy Cross senior Ose Ehizode (with ball) pictured at last March's 2022 B.C. Quad A provincials against Abbotsford's Justin Manning, leads his Crusaders into a TBI 2022 opening-round clash against Victoria's Oak Bay Bays. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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BOYS Tsumura Basketball Invitational 2022: This season, the TBI enters its second decade with a 32-team field in three separate brackets!

LANGLEY TOWNSHIP — Welcome to the countdown to the 2022 Tsumura Basketball Invitationals!We’re back bigger than ever as we start our second decade at the home of B.C. High School Basketball: The Langley Events Centre.The dates to mark on your hoops calendar?The boys tournament gets us underway with four days of the competition from Dec. […]