Dover Bay's Oyama Crouch is guarded by STM's Zeru Abera during Day 2 Elite 8 quarterfinal-round play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 7, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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03.07.24 Day 2 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Triple-A Elite 8 quarterfinal basketball championships!

Howard Tsumura here, founder and writer of Varsity Letters.Welcome to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 B.C. Tripe-A boys basketball championships.We’ve got complete coverage tonight of all four championship games in each of the four tiers of competition.Keep checking back here throughout the evening for updates at this tier, but remember you can go to […]

Spectrum's J Elijah Helman takes a peek around Burnaby South Keoni Sacco during Day 2 Elite 8 quarterfinal-round play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 7, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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03.07.24 Day 2 reports from the 2024 B.C. senior boys Quad-A Elite 8 quarterfinal basketball championships!

Howard Tsumura here, founder and writer of Varsity Letters.Welcome to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 B.C. Quad-A boys basketball championships.We’ve got complete coverage tonight of all four championship games in each of the four tiers of competition.Keep checking back here throughout the evening for updates at this tier, but remember you can go to […]

Yale's Nylan Roberts (middle) is met by St. George's Lucas Butler during Day 1 Sweet 16 play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 6, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of Langley Events Centre 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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4A Boys: On a night when ‘O’ boards were gold, Yale’s Nylan Roberts went to work, his putback hoop is huge in win over gutsy St. George’s Saints!

No. 8 YALE 100 No. 9 ST. GEORGE’S 97By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — In a two-point game in which 197 points are scored, you could engage in endless debates about just where a sudden-elimination basketball game is won between the No. 8 and 9 seeds in the opening round of the B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball […]

Riley Santa Juana of the St. Patrick's Celtics is watched closely by Terrace's Caledonia Kermodes during Day 1 Sweet 16 play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 6, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of Langley Events Centre 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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3-A Boys: St. Pat’s open three-peat journey in style! Says coach Santos: “…All we can do is focus on what we do best”

No. 1 ST. PATS  107 CALENDONIA 37By AARON MARTIN (Special for Varsity Letters)The St. Pat’s Celtics come into the the B.C. Triple A High School Championships with a shot something rarely accomplished – at any level, any sport.A three-peat. One of the most storied programs in the provincial tournament history, the current iteration of the […]

MacNeill's Chad Gamnmad was a standout in his team's win over South Kamloops during Day 1 Sweet 16 play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 6, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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3-A Boys: A.R. MacNeill so glad for their Gammad! Gr. 11 guard drops eight triples in win over South Kam Titans!

No. 8 A.R. MACNEILL 70 No. 9 SOUTH KAMLOOPS 58BY AARON MARTIN (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — The A.R. MacNeill Ravens flashed on both ends of the court Wednesday evening, nearly leading wire-to-wire in a 70-58 triumph over the South Kamloops Titans on the opening night of the B.C. Triple-A Championships.“It’s going to be a […]

Kang Cho of Brentwood College helped his team past Charles Hays of Prince Rupert during Day 1 Sweet 16 play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 6, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of Langley Events Centre 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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2A-Boys: After early Rainmakers’ three-point shower, Brentwood College’s Pasquale drops 32 to punch Elite 8 tickets and date with Westsyde!

By AARON MARTIN (Special for Varsity Letters)No. 4 BRENTWOOD COLLEGE 82 No. 13 CHARLES HAY 54LANGLEY — Brentwood College weathered an early storm on Wednesday evening, parlaying a dominant second half into an 82-54 win over the Charles Hayes Rainmakers in their opening-night clash at the B.C. Double-A High School Boys Championships.The Sweet 16 contest […]

North Delta's Amapreet Lalli scores off a steal just before the end of the first half against Wellington during Day 1 Sweet 16 play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 6, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of Langley Events Centre 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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3A Boys: North Delta’s zone defence and the Hothi-Lalli duo carry the day as Huskies top Wellington for Elite 8!

TRIPLE-ANo. 4 NORTH DELTA  66 No. 13 WELLINGTON 45LANGLEY — Just before the half, in a game the North Delta Huskies were already dominating, one of its starting seniors let everyone wearing the school’s traditional black-and-gold that there would be no rest in his team’s quest to return to the provincial Elite 8.First Amarpreet Lalli […]

Senior forward Jack Clayton of Semiahmoo was a huge load for the Kelowna Owls during Day 1 Sweet 16 play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 6, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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4-A boys: Semiahmoo’s Jack-hammer pair help T-Birds plow a path to Elite 8, Clayton and Snead prove to much for KSS Owls!

No. 6 SEMIAHMOO 73 No. 11 KELOWNA 64LANGLEY — In the end, Semiahmoo’s two Jacks were enough to break the backs of the Kelowna Owls in a game won in this modern, three-point centric era of basketball with just two made triples.Instead, it was more like throwback, cager-style hoops.Senior post Jack Clayton and Grade 10 […]

On his way to a 16-point performance, Mountain;s Kaizer Nostrum hangs in the air to and puts his team up 55-48 with a jumper to beat the third-quarter buzzer agains West Vancouver during Day 1 Sweet 16 play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 6, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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Boys 4-A: Langley’s No. 14 Mountain men threaten with upset bit, but No. 3 West Van ties a plaid ribbon around a 67-59 win!

No. 3 WEST VANCOUVER 67 No. 17 R.E. MOUNTAIN 59By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — Andrew Steinfeld, where are you?You know I’m old school, but more than that, just plain old.And so I ask again, Andrew Steinfeld where are you?Back in the spring of 1988, in one of the most organically-grown stories of the B.C. boys high […]

Burnaby South's Llordrikk Gutierrez has his eyes on the rim as he drives past Lord Tweedsmuir's during Day 1 Sweet 16 play at the 2024 B.C. senior boys basketball championships March 6, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of Langley Events Centre 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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Boys 4-A: Bby South’s under-sized Llordrikk Gutierrez drops 30 in win over Tweedy then says “I’m playing against Goliath and I am David, every time”

No. 7 BURNABY SOUTH 86 No. 10 LORD TWEEDSMUIR 73By HOWARD TSUMURALANGLEY — Pound for pound, inch for inch, it’s hard to find a better player in the Class of 2024 thaN Burnaby South senior Lordrikk Gutierrez.Fire-plug wide and perhaps somewhat generously listed at 5-foot-10, the Rebels’ play-me-anywhere-and-I’ll-still-get-it-done-coach star was at his best as the […]