Unity Christian Flames' senior guard Levi Van Egdom (left), battling with Callum Shillington of Victoria's Glenlyon Norfolk, scored 35 points en route to being named MVP as the Chilliwack school repeated as champs with an 89-71 win during the B.C. senior boys Single-A basketball championship final Saturday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys 1A Final: A team for the ages? Depth, desire and MVP Levi Van Egdom make Unity Christian’s Flames repeat champions!

LANGLEY — An esteemed caretaker of small-school B.C. boys basketball answered a curious reporter’s question on Saturday just moments before Chilliwack’s Unity Christian Flames took to the court at the Langley Events Centre.Just how does the 2021-22 edition of the Unity Christian Flames stack up against some of the best the province has seen at […]

Cole Bekkering of the Semiahmoo Thunderbirds didn't leave the floor the entire game, the Grade 10 forward scoring 37 points against the Vancouver College Fighting Irish during the B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championship Final Four semifinal round Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Semiahmoo’s Cole Bekkering: On the back of Grade 10’s 37 points, ‘Birds top V.C.’s Irish en route to date with Burnaby South in Saturday’s BC Quad-A title game!

LANGLEY — It was one of the those games seemingly meant for a senior’s service.You know, those Grade 12 veterans who, on the road to the penultimate games of their high school careers, could somehow summon all the savvy and all the moxy that any head coach could ever ask for.Yet there are those rare […]

Burnaby South's Jimmy Zaborniak drives by Walnut Grove's Nathan Chung during the B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championship Final Four semifinal round Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Quad-A Final 4: Burnaby South holds off Walnut Grove for B.C. finals berth, two years later, Rebels’ Jimmy Z looks to forge a golden finish!

LANGLEY — Two years seems like such a long time ago for Jimmy Zaborniak.Yet there were times Friday night at the Langley Events Centre, as Burnaby South turned on their seemingly-patented late-game heroics, that it was only yesterday when both he and teammate Karan Aujla helped the Rebels top the Kelowna Owls to claim the […]

Breaking free into the open court against Tony Kibonge of Cedars Christian is Abderdeen Hall's Andrew Isa during the B.C. senior boys Single-A basketball championship quarterfinal round Thursday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Kieran Outerbridge property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.10.22: Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys SINGLE-A basketball championships

LANGLEY — Thanks for re-joining us for our on-going coverage of the B.C. senior boys basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.Today, it’s quarterfinal Thursday at all four tiers.Please continue to come back to us on this posting throughout the day as our team of writers and photographers give you the most complete coverage you […]

Lambrick Park's Carter Brown is guarded by the Windsor Dukes during the B.C. senior boys Double-A basketball championship quarterfinal round Thursday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.10.22: Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys DOUBLE-A basketball championships

LANGLEY — Thanks for re-joining us for our on-going coverage of the B.C. senior boys basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.Today, it’s quarterfinal Thursday at all four tiers.Please continue to come back to us on this posting throughout the day as our team of writers and photographers give you the most complete coverage you […]

Byrne Creek's Richard Moses dishes against Duchess Park's (left to right) Cole Laing, Gabriel Malfair and Evgeny Baukin during the B.C. senior boys Triple-A basketball championship quarterfinal round Thursday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of UFV Cascades athletics 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.10.22: Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys TRIPLE-A basketball championships

LANGLEY — Thanks for re-joining us for our on-going coverage of the B.C. senior boys basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.Today, it’s quarterfinal Thursday at all four tiers.Please continue to come back to us on this posting throughout the day as our team of writers and photographers give you the most complete coverage you […]

Centennial centre K.C. Ibekwe is fouled under the hoop by Semiahmoo's Marcus Floares during the B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championship quarterfinal round Thursday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.10.22: Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys QUAD-A basketball championships

LANGLEY — Thanks for re-joining us for our on-going coverage of the B.C. senior boys basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.Today, it’s quarterfinal Thursday at all four tiers.Please continue to come back to us on this posting throughout the day as our team of writers and photographers give you the most complete coverage you […]

Sir Charles Tupper's Finlay Chow-White took his Tigers on a ride Wednesday in an unforgettable battle against the first-timers from Surrey's Princess Margaret Secondary on Wednesday at the LEC. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of UFV Cascades athletics 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Varsity Letters’ Best of Day 1: Our writers pick the top four games of the opening round at the 2022 BC Boys High School Basketball Championships at the LEC!

LANGLEY — We’ve had a night to sleep on it, and as the countdown continues to a 3:30 p.m. tip-off to four tiers of exciting Elite 8 quarterfinal action today at the B.C. senior boys basketball championships, it’s time to re-live some of the best of Wednesday’s massive opening-round of 32 sudden-elimination games across all […]

Unity Christian's Levi Van Egdom (3) pushes the ball down court off the dribble while Brookes Westshore's Mark Huang closes in during the B.C. senior boys Single-A basketball championship opening round Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.09.22: Day 1 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys Single-A basketball championships

We have gone final here on Day 1 of the B.C. senior boys 2022 high school basketball championships.The Single-A draw is complete.All eight game reports are below, but first, here’s Thursday’s Field House schedule of championship-round games.TOP HALF DRAW7  p.m. — No. 1 Unity Christian vs. No. 8 Bulkley Valley Christian8:45 p.m. — No. 4 Fernie […]

St. George's Will Hyland skips a pass off the break against Burnaby Mountain Lions (left to right) Omar Abdulhadi, Ryder Snow and Addison Button. during the B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championship opening round Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.09.22: Day 1 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championships

We have gone final here on Day 1 of the B.C. senior boys 2022 high school basketball championships.The Quad-A draw is complete.All eight game reports are below, but first, here’s Thursday’s Arena Bowl schedule of championship-round games.TOP HALF DRAW7  p.m. — No. 1 St. George’s vs. No. 8 Walnut Grove8:45 p.m. — No. 4 Kelowna vs. […]