Burnaby South guard Jimmy Zaborniak and the Rebels are playing at their own level this season atop the B.C. boys high school basketball world, and after topping Sir Winston Churchill on Friday in the TBI semifinals in Langley, they hunt the tourney title Saturday against the King George Dragons. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Tsumura Basketball 2021: OK, how the heck do you beat No. 1 Burnaby South? “I think you have to be near-perfect” says Churchill coach Ly after Rebs crush ‘Dawgs for berth in TBI title tilt!

LANGLEY — OK, so what the secret?How in the heck do you beat the Burnaby South Rebels?Or is trying to get past B.C.’s No. 1-ranked AAAA boys basketball team simply an impossible task?“I think you have to be near perfect,” said Quyen Ly, the head coach at Vancouver’s Sir Winston Churchill Secondary after his Quad-A […]

Fleetwood Park's Gurmum Ghuman, book-ended by King George's Rishin Uppal (left) and Jose Zuluaga (12), finds Adam Spano a tall order during TBI semifinals Friday in Langley. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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It’s on to TBI 2021’s Saturday championship final for King George! In a Final Four ‘Battle of Dragons’ Coach Kulic’s Kardiac Kids rally to top Surrey’s Fleetwood Park!

LANGLEY — Darko Kulic talks so much about his King George Dragons as being the “little AA team” that always hard plays to the end regardless of the score,” that maybe you think it’s nothing more than hyperbole.Yet break down the score line from his team’s 66-59 win over Surrey’s Fleetwood Park Dragons, and you […]

Fleetwood Park guard Isaiah Young turns on the jets as he is guarded by A.R. MacNeill's Cam Pacheco during 2021 TBI quarterfinals Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Tsumura Basketball sets its Friday night Final Four in stone! Here’s how Burnaby South vs. Winston Churchill, and Fleetwood Park vs. King George punched their tickets!

LANGLEY — The Final Four is now set at the 2021 Tsumura Basketball Invitational.In the 6:45 p.m. game, Fleetwood Park of Surrey will face King George of Vancouver in the all-to-rare Clash of the Dragons.At 8:15 p.m., super-power Burnaby South faces Vancouver’s Sir Winston Churchill.The two winners will square off in Saturday’s 8:30 p.m. final.Here’s […]

KIng George Dragon senior guard Palmer Currie (right) looks to try and slow McMath's 6-foot-10 centre Kyle Christofferson Dec. 9, 2021 at the Langley Events Centre during the Tsumura Basketball Invitational. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Day 2 Tsumura Basketball 2021: Keep up to date with the latest game reports from the TBI boys Sweet 16 draw!

That’s a wrap on Day 2 of the 2021 Tsumura Basketball Invitational.We’ve got reports and photos from all eight games below, but first, here’s a look at Friday morning quarterfinals, all at Centre Court:TOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT A12:15 p.m. — Burnaby South vs. ClaremontQUADRANT B1:45 p.m. — Sir Winston Churchill vs. Abbotsford BOTTOM HALF DRAWQUADRANT C10:30 a.m. […]

Fleetwood Park's Isaiah Young extends for two of his 20 points against Jason Dadural and the rest of the Steveston London Sharks on Wednesday as the Tsumura Basketball Invitational opened at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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DAY 1 FINAL: Tsumura Basketball 2021: Four Sweet 16 tickets punched! Byrne Creek tops GWG Grizz in OT thriller, Tammy outlasts Sands, plus STM and Fleetwood win early games!

Welcome to Day 1 of the 2021 Tsumura Basketball Invitational.This is our final edition with wrap-ups on all four games played tonight at the Langley Events Centre including Byrne Creek’s OT win over GW Graham. It’s all below. First, tomorrow’s draw.TOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT A6:15 p.m. — Burnaby South vs. Byrne Creek (centre court)8 p.m. — […]

Now a 6-foot-4 senior guard, Sir Winston Churchill's Milan John (left) returns to the Langley Events Centre with the rest of his Bulldogs for the 10th annual Tsumura Basketball Invitational at the Langley Events Centre this week. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI 2021.. the final draw! Owls forced to withdraw, St. Thomas More joins the party as 10th annual Tsumura Basketball Invitational tips off Wednesday at the LEC!

LANGLEY — The 10th annual Tsumura Basketball 20-team boys Invitational is set to tip off Wednesday, and it’s the start of four exciting days of hoops at the Langley Events Centre.We are once again publishing the tournament draw as a key cancellation has resulted in a couple of different match-ups over the first few days […]

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B.C. junior boys 2021-22 preseason basketball rankings: VC Fighting Irish, Oak Bay Bays, WV Highlanders and WGSS Gators the early Final Four pick!

LANGLEY — The B.C. junior boys preseason basketball rankings, released Tuesday morning by the Junior Boys Provincial Committee, reflect the strength of programs concentrated through the geographic regions of the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and southern Vancouver Island regions.1 Vancouver College Fighting Irish (VSS)2 Oak Bay Bays (Victoria) (VI)3 West Vancouver Highlanders (VSS)4 Walnut Grove […]

Vancouver College's Cole Cruz-Dumont. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys Top 10 preseason basketball rankings: Burnaby South, St. Pat’s, Lambrick Park and Fernie tabbed as the teams to beat in 2021-22!

Ranking day has arrived for B.C. senior boys high school basketball.Although the start of the season has been delayed by a couple of days, we’re right on time with preseason Top 10’s from all four of the province’s tiers.As always, our thanks to everyone involved from pollsters to coaches, for making this day a special […]

B.C. boys and girls high school basketball, originally set to resume on Nov. 29, has now been moved to Dec. 1 by B.C. School Sports. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. boys and girls high school basketball has its tip-off delayed by at least two days following latest BCSS ruling!

LANGLEY — If you’ve got plans to be playing in, coaching, watching or officiating a B.C. high school basketball game over the first two days of the season, you may have to cool your sneakers for a couple of days.B.C. School Sports announced late Wednesday that the start of the winter season of play has […]

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Boys TBI 2021: Our Dec. 8-11 draw unveils Burnaby South, Kelowna, Yale and Winston Churchill among our headline field at the LEC!

LANGLEY — Hello high school boys basketball fans!We’ve done a lot of waiting since we all last gathered at the home of B.C. high school basketball back in March of 2020.Today, precisely two weeks ahead of the official start of the 2021-22 season, it’s time to celebrate the return of our great game.And with that?From […]