Ron Pettigrew's Francis Obeta scored 19 points and grabbed 24 rebounds as Dawson Creek's defending champs rolled into Friday's Final Four. (Wilson Wong, UBC athletics for VarsityLetters.ca)
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Single-A: Pettigrew’s Lions roar, No. 1 seed tops Friday’s Final Four field

LANGLEY — The Telus 2017 B.C. Single-A boys basketball championship will have at least one very familiar finalist when the championship final tips off on Saturday (1:30 p.m.) at the Langley Events Centre.

B.C. boys high school basketball president Paul Eberhardt says Yale basketball coach Euan Roberts will likely appeal his tournament suspension on Thursday.
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Yale coach suspended: B.C. boys hoops president says Roberts’ will likely appeal

Yale Secondary senior boys basketball head coach Euan Roberts has effectively been suspended for the remainder of the Telus B.C. Boys Basketball tournament which began its four-day run Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre.

G.W. Graham guard Gabe Mannes pushes the ball up-court vs. the George Elliot Coyotes on Wednesday in the opening game for both teams at the B.C. 1A high school championship. (Photo -- Dan Kinvig, UFV athletics)
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FINAL: Double A, Single A reports from Day 1 of the BC boys high school basketball championships

Dan Kinvig, a great friend of Varsity Letters and the sports information director with the Fraser Valley Cascades will provide updates through the day from both tiers.

St. Thomas More's Cameron Morris led his team past Nanaimo's Wellington Wildcats. (Wilson Wong, UBC athletics)
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FINAL: Quad A, Triple A reports from Day 1 of the BC boys high school basketball championships

Here is our wrap of the opening round of the 3A and 4A round Telus BC championships.We will be back at work tomorrow! Thanks to both Dan Kinvig of UFV and Wilson Wong of UBC  for their unwavering support.

King George Dragons' head coach Darko Kulic tends to Nikan Najafi, one half of the team's space-eating inside duo, at recent Vancouver City finals. King George is the No. 2 seed in BC 2-A draw at the LEC. (Varsity Letters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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25 years since Nash, 25 things to watch at the 2017 B.C. boys high school hoops tourney

It was 25 years ago this month when a lone scout from Santa Clara University sat in the stands of the old PNE Agrodome looking around to make sure that no one had spotted the point guard he was watching.

Third-generation Vancouver College Fighting Irish players Jack Cruz-Dumont (left) and Sam Bailey lead the Irish into the 2017 BC Quad A tournament Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. (Vancouver College athletics photo)
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Cruz-Dumont & Bailey: Third-gen Fighting Irish carry VC family tradition into BC’s

LANGLEY — When Bill Bailey was a senior at Vancouver College back in 1954, old Alumni Gym was just being constructed.

How Howard would seed the BC boys 4A provincial draw (VarsityLetters.ca)
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How Happy Howie would construct the BC Boys Quad-A hoops draw

LANGLEY — The draw for the Telus B.C. senior boys basketball championships will be made Sunday (3:30 p.m.) via livestream (tfsetv.com) from the Langley Events Centre.In the spirit of it all, I present the Quad-A draw, as if I had been summoned the power to create the 16-team bracket.As I always say, it’s never perfect, […]

Burnaby South's Jiordano Khan (left) takes it at Sir Charles Tupper's Toni Maric during 2017 BC JV championship final at the Langley Events Centre. (VarsityLetters.ca photo by Howard Tsumura)
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Burnaby South the champ: Rebel nation celebrates BC JV-title win over Tupper

LANGLEY — The Burnaby South Rebels came ready for a battle Tuesday night at the Langley Events Centre, figurative hard-hats an essential part of the wardrobe in a clash with East Vancouver’s Sir Charles Tupper Tigers.On the occasion of the Telus 2017 B.C. junior boys basketball title game, the eighth-seeded Rebels relished their roles in […]

Tupper's Norben Bulosan scored 25 first-half points Monday as the Tigers eliminated North Delta in the BC junior boys Final Four at the LEC. (VarsityLetters.ca photo -- Howard Tsumura)
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Tupper vs. South: It’s all on line Tuesday for B.C. boys JV banner

LANGLEY — Vancouver’s Sir Charles Tupper Tigers and the Burnaby South Rebels have both enjoyed the kinds of seasons befitting their status as chief combatants in Tuesday’s Telus 2017 B.C. Junior Boys championship final.