RICHMOND — With four minutes to go in the first quarter of Friday’s Lower Mainland Triple-A championship third-place game, Aaron Mitchell looked up at the scoreboard at The Oval and got a little queasy.
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North Delta Huskies: JV dreams tied to honouring a golden past
NORTH DELTA — The toughest and most unpredictable tournament to try and win in the entire canon of B.C. high school basketball tips off Saturday
02.23.17 edition: Varsity Letters’ Big 10 boys basketball rankings
Only one more set of Top 10 rankings remain this season. Plenty of movement in the Quad A rankings this weekend, including a newcomer from Coquitlam.
Miguel Tomley: BCSS denies his appeal for 11th-hour eligibility
SURREY — Miguel Tomley, one of the most talented B.C. high school basketball players of his generation, has had his final appeal for eligibility for the remainder of the 2016-17 season denied by B.C. School Sports.
Roberto Mazzone: A Saint’s relentless march towards March
VANCOUVER — One of the greatest rebounders of all time once said ‘Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory’.
02.15.17: The Varsity Letters Big 10 boys senior varsity basketball rankings
The week’s senior boys rankings as we head into the main portion zone tournament play:VARSITY LETTERSBIG 10 BASKETBALL RANKINGSSENIOR BOYSQUAD A (records, ranking reflect games played through Feb. 8-14. Records indicate games against B.C. competition only)1. Walnut Grove Gators (Langley) (24-1) (LW-1)Last week — Def. Lord Tweedsmuir 100-52, def. W.J. Mouat 74-61 to win Fraser […]
The DeVries family: A basketball story of father and son
ABBOTSFORD — It was on one of those recent snow days in the eastern part of the Fraser Valley when a father and his son, both shut-ins for the day, settled together on the couch and watched a basketball game played over a quarter-century ago.
Vancouver 3A final: King George Dragons and an ode to MJ’s flu game
VANCOUVER — Darko Kulic went to bed Thursday night knowing that he wasn’t going to need a rousing pre-game speech in the minutes before his King George Dragons took to the court for the Vancouver City 2A-3A championship final on Friday.
Vancouver Quad A final: It’s Dok, Ty, Luka and the Demons
VANCOUVER — They have faced each other since the current seniors were eighth graders, so it was no surprise that the Kitsilano Blue Demons and Killarney Cougars
Game report: Irish press to much for Saints
VANCOUVER — Lloyd Scrubb had a very good feeling about his team’s ultimate identity in the early part of the season, but now, as the post-season beckons