LANGLEY — We’ve gone final!After eight championship round games in the Super 16 round, here’s a game report and photos from each. Many thanks to photographer Wilson Wong for his contributions to the post!Before we get there, here’s all of tomorrow’s quarterfinal matchups:SUPER 16 QUARTERFINALS(All games at South Court)3 p.m. — St. George’s vs. St. […]
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We’ve gone final: You can read all eight TBI 2024 Select 16 Day 1 game reports right here!
LANGLEY — Day 1 here at the 2024 Tsumura Basketball Invitational is now final.My sincere thanks to Gary Ahuja for his reporting from the South Court site today!Here’s tomorrow’s schedule on the championship side of the draw:SELECT 16 QUARTERFINALS(All games at Centre Court)3 p.m. — Byrne Creek vs. King George4:30 p.m. — Brookswood vs. A.R. […]
TBI Boys 2024: Vancouver College comes to TBI ready to shoot the three! Inspired Irish, under head coach Shams, not weighed down by program’s lengthy B.C. title drought!
PORT MOODY — On Saturday night, just a handful of hours away from the clock striking December, the Vancouver College Fighting Irish basketball team put on a demonstration of passing, three-point shooting… and the contagious nature of shared smiles.The occasion was the third-place game of the Heritage Woods Kodiak Classic senior boys tournament, and as […]
TBI Boys 2024: Quad-A No. 2 Dover Bay, MVP Frank Linder headline Wednesday at Tsumura Basketball Invitational after topping No. 4 Oak Bay in Kodiak Classic title clash!
PORT MOODY — Funny thing how the truly great games all seem to have that one moment which goes on to serve as its handle for future reference.This past Saturday night, midway through the fourth quarter of the final game of the first week of the new B.C. senior boys high school basketball season, fans […]
Ahead of its Tsumura Basketball opener Wednesday at LEC, Triple-A No. 2 St. Pat’s puts its three-point DNA on display during fifth-place finish at Kodiak Classic!
PORT MOODY — The proliferation of, and reliance on the three-point shot is certainly the grand separator when today’s game is contrasted against a generation past.And yes, we get it, that’s no news flash.Yet while so much has changed from even those turn-of-the-century days when the NBA still called this city home, there are still […]
TBI Boys 2024: Who’s playing who in both 16-team draws at Tsumura Basketball Invitational? We’ve got the full draws right here for the LEC’s preseason spectacular!
LANGLEY — It’s time to start the official countdown to the tip-off at the 2024 boys and girls Tsumura Basketball Invitationals, once again set to run front and centre over the first two weeks of December at the Langley Events Centre.Today, we will present the draws for the boys TBI (Dec. 4-7) which includes both […]
B.C. boys All-Star Saturday: We’ve got full rosters for all four teams as St. Thomas More hosts boys hoops finale April 20!
By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — A galaxy of the some of the best graduating talent in the B.C. senior boys basketball Class of 2024 will gather at Burnaby’s St. Thomas More over the weekend.The occasion?None other than All-Star Saturday.Mark down Saturday, April 20 at STMC’s spacious gymnasium, located at 7450 12th Ave., Burnaby.The Single-A vs. Double-A […]
Boys 4-A final: They came out of nowhere in a hurry! But Spectrum Thunder’s B.C. title win over Tammy bubbled over with ties to its past, brilliant skill and young coach who brought out the best in everyone!
By Howard TsumuraLANGLEY — There are so many paths to traverse and rivers to cross in the quest of a B.C. senior boys top-tiered high school basketball championship that the journey of virtually every single prior winner is rife with clues… the breadcrumbs have been easy to find.They are kind of like the staples on […]
Boys 3-A championship: No words could be more true than ‘It’s not a race, it’s a marathon’ for Dover Bay! Dolphins’ coach Seaman, MVP Linder put trust in grand plan in B.C. title-game win over MEI Eagles!
LANGLEY — Explore the deep and voluminous lore of B.C. senior boys basketball history, and a common thread of its early days often times centres around the good, old-fashioned discipline of running.As I grew into the high school school reporter’s beat at The Province newspaper in the early 1990s, I heard the tales of teams […]
B.C. 2-A championship final: Cavaliers trey magnifique! With splash after splash, high-volume, high-percentage threes carry Collingwood to crown!
BY GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY – Seeded No. 3 and deadly with the three.The Collingwood Cavaliers rode a red-hot afternoon from behind the arc to a 71-64 win over No. 4 seed Brentwood College in the Double A final at the B.C. senior boys high school championships at the Langley Events Centre.It was […]