LANGLEY — We’ve gone final here at the Langley Events Centre.Great games were on display at all four tiers.Thanks for your loyalty to Varsity Letters and your patience as we get stories and photos on line as quickly as possible.A huge thanks to our writers tonight: Gary Ahuja, Dan Kinvig and Gary Kingston.As well to […]
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FINAL: 03.06.25 Day 2 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior boys QUAD-A Final 8 quarterfinal round!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final here at the Langley Events Centre.Great games were on display at all four tiers.Thanks for your loyalty to Varsity Letters and your patience as we get stories and photos on line as quickly as possible.A huge thanks to our writers tonight: Gary Ahuja, Dan Kinvig and Gary Kingston.As well to […]
FINAL: 03.05.25 Day 1 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior boys QUAD-A Sweet 16 opening round!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final from Day 1 of the 2025 B.C. senior boys basketball championships.Included are eight game stories and photos. We hope you enjoy.Our thanks go out to out team of writers (Gary Kingston, Dan Kinvig, Ian French, Gary Ahuja) and to our photographers (Gordon Kalisch, Wilson Wong and Ryan Molag)We will be […]
FINAL: 03.05.25 Day 1 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior boys TRIPLE-A Sweet 16 opening round!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final from Day 1 of the 2025 B.C. senior boys basketball championships.Included are eight game stories and photos. We hope you enjoy.Our thanks go out to out team of writers (Gary Kingston, Dan Kinvig, Ian French, Gary Ahuja) and to our photographers (Gordon Kalisch, Wilson Wong and Ryan Molag)We will be […]
03.05.25 Day 1 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior boys DOUBLE-A Sweet 16 opening round!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final from Day 1 of the 2025 B.C. senior boys basketball championships.Included are eight game stories and photos. We hope you enjoy.Our thanks go out to out team of writers (Gary Kingston, Dan Kinvig, Ian French, Gary Ahuja) and to our photographers (Gordon Kalisch, Wilson Wong and Ryan Molag)We will be […]
FINAL: 03.05.25 Day 1 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior boys SINGLE-A Sweet 16 opening round!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final from Day 1 of the 2025 B.C. senior boys basketball championships.Included are eight game stories and photos. We hope you enjoy.Our thanks go out to out team of writers (Gary Kingston, Dan Kinvig, Ian French, Gary Ahuja) and to our photographers (Gordon Kalisch, Wilson Wong and Ryan Molag)We will be […]
Raj Bagry: 40 years ago he hit first-ever three-pointer at BC Provincials! Now, at 57, he reflects on the cradle of coaches who saved him at Aldergrove Sec!
By HOWARD TSUMURAVarsity Letters(Today we finish our short series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the three-point shot in B.C. boys high school basketball)LANGLEY — Ever wonder how important it can ultimately be to save score sheets from high school basketball games?As I began my research on three-point shooting in B.C. boys high school basketball for […]
Happy 40th Birthday to the BC Boys High School Three-Pointer! Born in 1984-85, we trace its origins from near-total anonymity to its place as the game’s signature shot!
By HOWARD TSUMURA(Varsity Letters)(The first of a two-part series which concludes Tuesday, March 4)LANGLEY — In the first week of the new year, I took out my notepad and my voice recorder and I started to interview a lot of the acquaintances I have made over what has been a lifetime spent within our province’s […]
Argyle’s unflappable Ilia Maydan leads with his heart as No. 1 Pipers top No. 4 Tweedy for berth in B.C. JV title game!
LANGLEY — A generation ago in B.C. boys high school basketball, the thought of seeing a perfectly in-tune 6-foot-5 Grade 10 point guard would have been a rumour it not an outright lie.But on Monday, in the semifinals here at the 2025 junior provincial semifinals, a kid named Ilia Maydan was nothing but the truth.Maydan, […]
No. 1 Argyle tops Burnaby South! Now, after a near half-century between BC junior boys Final Fours, Pipers ready to play!
Every great team has its kryptonite.On Sunday, however, North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers seemed to lace their figurative capes just that extra little bit tighter.And after a 72-57 win over a No. 8-seeded Burnaby South Rebels team that Pipers head coach Jamie Oei respectfully labels as its chief nemesis, the No. 1-seeded Pipers are headed to […]