As a phalanx of photographers each attempt to tell a thousand stories, Joss Olcen of Victoria's SMUS Blue Jags tells one of pure joy after a win over Holy Cross in the B.C. Double-A senior girls basketball championship final March 1, 2025 at the Langley Events Centre's Arena Bowl. (Photo by Garrett James property of Langley Events 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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SMUS Blue Jags turn tables on the Myth of Sisyphus! After two years of heartbreak, MVP Avery Geddes helps push rock to top of the hill in B.C. Double-A title win over Holy Cross!

B.C. CHAMPIONSHIPSDOUBLE-ANO. 2 SMUS 62 NO . 1 HOLY CROSS 54By HOWARD TSUMURA (Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — They didn’t just borrow a page from the mythical tales of Sisyphus.No.In fact at times over their prior two seasons, it almost felt like the senior girls basketball team from Victoria’s St. Michaels University School was gathering the kind […]

Brookswood Bobcats' guard Tavia Jasper will draw some tough defensive assignments at the 2017 Telus B.C. senior girls basketball championships. (Howard Tsumura -- Varsity Letters photo)
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Oak Bay, Seycove grab No. 1 seeds, draws for BC 2A, 3A tourneys here

LANGLEY — The Brookswood Bobcats’ bid to become the first B.C. senior girls basketball team to win four straight Triple-A provincial titles since the Salmon Arm Jewels did it to close out the 1970s remains in tact.But if they are going to do it, the three-time defending champs and No. 3 tourney seeds may well […]