Brooskwood Bobcats' Jordyn Noir drives to the paint against Seaquam's Sydney Roufosse during TBI Super 16 Championship Saturday action 12.14.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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12.18.24 B.C. girls basketball rankings: No. 1 Seaquam maintains top spot over No. 2 Brookswood after TBI Super 16 title-game win!

LANGLEY — The latest B.C. senior girls basketball rankings for 4A, 3A and 2A!QUAD-A1 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (SF) (LW-1)2 Brookswood Bobcats (Langley) (EV) (2)3 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (3)4 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (5)5 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (SF) (6)6 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (4)7 Okanagan Mission Huskies (Kelowna) (OK) (7)8 Kelowna […]

Prentice Lenz, who passed at the age of 53, is noted as the consummate family man, husband and educator by all who knew him. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letter 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: Remembering Prentice Lenz (1971-2024), a farmer for all seasons and a coach for the ages

By HOWARD TSUMURA, VarsityLetters.caABBOTSFORD — In the parlance of his profession, Prentice Lenz tilled every inch of a basketball court with the same level of discipline, ingenuity and faith he practiced every time he’d crouch to put his hands in the earth.Farmer. Family man. Father figure. He was all three of those in ways in which […]

Seaquam's Camryn Tait is slowed by Brookswood's Hannah Easton during TBI Super 16 Championship game 12.14.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI 2024: Despite MVP Jordyn Nohr’s stirring second half for No. 2 Brookswood, it’s No. 1 Seaquam’s fast start and late poise that carry the day as Seahawks repeat as Super 16 champs!

LANGLEY — On a blustery, wind-whipped Saturday, power outages across the region threatened the cancellation of the eagerly-anticipated battle between the No. 1 Seaquam Seahawks and the No. 2 Brookswood Bobcats in the final of the Tsumura Basketball Invitational’s Super 16 championship final at the Langley Events Centre.Yet by the time the sun had set […]

Duchess Park's Naiha Manhas operates in-between Notre Dame's Lorena Iacobucci (left) and Joana Pepe during TBI Select 16 Championship Saturday 12.14.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI 2024: After lengthy power outage delay, Duchess Park’s game of Hide-and-Go-Seek keeps Condors loose in TBI Select 16 championship game win over Notre Dame!

LANGLEY — The Duchess Park Condors don’t sweat the small stuff.The reason?They’ve got each other.Retiring to its nearby team hotel during the power outage which threatened their Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 championship game against the Notre Dame Jugglers, the Prince George squad had so much fun waiting it out, that when  it came time […]

Seaquam's Syra Toor (right) is guarded by Riverside's Henna Virk during TBI Super 16 Day 3 action 12.13.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI GIRLS 2024 Final 4 Friday is a wrap! No. 1 Seaquam vs. No. 2 Brookswood for all the Super 16 marbles!

Welcome to Final Four Friday.We’ve got reports from both of today’s Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 semifinals right here.Check back with us throughout the day as we set up Championship Saturday’s title game.SEAQUAM 79 RIVERSIDE 66LANGLEY — If you can shoot it, really shoot it, nothing can stop you.That may be Basketball 101 stripped to […]

Notre Dame's Lyla Mach exemplifies the physical nature of the Jugglers' clash with Gillian Galik (21), Janel Follis and the rest of the Mark Isfeld Ice during TBI Super 16 Day 3 action 12.13.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI GIRLS 2024 Final 4 Friday is a wrap! Notre Dame vs. Duchess Park for Select 16 title!

Welcome to Final Four Friday.We’ve got reports from both of today’s Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 semifinals right here.Check back with us throughout the day as we set up Championship Saturday’s title game.NOTRE DAME 52 MARK ISFELD 36LANGLEY — In a little media pre-game chat, Notre Dame head coach Tracy Clarke offered a reporter a […]

South Kamloops' Kiera Macintosh (centre) is bookended by Notre Dame Jugglers Angela Soriano and Lyla Machduring TBI Super 16 Day 2 action 12.12.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: TBI Select 16 quarters produce Notre Dame-Isfeld, Vernon-Duchess card for Final Four Friday!

Welcome to Day 2 of TBI girls 2024!We’re on to the quarterfinals today in the Select 16 poolPlease check back througHout the day as Nic Hauka covers the day’s four championship round games!NOTRE DAME 50 SOUTH KAMLOOPS 28(STORY BY NICOLAS HAUKA, Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — The old saying defence wins championships is cliche, but […]

Argyle's Mariia Mayden shone with a game-high 38 points against the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers during TBI Super 16 Day 2 action 12.12.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: TBI Super 16 quarters produce Argyle-Brookswood, Seaquam-Riverside card for Final Four Friday!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of TBI girls 2024!We’re on to the quarterfinals today in the Super 16 poolPlease check back throughout the day as Howard Tsumura covers the day’s four championship round games!ARGYLE 90 LORD TWEEDSMUIR 74  LANGLEY — If the Argyle Pipers do not have the greatest overall wingspan of any team in […]

Notre Dame Jugglers' Lylah Mach (left) battles through the defence of Maple Ridge's Munat Badhan during Day 1 action in the TBI Select 16 bracket Dec. 4, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura exclusive property of VarsityLetters.ca 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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SELECT 16 FINAL: Our complete wrap up from Day 1 TBI GIRLS 2024!

LANGLEY — Welcome girls basketball fans!Day 1 of the TBI Select 16 draw is upon us.Please keep checking back throughout the day as we do our best to update this post with live games reports.We will try to get photos from as many games as we can, but there are no guarantees.Thanks for following along, […]

Semiahmoo's Grade 10 star Jaida Claypool takes on the Quad-A No. 3-ranked Riverside Rapids during Day 1 action in the TBI Super 16 bracket Dec. 4, 2024 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura exclusive property of VarsityLetters.ca 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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SUPER 16 FINAL: Our complete wrap up from Day 1 TBI GIRLS 2024!

LANGLEY — Welcome girls basketball fans!Day 1 of the TBI Super 16 draw is upon us.Please keep checking back throughout the day as we do our best to update this post with live games reports.We will try to get photos from as many games as we can, but there are no guarantees.Thanks for following along, […]