Riverside's Avery Sussex is the picture of drive as she goes to the rim against Belmont's Marley Birnanbaum on Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.02.22: Complete Day 1 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships

Welcome to Day 1 of the B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships.Please continue to check back on this posting for updates and photos from all eight championship round games:BY DAN KINVIG (Special for Varsity Letters)ABBOTSFORD SENIOR 84 FLEETWOOD PARK 47LANGLEY — On first glance, the Abbotsford Senior Panthers appear to be a team poised to […]

Valleyview Vikings seniors (left to right) Tlell Schreiner, Jaya Saroya and Jaime Horsman are bound for the Big Dance starting Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Karen Horsman 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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The return of Howie’s High School Hamper: Six things to watch as the 2022 B.C. girls basketball championships tip-off Wednesday at the LEC!

LANGLEY — On the eve of the B.C. senior girls basketball championships, it’s time to fill in some of the little-known details of the season, all of which are a part of the legacy of the 48 teams set to tip off a four-day run Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre.So after about a decade […]

Brookswood senior guard Cassidy Buchanan (centre), one of B.C.'s Best in 2021-22, looks to cap her high school career in her hometown as she leads 3A Brookswood into the BC's at the LEC starting Wednesday. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C.’s best girls senior varsity hoop talent! On eve of Championship Week, BCSSGBA unveils its Top 5’s for 2021-22 at 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A!

LANGLEY — After a one-year hiatus, it’s once again time to tip our collective hoop hat to all of talented players that make the B.C. girls high school basketball world such an exciting one to follow.This season, the B.C. Secondary Schools Girls Basketball Association is presenting its Top 5 players in each of the four […]

With SMUS' Maddy Albert in chase, Syra Toor of Seaquam is captured in mid-flight during B.C. junior girls basketball action between the No. 1-ranked Blue Jags of Victoria and the host and No. 2-ranked Seahawks on Feb. 4, 2022 in North Delta. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. junior girls 2022 championship bracket revealed! SMUS, Seaquam, OKM and South Kam tab the top four seeds for 24-team tourney!

LANGLEY — When they met in a mid-afternoon game without any fans back on Feb. 4, we called the 60-58 overtime win by No. 1 St. Michaels University School Blue Jags of Victoria, over the host and No. 2-ranked Seaquam Seahawks of North Delta a potential preview of the 2022 B.C. junior girls championship final.So […]

Heritage Woods' Kate Mean (left) drives against Sir Winston Churchill's Claire Huang during TBI this past December at the Langley Events Centre. The same two teams meet in the opening round of the B.C. Quad-A championships March 2 back at the LEC. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Follow the B.C. Girls Basketball road map through March Madness: We’ve got the 2A, 3A and 4A tourney draw here!

LANGLEY — The Langley Events Centre will play host to the three largest tiers of B.C. girls high school basketball championships beginning March 2.Love to study the draws?Planning each of your four days at the LEC?Keep coming back for all three provincials draws in one place!QUAD ATRIPLE ADOUBLE AIf you’re reading this story or viewing […]

Argyle's Nathalie Francis (centre, 22) scored a game-high 24 points, yet Seaquam's Amar Thiara and the rest of Seahawks (pictured here in Dec. 15 game at TBI) rallied to earn a last-ditch berth to the provincials on Tuesday at Port Coquitlam's Riverside Secondary. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Seaquam girls end three decades of Big Dance silence! Comeback win over Argyle in last-chance clash sends Seahawks, along with Yale Lions, into B.C. Quad-A championships!

PORT COQUITLAM — They hadn’t punched their tickets to the Big Dance in so long that even the school’s historians were having a hard time trying to figure out when the last time the senior girls basketball team from Seaquam Secondary last qualified for the B.C. championships.One thing was certain, however, as the fourth-quarter clock […]

Grade 10 point guard Ashley Chio has played beyond her years in helping West Vancouver punch its ticket to March Madness. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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The Power of Plaid: In lending a hand to All My Relations indigenous women’s team, Big Dance-bound West Van Highlanders tap a collective vein to their own gritty hearts!

WEST VANCOUVER — A return to the Big Dance for the first time in a quarter century is turning out to be the ultimate win-win for the senior girls basketball team from West Vancouver Secondary School.After all, what head coach doesn’t want their team dialled in with 100 per cent focus, ready to sacrifice for […]

Marah Dykstra has averaged just north of a 20-10 double-double this season for Vancouver's Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Blair.photo 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Sir Winston’s Churchill’s Marah Dykstra: With D1 career at Montana State awaiting, star senior guard leads Bulldogs back to the Big Dance for first time in five seasons!

VANCOUVER — Ask Marah Dykstra about some of the very best things happening in her life these days, and without taking her eyes off the prize for even a second, she lets you know she’s determined to savour every last moment of her high school basketball career.Of course, following Thursday’s 62-29 victory over the West […]

Prior to officiating a senior boys basketball between host Byrne Creek and St. Patrick's on Feb. 3, 2022, veteran officials Dindo Cobarrubias (left) and Karn Dhillon take a moment to remind everyone of the Pink Whistle Campaign. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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In tough times, BCBOA’s Pink Whistle Campaign hits its all-time high! “Little by little, one whistle at a time, one donation at a time, we’re all making a difference…” says founder Karn Dhillon!

LANGLEY — In the B.C. basketball community, pink whistles attached to the ends of pink lanyards have become the ties that bind… even in the toughest of times.And if you ask Karn Dhillon, the longtime, respected basketball referee, about the Pink Whistle/Call A Foul on Cancer campaign that he launched as an annual February initiative […]

While B.C. senior girls basketball teams, like the Yale Lions and its star guard Maggy Curtis begin their journey to the B.C. championships, the Langley Events Centre is looking to find volunteers to help make the 2022 event a big success. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. senior girls 2021-22 basketball championship tournaments look to fill key volunteer roles, including tournament director!

LANGLEY —  The Langley Events Centre is accepting submissions of interest from individuals interested in volunteering at the 2022 B.C. School Sports Girls Basketball Provincial Championships.LEC is hosting the 2A, 3A, and 4A Tournaments from March 2-5, 2022, and the LEC Tournament Committee is responsible for working with LEC staff towards the planning and execution […]