The Vernon Panthers celebrate as part of a win over the College Heights Cougars during quarterfinal-round action at the 2025 B.C. senior girls Triple-A basketball championships 02.27.25 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: 02.27.25 Day 2 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior girls TRIPLE-A Final Eight round!

LANGLEY — We’ve gone final on our reports from the B.C. 4A, 3A and 2A games played at the Langley Events Centre tonight with reports from all 12 of the games played at South Court, Centre Court and the Fieldhouse gyms.We’ll be back again tomorrow with reports from all four tiers as Final Four Friday […]

Jordyn Nohr of the Brookswood Bobcats tries to battle through the intense first-half defence of GW Graham's Emily Sprott during quarterfinal-round action at the 2025 B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships 02.27.25 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: 02.27.25 Day 2 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior girls QUAD-A Final Eight round!

LANGLEY — We’ve gone final on our reports from the B.C. 4A, 3A and 2A games played at the Langley Events Centre tonight with reports from all 12 of the games played at South Court, Centre Court and the Fieldhouse gyms.We’ll be back again tomorrow with reports from all four tiers as Final Four Friday […]

Linden Martens of Unity Christian defend Kira James of Fort St. James during opening round action of the 2025 B.C. senior girls Single-A basketball championships at the Langley's R.E. Mountain Secondary School. (Photo by Gordon Kalisch property of FastTrackSportsPhotography 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL! 02.26.25 Day 1 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior girls SINGLE-A Sweet 16 opening round!

LANGLEY — We’ve gone final at Day 1 of the 2025 B.C. senior girls Double-A basketball championships.Here are your game reports courtesy of the LEC’s Gary Ahuja for all eight games played Wednesday.BASKETBALLB.C. SENIOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPSDAY 1SINGLE ATOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ANO. 1 PACIFIC CHRISTIAN 77 NO. 16 JOHN KNOX 18(BY GARY AHUJA, SPECIAL FOR VARSITY […]

Ella Tatlock of the MEI Eagles prepares to summon a little backspin as she attacks Kennedy McKnight and the Valleyview Vikings of Kamloops during opening round action of the 2025 B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL! 02.26.25 Day 1 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior girls TRIPLE-A Sweet 16 opening round! 

LANGLEY — We’ve gone final at Day 1 of the 2025 B.C. senior girls Triple-A basketball championships.Here are your game reports for all eight games played Wednesday.BASKETBALLB.C. SENIOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPSDAY 1 TRIPLE ATOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ANO. 1 MEI 75 vs. NO. 16 VALLEYVIEW 29BY GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — Athleticism, balance, experience and depth. […]

Calissa Haine (centre) of the Mt. Baker Wild grabs a rebound in front of Sadie Danks (left) and Mariia Maydan of the Argyle Pipers during opening round action of the 2025 B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL! 02.26.25 Day 1 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior girls QUAD-A Sweet 16 opening round!

LANGLEY — We’ve gone final at Day 1 of the 2025 B.C. senior girls Double-A basketball championships.Here are your game reports for all eight games played Wednesday.BASKETBALLB.C. SENIOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPSDAY 1 QUAD ATOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ABy Howard Tsumura, Varsity LettersNO. 8 OAK BAY 75  vs. NO. 9 SEMIAHMOO 64LANGLEY —In the near two seasons which have […]

Holy Cross' Mia Wojciechowski (left) is guarded by Hazelton's Sophia Anderson during opening round action of the 2025 B.C. senior girls Quad-A basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL! 02.26.25 Day 1 reports from the 2025 B.C. senior girls DOUBLE-A Sweet 16 opening round! 

LANGLEY — We’ve gone final at Day 1 of the 2025 B.C. senior girls Double-A basketball championships.Here are your game reports for all eight games played Wednesday.BASKETBALLB.C. SENIOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPSDAY 1 DOUBLE ATOP HALF DRAWQUADRANT ANO. 1 HOLY CROSS 82 vs. NO. 16 HAZELTON 24By HOWARD TSUMURA, VARSITY LETTERSLANGLEY — When was the last time the […]

Duchess Park's Zahra Ngabo (right) is guarded by Notre Dame's Joana Pepe (left) and Emily Chan during TBI Select 16 Championship Saturday action 12.14.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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On the road again! Checking in with Prince George’s Duchess Park Condors on their way to BC girls basketball championships!

LANGLEY — Ever ponder just how large the province of B.C. is?Try 944,735 square kilometres, making it larger than Washington, Oregon and California combined, or about four times the size of the United Kingdom.Prince George’s Duchess Park Condors (23-7) aren’t coming the furthest to take part in the 75th anniversary of the B.C. senior girls […]

Last season, there was not an empty seat in the house when the 2024 B.C. senior girls Quad-A final tipped off between Seaquam and Riverside. This season, as the tourney turns 75, Saturday's championship[ final will move to the 7,000 seat Arena Bowl. (Photo courtesy Langley Events Centre 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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Happy, happy birthday… it’s Sweet 75 for the BC girls high school basketball championships! We re-visit a 1994 newspaper article that looked to the future as our girls step onto brightest stage yet!

LANGLEY — In keeping with its date of publication, the hue of its newsprint has begun its fade to yellow.Yet like a perfectly-launched fadeaway jumper, the feeling you get re-reading a pair of articles from the March 8, 1994 edition of The Province newspaper, some 31 years later, seems the same as hitting nothing but […]

Brookswood Carly Taylor does her best to affect the three-point shot of Argyle's Sadie Danks 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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02.11.25 edition: B.C. senior girls basketball rankings: Topsy-turvy tumult hits Quad-A! Top five of largest tier thrown for a loop as Argyle Pipers climb to the top of the heap!

LANGLEY — Everyone wants to peak at the right time, especially with provincials tipping off in two weeks.While the rest of B.C.’s tiers remained relatively static since the last polling period, the Quad-A ranks have undergone some mighty upheaval and as the dust clears, coming off Tessa’s Tournament, North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers are standing tall […]

Argyle's Mariia Mayden (left) is guarded by Claremont's Island Campbell during TBI Super 16 Day 1 action 12.11.24 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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01.27.25 edition: B.C. senior girls basketball rankings: It’s a month to the start of the provincials, and No. 1’s and No. 2’s holding ground at all four tiers!

LANGLEY — One month out from the start of the B.C. championships and finding spots in the top four of B.C.’s four senior girls varsity tiers is tough sledding.This week, North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers move up one spot to No. 3 in Quad-A.Prince George’s College Heights Cougars and the Vernon Panthers each move up a […]