LANGLEY — Defending B.C. champion Riverside of Port Coquitlam, fresh off its Fraser North championship victory over Burnaby South on Sunday, has been installed as the favourites to repeat at Quad-A as draw were released Wednesday for the 74th annual B.C. senior girls basketball championships, set to open a four-day run Feb. 28-March 2 at […]
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South Fraser Triple-A final: A year older, a year wiser, Surrey’s Clayton Heights Riders take zone championship spoils into a B.C. tourney return engagement after win over rival R.A. McMath!
SURREY — Last season’s trip to the B.C. senior girls basketball championship tournament was an ice-breaker moment for Surrey’s Clayton Heights Riders.A group which has played together since sixth grade had arrived as a largely Grade 11 team on the big stage of the provincial Triple-A championships last March at the Langley Events Centre.And falling […]
Fraser North Quad-A final: After Riverside tops Burnaby Central in zone title clash, here’s 5 Things You Need to Know about the Rapids, the Wildcats and the best current rivalry in B.C. girls high school basketball!
BURNABY — The countdown is now on to the tip-off of the 2024 B.C. senior girls basketball championships, and at the largest Quad-A tier, Sunday evening’s marquee Fraser North zone championship game clash which saw the Riverside Rapids defeat the Burnaby Central Wildcats 82-72 was a reminder of one simple fact.In year where there has […]
Fraser North Triple-A final: For the Family Boyes, clinching title and B.C. berth for Pitt Meadows is a true generational thrill!
PITT MEADOWS 82 vs. BYRNE CREEK 32BURNABY — Thirty-three years is a long time, but when it comes to high school basketball memories, it can seem all seem as recent as yesterday.That what Jason Boyes thought to himself as the head coach of the Pitt Meadows senior girls basketball team piloted his car up Burnaby […]
Fraser North Double-A Final: With pressure defence that comes from its fun zone, STM’s Knights & MVP Beliveau punch their Big Dance tickets to B.C. tourney!
By Howard TsumuraST. THOMAS MORE 89 ARCHBISHOP CARNEY 32BURNABY — In an era where offence rules the roost at every level of basketball, precisely how does a head coach get her team to make it the No. 1 part of their identity?“I think it’s the most fun part of basketball to be honest,” said St. […]
B.C. girls Top 10 basketball rankings 02.05.24: Seaquam moves back into Quad-A final four territory, Brookswood’s baby Bobcats take over Triple-A No. 1!
LANGLEY — Here’s a look at the latest B.C. senior girls high school basketball rankings at all four tiers courtesy of B.C. School Sports:FEB. 5QUAD-A1 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (LW-1)2 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (2)3 Yale Lions (Abbotsford) (EV) (3) 4 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (SF) (5) 5 Okanagan-Mission Huskies (Kelowna) (TOK) (4)6 Burnaby Central […]
B.C. girls Top 10 basketball rankings 01.29.24: As the calendar turns towards February, it’s the powers that be — Riverside, SMUS, Mulgrave — who hold serve!
LANGLEY — The clearest indication yet that the top teams in B.C. senior girls basketball are settling in for the final stretch drive to playoffs?The province’s three largest tiers all issued new Top 10 rankings this week, and the top four at all three remained unchanged.Here’s a look at the latest courtesy of B.C. School […]
Pride of the Lions! MVP Ava Heppner helps lead Yale of Abbotsford to first place at G.W. Graham Top 10 tourney and to No. 3 in latest B.C. Quad-A rankings!
CHILLIWACK — There has been no shortage of inspiring play this season from the senior girls basketball team at Abbotsford’s Yale Secondary.Yet more times than not for the hard-working Lions, there has been a distinct lack of championship finishes as they have traversed the fields of the province’s very best invitational tournaments in 2023-24.All of […]
BC girls Top 10 hoop ranks 01.16.24: It’s all about the rise and fall! Two new No. 1s, plus big climbers at Argyle, Yale, OKM and SMUS highlight a parity-filled party!
LANGLEY — Over a senior girls high school basketball season in which parity is clearly showing itself to be the norm within the province’s two largest tiers, the key plot line is all about the rise and fall.That’s the story behind the first Top 10 rankings of 2024, with new No. 1’s at both the […]
A SUNDAY TBI READ: As Seaquam tops Riverside for Super 16 title, here’s to a fateful draw, writing about a new generation of Taits and the power of old hoops photos!
LANGLEY — In the days leading up to the Tsumura Basketball Invitational’s tip off this past Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre, Seaquam Seahawks head coach Lucky Toor did a quick scan of the Super 16 draw his team would be a part of.With a hopeful bent, Toor imagined all of the potential foes his […]