Prince George Polars guard Erin Cole (right) has played through her pain to step on the LEC court for provincials this week. (Photo courtesy Cole family)
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ERIN COLE: The PGSS Polar brings a fighter’s will to the LEC

(Editor’s note — Each year, in advance of the girls championships, I send out requests for information on teams I never get to watch during their season of play, hoping coaches will take the time to enlighten in all manner of team aspects.This year, Prince George Secondary head coach Tracy Cole took the time to […]

Hey Lou! Brookswood's No. 5 Louise Forsyth says goodbye to high school basketball this week as she aims to lead Brookswood into its fifth straight BC Triple-A final at the LEC. (VarsityLetters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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Hey Lou! Five B.C. finals in cards for ‘Cats No. 5? Forsyth our 2017 POY

LANGLEY — Louise Forsyth joined the basketball program at Brookswood Secondary as an eighth grader back in the fall of 2012 as a player oozing promise.Yet if you had peeked in on one her earlier phys-ed classes being run under the watchful eye of Neil Brown, the architect of one of Canada’s most successful high […]

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 […]

I try and do the impossible: Put together the bracket for the BC girls AAA basketball championships!
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Tsumura: Here’s my draw for the 2017 B.C. AAA girls hoops tourney

Impossible to seed, impossible to please.Just downright impossible.Greater minds than myself have been entrusted with putting together tonight’s draws (7 p.m. live stream, click here) for both the B.C. AA and AAA senior girls basketball championships.So I figured I would give the AAA draw a shot. (For fun coaches, please keep this in mind).TOP HALF […]

The hair-raising BC senior girls basketball championships have almost finalized their fields. (Howard Tsumura -- Varsity Letters photo)
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All You Can Eat: Who’s in, who’s a wild-card for BC girls high school hoop tourney

NORTH DELTA — Wildcard Tuesday with determine the final three Triple-A berths, as well as the final four Double-A berths to the 2017 B.C. senior girls basketball championships being held at the Langley Events Centre.