Holy Cross' Alyssia Palma puts up a runner against Langley Christian during Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 quarterfinal action Dec. 11, 2025 at the Langley Event Centre’s South Court. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: TBI 2025 Super 16 Quarterfinal game reports are here! Tsumura Basketball Invitational wraps up Day2 !

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the girls 2025 Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 bracket.Here are your four quarterfinal championship game reports.SUPER 16TOP SIDE DRAWHOLY CROSS 83 LANGLEY CHRISTIAN 64By HOWARD TSUMURAVarsityLetters.caLANGLEY — ‘Deep and dangerous’ is a basketball descriptor that tends to get overused, but not when you’re talking about Surrey’s Holy Cross […]

Fernie's Desiree French battles against the Sir Charles Tupper Tigers during Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 opening-round action Dec. 11 at the Langley Event Centre’s Centre Court. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL: TBI 2025 Select 16 Quarterfinal game reports are here! Tsumura Basketball Invitational wraps up Day 2!

LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of the girls 2025 Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 bracket.We’ve gone final with all four game reports from our quarterfinal round contests.SELECT 16TOP SIDE DRAWFERNIE 45 SIR CHARLES TUPPER 29By IAN FRENCH(Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — There’s the calm before the storm, but what happens after? Well, for the […]

Seaquam's Callie Brost passes out of a double team from St. Thomas More's Demicah Arnaldo (left) and Lauren Wong during Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 opening-round action Dec. 10, 2025 at the Langley Event Centre’s Centre Court. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI 2025: We’ve gone final! All eight Day 1 game reports from girls Super 16 bracket at Tsumura Basketball Invitational are here!

LANGLEY — Day 1 of the girls 2025 TBI Super 16 tournament is in the books.Hope you enjoy all eight of our game reports here!— Howard Tsumura TOP HALF DRAWQUAD AARGYLE 80 JOHNSTON HEIGHTS 57By HOWARD TSUMURAVarsityLetters.caLANGLEY — The Argyle Pipers have so much talent throughout the Grade 11-12 spectrum within its senior girls basketball program, […]

Sir Charles Tupper's Denira Dundas (left) feels the defence of Stella Oteyza and the rest of the RE Mountain Eagles during Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 opening-round action Dec. 10, 2025 at the Langley Event Centre’s South Court. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI 2025: We’ve gone final! All eight Day 1 game reports from girls Select 16 bracket at Tsumura Basketball Invitational are here!

LANGLEY — Day 1 of the girls 2025 TBI Super 16 tournament is in the books.Hope you enjoy all eight of our game reports here!Our special thanks today to Ian French, Wilson Wong and Gary Ahuja for their work, without which this report would not be possible!— Howard TsumuraGIRLS SELECT 16QUAD AVALLEYVIEW 48 ARGYLE GOLD […]

Duchess Park's Zahra Ngabo is guarded by Sa-Hali's Kirsten Conroy during B.C. senior girls Triple A Final Four, 02.28.25 at the Langley Events Centre. The two teams are both a part of the TBI Super 16 draw set to open a four-day run Wednesday at the LEC. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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12.09.25 edition: With TBI tip-off Wednesday, here’s your B.C. girls high school basketball Top 10 rankings!

LANGLEY — With the 2025 girls TBI beginning a four-day run Wednesday, keep these rankings close at hand as you follow both the Super 16 and Select 16 brackets at the Langley Events Centre.GIRLSQUAD-A1 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (SF) (LW-2) 2 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (4) 3 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (1)4 G.W. Graham Grizzlies […]

Fernie's Billie Kennedy is one of five returning starters for the Falcons who make their TBI debut Wednesday against Earl Marriott. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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“Small town but gritty” Fernie Falcons make their Tsumura Basketball Invitational debut Wednesday with experienced, tall-timbered line-up hoping it’s a dress rehearsal for February provincials!

By HOWARD TSUMURALANGLEY — The Fernie Falcons are soaring due west to the Langley Events Centre to start their 2025-26 season.In past seasons, the normal practice for the Double-A school from the the extreme southeast corner of the province, would be to board a bus and head out to all points east of the Alberta […]

Argyle's Mariia Maydan (left) in action 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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B.C. Girls Top 10 preseason basketball rankings! Argyle, Sa-Hali, Holy Cross top their tiers as the March to madness in 2025-26 now set for official tip-off!

LANGLEY — Welcome to B.C. School Sports preseason B.C. girls Top 10 high school basketball rankings for the 2025-26 season.We here at Varsity Letters will be with you every step of the way throughout the season, providing up-to-date Top 10 rankings from around the province each week.GIRLSQUAD-A1 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS)2 Seaquam Seahawks (North […]

Tayla Jackson defends against Oak Bay's Lauren Yearwood during the 2014 Tsumura Basketball Invitational at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2014. All Rights Reserved)
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Q-&-A with Tayla Jackson: As she finishes her first round of chemotherapy, former Brookswood, SFU hoops star, 28, speaks to her battle, and to the truth of hardcourt lessons worth leaning on!

By Howard TsumuraVarsityLetters.caLANGLEY — If you’re a member of B.C.’s tight-knit basketball community, you may well already have heard the gist of her story.Two weeks ago, former Brookswood Secondary and Simon Fraser hoops standout Tayla Jackson wasn’t feeling herself.At the time, with the start of hoops season just around the corner, she was in the […]

Simon Fraser's Quebec native Sophie Bergeron has brought a defensive presence to the Red Leafs. Here, Bergeron is in action one year ago against the Tampa Spartans during the 2024 CCA Div. 1 Canadian Tip-Off Classic at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo exclusive property of Varsity Letters via VL Sports Services 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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AS SFU women’s hoops tips off Friday at LEC heavy grad tolls create early questions on offence! Newly-focussed Red Leafs look to build cornerstone identity with hustle stats by the bushel!

By Howard TsumuraVarsityLetters.caBURNABY — The last time the women’s basketball team at the top of Burnaby Mountain went through this kind of change, they were first celebrating a national championship, then preparing to make the move from what is now known as U SPORTS to the ranks of the NCAA.All of that took place in […]

Here's your complete list of all senior boys and girls high school basketball teams set to take part in TBI 2025 this coming December. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI field finalized: We unveil the 64 boys and girls teams set to take part this December in Tsumura Basketball Invitational 2025!

By Howard Tsumura(VarsityLetters.ca)LANGLEY — The Tsumura Basketball Invitational is once again proud to help usher in a new season of B.C. senior boys and girls high school basketball.The 2025-26 campaign will only be in its second week of play when the TBI begins a two-week run at the Langley Events Centre with our senior boys […]