LANGLEY — Welcome to a Varsity Letters first! As part of our season-ending tribute to the student-athletes and coaches who make the B.C. high school sports world such a special fraternity, we started out with a simple idea: Publishing the photographs of every senior varsity team to win a B.C. high school championship over the course […]
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FINAL EDITION: B.C. Junior Girls Basketball 2019: Varsity Letters’ Day 2 reports as Fox, MEI, Riverside, Kelowna all punch Final 4 tickets
LANGLEY — Thanks for your patience. The Final Four is set for the 2019 B.C. junior girls basketball championships with semifinals set for 6:30 p.m.and 8 p.m. tip offs Friday.
John Dumont Classic: Tourney’s third edition pays it forward by helping lift the heavy heart of Surrey hoops star
BURNABY — When Jack Dumont thinks about the past two years, the rising UBC Thunderbirds freshman can’t help but reflect on the help and support which was extended to himself, his mom Trixie and his younger brothers Hunter and Cole through the outstretched arms of B.C.’s tight-knit basketball community.
After CCAA national title-game appearance, Douglas men’s hoops looks to build new Royal family with UBC as first test
NEW WESTMINSTER — The Douglas College Royals may only be six months removed from their journey to the CCAA national men’s basketball championship final, yet the sport’s insuppressible nature of seasonal renewal is helping head coach Joe Enevoldson keep things very real.
03.01.18: March is here, so is the madness! Our final Big 10 senior boys AAAA varsity basketball rankings
LANGLEY — Our final B.C. senior boys AAAA Big 10 rankings are now final. In keeping with the theme of rankings, it’s important to remember that as we wind our way to the release of provincial draws on Sunday, that these are not pre-tournament seedings.
Mighty Miguel drops 49, leads Tammy to epic overtime win over Mouat as big, bad Fraser Valley firms up its B.C.-bound field
LANGLEY — While it would take an exhaustive case study to call it the greatest top-tiered Fraser Valley senior boys high school basketball championship game ever, the 2,000-plus in attendance Sunday evening at the Langley Events Centre would all tell you that it needs to be in the running.
Stan Stewardson (1938-2017): The passing of a pioneering B.C. basketball coach at North Delta, Simon Fraser
NORTH DELTA — B.C.’s tight-knit basketball community lost one of its true pioneers Thursday with the passing of Stan Stewardson one day before his 79th birthday.
Triple A: ‘Canes and Titans are Final 4 winners, set to clash for title Saturday
It’s the Fraser Valley champion Rick Hansen Hurricanes against the Okanagan champion South Kamloops Titans in today’s B.C. senior boys Triple A final, 6 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre.Here’s a look at the two semifinal games from Friday:RICK HANSEN 59 BODWELL 50LANGLEY — Abbotsford’s Hurricanes showed the kind of late game poise that is […]
Tomley returns to Tammy, still hoping to play
SURREY — One of the most talented players to grace the B.C. high school hardcourts since Steve Nash departed in 1992 is back in his hometown.