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Tag: Glenlyon Norfolk gryphons

Chris Graham of Victoria's No. 1-ranked B.C. Single A Glenlyon Norfolk (centre) will be one of the most dynamic scorers in the 16-team field if his Gryphons qualify for the 2019 provincials next month at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Feature High School Boys Basketball

Topping B.C.’s Single-A charts with extended run at No. 1, Victoria’s 25-3 GNS Gryphons re-kindle magic of 2007’s title-winning team

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VICTORIA — When you’ve coached a senior boys varsity basketball program at one school for over 30 years, you build an extremely large and reliable sample size as a base of comparison.

Holy Cross' Andre Mangonon (left) tries to slow the progress of Oak Bay's Jaime Palamos Molins during Saturday's Legal Beagle championship final in Port Coquitlam. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights Reserved)
Feature High School Boys Basketball

01.16.18 B.C. boys basketball rankings: Beagle champ Holy Cross take new Quad-A No. 1 into B.C. Catholics

January 16, 2019Howard TsumuraComment(0)

Terry Fox’s Legal Beagle shook up the Quad A ranks to the extent that different teams occupy spots one through eight from a week ago. Similar changes abound at Single-A, where a new No. 1 also resides.

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