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LA Matheson's Jashan Mahal (right) is guarded by Richmond's Tomiwa Aderinto during TBI Select 16 quarterfinal action Dec. 4, 2025 at the Langley Events Centre. This week, Matheson moved into the No. 2 spot in the B.C. Triple A rankings. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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12.17.25 edition: BC senior and junior Top 10’s! Holy Cross, Byrne Creek big leapers, VC Irish top JV poll!

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LANGLEY — Here’s a look at the latest Top 10s from all four tiers, plus we’ve got the latest B.C. junior boys Top 10 as well:BASKETBALLTOP 10 RANKINGSB.C. SENIOR BOYSQUAD A1 Tamanawis Wildcats (Surrey) (SF) (LW-1)2 Dover Bay Dolphins (Nanaimo) (VI) (2)3 Kelowna Owls (TOK) (4) 4 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (6) 5 Vancouver College Fighting […]

Riverside's Kaitlin Vergara (left) looks to find a way past Vernon's Caelyn Fitzpatrick 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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12.17.25 edition: Argyle, Langley Christian, Holy Cross top the latest B.C. girls high school Top 10 basketball rankings!

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LANGLEY — The Tsumura Basketball Invitational brought together the majority of the top teams from the province’s three largest tiers… and the results have spoken with new No. 1s this week at the Quad- and Triple-A tiers.Here are B.C. School Sports’ latest Top 10s with two of four precincts reporting.Check back for a potential new […]

Sadie Danks of the Argyle Pipers is in full flight down the floor against Natalie McCutcheon and Ari Brown of the Riverside Rapids during Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 championship game action Dec. 13, 2025 at the Langley Event Centre’s Centre Court. (Photo by Ryan Molag property of Langley Events Centre 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI 2025: Even with its size, Argyle Pipers prove bigger than the sum of its parts in Super 16 title win over Riverside!

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LANGLEY — Broken down to its most essential parts, North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers are a team filled with individual success stories.A 6-foot-5 post who just accomplished in the past four days what it may well have taken her all of last season to accomplish.An irrepressible inside-outside scoring threat, who after copping Most Valuable Player honours […]

Grade 9 sensation Ari Brown of the Riverside Rapids in action against Callie Brost of the Seaquam Seahawks during Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 Final Four action Dec. 12, 2025 at the Langley Event Centre’s Centre Court. (Photo by Ryan Molag property of Langley Events Centre 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI 2025: Super 16 draw hits Final Four Friday! Riverside, Argyle get big wins to set finals card! Read our game reports here!

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Reports from Friday night’s two TBI Super 16 semifinals are here:RIVERSIDE 68 SEAQUAM 64By HOWARD TSUMURALANGLEY — Ari Brown is just starting to show us who she is supposed to become on the basketball court.Yet there was Riverside’s 6-foot Grade 9 starter, in the heat of a TBI Super 16 Final Four fourth-quarter drive of […]

Valleyview's Peyton Adamski (centre) tries to split the Fernie defence of Kamry Yuill (left) and Billie Kennedy during Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 Final Four action Dec. 12, 2025 at the Langley Event Centre’s Centre Court. (Photo by Ryan Molag property of Langley Events Centre 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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TBI 2025: Select 16 draw hits Final Four Friday! Read our game reports here!

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Check back here throughout the evening for game reports from our two Select 16 Final Four matchups.PITT MEADOWS 64 CENTENNIAL 47By HOWARD TSUMURALANGLEY — Jason Boyes has a lot more multi-sports athletes than he does fulltime basketball devotees on his roster, yet the head coach of the Putt Meadows Marauders is not complaining.In fact, when big […]

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 !

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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 […]