LANGLEY — The latest B.C. senior girls basketball rankings for 4A, 3A and 2A!QUAD-A1 Seaquam Seahawks (North Delta) (SF) (LW-1)2 Brookswood Bobcats (Langley) (EV) (2)3 Riverside Rapids (Port Coquitlam) (FN) (3)4 Argyle Pipers (North Vancouver) (VSS) (5)5 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (Surrey) (SF) (6)6 G.W. Graham Grizzlies (Chilliwack) (EV) (4)7 Okanagan Mission Huskies (Kelowna) (OK) (7)8 Kelowna […]
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12.18.24: B.C. senior boys basketball rankings: Top fours hold the fort at all four tiers!
LANGLEY — Three weeks into the new season, and the province’s tier leaders looked to have settled into an early groove.That’s just another way of saying that last week’s top four in each classification remained the same, including the precise 1-2-3-4 order in Quad-, Triple- and Double-A.The lone change among that quartet?Vancouver’s SJS, swapped places […]
B.C. Boys Basketball SRS ranking system formula Top 50 groups all four tiers for interesting new look
LANGLEY — The B.C. senior boys basketball rankings we run weekly here at VarsityLetters.ca has always been and will continue to be a staple of our coverage.From a personal standpoint, as a former provincial ranker myself for much of the last quarter century, it remains the traditional vehicle for giving basketball fans in our province […]
A Sunday Read: Remembering Prentice Lenz (1971-2024), a farmer for all seasons and a coach for the ages
By HOWARD TSUMURA, VarsityLetters.caABBOTSFORD — In the parlance of his profession, Prentice Lenz tilled every inch of a basketball court with the same level of discipline, ingenuity and faith he practiced every time he’d crouch to put his hands in the earth.Farmer. Family man. Father figure. He was all three of those in ways in which […]
TBI 2024: Despite MVP Jordyn Nohr’s stirring second half for No. 2 Brookswood, it’s No. 1 Seaquam’s fast start and late poise that carry the day as Seahawks repeat as Super 16 champs!
LANGLEY — On a blustery, wind-whipped Saturday, power outages across the region threatened the cancellation of the eagerly-anticipated battle between the No. 1 Seaquam Seahawks and the No. 2 Brookswood Bobcats in the final of the Tsumura Basketball Invitational’s Super 16 championship final at the Langley Events Centre.Yet by the time the sun had set […]
TBI 2024: After lengthy power outage delay, Duchess Park’s game of Hide-and-Go-Seek keeps Condors loose in TBI Select 16 championship game win over Notre Dame!
LANGLEY — The Duchess Park Condors don’t sweat the small stuff.The reason?They’ve got each other.Retiring to its nearby team hotel during the power outage which threatened their Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 championship game against the Notre Dame Jugglers, the Prince George squad had so much fun waiting it out, that when it came time […]
TBI GIRLS 2024 Final 4 Friday is a wrap! No. 1 Seaquam vs. No. 2 Brookswood for all the Super 16 marbles!
Welcome to Final Four Friday.We’ve got reports from both of today’s Tsumura Basketball Invitational Super 16 semifinals right here.Check back with us throughout the day as we set up Championship Saturday’s title game.SEAQUAM 79 RIVERSIDE 66LANGLEY — If you can shoot it, really shoot it, nothing can stop you.That may be Basketball 101 stripped to […]
TBI GIRLS 2024 Final 4 Friday is a wrap! Notre Dame vs. Duchess Park for Select 16 title!
Welcome to Final Four Friday.We’ve got reports from both of today’s Tsumura Basketball Invitational Select 16 semifinals right here.Check back with us throughout the day as we set up Championship Saturday’s title game.NOTRE DAME 52 MARK ISFELD 36LANGLEY — In a little media pre-game chat, Notre Dame head coach Tracy Clarke offered a reporter a […]
FINAL: TBI Select 16 quarters produce Notre Dame-Isfeld, Vernon-Duchess card for Final Four Friday!
Welcome to Day 2 of TBI girls 2024!We’re on to the quarterfinals today in the Select 16 poolPlease check back througHout the day as Nic Hauka covers the day’s four championship round games!NOTRE DAME 50 SOUTH KAMLOOPS 28(STORY BY NICOLAS HAUKA, Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — The old saying defence wins championships is cliche, but […]
FINAL: TBI Super 16 quarters produce Argyle-Brookswood, Seaquam-Riverside card for Final Four Friday!
LANGLEY — Welcome to Day 2 of TBI girls 2024!We’re on to the quarterfinals today in the Super 16 poolPlease check back throughout the day as Howard Tsumura covers the day’s four championship round games!ARGYLE 90 LORD TWEEDSMUIR 74 LANGLEY — If the Argyle Pipers do not have the greatest overall wingspan of any team in […]