LANGLEY — They swept through the OCAA playoffs back in Ontario, winning by an average margin of 20 points.They opened Thursday in the first round of the CCAA national championships at the Langley Events Centre with a 22-points win, 105-83 victory, over Laval’s Nomades de Montmorency. (full updated Friday schedule below)Now, riding a six-game win streak, […]
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CCAA nationals Day 1: Another day, another miracle win! Nanaimo’s VIU Mariners rally to stun SAIT and earn Final Four berth
LANGLEY — Never say die. That’s the mantra of the Vancouver Island Mariners, and boy, is it working.
CCAA nationals Day 1: Montreal’s baby-faced Vanier Cheetahs show their claws in win over Toronto’s Humber Hawks
LANGLEY — In grade school years, Montreal’s Vanier Cheetahs would, at first inspection, seem to be lacking a lot in terms of their overall experience.
A better Boettcher? You bet! Trinity Western’s Aaron Boettcher older, wise, happier in his last trip to U Sports nationals
LANGLEY — Aaron Boettcher’s greatest skill had always been his ability to rise above the crowd and block out any obstacles that came his way.
CCAA nationals 2019: Underdog Langara Falcons embracing their offence as they prepare for tournament fave Holland Hurricanes
LANGLEY — One more sleep until tip-off here at the 2019 CCAA men’s national basketball tournament, and if one thing is certain, the Langara Falcons are not attempting some grand, over-night re-invention of their hoops persona.
The wisdom of the beginner’s mind: On the road to becoming a veteran CCAA coach, VIU’s Matt Kuzminski has never stopped learning from others
LANGLEY — His has been a coaching career filled with successes.
This Royce rolls with the punches! Langara’s Royce Sargeant majors in comebacks as Falcons host CCAA nationals at LEC
LANGLEY — Just call him the Rolls Royce of mid-season roster additions…at any level of college basketball.
A SUNDAY READ: How a legend’s text fuelled an epic rally and lifted the Tweedsmuir Panthers to a turnaround title for the ages!
LANGLEY — It arrived as intended, as a stern message from the heavens to go quietly into the night, to abandon what now appeared to be a futile quest to win their school’s first-ever B.C. senior boys basketball championship.
A SUNDAY READ: An old ring on a clenched fist! How the North Delta Huskies won their first B.C. title in three decades
LANGLEY — All around him, in the frenzied aftermath of victory, as the delirious North Delta fans stormed the Langley Events Centre Court, the old ball coach was standing off to the side, soaking in a feeling he hadn’t experienced in very nearly three decades.
Super Saturday’s Single-A finale: Red-hot start pushes Kelowna Christian Knights past Credo’s Kodiaks in B.C. title clash
LANGLEY — The tournament committee seeding the 16 teams for this season’s B.C. senior boys Single A championships were vindicated by Friday’s Final Four when the top four seeds all advanced to the frenzied semi-final round.Yet come championship Saturday, No. 2 Kelowna Christian revealed the fact that it may be ready to start something of […]