LANGLEY — The hardest thing to do this season in the B.C. girls high school basketball world was to avoid concentrating on the obvious.And as so many coaches around this province would ultimately discover, paying too much defensive attention to perhaps the greatest scorer to ever grace our midst was ultimately not the answer to […]
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Let the madness begin! Plot your four days of B.C. senior boys basketball heaven at the LEC! As we prep for a Wednesday top, here’s all four Sweet 16 draw in hi-res format!
LANGLEY — Fun to take a peak inside at Arena Bowl on Sunday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre.The floor is in and the anticipation begins for tip-off to the 2023 B.C. senior boys basketball championships.Hope you’ll visit and re-visit here as you plan your schedule around the action with the draw from all four […]
Brookswood Bobcats top Oak Bay, win B.C. junior title behind talented trio of Grade 8 starters Nohr, Vande Ven and Lehnhoff!
LANGLEY — The Brookswood Bobcats junior girls basketball team can hit its share of threes, but it’s most recognizable trait is the talent of its own Big Three.Jordyn Nohr, Ashley Vande Ven and Emma Lehnhoff not only combined for 45 points in leading No. 3-seeded ‘Cats past the No. 1-seeded Oak Bay Breakers of Victoria […]
BC Triple A championship: The Lenz legacy grow! Malia scores 41 points, joins sister Marin as AAA MVP’s following Abby Panthers win over SMUS!
By GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY – It was an historic night for B.C. senior girls basketball Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.The Lenz legacy was cemented as Grade 12 Malia led the team her dad, Prentice, coaches to a second Triple A title since 2020 as Abbotsford Senior held on for a dramatic […]
Double-A: Titans, indeed! On road to a B.C. title, West Van Mulgrave’s dominate opposition in commanding fashion!
By GARY KINGSTON (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY – The runaway freight train that was the Mulgrave Titans roaring through Langley Events Centre the last four days easily ran over and through the last obstacle in its tracks on Saturday afternoon.The West Vancouver school’s senior girls basketball team won the Double A provincial championships by crushing […]
Just call her Little Magic! Like LA Lakers famed 1980 Finals switch, Riverside point guard Sussex posts up, turns tide as Rapids top Burnaby Central for finals date with Gators!
LANGLEY — If you’ve watched Riverside Rapids’ point guard Avery Sussex for any amount of time over her senior varsity basketball career, you can’t help but be struck by the level of versatility and adaptability she brings to the fore as her team’s feisty point guard.And at no time over her career has that versatility been […]
JUNIOR: It’s Oak Bay and Brookswood on Saturday in the finals of the 2023 B.C. junior girls basketball championships!
BY GARY AHUJA (Special for Varsity Letters)LANGLEY — Two teams who won their last Junior Girls provincial championships a year apart are now set to play for the big prize on Saturday afternoon.The Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Invitational Tournament champion will be either the top seed Oak Bay Breakers (who last won in 2012) or […]
QUAD-A FINAL FOUR, Game 1: Coach Rowell running out of words to describe Kiera Pemberton’s excellence! Gators star unstoppable again in win over talented Yale Lions!
LANGLEY — Welcome to Final Four Friday here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships.We will have live reports on today’s two semifinals.Check back through the course of the day as we post reports as quickly as we can based on writing, photographic and broadcast demands. Your patience is appreciated!No. 1 WALNUT GROVE […]
TRIPLE A: Game reports from Day 3 of the 2023 B.C. Triple-A girls basketball championships!
LANGLEY — Welcome to Final Four Friday here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships.We will have live reports on today’s two semifinals.Check back through the course of the day as we post reports as quickly as we can based on writing, photographic and broadcast demands. Your patience is appreciated!STORIES BY GARY KINGSTON […]
DOUBLE A: Game reports from Day 3 of the 2023 B.C. Double-A girls basketball championships!
LANGLEY — Welcome to Final Four Friday here at the 2023 B.C. girls high school basketball championships.We will have live reports on today’s two semifinals.Check back through the course of the day as we post reports as quickly as we can based on writing, photographic and broadcast demands. Your patience is appreciated!No. 3 PACIFIC CHRISTIAN […]