BURNABY — Aaron Mitchell played high school basketball in the early-to-mid 1990s, an era many call one of the golden ages of the game in our province. And now, over a decade into his career as the head varsity boys basketball coach at Burnaby’s St. Thomas More Collegiate, he appreciates more and more how one of […]
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JJ Pankratz: Clan senior helped build Simon Fraser’s NCAA hoops foundation by planting his roots on Burnaby Mountain
BURNABY — There is an old saying about getting so caught up in the moment that you can’t see the forest for the trees.
Victor Radocaj: Still just 15, he carries uncommon wisdom on his basketball path from McMath to the world
LANGLEY — It’s one thing to be big, which Victor Radocaj most certainly is. It’s another to truly see the big picture.
TSUMURA: My 3 big takeaways after SFU Clan men’s basketball tops Central Washington
BURNABY — You could feel it. That was the vibe in the air Thursday night in the moments before tip-off at the West Gym atop Burnaby Mountain.
Doctor’s order: UFV’s 2018 Hall of Famer Peter Wauthy discovered precision for a life in medicine started with basketball
ABBOTSFORD — Peter Wauthy never got a chance to play basketball at the Envision Financial Athletic Centre, yet after this weekend, fans of the Fraser Valley Cascades men’s basketball team will be reminded of one of their past heart-and-soul hardcourt heroes each time they pass through the mezzanine of their home gymnasium.
A Yu-Turn back to Prince George hoops! UBC’s Jordan Yu returns as a coaching Condor
LANGLEY — Yu bet. That was the headline to a story I had written almost 12 years ago in the pages of The (Vancouver) Province newspaper.
01.03.18 Varsity Letters’ B.C. Big 10 AAAA boys basketball rankings: Changes afoot as Tammy climbs into No. 1 spot
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Tigers may be tiny, but their roar the real deal; Sir Charles Tupper tops AAAA No. 4 Mouat at Tammy Holiday Classic
SURREY — Height is a state of mind. Or is that just another way of saying that if you’re short, you better find another way to get the job done?
Varsity Letters’ 2017 Story of the Year: Severio Asaba and the New Westminster Hyacks
NEW WESTMINSTER — Deep down inside, he always knew that he was reaching for something. If Severio Asaba could best describe what that was, he might call it his wildest dreams, the kind of stuff so precious that it will never fall into just any old pair of waiting hands.
Georgia’s on their minds, yet foes still can’t slow the swath of Argyle’s SFU-bound Swant
LANGLEY — Argyle Pipers’ head coach Anthony Beyrouti offered up Willis Read and his dramatic entrance, limping onto the court to join the New York Knicks before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals. Sure, it wasn’t quite the same story line which brought his senior star Georgia Swant onto the court this past Saturday afternoon […]