Head coach Darko Kulic and the Dragons celebrate City title on Friday. Photo -- Howard Tsumura/VarsityLetters.ca)
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Vancouver 3A final: King George Dragons and an ode to MJ’s flu game

VANCOUVER — Darko Kulic went to bed Thursday night knowing that he wasn’t going to need a rousing pre-game speech in the minutes before his King George Dragons took to the court for the Vancouver City 2A-3A championship final on Friday.

Tamanawis Wildcats' senior guard Kyle Uppal is the blue-chip blueprint of blue-collar importance. (VarsityLetters photo by Howard Tsumura)
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Tammy’s Kyle Uppal: An ode to the glue-guys

SURREY — Watch the B.C. senior boys high school basketball championships each year, and in the sudden-elimination environment that defines the sport’s best March Madness qualities, the efforts of each team’s so-called ‘glue players’ is always magnified.They are the ones who can chip in with offence but are more often than not entrusted with less […]