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With mere seconds remaining and a provincial title on the line, Westsyde's Jagger de la Gorgendiere asks the basketball gods to preserve his team's victory over the Lambrick Park Lions during the B.C. senior boys Triple-A basketball championship final Saturday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. 2A Final: Will Whundas ever cease? Kamloops’ hoops wonders from Westsyde top No. 1 Lambrick Park for school’s first-ever B.C. boys title!

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LANGLEY — They’ve always been known for having one of the truly great nicknames in all of B.C. high school sports.Now, Kamloops’ Westsyde Whundas can be known for something else as well: B.C. senior boys basketball champions.Caleb Ezedebego drained the three-pointer of his life from the baseline corner with 26.5 seconds remaining to put the […]

Unity Christian Flames' senior guard Levi Van Egdom (left), battling with Callum Shillington of Victoria's Glenlyon Norfolk, scored 35 points en route to being named MVP as the Chilliwack school repeated as champs with an 89-71 win during the B.C. senior boys Single-A basketball championship final Saturday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C. Boys 1A Final: A team for the ages? Depth, desire and MVP Levi Van Egdom make Unity Christian’s Flames repeat champions!

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LANGLEY — An esteemed caretaker of small-school B.C. boys basketball answered a curious reporter’s question on Saturday just moments before Chilliwack’s Unity Christian Flames took to the court at the Langley Events Centre.Just how does the 2021-22 edition of the Unity Christian Flames stack up against some of the best the province has seen at […]

Cole Bekkering of the Semiahmoo Thunderbirds didn't leave the floor the entire game, the Grade 10 forward scoring 37 points against the Vancouver College Fighting Irish during the B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championship Final Four semifinal round Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Semiahmoo’s Cole Bekkering: On the back of Grade 10’s 37 points, ‘Birds top V.C.’s Irish en route to date with Burnaby South in Saturday’s BC Quad-A title game!

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LANGLEY — It was one of the those games seemingly meant for a senior’s service.You know, those Grade 12 veterans who, on the road to the penultimate games of their high school careers, could somehow summon all the savvy and all the moxy that any head coach could ever ask for.Yet there are those rare […]

Lambrick Park's Wyatt Bransema Stokes goes airborne as his Lions faced Brentwood College during the B.C. senior boys Double-A basketball championship Final Four semifinal round Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL FOUR FRIDAY IS HERE! Day 3 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys DOUBLE-A basketball championships!

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LANGLEY — What a day to dance on the hardwood of the Langley Events Centre.Thanks for coming back and joining us for the third day of the 2022 Tournament.Please keep checking back throughout the evening as myself and fellow writer Aaron Martin cover the day’s semifinal clashes.Games are being live-streamed if you can’t make it […]

Burnaby South's Jimmy Zaborniak drives by Walnut Grove's Nathan Chung during the B.C. senior boys Quad-A basketball championship Final Four semifinal round Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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Quad-A Final 4: Burnaby South holds off Walnut Grove for B.C. finals berth, two years later, Rebels’ Jimmy Z looks to forge a golden finish!

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LANGLEY — Two years seems like such a long time ago for Jimmy Zaborniak.Yet there were times Friday night at the Langley Events Centre, as Burnaby South turned on their seemingly-patented late-game heroics, that it was only yesterday when both he and teammate Karan Aujla helped the Rebels top the Kelowna Owls to claim the […]

Glenlyon Norfolk's Mason Carlson (left) attempts to block the shot of Cedars Christian's Tony Kibonge during the B.C. senior boys Single-A basketball championship Final Four semifinal round Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL FOUR FRIDAY IS HERE! Day 3 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys SINGLE-A basketball championships!

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LANGLEY — What a day to dance on the hardwood of the Langley Events Centre.Thanks for coming back and joining us for the third day of the 2022 Tournament.Please keep checking back throughout the evening as myself and fellow writer Aaron Martin cover the day’s semifinal clashes.Games are being live-streamed if you can’t make it […]

Elgin Park's Cyrus Harrison was at his explosive best, driving past Aidan Lewis and the Duchess Park Condors during the B.C. senior boys Triple-A basketball championship Final Four semifinal round Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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FINAL FOUR FRIDAY IS HERE! Day 3 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys TRIPLE-A basketball championships!

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LANGLEY — What a day to dance on the hardwood of the Langley Events Centre.Thanks for coming back and joining us for the third day of the 2022 Tournament.Please keep checking back throughout the evening as myself and fellow writer Aaron Martin cover the day’s semifinal clashes.Games are being live-streamed if you can’t make it […]

Breaking free into the open court against Tony Kibonge of Cedars Christian is Abderdeen Hall's Andrew Isa during the B.C. senior boys Single-A basketball championship quarterfinal round Thursday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Kieran Outerbridge property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.10.22: Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys SINGLE-A basketball championships

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LANGLEY — Thanks for re-joining us for our on-going coverage of the B.C. senior boys basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.Today, it’s quarterfinal Thursday at all four tiers.Please continue to come back to us on this posting throughout the day as our team of writers and photographers give you the most complete coverage you […]

Lambrick Park's Carter Brown is guarded by the Windsor Dukes during the B.C. senior boys Double-A basketball championship quarterfinal round Thursday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.10.22: Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys DOUBLE-A basketball championships

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LANGLEY — Thanks for re-joining us for our on-going coverage of the B.C. senior boys basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.Today, it’s quarterfinal Thursday at all four tiers.Please continue to come back to us on this posting throughout the day as our team of writers and photographers give you the most complete coverage you […]

Byrne Creek's Richard Moses dishes against Duchess Park's (left to right) Cole Laing, Gabriel Malfair and Evgeny Baukin during the B.C. senior boys Triple-A basketball championship quarterfinal round Thursday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Dan Kinvig property of UFV Cascades athletics 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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03.10.22: Day 2 reports from the 2022 B.C. senior boys TRIPLE-A basketball championships

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LANGLEY — Thanks for re-joining us for our on-going coverage of the B.C. senior boys basketball championships from the Langley Events Centre.Today, it’s quarterfinal Thursday at all four tiers.Please continue to come back to us on this posting throughout the day as our team of writers and photographers give you the most complete coverage you […]