LANGLEY — Despite the uncertainties brought on by the pandemic, and teams continually re-scheduling games, B.C. senior boys basketball enjoyed its most placid seven days of the season… at least when it came to the rankings on paper holding court on the hardwood.No ranked team climbed more than two spots at any of the province’s […]
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A Sunday Read: What defines the heart of Terry Fox’s UBC-bound point guard Cerys Merton? “She never turns down a battle!”
PORT COQUITLAM — Cerys Merton was born with a drive that needs no ignition.And these days, as we hit the stretch drive to the B.C. senior girls basketball championships, it’s a most fitting way to describe the energy and the presence that the Terry Fox Ravens’ senior point guard brings each time she sets foot […]
A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TAKES ROOT: Parent-launched petition opposing continued ban on BC High school sports tournaments gaining huge on-line traction!
VANCOUVER — A grassroots petition launched on-line Friday is distinguishing itself as something of a barometre for the level of frustration being felt by those opposed to Friday’s announcement by B.C.’s Ministry of Education that high school sports tournaments in this province would not be allowed to resume play on Feb. 1.Tricia Joseph, a parent […]
“Be quick, but don’t hurry!”: Claremont Spartans’ dynamic guard Izzy Helman runs his hardcourt race at a different pace!
Look at Izzy Helman’s scoring numbers over his last four games, and the natural reaction is to imagine that the Claremont Spartans’ point guard has somehow shifted his game to yet another gear.In-between dual 37 point outings in tough losses to first Mark Isfeld, and then Brentwood College, the 6-foot-3 senior poured home 35 and […]
B.C. junior boys basketball rankings 01.25.22 edition: Surrey’s Fleetwood Park climbs to No. 3, Vancouver’s Lord Byng debuts at honourable mention in latest Top 10!
LANGLEY — The Byrne Creek Bulldogs of Burnaby and Surrey’s Tamanawis Wildcats have each moved into the Top 10 in the latest B.C. junior boys basketball rankings.While Vancouver College and Walnut Grove remain a steady one-two punch atop the polls, Surrey’s Fleetwood Park Dragons step up into the top three this week.Here’s the latest, and […]
B.C. boys high school basketball rankings 01.25.22 edition: Semiahmoo, North Delta, G.W. Graham are Top 10 teams on the rise!
LANGLEY — Parity at the province’s two highest tiers is helping to bring a fever pitch to the B.C. senior boys basketball Quad-A and Triple-A festivities this week.Surrey’s Semiahmoo Totems, enjoyed a second straight signature week at Quad-A, while, the North Delta Huskies, along with Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies at Triple-A, each made substantial leaps […]
Simon Fraser men’s basketball: Sitting in first place atop the GNAC standings, SFU set to embark on marathon schedule of games over next three-plus weeks!
BURNABY —A famine filled with cancellations has added up to a feast of games for the Simon Fraser men’s basketball team.In what will amount to playing almost a half season of conference games over a span of just over three weeks, SFU opened a gruelling stretch of nine games over a span of 24 days […]
A Sunday Read: The amazing rise of Centennial’s K.C. Ibekwe, and how the Centaurs’ centre became the King of the City!
COQUITLAM — Ask K.C. Ibekwe about the origins of his abbreviated first name, and the Centennial Centaurs’ towering senior centre tells a story every bit as big as his 6-foot-10, 275 pound frame.“My parents have said to me that K.C. is for King of the City,” begins Ibekwe, the son of Nigerian immigrants who was […]
Cascades thriving on its “one tough shot” mantra! Canada West’s top defence keys empowering ripple effect as 8-1 UFV hosts 9-1 TWU in weekend summit series!
ABBOTSFORD — It’s an axiom which has echoed through countless Fraser Valley Cascades’ women’s basketball practices over the 20 years in which Al Tuchscherer has served as the program’s head coach.This season, however, you could say in a figurative sense that those echoes have become deafening.“We always say that we want to give teams one […]
B.C. senior girls Top 10 Double-A basketball rankings 01.19.22: Mulgrave, Notre Dame jump up into Top 5 territory!
LANGLEY — West Vancouver’s Mulgrave Titans have made a move into the top four of the most recent B.C. senior girls Double-A basketball rankings released earlier this week.Langley Christian remains No. 1, while Vancouver’s Notre Dame Jugglers make the big jump up to No. 5 from No. 10.B.C.’s three other tiers did not conduct ranking […]