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UFV’s Matt Cooley: How a basketball underdog with a passion for passing delivered his signature senior season
(Due to technical difficulties encountered here at VarsityLetters.ca over the past two weeks, several stories, including this one, had not been posted here on our main site, which is now back to being fully operational as of Feb. 17, 2020. We thank you for your patience and your continued loyalty to B.C.’s most trusted source for […]
B.C. girls championships 2020: Rick Mark, a high school hoops lifer, helps get Handsworth Royals back to The Big Dance
NORTH VANCOUVER — Absence makes a basketball coach’s heart grow fonder, and in the case of Rick Mark, you can almost hear that excited pulse the second his voice comes over the telephone wires.“I thought I was getting too old for this, but after 15 years off, here I am again,” laughed Mark, 70, as […]
02.05.20 edition: Varsity Letters BC boys and girls basketball rankings
NORTH DELTA — VarsityLetters.ca is experiencing difficulties as it concerns our ability to post stories to this site.The issues are being dealt with and we ask for your patience over this time.Today, both boys and girls rankings will be added to this posting as they become available. Please continue to check back with us through […]
Western Canada 2020: No. 3 Owls bring the best to Kelowna! No. 1 Rebels, No. 4 Royals, No. 6 Saints joined by Alberta, Manitoba’s best
KELOWNA — Like every head coach hosting an invitational tournament, the one accepted advantage is the built-in ability to schedule as cushy a first-round opponent as is possible.
T-Wolves Classic 2020: Byrne Creek stuns No. 2 GW Graham 135-128 in 3OT Elite 8 thriller as Mabeny drops 47 points for winners
ABBOTSFORD — It was hard not to look at the final score and not have your jaw figuratively drop.
The diamond jubilee bracket! Here’s how our 75th anniversary B.C. boys all-time first-round games played out
NORTH DELTA — Our learned basketball elders have spoken.After what were surely furious debates, they have delivered the opening-round results in our BCHSBBA 75th anniversary All-Time B.C. Boys Basketball Tournament Bracket.As one member of the panel said to me: “If half the people are happy and the other half furious, then I guess we nailed […]
Quad A: Inside the diamond jubilee regionals! It’s Super Colts x 2, plus Raz-ama-Kaz, the Mikes and more
NORTH DELTA — Welcome to Quadrant A of our 75th anniversary All-Time B.C. High School Boys Basketball Tournament Bracket.
Quad B: Inside the diamond jubilee regionals! The A’s (Aldergrove, Abby, Argyle) have it, so too do the Owls and the Irish
NORTH DELTA — Welcome to Quadrant B of our 75th anniversary All-Time B.C. High School Boys Basketball Tournament Bracket.
Quad C: Inside the diamond jubilee regionals! Kudos to a Double-A dynasty, as well the Royals, Ravens, Gators and Huskies
NORTH DELTA — Welcome to Quadrant C of our 75th anniversary All-Time B.C. High School Boys Basketball Tournament Bracket.