Tag: Jake Mouritzen

G.W. Graham's Brody Janzen (left) and Braeden Macdonald (right), pictured while defending Byrne Creek's McArthur Hilton during the 2021 TBI at the Langley Events Centre last December, returned to their favourite court Thursday and topped Robert Bateman in the East Valley semifinals. The win qualified the 2020 B.C. Triple A champions for the 2022 Big Dance beginning March 9. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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The Grizz find their growl! After a soul-crushing January, Chilliwack’s defending B.C. Triple-A champs find a way to punch their golden tickets to Big Dance ’22!

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LANGLEY — It’s never easy to punch your tickets to the Big Dance, and no one could relate to that any better than the head coach of the defending B.C. Triple A basketball champions from Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Secondary.“All we wanted to do was to get back to the B.C.’s so we could get a […]

G.W. Graham head coach Jake Mourtizen finds his wife Sarah, the school's head girls basketball coach, for a post-game embrace after his team's win over the Duchess Park Condors. (Photo by Paul Yates property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2020. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: As G.W. Graham Grizzlies win first B.C. title, its emotional coach Jake Mouritzen admits: “…I still don’t really understand what’s happening”

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LANGLEY — This is a story about reaching that moment in life where everything and everyone you love the most has come together with such dreamlike precision that no matter how hard you train your focus, all the edges remain a blur.“I can’t explain it,” Jake Mouritzen says with elated exhaustion in a voice so […]