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Jackson Tonsi practices up to four hours a day and averages 43 points-per-game for the Single-A Nanaimo Christian Trail Blazers, who open play Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre as the B.C. high school championships get underway. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of Varsity Letters 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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B.C.’s ‘The Best Player You’ve Never Heard Of’: Nanaimo Christian’s Jackson Tonsi is a Grade 10 with an indefatigable work ethic and a 43-point scoring average!

March 8, 2022Howard TsumuraComment(0)

LANGLEY — Prior to this season, the only high school basketball experience Jackson Tonsi could put on his resume was as an eighth grader playing with the junior varsity on his Single-A tier Vancouver Island high school team.Factor in the additional anonymity factor brought on by the cancelled 2020-21 pandemic season, and perhaps it’s no […]

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