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Tag: john dumont

Holy Cross' Uyi Ologhola (right) drives on Vancouver College's Jack Cruz-Dumont during 2017 B.C. championships. On Sept. 1, Cruz-Dumont's family will present the third annual John Dumont Classic as a fund-raiser for Ologhola following the recent passing of his mother Edna to cancer. (File photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics)
Feature High School Boys Basketball

John Dumont Classic: Tourney’s third edition pays it forward by helping lift the heavy heart of Surrey hoops star

August 24, 2018Howard TsumuraComment(0)

BURNABY — When Jack Dumont thinks about the past two years, the rising UBC Thunderbirds freshman can’t help but reflect on the help and support which was extended to himself, his mom Trixie and his younger brothers Hunter and Cole through the outstretched arms of B.C.’s tight-knit basketball community.

Vancouver College Fighting Irish senior guard Jack Cruz-Dumont wants to carve his own path as he follows his late father's footsteps to a spot with the UBC Thunderbirds. (Photo by Wilson Wong property of UBC athletics)
Feature High School Boys Basketball University Men's Basketball

Jack Cruz-Dumont: Like his father before him, UBC basketball inks a kid who bleeds blue-and-gold

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — It’s easy to say that the UBC Thunderbirds have a better men’s basketball program today because of their latest recruit, a kid teeming with skills and upside.

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