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Trinity Western freshman guard Shemaiah Abatayo was forced to hit the court running this season after six straight months of COVID lockdown in the Philippines kept her out of B.C. from March through August. (Photo by Mark Janzen property of Trinity Western athletics 2021. All Rights Reserved)
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Shemaiah Abatayo: As Trinity Western’s ‘rookie’ guard preps for a hopeful 2021-22 re-start, she dishes on six months of COVID-forced lockdown in the Philippines!

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021Howard TsumuraComment(1)

LANGLEY — Shemaiah Abatayo, like the rest of Canada’s hard-luck Class of 2020 university freshmen recruits, will get a second chance to make a rookie impression when U Sports basketball courts flash their figurative green lights this coming fall.Nothing could have beaten the on-court experience that a 2020-21 Canada West season would have provided Abatayo […]

Britannia's Jasleen Bahia brings passion to the basketball court and compassion to her work in the community. (Photo by Wilson Wong 2019. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday read: What makes Britannia Bruins’ senior guard Jasleen Bahia such a high school scholar-athlete-mentor extraordinaire

February 17, 2019February 17, 2019Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — On a talented basketball team she leads from the heart.

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