Doing his best to slow Semiahmoo forward Jack Snead (left) is St. Patrick's Riley Santa Juana during fifth-place game action at the Kodiak Classic Invitational hosted 11.30.24 by Heritage Woods Secondary School in Port Moody. (Photo by Howard Tsumura exclusive property of VarsityLetters.ca 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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Ahead of its Tsumura Basketball opener Wednesday at LEC, Triple-A No. 2 St. Pat’s puts its three-point DNA on display during fifth-place finish at Kodiak Classic!

PORT MOODY — The proliferation of, and reliance on the three-point shot is certainly the grand separator when today’s game is contrasted against a generation past.And yes, we get it, that’s no news flash.Yet while so much has changed from even those turn-of-the-century days when the NBA still called this city home, there are still […]

Semiahmoo point guard Torian Lee is guarded by Oak Bay's Thomas Beames during play at the Terry Fox Legal Beagle Invitational Jan. 7 in Port Coquitlam. (Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2022 All Rights Reserved)
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Legal Beagle 2023: No. 1 Semiahmoo flourishes with “team to beat” target! Thunderbirds top No. 6 Oak Bay in tourney final, while No. 4 Kelowna Owls top host Terry Fox Ravens for third

PORT COQUITLAM — Marcus Flores will admit that nothing can ever fully replicate the feeling of stepping out in front of a screaming, sold-out crowd to play for a provincial championship title at the home of B.C. high school basketball, otherwise known as the Langley Events Centre.That’s just what the 6-foot-7 senior forward/centre and the […]

In a convergence of big men, Semiahmoo's Cole Bekkering draws both Yabi Aklog and Jacob Cofie into the paint during exhibition clash Friday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Ryan Molag property Langley Events Centre-TFSE 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: Here’s what Semiahmoo vs. Eastside Catholic taught us all about B.C. vs. U.S. high school hoops! It’s why we can say that we’ve got a shooter’s chance!

LANGLEY — Just checking in with you all today with the latest update from the ‘Just how good is B.C. boys high school basketball compared to our neighbours from the south in Washington’ department.Reporting straight from the scene this weekend at the Langley Events Centre, your trusty agent can inform you with confidence: Our best […]

Staying within himself and making his final high school game his greatest, Burnaby South's Karan Aujla (right) made Marcus Floares and the Semiahmoo Thunderbirds think twice about everything they did during the B.C. Quad-A senior boys basketball championship final Saturday at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Blair Shier property of Vancouver Sports Pictures 2022. All Rights Reserved)
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A Sunday Read: A pivot’s night of perfection! As Karan Aujla defies odds to play a perfect game, Burnaby South joins B.C.’s ultra-elite after 4A title win over Semiahmoo!

LANGLEY — Scour the basketball world and we’re pretty sure you’ll be able to find the analytical formulas which attempt to best define excellence on the court.Yet if you happened to be among the 6,000-plus delirious fans who set a new single-event attendance record late Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre for the B.C. […]