BURNABY — They finished the regular season with just seven players, three of whom were freshmen and two of whom were sophomores. From the opening tip, they knew they weren’t going to be holding a Seniors Night because they didn’t have any.
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SFU’s Tayla Jackson: On coming home, on coming full circle and understanding the influence of Clan student-athletes
BURNABY — Hang around in the stands at Simon Fraser’s West Gym after a women’s basketball game, and the first thing you’ll notice are the scores of elementary school-aged girls, all lined up with team posters and felt-tipped pens, waiting to collect the autographs of their favourite Clan players.
Hoop script gets last-minute re-write at SFU, rookie talent Jones, Sands much more than Clan extras
BURNABY — Looking for the clearest way to illustrate just how young and how numbers-challenged the Simon Fraser Clan women’s basketball team is this season? How about the fact that when it came time for head coach Bruce Langford to pair each of his younger players with a so-called mentor player, one of the duos consisted […]
Jenna Dick: Brookswood’s rookie PG goes the distance
LANGLEY — It’s late fourth quarter, his team is down by nine points to the arch-rival Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers,