LANGLEY — Sometimes, you can’t help but think Darko Kulic is a genius.Quirky, unconventional and unapologetic are three other ways to describe the persona of the King George Dragons head coach, a guy who loves his players and truly uses the game of hoops to teach them about life.It’s all true.He won’t deny it.But about […]
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A Sunday Read: For Dover Bay’s TBI Super 16 champ Dolphins, why an honorary assist to Taylor Swift and a ‘no-cell phone’ policy symbolize a truly holistic hoops weekend!
LANGLEY — When the Dover Bay Dolphins senior boys basketball team prints up its final 2024-25 season statistics this March, they may want to add one new name to the box score even though she never played for the team.The name?Taylor Swift.The stat?One assist.Even though the pop icon had the nerve to no-show for the […]
TBI 2024 Super 16 Semis: So just how did underdog St. Thomas More upset Vancouver College? Here’s the empowering details!
LANGLEY — The St. Thomas More Knights of 2024-25 first gained their notiriety in the B.C. high school basketball world by winning the junior provincial title in 2023 as the No. 11 seed in the massive event’s 32-team bracket.As that tournament’s history will tell you, it’s not always a translateable guarantee of success at the […]
TBI 2024 Super 16 Semis: Hey, Joe it’s time to score! Dover Bay’s G10 Linder wins grand battle with St Pats’ Santa Juana!
LANGLEY — On a team filled with talent, being able to find the right player with that true point guard mentality is never a guaranteed thing.Go ahead, try to find that selfless playmaker you can trust to put the team’s overall well-being above any pursuit of individualism.But, in those times when schematics change and situations […]
FINAL: Day 3 TBI 2024 Select 16 Final Four Friday Game Reports! Collingwood to face King George in final!
LANGLEY — We’ve gone final on Final Four Friday here at the 2024 Tsumura Basketball Invitational.The Collingwood Cavaliers and King George Dragons are set to do battle at 3 p.m. in a Sea-to-Sky conference final for the Select 16 crown. Both game reports are now published below.Howard TsumuraKING GEORGE 51 BROOKSWOOD 44LANGLEY — The King George […]
TBI Boys 2024: Vancouver College comes to TBI ready to shoot the three! Inspired Irish, under head coach Shams, not weighed down by program’s lengthy B.C. title drought!
PORT MOODY — On Saturday night, just a handful of hours away from the clock striking December, the Vancouver College Fighting Irish basketball team put on a demonstration of passing, three-point shooting… and the contagious nature of shared smiles.The occasion was the third-place game of the Heritage Woods Kodiak Classic senior boys tournament, and as […]
TBI Boys 2024: Quad-A No. 2 Dover Bay, MVP Frank Linder headline Wednesday at Tsumura Basketball Invitational after topping No. 4 Oak Bay in Kodiak Classic title clash!
PORT MOODY — Funny thing how the truly great games all seem to have that one moment which goes on to serve as its handle for future reference.This past Saturday night, midway through the fourth quarter of the final game of the first week of the new B.C. senior boys high school basketball season, fans […]
TBI Girls 2024: Top to bottom, our Super 16 and Select 16 brackets combine to give the Tsumura Basketball Invitational its strongest overall field ever! The best of 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A in one place! Full draws are right here!
LANGLEY — The senior boys draws for the 2024 Tsumura Basketball Invitational was released Wednesday (Oct. 16).Today, it’s time for the release of the girls TBI draws for both the Super 16 and Select 16 events, each set to begin a four-day run Dec. 11 at the Langley Events Centre.This year, we asked for input […]
TBI 2023’s Championship Saturday: Heart of a champion still beating as B.C. 2A champ King George tops STM Knights for Select 16 title!
TBI 2023 SELECT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP FINALKING GEORGE 76 ST. THOMAS MORE 64LANGLEY — Darko Kulic admitted that he barely slept on Friday night.Curiosity got the better of the head coach of the varsity boys basketball team at Vancouver’s King George Secondary after his Dragons moved themselves into the Select 16 championship game against Burnaby’s St. […]
TBI 2023’s Final Four Friday: King George’s unflappable senior Darko Karac puts finishing touch on dramatic semifinal comeback win over Heritage Woods!
LANGLEY — Darko Karac never freezes, even on those December nights when he arrives at a basketball court with ice in his veins.That was about the only diagnosis you could deliver if you happened to watch the King George Dragons’ 6-foot-4 senior guard do his magic over the final 78 seconds of one of the […]