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Lower Mainland boys AAA draw complete, but zone’s future has some big hurdles...
The most contentious high school basketball playoff draw in provincial history is now on paper and ready to tip off Thursday. Yet there is no question that hard feelings are sure to be left lingering...
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Palmer’s Coach Ebe doubles size of coaching portfolio with new gig as Langara...
Paul Eberhardt is ready to do double duty again when 2012-13 basketball season opens in the fall. The indefatigable Vancouver native, doubled the size of his coaching portfolio last week when he...
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Langara Falcons start a perfect 8-0, lead PACWEST table, own CCAA’s No. 1...
VANCOUVER — When training camp opened in September for another men’s basketball season at Vancouver’s Langara College, the group of Falcons who had shown up for their first sessions with the new head...
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VIU a double winner at PACWEST’s BC hoop tourney, Langara men loom large
VICTORIA — The seeds held, and the matchups are set for Saturday’s provincial finals at the PACWEST’s provincial men’s and women’s basketball championships. Langara will meet Vancouver Island in the...
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UNI hoops notes 3.16.13: Clan roll at NCCAs; VIU, Langara men gold-bronze...
BELLINGHAM — The Simon Fraser Clan, getting its first chance to make a racket in the NCAA Div. 2 national women’s basketball championship bracket, is making itself heard. Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe was near...
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Langara’s Brody Greig a point guard in season, Falcon averaging near...
VANCOUVER — This is not a story about Metta World Peace. But it is the story about a guy the New York Knicks star couldn’t help but notice two summers ago during a friendly pick-up game in Richmond, a...
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Langara men, VIU women each come off record seasons, head in as PACWEST...
VANCOUVER — Two of the most dominant teams in conference history will be the ones to beat when the PACWEST men’s and women’s basketball championships open a three-day run Thursday at New Westminster’s...
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March Madness 2014: Extra tier for senior boys basketball means more teams in...
SURREY — No one can predict if we’re in store for the best series of B.C. senior boys basketball championship games ever when two straight weeks of provincial tournaments in four different tiers tips...
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Flight of Langara’s Falcons filled with danger, but ‘don’t give up’ mantra...
They began the season as a team whose theme was getting a second chance to achieve its dream. “So the first thing we did was we showed them Jimmy V’s speech from the ESPY’s,” Langara College Falcons...
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Province Sports Radio: Provincial Champion High School Hoop-up with Howard...
That’s a wrap! It was a glorious, thrilling finish to the boys’ high school basketball season on Saturday at the Langley Events Centre, as both the Triple-A and Quad-A finals were games for the ages....
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HOC Re-Visited: Carleton career has been a clean sweep for Fighting Irish...
Four years ago, when a talented young basketball player named Philip Scrubb stepped in front of the bright lights here at The Province to have his picture taken as part of our 2010 Head of the Class...
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HOC Re-Visited: From Irish’s near misses, to Carleton dynasty, Philip...
(Note — This story first published May 13, 2014) Four years ago, when a talented young basketball player named Philip Scrubb stepped in front of the bright lights here at The Province to have his...
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PODCAST: Varsity Letters 11.24.14 with Mission football, UFV sports and...
Here is the link to today’s episode of Varsity Letters, Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to high school and university sports. Our guests today: 1. Mission Roadrunners senior varsity football...
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Magic moments aplenty, 2015 B.C. championships a sure sign of traditions set...
LANGLEY — Pressed for my most enduring memory of the recently-completed 2015 Telus B.C. High School Boys Basketball Association provincial championship tournament, I offer this scene, which took place...
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Sutherland rugby: First boys varsity team in 25 years borne from novice...
Brad Thornhill had one of those moments of clarity a few weeks ago as he walked past the rows of the lockers at North Vancouver’s Sutherland Secondary School. “We had just gotten our rugby jackets and...
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Clan GNAC openers: SFU swept but unranked women push No. 2 Anchorage to the...
BURNABY — The sobering news its senior forward Meg Wilson had been lost for the season with a leg injury, compounded by the fact that the No 2-ranked team in NCAA Div. 2 women’s basketball was first on...
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For Burnaby’s Deer Lake Falcons, no religious compromises necessary on road...
RICHMOND — When the ball was tipped off at 1 p.m. Friday afternoon on the main court at the Richmond Olympic Oval, the crowd count took mere seconds. Official attendance for one of the most anonymous...
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Draw seeding procedure sure to be a hot topic as BC high school hoop coaches...
(Note — this is an extended version of a story which ran in March 11 print editions of The Province) LANGLEY — When B.C. high school boys basketball coaches meet on Saturday morning ahead of the day’s...
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2016 champ Kelowna Owls: OK, so just how good are they in the history of...
LANGLEY — So dominant were the Kelowna Owls senior boys basketball team this season, that on their way to making history Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre, they also invited questions...
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Hill’s coaching style created friction, defections and yet another re-start...
BURNABY — Burnaby Mountain has never shown any signs of volcanic life, yet the pressurized environment within the Simon Fraser University men’s basketball program which resides atop its peak was hot...
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Kelowna, Walnut, Tammy, Steveston-London all headline at 2016 Tsumura...
LANGLEY — Three years ago, the B.C. High School Boys Basketball Association decided to play all four of its provincial championship tournments, from single-A through quad-A, over a four-day span at the...
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