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I·SPARC partners with BC Basketball Festival

The Fraser Valley Bandits announced a partnership with the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council (I·SPARC). They have also partnered with Canada Basketball and Basketball BC to launch the inaugural BC Basketball Festival, a youth and adult basketball event that will take place this summer between June 13 to June 19 at Langley Events Centre (LEC). The festival will feature a variety of activities for athletes, fans and teams to enjoy, including multiple divisions of boys and girls, as [...]

By |2022-04-27T21:39:55-07:00April 27th, 2022|Comments Off on I·SPARC partners with BC Basketball Festival

Team BC basketball players win Provincial High School titles

Team BC 16U team member Lakresha Edwards (left) won the girls AAA championships with the Abbotsford Panthers. While 19U Team BC development squad members Lagi Vaa, Tiana Sacco and Jewel Leeson won the AA girls championships with the Britannia Bruins. Team BC basketball players win Provincial High School titles Team BC 19U development squad players Kai Leighton and Kaden Pagens helped the Charles Haynes Rainmakers win the BC High School Sports AA Basketball Championships. Congratulations go out to [...]

By |2022-06-01T01:44:28-07:00March 25th, 2020|0 Comments

Video: Basketball truly a family-affair for Lafontaines

By Kristi Patton Team BC Communications Coordinator Basketball truly is a family affair for Team BC's Lafontaine family. Coaches, referees and players - Team BC's Lafontaine family has it all. The Métis family, from Kelowna, B.C., have a long history with the Team BC program where they chase their dreams and give back to the game of basketball. Kaitlyn Lafontaine Hait, an alum of the Vancouver Island University Mariners varsity basketball program and the oldest of the four [...]

By |2022-06-01T01:44:28-07:00February 26th, 2020|0 Comments

Team BC 14U male basketball team will have a big presence on the court

14U male basketball tryouts in Richmond, November 2019. Team BC 14U male team will have a big presence on the court When it comes to basketball height matters and fortunately for the Team BC 14U male team, that will compete at the Halifax 2020 North American Indigenous Games, they have it.  “I have three traditional point guards and many players six feet or taller and all are pretty good ball handlers, which is impressive,” said head coach Kenneth [...]

By |2022-06-01T01:44:28-07:00January 23rd, 2020|0 Comments

16U female basketball players the right ‘fit’ for Team BC  

16U female basketball players the right ‘fit’ for Team BC   Nothing has been more difficult in Terry Monture’s coaching career than narrowing down the roster for the 16U female basketball team that will represent B.C. at the Halifax 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in July.  “I have been coaching for 47 years and that was a tough, tough weekend,” said Monture, referring to the recent BC Indigenous Provincial Basketball Camp  for basketball, held at the Richmond Olympic Oval, where [...]

By |2022-06-01T01:44:29-07:00December 4th, 2019|0 Comments
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