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| With a Northwest banner i hand, Tthe Charles Hays Junior Boys Rainmakers are now in Langley as they prepare for the start of the Provincials on Saturday (photo from CHSS twitter) |
The month long festival of high school basketball in British Columbia gets underway Saturday, with the Charles Hays Junior Boys team ready for the tip off in the BC Junior Invitational Tournament.
The Four Day event running from February 23rd through to February 26th and features teams from across the province taking to the courts at the Langley Events Centre.
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| The path to a Provincial banner in Langley (click to enlarge) |
The Rainmakers booked their ticket to the Finals earlier this month when they claimed the Zones Championship held in Smithers, charting their course then for Langley and a chance to bring a Provincial banner to the Charles Hays Gymnasium.
The Rainmakers make their tournament debut Saturday afternoon when they take on J L Jackson of Salmon Arm with a 1 PM tip off.
Coach Kevin Sawka's team heads into the provincials after spending much of the last half of the regular high school basketball season in the Top Ten Listings province-wide.
They however won't be an unknown squad as they take to the court, having made a journey to the south in January for the North Shore Invitational.
Their appearance in Langley this year comes after last year's weather woes forced the team to miss the Provincials after some extreme weather affected their travel arrangements. A note on the CHSS Twitter feed notes that the team had successfully navigated their way to Langley on Thursday.
The tournament favourite is the Burnaby South Rebels ranked as the number seed for the 50th edition of the Junior Tournament
Fans of the Junior squad can follow the action through a pay per view streamcast offered by TFSE, the Pay per view service features a single day pass of $8.50 and a full event pass for $24.00.
You can register for the Pay per view here, the schedule of games can be found here.
The BC Junior Junior Boys Provincial Basketball tournament website can be found here, it features a range of background features on the tournament activities. Included in the information stream is a link to the rosters for all participating teams
As the Rainmakers work their way through the Tournament we'll track their travels from our Junior Tournament Archive page here.
As well, the Varsity Letters blog hosted by Howard Tsumura will be in Langley for the entire tournament with updates on the Junior tourney as well as the Provincials for the Girls Division of BC High School Sports.
For updates on the Tournament follow the Jr Boys Tournament twitter feed, as well as the CHSS Rainmakers twitter feed.
For more items of interest about Rainmaker Sports see our archive page here.
To view the most recent blog posting of the day, click here.
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