91原创 teams will be battling some of the best in B.C. and beyond at the (TBI) tournament that got underway Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 91原创 Events Centre.

Brookswood Bobcats and Walnut Grove Gators are playing in the Super 16 field for the boys鈥� bracket, while the TBI Girls鈥� Super 16 bracket will see Brookswood Bobcats and 91原创 Christian Lightning on the courts, and a second Select 16 bracket will include the Walnut Grove Gators.

Last year, 91原创 Christian Lightning Lightning captured the Draw 3 (Regional) championship in the two 8-team brackets.

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Gators took silver in the 2022 Girls Tsumura Basketball Invitational and Kiera Pemberton was named Most Valuable Player.

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This year, the event will have a slightly different look.

After expanding to 64 teams in 2022 for both the Boys and Girls Tournaments 鈥� featuring one 16-team bracket and two 8-team brackets for each, this year鈥檚 event has two 16-team brackets: the Super 16 and the Select 16 for each Tournament.

Also new this year will be the inclusion of two out-of-province teams in the boys鈥� field with the addition of California鈥檚 Santa Margarita Eagles and Calgary鈥檚 St. Mary鈥檚 Saints.

The boys鈥� teams are on the court December 6 to 9 while the girls play their games the following week, December 13 to 16.

鈥淎s we now move well into our second decade of the TBI, I ask the student-athletes, their parents, the coaches and all of our fans to drink up the incredible atmosphere that you alone produce through your presence over our two weeks of annual competition,鈥� said Tournament namesake Howard Tsumura.

鈥淲e will feature (some of) the most accomplished teams in B.C., all learning those all-important early-season lessons on how best to play to their greatest strengths as a team, and I salute the efforts of all our teams taking those first big steps towards the grand possibility of a return trip in February and March of 2024 to this very same facility.鈥�

Among the 32 boys鈥� teams are the top nine in the BC School Sports 3A pre-season rankings, as well as four of the top 10 teams in the 4A rankings and two of the top 10 teams in the 2A polls.

Among the 32 girls鈥� teams, both the 2A and 4A defending champions will be taking the court at LEC.

All TBI games are free to attend. For those unable to make it out to LEC, game can be streamed free of charge at .

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