Tyrell Vernon News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

It had been a while between victories for the Calgary Surge, but they got on the board Wednesday night with a 102-85 win over the Rattlers at WinSport.

In front of a record Canadian Elite Basketball League crowd of 12,327 at Scotiabank Saddledome, the visiting Stingers dunked the Surge 97-79.

The Surge came close to winning it all in their first year in Calgary. They went all the way to the final in the CEBL before finally bowing out to the Scarborough Shooting Stars.

Lori Ewing St. Francis Xavier University men's basketball head coach Steve Konchalski is shown in a huddle during practice in this 2019 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - StFX Athletics, Bryan Kennedy MANDATORY CREDIT March 05, 2021 - 9:52 AM The story of Steve Konchalski's career is written in the photos that paper the walls of his office at St. Francis Xavier University. There are more than 250, of all the teams coached and lives touched in Antigonish, N.S., including three national championship squads and photos that are more than four decades old. "Looking ...

  HALIFAX -- The man known in Canadian basketball circles as ‘Coach K’ is prepared to hang up the clipboard for the last time. After 46-years of guiding the St. Francis Xavier University X-Men basketball team, Steve Konchalski’s time behind the bench is coming to an end. His final season has not gone according to plan, with the pandemic just one of several personal tragedies that Coach K has faced in the past year, but he handles it with grace and perspective. Konchalski fell in love with basketball as a child, growing up in Elmhurt, New York. He came to Nova Scotia as a skinny 1...