The Victoria Cougars have signed one of the top young defencemen in sa国际传媒
The defending Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League champions have a commitment from Dysin Mayo, a third-round Western Hockey League bantam draft pick in 2011 by the Edmonton Oil Kings. Mayo spent the past two seasons playing for the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy in Kelowna. He will attend the Oil Kings rookie camp, but if he doesn't crack the roster of the defending WHL champs, Cougars head coach Mark Van Helvoirt says Mayo will suit up for Victoria.
The 6-foot, 170-pound Mayo was recently in Kamloops for the Team Pacific tryouts. Team Pacific will compete in the 2012 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Dec. 28-Jan. 4 in Quebec. The Team Pacific final roster will be announced in November.
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Veteran pro Gordy Scutt was the lone golfer to shoot in the 60s last weekend at the Vancouver Island Professional Tour's Island Bakery Gorge Vale Open, and it helped him claim the overall title.
Scutt, of Olympic View, fired rounds of 67 and 71 to claim a five-shot win over Edd Boudreau. Cordova Bay's Axle Riley, Steve MacPherson and Kevin Maxwell tied for third with 150 totals.
The third-place finish allowed Riley to hang on to the lead in the Order of Merit standings. He has a narrow lead over Boudreau and Highland Pacific's Rob Cruise.
Next up on the Island pro tour is a stop at Cordova Bay on Tuesday.
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On Sunday things will heat up near Western Speedway as the Westshore Motocross Park hosts its annual team races.
Riders from ages 4 and up race in teams of five for cash prizes. Action runs from 10: 30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, got to westshoremx.com.
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Mason Kereszti of Lamrbick Park showed why he's one of sa国际传媒's bright young talents in track and field last weekend at the Canadian junior championships in Winnipeg.
Kereszti, who competes for Pacific Athletics, won the gold medal in the javelin thanks to a throw of 62.93 metres.
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The University of Victoria Vikes women's soccer team, hosts of this year's CIS national championship tournament, have added six new recruits.
Sarah Douglas, Sarah Lefebvre, Nikki Turner and Sam Lee, all of Victoria, Allie Wiebe of Ladner and Erika Groten of Calgary will all be sporting blue and gold this fall.
Douglas, a midfielder, played this summer for the Highlanders Super-20 team and won the 2011 provincial single-A high school title with Glenlyon Norfolk School. Defenders Turners and Lee, and striker Lefebvre were teammates on the Victoria Capitals metro team which won the league title in 2011. Turner and Lee also helped Claremont Secondary win the 2010 tripleA provincial soccer title.
Wiebe is a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps women's prospects team, while Groten, a defender, captained her Saint Francis High School team.
