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After battling through late changes in coaching and on the board of directors, it’s understandable that the Westshore Rebels would come out a little in disarray in their home and league opener on Saturday night.

CORVALLIS 5 VICTORI A 1 The first perfect game in West Coast League history was a major milestone on Friday, but the Victoria HarbourCats weren’t celebrating.

Even if he never took another stroke, Ryan Cochrane’s place in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is assured. But the two-time Olympic medallist from Victoria feels something is missing.

Venturing down to Ventura, Calif., proved to be as enjoyable for the Victoria Highlanders as it was for the band America, who hit the charts with the song by the similar name with the easy, laid-back tune that the group cashed in on back in 1972.

It was a good news, bad news kind of day for Victoria’s younger Shamrocks lacrosse clubs on Saturday.

Riley Edmonds turned in a solid seven-inning pitching performance to lead the Victoria Eagles to a 1-0 victory over the Abbotsford Cardinals on Saturday night. The win propels the Eagles — just in its fourth year of existence — into today’s sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

The Victoria Junior Shamrocks have borrowed some inspiration from the Langley Thunder. Down two games in their best-of-five sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Sunny skies, a couple of hundred enthusiastic young ballplayers and a well-organized tournament is the perfect recipe for success, according to Softball sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ representative Lori Skinner.

California, here they come. For the first time in their history, the Victoria Highlanders have played their way into the Final Four Western Conference championship in the USL Premier Development League. Ventura, Calif.

Mark Black enters his third year as a quarterback with the Westshore Rebels and admits there is an entirely different feel to the 2013 season, which kicks off tonight at 7 at Westhills Stadium against arch-rivals the Vancouver Island Raiders.