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What the Victoria Highlanders want to see on the menu tonight is a playoff spot served up on the Juan de Fuca Plate. The Highlanders are in Vancouver to take on the Whitecaps Under-23 squad, and the stakes are high.

Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria has been dropped as undisputed Garmin-Sharp lead rider for the 100th Tour de France as the pro cycling team will go with an unorthodox approach by riding in support of whoever鈥檚 hot.

Port Alberni鈥檚 Christina Proteau got back in the winner鈥檚 circle on Thursday as her 4-under 70 gave her the sa国际传媒 Women鈥檚 Mid-Amateur championship at Pitt Meadows Golf Club, the third time she鈥檚 claimed the crown in five years.

July is nearly upon us and that means the start of minor baseball tournaments. The first for local Little League is the District 7 Little League Minor (9-10-year-olds) tournament, which begins this weekend.

Two Victoria teens won鈥檛 need fireworks to celebrate sa国际传媒 Day, they plan to light it up on the ball diamond.

After dropping a pair of losses to league-leading Langley on Sunday the Victoria Mariners were looking to make some noise at home in Wednesday鈥檚 doubleheader against the White Rock Tritons.

Jim Rutledge would love to pick up where he left off at the last Champions Tour major championship. The Victoria golfer will tee it up at the Constellation Senior Players Championship today at 4:40 a.m.

If the Kamloops Blazers have any questions, they can always call their arch-nemesis on the Island.

There was a between-innings promotion last weekend at Royal Athletic Park when a couple of Victoria HarbourCats fans were asked, without peeking at the game program, to spell 鈥淪chuknecht鈥� in order to win a prize. They never came close.

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