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Jammers Scuttle Butt Jibber Jabber and Zonan the Barbarian were tough to stop, but then Scarie Antoinette, the Wife of Wrath and Hudson Smack were no slouches, either.

For a nation defined by winter, medals in the Summer Olympics are hard-won. The national rowing team — based at Elk Lake in Saanich and Lake Fanshawe near London, Ont. — has been among the most reliable go-to podium summer sports teams for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

Bob Heyes’s goal for his Victoria Shamrocks heading into the weekend was straightforward — win both outings to secure Western Lacrosse Association seasonal series victories over the Coquitlam Adanacs and Maple Ridge Burrards, giving them any tie-brea

The summer night was nearly flawless. So was Victoria HarbourCats pitcher Ty Provencher, as he put his own spin on the adage about how the last will be first.

Rob Nesovic, the Victoria HarbourCats starter Friday night, describes himself as a utility player who just happens to also pitch.

The Victoria Highlanders marked the map with a victory on Friday night, downing the North Sound SeaWolves 2-0 in Edmonds, Wash., in the first of six straight road games.

When the ballpark lights went out on the Traveller’s Inn men’s fastpitch team in 2004, elite players were left in the dark.

The man known simply as Vino (or @Vno48 to Twitter followers) had Victoria Shamrocks fans toasting his arrival.

Own The Podium, the federal sport funding agency, doesn’t seem to believe Canadian field hockey is capable of even leasing the podium at Rio 2016.

Matt Flindell is just getting over concussion-like symptoms, but his mind is still as sharp as the tacks that hold up the Victoria Shamrocks roster in the team’s coaching office at Bear Mountain Arena.