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Nate Hirayama is at the Dubai Sevens this week in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.

Age has its privileges. But Brayden Schuurman is certainly not intimidated by older players.

It was another Battle of the Strait, in the Okanagan of all places, in the anomalous 2021 Western Hockey League sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Division season.

Max Bulawka scored with 25 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Cowichan Valley Capitals a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Victoria Grizzlies on Wednesday night in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Victoria Royals head coach and GM Dan Price summed it up: “That was a long time in coming — nearly 13 months.

The Victoria Royals will be looking to go the distance after having squandered third-period leads, thanks to late penalties against, in their last two games.

Anna Wu’s dream was to meet Tiger Woods at Augusta. With Woods sidelined, she didn’t get a chance to do that. But that didn’t stop the pint-size Royal Colwood golfer from receiving some jumbo-size praise from other big-time players Sunday in Georgia.

Quinten Richardson became the latest in a line of Island-associated rowers to win the fabled Boat Race — but in a different locale than the usual.

A fabled British sporting tradition is also an Island one, thanks to this area’s strong association with rowing. There is guaranteed to be a winner from the Island today in the 166th Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge (7:30 a.m. on TSN 2).

The guy can certainly find the net. Ellis Rickwood showed why NHL teams are interested in him for the 2021 draft and why he has so many U.S. collegiate NCAA teams courting him. The Victoria Grizzlies forward scored five goals in two games as the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½