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If Austin Madronic of Victoria appears to have it all in body and mind, it’s because he does.

The Western Lacrosse Association general managers, armed only with scouting reports from two years ago in 2019, will select today in the 2021 draft. The graduating juniors, of course, had their 2020 seasons wiped out by the pandemic.

Sports administers have been earning their keep over the past year as they metaphorically dribble, stick handle, run, swim or cycle through the pandemic while most of their athletes’ competitions have been idled.

Jack Gorton said it was a family decision, made with dad Jeff and mom Cindi, to go to the other continental coast to join the Victoria Grizzlies of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League in September.

Island players on U.S. Division teams in the Western Hockey League will have to cross the border and quarantine in order to play, but the hurdles will be worth it. The U.S.

Being overlooked in the draft turned out to be only a minor inconvenience for Duncan-born and Nanaimo-raised Dylan Coghlan, as he made his NHL debut for the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Friday night.

Dr. Bonnie Henry offered a ray of hope on Friday in an otherwise bleak sporting winter. A guardedly optimistic Henry, the provincial health officer, said sport could reopen in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ in some fashion by the end of the month.

The Langford-based Canadian women’s rugby sevens team has been rocked by a coaching change ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Rugby sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ said it has received a complaint and has engaged an independent investigator to address the matter.

Women’s hockey has gone from a once-every-four-years thing at the Winter Olympics, culminating in a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½-U.S. final, to more of a regular feature on the sporting calendar.

Vancouver Island is better known for producing Summer Olympians and Paralympians, the latest group of nearly 75 which is preparing for the delayed Tokyo Olympics this year.