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The Liam Souliere Show continued its boffo run for the Victoria Grizzlies.

Forget March. It’s February Madness in Canadian basketball. But whatever side of the border you’re on, it’s always Game 7 in university playoff hoops.

National team head coach John Herdman says the Canadian Premier League is crucial to the future of Canadian soccer, but he wants to see it get younger.

KAMLOOPS 5 VICTORIA 3 The Kamloops Blazers have become the first team in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Division, and fourth in the Western Hockey League, to clinch a playoff berth.

COWICHAN VALLEY 3 VICTORIA 2 Cole Broadhurst’s goal with three minutes and 12 seconds remaining in the third period gave the Cowichan Valley Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Victoria Grizzlies in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League action Saturday night in Duncan.

After missing the first four months of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League season, Liam Souliere isn’t back to 100 per cent yet. You’d never know it. The 20-year-old from Blainville, Que.

The Vancouver Giants defeated the Victoria Royals 5-2 in WHL action Friday in Langley. Carson Miller gave Victoria the lead in the first period. Vancouver took the lead in the second through Tristen Nielsen and two by Justin Sourdif.

The men’s national soccer team is hoping Westhills Stadium can help lift it to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Here is something not many Western Hockey League pundits thought they would be saying in mid-February: The Victoria Royals have a shot at winning the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Division.

March Madness comes a month early in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. But the method is still the same as in university playoff basketball south of the border. It’s one-game, single-loss elimination as the Regina Cougars play the University of Victoria Vikes at 6 p.m.