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This week marks the exact equidistance between the 2018 Pyeongchang and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Cassie Sharpe of Comox showed she is indeed sharp at the midway point between Winter Games.

Pacific FC is hailing the acquisition of striker Alejandro Diaz as the club’s biggest signing of the off-season. Maybe even of the entire Canadian Premier League.

It took a few games, but Liam Souliere is now showing why he was named goaltender of the year in the Central sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League last season and is headed next fall to the NCAA with the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Thin Lizzy’s The Boys Are Back In Town played on the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre PA in the pre-game Friday, which was appropriate. The Victoria Royals returned to the Memorial Centre for the first time since Jan.

Wheeling and dealing was a big part of the equation for the Victoria Shamrocks in the 2020 Western Lacrosse Association draft held Thursday. The defending league champion Shamrocks selected seventh and last.

Injuries are relative in that their impact depends on when they happen. They become more acute for team prospects the later in the season they occur.

It’s a homecoming tonight and Saturday for the Victoria Royals following their tire-bursting, once-every-two-seasons 5,500-kilometre road trip through the East Division of the Western Hockey League.

Marty Westhaver is a rare breed nowadays. Nearing the end of his fourth full season with the Victoria Grizzlies, he’s by far the longest-serving member of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League club.

If the Vancouver Island Seals need any female sports role models, they don’t have to look too far. This is a notable week for Canadian women’s sport, especially at the international level.

The next bash is always tougher to live up to when you were voted the host with the most last time. But Victoria organizers say they will try to top themselves.