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It’s not even March yet, but the madness has begun. The Belmont Bulldogs assured they will get to play next month by not being denied a second time.

The Nanaimo District Islanders and Royal Bay Ravens will need to bust more than a few brackets to make an impact in the 2019 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ girls’ Triple-A high school basketball championship, which begins today in the Langley Events Centre.

Nolan Wirth still remembers when he told his dad, defender Kelly Wirth who still plays masters soccer with Comox, that he wanted to be a goalkeeper.

Victoria Grizzlies forward Alex Newhook, projected for the first round of the 2019 NHL draft, was named Vern Dye Memorial Award winner Tuesday as sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League most valuable player.

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A whopping 31 points separated the Victoria Grizzlies atop the Island Division and the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in fourth place during the 2018-19 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League regular season.

It’s one thing for an athlete to get a wake-up call from coaches. It’s quite another when it comes from his mother. “She told me I don’t look like the old Phillip . . .

The greatest regular season by a Victoria Grizzlies forward since Jamie Benn and Tyler Bozak comes to a close Sunday at the Q Centre.

VICTORIA 5 (SO) VANCOUVER 4 The Victoria Royals were pretty in pink for the team’s annual fundraiser for breast cancer, which drew a sellout crowd of 7,006 to Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Saturday.

The Claremont Spartans defeated the Dover Bay Dolphins 73-47 to claim third place Saturday night in the 69th Vancouver Island boys’ Quad-A high school basketball championships at Oak Bay High School Gymnasium.