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The Powell River Kings knew if they wanted any chance of winning the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League’s Island Division title, they needed to sweep the two weekend games against the visiting Victoria Grizzlies.

The University of Victoria Vikes were beaten 82-66 by the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West men’s basketball action Saturday night in southern Alberta.

When a ski hill is in your backyard, you use it.

The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League boasts an alumni list that should be the envy of any Junior B league anywhere.

With its dorms and dining room adjacent to fields, a lake and ice rink, Shawnigan Lake School has proved a reliable training camp venue over the years for Rugby sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, Rowing sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and Vancouver Canucks’ rookies and prospects.

The Canadian men’s pursuit cycling team, with Jay Lamoureux of Victoria, again showed why it is expected to contend at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

For the third game in a row, the Victoria Royals worked hard against an elite Western Hockey League team with nothing to show for it.

A long travel day thanks to a broken-down bus and wind-delayed ferry left the Victoria Grizzlies vulnerable when the puck dropped at Hap Parker Arena in Powell River, and the Kings took full advantage.

When Kenny Johnson first walked into the Victoria Grizzlies dressing room in Langley last Friday night, meeting his new teammates for the first time since coming over from the Penticton Vees, he knew he had found a home. A winning home.

The against-type slang nickname for Lethbridge, Alta., is L.A., although nobody is going to mistake the Pronghorns for the Lakers, and least of all palm trees with icicles.