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Consider it a glimpse into the future. Dylan Garand won the battle of the crease heir apparents Wednesday as the Kamloops Blazers edged the Victoria Royals 3-2 in WHL action before 3,715 fans at the Sandman Centre.

A lot has changed since the late Rick Lapointe joined home-Island players and future NHLers such as Mel Bridgman, Al Hill and Lorry Gloeckner on the Victoria Cougars teams of the mid-1970s in the Western Hockey League.

There is little doubt the fortunes of both the Victoria Royals and Kamloops Blazers rest on their respective 20-year-old veteran goaltenders.

Steve Nash and Rowan Barrett were madly text messaging back and forth Monday night as they followed sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s 94-67 Americas qualifying victory over Brazil in Sao Paulo that clinched a berth to the 2019 FIBA World Cup next summer in China.

Reid Adams of the Reynolds Roadrunners is busy sorting through U Sports offers to play next season at UVic, UBC or UNBC.

The enigmatic Victoria Grizzlies followed up a 10-6 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League victory at home over the Coquitlam Express with a 6-1 loss Sunday afternoon against the West Kelowna Warriors at The Q Centre.

The Mount Douglas Rams define what anybody would consider a dynasty in this era in sports. The Rams won their fifth sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ high school Triple-A football championship in eight years over the weekend in the Subway Bowl at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Place.

The Prince George Cougars snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Victoria Royals on Sunday afternoon at the CN Centre in northern sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

A heavily Eastern-tinged Canadian roster is headed to The Q Centre next week for the national selection camp to the 2019 IIHF world junior championship tournament. Of the 34 players named Monday, only seven are from the Western Hockey League.

Canadian basketball and soccer players say the toughest thing for any Canuck national team is to play qualifiers in Latin America. Playing host India in field hockey is no stroll through a rose garden, either.