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With apologies to Sergio Leone, the University of Victoria Vikes men’s soccer training camp has seen it all, from the good to the bad to the ugly.

This has been Conor Morgan’s personal great leap forward.

OKANAGAN 18 WESTSHORE 18 To be continued — perhaps in the Cullen Cup sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference final in October.

The Victoria Shamrocks are returning to a familiar habitat in advancing to the Western Lacrosse Association playoff final for the sixth consecutive season.

These are heady modern days for the ancient martial art of karate, which makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo in 2020. One of the sport’s greatest practitioners is in Victoria for a demonstration this weekend.

After a few relatively cloudy campaigns — at least by their standards — the Sun appears to be shining again in the Okanagan. The Westshore Rebels will meet the Okanagan Sun, with reportedly the best 2018 recruiting class in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

In making his case in the dressing room, Victoria Shamrocks head coach Bob Heyes presented his players with Exhibit A: Last year’s Western Lacrosse Association playoff semifinal series.

It’s not the sun that has been scorching the Island the past week. It’s been Zach Bauchou. If you win a national open title in golf once, people can call it a fluke. Not if you do it twice consecutively. Then it becomes a pattern.

The Victoria HarbourCats controlled their own destiny. But destiny came crashing down on their heads Wednesday night at Wilson’s Group Stadium at Royal Athletic Park.

Mackenzie Padington, who grew up in Campbell River inspired by watching Ryan Cochrane of Victoria win two Olympic medals, continues splashing into the spotlight herself.