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A scoreboard-objective team sport like volleyball may not have a lot in common with a judged sport such as ice dance.

The Victoria Grizzlies’ big guns came to life Wednesday night in Port Alberni, and saved their season.

It’s that time of year when Victoria Royals fans saw the whole WHL season flash in front of their eyes when Griffen Outhouse, the all-time franchise leader in victories by a goaltender, was slow in getting up after a collision in the crease Wednesday

Led by middle distance runner Tyler Smith, the University of Victoria Vikes track team has their eyes on some medals at this weekend’s U Sports national track and field championships in Windsor, Ont. Smith, a senior from Wetaskiwin, Alta.

The Victoria Grizzlies tried a new goalie and different line combinations. but the Alberni Valley Bulldogs wouldn’t budge, biting the Grizzlies in overtime again in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League playoffs.

Who is that scoring machine known as Scott Walford? The defensive-minded blueliner, with a high floating shot from the point and a screen from forward Igor Martynov, scored the winning goal Tuesday night as the Victoria Royals snapped Spokane’s five-

The Victoria HarbourCats this season will feature the first two Cuban players in West Coast League baseball history. A pair of 20-year-old pitchers, Alejandro Ortega Lopez and Adriel Quesada Peña, from the Unión de Reyes team were signed Tuesday.

Even if the Oak Bay High edifice still has that new-building smell, the place reeks of history. The boys’ basketball team practises and plays on gym floors named after iconic Oak Bay coaches Gary Taylor and Don Horwood.

The Victoria Cougars and Campbell River Storm have been the franchises that ate up the Vancouver Island Hockey League in recent seasons. But the upstart Westshore Wolves have knocked off the Cougars and now have their sights set on the Storm.

The Western Hockey League season is careening into the home stretch like a Kailer Yamamoto rush into the opposition zone.