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When Matthew Galajda wakes up every morning in his dorm room at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, he pinches himself. He has to. The former Victoria Grizzlies goaltender is having a dream freshman season for the NCAA’s Big Red.

When it comes to having connections in other countries in the beautiful game, you can’t go too far wrong with defending World Cup-champion Germany.

Cliffhanger is more than just an old Sly Stallone movie.

If familiarity breeds contempt, as the saying goes, then the Victoria Grizzlies and Cowichan Valley Capitals will have a real hate on for each other by the time this week is over. The Grizzlies meet the Capitals in three consecutive sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Like the 1960s song, the Victoria Shamrocks have had Friday on their minds. But for the first time in their history, the Shamrocks have brought Sundays into their Western Lacrosse Association home mix.

It was a long way from Minneapolis, and it was on ice not a football field, but Sunday proved just as Super for Sean Geall on the Island.

The first time Greg Russell picked up a volleyball was in Grade 12 at Claremont Secondary, late by any standards.

Jim Cotter was a ray of sunshine in the Island rain. Cotter jumped on early mistakes by his opponent to win the Page 1-2 game at the 2018 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ men’s curling championship at the Parksville Curling Club on Saturday.

The Victoria Royals sure have a flair for the dramatic.

The Victoria Grizzlies, scoring early and often, took care of business in the first period at Island Savings Centre in Duncan on Saturday night. The Grizzlies exploded for five goals unanswered in the opening period en route to a 7-4 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½