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A little bit of culture, a lot of basketball and some bitter cold await both University of Victoria Vikes basketball teams as they hit the road this week for a pair of holiday tournaments.

It was a busy Wednesday for Victoria Royals general manager Cam Hope, who swung a pair of deals the day the Western Hockey League trade moratorium lifted.

As hockey games go, this one had just about everything — a six-goal first period; a disputed tally among those six; and a pair of good old-fashioned melees to end the opening two periods, for toppers.

The University of Victoria Vikes men’s and women’s basketball teams are away for tournaments in Quebec City and Toronto, but basketball fans can still get their fill at CARSA Performance Gym as the Vikes alumni welcome six top-notch high school teams

Back from exchanging gifts, chomping back turkey, ham and all the fixings, the Victoria Royals now focus on the task at hand as the second half of the Western Hockey League season resumes tonight and Thursday against the visiting Prince George Cougar

A moratorium on trades over the Christmas season began Dec. 17 and ends on Wednesday, but you can be guaranteed that with the trade deadline looming on Jan. 10 that cellphones were ringing over the Western Hockey League break.

It’s onward and upward for a pair of Mount Douglas Secondary football athletes who have made their selections as to where they will play their university ball, with two more players to announce their intentions in the coming weeks.

Taylor Reese-Hansen took advantage of Sarah Daniel’s key miscue in the 10th end to score a 6-5 extra-end win in the Boston Pizza sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Junior Women’s Curling Championship on Saturday afternoon at the Langley Curling Club.

Taylor Reese-Hansen took the long route, but the Victoria Curling Club skip will play for a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ junior curling championship this morning in Langley.

It may have come as a surprise to most outsiders, but it wasn’t one for either Jacson Alexander or Victoria Grizzlies head coach and general manager Craig Didmon, for that matter.