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Ringo Starr once sang: 鈥淚t don鈥檛 come easy.鈥� It sure doesn鈥檛. For the first time in the 41-year history of the Seattle Thunderbirds (formerly Breakers), the franchise comes onto Blanshard Street as the defending champion of the Western Hockey League.

The historic usual suspects in the Vancouver Island Soccer League Division 1 鈥� Cowichan FC, Nanimo United, Gorge FC, Vic West, Bays United 鈥� have an emerging contender to worry about from the West Shore.

There鈥檚 a lot of hurry up and wait in sports. You have to be ready for when the opportunity arises. Tausani Levale was just that.

If there is a hockey equivalent of taking a knee, the Victoria Royals should try it when facing an Eastern Conference team with a losing record.

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Three-time coach of the year Richard Tonks led New Zealand to seven Olympic medals

Forwards Alex Newhook and Jamie Rome, and goaltender Zack Rose, of the Victoria Grizzlies are among the 28 players from the sa国际传媒 Hockey League invited to the Team sa国际传媒 West selection camp Dec.

There may be a distressing pattern emerging this month when the Victoria Royals host teams from the Eastern Conference with losing records.

LAS VEGAS 4 LOS ANGELES 2 LAS VEGAS 鈥� In the first meeting of what figures to be a fun Pacific Division rivalry, the new guys in Vegas struck first.

The UVic Vikes men鈥檚 basketball team delivered a weekend sweep of the Saskatchewan Huskies, following up Friday鈥檚 come-from-behind win with an 83-76 triumph on Saturday night at CARSA Performance Gym.