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It’s no secret that the Victoria Grizzlies and Powell River Kings dislike each other.

If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best and that’s the position the Mount Douglas Rams are in this afternoon at 2 on the Mainland, challenging the No. 1 and undefeated New Westminster Hyacks at Mercer Stadium.

The Victoria Royals head into eastern Washington this weekend, where the yellow, rolling prairie-type landscape changes dramatically from the Pacific blue and green of Puget Sound.

It hasn’t been a good week for soccer teams in blue.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Intercollegiate Hockey League, which is non-varsity and operates on a club basis, is at once quirky and compelling. There is a high degree of competence on and off the ice, which will be on display Friday at 7:30 p.m.

One Victoria curler is heading to an international event in the coming year and there could be a second on the way.

The Belmont Bulldogs senior girls’ volleyball team will attempt to win the lone tournament it hasn’t managed to conquer in the last calendar year when it plays host to the quadruple-A Island championship starting Friday.

Beep. Beep. There hasn’t been a coyote wily enough, or an anvil heavy enough, to stop the Reynolds Roadrunners this year or last year. They ran into the Colonist Cup final with a 2-0 victory over the St.

RED DEER 5 VICTORIA 3 That sound you heard Tuesday night at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre was the Victoria Royals probably falling out of the Canadian Hockey League top-10 for the first time in eight weeks when the new rankings come out Wednesday.

Maybe they should add a rugby ball to the Langford city seal because it’s becoming a real growth industry.