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Not that a team ever wants to lose a game, but in a weird sense Wednesday’s first defeat of the Western Hockey League season — snapping a seven-game win streak — may just be the perfect lesson for the Victoria Royals.

The first three-games-in-three-days road trip can be intriguing for young sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League rookies.

Charles Parkinson is big on expectations for his 2017-18 Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball season.

Even with all the trendy ultra- and long-distance races added seemingly weekly to the sporting calendar, the Ironman Hawaii world championship remains the revered granddaddy. “It’s intoxicating. You catch the bug.

Island golf courses and their pros were front and centre on Wednesday as the PGA of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ handed out their annual awards at a banquet at River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond.

They entered the Canadian Hockey League rankings on Wednesday as No. 1, with a bullet and then nearly dodged one.

To absolutely no one’s surprise, the defending provincial quadruple-A champion Belmont Bulldogs senior girls’ volleyball team is off to a smashing success on the 2017 season.

People are running out of words to describe the Victoria Royals’ torrid start to the Western Hockey League season. If five was fine and six was sweet, then seven was satisfying.

Their respective pro futures are in the hands of the Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks and Las Vegas Golden Knights, but the immediate concerns for Chaz Reddekopp, Tyler Soy and Dylan Coghlan rest in the Western Hockey League.

From the humble to the mighty, they gathered Sunday morning for the 38th time on the roads of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ capital.