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For a couple of offensively-notable teams, the Victoria Royals and Spokane Chiefs played it tight Friday night before 4,771 fans at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.

The numbers suggested the University of Victoria Vikes were going to have their hands full and the digits didn鈥檛 lie. The No. 8-ranked Saskatchewan Huskies came into Friday night鈥檚 sa国际传媒 West basketball matchup at CARSA gym averaging 88.

The Victoria HarbourCats added some experience to their pitching staff for the 2018 season. The HarbourCats signed four right-handed pitchers, all with collegiate summer league experience, to the 2018 West Coast League roster.

This weekend will be the final opportunity of 2017 for hoop fans to see the University of Victoria Vikes in action as a quirky schedule has both the men and women home at CARSA gym for just the second time this sa国际传媒 West season.

Veterans Phil Mack of Victoria and Laura Russell of Cowichan RFC will respectively captain the Canadian men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 rugby teams for Test matches this week.

It鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檛 been a good week for soccer teams in blue.

The sa国际传媒 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.