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The Mount Douglas Rams got off to a quick start and kicked it further into high gear in the opening week of the Subway Bowl triple-A high school football playoffs on Saturday, declawing the Mount Boucherie Bears 45-13 in Kelowna courtesy of a big sec

With 37 years of service and seven Mann Cup rings to his name, former Victoria Shamrocks trainer Jim (Downtown) Cain was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in the Builder category on Saturday night in New Westminster.

The sky might be glowering, but the running promises to be brilliant this afternoon at Beacon Hill Park in the 2017 U Sports national cross-country championships.

VICTORIA 7 POWELL RIVER 6 Lucas Clark didn’t collect a point on Saturday night at the Q Centre, but the Victoria Grizzlies captain was a determining factor in his club’s 7-6 win over the Powell River Kings.

VANCOUVER 4 VICTORIA 1 David Tendeck was a thorn in the Victoria Royals’ side on Saturday night as the Vancouver Giants netminder turned aside 36 shots to help the hosts post a 4-1 victory before 3,474 fans at the Langley Events Centre.

The University of Victoria Vikes men’s basketball team put together its first weekend sweep of the young sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West season, adding a 93-77 victory over the winless Trinity Western Spartans on Saturday after Friday’s lopsided 23-point win.

The Victoria Royals will bid for the 2020 Memorial Cup as a followup to hosting the 2019 world junior hockey championship.

The University of Victoria Vikes women’s basketball squad is no longer unbeaten, dropping their first game of the season 76-68 to the Trinity Western Spartans at the Langley Events Centre on Friday night. Both teams are now 4-1 in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West play.

Cam Thompson picked the perfect time for his first goal of the season.

Just beyond the quarter-pole of the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season, the Victoria Royals continue to be the frontrunners, running like a fine thoroughbred in full gallop, although for most of Friday night they were stuck in a troublesome trot.