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It was not the weekend the Victoria Grizzlies were looking for as the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League team returned home winless in all three outings following Sunday afternoon’s 5-2 loss to the Surrey Eagles.

The winning ways continued for the University of Victoria Vikes women’s soccer team on Sunday, claiming a hard-fought 1-0 win in Edmonton over the University of Alberta Pandas at Foote Field.

The 2017 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference championship will be a Battle of the Rock as the Vancouver Island Raiders of Nanaimo toppled the Okanagan Sun 15-8 in the second league semifinal on Sunday afternoon in Kelowna.

Over the years, pass the, or to, Soy sauce has become a common phrase around Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre as Tyler Soy — who uses the handle @_SoySauce_ on his Twitter account — has become an offensive threat over his junior hockey career.

The Greater Victoria Curling Academy is celebrating its 10th season with a funspiel this afternoon at the Victoria Curling Club, followed by a time to share memories as graduates of the program join in the festivities.

PENTICTON 4 VICTORIA 2 The Penticton Vees have played the fewest number of games in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

VICTORIA 6 SEATTLE 1 Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, Shakespeare wrote. The Victoria Royals, who lost twice since being named the No. 1 team in the Canadian Hockey League, can relate.

WESTSHORE 57 LANGLEY 14 The Westshore Rebels will have a chance to defend their sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference championship when they play host to the Cullen Cup final this coming Saturday at Westhills Stadium.

Brent McMahon of Victoria, the triathlete everyone thought would be the Canadian story of the 2017 Ironman Hawaii world championship Saturday, was stung by a box jellyfish in the swim portion and had to pull out of the race.

Canadian national team athletes, many of whom live and practise in Greater Victoria at nine national training centres, are getting a pay bump. Federal sport minister Kent Hehr made the announcement in Calgary on Friday.