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The Victoria Grizzlies opened their sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League training Monday at Juan de Fuca Arena without one of their most hyped players.

With his Victoria Shamrocks trailing 3-0 with less than five minutes remaining in the first period Sunday at the Q Centre, head coach Bob Heyes knew the game was at the tipping point.

Left-hander Jack Owen of the Victoria HarbourCats was named 2017 West Coast League pitcher of the year, in league awards announced Monday. Owen was named to the first all-star team and four HarbourCats to the second team.

It’s a story involving summer, sand, sports and love. About the only thing missing is a Beach Boys tune.

TAMPA BAY 3 SEATTLE 0 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There was a long stretch early in the season when Blake Snell was the lone pitcher in the Tampa Bay rotation who couldn’t get a win. Now he seems to be the only one who can.

To say Brittany Waters is busy may be the understatement of the rugby season. When Waters finishes playing for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ in the 2017 World Cup in Ireland, she will return home to coach the University of Victoria women’s team.

WESTSHORE 29 LANGLEY 5 Be it ever so artificial, there’s no place like home field. The Westshore Rebels broke in the newly laid turf at Westhills Stadium, also to be used by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s national rugby teams, with a 29-5 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

They are, in many ways, the underappreciated Games.

The first game of the 2017 best-of-seven Western Lacrosse Association final left something to be desired, says Victoria Shamrocks head coach Bob Heyes.

The Victoria Grizzlies are coming off one of their most successful seasons in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League. And Grizzlies general manager and head coach Craig Didmon says there’s even better things to come.