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Stung by a wasp on the 15th hole, Jerry Kelly managed to shake it off and find a way to win the 2017 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship on a cool, damp Sunday afternoon.

HOUSTON 7 SEATTLE 1 HOUSTON — When the Houston Astros traded for Justin Verlander less than three weeks ago, they envisioned days like this.

Few players enter the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season for the Victoria Royals with more to prove than third-year forward Ryan Peckford. The native of Stony Plain, Alta.

WESTSHORE 22 VANCOUVER ISLAND 17 Island sporting derbies don’t come more pitched than when the Westshore Rebels play the Vancouver Island Raiders in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference.

Victoria Grizzlies general manager and head coach Craig Didmon went searching for his 100th sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League win on Saturday night in Nanaimo, but the Clippers weren’t in a giving mood.

The top five was fine for Joanna Brown and top 16 sweet for Matthew Sharpe at the ITU world triathlon championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Saturday. Brown, a native of Carp, Ont.

David McKenzie knows Victoria well, having met his wife, Julia Roberge, here on the airport shuttle to downtown back in his Canadian Tour playing days. What he hasn’t experienced, at least yet, is how to win in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ capital.

These are the sorts of moments that define a season.

You don’t need to get the Westshore Rebels or Vancouver Island Raiders revved up for their sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference derby. All you have to do is throw out the ball and let the players have at it, as they will tonight at 7 at Westhills Stadium.

Veterans Justin Michaelian and Jamie Rome scored goals just 11 seconds apart early in the second period to give the Victoria Grizzlies the breathing room they required in a 4-2 road win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Friday night.