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Fresh troops and a rowdy fan base should lift the Victoria Shamrocks in what could be a big swing game as the Western Lacrosse Association side prepares to play host to the Burnaby Lakers in Game 2 of the best-of-seven semifinal tonight at 6 at The Q

With Parksville just up the road, sand is never hard to come by for Nanaimo volleyball players Jeff Webb and Isaac Bevis.

No matter how the West Coast League’s North Division playoff race turns out for the Victoria HarbourCats, the true value is in the chase, say the players.

To a man the Westshore Rebels will tell you they let one slip away last week in Kelowna in a four-point loss to the Okanagan Sun in their 2017 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference season-openers.

The medals rolled in like a prairie thunderstorm for Island athletes at the 2017 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Summer Games in Winnipeg, including 14 Islanders who medaled in seven rowing finals Thursday.

The Victoria Shamrocks got their point across early and then hung on for a 9-8 win in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Lacrosse Association semifinal series against the Burnaby Lakers on Friday night.

Head coach Mark Anscombe could not get the Langford-based Canadian rugby team to the World Cup through the front door. Now he has been shown the door. New Zealander Anscombe, hired in April of 2016, was relieved of his duties Thursday.

They are the only two times when it’s OK to cheer for Toronto. The Toronto Raptors, much like the Blue Jays, hold an outsized place in the Canadian sports consciousness.

Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan and company are coming to Victoria. The Toronto Raptors of the NBA will be hosting their 2017 training camp at the CARSA facility on the campus of the University of Victoria.

An eerie reddish hue enveloped Royal Athletic Park on Wednesday night and it has engulfed the playoff race in the West Coast League’s North Division.