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Even three provinces over, you can hear the splash being made by Victoria Boardworks. Divers from the Saanich Commonwealth Place-based club, which has produced Olympians, have accounted for six medals at the 2017 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Summer Games in Winnipeg.

With apologies to James Taylor: Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have to do is call Matthew Phillips of the Victoria Royals.

It’s a matchup of two teams heading in opposite directions when the Victoria Shamrocks venture to Burnaby tonight to take on the Lakers in Game 1 of a best-of-seven Western Lacrosse Association semifinal series.

With apologies to 1960s and 1970s sitcoms, it’s a Family Affair. The Willets like to keep it All in the Family. Hammer-thrower Sam Willett, coached by dad and sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

They are the future of the Victoria Grizzlies and if Alex Newhook and Jacson Alexander have anything to do with it, the future is now. Hockey sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ seems to agree with the two 16-year-old incoming sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League rookies.

Matthew Phillips of the Victoria Royals wasn’t part of the shootout loss to the U.S. in the final of this year’s world junior hockey championship. But he watched it, of course.

It is an arms race minus the arms. The West Coast League playoff drive is taking place with bullpens as empty as hope in Blue Jays-Land.

It was Nick Pivetta bobblehead night Monday at Royal Athletic Park, in honour of the former hometown Victoria HarbourCats thrower who is now in the majors with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Island athletes did Monday what they do with regularity at multi-sport Games — climb on to the podium. Desirae Ridenour of Cowichan Bay and Hannah Henry of Victoria won gold and silver, respectively, in the women’s triathlon race for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

SEATTLE 9 N.Y. METS 1 SEATTLE — James Paxton wrapped up a perfect July.