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SEATTLE 7 TAMPA BAY 1 SEATTLE — Ariel Miranda’s tough spring training seems like a long time ago right now.

Marko Albert of Estonia led all the way Sunday under ideal conditions in winning the Victoria Ironman 70.3 in and around Elk Lake and the Saanich Peninsula. Albert’s winning time was three hours, 58 minutes and 36 seconds. Ironman 70.

A couple of Island high school sports dynasties continued unabated over the weekend. The Shawnigan Lake School Stags won their eighth sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Quad-A rugby championship in nine years with a 47-15 victory over St.

The Victoria HarbourCats completed their four-game road trip to start the season with a 6-2 victory Sunday over the Yakima Valley Pippins and moved to three wins and one loss on the young season.

Adam de Vos continues to burnish his reputation as the Next One out of the Island in cycling.

YAKIMA VALLEY 11 VICTORIA 4 The Yakima Valley Pippins handed the visiting Victoria HarbourCats their first loss of the West Coast League baseball season on Saturday night.

Defending champion Akari Hayashi will be in the field of 54 as the Zone 5 women’s championship tees off Monday and Tuesday at Highland Pacific Golf Course and Gorge Vale Golf Club, respectively.

Stephen Lecuyer just dodged a huge bullet. The Edmonton native, who has called Victoria home for the past year and works on the grounds crew at Bear Mountain, fired an impressive 6-under-66 late Saturday afternoon at Gorge Vale Golf Club.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has qualified for every World Cup of rugby and always through the front door. But a rising U.S. is now of concern ahead of the 2019 World Cup in Japan. Phil Mack and Connor Braid from Victoria, both Oak Bay grads, will be crucial for No.

Sophia Ho wrapped up a perfect week, claiming her first singles International Tennis Federation Junior Circuit title on Saturday at Panorama Recreation Centre. Ho, of Port Moody, defeated Jessie Gong of Richmond 6-3, 6-3 to take the girls’ crown.