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Derek Barron of Tacoma, Washington, used a bogey free round of 6-under 66, which included an eagle and four birdies, to grab the lead after Day 2 of the MacKenzie Tour-PGA Tour sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ qualifying school at Crown Isle Resort in Courtenay on Wednesday.

Alberta has long been known for its exports of gas and oil, but the neighbouring province is now in the game of providing another commodity — lacrosse players to the more traditional areas of the country.

Curling continues to thrive on an Island otherwise defined by Summer Games-oriented sports. The best female curlers in the province are headed to the capital Jan. 2-7 for the 2018 Scotties sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ women’s championship at the Victoria Curling Club.

As an indication of the strength of Island high school girls’ soccer, six of the eight incoming freshman in the fall for the University of Victoria Vikes in U Sports are homegrown.

Riley Wheeldon is proof of just how difficult golf and the desire to reach the upper echelons of the professional ranks can be. A winner of the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s 2013 Syncrude Boreal Open in Fort McMurray, Alta.

After a runner-up finish a year prior, Riley Wheeldon and Keaton Gudz bounced back for a four-shot victory in the 2017 Vancouver Island Open.

One of the longest-serving reporters at the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is the recipient of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West’s 2016-17 Fred (Gus) Collins Award, which honours a member of the media for their outstanding coverage of the university conference and its student-athletes.

The headwind along Dallas Road was stubborn. But Daniel Kipkoech was more so. The 29-year-old Kenyan head-butted the head wind into submission Sunday in winning the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 10K for the second consecutive year.

With a handful of his key players about to set out into the National Lacrosse League playoffs, Victoria Shamrocks head coach Bob Heyes will wear his patience cap for the start of training camp on Monday.

VICTORIA 14 PORT COQUITLAM 8 Braylon Lumb is picking up right where he left off last season for the Victoria Junior Shamrocks.