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Tears rolled down Cole Pickup’s cheeks and through his red playoff stubble as the longest-serving member of the Victoria Grizzlies spoke to media following Saturday’s gut-wrenching 4-2 loss to the Chilliwack Chiefs, which eliminated the locals from t

Tyler Soy of the Victoria Royals made his pro debut over the weekend with an American Hockey League team that bears a historic minor-pro pedigree.

No Ryan? No problem. Even with two-time Olympic-medallist Ryan Cochrane of Victoria recently retired, the Island has placed six swimmers on sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s 32-member team for the 2017 world aquatics championships in July at Budapest.

The usual suspects — Olympic medallists Penny Oleksiak, Kylie Masse and Hilary Caldwell — provided the expected drama Saturday night at a packed Saanich Commonwealth Place in the Canadian trials for the 2017 FINA world aquatics championships.

The Victoria Grizzlies will be trading in their Bauer hockey gear for golf equipment after their season came to a crashing halt on Saturday night, losing 4-2 to the Chilliwack Chiefs before a crowd of 1,418 at The Q Centre.

There is no shame in losing to the defending Olympic champions and the flashiest and most dazzling team in the history of rugby sevens.

Victoria’s stop on PGA Tour sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is going through another name change. The tournament at Uplands Golf Club will now be known as the Bayview Place Cardtronics Open presented by the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

Five-foot-six forward Matthew Phillips, only 141 pounds, knows the size issue will be even more exaggerated at the pro hockey level.

An anticipatory hush fell over the jammed Saanich Commonwealth Place pool Friday night as the women lined up for the 100-metre freestyle final. The new queen of swimming was in the starting blocks.

Don’t trot the golf clubs out just yet, the Victoria Grizzlies are still alive.