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When sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s best swimmers gather in April at Saanich Commonwealth Place for national trials leading to the world championships, they will do so knowing they owe a debt of gratitude to Ryan Cochrane.

The University of Victoria Vikes, who play club and not varsity, may well be the Island’s best-kept hockey secret, having become the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Intercollegiate League champions for a fourth time.

The Victoria Royals’ injury situation will be one of the talking points heading into the first-round WHL Western Conference playoff series against the Everett Silvertips.

The Victoria Shamrocks have welcomed back a trio of award winners for the 2017 Western Lacrosse Association season, re-signing Rhys Duch, Corey Small and Chris Wardle over the weekend.

Keaton Gudz is getting his kicks on route 66. The Royal Colwood junior golfer captured the first leg of the Bayview Place Vikes Performance Tour with a 4-under 66 10 days ago on his home course.

The Victoria Grizzlies have wrestled back home-ice advantage and are now down to a best-of-three in their sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Ryan Cochrane of Victoria, who won two Olympic medals and almost singlehandedly kept Canadian swimming afloat though an otherwise shallow era, is expected to announce his retirement today at age 28.

Either four, or one, of these five sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League players will be seeing red by the end of this playoff series. But they will all be in red next season.

Adam Straith is one of Canadian soccer’s most reliable defenders and Simon Thomas among its emerging goalkeepers.

VICTORIA 4 POWELL RIVER 0 Series tied at 1-1 It was a must-win scenario for the Victoria Grizzlies and the local sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½