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BOB BAUM The Associated Press AVONDALE, Arizona 鈥� The NASCAR kids keep coming on strong. Five of the highest-starting eight drivers in NASCAR鈥檚 lineup for its Monster Energy Series race today are 26 or younger.

EVERETT 5 VICTORIA 2 Every team in sports talks about wanting to go into the post-season with momentum. The reeling Victoria Royals are far from that.

It is OK in March to use basketball references for just about anything. So it鈥檚 quite appropriate when Gradyn Bowd describes the University of Victoria鈥檚 鈥渞un-gun style鈥� in rugby.

It only makes sense that the team donning the green would win on St. Patrick鈥檚 Day.

Current and former stars of the Victoria Shamrocks will regale fans with lacrosse tales of Mann Cup and league championship seasons past at a hot-stove gathering next month.

St. Patrick鈥檚 Day perhaps isn鈥檛 the best occasion to play a team that wears green. Especially a really good emerald-clad team.

Welcome to March Madness, oblong-ball style. It has everything the round-ball version boasts, from pulsating pace to whiplash momentum swings to the dizzying array of games in succession.

Forget John Wayne. It is Ryan Gagnon who plays the role of the Quiet Man on the Victoria Royals.

Canadian junior champion Tyler Tardi of Langley will be looking to add yet another title to his name as the inaugural sa国际传媒 U-18 Curling Championships begin today at the Nanaimo Curling Club.

The way Cody Van Lierop sees it, the second round of the sa国际传媒 Hockey League playoffs may just be a stepping stone toward greater achievements for the eventual Island Division champion.