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In the end, the Cowichan Thunderbirds couldn’t quite grab the bull by the horns. Dontae Bull, who recently announced his intentions to join Fresno State in NCAA Division I football, ran amok on the hardwood on Tuesday night.

It doesn’t take newly-built sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ high schools long in this era to establish winning sports programs. Which isn’t surprising since that’s where all the new growth and young families are.

Having collected a silver medal in 2014 and bronze in 2016, ’15 and ’13, the Oak Bay Breakers are hoping to finish the job when the 2017 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ High School Basketball Championships begin today at the senior girls’ triple-A level. Ranked No.

Those X’s are now starting to appear like a demented game of tic-tac-toe in the Western Hockey League standings to denote teams that have clinched playoff berths.

It was officially Hometown Hockey weekend in Nanaimo. But Island volleyball, which has produced several Olympians, again showed it takes a back seat to no sport.

Emerging Victoria player Caroline Crossley has drawn into the roster for the Canadian women’s rugby sevens team.

Hometown Hockey, the national travelling Rogers Sportsnet telecast, rarely drops into politically active debates. But it will today when it broadcasts from Nanaimo less than two weeks ahead of the city’s arena referendum on March 11.

Desperate teams are dangerous teams.

NANAIMO 2 VICTORIA 1 The goose egg was finally cracked Saturday night as the Nanaimo Clippers defeated the Victoria Grizzlies for the first time in eight tries, bringing the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League regular season to a conclusion for both teams.

VICTORIA 3 VANCOUVER 1 Cue again the John Hughes references. Maybe because of the annual capacity crowds that turn out for it, the Victoria Royals have always been Pretty in Pink during their annual fundraiser for breast cancer research.