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Coaches John Tait and John Herdman guided sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ to bronze medals in women’s rugby sevens and soccer, respectively, at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics but have nothing tangible to show for it.

There are a number of givens in Victoria Royals training camp. That’s what comes of having a veteran-laden roster returning from a team that is the defending Western Hockey League regular-season champion.

The Victoria HarbourCats have signed three significant veteran pieces to their mound puzzle for the 2017 West Coast League baseball season, the club announced Monday.

The Western Lacrosse Association final has turned into a version of road warriors in the first three games of the best-of-seven championship series.

CHICAGO 4 SEATTLE 1 CHICAGO — Carlos Rodon pitched into the seventh inning, Justin Morneau had a two-run single and Melky Cabrera drove in a run and scored twice to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

MAPLE RIDGE 14 VICTORIA 11 The Victoria Shamrocks were unable to finish what they started as they lost 14-11 in overtime to the Maple Ridge Burrards in their Western Lacrosse Association championship series game Sunday at The Q Centre.

A lot has happened since that evening in April. Four Victoria Royals were drafted and attended NHL development camps and there was a summer of Olympics-watching from Rio to help wash away the memory of that night. But it never really goes away.

The Western Lacrosse Association championship final is all about opportunities — and making the most of them.

Once again, there was just a little too much Jamel Lyles for the opposition to cover. Lyles ran roughshod on the Valley Huskers on Saturday afternoon, scampering for an unofficial 280-plus yards in the Westshore Rebels’ 45-28 victory in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Christmas has come a little early for Victoria Grizzlies netminder Matthew Galajda, who has agreed an NCAA Division I scholarship with Cornell University, the prestigious Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York.