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A.J. Alcantara is the quiet man of the Victoria HarbourCats, but he carries a loud bat and an even louder glove. For the third time this season, the outfielder got his glove above the fence line to make a home-run saving catch.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Premier Baseball League is down to its Final 4 and Victoria Mariners’ manager Mike Chewpoy likes his team’s chances as play begins today in the championship tournament in Abbotsford.

Led by rugby sevens’ inclusion in the upcoming Rio Olympics, abbreviated versions of sports have become a rage. But to quote the Tragically Hip, cricket was ahead by a century.

VICTORIA 13 WALLA WALLA 2 What more could you want on an idyllic mid-summer evening at the ball yard on Caledonia? The home team won emphatically, with a 13-2 Victoria HarbourCats WCL victory over the Walla Walla Sweets.

Having developed a solid program over the last few years, the Victoria Intermediate Shamrocks will go in search of a second straight provincial championship and third consecutive medal beginning Friday at the Langley Events Centre.

Naomi Ko’s superb summer continues as the Royal Colwood and North Carolina State golfer sits tied for seventh after two rounds of the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship at Ken-Wo Country Club in New Minas, Nova Scotia.

The Victoria Shamrocks clinched a playoff spot and moved into second place in the Western Lacrosse Association courtesy of an 11-8 road victory over the Langley Thunder on Wednesday.

The Victoria Shamrocks enter the busiest portion of their 2016 Western Lacrosse Association with three games in four nights, beginning tonight in Langley against the Thunder.

VICTORIA 3 WALLA WALLA 0 Who wants it? That’s what close followers of the West Coast League’s North Division are likely asking themselves as no one has jumped out of the pack in the second half of the 2016 season.

The Westshore Rebels opened up a 34-10 lead by the 9:38 mark of the third quarter and managed to hang on for a 42-34 victory over the Langley Rams in Week 1 of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference play on Sunday afternoon.