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Three birdies on her back nine holes allowed Victoria’s Naomi Ko to survive the two-day cut in her first appearance on the LPGA Tour at the Cambia Portland Classic Presented by JTBC in Oregon.

It’s not often that you find the Victoria Grizzlies and Nanaimo Clippers getting together to agree to a trade, but that’s what happened Thursday as Joey Visconti was shipped northward for cash (player development fee).

The Victoria Shamrocks and the Junior Shamrocks were both busy at their respective trade deadlines, one more so than the other.

Three Island hockey pros, two in mid-career and one at the end of his career, came together this week to aid young players.

It ends at a nifty 19. The Victoria HarbourCats’ record West Coast League baseball winning streak was finally halted in a 2-1 loss to the Kelowna Falcons in the second game of a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Day doubleheader at Royal Athletic Park on Friday.

If 16 was sweet, and 17 avoided being sour, then 18 was electric.

The four Victoria minor lacrosse associations of Juan de Fuca, Peninsula, Saanich and Victoria-Esquimalt play host to the 2016 Subway sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ pee wee, bantam and midget girls’ championships beginning this morning at Panorama Recreation Centre.

Five teams will converge on Hampton Park over the next week for the District 7 Little League All Stars (9-10) championship.

Marshal King’s reaction to his selection for Team sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s entry into the 2016 FIL U19 Men’s World Championship was one of glee.

Island athletes Kirsten Sweetland and Catharine Pendrel will head into the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics with compelling backstories and each with something to prove on the biggest stage.