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Victoria Highlanders coach Dave Dew quipped that maybe his team is the one that should be playing the Seattle Sounders of the MLS.

Sara Bergen accomplished something Sunday only former Olympian and world champion Roland Green had done before in the 24-year history of what is now known as the Accent Inns/Russ Hays Grand Prix . Bergen lapped the field in winning the women’s race.

The opposition is Uzbekistan tonight but sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has its sights already trained on Honduras and El Salvador.

The idyllic fields of Shawnigan Lake School, where the Canadian men’s rugby team has been encamped the past week, will now give way to the noise and tumult of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Place.

The last Island team and venue Krazy George Henderson was hired for — the Victoria Cougars of the WHL and old Memorial Arena — are both gone. But he’s still here.

Adam Cornelson finished off what he started, wrapping up the Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ title with a record-breaking finish Sunday afternoon at Uplands Golf Club.

Adam Cornelson finished off what he started, wrapping up the Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ title with a record-breaking finish Sunday afternoon at Uplands Golf Club.

Whether it’s a dream or nightmare match-up awaiting the Kitsap Pumas depends on your perspective. The Pumas, who take on the Victoria Highlanders in a PDL fixture today at 2 p.m. at Centennial Stadium, are preparing for something much bigger.

The old punchline is that Walla Walla is a town so great they named it twice.

From Ryder Hesjedal in the pressurized heights of the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, to the likes of Adam de Vos and Rob Britton in the Tour of California, there are several Island cyclists pedalling at the pro levels.