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MINNESOTA 5 SEATTLE 4 SEATTLE 鈥� Felix Hernandez and Wade Miley both turned in lacklustre outings for the Mariners this weekend, and Seattle was hopeful Taijuan Walker could provide a lift against the lowly Minnesota Twins. No such luck.

The rain was driving down hard, so two Island high school rugby programs drove even harder through it, all the way to provincial titles Saturday at a drenched Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford.

NEW ZEALAND 19 CANADA 17 You can never go wrong in rugby by painting it black. The Reds, however, may have something to say about that in Rio.

VICTORIA 13 NANAIMO 11 The Golden State Warriors can shove over. There鈥檚 another defending champion that knows how to fashion comebacks. For the second night in a row, the Victoria Shamrocks rallied for a Western Lacrosse Association victory.

The New Westminster Salmonbellies were so concerned about their 0-2 start, they pulled a Gordie Howe and dressed 52-year-old Western Lacrosse Association legend Russ Heard on Friday night. It didn鈥檛 work.

The Victoria Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2016 can truly be described as Olympian. The athletes being enshrined competed in a combined eight Olympics and won three medals.

Victoria Shamrocks head coach Bob Heyes labels tonight a 鈥渃lassic WLA matchup鈥� at The Q Centre. It鈥檚 hard to argue with that assessment.

There is only one chance left, in terms of actual game situations, to get it right before the five-ring circus plays out in Rio.

A long, gruelling and uncertain winter of training on Elk Lake has paid off for the men鈥檚 quad, which has qualified as the seventh and final Canadian boat for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

Monday qualifying is one heck of a way to bite around the edges of the pro game in golf. But it seems there is no shortage of players willing to chase that elusive dream.