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And then there were two. Cowichan FC and Nanaimo United are the only Vancouver Island Soccer League teams still alive in the Province Cup men’s Open A playdowns, which continue today with quarter-final action.

The lesson-planning and grading is all put away, but the whistle will remain securely around his neck. After 33 years of teaching — of which the last 30 came at Vic High — Walt Christianson has retired, Friday being his last day on the job.

In what just might be a preview to the Ryan Cup high school senior girls’ soccer final, the Oak Bay Breakers held off the Reynolds Roadrunners 2-1 on a wind-swept Braefoot Park turf field on Thursday afternoon.

Like any junior A lacrosse program worth its weight in salt, the Victoria Shamrocks will be minus 10 talented players to start the season as they continue on with their collegiate field lacrosse careers south of the border.

Captain Jamie Benn is already the face of the franchise with the NHL’s Dallas Stars, but the Victoria resident’s popular mug may soon embrace the cover of EA Sports’ NHL 17 game.

TripleShot Cycling Club’s youth stars shone brightly at the recent Canadian Junior Track Championships at the Mattamy Cycling Centre in Milton, Ont. Riley Pickrell, Sarah Van Dam and Erin Attwell all won multiple medals at the three-day event.

Brian Ramsay is hanging up his size-15 football cleats, but is staying in the game, taking on the position of executive director of the Canadian Football League Players’ Association.

Ask head coach Bob Heyes where newcomer Paul Brebber fits into the grand scheme of things for the Victoria Shamrocks this 2016 Western Lacrosse Association season and the honest and open bench boss gives you the straight goods.

Victoria Royals defenceman Chaz Reddekopp will have his chance to learn from the pros as the Los Angeles Kings’ draft pick has joined the NHL team’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Ontario Reign, on an amateur tryout agreement.

The Victoria Highlanders have forged a partnership with Sheffield Wednesday, the third most senior professional soccer club in England and one of the oldest in the world.