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Not much separated the Univeristy of Victoria Vikes and Trinity Western Spartans this sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West women’s basketball season.

Even though their home province is in a slump, their Western Hockey League team certainly isn’t.

It’s time to separate the wheat from the chaff; the men from the boys; the playoff contenders from the pretenders, as it were.

The quarter-finals of the double-A senior boys Island basketball championship all went according to the rankings Thursday at St. Michaels University School. The top four seeds all easily advanced as the host SMUS Blue Jags clobbered Kwalikum 71-41.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Pitcher Kyle Mora and outfielder Jarron Silva, freshmen committed to the UCLA Bruins of the NCAA’s Pac-12, headline eight players signed Wednesday by the Victoria HarbourCats for the 2016 West Coast League baseball season.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ The Westshore Rebels have confirmed their plans for a gala fundraising dinner to be held May 13 at Olympic View Golf Course.

With a bright young squad that is already ranked in the Canadian Hockey League top-10 poll among WHL clubs at No. 6 this week, the Victoria Royals’ future appears set for at least the next three to four seasons.

Organizers of the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling threw local fans an in-turn when they expected an out-turn on Wednesday, announcing Rachel Homan’s Ottawa team will be competing in the Elite 10, slated for March 17-20 at The Q Centre in Colwood.

It seemed for many years as if the once-proud Victoria High School colours had fallen into a gold and black hole. But Vic High continues re-awakening the musty echoes of a sporting legacy that produced four sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

They haven’t played a game in 10 days, but the Oak Bay Bays will be more than prepared when they venture into the Dover Bay gym for the Island senior boys quadruple-A championship, says their coach.