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Langford-based Rugby sa国际传媒 is beginning to learn the hard lessons for Canadian sport already absorbed in international men鈥檚 soccer and hockey. The U.S. has surged ahead in the former and at least caught up in the latter.

Victoria will be represented in the Canadian Direct Insurance sa国际传媒 Men鈥檚 Curling Championship playoffs tonight.

It鈥檚 come down to this: A race to nail down a playoff spot in what has become a back and forth scrap to secure what will probably be the fourth-and-final post-season berth in the Island Division.

Coleman Vollrath is like most over-agers competing in the Western Hockey League, focused on the task at hand and consumed with assisting younger teammates 鈥� like goaltending partner Griffen Outhouse 鈥� as they find their way through the major junior c

If the Victoria Grizzlies make the sa国际传媒 Hockey League playoffs, they will open the post-season on March 4. The BCHL announced details for the 2015-16 Fred Page Cup playoffs on Thursday, with the first round to begin on March 4.

The beauty of cup play, according to Vancouver Island Soccer League president Vince Greco, is that every single matchup is determined by pure luck, at the beginning anyway as teams are drawn out of a hat for early round matches.

They left it till the bitter end, but the Belmont Bulldogs sent their fans happily into the wet evening as the host team and No. 5 seed silenced the Spectrum Thunder 49-47 in the new Belmont gymnasium in Langford on Thursday night.

sa国际传媒 The Victoria Shamrocks didn鈥檛 leave the Island to participate in the Western Lacrosse Association draft on Wednesday night, electing to make their selections via the phone.