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That 7 a.m. ferry to launch the start of a long, pivotal road trip to Prince George came awfully early Thursday for the Victoria Royals, on the heels of their impressive 6-2 win over Tri-City on Wednesday night.

Canadian captain Fred Winters of Victoria emerged as the soul of the national men’s volleyball team through his three previous failed Olympic cycles.

Head coach Kieran Crowley has thrown a spanner into the scrum as the Langford-based Canadian men’s national rugby team must now plan for the future without him.

VICTORIA 6 TRI-CITY 2 This time the Victoria Royals got the complete job done.

Joe Hicketts says he wants to remain a Victoria Royal as the team captain returned from the world junior championship on Wednesday morning to face the media at a news conference after sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s sixth-place finish in Helsinki.

Hunter Lake is graduating from a Rebel to a Gladiator. The former Westshore Rebels’ player, who played quarterback and receiver during his sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

TRI-CITY 4 VICTORIA 3 (SO) The Victoria Royals failed to hang on to two, two-goal leads on Tuesday night, dropping a disappointing 4-3 shootout decision to the ninth-place Tri-City Americans in front of an announced crowd of 3,057 at Save-on-Foods Me

They are Canadians first and Islanders second, but they’re looking pretty good in the stars and stripes of the Tri-City Americans.

A little too gracious in their last few Western Hockey League outings, the Victoria Royals aim to be a stingier side tonight when they face the Tri-City Americans in the first of two visits at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

SEATTLE 36 ARIZONA 6 GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Seattle Seahawks are storming into the post-season with a rousing victory over the Arizona team that had dethroned them as NFC West champions.