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When the Victoria Royals look in the mirror, they see staring back the Medicine Hat Tigers of recent past seasons.

If Jim Rutledge could ever transfer the magic he seems to possess in his final rounds into the first two, the Victoria native could just make a run at a Champions Tour victory.

VICTORIA 4 ALBERNI VALLEY 2 Victoria Grizzlies general manager and head coach Craig Didmon said it the night before — it looks like it’s going to come down to a battle for the fourth and final playoff spot with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

If the Mount Douglas Rams were to have any chance to advance to their fifth straight sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ senior boy’s triple-A Subway Bowl final they would require something special against the No. 1-ranked and undefeated Terry Fox Ravens of Port Coquitlam.

As a host, Lethbridge has earned a reputation over the years as being the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West basketball equivalent of old-school junior hockey Flin Flon or the NFL Raiders’ Black Hole in Oakland.

All Quinn van Gylswyk wanted was a second chance.

VICTORIA 5 KELOWNA 1 Maybe it was the TV cameras that made the Victoria Royals’ power play freeze the night before.

The No. 1-ranked and undefeated Terry Fox Ravens stand between the Mount Douglas Rams and a fifth straight trip to the senior boys triple-A provincial football championship game. Mount Douglas clashes with Terry Fox today at 2:30 p.m. at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Silverware and rings will be on the line for several Island football players as the CIS celebrates its national championship at the Vanier Cup today in Quebec City and the CFL does the same with the Grey Cup on Sunday in Winnipeg.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ The Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team is No. 1, with a bullet.