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Jamie Broder can do the math as well as anyone. The Victoria beach volleyball star is No. 8 in the world with partner Kristana Valjas of Toronto. The top 16 teams at next summer鈥檚 cut-off advance to the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

In any provincial high school championship, the objective remains the same. 鈥淭he goal is to win, baby,鈥� Oak Bay Bays coach Richard Fast said with a hearty chuckle. 鈥淵ou want to bring home that banner.

Trent Brandvold鈥檚 well-travelled hockey career took him from the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns in the CIS to a pro career that included stops with the Victoria Salmon Kings and Texas Wildcatters of the ECHL and Corpus Christi Icerays and Austin

Simon Thomas of Victoria has probably earned some down time after a whirlwind week in which he established himself as one of the top three soccer goalkeepers in sa国际传媒 and moved up to a European Premiership club.

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SEATTLE 29 SAN FRANCISCO 13 SEATTLE 鈥� Thomas Rawls is not a big stats guy. When it came to recalling the last time he rushed for 200 yards in a game, all Rawls could remember was that it happened at Central Michigan.

The late Chris Hall of Victoria, who made a significant contribution to the sport as a player, builder and coach, was among the 10-member Class of 2015 inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in New Westminster last week.

The most successful sports organizations realize the big wheel never stops turning. The immediate issue for the Langford-based Canadian women鈥檚 rugby sevens team, which has qualified for Rio, is its preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

When Simon Ibell, suffering from a rare medical condition, was bullied in Grade 8, three people came to his aid at St. Michaels University School. They were Grade 12 basketball stars Steve Nash and Milan Uzelac, and coach Ian Hyde-Lay.

It took two gruelling five-set matches, but the Oak Bay Breakers posted their second straight quadruple-A senior girl鈥檚 Islands volleyball championship, out-lasting Dover Bay 3-2 (19-25, 25-21, 25-14, 20-25, 15-11) at Belmont on Saturday afternoon.