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After rattling off five straight victories and earning at least a point in seven consecutive outings, the Victoria Grizzlies suddenly find themselves mired in a three-game losing skid.

Bays co-coach Rich Fast labelled it the 鈥淏attle of South Oak Bay.鈥� Whatever they are doing to kick the soccer ball around in that area of town, it鈥檚 working.

No Dave Lowry, no problem.

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The triple-A senior boys high school Island volleyball championship is likely to come down to a battle of the bays.

Oak Bay High School co-coach Brent Garraway gathered his players around him in a post-game huddle Wednesday at Braefoot Park, following the 2-0 Colonist Cup boys soccer semifinal victory over the Reynolds Roadrunners.

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The Edmonton Oil Kings have a dropped a long way from their Western Hockey League and Memorial Cup national championship season of 2013-14. That鈥檚 just the cyclical nature of major-junior hockey.

There are those fans and media types alike who believe the Victoria Grizzlies should not have played the Dante Hahn card when the 20-year-old became available back on Oct. 22.