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When the Victoria Royals used up one of their three 20-year-old slots on goaltender Coleman Vollrath, they did so with a degree of confidence having seen him the previous three seasons.

It was one of those moments that can define a career. That it came at age 25 is a credit to Adam Straith of Victoria.

Of the four medals won by Island athletes at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, the silvers by swimmer Ryan Cochrane and the Elk Lake-based Canadian men’s rowing eight were expected.

Ranked as the No. 1 team in the country, the Camosun Chargers golf squad heads to the 2015 PING Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national championship at the Chilliwack Golf Club as the favourite.

It’s been quite a journey from Bays United youth soccer and Oak Bay High to RFK Stadium tonight in Washington, D.C. Defender Adam Straith and goalkeeper Simon Thomas, both 25, are on the Canadian roster for the men’s soccer friendly against Ghana.

Some are running to Rio. Others just to Oak Bay and back. Whether it's Copacabana or Cattle Point, there are more than 9,000 reasons to run today in the 36th GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon. Every participant will have their own.

The Victoria Grizzlies still have little to give thanks for — at least hockey wise — after losing their sixth straight sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League outing on Saturday night at The Q Centre.

The Victoria Royals took their Western Hockey League-leading — yes, you read that right — record to 7-1 on Saturday night in Kamloops with a 3-1 victory over the reeling Blazers.

One of the great sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West rivalries spilled onto the Thunderbird Stadium soccer pitch Friday night in Vancouver. The CIS national fifth-ranked UBC Thunderbirds (8-1-1) and the CIS No. 9 UVic Vikes (6-2-2) tied 2-2 in the women’s soccer game.

The shuffling of lines continued for the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday, but so too did the losses.