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Fifteen years later, it is a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ front-page picture that readers still bring up. It showed Steve Nash of Victoria walking off the court in tears following the quarter-final loss to France in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.

It may take a few seasons after expansion, but parity usually comes. The University of Victoria Vikes are 8-0 against the University of Northern sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Timberwolves, with a 29-8 goals advantage, since UNBC entered sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West men’s soccer in 2012.

While it was great to see veterans such as Scott Ranger, Rhys Duch and Dan Dawson clutching the Mann Cup during ceremonies on the floor at The Q Centre on Friday night, the younger Victoria Shamrocks also played huge roles in finally securing the nat

The look on Jim Hartshorne’s face, as the party started to spill out of the dressing room and into late Friday night, said it all.

VANCOUVER 3 VICTORIA 2 The Victoria Royals waived Taylor Crunk in July. But don’t expect him to just wave at the Royals when they skate by this season.

The Victoria Shamrocks raised their level of play; their lively fans raised the roof and now the organization will proudly be raising its ninth Mann Cup banner.

Lacking the kind of football that traditionally kicks off the North American university sports season on many campuses, the University of Victoria relies on that other football. Friday night lights here fall upon soccer.

Think of any asphalt cliché you want — road warriors to kings of the road — and the Victoria Grizzlies will have to be it to start the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League season.

In a perfect world, Cowichan FC would be preparing for the Canadian senior men’s soccer championship as the first Island team to advance since Gorge FC captured four sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ championships between 2001 and 2010. But the world is rarely perfect.

The Westshore Rebels come off the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference bye week looking to record a second victory of the season this afternoon in Chilliwack against the winless Valley Huskers.