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The Victoria HarbourCats helped themselves on Saturday night, but still haven’t received any assistance on the out-of-town scoreboard.

Fynn Chester was one pitch away from putting an exclamation mark on his season. The Victoria Eagles right-handed pitcher had two outs and two strikes when Markus Glowacki ripped a double to left-centre field to snap his no-hit bid.

The Westshore Rebels received an A for effort, but it still came up as an L in the win-loss column in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference play at Westhills Stadium on Saturday night. But only by the slightest of margins.

There are a number of story lines heading into tonight’s game for the Westshore Rebels. Of course, the club has never defeated its opponent, the Vancouver Island Raiders, since they bolted Victoria and moved to Nanaimo.

Rugby sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ received a most welcome shot in the arm on Friday afternoon thanks to an injection of up to $3 million from the federal government to assist with the construction of a 19,000-square-foot high performance training centre in Langford.

The Nanaimo Pirates proved they will be a team to be reckoned with as the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Premier Baseball League championship fired up on a glorious day at Royal Athletic Park.

A hit-fest in Wenatchee, Washington, on Friday night ended in the Victoria HarbourCats’ favour.

That loud cheer you might have heard coming from the mainland on Friday night was likely Maple Ridge Burrards fans, delighted to find out their club is heading to the post-season.

They may be going by default, but a young group of District 7 All-Stars from Victoria plan on making some noise at the Senior League Softball World Series starting Sunday in Sussex County, Delaware.

It’s dilemma time for Bob Heyes. Heading into the final Western Lacrosse Association regular-season game tonight, the Victoria Shamrocks head coach has to tread lightly as the Green and White prepare to play host to the Langley Thunder at 7:45 p.m.