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TORONTO — Rower Kai Langerfeld of Parksville said he doesn’t dwell on the emerging storyline about him following his dad, 1976 Montreal Games rower York Langerfeld, into the Summer Olympics.

The Victoria Royals lost one of their veterans on Wednesday as the Vancouver Giants scooped up forward Taylor Crunk off Western Hockey League waivers. Crunk, 20, was not expected to be back as one the organization’s over-age players this season.

Dallas Jones of Mount Brenton Golf Course in Chemainus is the top Island golfer after the first round of the 113th sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Men’s Amateur Championship being played at Fairview Mountain Golf Club in Oliver.

VICTORIA 8 MEDFORD 2 Graig Merritt’s goal of reaching the .500 mark has been achieved as his Victoria HarbourCats club won for the eighth straight time — a team record — Tuesday night to improve to 16-16 on the West Coast League season.

TORONTO — Rower Liz Fenje of Victoria could be excused for feeling a sense of déjà vu as she won gold Tuesday with Katherine Sauks from the Victoria City Club in the women’s lightweight double sculls at the 2015 Pan American Games.

VICTORIA 13 NANAIMO 10 So much for slow starts. The Victoria Shamrocks got off to a quick 5-0 lead in the first six minutes on the Nanaimo Timbermen and then cruised to victory in Western Lacrosse Association play Tuesday night at Frank Crane Arena.

Recently graduated University of Victoria Vikes’ star post player Chris McLaughlin signed his first professional contract with Basket Swans Gmunden in the Austria A Bundesliga on Monday.

Bob Heyes certainly did not like what he saw on the floor at The Q Centre on Friday night and expects a bigger effort from his Victoria Shamrocks, who venture into Frank Crane Arena tonight at 7 to face the Nanaimo Timbermen in Western Lacrosse Assoc

TORONTO — While the Pan Am Games soccer tournament taking place down the QE Way in Hamilton features the development teams from most of the participating nations, the real deal take to the pitch tonight at BMO Field.

A number of Vancouver Island golfers will be vying for the 113th sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Amateur Championship beginning today at Fairview Mountain Golf Course in Oliver, including veteran Kevin Carrigan of Royal Colwood.