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Have speed, will travel. The Cowichan Thunderbirds girls’ sprinters are going places, in the U.S. collegiate NCAA and possibly internationally. And they’re in a hurry to get there — fast.

The Vicoria HarbourCats have rounded out their coaching staff to complement head coach Graig Merritt and pitching coach Alec Adame ahead of the 2015 West Coast League baseball season.

The sprint speed comes out of Cowichan, field muscle from Lambrick Park and team depth from Oak Bay.

Ernie Truant is back for his second stint as league commissioner for the Western Lacrosse Association. The WLA board of governors announced the hiring on Monday. “We’re very pleased to have Ernie Truant back as our WLA commissioner.

Oak Bay coach Brent Garraway hauled out a bit of a secret weapon to pull off a a second straight Island triple-A senior girls soccer championship on Tuesday afternoon at Hampton Park.

Chris McLaughlin doesn’t have to worry that the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West basketball schedule will be retro-fitted starting in 2016-17.

It’s not a cornfield in Iowa, but an ice sheet on the Island. Call it the Rink of Dreams. Shawnigan Lake School built it. And yes, they are coming.

For the first time in nearly a decade — since Riley McCormick and Rachel Kemp broke onto the international scene at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games — there won’t be a Victoria Boardworks diver representing sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ in a summer featuring a major G

Another game, another late goal to keep the Victoria Highlanders undefeated with two wins and two draws in the Pacific Coast Soccer League.

Evan Willow has become a true Bulldog in more ways than one.