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The Shawnigan Lake School Iron Women have won the provincial girls AA rugby championship. (Arden Gill photo)

Greater Victoria schools win at high school rugby provincials

Claremont girls sevens team outscored their opponents 247 to 12 on their way to the title

The Shawnigan Lake School Iron Women have won the provincial girls AA rugby championship. (Arden Gill photo)
Victoria boxer Brandon Colantonio is set to enter the ring in front of a hometown crowd for his second pro bout on Saturday (June 1). (Black Press Media file)

Pro boxing coming to Victoria

Saturday’s event features former Olympians and several local fighters

Victoria boxer Brandon Colantonio is set to enter the ring in front of a hometown crowd for his second pro bout on Saturday (June 1). (Black Press Media file)
Local kids will be able to play in the NHLL Street ball hockey competitions coming to Victoria in July. (Courtesy of the NHL)

NHL youth street hockey program coming to Victoria this summer

Local kids will be able to compete in the NHL Street events outside Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena

Local kids will be able to play in the NHLL Street ball hockey competitions coming to Victoria in July. (Courtesy of the NHL)
Racers cruise by as their sails catch the wind Saturday, May 27 at the start of the 2023 Swiftsure International Yacht Race off Clover Point in Victoria. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Yachts set sail for 78th Swiftsure International Yacht Race

Crowds lined the Clover Point waterfront to watch more than 100 vessels set off

Racers cruise by as their sails catch the wind Saturday, May 27 at the start of the 2023 Swiftsure International Yacht Race off Clover Point in Victoria. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Players from Reynolds Secondary School run to celebrate winning the penalty shootout which secured victory in the senior girls’ soccer AAA Island championship final against Stelly’s Stingers on Tuesday (May 16) at Goudy Field in Langford. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Saanich’s Reynolds Secondary wins girls Island soccer championship

Nail-biting penalty shootout secures Reynolds’ spot at provincials

Players from Reynolds Secondary School run to celebrate winning the penalty shootout which secured victory in the senior girls’ soccer AAA Island championship final against Stelly’s Stingers on Tuesday (May 16) at Goudy Field in Langford. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Campbell River’s Olivia Knowles, pictured in white, has re-signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps on a two year contract. Photo Courtesy of Kayla Franz/Minnesota Whitecaps Hockey Club

Campbell River’s Olivia Knowles re-signs with PHF’s Minnesota Whitecaps

All-time career games played leader at University of Minnesota made pro debut last season

Campbell River’s Olivia Knowles, pictured in white, has re-signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps on a two year contract. Photo Courtesy of Kayla Franz/Minnesota Whitecaps Hockey Club
Former Ballenas Whalers player Sebastian Howard, who was recently drafted by the Calgary Stampeders, visiting friends and coaches that include Dan Smith, right. (Michael Briones photo)

Former Ballenas Whalers’ Sebastian Howard drafted by Calgary Stampeders

Coaches proud of their former player’s latest achievement

Former Ballenas Whalers player Sebastian Howard, who was recently drafted by the Calgary Stampeders, visiting friends and coaches that include Dan Smith, right. (Michael Briones photo)
The Calgary Flames came out on top against the Vancouver Canucks in pre-season action in Victoria at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre back in 2019. (Black Press Media file photo)

Vancouver Canucks training camp coming to Victoria this September

NHL club will take over Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Sept. 21 to 25

The Calgary Flames came out on top against the Vancouver Canucks in pre-season action in Victoria at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre back in 2019. (Black Press Media file photo)
Rory Smith celebrates after winning his race during the final race night at the Westshore Motorsports Park Saturday, Sept. 17 2022, as the track shuts down permanently. Smith said in a lot of ways the fact the speedway is gone has not quite hit him yet, but as what would normally be the start of his racing season approaches, the reality of the loss of such a unique and storied space is expected to sink in. (Black Press Media file photo)

‘Like the death of a family member’: One year after final Western Speedway season start, racers begin to mourn

Work progressing on finding property for a new track

Rory Smith celebrates after winning his race during the final race night at the Westshore Motorsports Park Saturday, Sept. 17 2022, as the track shuts down permanently. Smith said in a lot of ways the fact the speedway is gone has not quite hit him yet, but as what would normally be the start of his racing season approaches, the reality of the loss of such a unique and storied space is expected to sink in. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria’s Ship Point could host Hockey Day in Canada in January 2024 with a week of events leading up to the nationwide broadcast down at the harbour. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Pitching the capital to every coast, Victoria looks to score Hockey Day in Canada

Ship Point could host the nationwide broadcast, a week of events, synthetic ice and more

Victoria’s Ship Point could host Hockey Day in Canada in January 2024 with a week of events leading up to the nationwide broadcast down at the harbour. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
The West Coast Wonder Women all-female international boxing tournament at the Sooke Community Hall is set for May 19-21. (Contributed by Jeff Scott Shaw)

All-female boxing tournament returns to Sooke featuring athletes from around the world

Sooke Boxing hosts international Wonder Women event May 19-23

The West Coast Wonder Women all-female international boxing tournament at the Sooke Community Hall is set for May 19-21. (Contributed by Jeff Scott Shaw)
A missing stick gifted to Ucluelet’s Mason Midlane, 12, by Seattle Kraken player Daniel Sprong has been located, according to Flair Airlines. (Photo courtesy of Carrie Midlane)

Airline locates lost hockey stick gifted to Ucluelet boy by Seattle Kraken player

Mason Midlane’s missing hockey stick has been found, according to Flair Airlines

A missing stick gifted to Ucluelet’s Mason Midlane, 12, by Seattle Kraken player Daniel Sprong has been located, according to Flair Airlines. (Photo courtesy of Carrie Midlane)
Campbell River SC striker Terrell Price is flanked by defenders (from left) Phoenix Clark and Jayson Bradford during a game at Robron Park. 41 of the VISL’s 68 member squads have signed a statement of non-confidence in the league’s board of directors. File Photo - Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror

Members slap Vancouver Island Soccer League with a letter of non-confidence

More than half of the league’s 68 member clubs sign on, citing multiple concerns

Campbell River SC striker Terrell Price is flanked by defenders (from left) Phoenix Clark and Jayson Bradford during a game at Robron Park. 41 of the VISL’s 68 member squads have signed a statement of non-confidence in the league’s board of directors. File Photo - Edward Hitchins/Campbell River Mirror
The BC Bike Race returns to the Cowichan Valley in July. (Citizen file photo)

BC Bike Race to be held in Crofton in July

More than 600 mountain bikers will gather from around the world

The BC Bike Race returns to the Cowichan Valley in July. (Citizen file photo)
Bob Holness, who played in Victoria’s National Little League’s inaugural season in 1953, will be one of the players to return for the tournament this weekend. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)

Rookie minor tournament connects Greater Victoria youth with players from 1953

Players from the inaugural season to award the winners of the tournament with medals

Bob Holness, who played in Victoria’s National Little League’s inaugural season in 1953, will be one of the players to return for the tournament this weekend. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)
Brentwood College School was the top school team at their annual regatta this past weekend. (Courtesy of Erin Coulson, Brentwood College School)

Host team top school at annual Brentwood Regatta

Club team from Washington State wins overall aggregate

Brentwood College School was the top school team at their annual regatta this past weekend. (Courtesy of Erin Coulson, Brentwood College School)
Belmont Bulldogs lineman Dontae Bull back in 2017 before he suited up with Fresno State University. (Black Press Media file photo)

Langford grad Dontae Bull picked first overall in CFL draft

Belmont grad set to join Ottawa Redblacks after playing 5 years for Fresno State University

Belmont Bulldogs lineman Dontae Bull back in 2017 before he suited up with Fresno State University. (Black Press Media file photo)
Port Alberni Black Sheep team captain Ty Shannon accepts a finalist plaque at the BC Rugby Men’s Premier Reserve/Division 1 finals on Saturday, April 29. (PHOTO COURTESY SHELLY FEY)

Black Sheep rugby season ends with championship loss

Port Alberni Black Sheep fall to the UBC Old Boys Ravens

Port Alberni Black Sheep team captain Ty Shannon accepts a finalist plaque at the BC Rugby Men’s Premier Reserve/Division 1 finals on Saturday, April 29. (PHOTO COURTESY SHELLY FEY)
Comox Valley Kickers flanker Nick Gilmour fends off tacklers. Photo courtesy of Viktor Davare

Comox Valley Kickers win provincial rugby crown

By Natalie Nguyen Special to the Record The Comox Valley Kickers men’s…

  • May 2, 2023
Comox Valley Kickers flanker Nick Gilmour fends off tacklers. Photo courtesy of Viktor Davare
Alberni Valley Bulldogs defenceman Emanuelson Charbonneau fires a shot fast two Chilliwack players during Game 2 of the BCHL’s Coastal Conference finals on Saturday, April 29. Charbonneau had the game-winning goal on Saturday night. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)

BCHL: Alberni Valley Bulldogs take 2-0 series lead against Chilliwack Chiefs

Playoffs now headed to Chilliwack for Games 3 and 4

Alberni Valley Bulldogs defenceman Emanuelson Charbonneau fires a shot fast two Chilliwack players during Game 2 of the BCHL’s Coastal Conference finals on Saturday, April 29. Charbonneau had the game-winning goal on Saturday night. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)