Hampered by injuries and short of substitutions, the Victoria Volleyball Association 17-under women’s team still turned heads at the provincial club championships in Richmond. The squad, stocked largely with West Shore players, knocked off teams from volleyball academies that specifically groom players for the collegiate ranks, before running out of steam in Saturday’s final. Victoria…
Oak Bay athletes showed character and heart and came away the champions, according to their coach. The Oak Bay High girls 7s rugby team won their second consecutive championship in a row at provincials held at the University of British Columbia last weekend “They played their hearts out,” said Coach Jess Neilson. “In the semi-finals…
Oak Bay High’s senior girls basketball team boasts a perfect record heading into playoffs, but the players are not taking anything for granted. Oak Bay is undefeated through league play and won all three tournaments this season, giving them a No. 1 ranking with the city championships on the horizon, says coach Rob Kinnear. “I…
Stephanie White still hears the occasional “girls play rugby?” despite leading Canada’s first World Cup team in the late 1980s. “We just played the U.S. every year from ’87 to ’91 then went to the world cup,” says White. Canada finished fifth in that inaugural women’s world cup; the U.S. team finished first. White played…