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Coquitlam vs. Victoria,Game 5 7: 45 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena

The Victoria Junior Mariners saved their best for last, claiming the B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League championship courtesy of a 7-2 victory over the Abbotsford Cardinals.

BASEBALL VICTORIA MAVERICKS Monday result Semifinals (Best of three) Game 3 Athletics 3 Braves 1 WP: Trevor Strandlund (A's win series 2-1)

Winning the women's Rogers Cup was a breakthrough event for Petra Kvitova. Not only was it the 22-year-old Czech's first WTA Tour victory of the year, it was also the first of her eight career titles that was won on North American soil.

Willie Mitchell brings cup home

Willie Mitchell brings hockey's Holy Grail home to Port McNeill >C7

Local Olympians weren't the only ones returning home to the Island on Monday with medals wrapped around their necks.

Kabush rides out of London in style; Mountain biker eighth as Island finishes with four medals

The decision to release Chad Johnson shortly after the six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver was arrested in a domestic violence case was not a reactionary one, the head coach of the Miami Dolphins said Monday.

It’s a best-of-three series now.The Victoria Shamrocks evened their Western Lacrosse Association best-of-seven semifinal at 2-2 via a thrilling 11-8 overtime victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs Sunday night on the mainland.