Sports

Vancouver Island University’s golf team was right in the mix again, finishing in third place at the third tournament of the season. VIU’s men carded a team score of 600 at the Camosun Invitational in Victoria last weekend.

The V.I. Raiders and the Okanagan Sun will play for a first-place finish in the B.C. Football Conference this Sunday (Oct. 9) in Kelowna. But these days, the Raiders-Sun rivalry has become about more than just football.

The North Island Silvertips lost both its games against the Greater Vancouver Canadians on Saturday and Sunday at the University of British Columbia, falling 2-1 and then 3-1.

The Nanaimo District Islanders’ opponents aren’t going to have much fun this year. The NDSS Tier 2 varsity football team hopes not only to win its games, but also play a punishing style.

The Nanaimo Clippers are building some early season consistency. The city’s B.C. Hockey League team won its second straight game Tuesday, a 5-2 road win against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, and has now earned points in four of its first five games of the season.

The Barsby Bulldogs are a bunch of tough football players, so they’re not easily spooked. And they’re not going to be intimidated by the greatest AA varsity football team they know – the 2010 Barsby Bulldogs.

Nanaimo’s B.C. Hockey League team brought a couple more young prospects aboard the Clipper ship. The team added North Island Silvertips Nick Gomerich and Liam Shaw on Monday in the BCHL’s first ever 15-year-old affiliate player draft.

The Nanaimo Redmen defeated the Victoria Spartans 13-6 on Sunday afternoon at May Richards Bennett Pioneer Park.

University of Victoria Jutes player Tyler Sangha, front, is wrenched to the ground by Nanaimo Hornets opponent Kiko Halaliku during a B.C. Rugby Union Island First Division match Saturday at Nanaimo’s Pioneer Park. The Hornets defeated the Jutes 55-17 for their first win of the fall season.

The Kocher Classic is about to kick off. The annual neighbourhood rivalry game between the John Barsby Bulldogs and the Nanaimo District Islanders didn’t fit into the AA varsity schedule, but the junior varsity programs from the two teams are going to crash into each other tomorrow (Oct. 5).