Cleve Dheensaw

Victoria

Sports Writer at Times Colonist

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Articles

The dream starts here: WCL season begins Friday for HarbourCats, NightOwls

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

It is said minor league and collegiate development baseball are all about the ambiance. Fans leave the park remembering more the smell of hot-dogs and the cold crispness of the beer than they do the final score. Fan exit surveys have borne that out. But the results and player progression mean something to somebody.
Shamrocks boost defence with eye on Mann Cup

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

To say the Victoria Shamrocks are locked and loaded for their 75th anniversary year is perhaps the understatement of the 2025 Western Lacrosse Association season, which begins tonight at 6:45 p.m. in The Q Centre for the boys in green against the Maple Ridge Burrards, before the first road game Saturday in Coquitlam against the Adanacs. That’s because how the 74th season in club history ended hangs over the 75th like an angry cloud.
Lions ready to roar in CFL preseason game at Starlight Stadium

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Before Snoop Dogg becomes the Life of da Party at B.C. Place on June 7 for the B.C. Lions first regular-season game, more than 6,000 fans will be bringing some vibes of their own Monday afternoon at Starlight Stadium for the Canadian Football League’s first preseason game.
Langford, Alberni groups bidding to host 2026 World Cup training camps

3 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Bid groups are hoping the soccer balls for the 2026 World Cup roll into Langford and the Alberni Valley. The Alberni Valley Organizing Committee for FIFA 2026 group announced Tuesday it has submitted a proposal to stage a team training camp ahead of the World Cup to be co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the U.S. next year. The Langford bid group, meanwhile, says it is well along in its bid process.
Youth movement key for Pacific FC, Canadian Premier League

3 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Youth must be served. And it is in the Canadian Premier League, where developing young domestic soccer players, is a mandate. The rules state Under-21 Canadian players must play a combined minimum of 2,000 minutes in league matches during any club’s 28-game season. Minutes played by U-21 Canadian players on a club’s developmental roster are included in the 2,000-minute calculation.
Goalkeeper looking to Anchor Pacific FC bounce-back

4 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Max Anchor is considered the Vancouver Whitecaps’ goalkeeper of the future in MLS. But it’s a process of many steps. This year the 20-year-old is on loan to Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League. He said the step up from MLS Next Pro is the difference between boys and men. Anchor will be patrolling the box today when PFC plays York United in CPL action at 5 p.m. at Starlight Stadium. “The maturity is the biggest thing,” Anchor said of the difference.
Strong Island high school girls soccer season hitting stride

4 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

A powerhouse Lower Island girls’ high school soccer season concluded Thursday night at Starlight Stadium with a Battle of the Bays in the Ryan Cup final. But there’s plenty more to come with the Island Triple-A championship tournament on the Oak Bay school field and Braefoot Park pitch next Thursday and Friday, out of which three teams will advance to the B.C. championship tournament May 29-31 at Centennial Stadium on the University of Victoria campus.
Chiefs eliminate Victoria Grizzlies from BCHL playoffs

4 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

The Chilliwack Chiefs ended the Victoria Grizzlies’ B.C. Hockey League season Friday night in the Fraser Valley. The Chiefs defeated the Grizzlies 5-4 in Game 5 of the their best-of-seven Coastal Conference final to win the series 4-1 before 2,246 fans at the Chilliwack Coliseum. The Chiefs advance to the BCHL Fred Page Cup league final against the winner of the Interior Conference final between the Penticton Vees and Brooks Bandits.
Victoria Grizzlies confident despite facing elimination

4 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Victoria Grizzlies interim head coach Geoff Grimwood used a metaphor from another sport to describe the situation his club faces in the B.C. Hockey League playoffs. “We will see what we are like when we have to wrestle with our shoulders close to the mat,” he said. The Grizzlies are one loss away from being pinned. The Chilliwack Chiefs lead their best-of-seven Coastal Conference final series 3-1 heading into the fifth game tonight at the Chilliwack Coliseum.
Gorge FC wins Province Cup to book ticket to women's soccer nationals

4 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

From kicking the ball in U Sports to the top of the women’s amateur soccer pyramid in B.C.A powerfully-flowing pipeline from the University of Victoria Vikes helped fuel Gorge FC to the Province Cup women’s soccer championship this week in Richmond. It has been facilitated by Gorge FC head coach Dave Dew, the former Canadian national team assistant coach, who is the assistant coach to Tracy David with the Vikes. “We have five former UVic players,” noted Dew.