And now there are four. The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, preparing for its fourth season in May, is certainly spreading its wings to the grassroots levels in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Add the Miramichi Junior Her-icanes to the growing list. The under-16 Hericanes will make their debut at an invitational tournament March 29 to...Read More
A wish the Fredericton Freeze has been pining for has been granted. The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Freeze will have a junior program running under its flagship name The Fredericton Junior Freeze will begin play this spring for girls entering Grade 9 through 11. ‘We’ve been looking to dig deeper into our community with youth...Read More
As the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association prepares for Season IV in May, we’re going to look back on a wildly successful and competitive season that was 2024. We’ll start with a recap of the Royale player of the week award winners from last season. Six players earned the weekly nod including Elizabeth Iseyemi of Dartmouth/Cole...Read More
It’s getting closer. Days are longer, snow is starting disappear and the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is ready to rumble for its fourth season of spring and early summer showdowns. The 2025 schedule has been released and opening weekend will feature all seven teams in action when the May 3 to 4 weekend arrives. ‘We...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is prepared for its fourth season of competition, beginning the first weekend of May. Seven teams will return to the MWBA fold. The squads include two-time reigning champion Halifax Thunder, Halifax Hornets, Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour, Fredericton Freeze, Moncton Mystics, Saint John’s Port City Fog and Miramichi Hericanes....Read More
Four players from the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association will attend USPORTS nationals at the University of British Columbia later this month. Katelyn Power and Aliyah Fraser of the three-time Atlantic University Sport champion Saint Mary’s University Huskies of Halifax will be at UBC along with Allie McCarthy and Bailey Russell of the University of Ottawa...Read More
Two teams will represent the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball conference at this year’s national championship. We know one thing to be certain…St. Thomas University Tommies will definitely be going considering the Fredericton-based squad is hosting the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championship in March at the Richard J. Currie Center. Which team will join...Read More
Nova Scotia’s capital city comes alive this weekend with basketball, basketball and more basketball on the docket. That includes numerous players who battled last season in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Atlantic University Sport women’s basketball conference championship unfolds at Scotiabank Place with six teams seeking a championship and berth in the USPORTS final in...Read More
Editor’s Note: We are profiling players from the 2024 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association who are representing their universities and colleges in playoff action this week. Two players from the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association are continuing down the playoff road in their respective leagues from Quebec to New England. Emily McNeil is with the Bishop’s University...Read More
