Talk to anyone around the round table and the consensus has been clear since before the season even opened. The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association title is up for grabs this season. Case in point, Thursday night at Saint Mary’s University. The visiting Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour rolled into the Nova Scotia capital and...Read More
Courtney Donaldson is off to a remarkably hot start, sending notice across the Maritime Women’s basketball Association she is an offensive force to be reckoned with. Already armed with one Royale Player of the Week award, the key performer with Dartmouth/Cole Harbour’s Lake City 56ers, Donaldson is also creeping closer to a major MWBA milestone....Read More
The Halifax Thunder cracked the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association win column in a big way. And plenty of the thanks went to Sami Russell. Russell erupted for a game high – and league season high – 29 points as Thunder rolled past previously undefeated Lake City 56ers, 76-68. For her efforts, Russell was named the...Read More
We’re through two weeks of Maritime Women’s Basketball Association and the call has gone out for a coin. A coin? Yes, a coin that may be required to figure out where the power rests in the seven-team league as Season IV has brought plenty of early surprises. ‘We’re two weeks in, there are no undefeated...Read More
The Halifax Thunder crossed the bridge home with a victory under their belts Sunday. The two-time reigning champions ended hopes host Lake City 56ers would move to 4-0 in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Halifax, which arrived 0-1, earned a 76-68 win over Lake City in a game played at Cole Harbour High School. It...Read More
The Lake City 56ers look to remain undefeated Sunday, as an impressive start to the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association continues. Lake City moved to 3-0 on Saturday with a 57-45 win over Halifax Hornets. One other Saturday outing had Miramichi Her-icanes tame visiting Fredericton Freeze, 68-56. The 56ers are 3-0 and host Halifax Thunder on...Read More
Can the Lake City 56ers remain undefeated? That’s one of several storylines fans of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association will following as Week II of Season IV opens Saturday. Lake City sits at 2-0 on the young season and marks its first home game, welcoming the Halifax Hornets to Cole Harbour High School. Game time...Read More
The Lake City 56ers opened the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s fourth season with two convincing wins in New Brunswick. A key part for the offensive outbursts for the Dartmouth-Cole Harbour-based squad was Courtney Donaldson. Donaldson, in her second MWBA season with the 56ers, scored 33 combined points in the wins and was named the league’s...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association rocked its opening weekend with some interesting storylines. ‘The first week of the season is always exciting and ours certainly didn’t disappoint,’ said MWBA commissioner, Jen McKenzie of Dartmouth. ‘Close games, solid performances and just an overall feeling expressed amongst all seven teams that this season, parity has arrived.’ Let’s...Read More
