And then there were four.
The PROLINE Legacy Cup unfolds this weekend in Fredericton as the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association prepares to crown its Season IV champion.
It could be a heck of a dramatic tournament.
Why?
Consider you have two teams who tied with identical 8-2 records, one team is a two-time reigning champion and another hasn’t missed at least a semifinal appearance in four seasons and you have a formula for excitement.
Not to mention some serious offensive firepower from one through four.
Regular season champion Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour will join Miramich Her-Icanes, Halifax Thunder and hometown Fredericton Freeze in the event.
Lake City and Miramichi both tied atop the standings with 8-2 records, but the 56ers earned the nod as pennant winners thanks to a head-to-head victory.
Thunder, coming off back-to-back titles, were third in the league at 6-4 and Fredericton was fourth at 5-5.
Lake City meets Fredericton in the opener at the Richard J. Currie Center on Saturday at 5 p.m. The 56ers had the right to choose which game time it wanted thanks to its regular season crown.
Miramichi and Halifax tangle at 7:30 p.m.
The winners meet in Sunday’s final at 3 p.m.
The third place contest goes at 12:30 p.m.
Ticket information will be available, but there will be pre-ticket sales expected to start Wednesday and game day tickets will be available at the RJCC box office.
Tournament passes are $30 for adults that gets you into all four games. Seniors and student tournament passes are $25. Single day sessions for two games is $15 adults and $12 students and seniors. Under-14 youth are admitted free.
– Bob Pettipas Photo