We’re not sure who is going to have its team name etched onto the PROLINE Legacy Cup in 2027, but we sure know this. It may be September, but all eight Maritime Women’s Basketball Association are in the process of securing players for next season to lift the crown. In five seasons of MWBA action,...Read More
Leaves are turning. A titch of cool morning air, getting dark earlier. On the one hand, a final wave of the hand to the Summer of ’26. On the other hand, welcome to basketball season, 2026-27 style. As teams hit the ground running in preparation for U SPORTS play, it’s always fun to take a...Read More
The Thunder Selects basketball program of Halifax has been around well over two decades. Providing a club basketball program for girls that travels far and wide to find top-flight competition has always been the mantra for founder and chief operating officer, Brandon Rafuse. Through over 20 years, the off-season teams have produced a number of...Read More
Anxious? Ya got that right. The doors opened at Moncton Harrison Trimble High School on a Sunday afternoon back in April of 2022. Would anyone come through those doors was the question. The scene was set as the first-ever Maritime Women’s Basketball Association game, a pre-season outing, but hometown Moncton Mystics were preparing to face...Read More
They came along at exactly the right time. And found almost immediate success. The City of Miramichi loves basketball and the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has been welcomed with open arms. It was four years ago the Fredericton Freeze and Port City Fog of Saint John played a pre-season game at Miramichi Valley High School....Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association was purring along with six teams. Six teams through the 2022 and 2023 seasons. It was Fredericton Freeze, Halifax Hornets, Halifax Thunder, Moncton Mystics, Saint John’s Port City Fog and Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Preston. The letterhead became busier in 2024 when the Miramichi HerIcanes launched. And, then, last...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association celebrated its fifth anniversary when the final horn sounded last June in Fredericton. When the Halifax Thunder defeated Fredericton Freeze in a dramatic PRO·LINE Legacy Cup championship, it signaled a milestone ending to the only amateur league of its type in the country. What’s next? That was a common question....Read More
The pre-season can be predictable. Workouts. Off-court sessions. A tournament here, some games there. For many involved in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, this is going to be a pre-season event like never before thanks to connections with the Mount St. Vincent University Mystics of Halifax. The Mystics, perennial contenders in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic...Read More
As summer moves along, it’s time to review some major movement in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s all-time scoring leader list. The league now boasts six players who have surpassed 400 career points, a benchmark for production through five seasons of MWBA competition. As the league churns toward its sixth season next spring, it’s interesting...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association believes public and player feedback is paramount to continuing moving forward. It’s already been a busy off-season for the MWBA and its eight-member teams and that will continue. Teams have already received a tentative schedule for the 2027 campaign which will be Season No. 6. It is the earliest teams...Read More
