A familiar face with the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association and a vocal leader of the Halifax Hornets has taken on a key role with University of King’s College in the Nova Scotia capital. Jasmine Parent is now the Equity Officer at the Halifax university. Parent has played for the Hornets since the MWBA’s inception, helping...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association will host its annual general meeting Tuesday, Oct. 24. The session will be held virtually. Plans for the 2024 season have been under way since the MWBA’s second season of play ended last June at TD Station in Saint John with a record crowd of 1,209 on hand. More information...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has been incredibly fortunate. Both Medavie Blue Cross (medaviebc.ca) and Royale (royale.ca) came to the forefront of the then fledgling MWBA in 2022, becoming founding partners of the six-team entity. Since then, may key leaders in the business world have come on board to help the MWBA or individual franchises....Read More
The Fredericton Freeze has always had a home city. Just never a true home court. That will change in 2024. The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association entrant will play out of the sparkling Richard J. Currie Center’s Performance Centre on the campus of University of New Brunswick for the majority of its home games next season....Read More
Karla Yepez has a winning pedigree. Dalhousie University Tigers are seeking exactly that. Yepez, who starred for five seasons with the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers, is turning to coaching, joining Atlantic University Sport rival Dalhousie University Tigers as an assistant coach. She has a familiar face on head coach Tanya McKay’s staff. Parker...Read More
A new podcast based in New Brunswick features a very familiar voice to the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Bill Gibson, the voice of the MWBA’s Fredericton Freeze and Saint John’s Port City Fog, launched Late Scratches, a podcast that made its debut in early September. Late Scratches was designed to fill a void with the disappearing...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association continues to make waves. A third player has signed a professional contract for the 2023-24 season. Tiffany Reynolds of the reigning MWBA champion Halifax Thunder has signed a pact to play in Nicaragua with Tipitapa. The franchise came into existence in 2019. She joins Thunder teammate Karissa Kajorinne (Portugal) and...Read More
Karissa Kajorinne is returning to Portugal for her second year of professional basketball. The offensive-star with the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association champion Halifax Thunder re-signed with Olivais in Portugal, the team she broke into the professional ranks with in 2022. Kajorinne appeared in 22 games last season with Olivais, which plays in a 16-team league....Read More
Allie Berry is the new head coach of the Crandall University Chargers. Berry, a formidable force with the Moncton Mystics of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, will take over the Chargers, preparing them for the 2023-24 Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association season. She will be joined by familiar faces. Jill Smith, who guided Crandall for five...Read More
Out of the blue came the call. Now, Sophia Widmeyer is wearing blue. Widmeyer, who recently finished her first Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season with the Halifax Hornets, was preparing to play her first professional season in Portugal this year, when a surprise call turned things around. ‘To be honest, it all came together very...Read More
