It was quite a weekend for Karissa Kajorinne. Her work earned the Thunder Bay, ON, native the first-ever Maritime Women’s Basketball Association player of the week award. One player from all six MWBA teams was selected to enter the player of the week voting. The decision was made by a three-member MWBA voting committee following...Read More
Two major players from across the country joined the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s (MWBA) roster as League Founding Partners and were rewarded with a remarkable opening weekend May 14 and 15 in Fredericton. ROYALE®, A PURR-oudly Atlantic Canadian™ household tissue company, loved by Canadians since 1963, and Medavie, a national health solutions partner, announced three-year...Read More
Fredericton Freeze was down 10 points and, truth be known, in didn’t look good. It was getting late and it appeared the hometown squad would fall to 0-2 on the opening weekend of Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play against the Windsor Edge. But the comeback came swiftly, a combination of big-time three-pointers, a steal and...Read More
Halifax Hornets had a solid first half, limiting Moncton to 20 points and the went on to down the Mystics, 86-56 in the second Maritime Women’s Basketball Association game of Sunday. Action is being held at Leo Hayes High School. Arianna Macias sparked a balanced Halifax attack with 16 points. Chantel Smith had 15 and...Read More
Halifax Thunder is heading home with a pair of wins to take with it across the provincial border. Thunder finished the opening weekend of Maritime Women’s Basketball Association with a 2-0 record following Sunday’s spirited 73-57 win over Port City Fog of Saint John in the opening game of the day. Port City slipped to...Read More
The Halifax Hornets showed some sting, coming back from an eight-point halftime deficit and held on down the stretch, eeking out a 71-66 victory over the Fredericton Freeze in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play Saturday. The game ended a remarkable three-game scene on the MWBA’s inaugural weekend. Action continues tomorrow at Leo Hayes High School...Read More
This one came down to the wire and a piece of iron. What a basketball game. Nova Scotia’s Windsor Edge put together a solid effort and held on for a dramatic 71-68 win over Port City Fog of Saint John in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association play Saturday in Fredericton. Port City’s Kaylee Kilpatrick’s attempt to...Read More
Halifax Thunder and Moncton Mystics tipped off the first-ever Maritime Women’s Basketball Association Saturday afternoon. It was a neck-and-neck battle through the first half, before the Thunder pulled ahead, extinguishing a late Moncton push to post an eventual 83-63 win at Leo Hayes High School in Fredericton. A crowd of approximately 135 took in the...Read More
The Windsor Edge is ready to make its mark in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. The Nova Scotia-based Edge released its roster, featuring a number of present day USPORTS and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association players under head coach Lonnie States. Windsor, along with the other five MWBA teams, open the inaugural season May 14 to...Read More
Halifax Hornets plan on doing some stinging this inaugural Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season. With a lineup fill of present-day university players, a veteran pro and numerous players not far removed from playing at high levels, the Hornets are buzzing. Former Cape Breton University Capers’ standout Hannah Brown, who played professionally in Berlin last season,...Read More
