Saint John’s Port City Fog absolutely needed a win on Sunday. They got it, in large part, thanks to Rachel Farwell, who was named the Medavie Player of the Week. The Fog was facing an 0-2 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association trek through Nova Scotia before facing the Halifax Hornets in dire need of a win....Read More
If you’re a fan of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association – and we know there are plenty of you out there – you have some choices to make. As in which venue do you attend to watch which matchup. Take your pick. Two teams are in a race for top spot in the seven-team circuit...Read More
It’s going to be a busy weekend of competition in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. And with that, there should be plenty of moving and shaking in the league-leader departments. Entering a six-game weekend, Leo Elbert of the Moncton Mystics leads the scoring derby, averaging 24.5 points. Elbert recorded a league record 35 points in...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has made plenty of noise for its growth and basketball prowess. It’s also making noise on social media. Numbers continue to climb across numerous MWBA social media outlets, but there is another wave of popularity settling in with its new podcast. Hoops Our Way: Inside the MWBA Podcast is available...Read More
The Miramichi Her-Icanes are writing an interesting script in their first year of operation in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. A lot of that script is authored by Lauren Rainford. The talented point guard with the Her-icanes is the MWBA’s Player of the Week – Presented by Royale for her exploits on the floor. Rainford...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association hit the holiday pause button. After roaring out of the gates May 4, the MWBA has played before record crowds in a number of cities, showed that parity has arrived and is producing top notch basketball. The MWBA traditionally – three years in – takes Victoria Day Weekend off to...Read More
Miramichi Her-Icanes remain perfect at home. The ‘Canes improved to 2-0 in Maritime Women’s Basketball Association in the friendly confines of Miramichi Valley High School on Friday, downing Moncton Mystics, 93-74, despite a league record for points from a member of the visiting squad. Leo Elbert drained an MWBA single game points record with 35,...Read More
It was called an intriguing matchup in the Medavie Game of the Week in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association Thursday night. Well, that lived up to the pre-game hype. Halifax Hornets, seeking their first win of the season, appeared destined to do exactly that, leading by 14 points at one juncture of the first half...Read More
Lauren Rainford is in her first Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. She is certainly making herself at home. Rainford, the dynamic guard with expansion Miramichi Her-Icanes leads the MWBA in scoring through two weeks of play, producing at a 23.0 points per game clip. She has company. Elizabeth Iseyemi of Lake City 56ers is second in...Read More
Halifax Thunder bent, but didn’t break. Experience in droves and a balanced offensive attack allowed Halifax to finish with an 83-74 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association triumph over Miramichi Her-Icanes on Sunday at Saint Mary’s University in the Nova Scotia capital. Thunder improved to 3-0 on the regular season and has sole possession of first place,...Read More
