Quite a night. Which has meant Bailey Russell of the Fredericton Freeze is the Royale Player of the Week Award winner for the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s fifth and final regular season week. Russell was instrumental in a big come-from-behind win over the hometown Port City Fog of Saint John last Saturday night. The second...Read More

There were so many remarkable performances in 2025 and followers of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association can expect many more storylines with playoffs on the line this week and into the weekend. Before counting all the team stories and post-season scenarios, let’s take a spin around the MWBA leaderboard and see who performed top five...Read More

And with the horn blaring at the end of the game, it also signalled the end of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s fourth regular season. ‘We had an amazing regular season with so many accomplished players showcasing the talent our league has to offer,’ said MWBA commissioner, Jen McKenzie of Dartmouth, NS. ‘There was parity,...Read More

The Miramichi Her-Icanes finished their second-ever Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season with an 8-2 record. That came following a 91-55 win over visiting Port City Fog of Saint John during a Sunday matinee in the Port City. The Her-Icanes finished tied with Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour with identical 8-2 marks. Lake City earned...Read More

The stage is set in Nova Scotia. Final playoff seedings are in effect and we know what the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association post-season push will look like in the post-season. Season IV for both teams wrapped up Sunday afternoon and the hometown Halifax Hornets earned an entertaining 56-51 decision over Lake City 56ers. Halifax finished...Read More

There were two Saturday night showdowns in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. One in Nova Scotia, one in New Brunswick. Let’s start in the Bluenose Province where the Halifax Thunder host the red-shot Miramichi Her-icanes in a game between solid entrants. Halifax appeared poised to run away and hide into the fourth quarter before Miramichi...Read More

There’s still work to be done. And the hardhats come on today for the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association as the seven-team league enters the stretch run, the regular seaon ending Sunday. There are two games for Saturday, both 7 p.m. starts. Fredericton Freeze meets Port City Fog at the University of New Brunswick at Saint...Read More

For the first time in its four-year history, the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association will have a new regular season champion. Question is, which team will fly the pennant? The Halifax Thunder had entered Season IV with three straight regular season crowns, but this year, either the Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour or Miramichi Her-Icanes...Read More

Close and close and then the Lake City 56ers pulled away. Lake City, which entered play Wednesday night tied for top spot in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, earned sole possession atop the perch following a 67-52 triumph over host Halifax Thunder. The 56ers moved ahead of idle Miramichi Her-Icanes for first place. Lake City...Read More

It’s an upper echelon clash in Halifax. The Lake City 56ers leave Dartmouth/Cole Harbour and slide into the City of Halifax tonight for a key date with the Thunder, a 7 p.m., outing at Saint Mary’s University. Lake City arrives tied for first place atop the seven-team Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, sharing that mark with...Read More