The Halifax Hornets hit the road Sunday in defence of their Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Legacy Cup championship. Halifax looked solid, pulling into a 52-35 halftime lead and buzzing its way to a 92-69 win over host Windsor Edge to start the season on the right foot. The game, played at Avon View High School,...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is back. In a big way. What a way to start the MWBA’s second season Saturday night as the hometown Port City Fog of Saint John stormed back from a first half deficit to shock the Fredericton Freeze, 73-68, in front of 448 fans at the University of New Brunswick...Read More
Did someone say pre-season? It seemed anything but on Saturday afternoon in Moncton as the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association finished its pre-season in impressive style. A back-and-forth physical encounter saw the visiting Fredericton use strong first and fourth quarters to turn back host Moncton Mystics in front of 340 fans at Harrison Trimble High School....Read More
The reigning Maritime Women’s Basketball Association champion Halifax Hornets are buzzing already. The Hornets are the first team to announce its roster for 2023, the second season for the six-team MWBA. And although Halifax has a number of changes to its personnel, that doesn’t mean the roster has been weakened, paced by a number of...Read More
The pre-season continues Saturday, April 29, in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Hometown Moncton Mystics will welcome Fredericton Freeze to town in a matinee outing. Game time is 1 p.m. at Harrison Trimble High School, Last year, the Mystics hosted Fredericton in the league’s first-ever pre-season game and it produced a sellout, setting the stage...Read More
The offence sputtered early for both teams, but came alive in the second half as the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association kicked off its second season with an exhibition game in Miramichi on Sunday. When the dust settled, it was the Fredericton Freeze downing Port City Fog of Saint John, 76-59, following a strong fourth quarter....Read More
MWBA Commissioner Tasia McKenna The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association continues to build its architectural framework. As the MWBA prepares for its second season in May, Crystal Watson of Halifax has joined the organization as its first-ever executive director. Watson’s role will be varied, but she will be a key contact as a liaison with the...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is set to roll. In fact, it will be the May 6 and 7 weekend the MWBA kicks off its second season of action on the heels of last year’s remarkable success story. The six-team league hopes to follow suit in 2023 with the release of its 10-game regular season...Read More
It was May of 2022 when the Moncton Mystics hosted the first-ever Maritime Women’s Basketball Association game, a pre-season meeting with the Fredericton Freeze. Fans turned out in droves, filling Harrison Trimble High School for the exhibition outing and igniting a string of successes the MWBA celebrated in its inaugural season. Moncton is going to...Read More
One of the Maritimes’ most successful women’s coaches is joining the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Kevin Daley has been named head coach of the MWBA’s Fredericton Freeze as the league prepares to enter its second season this spring. He is the long-time head coach of the New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Fredericton High Black Kats...Read More
