The Moncton Mystics will have a new shot-caller at the helm of their Maritime Women’s Basketball Association team. Longtime New Brunswick Intersholastic Athletic Association coach Troy Mackenzie will handle duties for the Mystics as the Moncton club prepares for its third season of operation in May. Mackenzie takes over the Mystics in the footsteps of...Read More
There was a pretty solid women’s recreation league in Moncton before the Maritime Women’s Basketball League launched in 2022. Guess what? The local circuit is back up and running with huge numbers registering and ready to play. The response was so high, said organizer Shannon Parlee, they had to add to player roster sizes to...Read More
The Port City Fog watched another team hoist the Legacy Cup on its home court last June. That memory will spark another run at a Maritime Women’s Basketball Association championship bid for the Saint John squad. Dropping a heartbreaking final game, 102-93, in front of an MWBA record crowd of 1,209 at TD Station to...Read More
Kevin Daley will return as the head coach of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Fredericton Freeze. He will embark on his second season at the Freeze helm after joining the team in 2023. Daley took over the reins from John Hickey, who guided Fredericton during its first year of operation in 2022. ‘I had an...Read More
With a plethora of experience filling his resume, Augy Jones is back in a head coaching capacity. Jones has been named head coach of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s Halifax Hornets. He will take over the head coaching reins from Mark Forward, who will remain with the Hornets in a reduced capacity. Forward paced the...Read More
All seven Maritime Women’s Basketball Associations are preparing for the open signing windows of players. Teams, if they choose, can begin signing players for the 2024 season which is set to begin in early May. Reigning champion Halifax Thunder join Halifax Hornets, Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth Region, Port City Fog of Saint John, Fredericton...Read More
The Lake City 56ers are ready to roll. Lake City, which will operate out of the Dartmouth region and is the former Windsor Edge, has announced its head coach for the 2024 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season. The 56ers have tabbed Patrick Havard to lead the club into the MWBA’s third season. Lake City played...Read More
There has been plenty of team and personal success in Atlantic University Sport this season, setting up what is sure to be an exciting stretch drive. And a number of players in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association have reached and surpassed personal milestones along the way with their AUS clubs. Reese Baxendale of the University...Read More
The third season of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is not far away. It all begins the first week of May when the regular season gets under way in earnest, with all roads leading to the Legacy Cup. In fact, the road to the championship will go through Nova Scotia once again as the league...Read More
Big news. Big news, indeed. After two years of Original Six teams – with apologies to the National Hockey League – the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is expanding. The MWBA will boast seven teams for 2024 when the expansion Miramichi Her-icanes enter the fray in May. ‘We are absolutely ecstatic to see expansion in our...Read More
