A new podcast based in New Brunswick features a very familiar voice to the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. Bill Gibson, the voice of the MWBA’s Fredericton Freeze and Saint John’s Port City Fog, launched Late Scratches, a podcast that made its debut in early September. Late Scratches was designed to fill a void with the disappearing...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association continues to make waves. A third player has signed a professional contract for the 2023-24 season. Tiffany Reynolds of the reigning MWBA champion Halifax Thunder has signed a pact to play in Nicaragua with Tipitapa. The franchise came into existence in 2019. She joins Thunder teammate Karissa Kajorinne (Portugal) and...Read More
Karissa Kajorinne is returning to Portugal for her second year of professional basketball. The offensive-star with the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association champion Halifax Thunder re-signed with Olivais in Portugal, the team she broke into the professional ranks with in 2022. Kajorinne appeared in 22 games last season with Olivais, which plays in a 16-team league....Read More
Allie Berry is the new head coach of the Crandall University Chargers. Berry, a formidable force with the Moncton Mystics of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association, will take over the Chargers, preparing them for the 2023-24 Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association season. She will be joined by familiar faces. Jill Smith, who guided Crandall for five...Read More
Out of the blue came the call. Now, Sophia Widmeyer is wearing blue. Widmeyer, who recently finished her first Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season with the Halifax Hornets, was preparing to play her first professional season in Portugal this year, when a surprise call turned things around. ‘To be honest, it all came together very...Read More
Eva Widmeyer will wear new colours at the Atlantic University Sport level. Widmeyer, who played the 2023 Maritime Women’s Basketball Association season with the Halifax Hornets, has joined the Dalhousie University Tigers in Halifax. Head coach Tanya McKay made the announcement on Widmeyer, a transfer from AUS rival Acadia University Axewomen. She will enter the...Read More
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has been incredibly fortunate. Both Medavie Blue Cross (medaviebc.ca) and Royale (royale.ca) came to the forefront of the then fledgling MWBA in 2022, becoming founding partners of the six-team entity. Since then, many key leaders in the business world have come on board to help the MWBA or individual franchises....Read More
The Fredericton Freeze is preparing to enter its third season of Maritime Women’s Basketball Association competition. In a crowded sports community, the Freeze is starting to make some inroads in New Brunswick’s Capital City, providing a high level of competitive basketball while offering a family-friendly environment at its home games. With that in mind, the...Read More
L-R – Anna Lee LeBlanc, Katie Harding & Allie Dawe Anna Lee LeBlanc was taking notes in a class at the University of New Brunswick with a guest speaker who was brought in to talk to kinesiology students about the possibility of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association coming into existence. She was taking notes...Read More
Four players from the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association and one coach competed at the recent Canada 3X3 Quest national championship in Toronto. The players and coach all played for Team New Brunswick. Lia St. Pierre, Kelsey McLaughlin and Jenna Jones from the MWBA’s Moncton Mystics joined league MVP Kaylee Kilpatrick from Saint John’s Port City...Read More
