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As summer moves along, it’s time to review some major movement in the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s all-time scoring leader list. The league now boasts six players who have surpassed 400 career points, a benchmark for production through five seasons of MWBA competition. As the league churns toward its sixth season next spring, it’s interesting...Read More

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association believes public and player feedback is paramount to continuing moving forward. It’s already been a busy off-season for the MWBA and its eight-member teams and that will continue. Teams have already received a tentative schedule for the 2027 campaign which will be Season No. 6. It is the earliest teams...Read More

Yes, we still have plenty of summer left to enjoy. But, you know it’s coming. The fall season. With that in mind, the Thunder Selects of Halifax will be offering its fifth annual youth Fall League, a five-week circuit featuring four-on-four action. The league also brings in a music DJ, certified officials and an exciting...Read More

There was something magical about the spring and summer of 2026. What started as an experiment with one team last year, exploded into a full-blown four team league as the Fredericton Junior Freeze program found its footing, finding an impressive place to play for young women looking to extend their basketball seasons. The league was...Read More

Both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick officials will be well represented at next week’s Canada Basketball age-class national championships. The under-15 and under-17 girls’ championships will be held at Bishop’s University Sport Centre in Quebec. The boys battle for medals at the University of Regina. Both events run Aug. 2 to 8. Officials from both...Read More

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is in the midst of a busy off-season. Just over a month following the completion of its fifth anniversary campaign, the league has met as a group and through individual team sessions with an eye on 2027. Through all the teams, players, coaches, officials and dynamic MWBA partners, there is...Read More

Ann Bastien is one of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s most explosive talents. And you won’t hear her barking at officials, either. Mainly because Bastien is certainly an up-and-coming official to go along with her high-energy style on the MWBA court with the Fredericton Freeze and with the Atlantic University Sport’s reigning champion University of...Read More

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has always been about the game and giving back. Since launch in 2022, the MWBA has watched over 225 players play the game and many have turned to coaching as well. Which is why the MWBA salutes many present and past players preparing for Canada Basketball age-class championships Aug. 2...Read More

 The following is from Canada Basketball with files from the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association. New Brunswick and the Maritimes will celebrate national basketball icons next month. It’s Canada Basketball’s Hall of Fame celebrations for 2026 next month. And it’s coming to the Maritimes. Pardon? Yes, the national association will welcome its newest class – and...Read More