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The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has always pursued consistency and sustainability. Many of the eight teams have had the same team leaders since the league spawned in 2022. There has been a major change with one of the league’s foundation franchises, but that consistency and sustainability the league seeks, is in good hands. Long-time Halifax...Read More

We’re not sure who is going to have its team name etched onto the PROLINE Legacy Cup in 2027, but we sure know this. It may be September, but all eight Maritime Women’s Basketball Association are in the process of securing players for next season to lift the crown. In five seasons of MWBA action,...Read More

Leaves are turning. A titch of cool morning air, getting dark earlier. On the one hand, a final wave of the hand to the Summer of ’26. On the other hand, welcome to basketball season, 2026-27 style. As teams hit the ground running in preparation for U SPORTS play, it’s always fun to take a...Read More

The Thunder Selects basketball program of Halifax has been around well over two decades. Providing a club basketball program for girls that travels far and wide to find top-flight competition has always been the mantra for founder and chief operating officer, Brandon Rafuse. Through over 20 years, the off-season teams have produced a number of...Read More

Anxious? Ya got that right. The doors opened at Moncton Harrison Trimble High School on a Sunday afternoon back in April of 2022. Would anyone come through those doors was the question. The scene was set as the first-ever Maritime Women’s Basketball Association game, a pre-season outing, but hometown Moncton Mystics were preparing to face...Read More

They came along at exactly the right time. And found almost immediate success. The City of Miramichi loves basketball and the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association has been welcomed with open arms. It was four years ago the Fredericton Freeze and Port City Fog of Saint John played a pre-season game at Miramichi Valley High School....Read More

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association was purring along with six teams. Six teams through the 2022 and 2023 seasons. It was Fredericton Freeze, Halifax Hornets, Halifax Thunder, Moncton Mystics, Saint John’s Port City Fog and Lake City 56ers of Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Preston. The letterhead became busier in 2024 when the Miramichi HerIcanes launched. And, then, last...Read More

What’s in a name? Plenty. Let’s see, there was the Fredericton Bandits, Fredericton ThunderCats, Fredericton Fire, Fredericton Polar Bears and probably a few more that ended up in the circular file. Naming a team is never easy, but the Fredericton Freeze became reality in 2021 and entered the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association as part of...Read More

Welcome to Day II of the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association’s new awareness campaign. Today we bring you to a unique organization. It’s the only squad in the eight-team MWBA that calls three different centres home. Nova Scotia’s Lake City 56ers represent Dartmouth, Cole Harbour and Preston and proudly call all three centres home. The 56ers...Read More