Soft calls hurting basketball in the province. By Jason Pike. ST JOHN’S, NL – Contrary to what you may believe basketball is a contact sport. Well, maybe not here in Newfoundland. Over the past 5 years Newfoundland based teams travel more consistently than ever, to Toronto and Montreal primarily, and…
Read MoreThe Bad Behaviour Bears. At what point is bad behaviour punished? By Jason Pike MOBILE, NL – A lot of people in today’s generation might not get the reference of the Bad News Bears! But it’s what came to mind when witnessing the Beaconsfield Saxons this past weekend. It’s…
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By Jason Pike MOBILE, NL – This past week the annual Rule The Court tournament kicked off at Mobile Central High School. Sitting back watching the Mobile Monarch Nines play the Mount Pearl Intermediate Nines, it was easy to see that these teams were severely mismatched. The home town…
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By Jason Pike St John’s, NL – The Mobile Monarchs senior boys took on the St Kevin’s Mavericks senior B team on Monday night. And it was apparent right from the start that the monarchs are in for a very long season. Only 2 years ago the monarchs were AA…
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By Jason Pike Youth sports thrive on volunteers, that is no big secret, and in a lot of situations there wouldn’t be functioning organizations and teams without said volunteers. A lot of the times it consists of parents of children involved, or family members of those involved, that’s just a…
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By Jason Pike The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association (MWBA) is an amateur league designed for women 19 and over and offers a competitive environment under a well-maintained operation including an involved executive and board of directors made up almost entirely of women. No one can argue the fact that women’s basketball has…
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BasketBall Life after high school By Jason Pike ST JOHN’S, NL – If you, like me, have followed the basketball landscape around this province closely you will notice that those great players that, for two or three years everyone knew, just faded into obscurity. Sure some of them go on…
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By Jason Pike St. John’s, NL – I think the answer to the question is St John’s is a basketball town or not is a resounding yes! Well if that is the case why can’t the Newfoundland Rogues replicate the massive success of the St John’s Edge? Well that’s a…
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ST. JOHN’S, NL – A record setting 52 points by Armanie Channey wasn’t enough to stop the KW Titans from defeating his Newfoundland Rogues 128-115 on Friday, May 10, 2024 in St John’s. The Titans sweep the Rogues 3-0 in the Rogues third season in St John’s and first season…
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St John’s, NL – Newfoundland Rogues Armani Chaney drives by fan favorite Chris Jones of the London Lighting on his way to scoring 2 of his 38 points on his birthday. Chaney lead both teams in the Rogues 110-104 win om London Lighting. Photo by Joe Chase.…
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