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Hard road ahead for the Mobile Monarchs

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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 senior Varsity Boys provincial champions but this team is a mere shadow of that squad. I’m trying to give them benefit of the doubt, being that it was the first game of the season, but what I witnessed was a severe lack of grassroots and fundamental basketball training. Kale Pittman…

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When volunteers should move on

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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 given and it is where organizations are able to draw from, but at what point do they or should they move on? I’m all about the Goodwill of volunteering and sticking around but when they stay running organizations for more than a decade after their kids have grown and moved…

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SSNL needs to start ranking

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By Jason Pike ST. John’s, NL – Many years ago, when high school sports was called the Newfoundland High School athletics Association, the way schools competed were drafted out by the population of your school. Leap ahead several decades the name has changed but the structure has stayed the same! 1A through 4A still compete based on school size as they did from the very beginning, and yes, this is often the proper way to do things, because more students, gives you more players to choose from, and a greater chance of having the strongest team available to you.  But…

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Is MWBA option for NL women’s basketball?

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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 grown exponentially in 2024. The arrival of Caitlin Clark on the professional basketball scene has skyrocketed attention to women’s basketball in particularly even more for the WNBA. Clark’s impact has amplified an already upward trend of fan interest in women’s basketball. The total attendance record for Division I women’s basketball was…

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Basketball life after high school.

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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 to have at least some type of collegiate career but for the most part those spaces are limited, either because there aren’t open tryouts or they weren’t invited or they lack the confidence or because some coach somewhere didn’t think they were good enough. Over the last few years I’ve…

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Take me out to the ball game. Can St. John’s support a Pro baseball team

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St Johns interlocking U13 league. Parker Phillips of MP Blazers at bat against Paradise Phantoms .Game a Squires Field MP. © 2021 Pat Cochrane

Take me out to the ball game: Could St. John’s support a Pro baseball team By Jason Pike At any given night during summer in St John’s you can often find St Pat’s ballpark buzzing with players and fans underneath the lights. Because baseball over the years has developed his own traditions here in the province predominantly in the city of St John’s. All all too familiar are the names Shamrocks, Fieldians, and Holy Cross, just to name a few but they hold a proud tradition in the game of baseball within the city and they’ve done so for many…

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