HAMILTON – The Queens bent down the stretch but didn’t break. Now, they’re off to the Bronze Medal Semifinals as a result. The Red Deer Queens held off a late charge from the Mohawk Mountaineers on Thursday afternoon, picking up an 80-70 win over the hosts to advance to the Bronze Medal Semifinals at the…
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Vikings Advance to CCAA Bronze Medal Semifinals with 12-Point Win Over Mystics, 80-68
HAMILTON – “We’re playing with nothing to lose.” Those were the words from Jenessa Doctor after the first of two Bronze Quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon. Doctor and the Augustana Vikings picked up a 12-point win over the MSVU Mystics, 80-68, to advance to the Bronze Semifinals on Friday night. Doctor was named Player of the…
Big First Half Leads Blues Past Queens in CCAA Quarterfinals, 68-51
HAMILTON – It’s long been said that it’s not how you start, but how you finish. For the Dawson Blues on Wednesday night, how they started helped how they finished in Hamilton. The Blues used a big first half to put separation between themselves and the Red Deer Queens, and Dawson picked up a 68-51…
Humber Soars to 84-63 Win Over Vikings in CCAA Quarterfinals
HAMILTON – The Hawks are bound for the semifinals. In the second quarter-final matchup at the 2023 CCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship in Hamilton, the Humber Hawks rolled to the 84-63 win over the Augustana Vikings to punch their ticket to the semifinals on Thursday afternoon. The Hawks were led by Britney English, who was…
Saint-Jean Rides Big Second Half to 84-71 Win Over Mystics in CCAA Quarterfinals
HAMILTON – It took them a quarter to get rolling, but once they did, they didn’t look back. Les Geants de Saint-Jean used a 14-2 run to open the second half as their springboard to a big finish, and they punched their ticket to the National Semifinals with an 84-71 win over the Mount Saint…
Botham and Grobmeier Resign From Their Red Deer Polytechnic Coaching Positions
Mandy Botham and Gerald Grobmeier have resigned from their respective positions at Red Deer Polytechnic, with the moves taking effect December 31st.
Old Faces in New Places, Part One: Nine Basketball Student-Athletes That Are Shining With Their New Programs
Rosters have been shaken up across Canada since the 2019-20 season. In Part One of ‘Old Faces in New Places’, we look at nine basketball players having an impact with their respective new program.
Best Kept Secrets, Part One: Names to Watch Across the CCAA in the Second Half
With the second half of the season just around the corner, here are eight names to keep an eye on from across the CCAA.
Player Profile Cards: Series One (#1 – #152)
SARNIA, Ont. — With the 2020-21 season having been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we needed a different way to keep basketball in the minds of fans from coast-to-coast while keeping people engaged with the players, coaches, and programs from across Canada. During the pandemic, the trading card industry took off, with cards being…