Basketball Nova Scotia
Junior & Senior Academy
The Junior (Athletes born in 2005 and 2006) and Senior (Athletes born in 2002, 2003, and 2004) Academies will consist of a curriculum provided directly from Canada Basketball. The goal is to introduce athletes to skills, concepts, and tactics implemented by our National Sport Organization (NSO). With a higher volume of athletes from Nova Scotia being identified and invited to attend Age Group Assessment Camps for Canada Basketball, we believe this new program can help better prepare our athletes.
This year, our Junior and Senior Academies will not only be regional skill-based clinics, but also educational and developmental opportunities with two PREP programs from the OSBA league (Tony McIntyre from Athlete Institute - Male, and Marc French from King's-Edgehill - Female), and an IDENTIFICATION CAMP for our Provincial Team tryouts in December of 2018.
16 Total hours per region (Yarmouth, Shelburne, Halifax, Pictou, Cape Breton):
16
COST: $200.00
REGISTER HERE FOR JUNIOR ACADEMY
**(OPTION TO SELECT MALE/FEMALE AND LOCATION IN FORM)**
REGISTER HERE FOR SENIOR ACADEMY
**(OPTION TO SELECT MALE/FEMALE AND LOCATION IN FORM)**
2018 MBA League Champions
Congratulations to all Metro Basketball Association teams on a very successful season. The following teams won and were finilists in their respected divisions. Good luck to all teams in their post season games and tournaments.
| U12 Boys | Champions | Finalist |
| Division 1 | Community YMCA Panthers - Gero | North Preston Bulls - Cain |
| Division 2 | Halifax Hurricanes - Imai | East Preston Pacers - Coward |
| Division 3 | North Preston Bulls - Downey | Mainland Express - Bullen |
| Division 4 | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - BestWhite | Bedford Eagles - Coldwell |
| Division 5 | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - Baker | Halifax Hurricanes - Honig |
| Division 6 | North Preston Bulls - Beals | Bedford Eagles - Pickett |
| Division 7 | Bedford Eagles - Rollings | Mainland Express - Drozdowski |
| U12 Girls | Champions | Finalist |
| Division 1 | Valley Heat - Starratt | Halifax Hurricanes - Waye |
| Division 2 | North Preston Bulls - Provo | Sackville Storm - Kohler |
| Division 3 | Westend Steelers - Sampson | Bedford Eagles - Sampson |
| Division 4 | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - O'Neill | Dartmouth Lakers - Mullally |
| Division 5 | Westend Steelers - Hope | Bedford Eagles - Cameron |
| U14 Boys | Champions | Finalist |
| Division 1 | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - Munro | Community YMCA Panthers - Paris |
| Division 2 | Dartmouth Lakers - Walton | Community YMCA Panthers - Sampson |
| Division 3 | Philippine Tamaraws - Valencia | Fall River Rebels - Horne |
| Division 4 | Community YMCA Panthers - Skeete | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - Banks |
| Division 5 | Westend Steelers - Malay | Sackville Storm - Lucas |
| Division 6 | Shooting Star - Garland | Bedford Eagles - Cormier |
| Division 7 | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - Cox | Halifax Hurricanes - AbiDaoud |
| U14 Girls | Champions | Finalist |
| Division 1 | Valley Jr. Axewomen - Cumby | Colchester Tigers - Clyke |
| Division 2 | Fall River Rebels - Lancaster | North Preston Bulls - Downey |
| Division 3 | Cole Harbour Rockets - Hart | Shooting Star - Strickey |
| Division 4 | Prospect Bulls - Forsythe | Community YMCA Panthers - Marsman |
| Division 5 | Cole Harbour Rockets - Langille | Dartmouth Lakers - Penney |
| U16 Boys | Champions | Finalist |
| Division 1 | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - Hearn | Cole Harbour Rockets - Haley |
| Division 2 | Dartmouth Lakers - MacNaughton | ABA Celtics - Roberts |
| Division 3 | Westend Steelers - Clothier | Halifax Hurricanes - Anderson/Morrissy |
| Division 4 | Sackville Storm - Ramsay | Community YMCA Panthers - Carvery |
| Division 5 | Halifax Hurricanes - Raju | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - Johnson |
| Division 6 | St. Margarets Bay SLAM - King | Dartmouth Lakers - Kidston |
| U16 Girls | Champions | Finalist |
| Division 1 | ABA Celtics - Brown | Community YMCA Panthers - Smal |
| Division 2 | Cole Harbour Rockets - Parker | Community YMCA Panthers - Nelson |
| Division 3 | Halifax Hurricanes - Roy | Shooting Star - Horne |
| U18 Boys | Champions | Finalist |
| Division 1 | Community YMCA Panthers - James | Cole Harbour Rockets - Cox |
2017/18 Season Information
Dates of Play
These have been updated on the website, there are a couple changes this season. During the second lst weekend of play the U10 group will not play both Saturday and Sunday, they will play on the Saturday only. They will play their last game the following Saturday. BNS has moved their Jamboree for this age group back a week as well.
CLICK HERE for 2017/18 Dates of Play
Team Fees
There will be no change in team fees for this coming season. Fees will remain at $1495 per team.
Rule Changes
The following was voted on and passed at the AGM. The following will be added to the rules for U10 this coming season:
12.14 No Screening – Screening of any kind is NOT permitted (including ball screens, area screens, and dribble weaves/handoffs). If there is a screen set, legal or not, and there is contact it will be called a foul. If there is a screen set, legal or not, and there is no contact it will be a turnover.
Association Contact Information
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