MBA Midgets mine Silver in Petticodiac.

In a great weekend of basketball the Mariner Basketball Academy Midget team went 3-1 to earn a silver medal at BNB Provincials.

In their first game the Mariners played local rival Grand Manan who's JV team had split with the Mariners the in the high school season. These two groups of players knew each other well having played many times in mini and middle school. The Breakers attacked hard trying to keep pace with the Mariners who were using all of their depth to send wave after wave of pressure at the Island team. In the end as the game wore on it became clear the Mariner depth would take its tole as the Mariners went on to a 16 point victory.

In the 2nd game the Mariners played the Midget team from Dalhousie. With only a handful of players on the bench they were no match for the pressure applied by the MBA team who coasted to victory.

In the semi-final game the Mariners played the much larger and stronger host team from Petticodiac. Early in this game it appeared that the Panther's size and strength would cause the Marienrs enough problems at both ends to be the difference. By halftime though the Mariners had worn out the Panthers who were in foul trouble trying to keep ahold of the relentless tide of fresh speedy Mariners. Early in the 3rd quarter the Mariners had jumped out to a 26 point lead which they then used to comofortably hold on for a 14 point win.

This set up a finals match vs to undefeated teams: MBA and an allstar team of midget aged players from Harvey and McAdam. While the Mariners battled hard a combination of factors became their undoing. Playing their 4th game in 30 hours at a break neck pace, combined with foul trouble trying to contain the Harvey teams best player, ended up having the Mariners dig a hold they couldn't recover from in a 9 point loss.