Rhonda Lee McIsaac There is a real Pacific storm brewing under those new LED lights at the George Brown Rec Centre! Between the ref whistles, the ball-wrestling in key, the players yelling for the pass, and the crowd screaming for stronger defense, it may also be the noisiest place to Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac The sound of dribbling basketballs echo over the new wooden floors as cheering fans lined the edge of the court filled the wooden bleachers at the Opening Ceremonies for the Pacific Unity U22 Summer Series. The U22 basketball players from the IATE Tonga, Maori, Gitxsan and the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — From the first jump to final free-throw the eight basketball teams registered for the Annual Clan Tournament did more than ‘practice and play’ against each other over the three-day event. The tournament brought Gaaw and HlGaagilda together in fierce competition, conscious comradery, and community pride! As Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — “I am happy to accept this,” said Arnie Bellis, about being named to the All Native Basketball Tournament Hall of Fame for coaching. Bellis coached for thirty years, not just in Gaaw but also in Hydaburg and HlGaagilda. “I had the Haida Nation Team,” he said Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — The All Native Basketball Tournament Committee has picked the 2017 Hall of Famers. The committee will be honouring four players and one coach. Players Tracy Cochrane (Prince Rupert) and Deanna Smith Gray (Haisla) from the Women’s Division, and Ellis Ross (Haisla) with team mate Wes Nyce Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — With only a peach basket and a set of rules, the game of basketball caught on like wildfire. Developed by Ontarian Dr. James Naismith in the United States in 1981, basketball has deep Canadian roots. Women’s basketball developed alongside men’s basketball. And this year at the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Serranos Zapotecos, Mixes and Chinantecos are coming down to sea level. The team comes from Guelatao, a village in the Sierra Madre mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, where basketball is a way of life and where champions are born, raised, praised, and remembered by fans of Read more…