When the Skidegate Saints and the Burnaby Chiefs square off in an All Native Basketball Tournament final, a fast, physical, and tight battle can be expected. This year’s senior championship game was no exception. For the Saints, it was an opportunity to even the score after Burnaby hoisted the trophy in 2024 and 2025. For […]
Senior Skidegate Saints back on top at All Native Basketball Tournament Read More »
Is the Nanaimo Tyde the new Burnaby Chiefs for the All Native Basketball Tournament? Like the Chiefs in 2022, Nanaimo made its first appearance at the venerable tournament in the Intermediate Division this year. Also, like Burnaby in 2022, the Tyde breezed through the competition undefeated in their first year en route to the title.
Nanaimo bursts onto the All Native basketball scene with the intermediate title Read More »
Sports pundits may debate the definition of a dynasty, but if there was ever any doubt about the Similkameen Starbirds, it was put to rest during the 2026 All Native Basketball Tournament women’s final on Feb. 21. Going into the tournament this year, the Starbirds were three-time champions, and it showed as they cruised through
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When the Kaien Island Sirens entered the 2026 All Native Basketball Tournament, they were the only team to have ever won the Women’s Masters Division, inaugurated last season. They still hold that distinction following a barn burner of a finale against the Gitxsan Mystics in the Russ Gamble Gymnasium at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre
Prince Rupert repeats as All Native basketball women’s masters champions Read More »