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Demons chase top two

A MASSIVE 40-point haul from Mildura Demons gun Tracey Sherlock secured a huge victory as her side remains in the chase for a top two position in the Mildura Basketball Association Women’s Premier League. With two rounds of the...

12 hours ago
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Spirit star earns MVP honours

BENDIGO Spirit star Sami Whitcomb has taken out the WNBL MVP award for 2024/25. The 36-year-old Australian-American claimed the Suzy Batkovic Medal, the competition’s highest individual honour, after a superb season averaging 21 points, six rebounds...

23 Feb 2025
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Saints surge in unbeaten season

THE undefeated Alcheringa Saints kept their 13-match winning run alive with a strong victory over Workers Warriors in Men’s Premier League Basketball this week. Only seven points separated the sides at half-time but Saints would increase...

21 Feb 2025
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Women’s Heat squad locked in

SMALLER in numbers but big in talent, Mildura Heat’s Big V Basketball women’s squad has always punched above its weight. This year the side boasts just nine players with three more signed on as development players, but returning coach...

15 Feb 2025
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Tigers close on finals

AN important win for Irymple Tigers has created separation between themselves and Mildura Demons in the top four of Men’s Premier League Basketball. With four rounds remaining before finals in the Mildura Basketball Association summer...

14 Feb 2025
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Grand final success for junior Heat

FIVE Mildura Junior Heat basketball teams have come away as champions from the Riverland Junior Basketball Carnival at the weekend. The girls under-16 division 1, boys under-14 division 1 and 3 teams, girls under-14 division 1 and boys under-12...

14 Feb 2025
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Demons grab win over Hawks

MILDURA Demons secured a big win over Mildura Hawks to pull themselves close to a top two position in Women’s Premier League basketball this week. Despite being separated by just two points at the long break, Demons had a massive 20 to...

07 Feb 2025
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Demons take care of business

By Lewis Nancekivell and Mitch RoddMILDURA Demons have put on a strong showing against Merbein Cobras in Men’s Premier League basketball, securing a 71-61 victory. The game remained neck and neck until Demons picked up the pace in the fourth...

31 Jan 2025
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Heat recruit a Shaw thing

MILDURA Heat have staged a recruiting coup with the signing of Courtney Shaw as their import for this year’s Big V basketball Division 1 women’s campaign. The 24-year-old is a rebounding monster and will add a strong presence under the boards for...

31 Jan 2025
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Top sides return to courts with a bang

PREMIER League basketball was back in action at Mildura Sporting Precinct this week and the top teams picked up where they left off. In Tuesday’s women’s matches, top three Alcheringa Saints, Mildura Hawks and Mildura Demons all picked...

24 Jan 2025
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Mildura shows the Spirit

Hundreds of basketball fans headed to the Mildura Sporting Precinct on Sunday afternoon to see the Bendigo Spirit take on the Sydney Flames. Pictures: Ben Gross

14 Jan 2025
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Spirit soar as Flames dashed

WNBL ladder leaders Bendigo Spirit gave a brilliant performance in their home away from home in Mildura on Sunday as they aim to break a decade-long finals drought. The regional Victorian side was a well-oiled machine as Kennedy...

13 Jan 2025
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Spirit shine bright in Sunraysia

FANS flocked to the Mildura Sporting Precinct yesterday to watch some of the best female athletes in the country battle it out in the nation’s elite level basketball competition. Yesterday’s game between the Bendigo Spirit and Sydney Flames marked...

12 Jan 2025
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Spirit to bring the pace

IF someone had told Bendigo Spirit coach Kennedy Kereama prior to the WNBL season his side would be 12-2, he would have thought it was a mistake. However, that’s the exact position the team find themselves in before the run home to the finals...

12 Jan 2025
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High-level hoops at home

THE highest level of Australian women’s basketball will be played in Mildura this Sunday when the Bendigo Spirit take on the Sydney Flames. This will be the third year in a row the region has hosted a regular season Women’s National Basketball League...

10 Jan 2025
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Spirit’s high for Bendigo

SEEMINGLY finals bound for the first time in a decade, Bendigo Spirit star Sami Whitcomb says her side wants to be contending for the WNBL championship. The regional Victorian outfit sits on top on the competition ladder with 12 wins and...

10 Jan 2025
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Hoop dreams: record recognised after more than 50 year wait

AN extraordinary feat of basketball longevity in Mildura, 1972 saw a world record go unrecognised for five decades due to the wording of the submission. Fast forward to this year and the event has been officially ratified, and it still remains...

30 Dec 2024