Last year, because the Northwest Conference did not have all-league teams during the pandemic season, Whatcom Hoops decided to unveil its own all-Whatcom Hoops teams. And because it was so much fun recognizing such great players, we’re going to do it again.
We start today with the all-Whatcom Hoops girls third team and will be releasing one team each day. On Sunday, we’ll wrap up our season with the end-of-the-year awards.
Now remember, these are not your standard all-conference teams. These will be all-WHATCOM COUNTY teams, which means the Lummi Nation players will be included but no Skagit or Snohomish County players will be eligible.
Also, while most basketball all-star squads have five-player teams, we don’t know of any high school that has a team with only five players.
So our all-Whatcom Hoops squads will have 10 players on their first, second and third teams. In fact, we might sneak in a few more players.
We will be releasing the teams all this week. Here’s the schedule:
Monday: Girls third team
Tuesday: Boys third team
Wednesday: Girls second team
Thursday: Boys second team
Friday: Girls first team
Saturday: Boys first team
Sunday: End of the year awards
So, here is the all-Whatcom Hoops girls third team in alphabetical order.
KADANCE BLANKERS
Meridian, senior, guard
MAC COOPER
Sehome, junior, guard
MADI COOPER
Sehome, sophomore, guard
CLAIRE DeVRIES
Lynden, senior, guard
DEJA DUBE
Blaine, sophomore, guard
KRYSTIN KAMRATH
Blaine, senior, guard
CALLIE McEACHRAN
Squalicum, junior, wing
TEHYA MOORE
Nooksack Valley, senior, guard
ALEISHA SOLOMON
Lummi Nation, junior, guard
RAVEN SOLOMON
Lummi Nation, junior, guard
MALLARY VILLARS
Lynden, sophomore, guard