It wasn’t easy, but, oh, was the three-peat sweet. The Lynden girls basketball team cemented its championship legacy by taking down Prosser, 59-49, to win the Class 2A state crown Saturday night in the Yakima Valley SunDome. It was the Lions’ third straight state title, making them the first 2A girls team to accomplish the … Read more
Oh, a difference 24 hours makes. The Lynden Christian girls basketball team found that out when just a day after reaching the season’s high point — at least so far — the Lyncs came crashing down in a 53-44 loss to Zillah in the Class 1A state semifinals Friday night in the Yakima Valley SunDome. … Read more
Junior Dawson Hintz used a history lesson to inspire him and his Lynden Christian boys basketball team, and now the Lyncs are just one win away from making history. LC rallied in the second half to dethrone King’s in the Class 1A state semifinals, 63-54, on Friday night in the Yakima Valley SunDome and will … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team is defending its state title — two of them, in fact — so the Lions know a little about defense. And in the Class 2A state semifinals on Friday, March 6, they gave a defensive clinic by shutting down Clarkston, 50-30, in the Yakima Valley SunDome. The victory — for … Read more
It was where the Lummi Nation boys basketball team figured to be against an opponent they Blackhawks were destined to play one more time — except this time it is for the gold ball. Lummi Nation defeated DeSales in the Class 1B semifinals, 74-58, on Friday, March 6, in the Spokane Arena and the defending … Read more
The Lummi Nation girls basketball team had one goal all season and with its 38-35 victory over Yakama Tribal in the Class 1B state tournament Friday afternoon, March 6, it was mission accomplished. The win guaranteed the Lady Blackhawks their first state trophy since taking fourth in 2009. And this year’s group will get a … Read more
The Lummi Nation girls basketball team once again took a top team to the brink but couldn’t hold on and lost, this time to No.2 Garfield-Palouse in the Class 1B state quarterfinals, 41-33, on Thursday, March 5, in the Spokane Arena. With the loss, the eighth-seeded Lady Blackhawks fell to 21-5 on the season and … Read more
It took two extra periods, numerous big shots and just as many agonizing misses, but finally the Lynden Christian girls basketball team prevailed over Annie Wright, 66-59, in Thursday’s quarterfinals of the Class 1A state tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome. But before trying to describe the heart-thumping two-overtime thriller, there’s the big picture. With … Read more
It takes some teams a day to get used to the state tournament setting and the unique environment of the Yakima Valley SunDome. Not the Lynden Christian boys basketball team. The Lyncs took a quarter to warm up and then burned Seattle Christian, 84-56, in the Class 1A state quarterfinals on Thursday, March 5. The … Read more
The rivalry between the Lummi Nation and Neah Bay boys basketball teams goes way back, but the top-seeded Blackhawks didn’t let the relationship get in the way of continuing their quest for a second straight Class 1B state championship. Lummi Nation went out strong on its first day in Spokane, running away with a 70-48 … Read more
