Jim Carberry When your name is in the title of the holiday tournament, you’d better come ready to play. The Meridian and Squalicum girls did just that in the first round of the Trojan Storm Winter Classic on Thursday, Dec. 29. The Trojans notched their first win of the season in impressive fashion by clobbering Friday Harbor, … Read more
The Lynden Christmas Classic girls basketball tournament hosted by Lynden Christian is known for its hospitality with teams getting overnight accommodations, cool t-shirts, meals after every game, and group activities. Of course, the hospitality stops once the Lyncs hit the court. Lynden Christian dominated from the opening tip to beat Washougal, 72-30, in the nightcap … Read more
In the first day of the Lynden Holiday Invite, it helped to have heart … or in the case of the Sehome girls basketball team — Hart. The Mariners rode the seven 3-pointers of Emmy Hart to take a 54-53 victory over WF West in the tournament’s first game Tuesday night, Dec. 27. In the … Read more
Merry Christmas to all our Whatcom Hoops prep basketball fans! And for a special present we have a week of exciting holiday tournaments coming up featuring 19 of our 22 squads, including three events hosted by our teams. Eight of our teams are involved in the Lynden Christmas Classic hosted by Lynden Christian, the Trojan … Read more
Youth will be served, the saying goes, but it sure wasn’t Monday night, Dec. 19, as the veteran Sehome Mariners swept the youthful Bellingham Bayhawks, 85-57, in the boys game and 53-30 in the girls game at the annual BellingHome doubleheader at Bellingham High. The victory kept the unbeaten Sehome boys (8-0 overall and 5-0 … Read more
After another week with multiple blowouts, the undefeated Whatcom County teams kept rolling along. Heading into a short week before the Christmas break, Lynden Christian, Sehome, and Lynden have yet to taste defeat this season, and Blaine joins those three and Anacortes as Northwest Conference leaders without a loss. Toss in Lummi Nation, which also … Read more
Three weeks into the season and four Whatcom County teams sit atop the Northwest Conference standings and one sits atop the Northwest 1B League standings. Nooksack Valley and Lynden Christian — widely considered the top two Class 1A teams in the state — are both undefeated at 7-0, and Class 2A power Lynden is right … Read more
Forget their records. When the Blaine and Squalicum girls tangle you can expect a thriller, which is what they produced again Friday night, Dec. 16. It was the Storm’s turn to win this year as Squalicum withstood another fourth-quarter Borderites comeback to notch its first Northwest Conference victory of the season, 51-46. Like last season’s … Read more
They took opposite paths, but the Lummi Nation girls and boys basketball teams ended up in the same place — the win column — after sweeping visiting Lopez in a Northwest 1B League doubleheader Thursday afternoon, Dec. 15. The Lady Blackhawks flew out to a 33-0 halftime lead on the way to a 64-7 rout. … Read more
The Squalicum boys basketball team wanted to see how it compared to the best. Lynden just wanted to see what it looks like to play some games. Both teams got their wish as the Lions used a big first half to defeat the visiting Storm, 68-41, in a Northwest Conference game Tuesday night, Dec. 13. … Read more
