The door of opportunity was open for only about three minutes, and when it shut on the Blaine boys basketball team it ended the Borderites’ dream of reaching the Class 1A state final. In the end, Blaine couldn’t keep up with King’s and lost to the Knights, 57-38, in the semifinals on Friday, March 3, … Read more
The Lynden Christian boys basketball team is continuing its chase to make history and the Lyncs find a familiar foe standing in their way. The top-ranked Lyncs thrashed Toppenish in the Class 1A state semifinals, 82-60, on Friday, March 3, in the Yakima SunDome. The impressive victory puts LC in the state title game on … Read more
The Lynden boys basketball team knows what it takes to win a state championship. And now the Lions have the opportunity to do it again. Defending state champion Lynden used defense and a third-quarter barrage to run away from Prosser, 60-42, in the Class 2A state semifinals Friday, March 3, in the Yakima SunDome. And … Read more
They know it’s not automatic even though it might seem that way. But once again, the Lynden Christian girls basketball team is in the Class 1A state championship game. The two-time defending state champion Lyncs earned their 21st finals berth and their fifth in a row by defeating Wapato, 67-51, in the semifinals on Friday, … Read more
For the second game in a row, the top-ranked Nooksack Valley girls basketball team was tested at the Class 1A state basketball tournament. And after passing Friday’s semifinal test by holding off a tough King’s team, 58-46, in the semifinals, there remains only one more test. Saturday in the state championship game. Check Whatcom Hoops … Read more
It was a busy day for Whatcom Hoops teams with five playing in state semifinals at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Friday, March 3, and four of them winning to earn spots in their respective state championship games. The Nooksack Valley girls were up first and the top-ranked Pioneers punched their ticket for the Class … Read more
The Blaine boys basketball team doesn’t need motivation as the Borderites continue their exciting Class 1A state tournament run. But if they did … they certainly have it now. The sixth-seeded Borderites overran Overlake in the quarterfinals, 80-52, on Thursday night, March 2, in the Yakima SunDome. The victory puts Blaine (18-7) in Friday’s 9 … Read more
The Lynden Christian boys basketball team — with the emphasis on “team” — showed its grit by dominating Zillah in the fourth quarter of a 58-45 quarterfinal victory in the Class 1A state tournament Thursday night in the Yakima SunDome. The win moves the defending state champion and top-seeded Lyncs (24-2) into the semifinals against … Read more
Been there, done that. The Lynden boys basketball team ignored the bright lights — or maybe was energized by them — in walloping North Kitsap, 68-34, in the Class 2A state quarterfinals on Thursday, March 2. The sixth-seeded Lions (22-4) now move into the state semifinals where they will play seventh-seeded Prosser (20-4), a team … Read more
It had upset written all over it. Star player hurt? Check. Missing shots you normally make? Check. Facing a really good team that’s more physical? Check. Having the other team only need to make one of two free throws to end your dream? Check, check. Yet somehow, despite everything going against it, the Lynden Christian … Read more
