The Meridian and Sehome girls basketball teams take pride in their defenses, and they both accomplished what they wanted to do in their matchup: stop the other team’s top scorer. But the visiting Trojans used a dominating third quarter to shut out the rest of the Mariners and come away with a 51-39 victory in … Read more
With only two weeks left in the regular season, our 11 Whatcom County boys basketball teams find themselves with the same challenge: earning the highest seeding possible as they head into the postseason. In part because of COVID’s disruptive effect on teams’ schedules — causing teams to play differing amount of games against different opponents … Read more
With only two weeks left in the regular season, our 11 Whatcom County girls basketball teams find themselves with the same challenge: earning the highest seeding possible as they head into the postseason. In part because of COVID’s disruptive effect on teams’ schedules — causing teams to play differing amount of games against different opponents … Read more
The Nooksack Valley girls basketball team showed why it is the class of the Northwest Conference by winning the battle of the “unbeatens” Friday night, Jan. 21. But the Pioneers did it in unexpected fashion, using a smothering defense to defeat Lynden, 64-35, at Jake Maberry Gymnasium and take over undisputed first place in the … Read more
With the postseason fast approaching, the Blaine and Mount Baker boys basketball teams faced completely different challenges when they faced off in the Deming Dome. For the Borderites, it was fine-tuning what has been working well for them all season — playing hard-nosed defense and sharing the ball offensively — which they did in overwhelming … Read more
In a season with missed practices, missed games, and missing players, the Lummi Nation boys and girls basketball teams are missing something else: fans. In what would normally have been the biggest event in the community on Monday, Jan. 17, the Blackhawks played a doubleheader in their home gym without cheerleaders, students, families, even tribal … Read more
Any rematch is going to be different the second time around, and in a season filled with craziness, it’s no surprise that Bellingham and Meridian’s sequel was nothing like the original. The host Bayhawks took advantage of the short-handed Trojans to notch a 67-30 Northwest Conference victory on Monday night, Jan. 17. The win came … Read more
As the Northwest Conference teams continued to vie for league and district seeding heading into the final three weeks of the regular season, the big news in Week 7 was off the court. Lynden Christian’s Libby Stump was one of three senior girls in the state to be nominated to the McDonald’s All-American Games. Of … Read more
While cancellations and postponements continued to pile up, the Northwest Conference boys basketball teams continued their battles for playoff positioning as they headed into the final three weeks of the regular season. But of all the games played in Week 7, the most emotional was Lynden’s contest with Anacortes on Thursday, Jan. 13. The Lions … Read more
It took a streak to continue the streak as the Ferndale boys basketball team continued its mastery over Squalicum with a 56-42 victory on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 15. The Golden Eagles broke open the hard-fought, back-and-forth contest with a 15-0 run to start the fourth quarter and notch their fourth straight victory over Squalicum, the … Read more
