After having all their games canceled in Week 5, the Whatcom County boys teams got back in action last week with several key games among the Northwest Conference leaders. As we head into the second half of the regular season, Mount Vernon and Lynden Christian continue to lead the Class 3A and 1A teams, respectively, … Read more
The recent winter storms caused postponements and cancellations, and the Northwest Conference schedule caused an unusual number of double-digit victories — and defeats — for our girls basketball teams in Week 6. Even the two games pitting league leaders were not as close as expected as Lynden Christian handed Burlington-Edison its first loss of the … Read more
The two former teammates enjoyed the reunion … until the game started. That’s when Ferndale coach Terri Yost and Mount Baker coach Tiffany Ramirez got back to being the competitors that made them all-stars on the court. When they met for the first time as head coaches on Friday night, Jan. 7, it was Yost’s … Read more
With the addition of Bree Park and Tiffany Ramirez this winter to the exclusive club known as varsity basketball head coaches, Whatcom County now has nearly a third of its teams coached by alumni. Of our 22 high school boys and girls teams, seven are coached by graduates of those schools. Park said it was … Read more
It was the annual “little league night,” and the Nooksack Valley boys basketball team couldn’t have put on a better show for all the little Pioneers in attendance Tuesday night, Jan. 4. The big Pioneers dominated the boards and dominated the scoreboard in notching their first Northwest Conference win of the season, a 63-42 victory … Read more
It’s rare for the Lynden boys basketball team to go into a league game as anything but the heavy favorite. Having a wall full of state championship banners and top-three finishes in eight of the past nine state tournaments will do that. But when the Lions hosted Sehome on Monday, Jan. 3, it was the … Read more
In a crazy and chaotic Week 5 spoiled by COVID outbreaks and snow storms, only three of our Whatcom County girls basketball teams — Meridian, Lynden Christian, and Nooksack Valley — managed to get games in. The host Trojans swept both their games in the Meridian Holiday Tournament. The Lyncs and Pioneers each split their … Read more
With COVID, snow, and even the lack of bus drivers cancelling almost all the Week 5 games and tournaments involving Whatcom County boys basketball teams, maybe it’s a good time to take a look at where each squad is at the halfway point of the regular season. Because letter grades are way too subjective and … Read more
The Meridian Holiday Tournament and the Lynden Christmas Classic managed to get in a second day of action before the snows hit — and more teams canceled — with the Meridian and Nooksack Valley girls wrapping up their holiday week with impressive victories on Wednesday, Dec. 29. The Trojans put the clamps on Lincoln of … Read more
After all the cancellations, teams dropping out, and shuffling of schedules, the Lynden Christmas Classic and Meridian Holiday Tournament did happen, and the host Lyncs and Trojans enjoyed opening-round victories on Tuesday, Dec. 28. “Holiday tournaments are so fun,” said Lynden Christian senior Libby Stump. “You get to go against great teams and great players. … Read more
