After having their year-long goal taken away by a mere two points, the Lynden Christian boys basketball team showed its character — not to mention its skill — by defeating Seattle Academy, 70-44, in the Class 1A state tournament consolation final on Saturday, March 2. With the victory, the Lyncs finished their season with a … Read more
Like most little boys shooting baskets on Lynden elementary school playgrounds, they dreamed of winning a state championship together when they got to high school. A decade later, six of those little boys grew up to not only win a Class 2A state title for Lynden High School but also do something no other Lynden … Read more
No team is unbeatable, and for 75 straight games, the Ellensburg girls basketball squad couldn’t be beat. But the two-time defending state champions met their match on Saturday, March 2, and the Bulldogs are no longer defending champions. That honor goes to the Lynden girls, who shocked Ellensburg and anybody who hadn’t seen the Lions … Read more
With the game on the line, with your season on the line, with the state championship on the line … who do you want on the line? For the Nooksack Valley girls basketball team the answer is Devin Coppinger, who sank four straight free throws in the final 16 seconds to give the Pioneers a … Read more
When the final buzzer went off ending the dream of one more rematch, all the Lynden Christian girls could do was let the tears fall as the Lyncs fell to Deer Park, 43-42, in a Class 1A state semifinal on Friday, March 1, in the Yakima SunDome. The loss ends the possibility of a third … Read more
Until last year, the Lynden Christian boys basketball program had never won back-to-back state titles. Unfortunately, with a 48-46 loss to Annie Wright in the Class 1A state semifinals on Friday, March 1, there will be no three-peat for the Lyncs. Lynden Christian now will join Seattle Academy in the consolation final on Saturday at … Read more
It wasn’t what the Lynden girls basketball team did on the court during the Lions’ Class 2A state semifinal on Friday night, March 1, that truly impressed their coach — although their 61-43 victory over Clarkston in the Yakima SunDome really was impressive. It was what happened in the final seconds when coach Rob Adams … Read more
The Nooksack Valley girls basketball team found itself in unfamiliar territory after one quarter, but when the Class 1A state semifinal was over, the Pioneers had reached somewhere very familiar: the state championship game. Defending state champion Nooksack Valley had to rally and then hold off Wapato, 66-56, on Friday, March 1, in the Yakima … Read more
The dream is still alive … but just barely as the Lynden boys basketball team survived Bremerton’s upset bid by winning their Class 2A state semifinal, 53-52, on Friday, March 1, in the Yakima SunDome. With the victory, Lynden (22-4) advances to the championship game against Grandview on Saturday at 3 p.m. And should the … Read more
The state tournament is not when you want to face your biggest adversity, but the Lummi Nation boys basketball team had to endure just that on Friday morning, March 1. After suffering a crushing defeat in Thursday’s quarterfinals and facing elimination, the top-ranked Blackhawks had to bounce back in less than 24 hours without several … Read more
