Leave it to the grizzled 17-year-old veteran of the Lynden boys basketball team to sum it up. “It’s so hard to make it to state,” said Brock Heppner, a member of two Lions state championship squads. “There are so many good teams.” Nine of those good teams headed to their respective state tournaments are from … Read more
Basketball is supposed to be fun. Just ask the Lynden Christian girls basketball team after an incredible 72-19 victory over Seattle Academy in the Class 1A Bi-District 1/2 championship game on Friday night, Feb. 21. “It’s just fun to go out there with all your best friends and just fly around and have fun,” said … Read more
The Lynden Christian and Meridian boys basketball teams earned their way into the Class 1A state tournament with hard-fought victories Thursday night, Feb. 20. The Lyncs had enough firepower to shoot down Cedar Park Christian (Bothell), 80-66, and Meridian steadily pulled away to defeat Bear Creek, 67-55, in consolation play at the Bi-District 1/2 tournament. … Read more
The Nooksack Valley and Meridian girls basketball teams took another step closer to qualifying for state with blowout victories Wednesday night, Feb. 19. The Pioneers unleashed a barrage of 3-pointers to overwhelm visiting Cedar Park Christian (Bothell), 75-32, and Meridian dominated host Bush School, 65-27, in Class 1A Bi-District 1/2 consolation action. Wednesday, however, was … Read more
The Meridian boys basketball team made it 3-for-3 against Whatcom County rival Nooksack Valley and in the one that counted the most the Trojans beat the Pioneers, 71-51, in the Class 1A Bi-District 1/2 consolation bracket Tuesday night, Feb. 18. Meridian advances to play No.25 Bear Creek of Redmond (13-9) on Thursday at 7 p.m. … Read more
Whatcom County teams continue to dominate the Class 1A Bi-District 1/2 tournaments as the Nooksack Valley boys and the Meridian girls stayed alive with impressive victories Monday night, Feb. 17. The Pioneers overpowered Overlake, 62-37, in consolation play and now advance to play at Meridian on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Unfortunately, only one Whatcom County … Read more
What a week! High school basketball fans experienced 20 Whatcom County teams in the playoffs and 46 game stories and hundreds of photos (some even in focus) on WhatcomHoops.com’s 18 posts. So where does that leave our surviving teams? Glad you asked. Heading into the second and final week of district, bi-district and tri-district tournaments, … Read more
The Meridian and Nooksack Valley boys basketball teams earned impressive victories at the Class 1A District 1 tournament Saturday night, Feb. 15, and both will go into the next round on a high note. The Trojans defeated Cedar Park Christian (Bothell) for the second time in the tournament, 64-54, to take third place. And the … Read more
Nooksack Valley defeated Whatcom County rival Meridian, 55-49, in the consolation finals at the Class 1A District 1 girls basketball tournament on Saturday, Feb. 15, but Mount Baker saw its season come to an end in the same tournament with a 40-24 loss to Cedar Park Christian (Bothell). Meridian and Nooksack Valley now have to … Read more
The Lynden Christian girls basketball team became the first Whatcom County team to punch their ticket to state with a hard-fought 41-26 victory over King’s in the Class 1A District 1 championship game Friday night, Feb. 14, at Mount Vernon High School. The Lynden Christian boys couldn’t duplicate the feat later that night, when they … Read more
