With his young team coming off a difficult loss, it might be tempting for Lummi Nation boys basketball coach Jerome Toby to reevaluate everything as the Blackhawks prepare for their biggest game of the season. Then again, why mess with what’s worked all year? “We’ve been successful with the way we’ve been playing,” said Toby … Read more
It’s state tournament time! The Class 1B, 1A and 2A state tournaments tip off Wednesday, and Whatcom County will be represented by three boys teams and three girls teams. The Lummi Nation boys will start things off Wednesday at 3:45 p.m. in the Spokane Arena, while the other five begin play Thursday in Yakima’s SunDome. … Read more
The streak may be over, but the dream isn’t. The Lummi Nation boys basketball team couldn’t stop Yakama Nation Tribal School, losing, 57-48, Saturday in a Class 1B state regional contest at Mount Vernon High School. The loss snapped Lummi Nation’s 20-game winning streak and dropped the third-seeded Blackhawks to 22-2 on the season. But … Read more
Before the state tournaments get going and all our players, coaches and teams get all the attention they deserve, it’s a good time to recognize some of the other people who make Whatcom County high school basketball a great experience. First of all, there are all the helpful school staffs that keep everything running smoothly … Read more
The Lummi Nation boys basketball team begins its quest for the gold ball by taking on a familiar foe — Yakama Nation Tribal School — in the Class 1B state regionals Saturday at 10 a.m. at Mount Vernon High School. The third-seeded Blackhawks (22-1) are riding a 20-game winning streak, and looking to return to … Read more
The road to the boys and girls basketball state tournaments in Spokane and Yakima starts with a trip to Mount Vernon — literally — as five of Whatcom County’s “Super Six” teams will be heading down Interstate 5 to open play in the state regionals on Saturday. The Lummi Nation boys, Lynden Christian boys and … Read more
Professional sports photographer Will Rice has been helping out Whatcom Hoops since the playoffs started, and has provided some great pictures of our boys and girls teams in action. So a big shoutout from all of us to Will! Will is now making those photos and many more from the games he has covered available … Read more
If you’re a high school basketball fan, you’re going to hear a lot about “RPI” over the next two weeks. So it would be nice to know what in the world RPI is and what it means to our Whatcom County teams. Well, you’ve come to the right place, because Whatcom Hoops has all the … Read more
It was a game that didn’t mean a lot since the Lummi Nation boys basketball team had already wrapped up a Class 1B state tournament berth, but there’s nothing like finishing on a high note. The Blackhawks did just that, demolishing Lopez, 75-31, in the semifinals of the 1B Tri-District 1/2/3 tournament Saturday at Mount … Read more
You don’t want to come late to a Lummi Nation boys basketball game … especially if they’ve been snowed in for 12 days … and really especially if a berth in the Class 1B state tournament is at stake. Unleashing their pressing defense and devastating fastbreak right from the tipoff, the Blackhawks jumped all over … Read more