Whatcom County boys and girls are ready to tip off the 2019-20 basketball season, and Whatcom Hoops has previews for all our teams. Today: Lummi Nation BOYS Coach: Jerome Toby Last season: 23-3 overall, 15-1 in NWB (tied for first), 1B state qualifier Top returnees: Caleb Revey (Sr.), Tyran Lane (So.), Duncan Toby (So.), Ja’ie … Read more
More than a month after finishing their high school basketball careers, Clayton Whitman, Cole Bajema and Isabela Hernandez are still being recognized as the best of the best in Washington state. Lynden’s Whitman, and Lynden Christian’s Bajema and Hernandez were selected to play in the 25th annual Northwest Shootout, the annual all-star doubleheader pitting the … Read more
The high school basketball season may be over, but high school basketball games aren’t. Eight Whatcom County seniors will be playing in state all-star games over the next two weekends. Lynden’s Clayton Whitman and Christian Zamora and Lynden Christian’s Cole Bajema and Cristian Colwell were named to the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association all-star games, … Read more
And to think, the Whatcom County Senior Classic almost didn’t take place. Fortunately, the all-star boys and girls basketball games featuring the top seniors from our 11 county schools did take place Friday night at Lynden High School’s Jake Maberry Gymnasium. It was an evening not only of some of the most talented players in … Read more
Having competed against each other for four years, you’d think the all-stars in the Whatcom County Senior Classic girls basketball game Friday night would be pumped to beat each other one last time. Think again. “We always care who wins, but having fun was most important,” said Danielle Tyler of Mount Baker. They did keep … Read more
Of the hundreds of fans and 24 players who watched the Whatcom County Senior Classic boys basketball game Friday night at Lynden High School, probably nobody had as much fun as Clayton Whitman. “It’s cool to hang out with these guys, cool to play with all my friends,” said Whitman, who started smiling sometime during … Read more
Basketball fans will have one final opportunity to see some of their favorites players this Friday, March 8, when the annual Whatcom County Seniors Classic takes place at Lynden High School’s Jake Maberry Gymnasium. The girls game will begin at 6:15 p.m. and will be followed by a girls 3-point contest. Then around 8 p.m., … Read more
And quicker than they’d have wanted, it was over. The Lummi Nation boys basketball team, which despite its youth and inexperience had put together one of the best seasons in school history, suddenly found that season over with a 56-40 loss to Riverside Christian in the first round of the Class 1B state tournament Wednesday … Read more
When it comes to Class 1B boys basketball in Washington state, one team has dominated the state tournament the past two decades … and once again Sunnyside Christian is the favorite to win it all this year. “Their tradition speaks for itself,” said Lummi Nation coach Jerome Toby, whose Blackhawks will be one of 11 … Read more
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