It’s no big surprise that after winning three state championships and taking second- and third-place trophies that Whatcom boys and girls dominated the all-Northwest Conference all-star teams announced by the league’s head coaches. Class 1A state champion Nooksack Valley had two of the top honors on the girls side. Shane Wichers was named the head … Read more
In the aftermath of county-wide celebrations, we need to remember there were long stretches in the history of Whatcom County basketball when we didn’t bring home any state championships let alone three. We are in a “golden era” of collecting gold balls and we need to appreciate it because it is not only extra special … Read more
The Lynden boys basketball team knows what it takes to successfully defend a state championship: defense. The Lions used their airtight defense to beat up Mark Morris, 61-43, and successfully defend their Class 2A state title late Saturday night, March 4, in the Yakima SunDome. The victory not only marks the fourth time in school … Read more
The Lynden boys basketball team knows what it takes to win a state championship. And now the Lions have the opportunity to do it again. Defending state champion Lynden used defense and a third-quarter barrage to run away from Prosser, 60-42, in the Class 2A state semifinals Friday, March 3, in the Yakima SunDome. And … Read more
It was a busy day for Whatcom Hoops teams with five playing in state semifinals at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Friday, March 3, and four of them winning to earn spots in their respective state championship games. The Nooksack Valley girls were up first and the top-ranked Pioneers punched their ticket for the Class … Read more
Been there, done that. The Lynden boys basketball team ignored the bright lights — or maybe was energized by them — in walloping North Kitsap, 68-34, in the Class 2A state quarterfinals on Thursday, March 2. The sixth-seeded Lions (22-4) now move into the state semifinals where they will play seventh-seeded Prosser (20-4), a team … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team came up short in the Yakima SunDome on Wednesday night, March 1. The Lions came up short of their expectations, they came up short in their comeback, and their final shot of the season came up short of a miracle as they lost to Othello, 33-31, in the “round of … Read more
When Northwest Conference champion Anacortes was eliminated from the Class 2A boys basketball state tournament barely an hour earlier, it should have been a warning to the Sehome Mariners: If you don’t play your best, you won’t last long in Yakima. The Mariners didn’t play their best and they were the second NWC team sent … Read more
Eight of our Whatcom high school basketball teams are headed for their respective state tournaments this week with dreams of capturing the “gold ball” state championship trophy. Not all of them can win, of course, because several are in the same classification. But Whatcom hoopsters have certainly collected their share of state titles. In the … Read more
Mark Morris of Longview came out hot and left Sehome behind by 10 after the first quarter and while the Mariners played the Monarchs even after that it was too late as Sehome lost, 84-72, in the Class 2A state regionals in Chehalis on Saturday, Feb. 25. Fortunately, the fifth-seeded Mariners (18-5) still get to … Read more
