With only two weeks left in the regular season, our 11 Whatcom County girls basketball teams find themselves with the same challenge: earning the highest seeding possible as they head into the postseason. In part because of COVID’s disruptive effect on teams’ schedules — causing teams to play differing amount of games against different opponents … Read more
The Nooksack Valley girls basketball team showed why it is the class of the Northwest Conference by winning the battle of the “unbeatens” Friday night, Jan. 21. But the Pioneers did it in unexpected fashion, using a smothering defense to defeat Lynden, 64-35, at Jake Maberry Gymnasium and take over undisputed first place in the … Read more
Any rematch is going to be different the second time around, and in a season filled with craziness, it’s no surprise that Bellingham and Meridian’s sequel was nothing like the original. The host Bayhawks took advantage of the short-handed Trojans to notch a 67-30 Northwest Conference victory on Monday night, Jan. 17. The win came … Read more
As the Northwest Conference teams continued to vie for league and district seeding heading into the final three weeks of the regular season, the big news in Week 7 was off the court. Lynden Christian’s Libby Stump was one of three senior girls in the state to be nominated to the McDonald’s All-American Games. Of … Read more
While cancellations and postponements continued to pile up, the Northwest Conference boys basketball teams continued their battles for playoff positioning as they headed into the final three weeks of the regular season. But of all the games played in Week 7, the most emotional was Lynden’s contest with Anacortes on Thursday, Jan. 13. The Lions … Read more
It took a streak to continue the streak as the Ferndale boys basketball team continued its mastery over Squalicum with a 56-42 victory on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 15. The Golden Eagles broke open the hard-fought, back-and-forth contest with a 15-0 run to start the fourth quarter and notch their fourth straight victory over Squalicum, the … Read more
After having all their games canceled in Week 5, the Whatcom County boys teams got back in action last week with several key games among the Northwest Conference leaders. As we head into the second half of the regular season, Mount Vernon and Lynden Christian continue to lead the Class 3A and 1A teams, respectively, … Read more
The recent winter storms caused postponements and cancellations, and the Northwest Conference schedule caused an unusual number of double-digit victories — and defeats — for our girls basketball teams in Week 6. Even the two games pitting league leaders were not as close as expected as Lynden Christian handed Burlington-Edison its first loss of the … Read more
With the addition of Bree Park and Tiffany Ramirez this winter to the exclusive club known as varsity basketball head coaches, Whatcom County now has nearly a third of its teams coached by alumni. Of our 22 high school boys and girls teams, seven are coached by graduates of those schools. Park said it was … Read more
It’s rare for the Lynden boys basketball team to go into a league game as anything but the heavy favorite. Having a wall full of state championship banners and top-three finishes in eight of the past nine state tournaments will do that. But when the Lions hosted Sehome on Monday, Jan. 3, it was the … Read more
