Because the Northwest Conference will not have all-league teams for this COVID-crazy season, Whatcom Hoops has decided to unveil its own all-star teams … with a little twist. First of all, these will be all-WHATCOM COUNTY teams, which means the Lummi Nation players will be included but no Skagit or Snohomish County players will be … Read more
The 2021 girls basketball season ended Saturday night, June 19, just as it ended last season: with a Whatcom County team cutting down the nets. This time it was the Nooksack Valley girls, who for fun celebrated their own “state tournament” run of four victories last week by cutting down the nets to complete a … Read more
And then it was over. Six weeks after they started in the middle of spring baseball and a week after everybody had finished their school years, the 10 Whatcom County boys basketball teams wrapped up their Northwest Conference seasons on Friday. While the NWC decided before the season started that there would be no official … Read more
You can thank veteran official Kelly Heutink for an appropriate ending to the Whatcom County boys basketball season. With 1:11 left in the Lynden-Blaine game, he abruptly called an official’s timeout to “tie his shoe.” More importantly, it gave the seniors from both teams a chance to leave the court one last time to the … Read more
It wasn’t supposed to end this way for the Lynden and Lynden Christian girls basketball teams. When the Lions and Lyncs wrapped up their hard-fought rivalry game Thursday night, June 17, it was supposed to be the motivation for playoff runs that would lead one or both teams to state championship games. After all, it’s … Read more
There was no standing room only crowd, no blaring bands, no visiting cheer staffs, and no official league championship at stake. All that was on the line were bragging rights in their hometown. But that was enough for the Lynden and Lynden Christian boys basketball teams. In a back-and-forth battle that wasn’t decided until a … Read more
And then there was only one week. It wasn’t that long ago when we were wondering if there would be a basketball season, and now we have only six more days left. Except for Lummi Nation, which is already done with its season (the Blackhawks started a week earlier than the rest of the county), … Read more
The last time the Whatcom County high schools got together for a post-season boys basketball tournament to determine the county champion was 1940 … and, unfortunately, in this crazy and chaotic COVID time, we won’t be having one this year either. BUT … if we did, depending on the format, we might have ended up … Read more
For three quarters, the favored Meridian girls basketball team couldn’t shake Bellingham. But the fourth quarter belonged to the visiting Trojans, who pulled away for a 48-29 Northwest Conference victory Friday night, June 11. A 13-0 run turned a tenuous four-point Meridian lead into a 17-point margin with two minutes left and sewed up a … Read more
The Lynden Christian boys basketball team has arguably the best inside combo in the Northwest Conference, but it was the backcourt that sparked the unbeaten Lyncs to a 69-40 road victory over Sehome on Tuesday night, June 8. Quick-handed seniors Cole Moorlag and Shale Whittern and sophomore Tyler Sipma ignited LC’s defense in the first … Read more
