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
It wasn’t a state championship … but in this COVID-crazy year, it might have been the next best thing. The Nooksack Valley girls basketball team completed their “state tournament” with a 61-48 victory over Ferndale and celebrated by cutting down the nets in front of their overjoyed fans on Saturday night, June 19. “We treated … 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
In this crazy and chaotic COVID season, it’s no wonder that the Northwest Conference is not declaring an official league champion. The athletic directors decided not to crown a champion and for good reason. Not everybody is competing on a level playing field … or basketball court. The biggest reason is the abbreviated schedule as … Read more
The good news is that we had our first Whatcom County basketball player honored as a WIAA athlete of the week. It was Kadance Blankers from Meridian for her performance the week of May 24-29 (the WIAA’s Week 15). The junior guard had two good games, averaging 11 points, five rebounds, four assists and one … Read more
The Lynden Christian boys basketball team used a familiar script to produce another winning performance as the Lyncs overwhelmed visiting Ferndale, 88-47, in their Northwest Conference contest on Saturday night, June 5. Lynden Christian improved to 8-0 by going inside to 6-foot-4 senior Logan Dykstra and 6-5 junior Andrew Hommes, who towered over a Ferndale … Read more
For the first half, the Ferndale girls basketball team used tough defense to make unbeaten Lynden Christian look, well, beatable. Two quarters and 46 Lynden Christian points later, the Golden Eagles knew why the Lyncs are considered one of the best teams in the state as they overwhelmed host Ferndale, 70-34, in their Northwest Conference … Read more
Fireworks are usually associated with another national holiday, but the Ferndale and Mount Baker boys basketball teams started their Memorial Day contest with an explosive offensive display that lit up the scoreboard. It was the undefeated Golden Eagles, however, who kept up the hot shooting and pulled away for an 81-67 Northwest Conference victory on … Read more
Two full weeks into the season, Whatcom County teams already are showing where the power is in the Northwest Conference. Three of the four squads that are unbeaten in league play are north of the Skagit County line: Lynden Christian, Ferndale, and Lynden. And two more, Sehome and Blaine, are lurking behind with just one … Read more
