The Ferndale and Bellingham girls and the Sehome boys had their final opportunity Saturday to join six other Whatcom County teams in qualifying forstate tournaments, but all three squads fell in loser-out playoff games and had their seasons end. The Golden Eagles had a morning contest in the Class 3A District 1 tournament, but lost … Read more
The Ferndale girls bounced back from a disappointing first-round loss in the Class 3A District 1 tournament, but the Squalicum boys couldn’t do the same. Playing at home, the Golden Eagles defeated Stanwood, 64-56, Friday in the consolation bracket to keep their state hopes alive. Ferndale had fallen into the losers’ bracket by losing to … Read more
The Squalicum boys couldn’t pull off the big upset Thursday night, falling at Arlington, 54-42, in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A District 1/2 tournament. But that doesn’t mean the Storm’s dream of reaching state is over. Squalicum (9-13), the tournament’s 10th and final seed, now will have to work through the losers’ bracket starting … Read more
The Ferndale girls basketball team came out as cold as the ride to Snohomish, and it cost the Golden Eagles as they fell to the Panthers, 47-34, Wednesday afternoon in the first round of the Class 3A District 1 tournament. Brianna Byrnes’ two buckets were the only field goals for the Golden Eagles in the … Read more
NOTE: The playoff schedules will be updated whenever new information is reported. Keep visiting www.whatcomhoops.com for the latest news. The slushy mess on the roads has turned the local tournament schedules into a confusing mess. Some teams are keeping their Wednesday schedules, including the Lummi Nation boys and girls in Class 1B Tri-District 1/2/3; the … Read more
NOTE: The playoff schedules will be updated whenever new information is reported. Keep visiting www.whatcomhoops.com for the latest news. So with the winds and snow making a mess of the playoff picture, which Whatcom County teams are still alive and where will they be playing this coming week? Well, you’ve come to the right place … Read more
NOTE: The playoff schedules will be updated whenever new information is reported. Keep visiting www.whatcomhoops.com for the latest news. Here we go again. With the threat of a huge winter storm looming over Western Washington, games involving Whatcom County schools this weekend are already rescheduled for Monday. There were only two games involving county teams … Read more
The Squalicum boys won four straight games to end the regular season, and a loss in any of them would have kept them out of the playoffs. So it was no surprise that in a loser-out game to open the Class 3A District 1 tournament, the Storm stunned Lynnwood, 66-52, Thursday night. “We’ve been playing … Read more
The Squalicum boys and Ferndale girls will represent Whatcom County in the Class 3A District 1 tournaments, which open with play-in games Thursday night. The 10th-seeded Squalicum boys (8-12) will travel to seventh-seed Lynnwood (8-11) in one of the two play-in games starting at 7 p.m. The Royals placed eighth in the 15-team 3A/2A Western … Read more
NOTE: The playoff schedules will be updated whenever new information is reported. Keep visiting www.whatcomhoops.com for the latest news. In a historic change, school officials have completely revamped the traditional Class 1A District 1 boys and girls tournaments because of the dangerous winter conditions the past two days, basically doing away with the first-round games. … Read more