Ready or not, it’s playoff time for all 22 of our Whatcom boys and girls teams as they begin district tournaments with the goal of reaching their respective state tournaments and getting a shot at the gold ball that is the state championship trophy. Action starts this week with District 1 tournaments for our three … Read more
The Northwest Conference race finished in an exciting jumble, but the Northwest 1B League wrapped up in boring fashion as our Whatcom teams completed their regular seasons last week. Lynden was in the middle of the NWC photo finish winning three of its four games last week. While the Lions’ one-point loss to Mount Vernon … Read more
The Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League wrapped up their seasons with Nooksack Valley and Lummi Nation claiming league titles for the second year in a row. The Pioneers and Lady Blackhawks will join the other nine Whatcom teams in heading into their respective District 1 tournament this week. The top placers in the Class … Read more
The hottest Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League teams remained hot heading into the final week of the regular season as squads scrambled for the best seeding heading into the upcoming district playoffs. After last week’s games, the top-ranked and defending Class 1A state champion Nooksack Valley girls have won nine in row as have … Read more
With only one week remaining in the regular season, the Northwest Conference leaders started facing off last week as all the teams settled into their playoff seeding with district tournaments on the horizon. Lynden Christian and Lynden had big victories last week with the Lyncs bouncing back from their first loss of the season to … Read more
Only two of our 11 boys teams played more than one game last week as winter weather forced the postponement of nine contests and forced the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League schedule-makers into extra work for the final two weeks of the regular season. Nooksack Valley was the biggest winner last week with victories … Read more
Winter weather forced the postponement of all Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League games last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, which raised havoc with league schedules as the teams try to wrap up their regular seasons over the next two weeks. While most teams only played one game last week and some didn’t play any, two … Read more
With only three weeks left in the regular season, the top teams in both the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League are settling into place as they look forward to their respective District 1 tournaments. Defending state champion Nooksack Valley and state runner-up Lynden Christian will again be the heavy favorites heading into the five-team … Read more
Heading into the last three weeks of the regular season, the Northwest Conference leaders have begun to put a little distance between themselves and the pack — but there are a lot of big games still to come. Lynden continues to sit in first place and is two games ahead of Anacortes in the Class … Read more
There are a lot of high school basketball rankings out there, but the one that matter most is the WIAA’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI). It is probably the most important factor in determining seedings in the playoffs, including state tournaments. It is a complicated formula that is adjusted after every game, but the bottom line … Read more
