The Nooksack Valley boys wanted a repeat and the Blaine girls wanted to avoid one, and the two teams got their wishes with big victories in Class 1A District 1 play-in games Monday night, Feb. 6. The Pioneers defeated the visiting Mounties, 61-43, almost matching the same margin as the two teams’ matchup three weeks … Read more
The Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League ended their regular seasons last week with familiar names at the top. Nooksack Valley won its second straight NWC title finishing just ahead of Lynden Christian. And Lummi Nation also successfully defending its crown by running roughshod over the rest of the Northwest 1B League. But now come … Read more
The Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League wrapped up their regular seasons with new champions — Anacortes and Grace Academy, respectively — and now 10 of our 11 Whatcom teams will be heading into the playoffs with new hopes. Lummi Nation was the first of the 10 to see postseason action as the Blackhawks won … Read more
It’s playoff time! And all but one of our 22 Whatcom boys and girls teams are heading into the postseason with the goal of making their respective state tournaments and taking a shot at the gold ball that is the state championship trophy. Action starts this week with district tournaments for all four of our … Read more
The Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League have one more week to go in their regular seasons, and while the playoff seeding has begun to shake out after some big games last week, there’s still much to be decided. When the Class 2A playoffs tip off on Feb. 9, all 10 teams in the District … Read more
It’s the final week of the regular season for the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League and while the playoff seeding has begun to shake out after some important games last week, not everything has been decided. When the Class 2A playoffs tip off, all 10 teams in the District 1 will qualify for the … Read more
One was played for seeding in the playoffs, the other for an historic milestone, and in both games it was Lynden Christian that came out on top on Thursday, Jan. 26. In the boys nightcap of the doubleheader at Blaine, the visiting Lyncs fought off every challenge from the Borderites and won the showdown between … Read more
With two more weeks left in the regular season, Class 1A powers Nooksack Valley and Lynden Christian continue to lead the Northwest Conference, and Lummi Nation is running away with the Northwest 1B League race. But there are a lot of big games on tap for our Whatcom teams as they jockey for seeding in … Read more
The Northwest Conference powers have started to square off with Lynden and Anacortes remaining unbeaten in league play and Blaine and Lynden Christian heading into a Class 1A showdown this week. There’s still two more weeks remaining in the regular season and lots of big games still to be played, so it’s too early to … Read more
Gracie’s story could have been simply the tragic tale of a little girl suffering unspeakable abuse. Instead, Gracie Phelps is using her story to speak out against violence and to inspire the victims of trauma. “I’ve had to say some really hard things (in public),” said the Blaine girls basketball head coach. “I’m able to … Read more
