The Ferndale girls and boys basketball teams ended their regular seasons the way they hope to start their postseasons — with dominating wins at home on Friday night, Feb. 7. In the opening game of the doubleheader, the Ferndale girls first stole the spotlight on senior night and then stole almost everything else in shutting … Read more
The Lummi Nation and Lynden girls won huge rivalry games as the Northwest 1B League wrapped up its regular season and the Northwest Conference heads into its final week. The Lady Blackhawks downed Tulalip Heritage on Friday to finish off an undefeated league season and earn the top seed heading into next week’s Class 1B … Read more
Rivalry Week turned out to be an exciting week with close games played at packed gymnasiums (see below) and with only one more week left in the regular season, Week 9 went a long way to determine our Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League champions. In the NWC, Lynden’s victories over Mount Baker and then … Read more
Ferndale coach Luke DuChesne wanted his team to enjoy senior night in front of family and friends, and while the Golden Eagles enjoyed the festivities, they weren’t pleased with the outcome — a 52-39 loss to Meridian on Tuesday night, Jan. 28. “Senior night was really fun,” said Hunter Wills, one of five Ferndale seniors … Read more
The Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League leaders won all their games as both leagues head into their final weeks. Lynden and Lynden Christian each won two games last week to set up Saturday afternoon’s showdown at LC for the NWC championship. Lummi Nation continued its run through the NW1B League with a pair of … Read more
Northwest Conference co-leaders Lynden and Lynden Christian went undefeated last week, but our other nine Whatcom schools all suffered at least one loss as they head down the stretch. The Lions won all three of their games, including a non-league matchup against King’s at the ShoWare Center, and the Lyncs won both their games, including … Read more
There are a lot of high school basketball rankings out there, but the one that matters 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 taking into account teams’ records, their opponents’ records, and their … Read more
There are a lot of high school basketball rankings out there, but the one that matters 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 taking into account teams’ records, their opponents’ records, and their … Read more
Ferndale’s exciting 52-48 girls basketball victory over Bellingham on Friday night, Jan. 17, was all relative even before tipoff. That’s because Ferndale junior Jilly Fox and her uncle, Bellingham coach Ken McLendon, had been looking forward to this — their first game against each other — since, well, since Uncle Ken and Aunt Hanna drove … Read more
As we head into the second half of the season, the leaders of the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League remain undefeated in league play after last week’s action. Both Lynden, which is Whatcom’s only unbeaten team, and Lynden Christian were tested but came up with two victories each and sit atop the NWC standings. … Read more
