It may have been a defeat in the scorebook, but the Lynden Christian girls basketball team was looking at Friday night’s 60-54 loss to Eastlake as a victory in the long run. The tall and talented Wolves handed the host Lyncs their first loss of the season in the championship game of the eight-team Lynden … Read more
When your name is in the title of the holiday tournament, you’d better come ready to play. The Meridian and Squalicum girls did just that in the first round of the Trojan Storm Winter Classic on Thursday, Dec. 29. The Trojans notched their first win of the season in impressive fashion by clobbering Friday Harbor, … Read more
The Lynden Christmas Classic girls basketball tournament hosted by Lynden Christian is known for its hospitality with teams getting overnight accommodations, cool t-shirts, meals after every game, and group activities. Of course, the hospitality stops once the Lyncs hit the court. Lynden Christian dominated from the opening tip to beat Washougal, 72-30, in the nightcap … Read more
In the first day of the Lynden Holiday Invite, it helped to have heart … or in the case of the Sehome girls basketball team — Hart. The Mariners rode the seven 3-pointers of Emmy Hart to take a 54-53 victory over WF West in the tournament’s first game Tuesday night, Dec. 27. In the … Read more
Merry Christmas to all our Whatcom Hoops prep basketball fans! And for a special present we have a week of exciting holiday tournaments coming up featuring 19 of our 22 squads, including three events hosted by our teams. Eight of our teams are involved in the Lynden Christmas Classic hosted by Lynden Christian, the Trojan … Read more
After another week with multiple blowouts, the undefeated Whatcom County teams kept rolling along. Heading into a short week before the Christmas break, Lynden Christian, Sehome, and Lynden have yet to taste defeat this season, and Blaine joins those three and Anacortes as Northwest Conference leaders without a loss. Toss in Lummi Nation, which also … Read more
Three weeks into the season and four Whatcom County teams sit atop the Northwest Conference standings and one sits atop the Northwest 1B League standings. Nooksack Valley and Lynden Christian — widely considered the top two Class 1A teams in the state — are both undefeated at 7-0, and Class 2A power Lynden is right … Read more
On a night when Ferndale High School was honoring its “old-timers,” it was the veterans of Meridian who stole the show and defeated the Golden Eagles, 48-42, in a Northwest Conference boys basketball game Monday night, Dec. 12. “Our experience helped a lot,” said Meridian senior Hunter Jones, who had a game-high 14 points. “We … Read more
After only two weeks, “parity” seems to be the operative word for the Northwest Conference’s boys basketball teams. Only three of the 16 squads, including Whatcom County’s own Lynden Christian and Sehome, are still unbeaten — not including Lynden and Mount Baker, which will play their first games this week after waiting for their successful … Read more
There were a lot of blowouts in Week 2 as Whatcom County’s best showed they were among the state’s best. Lynden, Lynden Christian, and Nooksack Valley each notched three victories, Ferndale and Lummi Nation opened their seasons with two impressive victories each, and Sehome won both its games to give the county six undefeated teams. … Read more
