It had upset written all over it. Star player hurt? Check. Missing shots you normally make? Check. Facing a really good team that’s more physical? Check. Having the other team only need to make one of two free throws to end your dream? Check, check. Yet somehow, despite everything going against it, the Lynden Christian … Read more
Cashmere didn’t want Devin Coppinger to beat them and the best Class 1A girls basketball player in the state didn’t. But her teammates did. With Coppinger constantly double-teamed, top-seeded Nooksack Valley finally pulled away from the upset-minded Bulldogs for a 53-41 victory in the state quarterfinals Thursday morning at the Yakima SunDome. The victory moved … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team came up short in the Yakima SunDome on Wednesday night, March 1. The Lions came up short of their expectations, they came up short in their comeback, and their final shot of the season came up short of a miracle as they lost to Othello, 33-31, in the “round of … Read more
Eight of our Whatcom high school basketball teams are headed for their respective state tournaments this week with dreams of capturing the “gold ball” state championship trophy. Not all of them can win, of course, because several are in the same classification. But Whatcom hoopsters have certainly collected their share of state titles. In the … Read more
It was a rough night in more ways than one, and the Lynden girls basketball team will now have a rough path at the Class 2A state tournament after losing to White River, 51-45, in the state regionals at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday, Feb. 25. The physical play of the Hornets combined with … Read more
It wasn’t easy, but you know it never is when you play a team with “Cashmere” on its jersey. Still, the Lynden Christian girls basketball team matched the Bulldogs’ physicality and tenaciousness to win their Class 1A state regional game, 61-51, at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday, Feb. 25. With the win, the second-seeded … Read more
Things didn’t come easy for our Whatcom basketball teams as only three of the six won their state regional games on Saturday, Feb. 25. Lynden Christian’s two teams were tested by lower seeds in the Class 1A regionals at Mount Vernon High School but came out on top. The LC boys defeated Overlake, 69-49, in … Read more
Sehome girls basketball coach Kim Stensgar has won the big game and she’s lost a few in her time, so she knows that a team’s legacy never comes down to one game … or in this case, 94 seconds. That’s how long it took for the Mariners to miss their opportunity to advance as they … Read more
They call it the Nooksack standard. It’s not as poetic as the Purple Wave or maybe Pioneer Power. But when it happens — well, Bellevue Christian was the latest to find out as the Nooksack Valley girls basketball team crushed the Vikings, 65-16, Friday night, Feb. 24, in the Class 1A state regionals at Mount … Read more
The high school basketball state playoffs begin this weekend with the state regionals, and Whatcom Hoops has all the information you’ll need to follow all nine of our teams. Three squads — the Nooksack Valley and Sehome girls and the Lynden boys — play on Friday with the girls at Mount Vernon High School and … Read more
