The Lynden Christian boys basketball team has arguably the best inside combo in the Northwest Conference, but it was the backcourt that sparked the unbeaten Lyncs to a 69-40 road victory over Sehome on Tuesday night, June 8. Quick-handed seniors Cole Moorlag and Shale Whittern and sophomore Tyler Sipma ignited LC’s defense in the first … Read more
The Lynden Christian girls basketball team is the defending Class 1A state champion. Emphasis on “defending.” The Lyncs used their outstanding individual and team defense to shut down visiting Sehome, 68-25, in a Northwest Conference showdown Monday night, June 7. “LC is incredibly discipled defensively,” said Sehome coach Anye Turner. “It really rattled us.” The … Read more
The good news is that we had our first Whatcom County basketball player honored as a WIAA athlete of the week. It was Kadance Blankers from Meridian for her performance the week of May 24-29 (the WIAA’s Week 15). The junior guard had two good games, averaging 11 points, five rebounds, four assists and one … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team brought the “D.” The Mount Baker girls brought the “E.” Together the Lions and Mounties had fun with a capital “F” in their Northwest Conference game at the Deming Dome on Thursday, June 3. For the record, Lynden jumped to a big early lead and coasted to a 62-29 victory. … Read more
For the first half, the Ferndale girls basketball team used tough defense to make unbeaten Lynden Christian look, well, beatable. Two quarters and 46 Lynden Christian points later, the Golden Eagles knew why the Lyncs are considered one of the best teams in the state as they overwhelmed host Ferndale, 70-34, in their Northwest Conference … Read more
Two full weeks into the season, Whatcom County teams already are showing where the power is in the Northwest Conference. Three of the four squads that are unbeaten in league play are north of the Skagit County line: Lynden Christian, Ferndale, and Lynden. And two more, Sehome and Blaine, are lurking behind with just one … Read more
The season is barely two weeks old, and already it’s a third of the way over. But has been long enough to show the strength of our Whatcom County teams. Undefeated defending Class 1A state champion Lynden Christian is again at the top of the Northwest Conference standings after passing a pair of big tests … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team has faith in its defense, and it showed in the Lions’ 51-23 victory Friday night over the Squalicum Storm. Of course, it didn’t hurt just to have Faith. Faith Baar, the Lions’ 6-foot-1 senior center, who had been quarantined during Lynden’s first four games, collected game-highs of 15 points and … Read more
The Meridian and Sehome girls basketball teams learned an important lesson in weaponry: Many little guns are better than one big gun, especially when the little guns play really good defense. The Trojans used their balanced four-guard offense to offset a big game by the Mariners’ Ava Lunny and hand Sehome its first loss of … Read more
After just one full week of play for the girls, the Northwest Conference favorites already are separating themselves with Lynden Christian, Ferndale and Sehome among the five undefeated squads. Close behind are Nooksack Valley and Lynden, which has dropped two close games despite being without key players who are soon coming back. Both the Pioneers … Read more
