The Lummi Nation boys and girls basketball teams were tested and passed with flying colors at the Class 1B Tri-District 1/2/3 tournaments on Thursday, Feb. 20, at Mount Vernon Christian High School. The Lummi Nation boys beat Rainier Christian, 75-63, in the semifinals and now advance to the tri-district championship game against Muckleshoot Tribal School … Read more
The Nooksack Valley and Meridian girls basketball teams took another step closer to qualifying for state with blowout victories Wednesday night, Feb. 19. The Pioneers unleashed a barrage of 3-pointers to overwhelm visiting Cedar Park Christian (Bothell), 75-32, and Meridian dominated host Bush School, 65-27, in Class 1A Bi-District 1/2 consolation action. Wednesday, however, was … Read more
Lummi Nation will be sending one team to the Class 1B state tournament, but they’ll have to wait to see if both teams will be heading to Spokane. The Lummi Nation boys made quick work of Mount Vernon Christian in the Tri-District 1/2/3 quarterfinals on Tuesday, Feb. 18, winning 72-38 to secure one of the … Read more
The Meridian boys basketball team made it 3-for-3 against Whatcom County rival Nooksack Valley and in the one that counted the most the Trojans beat the Pioneers, 71-51, in the Class 1A Bi-District 1/2 consolation bracket Tuesday night, Feb. 18. Meridian advances to play No.25 Bear Creek of Redmond (13-9) on Thursday at 7 p.m. … Read more
Whatcom County teams continue to dominate the Class 1A Bi-District 1/2 tournaments as the Nooksack Valley boys and the Meridian girls stayed alive with impressive victories Monday night, Feb. 17. The Pioneers overpowered Overlake, 62-37, in consolation play and now advance to play at Meridian on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Unfortunately, only one Whatcom County … Read more
If you’re going to defend your district title then you’d better play some serious defense, and that’s just what the Lynden girls basketball team did Monday night, Feb. 17, at Mount Vernon High School. The No.1-ranked Lions lived up to their ranking by shutting down Archbishop Murphy, 53-31, in the Class 2A District 1/2 semifinals. … Read more
What a week! High school basketball fans experienced 20 Whatcom County teams in the playoffs and 46 game stories and hundreds of photos (some even in focus) on WhatcomHoops.com’s 18 posts. So where does that leave our surviving teams? Glad you asked. Heading into the second and final week of district, bi-district and tri-district tournaments, … Read more
Nooksack Valley defeated Whatcom County rival Meridian, 55-49, in the consolation finals at the Class 1A District 1 girls basketball tournament on Saturday, Feb. 15, but Mount Baker saw its season come to an end in the same tournament with a 40-24 loss to Cedar Park Christian (Bothell). Meridian and Nooksack Valley now have to … Read more
The Ferndale and Lynden girls basketball teams had little trouble in their respective district openers Friday night, Feb. 14, but Sehome will have to battle back through the consolation bracket after losing its district contest. The Golden Eagles defeated Edmonds-Woodway, 66-53 in the quarterfinal round of the Class 3A District 1 tournament. The victory puts … Read more
The Lynden Christian girls basketball team became the first Whatcom County team to punch their ticket to state with a hard-fought 41-26 victory over King’s in the Class 1A District 1 championship game Friday night, Feb. 14, at Mount Vernon High School. The Lynden Christian boys couldn’t duplicate the feat later that night, when they … Read more
