It wasn’t easy, but, oh, was the three-peat sweet. The Lynden girls basketball team cemented its championship legacy by taking down Prosser, 59-49, to win the Class 2A state crown Saturday night in the Yakima Valley SunDome. It was the Lions’ third straight state title, making them the first 2A girls team to accomplish the … Read more
Oh, a difference 24 hours makes. The Lynden Christian girls basketball team found that out when just a day after reaching the season’s high point — at least so far — the Lyncs came crashing down in a 53-44 loss to Zillah in the Class 1A state semifinals Friday night in the Yakima Valley SunDome. … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team is defending its state title — two of them, in fact — so the Lions know a little about defense. And in the Class 2A state semifinals on Friday, March 6, they gave a defensive clinic by shutting down Clarkston, 50-30, in the Yakima Valley SunDome. The victory — for … Read more
The Lummi Nation girls basketball team had one goal all season and with its 38-35 victory over Yakama Tribal in the Class 1B state tournament Friday afternoon, March 6, it was mission accomplished. The win guaranteed the Lady Blackhawks their first state trophy since taking fourth in 2009. And this year’s group will get a … Read more
The Lummi Nation girls basketball team once again took a top team to the brink but couldn’t hold on and lost, this time to No.2 Garfield-Palouse in the Class 1B state quarterfinals, 41-33, on Thursday, March 5, in the Spokane Arena. With the loss, the eighth-seeded Lady Blackhawks fell to 21-5 on the season and … Read more
It took two extra periods, numerous big shots and just as many agonizing misses, but finally the Lynden Christian girls basketball team prevailed over Annie Wright, 66-59, in Thursday’s quarterfinals of the Class 1A state tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome. But before trying to describe the heart-thumping two-overtime thriller, there’s the big picture. With … Read more
When your game plan works to perfection and you hold two all-state players about 20 points below their average and you still find yourself behind by 31 points … you know you’re outclassed. Welcome to Deer Park’s world. The No.2 Stags gave No.1 Lynden a battle for one quarter before the two-time defending state champion … Read more
The Lummi Nation girls basketball team needed an extra period but it got the job done, defeating Almira-Coulee-Hartline late Wednesday night, 56-48, in the opening round of the Class 1B state tournmament in the Spokane Arena. The victory in the loser-out contest not only raised the Lady Blackhawks’ record to 22-4 but, more importantly, put … Read more
While most of Whatcom County’s prep basketball attention will be focused on Yakima this week, let’s not forget the little peninsula jutting out into Bellingham Bay where something special is happening. For the third straight year, Lummi Nation will be sending both its boys and girls basketball teams to Spokane for the Class 1B state … Read more
Seven of our Whatcom high school basketball teams are headed to their six respective state tournaments this week with hoop dreams of winning the “gold ball” that is the state championship trophy. Since 2020, Whatcom County has claimed 13 state titles and once again earned multiple titles last year with the Lummi Nation boys proving … Read more
