Forty seconds. That’s how close the Nooksack Valley girls basketball team was to realizing a dream. But those last 40 seconds turned into a nightmare as the Pioneers fell to Zillah, 57-54, in the first round of the Class 1A state tournament on Wednesday night, March 4, in the Yakima SunDome. The loss ended an … Read more
The Meridian girls basketball team wanted to play shut-down defense and hit its shots. Unfortunately, Annie Wright wouldn’t let them do either. The Trojans couldn’t continue their magical playoff run after running into Julianna Walker and falling to the Gators, 72-46, in the first round of the Class 1A state tournament on Wednesday, March 4, … Read more
They’ve taken different paths to get to the same place — the Spokane Arena — and now the Lummi Nation boys and girls basketball teams are seeking the same thing: a trophy at their Class 1B state tournaments. The Lady Blackhawks completed a remarkable five-year turnaround from going 1-19 to reaching their goal of getting … Read more
Being the top seed normally earns a team a reward in state tournaments, but not for the Lynden boys and girls basketball teams in the Class 2A state tournaments. Due to upsets in the regional round of state last weekend, both top-ranked Lynden squads could face the No.2-ranked teams when the Lions open play in … Read more
The three Whatcom County girls basketball teams are facing very different challenges as they enter the Class 1A state tournament in the Yakima SunDome. Meridian and Nooksack Valley face the pressure of starting the tournament with loser-out contests on Wednesday, March 4. The Trojans, who at No.15 are the lowest seed still in the tournament, … Read more
What a year for Whatcom County basketball! Nine high school teams are in their respective state tournaments with four schools sending both their boys and girls teams. So congratulations to the Lummi Nation boys and girls, the Lynden boys and girls, the Lynden Christian boys and girls, the Meridian boys and girls, and the Nooksack … Read more
And the Road Warriors keep on truckin’. Forced to play their ninth straight playoff game away from Whatcom County, the Meridian girls basketball team was again up to the challenge as the 15th-seeded Trojans held off 10th-seed Okanogan, 37-35, in the regional round of the Class 1A state tournament on Saturday, Feb. 29, at Wenatchee. … Read more
It’s been their dream all season, and now it has come true. The Lummi Nation Lady Blackhawks earned their first trip in eight years to the Class 1B girls basketball state tournament in Spokane after rallying to defeat the Columbia Adventist Kodiaks in tregionals, 59-38, on Saturday, Feb. 29, at Mount Vernon High School. “Our … Read more
The Nooksack Valley girls basketball team knew it would be an uphill climb against No.1-ranked Cashmere and superstar Hailey Van Lith, especially playing in Cashmere’s “home court” in Wenatchee. But the eighth-seeded Pioneers found out quickly how big the hill was when the Bulldogs jumped to a 17-point first-quarter lead and went on to beat … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team had seen this script before, and this time the Lions rewrote the ending. After playing perhaps their worst half since their only loss of the season, the top-seeded Lions played a brilliant second half to defeat eighth-seed West Valley (Yakima), 48-36, in the regional round of the Class 2A state … Read more
