It was that moment when you show what you’re made of, and the Lynden Christian girls basketball team showed it has the toughness of a champion when it knocked off defending state champion Bellevue Christian, 45-36, in a Class 1A state regional Saturday night, Feb. 28. The victory sent the third-seeded Lyncs back to the … Read more
And suddenly, it was over. The Nooksack Valley girls basketball team was 90 seconds away from winning its Class 1A state regional, but couldn’t hold off King’s Way Christian and had its season come to end with a 43-36 loss on Saturday, Feb. 28. The ninth-seeded Pioneers finished 14-11 after being upset by the 16th-seeded … Read more
The Lummi Nation girls basketball team wants one more crack at three-time defending state champion Neah Bay. For the second time this season, the Lady Blackhawks nearly upset the top-seeded Red Devils, losing in the final seconds, 43-41, in the Class 1B state regionals on Friday, Feb. 27, at the University of Puget Sound in … Read more
They might call it “consistent” or “connected,” but make no mistake — the Lynden girls basketball team is definitely relentless. The two-time defending state champion Lions were unrelenting in their 67-45 victory over Selah in the Class 2A state regionals on Friday night, Feb. 27, at Lynden High School. With the triumph, top-seeded Lynden not … Read more
Last year, Bellevue Christian rose from a pack of contenders to end Nooksack Valley’s and Lynden Christian’s four-year reign of Class 1A girls basketball state championships. And when this year’s state regionals tip off Friday and Saturday, the Vikings will be among another pack of strong contenders looking to claim the golden state championship trophy. … Read more
As the Lynden basketball teams head into the Class 2A state regionals, the girls find themselves in a familiar position. The boys? Not so much. The two-time defending state champion Lynden girls, who lost only two players to graduation, will be the favorites to three-peat when they open state play on Friday at 6 p.m. … Read more
The Lummi Nation boys and girls basketball teams know what it takes to play the best in the state, and they’ll get a chance to do it again in the Class 1B state regionals this weekend. The Lummi boys also know what it takes to beat the best having won last year’s state championship. On … Read more
For Whatcom County prep basketball fans — and especially fans of the four schools involved — it’s the best time of year as eight teams begin state tournament play at regionals on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and Feb. 28. This year, our Elite Eight will include both boys and girls teams from Lummi Nation, … Read more
The Mount Baker girls and the Meridian boys advanced to the Class 1A District 1 consolation finals by surviving loser-out games at Lynden High School on Friday, Feb. 20. The Mounties needed overtime and Aurora George’s layup with two seconds left to hold off a determined Meridian comeback, 46-44, in the night’s opening game. The … Read more
For Whatcom County’s two defending state championship teams, it was business as usual on Thursday night, Feb. 19. The Lynden girls broke away in the fourth quarter to defeat Archbishop Murphy, 58-40, and claim the Class 2A District 1 championship at Mount Vernon High School. It was the 71st straight victory for the two-time defending … Read more
