Eight Whatcom County high school basketball teams are heading to their respective state tournaments this week with the dream of capturing their “Gold Ball” state championship trophy. Not all of them can win, of course, because several are in the same classification. But Whatcom County certainly has had it share of state champions. Whatcom hoops … Read more
The Lynden Christian boys made it a Whatcom County sweep of the Class 1A state regionals quadrupleheader by winning the fourth and final game on Saturday, Feb. 26, at Mount Vernon High School. But it wasn’t easy for our boys teams as the Lyncs finally pulled away from Annie Wright in the final minutes, 66-54, … Read more
The Nooksack Valley girls basketball team tipped off the Class 1A quadrupleheader of state regional games Saturday, Feb. 26, at Mount Vernon High And the Pioneers set the bar high, blowing out Colville, 71-41, to earn a trip to the state quarterfinals in Yakima. But Lynden Christian girls weren’t to be outdone, blasting Seattle Academy, 61-21, … Read more
The Lynden Christian boys basketball team has made state reservations nine of the past 10 years, winning state titles twice and placing second twice over that span. The last time Blaine was at state, most of the current Borderites hadn’t been born. Now the two of them will be heading into the Class 1A state … Read more
Six times in the past seven Class 1A girls basketball state tournaments a Whatcom County team has reached the state championship game. Five times, our teams have claimed the state title. While history doesn’t win you games at state, don’t count out Lynden Christian and Nooksack Valley, which will head to the Yakima next week … Read more
After explaining what was going on with our Whatcom County basketball teams, a friend at church summed it up: “That’s complicated.” That it is. The good news is that despite the confusing phraseology and the complicated formats, three girls teams and six boys teams are headed for state. To save money, the WIAA — the … Read more
One did it the easy way and the other did it the hard way, but both the Lynden Christian and Blaine boys basketball teams claimed victories in the District 1/2 crossover playoffs on Saturday, Feb. 19. The Lyncs dominated Sultan from the outset in claiming an 82-53 win. The Borderites had to go down to … Read more
As expected, Lynden Christian and Nooksack Valley easily won their District 1/2 crossover playoff games on Saturday, Feb. 18, and are officially going to state. The Lyncs defeated Sultan, 69-34, and the Pioneers beat Bush, 69-16, at King’s High School. With their victories, the Lyncs and Pioneers advance to the state regionals, which will take … Read more
It was a good night for the navy and white … a championship night. The Lynden Christian girls “upset” top-ranked Nooksack Valley, 54-51, to win the Class 1A District 1 championship on Friday night, Feb. 11. A little over an hour later also on the Nooksack Valley homecourt, the Lynden Christian boys dominated Blaine, 86-57, … Read more
With the regular season just completed, all 11 of our Whatcom County boys basketball teams are preparing for the postseason, which starts this week. Lummi Nation, Ferndale, and the Class 1A teams start their playoff runs on Tuesday, Feb. 8, and the 2A squads begin on Wednesday. While the final seedings and dates were officially … Read more
