In a week marred by COVID cancellations, there was a shakeup at the top of the Northwest Conference standings as Lynden and Sehome suffered their first league losses of the season and Lynden Christian escaped an upset bid. Besides the 7-0 Lyncs, the hottest boys teams in Whatcom County are Lummi Nation, which won its … Read more
In a week with almost as many games canceled because of COVID cases as games played, Lynden remained undefeated in Northwest Conference play, and Lynden Christian and Meridian won showdowns with other NWC contenders. The Lyncs and Trojans bounced back from close losses the previous week — their first in league play — to trounce … Read more
Final possessions. They proved valuable for the Lynden Christian boys basketball team and costly for Ferndale as the Lyncs stayed unbeaten with a 73-65 victory over the visiting Golden Eagles on Tuesday night, Dec. 21. “We try to tell them records don’t mean anything,” said Lynden Christian coach Tim Zylstra, whose team raised its record … Read more
The hot stayed hot as Lynden Christian, Sehome and Lynden remained unbeaten with dominating victories this past week and the three sit atop the Northwest Conference standings with Lakewood and Mount Vernon. Toss in Lummi Nation, which is on a four-game winning streak, and Whatcom County can boast of some of the top teams in … Read more
The Northwest Conference’s top squads started to face off in league play and after three weeks there’s no doubt where the power lies with six of the top seven teams residing in Whatcom County. Nooksack Valley and Lynden won early-season showdowns with other favorites to remain unbeaten in the NWC, but Lynden Christian, Ferndale, Meridian, … Read more
Seven years ago, Brady Bomber followed a legend as Lynden Christian girls basketball coach. Now Bomber has followed his friend Curt DeHaan in being nominated for the national girls basketball coach of the year award by the National Federation of State High Schools Association, an honor DeHaan won in 2014. “It’s very humbling,” said Bomber. … Read more
With all the Northwest Conference teams and Lummi Nation finally getting on the court this past week, it looks like the Whatcom County teams will again be in the thick of the battle for a league championship. Lynden Christian, Sehome, and Lynden are three of the four NWC teams that are still undefeated after the … Read more
As the Northwest Conference teams began playing their league schedule this past week, the Class 1A teams again showed they will be battling for the crown. Defending champion Lynden Christian, runner-up Nooksack Valley, and Meridian all won a pair of league contests. Joining them with a pair of NWC victories in Week 2 were the … Read more
There is inexperienced, and then there is Lynden Christian girls basketball inexperienced. In a battle of squads with minimal varsity experience returning, it was the Lyncs who rolled to a 79-21 victory over visiting Squalicum on Thursday night, Dec. 9. “There have been a lot of firsts for this group,” said Lynden Christian coach Brady … Read more
It was a relative quiet opening week for Whatcom County boys teams. Between COVID, football state championships, flooding, and schools unable to field full squads, only seven of our 11 teams had Week 1 games. But of the seven that did play, five collected their first wins of the season, and Sehome notched two victories … Read more
