The end-of-the-year awards and accolades continue to pour in for Whatcom’s best boys and girls basketball players and coaches. The Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association announced the rosters for its annual Senior All-State Games, which will be played this Saturday, March 22, at King’s High School in Seattle. Named to the Class 1A team … Read more
The end-of-the-year awards and accolades have begun to pour in for Whatcom’s best boys and girls basketball players and coaches. The Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association announced its boys basketball awards and Brant Heppner of Lynden was named the Class 2A player of year and Jerome Toby Sr. of state champion Lummi Nation was named … Read more
The one thing that was more prevalent than 3-pointers and slam dunks at the John Clark Whatcom County Seniors Classic was smiles. Grins and laughter filled the court and benches as the county’s top high school seniors wore their team jerseys for the final time before family, friends, and fans at Lynden’s Jake Maberry Gymnasium … Read more
After watching eight teams play 20 games over four days in two venues — all on about 12 hours of sleep — let me reflect on the 2025 state basketball tournaments. Although there was a ton of emotions, the word I heard used most was “proud.” Every coach, regardless if they won a state title … Read more
The annual John Clark Whatcom County Senior Classic featuring the senior boys and girls basketball players from Whatcom County — and some from Skagit County — will be held on Friday, March 14, in Lynden High School’s Jake Maberry Gymnasium. The girls events begin at 6 p.m. with a 3-point contest followed by the girls … Read more
As usual, Whatcom boys and girls dominated the all-Northwest Conference all-star teams announced by the league’s head coaches. It’s also no surprise that after going unbeaten and largely untested in league play, the Lummi Nation boys and girls dominated their Northwest 1B League all-star squads. Be sure to check out Whatcom Hoops later this week … Read more
And then there was one. Make that two. In what may have been the most competitive state tournament in, well, ever with three undefeated squads, it was the Lynden girls basketball team that was the last one standing after the Lions crushed Ellensburg, 54-37, to win the Class 2A state championship Saturday night, March 8. … Read more
Lynden girls basketball coach Rob Adams likes to preach “be where your feet are” as a reminder for his team to be in the moment. Well, his Lions’ feet will soon be exactly where he hoped and everybody else thought they’d be — on center court in the Yakima SunDome for the Class 2A state … Read more
There will be no four-peat or even a trophy for the Lynden boys basketball team after Friday morning’s stunning 41-38 loss to Columbia River in the Class 2A state tournament. All that would fall were tears. Struggling to score in the second half, Lynden couldn’t hold off the pesky Rapids from Vancouver, Wash., and saw … Read more
Even as his Lynden girls basketball team took another step toward winning its second straight Class 2A state title, coach Rob Adams made it clear it wasn’t about defending last year’s state championship as much as it is this year’s group making its own history. “Last year, we were the darlings … that’s what we … Read more
