The Lynden Christmas Classic girls basketball tournament hosted by Lynden Christian is known for its hospitality with teams getting overnight accommodations, cool t-shirts, meals after every game, and group activities. Of course, the hospitality stops once the Lyncs hit the court. Lynden Christian dominated from the opening tip to beat Washougal, 72-30, in the nightcap … Read more
In the first day of the Lynden Holiday Invite, it helped to have heart … or in the case of the Sehome girls basketball team — Hart. The Mariners rode the seven 3-pointers of Emmy Hart to take a 54-53 victory over WF West in the tournament’s first game Tuesday night, Dec. 27. In the … Read more
Merry Christmas to all our Whatcom Hoops prep basketball fans! And for a special present we have a week of exciting holiday tournaments coming up featuring 19 of our 22 squads, including three events hosted by our teams. Eight of our teams are involved in the Lynden Christmas Classic hosted by Lynden Christian, the Trojan … Read more
After another week with multiple blowouts, the undefeated Whatcom County teams kept rolling along. Heading into a short week before the Christmas break, Lynden Christian, Sehome, and Lynden have yet to taste defeat this season, and Blaine joins those three and Anacortes as Northwest Conference leaders without a loss. Toss in Lummi Nation, which also … Read more
Three weeks into the season and four Whatcom County teams sit atop the Northwest Conference standings and one sits atop the Northwest 1B League standings. Nooksack Valley and Lynden Christian — widely considered the top two Class 1A teams in the state — are both undefeated at 7-0, and Class 2A power Lynden is right … Read more
The Squalicum boys basketball team wanted to see how it compared to the best. Lynden just wanted to see what it looks like to play some games. Both teams got their wish as the Lions used a big first half to defeat the visiting Storm, 68-41, in a Northwest Conference game Tuesday night, Dec. 13. … Read more
After only two weeks, “parity” seems to be the operative word for the Northwest Conference’s boys basketball teams. Only three of the 16 squads, including Whatcom County’s own Lynden Christian and Sehome, are still unbeaten — not including Lynden and Mount Baker, which will play their first games this week after waiting for their successful … Read more
There were a lot of blowouts in Week 2 as Whatcom County’s best showed they were among the state’s best. Lynden, Lynden Christian, and Nooksack Valley each notched three victories, Ferndale and Lummi Nation opened their seasons with two impressive victories each, and Sehome won both its games to give the county six undefeated teams. … Read more
Bad weather and good football teams made for a quiet opening week for our Whatcom County boys basketball teams. Lynden, Mount Baker, and Nooksack Valley postponed or canceled their first two weeks of games as the Lions, Mounties, and Pioneers made great runs through the football playoffs. Congratulations to all three programs. For a look … Read more
It was a subdued opening week for the Whatcom County girls basketball teams as the weather forced several games to be postponed or canceled and four of our 11 schools will have to wait until Week 2 for their first action. Of the seven teams that did get games in, all notched their first victories … Read more
