With only two weeks left in the regular season, our 11 Whatcom County boys basketball teams find themselves with the same challenge: earning the highest seeding possible as they head into the postseason. In part because of COVID’s disruptive effect on teams’ schedules — causing teams to play differing amount of games against different opponents … Read more
With only two weeks left in the regular season, our 11 Whatcom County girls basketball teams find themselves with the same challenge: earning the highest seeding possible as they head into the postseason. In part because of COVID’s disruptive effect on teams’ schedules — causing teams to play differing amount of games against different opponents … Read more
The Nooksack Valley girls basketball team showed why it is the class of the Northwest Conference by winning the battle of the “unbeatens” Friday night, Jan. 21. But the Pioneers did it in unexpected fashion, using a smothering defense to defeat Lynden, 64-35, at Jake Maberry Gymnasium and take over undisputed first place in the … Read more
As the Northwest Conference teams continued to vie for league and district seeding heading into the final three weeks of the regular season, the big news in Week 7 was off the court. Lynden Christian’s Libby Stump was one of three senior girls in the state to be nominated to the McDonald’s All-American Games. Of … Read more
While cancellations and postponements continued to pile up, the Northwest Conference boys basketball teams continued their battles for playoff positioning as they headed into the final three weeks of the regular season. But of all the games played in Week 7, the most emotional was Lynden’s contest with Anacortes on Thursday, Jan. 13. The Lions … Read more
After having all their games canceled in Week 5, the Whatcom County boys teams got back in action last week with several key games among the Northwest Conference leaders. As we head into the second half of the regular season, Mount Vernon and Lynden Christian continue to lead the Class 3A and 1A teams, respectively, … Read more
The recent winter storms caused postponements and cancellations, and the Northwest Conference schedule caused an unusual number of double-digit victories — and defeats — for our girls basketball teams in Week 6. Even the two games pitting league leaders were not as close as expected as Lynden Christian handed Burlington-Edison its first loss of the … Read more
It’s rare for the Lynden boys basketball team to go into a league game as anything but the heavy favorite. Having a wall full of state championship banners and top-three finishes in eight of the past nine state tournaments will do that. But when the Lions hosted Sehome on Monday, Jan. 3, it was the … Read more
In a crazy and chaotic Week 5 spoiled by COVID outbreaks and snow storms, only three of our Whatcom County girls basketball teams — Meridian, Lynden Christian, and Nooksack Valley — managed to get games in. The host Trojans swept both their games in the Meridian Holiday Tournament. The Lyncs and Pioneers each split their … Read more
With COVID, snow, and even the lack of bus drivers cancelling almost all the Week 5 games and tournaments involving Whatcom County boys basketball teams, maybe it’s a good time to take a look at where each squad is at the halfway point of the regular season. Because letter grades are way too subjective and … Read more
