You can thank veteran official Kelly Heutink for an appropriate ending to the Whatcom County boys basketball season. With 1:11 left in the Lynden-Blaine game, he abruptly called an official’s timeout to “tie his shoe.” More importantly, it gave the seniors from both teams a chance to leave the court one last time to the … Read more
It wasn’t supposed to end this way for the Lynden and Lynden Christian girls basketball teams. When the Lions and Lyncs wrapped up their hard-fought rivalry game Thursday night, June 17, it was supposed to be the motivation for playoff runs that would lead one or both teams to state championship games. After all, it’s … Read more
There was no standing room only crowd, no blaring bands, no visiting cheer staffs, and no official league championship at stake. All that was on the line were bragging rights in their hometown. But that was enough for the Lynden and Lynden Christian boys basketball teams. In a back-and-forth battle that wasn’t decided until a … Read more
And then there was only one week. It wasn’t that long ago when we were wondering if there would be a basketball season, and now we have only six more days left. Except for Lummi Nation, which is already done with its season (the Blackhawks started a week earlier than the rest of the county), … Read more
The last time the Whatcom County high schools got together for a post-season boys basketball tournament to determine the county champion was 1940 … and, unfortunately, in this crazy and chaotic COVID time, we won’t be having one this year either. BUT … if we did, depending on the format, we might have ended up … Read more
In this crazy and chaotic COVID season, it’s no wonder that the Northwest Conference is not declaring an official league champion. The athletic directors decided not to crown a champion and for good reason. Not everybody is competing on a level playing field … or basketball court. The biggest reason is the abbreviated schedule as … Read more
The good news is that we had our first Whatcom County basketball player honored as a WIAA athlete of the week. It was Kadance Blankers from Meridian for her performance the week of May 24-29 (the WIAA’s Week 15). The junior guard had two good games, averaging 11 points, five rebounds, four assists and one … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team brought the “D.” The Mount Baker girls brought the “E.” Together the Lions and Mounties had fun with a capital “F” in their Northwest Conference game at the Deming Dome on Thursday, June 3. For the record, Lynden jumped to a big early lead and coasted to a 62-29 victory. … Read more
Two full weeks into the season, Whatcom County teams already are showing where the power is in the Northwest Conference. Three of the four squads that are unbeaten in league play are north of the Skagit County line: Lynden Christian, Ferndale, and Lynden. And two more, Sehome and Blaine, are lurking behind with just one … Read more
The season is barely two weeks old, and already it’s a third of the way over. But has been long enough to show the strength of our Whatcom County teams. Undefeated defending Class 1A state champion Lynden Christian is again at the top of the Northwest Conference standings after passing a pair of big tests … Read more
