When the state brackets came out and the Lynden girls basketball team found itself in the quarterfinals facing No.2-ranked Ellensburg, winner of 22 straight games, there were some among the Lions’ faithful who were upset and even, dare we say, doubting. No need to worry. The Lions showed why they are the top-ranked team by … Read more
Being the top seed normally earns a team a reward in state tournaments, but not for the Lynden boys and girls basketball teams in the Class 2A state tournaments. Due to upsets in the regional round of state last weekend, both top-ranked Lynden squads could face the No.2-ranked teams when the Lions open play in … Read more
What a year for Whatcom County basketball! Nine high school teams are in their respective state tournaments with four schools sending both their boys and girls teams. So congratulations to the Lummi Nation boys and girls, the Lynden boys and girls, the Lynden Christian boys and girls, the Meridian boys and girls, and the Nooksack … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team had seen this script before, and this time the Lions rewrote the ending. After playing perhaps their worst half since their only loss of the season, the top-seeded Lions played a brilliant second half to defeat eighth-seed West Valley (Yakima), 48-36, in the regional round of the Class 2A state … Read more
It was the perfect time for a young, inexperienced team to feel the pressure of its first state game. And it was the perfect time for the veteran to give his teammates a big grin. “I just told them to relax,” said Brock Heppner after his Lynden boys basketball team took the first step toward … Read more
Excuse the Lynden boys basketball team if they get that feeling of deja vu all over again. The two-time defending state champion and top-seeded Lions will kick off the Class 2A state tournament with a regional-round game against No.8 seed Mountlake Terrace on Saturday at noon at Mount Vernon High School. Yes, the same Mountlake … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team finds itself back in the same situation it was last year at the Class 2A state tournament … with one big difference. The Lions have a big game to take to the big time. Top-seed Lynden (22-1) will begin its state journey when the Lions take on West Valley (Spokane) … Read more
Leave it to the grizzled 17-year-old veteran of the Lynden boys basketball team to sum it up. “It’s so hard to make it to state,” said Brock Heppner, a member of two Lions state championship squads. “There are so many good teams.” Nine of those good teams headed to their respective state tournaments are from … Read more
Considering all that the Lynden boys basketball team has accomplished this year, including now winning the Class 2A District 1/2 championship, it’s easy to forget how inexperienced the Lions are. How inexperienced? Well, their veteran leader had to teach them how to cut down the nets. “They were all stressed,” said senior Brock Heppner with … Read more
First the Lynden girls basketball team cut down Burlington-Edison. Then the Lions cut down the nets. No.1-ranked Lynden put together a total team effort to dominate their closest Class 2A rival, 67-44, and win the District 1/2 championship on Friday night, Feb. 21, at Mount Vernon High School. Next up for Lynden is the regional … Read more
