It was a busy day for Whatcom Hoops teams with five playing in state semifinals at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Friday, March 3, and four of them winning to earn spots in their respective state championship games. The Nooksack Valley girls were up first and the top-ranked Pioneers punched their ticket for the Class … Read more
Been there, done that. The Lynden boys basketball team ignored the bright lights — or maybe was energized by them — in walloping North Kitsap, 68-34, in the Class 2A state quarterfinals on Thursday, March 2. The sixth-seeded Lions (22-4) now move into the state semifinals where they will play seventh-seeded Prosser (20-4), a team … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team came up short in the Yakima SunDome on Wednesday night, March 1. The Lions came up short of their expectations, they came up short in their comeback, and their final shot of the season came up short of a miracle as they lost to Othello, 33-31, in the “round of … Read more
Eight of our Whatcom high school basketball teams are headed for their respective state tournaments this week with dreams of capturing the “gold ball” state championship trophy. Not all of them can win, of course, because several are in the same classification. But Whatcom hoopsters have certainly collected their share of state titles. In the … Read more
It was a rough night in more ways than one, and the Lynden girls basketball team will now have a rough path at the Class 2A state tournament after losing to White River, 51-45, in the state regionals at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday, Feb. 25. The physical play of the Hornets combined with … Read more
Things didn’t come easy for our Whatcom basketball teams as only three of the six won their state regional games on Saturday, Feb. 25. Lynden Christian’s two teams were tested by lower seeds in the Class 1A regionals at Mount Vernon High School but came out on top. The LC boys defeated Overlake, 69-49, in … Read more
It isn’t often the Lynden boys basketball team is an “underdog,” but it didn’t matter much on Friday, Feb. 24, as the sixth-seeded Lions went on the road to knock off third seed Renton, 70-52, in a Class 2A state regional contest. Lynden (21-4) used a 19-0 run to start the second half to run … Read more
The high school basketball state playoffs begin this weekend with the state regionals, and Whatcom Hoops has all the information you’ll need to follow all nine of our teams. Three squads — the Nooksack Valley and Sehome girls and the Lynden boys — play on Friday with the girls at Mount Vernon High School and … Read more
For the Sehome boys basketball team, this is the Class 2A state tournament the Mariners have been pointing to for years. For Lynden, this is just the latest one. Whatcom’s two best Class 2A boys teams will begin their state quests on the road this weekend in the state regionals. The sixth-seeded Lions take on … Read more
The Lynden and Sehome girls basketball teams come into the Class 2A state playoffs with different experiences but with the same expectations: to be playing Saturday for a trophy. They’ll find out which trophies once they start their state journeys this weekend with the regionals at Mount Vernon High School. Ninth-seeded Sehome goes first with … Read more
