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
The two former teammates enjoyed the reunion … until the game started. That’s when Ferndale coach Terri Yost and Mount Baker coach Tiffany Ramirez got back to being the competitors that made them all-stars on the court. When they met for the first time as head coaches on Friday night, Jan. 7, it was Yost’s … Read more
With the addition of Bree Park and Tiffany Ramirez this winter to the exclusive club known as varsity basketball head coaches, Whatcom County now has nearly a third of its teams coached by alumni. Of our 22 high school boys and girls teams, seven are coached by graduates of those schools. Park said it was … Read more
It was the annual “little league night,” and the Nooksack Valley boys basketball team couldn’t have put on a better show for all the little Pioneers in attendance Tuesday night, Jan. 4. The big Pioneers dominated the boards and dominated the scoreboard in notching their first Northwest Conference win of the season, a 63-42 victory … 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
What started as a busy week full of holiday cheer and basketball tournaments for many of our Whatcom County basketball teams has turned into a pandemic-induced, weather-fueled nightmare for local squads. The good news is the Meridian Holiday Tournament and the Lynden Christmas Classic at Lynden Christian are still planning to go on as scheduled. … Read more
