The leaders in the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League have begun to separate themselves setting up some key matchups starting this coming week. Lynden Christian was Week 6’s big winner with three victories, including a win over Meridian in an important Class 1A contest. The Lyncs remain unbeaten in league play and kept pace … Read more
The Blaine girls basketball team might not have won Wednesday night, Jan. 8, but don’t you dare call the Borderites losers. Although they came out on the short end of a 53-37 contest with visiting Mount Baker, the Borderites once again showed that the scoreboard doesn’t always determine success. “I didn’t expect a lot of … Read more
Happy New Year, Whatcom basketball fans! Believe it or not, we just wrapped up Week 5, which means we’re halfway through the girls basketball regular season. So, instead of our weekly Whatcom Hoops recap, we’re going to look at each team and where they stand at the halfway point of their seasons. Like we’ve done … Read more
Happy New Year, Whatcom basketball fans! Believe it or not, we just wrapped up Week 5, which means we’re halfway through the boys basketball regular season. So, instead of our weekly Whatcom Hoops recap, we’re going to look at each team and where they stand at the halfway point of their seasons. Like we’ve done … Read more
The Meridian girls basketball team didn’t need Glenda’s luck, but they sure needed some clutch free throws at the end to hold off Mount Baker in a Northwest Conference doubleheader, 56-48, on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 4. In the boys game, Meridian didn’t need luck or free throws and instead used a fourth-quarter blitz to pull … Read more
It was a busy week for most of our Whatcom girls teams as five participated in two-day and three-day holiday tournaments around the state. The highlight of the week was the Lynden girls’ winning three games to claim Lynden Christmas Classic championship for the second year in a row. Meridian reached the final of its … Read more
It was a busy week for most of our Whatcom boys teams as six participated in two-day and three-day holiday tournaments around the state. The Lynden, Lynden Christian, and Squalicum boys were victorious in their games Friday and Saturday, and the Meridian boys won the first two games in their Trojan Storm Classic before losing … Read more
When you are a 6-foot-2, 16-year-old girl, you stand out. When you score 32 points in only your third high school basketball game, you really stand out. But when your last name is Soares, your mother’s last name is Anderson, and you wear the red and black of Mount Baker High School … you are … Read more
Lynden and Lynden Christian undefeated last week to stay atop the Northwest Conference standings and remain our only Whatcom teams without a loss going into the Christmas break. Joining them with a perfect week was Meridian, which won a pair of NWC contests. For a look back at Week 3 for our Whatcom girls teams, … Read more
The Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League leaders stayed atop the standings by going undefeated last week. Lynden led the way with four impressive victories, including non-league wins over previously unbeatens Bellevue Christian and Stanwood. Lynden Christian and Nooksack Valley, which join the Lions and Burlington-Edison as the last teams without a loss in NWC … Read more
