The end-of-the-year awards and accolades continue to pour in for Whatcom’s best boys and girls basketball players and coaches. The Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association announced the rosters for its annual Senior All-State Games, which will be played this Saturday, March 22, at King’s High School in Seattle. Named to the Class 1A team … Read more
The end-of-the-year awards and accolades have begun to pour in for Whatcom’s best boys and girls basketball players and coaches. The Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association announced its boys basketball awards and Brant Heppner of Lynden was named the Class 2A player of year and Jerome Toby Sr. of state champion Lummi Nation was named … Read more
The one thing that was more prevalent than 3-pointers and slam dunks at the John Clark Whatcom County Seniors Classic was smiles. Grins and laughter filled the court and benches as the county’s top high school seniors wore their team jerseys for the final time before family, friends, and fans at Lynden’s Jake Maberry Gymnasium … Read more
After watching eight teams play 20 games over four days in two venues — all on about 12 hours of sleep — let me reflect on the 2025 state basketball tournaments. Although there was a ton of emotions, the word I heard used most was “proud.” Every coach, regardless if they won a state title … Read more
The annual John Clark Whatcom County Senior Classic featuring the senior boys and girls basketball players from Whatcom County — and some from Skagit County — will be held on Friday, March 14, in Lynden High School’s Jake Maberry Gymnasium. The girls events begin at 6 p.m. with a 3-point contest followed by the girls … Read more
As usual, Whatcom boys and girls dominated the all-Northwest Conference all-star teams announced by the league’s head coaches. It’s also no surprise that after going unbeaten and largely untested in league play, the Lummi Nation boys and girls dominated their Northwest 1B League all-star squads. Be sure to check out Whatcom Hoops later this week … Read more
There will be no repeat for the Valley Girls as Nooksack Valley lost to another Valley — Naches Valley — in the Class 1A state tournament, 41-37, on Wednesday afternoon, March 5, at the Yakima SunDome. The loss ends the Pioneers’ season with a 17-9 record, and ends their dream of winning a third straight … Read more
Eight of our Whatcom high school basketball teams are headed to their six respective state tournaments this week with dreams of capturing the “gold ball” — the state championship trophy. And after taking three state titles and six state trophies last season thanks to the talented Class of 2024, this figured to be a “down” … Read more
The Nooksack Valley girls basketball squad might be a “new” team, but the Pioneers will find themselves in the same old place next week after blasting Hoquiam, 64-42, in the Class 1A state regional on Saturday afternoon, March 1. That same old place, of course, is the Yakima SunDome, where the Pioneers claimed the state … Read more
While the Lynden Christian and Nooksack Valley girls basketball teams will be in somewhat different positions than in the recent past, their opponents in Saturday’s state regionals will really be in completely new situations. The Lyncs, who have dominated the Class 1A state tournament for nearly 50 years, are coming off a third-place state finish … Read more
