Three weeks into the season and four Whatcom County teams sit atop the Northwest Conference standings and one sits atop the Northwest 1B League standings. Nooksack Valley and Lynden Christian — widely considered the top two Class 1A teams in the state — are both undefeated at 7-0, and Class 2A power Lynden is right … Read more
After only two weeks, “parity” seems to be the operative word for the Northwest Conference’s boys basketball teams. Only three of the 16 squads, including Whatcom County’s own Lynden Christian and Sehome, are still unbeaten — not including Lynden and Mount Baker, which will play their first games this week after waiting for their successful … Read more
There were a lot of blowouts in Week 2 as Whatcom County’s best showed they were among the state’s best. Lynden, Lynden Christian, and Nooksack Valley each notched three victories, Ferndale and Lummi Nation opened their seasons with two impressive victories each, and Sehome won both its games to give the county six undefeated teams. … Read more
“Wear them down” is a phrase you hear about a football team, so it was appropriate that the Nooksack Valley boys basketball team wore down visiting Sedro-Woolley to win the Pioneers’ first game of the season, 69-56, on Wednesday night, Dec. 7. With all but two of the varsity basketball team on Nooksack Valley’s state … Read more
Bad weather and good football teams made for a quiet opening week for our Whatcom County boys basketball teams. Lynden, Mount Baker, and Nooksack Valley postponed or canceled their first two weeks of games as the Lions, Mounties, and Pioneers made great runs through the football playoffs. Congratulations to all three programs. For a look … Read more
It was a subdued opening week for the Whatcom County girls basketball teams as the weather forced several games to be postponed or canceled and four of our 11 schools will have to wait until Week 2 for their first action. Of the seven teams that did get games in, all notched their first victories … Read more
It might have been a freezing, blowing opening night of high school basketball in the Valley, but there was no cooling off the Nooksack Valley girls on Monday, Nov. 28. “Last year lit a fire in us,” said senior Hallie Kamphouse after her Pioneers began their quest for a second straight trip to the Class … Read more
Whatcom County boys and girls basketball teams are tipping off the 2022-23 season on Monday, and Whatcom Hoops wants to prepare our fans to watch their favorite teams … and all the teams. Once again the Northwest Conference can claim the defending Class 2A and 1A state championship boys teams, and Lynden and Lynden Christian … Read more
How do you top last season, when Whatcom County once again reached the pinnacle of girls basketball by putting two teams in the Class 1A state championship game? Only time will tell, but one thing’s for certain as the 2022-23 season gets ready to tip off: our 11 girls teams will be super competitive again … Read more
With the shadow of COVID finally lifted, the 2022-23 basketball season tips off with some changes that have nothing to do with restrictions, cancellations, or masks. There will be new facilities, new playoff formats, and new coaches, but some of the biggest changes will occur because of an old problem: the lack of officials. The … Read more
