The Nooksack Valley boys and girls basketball teams came into their games with La Conner unbeaten, but only the boys stayed that way after the home doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 14. In the boys game, the Pioneers started slowly but once they got rolling there was no stopping them as they dominated the Braves, 81-47. … Read more
Blaine and Nooksack Valley opened their seasons with two victories each in a week that saw three of the Whatcom County teams idle. GAME OF THE WEEK: Bellingham made its first appearance in the new Sehome gym a successful one as the Red Raiders opened their season by beating their cross-town rivals on Tuesday, 53-49. … Read more
Sehome started off the season 3-0, and Ferndale gave its new coach two victories to highlight the week 1 action for the Whatcom County girls teams. GAME OF THE WEEK: Bellingham bounced back from its opening-season loss with an exciting 45-38 overtime victory at Marysville-Getchell on Thursday. Freshman Ellie Wolverton hit a 3 to tie … Read more
Whatcom County boys and girls are ready to tip off the 2019-20 basketball season, and Whatcom Hoops has previews for all our teams. Today: Nooksack Valley BOYS Coach: Rich Skillman Last season: 8-14 overall, 2-11 in NWC (tied for 12th) Top returnees: Cody Coppinger (Jr.), Cole Eldridge (Sr.), Zach Johnson (Sr.), Matthew Pratt (Sr.) Top newcomers: … Read more
The Best of the Best #1: 1974 Whatcom County high schools have produced some amazing basketball seasons, but of those 100-plus years of state championship seasons and all the other great successes at state tournaments, which years were the best for the county as a whole? Well, we at www.whatcomhoops.com came up with our top … Read more
The Best of the Best #2 (tie): 2010 Whatcom County high schools have produced some amazing basketball seasons, but of those 100-plus years of state championship seasons and all the other great successes at state tournaments, which years were the best for the county as a whole? Well, we at www.whatcomhoops.com came up with our … Read more
The Best of the Best #2 (tie): 2007 Whatcom County high schools have produced some amazing basketball seasons, but of those 100-plus years of state championship seasons and all the other great successes at state tournaments, which years were the best for the county as a whole? Well, we at www.whatcomhoops.com came up with our … Read more
The Best of the Best #6 (tie): 1999 Skip Intro Whatcom County high schools have produced some amazing basketball seasons, but of those 100-plus years of state championship seasons and all the other great successes at state tournaments, which years were the best for the county as a whole? Well, we at www.whatcomhoops.com came up … Read more
The Best of the Best #9: 2006 Skip Intro Whatcom County high schools have produced some amazing basketball seasons, but of those 100-plus years of state championship seasons and all the other great successes at state tournaments, which years were the best for the county as a whole? Well, we at www.whatcomhoops.com came up with … Read more
The Best of the Best #10: 2003 Skip Intro Whatcom County high schools have produced some amazing basketball seasons, but of those 100-plus years of state championship seasons and all the other great successes at state tournaments, which years were the best for the county as a whole? Well, we at www.whatcomhoops.com came up with … Read more