In the aftermath of county-wide celebrations, we need to remember there were long stretches in the history of Whatcom County basketball when we didn’t bring home any state championships let alone three. We are in a “golden era” of collecting gold balls and we need to appreciate it because it is not only extra special … Read more
Whether the journey started a decade ago, a year ago, or Saturday at 3 p.m., it turned out to be memorable for the Nooksack Valley girls basketball team. And when the journey ended later Saturday afternoon, the Pioneers had taken their place in the history books by beating Lynden Christian, 43-36, at the Yakima SunDome … Read more
Once again, Whatcom County reigns supreme in high school basketball after the Nooksack Valley girls and the Lynden Christian and Lynden boys won state championships Saturday, March 4, at the Yakima SunDome. The Pioneers held off nemesis and friendly rival Lynden Christian, 43-36, to win the school’s first Class 1A state championship Saturday afternoon. Tournament … Read more
For the second game in a row, the top-ranked Nooksack Valley girls basketball team was tested at the Class 1A state basketball tournament. And after passing Friday’s semifinal test by holding off a tough King’s team, 58-46, in the semifinals, there remains only one more test. Saturday in the state championship game. Check Whatcom Hoops … Read more
It was a busy day for Whatcom Hoops teams with five playing in state semifinals at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Friday, March 3, and four of them winning to earn spots in their respective state championship games. The Nooksack Valley girls were up first and the top-ranked Pioneers punched their ticket for the Class … Read more
Cashmere didn’t want Devin Coppinger to beat them and the best Class 1A girls basketball player in the state didn’t. But her teammates did. With Coppinger constantly double-teamed, top-seeded Nooksack Valley finally pulled away from the upset-minded Bulldogs for a 53-41 victory in the state quarterfinals Thursday morning at the Yakima SunDome. The victory moved … Read more
Eight of our Whatcom high school basketball teams are headed for their respective state tournaments this week with dreams of capturing the “gold ball” state championship trophy. Not all of them can win, of course, because several are in the same classification. But Whatcom hoopsters have certainly collected their share of state titles. In the … Read more
They call it the Nooksack standard. It’s not as poetic as the Purple Wave or maybe Pioneer Power. But when it happens — well, Bellevue Christian was the latest to find out as the Nooksack Valley girls basketball team crushed the Vikings, 65-16, Friday night, Feb. 24, in the Class 1A state regionals at Mount … Read more
The high school basketball state playoffs begin this weekend with the state regionals, and Whatcom Hoops has all the information you’ll need to follow all nine of our teams. Three squads — the Nooksack Valley and Sehome girls and the Lynden boys — play on Friday with the girls at Mount Vernon High School and … Read more
There are no guarantees when it comes to high school basketball state tournaments, but the closest thing in Washington state might be penciling in a Whatcom County team as Class 1A girls state champion. In the past eight years, we’ve had six state champions and a seventh team finish second. In fact, last March, our … Read more
