(NOTE: This story includes a correction and updated scheduling changes.) It’s the holidays, which for prep basketball fans means holiday tournaments galore. Ten of our 11 girls squads and eight of our boys teams will be participating in six tournaments across the state this coming Monday through Wednesday, Dec. 29-31. Two of the tournaments are … Read more
The Northwest 1B League and Northwest Conference got serious last week with all but one of our boys teams having at least two league contests, and when the smoke had cleared, Lummi Nation and Lynden Christian remained atop their respective standings after going unbeaten in Week 3. The Blackhawks had the busiest week, winning four … Read more
Whatcom girls basketball teams continued to roll last week and remain at the top of the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League heading into the holiday break. Lynden, Lynden Christian, Nooksack Valley, and Squalicum each won a pair of NWC games and after three weeks, the Lions, Lyncs, and Pioneers are all unbeaten in league … Read more
Flooding caused the cancellation of a half-dozen Week 2 games, including several key Northwest Conference contests, but both Lynden and Mount Baker managed to get in their three games and pick up two NWC victories and a big non-league win. Lynden Christian and Lummi Nation each picked up a league triumph and a non-league win … Read more
The Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League swung into action last week and despite flooding that canceled six games including both of Nooksack Valley’s contests, the usual suspects moved up to the head of their respective standings. Lynden went undefeated in three games, including a pair of NWC victories, and Lynden Christian won its only … Read more
Despite scheduling some difficult and often much bigger competition, six of our 11 Whatcom boys basketball teams notched at least one victory in Week 1 of the season. Nooksack Valley, Squalicum, and Blaine led the way with a pair of victories each; Lummi Nation collected a big win and a weird tie against Class 2A … Read more
The first full week of the season is in the books and of our 10 girls basketball teams that saw action, half remain undefeated, and only one has yet to notch its first victory. Bellingham, Lynden Christian, and Sehome recorded a pair of non-league victories each, although the Mariners’ wins were against Northwest Conference rivals … Read more
The Sehome boys basketball team rallied twice but couldn’t pull off a third and final comeback, falling to visiting Holy Cross Regional Secondary, 67-63, in an international non-league game Thursday night, Dec. 4. “The game was great for our guys, to put them in pressure situations,” said Sehome coach Brad Jackson, whose team dropped to … Read more
Like last year, the Sehome girls basketball team opened the 2025-26 season by defeating Ferndale in their non-conference game Tuesday night, Dec. 2. But the Mariners’ 55-46 victory over the visiting Golden Eagles wasn’t the same this time around. That’s because last year, both teams were young, inexperienced, and felt no pressure. But this season, … Read more
With most of Whatcom County’s boys basketball teams hit hard by either graduation, injury, or both, it may come as no surprise that the favorites are the usual suspects — Lynden, Lynden Christian, and Lummi Nation. Last season, the Lions swept through the Northwest Conference undefeated before faltering in Yakima, Lynden Christian reached the Class … Read more
