With two days left in the district and tri-district playoffs, one thing is for certain: Whatcom County will be sending eight teams to the state playoffs next week. At least. Because the Sehome girls shocked Burlington-Edison, 59-46, in the Class 2A District 1 tournament for their biggest win of the season Thursday night, Feb. 15. … Read more
Overcoming a community tragedy that affected many of their families, the Lummi Nation boys and girls basketball teams won their biggest games of the season Tuesday night, Feb. 13, to qualify for the Class 1B state regionals. The No.1-ranked Lummi boys powered through a slow start at home to eclipse Crescent, 55-27, in the District … Read more
Sehome couldn’t generate enough offense and Bellingham couldn’t muster enough defense and when the Class 2A District 1 boys consolation games were done Monday, Feb. 12, so were the Mariners’ and Bayhawks’ seasons. Sehome went cold in the fourth quarter and couldn’t keep up with Lakewood, losing the night’s first game, 53-43, at Mount Vernon … Read more
The Lynden girls basketball team has been making it a habit to shut down opposing offenses but even coach Rob Adams was impressed with the Lions’ defensive dominance in beating Sehome, 60-20, in the Class 2A District 1 semifinals Saturday, Feb. 10. “Their intensity and effort was as good as we’ve had,” said Adams of … Read more
It takes more than one great half to dethrone the king as the Lynden boys basketball team proved by rallying in the second half to defeat Lakewood, 62-53, in the Class 2A District 1 semifinals on Friday, Feb. 9. The victory moves the two-time defending 2A state champion Lions into the district championship game against … Read more
All but one of our six Whatcom teams playing in their respective district tournaments on Thursday, Feb. 8, lived to play another day. The Lummi Nation boys and girls split their Class 1B district championship games with the boys beating Tulalip Heritage for the third time, 69-28, and the girls losing to Mount Vernon Christian, … Read more
It was a rough day for Whatcom teams in the Class 2A and 3A boys district tournaments as only Lynden came away unscathed on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The Lions began defense of their 2A state title by taking care of Burlington-Edison, 81-65, in the District 1 quarterfinals. With the victory, Lynden move into the semifinals … Read more
Ready or not, it’s playoff time for all 22 of our Whatcom boys and girls teams as they begin district tournaments with the goal of reaching their respective state tournaments and getting a shot at the gold ball that is the state championship trophy. Action starts this week with District 1 tournaments for our three … Read more
The Northwest Conference race finished in an exciting jumble, but the Northwest 1B League wrapped up in boring fashion as our Whatcom teams completed their regular seasons last week. Lynden was in the middle of the NWC photo finish winning three of its four games last week. While the Lions’ one-point loss to Mount Vernon … Read more
The Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League wrapped up their seasons with Nooksack Valley and Lummi Nation claiming league titles for the second year in a row. The Pioneers and Lady Blackhawks will join the other nine Whatcom teams in heading into their respective District 1 tournament this week. The top placers in the Class … Read more
