There aren’t many leagues that can claim three state championship teams and two state runners-ups, which is why the all-Northwest Conference boys and girls teams can boast of some of the top players in the state. League champion and Class 1A state runner-up Nooksack Valley had two of the top honors on the girls side. … Read more
Four years ago, the Lynden Christian boys and girls and the Lynden boys won basketball state championships. It was arguably, the greatest sports day in the history of Whatcom County. When there was no daily newspaper coverage, several friends pointed to me and said I should do something about it. Thus in 2019, Whatcom Hoops … Read more
I don’t know about you, but when the high school state basketball tournaments are over … I don’t want them to be over. I want to keep enjoying them. And Whatcom Hoops fans had a lot to enjoy this year. Here are some leftover tidbits from our nine state teams in their five tournaments. FAMILY … Read more
No matter how good of a season you’ve had, the last game is always hard … especially if the season ends on a loss. There were a lot of tears and hugs as the Sehome boys basketball team saw its season come to an end with a 62-47 loss to Tumwater on Friday, March 4, … Read more
The third time was a lot closer, but it was not the charm for the Sehome boys basketball team. The Mariners again fell to their nemesis, the Lynden Lions, in the Class 2A state quarterfinals, 72-60, on Thursday night in the Yakima Valley SunDome. The victory puts the second-seeded Lions in a familiar place: the … Read more
The Sehome boys concluded a great day of basketball for four Whatcom County teams and the Mariners provided the best ending … in two ways. First of all, Northwest Conference rivals Sehome and Lakewood had one of the most exciting games that went down to the last second in the last game of the night. … Read more
Eight Whatcom County high school basketball teams are heading to their respective state tournaments this week with the dream of capturing their “Gold Ball” state championship trophy. Not all of them can win, of course, because several are in the same classification. But Whatcom County certainly has had it share of state champions. Whatcom hoops … Read more
Whatcom County’s two Class 2A boys state entries split their state regional games with Lynden rallying in the fourth quarter to beat Port Angeles, 58-48, and Sehome losing to top-seed North Kitsap, 73-42, on Friday night, Feb. 25. Both the Lions and Mariners, by virtue of their top-eight seeding, will advance to the state tournament … Read more
When the Sehome and Lynden boys basketball teams begin the Class 2A state playoffs, they will be looking at familiar foes. The Mariners will open the state regional round against North Kitsap on Friday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m. at Foss High School in Tacoma. It will be a rematch of a non-league game also … Read more
After explaining what was going on with our Whatcom County basketball teams, a friend at church summed it up: “That’s complicated.” That it is. The good news is that despite the confusing phraseology and the complicated formats, three girls teams and six boys teams are headed for state. To save money, the WIAA — the … Read more
