The hottest Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League teams remained hot heading into the final week of the regular season as squads scrambled for the best seeding heading into the upcoming district playoffs. After last week’s games, the top-ranked and defending Class 1A state champion Nooksack Valley girls have won nine in row as have … Read more
With only one week remaining in the regular season, the Northwest Conference leaders started facing off last week as all the teams settled into their playoff seeding with district tournaments on the horizon. Lynden Christian and Lynden had big victories last week with the Lyncs bouncing back from their first loss of the season to … Read more
Chalk one up for the student — actually for the student’s team. Coach Luke DuChesne’s Ferndale boys basketball team edged Sehome, coached by DuChesne’s mentor and friend Brad Jackson, 58-55, in an important Northwest Conference contest on Monday night, Jan. 22. “It was a unique and awesome experience,” said DuChesne, who was a Sehome assistant … Read more
Only two of our 11 boys teams played more than one game last week as winter weather forced the postponement of nine contests and forced the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League schedule-makers into extra work for the final two weeks of the regular season. Nooksack Valley was the biggest winner last week with victories … Read more
Winter weather forced the postponement of all Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League games last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, which raised havoc with league schedules as the teams try to wrap up their regular seasons over the next two weeks. While most teams only played one game last week and some didn’t play any, two … Read more
With only three weeks left in the regular season, the top teams in both the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League are settling into place as they look forward to their respective District 1 tournaments. Defending state champion Nooksack Valley and state runner-up Lynden Christian will again be the heavy favorites heading into the five-team … Read more
Heading into the last three weeks of the regular season, the Northwest Conference leaders have begun to put a little distance between themselves and the pack — but there are a lot of big games still to come. Lynden continues to sit in first place and is two games ahead of Anacortes in the Class … Read more
There are a lot of high school basketball rankings out there, but the one that matter most is the WIAA’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI). It is probably the most important factor in determining seedings in the playoffs, including state tournaments. It is a complicated formula that is adjusted after every game, but the bottom line … Read more
There are a lot of high school basketball rankings out there, but the one that matters most is the WIAA’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI). It is probably the most important factor in determining seedings in the playoffs, including state tournaments. It is a complicated formula that is adjusted after every game, but the bottom line … Read more
Happy New Year! Believe it or not, we just wrapped up Week 5, which means we’re halfway through the boys basketball regular season. So instead of our weekly Whatcom Hoops recap, we’re going to look at each team and where they stand at the halfway point of their seasons. (And if you want to check … Read more
