Jim Carberry Ferndale’s exciting 52-48 girls basketball victory over Bellingham on Friday night, Jan. 17, was all relative even before tipoff. That’s because Ferndale junior Jilly Fox and her uncle, Bellingham coach Ken McLendon, had been looking forward to this — their first game against each other — since, well, since Uncle Ken and Aunt Hanna drove … Read more
Some storms strike suddenly and overwhelming. Others build up over time before leaving destruction in their wake. The undefeated and top-ranked Lynden girls and boys basketball teams displayed both in storming to a doubleheader sweep at Sehome on Wednesday, Jan. 15. The Lynden girls scored the first 31 points of the game to claim a … Read more
The past made the Meridian-Nooksack Valley boys and girls doubleheader doubly important, but everyone agreed that Monday night’s games were not as important as the future. In the opener, the Nooksack Valley boys got some revenge for last year’s last-second, season-ending defeat when Caden Heutink’s last-second driving layup gave the host Pioneers a 54-53 victory … Read more
As we head into the second half of the season, the leaders of the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League remain undefeated in league play after last week’s action. Both Lynden, which is Whatcom’s only unbeaten team, and Lynden Christian were tested but came up with two victories each and sit atop the NWC standings. … Read more
The leaders in the Northwest Conference and Northwest 1B League have begun to separate themselves setting up some key matchups starting this coming week. Lynden Christian was Week 6’s big winner with three victories, including a win over Meridian in an important Class 1A contest. The Lyncs remain unbeaten in league play and kept pace … Read more
The Blaine girls basketball team might not have won Wednesday night, Jan. 8, but don’t you dare call the Borderites losers. Although they came out on the short end of a 53-37 contest with visiting Mount Baker, the Borderites once again showed that the scoreboard doesn’t always determine success. “I didn’t expect a lot of … Read more
The Squalicum girls basketball team is starting to warm up at the right time for the Storm but the wrong time for Ferndale as the Golden Eagles found out in a 49-35 loss at Squalicum on Monday, Jan. 6. The young Storm, who only have one senior and one junior on the team, have now … Read more
Happy New Year, Whatcom basketball fans! Believe it or not, we just wrapped up Week 5, which means we’re halfway through the girls 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. Like we’ve done … Read more
Happy New Year, Whatcom basketball fans! 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. Like we’ve done … Read more
The Meridian girls basketball team didn’t need Glenda’s luck, but they sure needed some clutch free throws at the end to hold off Mount Baker in a Northwest Conference doubleheader, 56-48, on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 4. In the boys game, Meridian didn’t need luck or free throws and instead used a fourth-quarter blitz to pull … Read more
