I’m not calling this a down year for the entity of the Northwest Conference when it comes to the 2024-25 basketball season, but when you set the bar so high, others would love to have your “down year.”   There are four championships given in the Yakima SunDome each March, and in tournaments held in 2022, 2023, and 2024, teams from the NWC came home with three each year.  So, this year’s total of one is, of course, fewer than three, but there’s no reason to panic.   The Lynden

Here are the first and second team honorees as voted on by Northwest Conference coaches and the first thing that comes to my mind about each player.    Head Coach of the Year:   Anthony Wiederkehr II, Lakewood Coach Wiederkehr always gets 100-percent-plus out of his players.  Always a tough team to prepare for.  Got to state with one starter over 6-feet tall.    Assistant Coach of the Year: Ray Ootsey, Squalicum Storm guards definitely benefit from the knowledge of the forme

Old Man Winter finally woke up and put the squeeze on the final week of the regular season.  Six days of games were melted down to three,...

The Lynden Lions vaulted over a huge hurdle on the way to their first Northwest Conference Championship, in defeating rival Lynden...

This is a review of “Rivalry Week,” where Bellingham hosted Squalicum and Sehome, plus an epic “Battle of the Bridge” game between...

It started on Tuesday, with a natural rivalry game every night, until it builds to the crescendo on Saturday when the Lynden Christian...

At this point of the season, everyone needs wins.  For some, it’s a race for the league title.  For others, it’s a race within the...

Heutink's game winner With three full weeks to play in the regular season, Lynden and Lynden Christian lead the pack, undefeated in...

Yes, Arpy Iguy is back for another year of his confusing enlightenment of the Ratings Percentage Index, and what you need to know abou...

If you have read any of these over the years, you know I appreciate a good rivalry.  I hope to get to Longview some day and take in a...

It was a short week of basketball in the Northwest Conference as the schedule crossed from 2024 to 2025.  But there were some great...

Christmas break time in the state, and Northwest Conference teams are scattered all over the place.  I’ll take a look at who did what...

This is the second year of the team foul rule where there is no longer a “1-plus-1” bonus situations on the 7th team foul of the half. ...

Burlington-Edison’s “fourth-quarter magic” has been one of my topics in the first two weeks of the season.  And we’ll hit on it here,...

Maybe I’m over blowing this, but it’s basketball, so let’s talk “height.” It used to be a big (no pun intended) thing.  Size.  “We need...

When you think about your team heading into a new season, you can easily come up with scenarios on how they will be improved from last...