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Lynden 51, Anacortes 39
Sophomore guard Malachi Koenen, wearing the number 15 and leading Lynden in scoring with 15 points in a game played on the 15th. And if that isn’t enough 15s already, the Lion offense scored exactly 15 points in each of the first three quarters of play.
With Lynden up by 18 headed into the fourth, the defense picked up for both teams. With the clock sitting at just under three minutes to go, both teams had scored a combined eight points.
Two minutes later, the Lions bench entered the game to finish the final seconds.
All of Koenen’s points came from beyond the arc as the sharp shooting sophomore made 5-of-10 from 3-point land. Senior forward Brant Heppner finished with 13 points, and senior forward Jack Stapleton led with 11 rebounds.
A late scoring effort from the Seahawks was not enough as the Lions booked a ticket to their second straight district championship game which will take place Wednesday at 7:45 against Lakewood at Mount Vernon High School.
Lynden 51, Anacortes 39
ANA 10 7 10 12 - 39
LYN 15 15 15 6 - 51
Anacortes: N/A.
Lynden: Navarre 3, Bedlington 2, Price 2, Bowman 2, Ellis 0, Koenen 15, Broersma 0, Stapleton 8, Heppner 13, Jorgenson 4, Adams 2.
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Lynden Christian 68, Meridian 54
The Lyncs went on a 15-0 run in the first quarter, and that proved to be the difference in the game as Lynden Christian captured the district championship.
Senior guard Gannon Dykstra did a little bit of everything for the Lyncs as he ended with 20 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists, and senior forward Luke VanKooten scored 19 points, the most he had scored in a game this year since the opener when he dropped 21 points.
Sophomore forward Kaden Veldman posted another double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds, while also shooting 6-of-8 from the field.
Although they were both held to below their season averages, Trojan seniors Talon Jenkins and Jaeger Fyfe were able to lead their team in scoring with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Sophomore guard Pierce Brzozowski added 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting, as well as four rebounds and four assists.
The Lyncs will play a winner-to-state game on Saturday at 3:00, against an opponent that won’t be known until later this week. The Trojans will try to keep their season alive when they face Nooksack Valley at 7:45 on Tuesday at Lynden High School.
Lynden Christian 68, Meridian 54 MER 5 16 16 17 - 54 LC 15 18 14 21 - 68 Meridian: Jenkins 13, Hayes 0, Fyfe 12, James 3, Haugen 0, Blankenburg 3, Alexander 6, Brzozowski 11, Hedahl 6. Lynden Christian: Hintz 9, Ahlers 4, Maberry 3, Robertson 1, Howell 0, Dykstra 20, Kamphouse 0, VanKooten 19, Veldman 12 Kooiman 0.
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Squalicum 59, Sehome 31
Shooting and rebounding was the big difference in the game as the Storm made 46% of their shots, including nine buckets from deep, while grabbing 35 rebounds.
The Mariners made 30% of their shots, just one three-pointer and grabbed 21 rebounds.
Leading the 3-point brigade for Squalicum were the sophomore guards Hunter Calloway and Blake Elston. Calloway made 4-of-6 from deep and finished with 18 points, while Elston hit 4-of-9 to total 12 points.
Senior guard Marcus Nixon added 17 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals, while seniors Ezra Nichols and Ty Hoffmann grabbed seven boards each.
Sehome was led by junior forward Cole Turrell who had 12 poitns on 5-of-8 shooting along with a team-high seven rebounds.
Junior guard Nolan Wright had seven points, five steals and four rebounds and junior forward Carter Duckworth, who missed the entire regular season due to a football injury, finished with six points and three rebounds as the season came to a close for the Mariners.
The Storm will be back in action at Mount Vernon High School on Tuesday night at 7:00 against Burlington-Edison in a loser-out game.
Squalicum 59, Sehome 31 SEH 6 9 12 4 - 31 SQU 12 13 15 19 - 59 Sehome: Wright 7, Jackson 0, Tanovan 0, McAtee 0, LaTray 0, Miller 2, Kelley 4, Watson 0, Duckworth 6, Turrell 12. Squalicum: Leslie 0, Nichols 1, Calloway 18, Nixon 17, Knowlton 7, Hoffmann 2, Elston 12, Savage 0, Grandberg-Kiddle 0, Tetrick 0, Truemper 2.
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Nooksack Valley 59, Mount Baker 56
The Pioneers avenged a regular-season loss to the Mountaineers by eliminating them from the postseason, and they did it in dramatic fashion.
Mount Baker was ahead for the majority of the contest, and was up 56-51 with 1:16 left in the game when Nooksack Valley senior Cory Olney drained a three-pointer from the corner which cut the lead to two points.
After the Mounties missed a pair of free throws the Pioneers had a chance to tie the game, or take the lead, with under a minute remaining.
With 45 seconds left, Nooksack Valley senior Tristan Kamphouse missed a 12-footer from the baseline, but it was quickly scooped up by Olney and the 6-foot guard put it back off the glass for two points.
Not only had he tied the game up, but he was fouled in the act.
His free throw gave the Pioneers a 57-56 lead, and Mount Baker was then fouled, but missed both foul shots with 25 seconds left.
That caused the Mountaineers to foul, and Nooksack Valley senior guard Caden Heutink drained both of his foul shots with 14 seconds left.
Mount Baker had one last chance but its three-point attempt rimmed out, and the season ended for the Mountaineers who had their most winningest season since 2018.
Olney finished with 15 points and nine rebounds, and Heutink had 13 points, three assists and two steals.
Junior guard Owen Wichers also enjoyed his best game of the season with nine points as well as team-highs in rebounds (11) and assists (5).
Senior forward Darius Gilstrap finished with 17 points, five rebounds and three assists, and sophomore center Kell Reardon added 13 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks.
The Pioneers will try to keep their season alive on Tuesday at 7:45 when they face Meridian in a loser-out district tournament game at Lynden High School.
Nooksack Valley 59, Mount Baker 56 MB 16 11 14 15 - 56 NV 11 14 14 20 - 59 Mount Baker: L. Smith 8, Gilstrap 17, Bailey 7, Lukes 8, Abitia 3, Ross 0, Reardon 13. Nooksack Valley: Coppinger 2, Olney 15, Heutink 13, Wichers 9, Kamphouse 9, Silves 0, D. Ackerman 0, VanBerkum 2, B. Ackerman 9.
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Edmonds-Woodway 62, Ferndale 42
In the 3A ranks, the Golden Eagles fell to the top-seeded Warriors in their district tournament.
Edmonds-Woodway outscored Ferndale 17-6 in the second quarter to give the Warriors a 35-19 lead at the half.
Senior forward Jonah Brillowsky led the Golden Eagles with 11 points, and he was closely followed by junior forward Mantaj Singh who had 10 points.
Senior guard Lincoln Thomas added nine points.
Ferndale will now travel to Marysville-Getchell on Wednesday to take on the Chargers at 7:00 in a loser-out game.
Edmonds-Woodway 62, Ferndale 42 FER 13 6 17 6 - 42 E-W 18 17 23 4 - 62 Ferndale: Singh 10, Brillowsky 11, Wills 5, Vincent 0, Thomas 9, Terry 0, Mack 7, Grewal 0, Dhillon 0. Edmonds-Woodway: N/A.
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Archbishop Murphy 55, Bellingham 54
The Bayhawks had a chance, down 55-52, in the final seconds to tie the game, but a three-pointer came up just short and was put pack by junior forward Joe Harward just before the final buzzer went off.
There was hope that he may have been fouled on the play, which could have sent him to the line to tie the game up, but the refs concluded there was no foul, thus the game, and unfortunately the season, was over.
Senior forward Kincade VanHouten led Bellingham with 12 points, and senior guard Harmon Wienkers finished with 11 points.
Harward added 10 points for Bellingham, which dropped its final seven games of the season.
Archbishop Murphy 55, Bellingham 54 ATM 15 13 19 8 - 55 BEL 12 15 15 12 - 54 Archbishop Murphy: N/A. Bellingham: Wright 4, Isaly 0, G. VanHofwegen 7, Harward 10, C. VanHofwegen 10, VanHouten 12, Singh 2, Wienkers 11.
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