1A bi-district recap: North Whatcom teams advance

Nathan Schumock

Sports Editor

WHATCOM COUNTY — e Lynden Christian boys, girls and Nooksack Valley girls all competed In bidistrict crossover games on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17-18.

Each team won their crossover match as it was blowouts across the board. ey will all be state contenders with their wins in the crossover games.

Nooksack Valley girls had the biggest win of the bunch. ey defeated Overlake 71-8 in a complete show of domination. e e Lynden Christian girls also won in a blowout victory in their crossover match. LC faced Cedar Park Christian from district two and defeated them 73-19 to advance to the state regional tournament. e Lyncs fall into the

Pioneers have been the best 1A girls school in the state so far this year and they will try to continue that dominance going forward.

Nooksack Valley landed as the one-seed in the 1A state regionals. eir rst game is against eight-seed Bellevue Christian on Friday, Feb. 24 at Mount Vernon High School.

DISTRICT COVERAGE FEB. 14-18 second seed right behind Nooksack Valley. LC will play seven-seed Cashmere on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Mount Vernon High School.

For the LC boys it was not much di erent. ey defeated Sultan in their crossover match 68-32 to move on. e Lyncs received the one-seed and will play eight-seed Overtake on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Mount Vernon High School. ere will be ve total Lynden area teams competing in the state regionals. e three teams above and Lynden boys and girls.