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BELLINGHAM - Letting a nine-point lead slip away during the final three minutes of a game is always a bitter pill to swallow. But it's a lesson that's a whole lot easier to get down now, than it would be next week, when the Class 2A Northwest District Boys' Basketball Tournament rolls around.
FERNDALE - Playing its third game in four days, no matter how tired the Sehome girls' basketball team was Thursday, Feb. 2, the Mariners weren't about to let the Golden Eagles get in the way of a chance for Sehome to lock up a spot in the Class 2A District Tournament.
BELLINGHAM - If Sehome boys' swimming coach Don Helling had any doubt his Mariners would win an eighth consecutive conference title heading into Tuesday's meet against undefeated Anacortes, Sehome's Curran Wilbour quickly dispelled any of Helling's unsettled feelings.