This Lynden sophomore hit the biggest shot of the Lions’ season so far
Ruby VanderHaak hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with two seconds left to help the Lynden girls basketball team earn a 59-58 Northwest Conference road win over Anacortes Thursday night.
VanderHaak led the Lions in scoring with 14 as Lynden rallied from a 9-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter. Lynden assistant coach Aaron Bogaard said Lynden was able to get a few stops and force turnovers which led to baskets down the stretch.
“It was nice to have the ball bounce our way at the end of a game,” Bogaard said.
Freshman Faith Baar continued her solid play with 12 points as she was a presence in the paint on both sides of the ball.
“She’s been so consistent for us,” Bogaard said. “Her being able to get boards and fill a hole in the middle has been a staple for us.”
Other results
Squalicum 51, Lakewood 27 – Squalicum’s Leah Austin pulled in 10 rebounds to help give the visiting Storm a Northwest Conference win over Lakewood. Chalae Wolters led the Storm in scoring with 20 points.
Boys
Squalicum 66, Lakewood 63 – Devante’ Powell and Kendall Engelhart combined for 48 points to help lead the visiting Storm to a Northwest Conference win. Powell had 17 of his 25 points in the second half in a tightly contested game that ended in a missed 3-pointer by Lakewood. Jacob Hardy finished with 11 rebounds for Squalicum.
Boys scoreboard
NWC STANDINGS
All | NWC | |
School (Class) | W-L | W-L |
Anacortes (2A) | 5-0 | 2-0 |
Sehome (2A) | 1-3 | 1-0 |
Mount Baker (1A) | 4-1 | 1-0 |
Lynden Christian (1A) | 5-0 | 1-0 |
Sedro-Woolley (2A) | 4-0 | 1-0 |
Lakewood (2A) | 5-1 | 1-1 |
Lynden (2A) | 3-2 | 1-1 |
Squalicum (3A) | 3-2 | 1-1 |
Nooksack Valley (1A) | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Burlington-Edison (2A) | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Bellingham (2A) | 3-1 | 0-1 |
Blaine (2A) | 1-4 | 0-1 |
Ferndale (3A) | 1-3 | 0-1 |
Meridian (1A) | 0-1 | 0-1 |
Girls scoreboard
NWC STANDINGS
All | NWC | |
School (Class) | W-L | W-L |
Mount Baker (1A) | 3-2 | 1-0 |
Nooksack Valley (1A) | 3-1 | 1-0 |
Meridian (1A) | 4-0 | 1-0 |
Sehome (2A) | 4-1 | 1-0 |
Burlington-Edison (2A) | 3-2 | 1-0 |
Lynden Christian (1A) | 4-0 | 1-0 |
Squalicum (3A) | 5-1 | 1-1 |
Lakewood (2A) | 4-2 | 1-1 |
Lynden (2A) | 2-3 | 1-1 |
Bellingham (2A) | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Blaine (2A) | 1-3 | 0-1 |
Ferndale (3A) | 2-3 | 0-1 |
Sedro-Woolley (2A) | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Anacortes (2A) | 0-6 | 0-2 |
Boys
Squalicum 66, Lakewood 63
Squalicum | 12 | 20 | 15 | 19 | — | 66 |
Lakewood | 12 | 18 | 13 | 20 | — | 63 |
Squalicum: Spencer Lloyd 0, Eric Monahan 7, Noah Martin 4, Dedrick Mitchell 5, Devante’ Powell 25, Kendall Engelhart 23, Jacob Hardy 2.
Girls
Squalicum 51, Lakewood 27
Squalicum | 8 | 25 | 13 | 6 | — | 51 |
Lakewood | 4 | 9 | 3 | 11 | — | 27 |
Lynden 59, Anacortes 58
Anacortes | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | — | 58 |
Lynden | 9 | 14 | 13 | 23 | — | 59 |
Lynden: Alexis Holman 0, Livia Tjoelker 10, Blakely Doerge 0, Faith Baar 12, Sierra Smith 3, Keylie Hershey 13, Keyna Holleman 0, Kyla Bonsen 3, Ruby VanderHaak 14, Natalie Amos 4.
This story was originally published December 14, 2017 at 10:23 PM with the headline "This Lynden sophomore hit the biggest shot of the Lions’ season so far."