By Keenan Gray Whatcom Community College women’s soccer team capped off the 2018 season finishing second in the Northwest Athletic Conference North Division and clinched a playoff spot, only to lose it in the first round of the playoffs in double overtime to Tacoma Community College 3-2. The women’s soccer…
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Women’s basketball hopes to break 4-year slump
By Keenan Gray For the last four years, the Whatcom Community College women’s basketball team has been at the bottom of the Northwest Athletic Conference, compiling an overall record of 32-80, with 18 conference wins. Anthony Slater was hired this year as the team’s new head coach. Slater has already…
Men’s basketball reaches new heights
By Keenan Gray Whatcom’s men’s basketball program is known for recruiting tall, post players from local high schools around Whatcom County. The men’s basketball team lacked the size last season and were unable to qualify for the conference tournament, finishing fifth in the North Division with an overall record of…
Player profile: Grant Balvanz
By Keenan Gray As a senior in high school, Grant Balvanz began attending Whatcom Community College through the Running Start Program, with a plan of transferring to Western Washington University for a finance major, after receiving his Associates Transfer Degree. Currently a sophomore at Whatcom, Balvanz is a guard for…
Player profile: Gabriella Edison
By Keenan Gray Gabby Edison had no intentions of continuing her athletic career after high school. She planned to attend Western Washington University as an accounting major. However, taking a whole year off from playing basketball and volleyball made her realize how much she missed playing these sports.