Sage Downes battles in the paint. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
One night, two titles on the line.
Tuesday marks the end of the transplanted 2021 basketball season, and both Northwest 2B/1B League titles will be decided on the floor in Mount Vernon.
First up, the La Conner girls will try and finish out an undefeated league campaign, while Mount Vernon Christian will vie for the upset.
The first time these squads faced off, the Braves bounced the Hurricanes 58-33, giving MVC its only loss of the season.
La Conner has impressive non-conference wins against 1A Kings and 2A Lynden, with its lone setback coming to 2A Burlington-Edison.
The math is simple — Tuesday’s winner is league champ.
In the boys contest, MVC will be playing for a title, while La Conner will try and fill the role of spoiler.
Hurricanes win, they top an extremely-close race partially determined by only two of seven NWL schools — Coupeville and Concrete — playing a full 12-game league schedule.
If La Conner triumphs, however, Friday Harbor comes out on top for the boys title.
With their own win Tuesday over visiting Darrington, Coupeville can finish with victories in two-thirds of its games, but it can’t win a league title.
A one-point loss in overtime to Friday Harbor denied the Wolves that fate, but a win against Concrete in their next game did clinch the program’s first winning season since 2010.
Where things stand through June 13:
Northwest League boys basketball:
| School | League | Overall |
| Friday Harbor | 7-3 | 7-3 |
| MV Christian | 7-3 | 7-5 |
| Coupeville | 7-4 | 7-4 |
| Orcas Island | 5-3 | 5-4 |
| La Conner | 6-4 | 6-5 |
| Darrington | 2-5 | 2-5 |
| Concrete | 0-12 | 0-12 |
Northwest League girls basketball:
| School | League | Overall |
| La Conner | 8-0 | 11-1 |
| MV Christian | 9-1 | 11-1 |
| Orcas Island | 5-3 | 5-4 |
| Coupeville | 4-7 | 4-7 |
| Concrete | 4-8 | 5-8 |
| Friday Harbor | 3-7 | 3-7 |
| Darrington | 0-7 | 0-7 |
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