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SPORTS
Farmer second at county meet
By Neil
Macdonald
Blaine’s
Kevin Farmer shot a 40-36 – 76 to finish second, one
stroke behind winner Luke Bennett of Sehome in the 7th annual
Whatcom County Championships for the Birger Solberg Memorial
Cup at Bellingham Golf & Country Club on April 1.
 Other
Borderites scores: Doug Goldsby 43-41 – 84, Adam Dolan
49-41 – 90 and Kyle Goddard 48-42 – 90,
Farmer
carded a 40 to finish low medalist and led Blaine to a NCC
golf win on a miserably moist and uncomfortably cold March
27 at Homestead.
The Borderites shot 229 to win. Runner-up Lakewood tallied
234. Lynden Christian was third with 249 and Nooksack Valley,
fourth, with 276. Other Blaine scores: Goldsby 43, Matt
Wiens 48, Dolan 49 and Goddard 49.
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Blaine
rounds up golden goals
Goals
were gold as Blaine nipped Lakewood 2-1 in NCC soccer action
on March 25 at Lakewood, edged Nooksack Valley 1-0 on March
27 at the Pipe and were in turn edged 1-0 by South Whidbey
at Langley on March 29.
Yasuto
Morinaka got the Borderites first goal against Lakewood
at 23 minutes and Brendan Mulholland, Blaine’s second,
on a penalty kick at 47 minutes.
Mulholland
scored the Borderites lone – and winning – goal
in the NV game from 20 yards away with two minutes left
in the second half, Blaine’s Eli Dugger and Nooksack’s
Gustavo Felix both making a number of quality saves during
the nip-and-tuck affair.
The
winning goal in the South Whidbey game also came with two
minutes left. Problem was it was a SW tally.
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Blaine
two for three in tennis
In NCC girls tennis,
Blaine’s Lady Borderites took a 4-1 non-league road
win over Friday Harbor on March 25 and a 5-2 victory over
the Lady Cougars at Lakewood on March 26, but dropped a
7-0 decision to strong, young 3A Ferndale squad on March
28 in the Golden Eagles’ nest.
Blaine-Friday Harbor results:
Singles: 1 – Kate Lawrenson (B) d. Anna Meyer (FH)
8-7 (7-5). 2 – Brenda Jones (B) d. Callie Bolstad (FH)
8-7 (7-3). 3 – Samantha Freeman (B) d. Katie Phelan
(FH) 8-2.
Doubles:
1 – Linsey Taylor-Jessica Freeman (B) d. Alina Vongsamart-Heather
Jones (FH) 8-4. 2 – Siri Thorsen-Hayle Bolstad (FH)
d. Krista Jones-Anna Sticklin (B) 8-6. 3 – Rochelle
Jackson-Jan Kramer (B) d. Brynn Woldtveld-Sadie Tappen (FH)
8-7 (7-1). Extra – Cassie Revelle-Andrea Klemmet (B)
d. Den Wells-Hana Delapp (FH) 8-6. Libby Concord-Amanda
Pope (FH) d. Liz Marshall-Megan Beardsley (B) 8-1.
Blaine-Lakewood Results:
Singles: 1 – Lawrenson won 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. 2 –
Brenda Jones won 7-5, 6-1. 3 – S. Freeman lost 2-6,
1-6. 4 – Sticklin won 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles:
1 – Taylor-J. Freeman won 6-4, 8-5. 2 – K. Jones-Klemmet
lost 4-6, 4-6. 3 – Revell-Kramer won 6-4, 3-8 (7-5).
Extra – Sticklin-J. Freeman won 8-6.
Blaine-Ferndale Results:
Singles: 1 – Bethal Cohen (F) d. Lawrenson (B) 7-5,
6-1. 2 – Heidi Sayles (F) d. Jones (B) 6-0, 6-1. 3
– Ashley Beck (F) d. S. Freeman (B) 7-3, 3-6, 7-5.
4 – Erin Jorgensen (F) d. Sticklin (B) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6
(9-7).
Doubles:
1 – Mary Lokar-Jennifer Martin (F) d. Taylor-J. Freeman
(B) 6-1, 6-2. 2. Lisa Doubet-Melissa Pugmire (F) d. Krista
Jones-Revell (B) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. 3 – Katie James-Amy
Anderson (F) d. Kramer-Klemmet (B) 6-3, 6-1.
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One-hit
Krista snaps up wins
Blaine’s
Krista Walter whiffed 13-of-17 Trojan batters as she tossed
a one-hit 12-1 NCC fastpitch victory over Meridian on March
29 at the Pipe. The Borderite bat brigade augmented Walter’s
arm du jour performance, going 12-for-24 at the plate.
Holly
Strickler went 3-for-4, rapped out a couple of doubles and
drove home five runs for the Lady B’s. Jynessa Trennepohl,
who collected 2 RBIs, also went 3-for-4 and Sirita Lawson
was 1-for-3 with 2 more RBIs for Blaine.
Despite
out-hitting Lynden Christian 11-5, Blaine dropped a 6-5
decision to LC on March 25 at Lynden C. Stickler again went
3-for-4 for the Lady B’s. LC committed 6 errors and
Blaine, 5 as only one earned run was scored by each team.
Shauna Tinklenburg got the win; Walter, the loss.
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Seventh
inning stretch to win
It was a dream week for Blaine
as Gary Clausen’s crew twice came from behind in the
bottom of the 7th to win a pair of NCC baseball games, defeating
Mt. Baker 10-8 on March 29 at Deming and 6-5 on March 28
at the Pipe.
The
Borderites tossed in a 9-2 non-league win over Lynden on
March 25 at the Pipe to get things started.
Down
8-5 in the final frame, Blaine combined five walks, a wild
pitch, an error and a single to score five runs to take
lead in the Deming duel. Grant Sanders, who blanked MB over
the final four frames, stopped Baker in their half of the
7th for the win. Craig Anderson (3-for-5, 2 doubles, 3 RBIs,
3 runs scored), Kyle Green (2-for-4, a double), and Laird
Dickie (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) were the premier batsmen.
Although
out-hit 8-2 by Mt. Baker in the March 28 match, Blaine cobbled
together sufficient statistics of the winning kind –
runs – to win 6-5. With the tilt tied 5-5 in Blaine’s
half of the 7th, Anderson singled, stole second, took third
on a groundout and scored the winner on a wild pitch. Craig,
who relieved starter Laird Dickie in the sixth, got credit
for the win.
Bryan
Galbraith picked up the win in the Lynden game. Galbraith
(2-for-2, 3 RBIs), Dickie (2-for-3, 3 RBIs), and Green (2-for-4,
a double and RBI) led Blaine’s bat barrage.
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Neil's
Notes
Riddle Wins Shot, Discus
Blaine tallied four wins in a NCC track and field meet on
March 28 at Langley as Nick McGee took the shot (55’11?”)
for the boys and Becky Riddle won the shot (34’6?”)
and discus (117’9”), Grace Coulter, the 1600m
(5:16.9) and Shela Robertson, the high jump (4’8”)
for the girls.
The boys team scores were: Mt. Baker 90, South Whidbey 80,
Blaine 45 and Nooksack Valley 41 and the girls scores, SW
104.5, MB 82, Blaine 50 and NV 25.5.
’Cuda Wrestling
Seven Blaine Barracuda wrestlers won medals at the USA Everett
Freestyle Classic on March 30 at Everett. Alex Pennington
won the novice 105-lb. division. Andrew Price (midget 80-lb.),
Anthony Munden (midget 120-lb.) and Nick Jordan (schoolboy
115-lb.) placed second. Chris Nunex (midget 120-lb.), Jacob
Humphrey (novice 65-lb.) and Jesse Kilthau (schoolboy 80-lb.).
Three ‘Cudas – Price, Humphrey and Kilthau –
were honored as “Wrestlers of the Week.”
Middle School Girls Fastpitch
Girls in Blaine Middle School’s grades 6, 7 and 8 interested
in playing fastpitch are encouraged to contact either Mike
Dodd at 332-8425 (day), 371-7188 (evenings), Tim Walter
at 332-7128 or Rob Adams at 325-8157.
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