What a difference a year can make.

While the Burlington-Edison wrestling team took first and seldom-defeated Mount Baker took second, Blaine was hardly lazy by earning a fourth place team finish in last week’s regional tournament and sending six wrestlers to the state championship in Tacoma.

For Robin Taylor, some things have changed, but some things stay the same.

The Mount Baker Mountaineers may have taken first place at last weekend’s sub regional wrestling tournament at Squalicum high school, but their performance did not stop the Borderites from securing a third place overall finish and advancing 10 wrestlers to regional competition this coming weekend.

It’s hard to have a storybook ending that includes an 11-game losing streak, a host of lopsided routs and a disappointing season of unfulfilled expectations.