By Oliver Lazenby The entire Blaine boys varsity basketball team looked full of confidence and energy in a 75–64 win at home against the Sedro-Woolley Cubs on … more

By Oliver Lazenby Blaine girls basketball lost two close games in the last week, starting with a 57–51 loss at home against Sehome on January 10, followed by a 46–42 loss at … more

By Oliver Lazenby The Blaine’s boys wrestling team placed second out of 24 teams at the King of Beacon Hill Invitational at Cleveland High School in Seattle against many bigger 3A … more

Blaine’s Adam Vega drives toward the hoop against Meridian on January 3 at Blaine High School. Vega scored the final basket in Blaine’s 75–73 conference win against Meridian. Story on page 6. … more

By Oliver Lazenby Blaine wrestling teams traveled to Nevada over the holiday break where the boys competed against 51 teams from seven states at the Las Vegas … more

Both Blaine wrestling teams traveled to the Las Vegas Invitational on December 21–22, but due to girls wrestling being more popular in Washington state than in the southwest, competition on the … more

After winning two games during a holiday tournament then losing two games to start 2019, Blaine girls varsity basketball has a 5–7 record overall and 1–4 record in conference … more

By Oliver Lazenby For Blaine High School sports, 2018 was a year of changing leadership. Eight programs got new varsity head coaches and it was athletic director Sean Linville’s … more

By Oliver Lazenby The Blaine girls wrestling team is still shy of seven athletes – the number required to form a scoring team – but it’s the biggest and best yet for the … more

By Oliver Lazenby Blaine boys wrestlers cruised to victory at the Lynnwood Classic on December 15, beating 10 other schools and crushing even the second best school … more

Blaine seniors Jacob Westfall and Aidan Button won their weight classes and led Blaine wrestlers to a second place team finish against 20 schools at the Battle at the Border on December 7-8 at Blaine High School. more

By Oliver Lazenby The Blaine High School girls varsity basketball improved its overall record to 3–3 by winning the first game that really counts on December 10. The Borderites … more

By Oliver Lazenby Blaine boys basketball toppled Oak Harbor 68-47 on December 4 thanks to dogged defense and a varied offense led by Zane Rector and Kyle Turnberg. Rector scored 20 … more

By Oliver Lazenby After finishing the past two seasons at the bottom of its league, Blaine High School’s boys varsity basketball team showed promise in its season-opener on … more

By Oliver Lazenby Blaine High School’s girls varsity basketball won its first game of the season on November 27, a fast-paced game of breakaway lay-ins and … more

By Stefanie Donahue An event that draws thousands of Seahawks fans to the Pacific Northwest each year is coming to Birch Bay. Called Fan Fest Northwest, the event … more

By Oliver Lazenby Blaine High School winter sports teams started practicing last week and they have a couple of new coaches. Tom Hinz took over as head wrestling … more

The Blaine Middle School eighth grade fastpitch softball team won the Whatcom County League championship on October 15 after an undefeated season. The same team was undefeated in … more

By Oliver Lazenby Blaine High School volleyball won two out of three games at the 2A district ½ tournament at Sammamish High School last week, securing a trip to … more

By Oliver Lazenby Blaine football’s season – a wild ride that swung from three conference losses in a row to a winning streak and into the postseason – ended November 2 with a … more