Baseball
The Borderites are on a three-game win streak after beating the Mount Baker Mountaineers 11-10 April 4 at Pipeline Fields in Blaine. The day before they beat the Burlington-Edison Tigers 9-2 at Burlington-Edison High School. On April 1, the team beat the Granite Falls Tigers 14-4 at home.
Blaine will play a double-header at home Saturday, April 8 against The Overlake School. Games are at noon and 2 p.m. Then the team travels to Lynden High School to play the Lions Tuesday, April 11 and Meridian High School to play the Trojans Wednesday, April 12. Both games are at 4 p.m.
Blaine is 6-3 so far this season and 3-3 in conference.
Boys soccer
Blaine boys soccer team took a big 3-2 win over the Lynden Christian Lyncs March 30 at Lynden Christian High School to notch another conference win in its positive start to the season.
The boys play the Nooksack Valley Pioneers, who knocked Blaine out of the district 1 1A tournament last season in a golden goal upset win, next. The game is at 7 p.m. Monday, April 10 at the Blaine High School stadium. The team then travels to Mount Baker High School Wednesday, April 12 to play the Mountaineers at 4:30 p.m.
The team is 4-1-1 overall this season and 2-0 in conference.
Boys golf
Boys golf head coach Rick Shockey said Uno Nevarez shot a team-low score and personal best March 27 at Three Lakes Golf Course in Wenatchee.
The boys played in Yakima March 31 at Apple Tree Golf Course, where Shockey said he was really pleased with the play of Noah Tavis and Vance Hoptowit. “We held our own against some 4A schools,” he said.
The goal is to keep improving and be ready for the end of the season district tournament, Shockey added.
Blaine boys golf team plays next at Sudden Valley Golf and Country Club in Bellingham High School’s multi-school Shotgun Start conference match Thursday, April 13. The boys will play at Homestead Farms Golf Course Tuesday, April 18 in a multi-school, conference match hosted by Lynden Christian High School. Both matches start at 3 p.m.
Girls golf
Blaine girls golf play next at Camaloch Golf Course Monday, April 10. Tee off is at 3 p.m.
Girls softball
The Lady Borderites are flying so far this season. The team is undefeated in five games and has only conceded two runs.
Recently, Blaine beat the Bellingham Bayhawks 18-0 March 29 after senior Piper Nissen pitched a perfect game. Junior Emersyn Bakker pitched a no-hitter against Granite Falls at home April 1, where the Lady Borderites won 17-1.
Head coach Sean Miller said there is a big expectation for the team, after coming up short of a state berth last year and having kept most of its key players. Sean said the goal is to keep the girls focused.
Sean said assistant coach Riley Miller has put in an enormous amount of time into this team through the youth system.
“None of this gets done without youth league coaches and dads and moms getting their girls involved,” he said. “This is collectively a team effort. It’s not just a player or coach, it’s the community.”
Blaine has big games coming up against tough competition. The girls play defending 1A state champions Nooksack Valley at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 at Pipeline Fields in Blaine. Then they play the Lynden Christian Lyncs at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 14 at Lynden Christian Middle School.
The team is 5-0 overall and 4-0 in conference.
Girls tennis
Upon returning from spring break, Blaine girls varsity tennis will play the Bellingham Bayhawks at Bellingham High School Tuesday, April 11. Then the girls will host the Lynden Lions Thursday, April 13. Both matches start at 4 p.m.
Track and field
Blaine’s track and field team hosted its annual track meet March 29.
Some notable results came from sophomore Kaitlyn Harrington who jumped a personal record (PR) of 4 feet, 10 inches to win the girls high jump. Harrington also won the girls 100 meters with a PR of 14.58 seconds and placed second in the 200 meters with a PR of 29.05 seconds. Junior Deja Dube won the discus with a throw of 83 feet, 6 inches. Madeleine Ernst won the javelin with a PR of 95 feet, 11 inches. She also placed second in both the shot put and long jump. Sophomore Josiah Weeda took second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.33 seconds. Sophomore Makenna Lausier placed second in the pole vault with a PR of 7 feet, 6 inches.
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