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spOrts Sports roundup: Fall sports wrap up regular season competition, girls soccer heads to postseason

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Blaine fall sports will finish up their regular season action this week as some teams start postseason games.

Football

The Borderites lost 61-13 to an unbeaten Lynden Christian team at home October 21 after grabbing their first win of the season on the road the week before.

The Lyncs came out flying and were no match for the Blaine defense, taking a 48-0 lead into halftime. Blaine scored twice in the second half after sophomore Colin Davis found junior Riley Ihde for a 55-yard pass and junior Conner Dalry for a 25-yarder. Blaine picked up its first win of the season October 14 on the road against Bellingham High School. The Borderites beat the Bayhawks 44-18 in Bellingham’s homecoming game at Civic Field.

Blaine has two more games this season. The team travels to Nooksack Valley Friday, October 28 and hosts Cedar Park Christian on Friday, November 4. Both games are at 7 p.m. The Borderites have a 1-7 overall record this season. They are 0-3 in conference.

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Blaine girls soccer grabbed two wins on the bounce of a 9-1 defeat to Lynden Christian October 17. The Lady Borderites beat Nooksack Valley in a commanding 5-0 win at home and then traveled to Mount Baker to take a 1-0 win into the postseason after the game was called early due to lightning.

They finished the regular season with a 6-6-1 record. They were 5-2-1 in conference.

Volleyball

The Lady Borderites lost 3-1 to Burlington-Edison at home for senior night October 26 after getting their second win of the season at Mount Baker the week before. Blaine beat the Mountaineers 3-2 on October 25.

The girls got off to a slow start on senior night, losing the first (See Sports, next page)

s Blaine football faced Lynden Christian at home on October 21. The Borderites lost 61-13.

s The Borderites lost 61-13 to the Lynden Christian Lyncs at the Borderite stadium on October 21. Photo by Janell Kortlever

(See Sports, previous page) con and Hagen. The girls will finish their reguset to the Tigers 25-17. They lar season at Mount Vernon High bounced back to take the second School Thursday, October 27 at 7 set 25-20, but lost momentum p.m. They are 2-12 this season. in the third and were unable to Cross country come back. Seniors Anika Hagen, Blaine will run in the 1A disGillian Rea and Hope Weeda all trict meet held at the Deming Log contributed big points as well as Show Grounds Saturday, October juniors Teyana Zaddack and Deja 29 starting at 10 a.m. Dube and sophomore Kaitlyn Swimming Harrington. Seniors on the team Blaine’s co-op team with Ferninclude Rea, Weeda, Alyssa Ba- dale will compete next in the Northwest Conference B Championships at Arne Hanna Aquatic Center in Bellingham on Friday, October 28. The meet starts at 3:30 p.m. The team’s schedule can be found at bit.ly/3U5exL8.

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Semiahmoo residents use goats to clear overgrown land

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Residents passing by a Semiahmoo subdivision recently may have done a double take as nearly two dozen goats munched on blackberry bushes as they cleared land for a new house to be built.

Goats named Booboo, Cause and Effect munched on blackberry bushes in St. Andrews Green, a Semiahmoo subdivision off Drayton Harbor Road, on September 29 while Carol Osterman, of Sedro-Woolley’s Akyla Farms, monitored their progress. J.R. Simmons and his wife, Maria, hired Osterman’s goats to clear the overgrown vegetation on their .3-acre lot in the St. Andrews Green subdivision, before they start construction on their future home.

Simmons said the couple researched using goats as a method of clearing land after seeing their neighbors in Lake Stevens do it and came to the conclusion that it was the best option for their lot. He said they wanted to start construction in March but were unable to hire a surveyor until the land, which contained blackberry bushes as tall as eight feet, was cleared.

“It’s just too big and too thick,” Simmons said. “For us it was far more environmentally appropriate, rather than trying to use a bazillion gallons of weed killer or big machinery to scrape it all out, and then you’d have erosion issues,” he said. “The goats were not just a cute and environmentally appropriate way, but just a better way in general for what our goals are.”

Using goats for land management isn’t a new concept. Many across the country use the same landscaping technique that Osterman made a business out of in 2006. California fire departments have made headlines for using ‘goatscaping’ for wildfire prevention, and Seattle Department of Transportation used goats to clear land under the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge in late September.

The goats prevent erosion because they don’t eat blackberry cane, which dissipates the rain’s force when the rain hits the ground. Osterman said the goats don’t hurt the ground more than walking on it, unlike heavy equipment that can impact soil compaction.

“Most landowners are looking at trying to get their land to a spot where they can maintain it,” Osterman said. “They don’t want all the vegetation gone. They just want to get everything under control.”

Goat clearing is in high demand with few businesses in northwest Washington, Simmons said. After several calls to people giving long waitlists, Osterman gave Simmons a three-month wait. The project took almost 10 days to complete.

Osterman said her favorite part is helping landowners enjoy their land again.

“Being able to come and do this in an environmentally friendly way and being able to enjoy the view while I’m here is a plus,” she added.

Osterman charges a base rate of $400 per day, increasing depending on the project. Those interested in Osterman’s services can contact her by calling at 360/9411533 or emailing barnyard@ akylafarms.com.

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