Sports roundup: Basketball, wrestling all in postseason competition

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Boys basketball

Blaine boys basketball finished its regular season on a high February 2, beating the Ferndale Golden Eagles 70-52 in the Blaine High School gymnasium. The win broke a four-game losing streak for the Borderites.

No. 2-ranked Blaine was scheduled to play No. 3 Meridian at Blaine February 8, which was after press time. The winner would go on to play the winner of No. 1 Lynden Christian versus No. 4 Nooksack Valley, also February 8, for the district 1 1A championship at 7 p.m. Saturday, February 11 at Lynden High School. The losers of the February 8 games would play each other Saturday to advance on to the district 1/2 crossover play-in game.

The Borderites finished their regular season with a 13-6 overall record and a 10-5 record in conference.

Girls basketball

A clutch performance from junior Deja Dube secured No. 5 Blaine a 48-36 win over No. 4 Mount Baker February 6 at Mount Baker High School. The Lady Borderites exchanged a win and loss with the Mountaineers during regular season, so the game was expected to be an even match up to see which team would extend its season.

After the first quarter, Blaine led the majority of the game with Mount Baker trailing close behind. The Mountaineers grabbed a five-point lead in the beginning of the fourth quarter that Dube knocked down with a stellar fourth quarter performance.

Blaine played No. 1 Nooksack Valley February 8. The winner goes on to the district 1 1A championship, while the loser plays the loser of No. 2 Lynden Christian and No. 3 Meridian, also on February 8. All games are at Lynden High School Saturday, February 11.

The Lady Borderites finished the regular season with an overall record of 3-17 and a 1-15 record in conference.

Boys wrestling

Boys wrestling finished third in the district 1/2 1A subregional tournament at Meridian High School February 4. Mount Baker won with 276.5 points, Granite Falls finished second with 257.5 points and Blaine finished third with 255 points.

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Standout performances came from Cael Button, Cal Fitzgerald, Rahul Chandran and Victor Gervol who all took first in their respective weight classes. The boys will compete in the 1A region 1 tournament Saturday, February 11 at Mount Baker High School with competition starting at 11 a.m.

Girls wrestling

The girls wrestling team took third at the subregional tournament at Squalicum High School February 4. Seven girls qualified for regionals and will compete at the regional tournament at Sedro-Woolley High School Saturday, February 11.

Head coach Damon Higgins said this is the most wrestlers the girls team has sent to regionals in one season. Higgins said the goal is to take the girls to the state tournament Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18 at the Tacoma Dome. “My expectation is to take as many girls out of regionals and to the state tournament,” he said.

Milania Rodriguez won at 135 pounds. Genesis Vazquez, Hailey Ferrell and Cheyenne RoseJimenez all took second place in their respective weight classes. Makenna Lausier and Kiera O’Reilly took fourth and fifth at 100 pounds, respectively.

Girls bowling

Blaine’s girls bowling team took fourth in its first postseason tournament January 24 at Riverside Lanes in Mount Vernon. The girls scored 2,349 points.

Competitive cheer

Blaine’s competitive cheer team finished seventh in the 2B/1A/2A game day small category at the state tournament at Battle Ground High School last weekend. The team finished with an overall point total of 70.8. Sultan High School took first in the category with 84.8 points.