Ferndale girls close regular season with win

Ferndale head coach Terri Yost instructing her team during a timeout. The Golden Eagles ended the season with a win over Blaine.

(Nathan Schumock/ Lynden Tribune)

Nathan Schumock Sports Editor

FERNDALE — e Golden Eagles nished o their regular season with a dominant 57-35 win over the visiting Blaine Borderites on ursday, Feb. 2.

Ferndale ended the regular season on a positive note and heads into districts with a nal record of 11-9. e Golden Eagles will likely be in a play-in spot for their rst district game next week. It was a balanced e ort from the Golden Eagles against a scrappy Blaine team. Ferndale had three players with double-digit points to nish the game. Senior Ashley Lang was the leading scorer with 12 followed by senior Cailyn Kessen with 11. Junior Mallory Butenschoen was another strong contributor with 10 points.

Ferndale had a strong night despite starting point guard senior Ellie Ochoa being out of the game with a sprained ankle. Ochoa will be ready to go for their district game next week.

Ferndale head coach Terri Yost said they wanted to bring the energy after a slow start.

“We talked about bring- ing the energy and playing our type of basketball,” Yost said. “If we picked it up on the defense side then the o ense will follow.” e rst half was a close battle between the teams. Ferndale had trouble falling into a rhythm on offense and struggled with their shooting from the eld. Luckily the defense had their back and held Blaine to six points in the rst quarter. Ferndale went into the second with a slim 10-6 lead. Each side saw increased o ensive production in

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