On a weekend filled with high drama, spills, brutal weather and new faces challenging for supremacy at the 2A state track and field championships May 27-29 at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma, it was, in the end, the already seasoned veterans doing exactly what was expected from the very beginning that made the difference for the Blaine girls track team.

Freshman Ryan Wallen may have raised a couple of eyebrows by qualifying for the 2A state golf tournament.

The Caitlin Dudley era of softball ended with a resounding thump on May 28 in Selah.

It seemed somehow appropriate that Blaine face the team that had defeated them twice in the regular season for a bid to the 2A state softball tournament.

Surprise, disappointment and high drama were the words of the day at the Northwest District 2A track and field tournament held in Sultan May 22.