Blaine girls hang on in win over Lakewood

By Oliver Lazenby

Blaine girls varsity basketball led Lakeway by 14 points early in the fourth quarter and held off a rally to win 42–34 on January 29 at Lakewood.

Alexis Hallberg in a December 19 game against Bellingham. Photo by Janell Kortlever

With the win, the Borderites have a 5–13 record overall. Head coach Ryan Pike attributed the victory, Blaine’s first since December 28, to effort and aggressive defense. “We started to play harder,” he said.” We talked about effort level, loose balls and rebounds and how if we wanted to win we had to get to those.”

Alexis Hallberg pulled in 17 rebounds and scored 10 points, Josie Deming scored 13, Brynn Hallberg scored 11 and Taylyn DePauw scored 8.

With two games left, the Borderites have a shot at making the first round of playoffs. They’ll need wins against Sedro-Woolley (5–13) and Bellingham (3–15) to get there.

“We have a bit of a game plan, but most of it is just taking good shots, making those shots, playing solid defense and not turning the ball over,” Pike said.

Blaine plays next at 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, February 1 at Sedro-Woolley.