Boys Basketball
After an encouraging 2-2 start to the regular season, boys basketball limped into the halfway point of the year after losing four of its last five games.
The Borderites were blown out 97-27 to a powerhouse Lynden Christian team on December 20, then lost a nail-biter to Nooksack Valley, 60-59, on December 22. The Mount Vernon Christian Holiday Tournament, held from December 28 to 30, was no kinder to the Borderites, who eked out a 51-47 win over Mount Vernon Christian in the first game, then dropped two straight to Wahkiakum, 65-55, and Adna, 58-42.
The Borderites now sit at 3-8 with a 1-5 Northwest Conference (NWC) record. While the team currently sits near the bottom of the conference standings, there is still plenty of time left in the season for the Borderites to gun for a 1A District playoff spot.
Blaine boys basketball’s next home game is Thursday, January 4 at 7:15 p.m. against conference rival Sedro-Woolley.
Girls Basketball
Blaine girls basketball had a busy winter “break,” if one could even call it that for this 5-5 team scrapping its way to stay afloat in a fiercely competitive conference.
The Borderites have an interesting split in their conference and non-conference record through the halfway point in the season. Girls basketball has done well against the five non-conference teams it’s faced, earning a 4-1 record with two wins over Friday Harbor, and wins against Overlake and Cascade. But the Borderites also have the reverse record against conference opponents, currently sitting 1-4 in NWC play. The Borderites’ lone win against a conference opponent came all the way back in the second game of the season against Bellingham.
The Borderites entered winter break at 3-2, and now sit at 5-5 after a couple of tough blowout losses to Lynden Christian and Nooksack Valley on December 20 and 22, then a mixed bag of a performance at the Trojan Storm Classic at Meridian High School.
Blaine started the tournament with a clutch 47-42 win against Overlake on December 28, but followed it up with a 55-33 loss to Squalicum on December 29. In the final game of the tournament, the Borderites again defeated Friday Harbor, this time by a score of 50-26.
Blaine will now hit the road for a few more conference matchups, first on Thursday, January 4 against Sedro-Woolley, then on Saturday, January 6 against Squalicum. The Borderites next home game will be Tuesday, January 9 at 7:15 p.m. against Meridian.
Boys Wrestling
Senior wrestler Victor Gervol continued his dominant season on the mat at the Gut Check Wrestling Tournament at the ShoWare Center in Kent on December 28. Gervol finished in first place for the 285-pound weight class, bringing his dominant season to an outstanding 19-0 individual record.
The Borderites placed 28th overall in a massive tournament field that featured 69 high school wrestling programs from around Washington, putting up a team score of 54.0. Blaine finished as the highest-placing Whatcom County team in the field.
At The Rock on Vashon on December 29, Blaine placed 12th in the much smaller, 16-team tournament with a team score of 62.5. Borderites Vinnie Saia and Christophe Zamudio placed third and fourth in their respective weight classes, while Mt. Baker High School dominated on its way to a second-place finish with a score of 166.
The Borderites next matchup will be another tournament, this time at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday, January 6, starting at 9 a.m. The Borderites host one final home meet, against Lakewood on Wednesday, January 17.
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