In the last week of Blaine sports action before a week-long spring break hiatus, the Borderites were in full swing. Track and field hosted its first home meet of the season at Borderite Stadium on April 2, with great performances from the sprinters and field team, and soccer and softball earned crucial wins.
Blaine track and field hosted its first home meet of the season on April 2, facing off against Northwest Conference (NWC) rivals Ferndale and Anacortes at Borderite Stadium.
The Borderites showed its talent with five first place finishes and seven second place finishes, mostly in sprint and field events.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Ritter Von Trautmann set a season record time of 13.81 en route to a first place finish in the 100-meter dash. Trautmann was the only sprinter among the field of 24 to finish under 14 seconds. Trautmann nearly won first place in the 200-meter race with a time of 28.04, losing by just .02 seconds to Anacortes freshman Marlo Olson.
Brietta Sandell dusted the competition in the 100-meter hurdles, earning first place with a time of 18.15, beating the second place runner by nearly 1.5 seconds.
In field events, the Borderites were even more dominant than in the sprints, with three finishing in first place.
Senior AJ Anthony-Bennett had a great day in the long jump after scratching out of his scheduled 100-meter dash race. Anthony-Bennett set a season record in the long jump with a solid 20’1.5” jump, earning first place, and claiming the only jump on the day to break the 20-feet barrier.
Senior Makenna Lausier finished tied for first place in pole vault with a final height of 8’6”, setting a personal record and tying with three others.
Lydia Ayala blew away her competitors in the discus throw, earning first place with a throw of 77’4”. The senior was in a duel with Anacortes junior Jordan Zaharris, who threw a mighty 75’7” attempt, but Ayala came out victorious.
Just two days later, the Borderites traveled to Meridian for the Trojan Twilight, where Blaine finished sixth in the men’s competition and ninth in the women’s competition.
Blaine sprinters again showed out, with the Dylan Johnson and Beckum Bleazard finishing second and third, respectively, in the 100-meter dash, and senior Josiah Weeda winning second place in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.64, and second place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.7.
Blaine’s next meet won’t come until after spring break, when the Borderites travel to Lynden Christian on Wednesday, April 16 with events starting at 4 p.m.
Blaine boys soccer hasn’t been able to find a rhythm in the first half of the season, even after earning its first win of the year with a 3-0 defeat of Nooksack Valley on March 29.
Senior forward Isaiah Zuch notched a pair of goals in that win, and junior midfielder Dmitriy Yuryev closed the door with a goal late in the second half. The win showed that the Borderites have what it takes to shut down an opposing offense and score confidently, but the team hasn’t been able to do that in consecutive games.
The elder Yuryev – whose brother Maxim has played every game on defense for the Borderites this year – has been having a solid season on offense with four goals in his first 8 games. Those four goals put Yuryev near the top of the leaderboard – tied for fifth – among all NWC goal scorers.
After a pair of losses at home to Sedro-Woolley (3-0 on April 1) and Meridian (3-1 on April 3), the Borderites will look to regroup with the off-week for spring break and come out swinging on the road against Lynden on Tuesday, April 15, kickoff at 4:30 p.m. at Bender Fields.
The Borderites (1-7-0) will return home to play Mt. Baker on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m.
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After Blaine softball ended the month of March with a pair of tough losses to Ferndale and Oak Harbor, the Borderites got back on track in the first game of April, defeating Squalicum 15-10 at Pipeline Fields on April 3.
In the high-scoring matchup between the 3-2 Borderites and the winless Storm, Blaine had to mount a comeback after falling behind 5-4 by the third inning.
The Borderites scored 10 runs over the next two innings, giving the pitching staff enough leeway to allow another six Squalicum runners to score and still hold on to the lead, and the win.
Shaylie Daniels earned the win on the mound and also scored three runs on offense, going 1-for-2 with a double and a RBI.
Senior Brie Smith led the Borderites on offense with four RBI, a double and a walk. In total, five Borderites earned RBI on offense. It was the third time Blaine has scored 15 runs or more in a game.
The Borderites have been able to put up a ridiculous amount of offense when the bats get hot in its three wins so far this season, and will look to keep the bats of Daniels, Smith, Mesa Puls and Courtney Roff hot through spring break.
As of April 6, Puls leads the Borderites in multiple hitting categories with 11 RBI, one home run, and two triples.
The Borderites will return from spring break on Tuesday, April 15 against Lynden Christian, first pitch at 4:30 p.m. Blaine will return home to Pipeline Field to host Nooksack Valley on Thursday, April 17 at 4:30 p.m.
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