There are a couple more opportunities to see Borderites who had their high school athletic careers cut short compete in black and orange for the final time as winter sports finish up their adjusted season this week. All home games for boys and girls basketball are live streamed on the athletic department’s “Borderites Live” YouTube page at youtube.com/c/BorderiteSportsandLiveEvents.
Boys basketball
Senior Josh Russ led the Borderites in scoring in one of their most disappointing weeks in this adjusted season with their first straight losses.
Blaine lost at home to Burlington-Edison from a three-pointer at the buzzer June 8. The game finished 63-61 with Russ scoring 23 points and junior Scott Baldwin scoring 17. In their next game June 10 away at Mount Vernon, Russ had an even better game, scoring 28 points, but the Borderites still couldn’t get the job done. The Borderites fell to the Bulldogs 75-63. Russ notched 3 threes and 12 points in the final period while Baldwin had 12 total and sophomore Carson Lehnert had 8 points including a pair of threes.
The boys were scheduled to host Ferndale June 16 and will finish off their season at home against Lynden on Friday, June 18. The boys go into their final two games of the season with 6-4 conference record.
Girls basketball
The Lady Borderites turned their season around last week. Coming off three straight losses, they won all three of their games.
In a rematch with Oak Harbor June 7, the Borderites took an early lead and held strong in a low-scoring 35-23 game. Juniors Krystin Kamrath and Hailey Pike led the team in scoring, Kamrath with 14 points, nine rebounds and Pike with nine points, 13 rebounds, according to whatcomhoops.com. In another rematch, this time at home, Blaine beat Sedro-Woolley for the second time this season. The Borderites netted a season high of 18 team assists to win 53-37. Pike and Kamrath led the Borderites again with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 17 points, nine rebounds. Freshman Alia Ball dished out six assists. The Borderites finished off the week keeping the Mount Vernon Bulldogs from only scoring 16. With 19 steals, the girls won 54-16. Kamrath and freshman Deja Dube each had 14 points. Kamrath also had six assists, while Pike accumulated 13 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Jordyn Vezzetti netted 9 points, and Ball recovered 7 rebounds.
Sehome derailed Blaine’s three-game winning streak Tuesday, beating the Borderites 58-42 at home. The girls will end their season on the road at Ferndale Thursday, June 17. They go into their final game of the season with 5-7 record.
Wrestling
The boys’ wrestling team will host their final meet of the season Thursday, June 17 with Anacortes, Lynden and Squalicum to be in attendance.
The girls’ team hosted a multi-school conference meet Tuesday and will travel to Squalicum Friday, June 18 for their last meet of the season.
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