The Blaine Borderites had a busy weekend with multiple district and state tournaments over the past weekend. Girls tennis sent three players to the state tournament in Yakima, while nine track and field athletes are on their way to state this week.
Two Borderites also announced their commitments to play sports at the collegiate level in the past week, with multisport athletes Juliana Zuzarte committing to play soccer at Hawaii Pacific University, and Josiah Weeda committing to Colorado Christian University to compete in track and field.
In one final piece of news for the Blaine softball team that recently bowed out of district playoffs, senior catcher/pitcher/third base Shaylie Daniels was named as a first team selection on the All-Northwest Conference team, voted on by conference coaches at the end of every season. Daniels was a force at the plate, racking up 31 hits, three home runs and an impressive slash line (batting average/on base percentage/slugging percentage) of .608/.697/.941. In 51 at bats, Daniels struck out just three times all season.
After 20 Blaine athletes earned spots in the 1A District 1/2 championships on May 22 and 24, nine will advance to the 1A State Championships in Yakima starting Thursday, May 29.
Both boys and girls 4x100-meter relay teams punched their ticket to the state tournament, with the girls team of Brietta Sandell, Teia Dube, Kaitlyn Ritter Von Trautmann and Zuzarte moving on with a time of 51.96. The boys team of Colby Shipp, Dylan Johnson, Jaiden Paez and Beckum Bleazard will join Meridian as the only two Whatcom County teams in the state 4x100 field after posting a time of 44.99.
Ritter Von Trautmann also earned a state placement in the 200-meter sprint with a qualifying time of 26.66, and Sandell will compete in the 300-meter hurdles at state after a 48.31 race. Dube will be the lone Borderite competing in a field event at state after winning first place at districts in high jump with a 4’10” jump.
Weeda rounded out the state qualifiers for the Borderites, continuing his season of complete dominance in the hurdles. Weeda, who will compete in hurdles at the collegiate level next season at Colorado Christian, earned two district wins in the 110-meter (14.88) and 300-meter hurdles (39.35).
Blaine girls tennis sent three players to the state tournament in Yakima on May 23, with the doubles team of Bea Dickson and Carly Saunders winning their first match, then dropping the next two to exit the tournament.
Ana Tuski, the lone Borderite to earn a singles qualification for the state tournament, lost her opening round play-in match.
Golfers Thora Engen and Marcella Bring represented the Borderites well at the state tournament at Liberty Lake Golf Course in Eastern Washington on May 20.
Engen missed the cut to qualify for the second round by one stroke, finishing the first round with a score of 102. She tied for 33rd in a field of 60 golfers.
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