• Jordyn Vezzetti was named to the All-Northwest Conference second team and played on the 1A All-State senior team at the 2024 Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association Senior All State Games on March 17 at King’s High School in Seattle. Vezzetti led the Borderites in points per game (14.2) and rebounds per game (7.6).

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• Junior swimmer Hailey Ferrell won the 500-meter freestyle 1A/2A State Championship with a time of 5:22.59 at the King Aquatic Center in Federal Way on November 16. Ferrell, earning her second state medal in three seasons, defeated the runner-up by nearly five seconds.
• Six Blaine athletes posted sub-20 minute times at the Northwest Conference cross-country championships at Civic Stadium in Bellingham on October 23. Freshman Emmanuel Rios-Martinez led the Borderites with a time of 17:53.1 in the final race of the season.
• Cameron Saunders, Ellis Griffin and Uno Navarez shot under 93 at the Borderites’ first home golf meet at Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club on March 14. Blaine placed third among eight NWC teams.
• Emersyn Bakker threw a no-hitter on April 23, striking out 15 Anacortes batters to earn her 10th win of the season.
• Blaine softball’s ace pitcher Emersyn Bakker, who signed a letter of intent to play collegiate softball at Edmonds Community College, was named WIAA Athlete of the Week after starting the season with multiple shutout wins, leading Blaine to a 4-0 start to the season.
• Starting his tenure as head coach of Blaine boys basketball, Blaine athletic director Chas Kok’s team defeated La Conner 58-48 on December 2, then defeated Friday Harbor 61-40 in the first home game of the season.
• Four players from the Blaine football team were named to the NWC 1A All-Conference team on December 4. Seniors Otto Shelton (offensive line), and Jaiden Paez (running back) were named to the first-team offense after leading the league in rushing yards, and defensive linemen Zi Yu and Blake Koreski were named to the first-team defense.
• Track and field sent 10 athletes to the 1B/2B/1A State Championship at Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima on Memorial Day weekend. Freshman Cheyenne Parker led the Borderites with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter final on May 25.
• Blaine boys wrestling kept up its dominant season against Northwest Conference (NWC) opponents with a pair of wins over Squalicum and Bellingham on January 3. Against Squalicum, the Borderites won eight of 14 matchups, and senior heavyweight Victor Gervol won multiple rounds by pin.
• Blaine football started the season 4-0, beating its opponents by a combined score of 163-54 and earning a fifth-place ranking among all 1A teams in the state.
• Blaine girls wrestling placed fourth out of a field of 22 teams at the Lady Knights Invitational tournament in Mukilteo on January 27. The Borderites finished just 7.5 points shy of a third-place team finish, with five of six Blaine wrestlers placing on the podium.
• Uno Navarez and Ellis Griffin earned 1A state tournament bids after each shooting an 85 at the 1A bi-district golf championships at North Bellingham Golf Course on May 14.
• Volleyball earned its first conference win of the season over Mt. Baker on October 8, winning in straight sets and snapping a five-game losing streak.
• Girls bowling scored a record-setting high of 1,566 points against Cascade on December 16 at Mt. Baker Lanes, earning its third win of the season.
• Blaine girls soccer kept its postseason hopes alive with a penalty kick shootout victory over Meridian on October 30, thanks to multiple clutch saves – and a goal – by senior goalkeeper Larissa Pluschakov.
• Blaine boys soccer was knocked out of the 1A District 1 playoffs by Meridian on May 4, finishing the season 9-4-2 with a 4-3-1 conference record. Blake Koreski led the team with 13 goals, followed by Leo Blanco with nine goals.
• Ellie Tanjuaquio, Thora Engen and Kijah Van Rijswijck all placed in the top-15 at the Blaine girls’ first home golf meet at Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club on March 25, placing third among eight NWC teams.
• Blaine girls basketball ended its season with a 10-12 record after a heartbreaking 40-38 loss to Meridian on February 10 in the NWC playoffs. Seniors Jordyn Vezzetti, Deja Dube, Amelia Berkeley and Alia Ball combined for all but one of Blaine’s 38 points in their final high school basketball game.
• In a rare, three-team “Kansas City Tiebreaker” playoff to earn a spot in the 1A State Tournament, Blaine was defeated 8-7 by Mt. Baker on a two-point conversion on November 4. The Borderites ended the season with a 33-27 win over Bellingham, finishing 7-4 with a solid 5-1 record at home.
• In the first season for Blaine baseball head coach Hunter Anderson, Borderite baseball started off the season with a pair of blowout wins, defeating Burlington-Edison 15-1 on March 8 and University Prep 15-4 on March 11.
• Deja Dube announced her commitment to play collegiate basketball at Skagit Valley College on April 16. The four-year starter led the team in minutes per game with 28 and earned an All-NWC Honorable Mention award.
• The Borderite track and field team showed out at Blaine’s lone home meet on April 25, with senior Tyler Bouma setting a personal record in shot put with a 40’8 throw, placing third. Senior Deja Dube led all girls in discus with a 96’7, beating the second place thrower by over 12 feet.
• The Blaine wrestling teams sent 11 athletes to the Mat Classic XXXV state tournament at the Tacoma Dome. Victor Gervol and Otto Shelton took first and second place, respectively, in the 1B/2B/1A/2A regional tournament at Vashon Island High School on February 10.
• Senior wrestler Victor Gervol finished his storied career at Blaine with a third place finish at the Mat Classic XXXV on February 17 at the Tacoma Dome. Gervol finished all three seasons with a podium finish at the state level, and finished his senior year with a 36-2 record. He later announced his commitment to play collegiately at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.