1A Bi-District Tournament (at Fort Borst Park in Centralia):
Nooksack Valley 19, Blaine 6
Elma 10, Lynden Christian 2
Seton Catholic 13, Nooksack Valley 0
Lynden Christian 17, Columbia-White Salmon 0
Seton Catholic 14, Lynden Christian 2
Columbia-White Salmon 17, Nooksack Valley 12
Nooksack Valley 19, Blaine 6
The Borderites struck first when sophomore Courtney Roff led off the bottom of the first inning with a double, and came around to score when junior Kate Koreski singled to right field. After a walk to Mesa Puls, Koreski then scored on a double off the bat of senior Aaliyah Bowman. In the bottom of the third, eighth-grader Leanna Sacknoff hit a solo homerun, and Blaine was up 3-0 going into the fourth inning. The Pioneers were able to tie it up in the top of the fourth when Alayna Vanieperen’s single scored Grace DeHoog, and an error in the field allowed Natileah Harmon and Vanieperen to come around and score. Blaine recaptured the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Bowman hit a triple to right field which scored Koreski and Charley Bakker, but Nooksack Valley did more than answer as the purple-cladded pin-stripers ripped off 11 runs in the inning, and eventually ended the season for the Borderites. Blaine finished with a record of 14-9.
W: Vanieperen (2-0)
L: Puls (10-7)
NV: Bartl 3-4, RBI, 3 R, BB; Harmon 3-5, RBI, 2 R; VanLiew 2-4, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB; Rutgers 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB; Wagter 2-4, 2 RBI, R, BB; Vanieperen 2-4, 3 RBI, R; Larson 2-3, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R; DeHoog 1-2, RBI, 3 R, 3 BB; Mason 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, SB.
BLA: Bowman 4-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI; Koreski 2-3, RBI, 2 R, BB, SB; Sacknoff 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R; Roff 1-4, 2B, R, SB; Bakker 1-3, R.
Elma 10, Lynden Christian 2
Down 2-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning, junior Roxanne Lenning tied the game with a two-run blast, but the Eagles hit a two-run shot of their own in the following inning, and then piled on late to knock the Lyncs into the consolation round of the bi-district tournament. Lenning also doubled in the game, and struck out 10 batters without a walk.
L: Lenning (14-8)
LC: Lenning 2-3, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, R; Tolsma 1-4; Brink 1-3.
Seton Catholic 13, Nooksack Valley 0
Just moments after an offensive outburst against Blaine, the Pioneer bats were silenced as seniors Payton Bartl and Gracie Rutgers were the only players to pick up base hits for Nooksack Valley. Bartl also struck out three batters over four innings of work.
L: Bartl (9-10)
NV: Bartl 1-3, SB; Rutgers 1-3.
Lynden Christian 17, Columbia-White Salmon 0
The Lyncs played one of their most complete games of the season at just the right time, as the win over the Bruins meant a return trip to the 1A state tournament. Roxanne Lenning was a double away from hitting for the cycle, and she also picked up the complete-game shutout win in the circle with just 57 pitches. Junior Taya Vander Kooi scored a game-high four runs, while her and Kortnee Tolsma each had three hits. Lenning drove in four runs, and teammates Taylor Craig and Hannah Terpstra each had three runs driven in.
W: Lenning (15-8)
LC: Tolsma 3-5, RBI, 2 R; Vander Kooi 3-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 4, R, BB; Lenning 3-3, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, R, BB; Craig 2-2, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB; Brink 2-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB; VanSoest 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB; DeBoer 1-3, R; Patterson 1-2, 2B, RBI, BB.
Seton Catholic 14, Lynden Christian 2
The Cougars scored 11 runs in the final two innings to help secure the win and get a favorable seed in the state tournament, and even with the loss, the Lyncs received the six-seed, and will play Columbia-White Salmon in the opening round of the 1A state tournament at 3:00 on Thursday at Columbia Playfields in Richland. Roxanne Lenning hit her third homerun of the day, in her third consecutive game.
L: Lenning (15-9)
LC: Vander Kooi 1-3; Lenning 1-3, HR, RBI, R; Terpstra 1-3, R; Brink 1-3, 2B.
Columbia-White Salmon 17, Nooksack Valley 12
In this winner-to-state/loser-out contest, the Pioneers got down early, and just weren’t able to make up enough ground. Sophomore Alayna Vanieperen, who was injured for the vast majority of the season, stroked three doubles to help power the Nooksack Valley offense, as she and Natileah Harmon each drove in three runs. Senior Grace DeHoog had a double, two singles and scored three runs, while Kestyn Wagter, Gracie Rutgers and Alyxis Larson each had a pair of hits. The Pioneer season came to a close with a record of 13-12.
L: Bartl (9-11)
NV: Vanieperen 4-5, 3 2B, 3 RBI; DeHoog 3-5, 2B, 3R; Rutgers 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Wagter 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R; Harmon 2-5, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R; Larson 2-3, RBI, R, BB; VanLiew 1-5, R; Mason 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R.
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