Blaine 6, Burlington-Edison 0
Lynden 13, Mount Vernon 7
Mount Baker 15, Nooksack Valley 2
Ferndale 21, Anacortes 17
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Blaine 6, Burlington-Edison 0
The Borderites led 1-0 after six innings, but a Shaylie Daniels grand slam in the top of the seventh inning broke the game wide open for Blaine. Senior pitcher Emersyn Bakker was dominant once again as she allowed just three hits and struck out eight batters in her shutout victory. Sophomore center fielder Mesa Puls hit a homerun in the third inning, and junior left fielder Brie Smith went 3-for-4 at the plate.
W: Bakker (11-2)
BLA: Smith 3-4; Puls 2-4, HR, RBI, 2 R; Daniels 2-3, HR, 4 RBI, R, BB; Zaddack 1-4, RBI; B. Vezzetti 1-4, R.
Lynden 13, Mount Vernon 7
The Lions jumped out to a 12-0 lead early, and withstood the Bulldog comeback to pick up the win on the road. Sophomore leadoff hitter Campbell DeJong scored four runs, singled twice, knocked in two runs, stole three bases and led the game off with a homerun to center field. Senior catcher Kasi Thomas added another double as well as four runs batted in. Senior pitcher Trinity Andrew struck out six batters over four-plus innings.
W: Andrew (11-2)
S: Ramerman (2)
LYN: Ca. DeJong 3-5, HR, 2 RBI, 4 R, 3 SB; Thomas 2-3, 2B, 4 RBI, R; Ch. DeJong 2-5, 3 RBI, R; Anderson 1-5, 2 RBI, 2 R; Andrew 1-4, RBI; Alexander 1-4; Ramerman 1-4, 2 R; Saur 1-4, RBI, R.
Mount Baker 15, Nooksack Valley 2
The Mountaineers scored six runs in the first inning, and ripped off another seven runs in the following inning for taking the home win over the Pioneers. Junior shortstop Annalee Cohn led the Mount Baker offense with four hits, three runs batted in and two runs scored. Junior Kennedy Rathjen drove in three runs, and senior Ella Maloley scored three runs. Nooksack Valley junior Alayna Dykstra drove in both runs for her team, while her and Kennedy Burke each led with two hits.
W: Jeretzky (12-3)
L: Bartl (4-8)
MB: Cohn 4-4, 3 RBI, 2 R; Zender 2-3, 2 RBI, R, BB; Jeretzky 2-4, 2B, 2 R; Rathjen 2-4, 3 RBI, R; Cloninger 2-3, RBI, 2 R; Valum 1-3, R, BB; Maloley 1-1, 3 R, 3 BB; Haynes 1-3, RBI, 2 R, BB; Welters 1-2, RBI, R, SB.
NV: Dykstra 2-2, 2 RBI, BB; K. Burke 2-3; Wagter 1-3; DeHoog 1-1, R, BB; R. Burke 1-3, 2B, R.
Ferndale 21, Anacortes 17
In a game that featured 38 runs and 35 hits, it was a defensive play that should be long remembered from this game. In the bottom of the seventh inning, with the game tied at 17-17, the Seahawks had the game-winning run on second base with one out. The Anacortes batter then drove a line drive to right-center, and the ball was quickly fielded by Madeline Slevin who fired it into Mallory Butenschoen as the Seahawk runner was already past third base and looking to end the game. Butenschoen spun and threw a strike to catcher Kaelin Blakley to nail the runner out at the plate. It rejuvenated the Golden Eagles as the next batter struck out to end the inning, and Ferndale would score four unanswered in the top of the eighth. Blakley doubled and homered to help power the offense, which also got five runs scored and four stolen bases from Kate Johnston and six runs batted in from Jaycena Lajuan. Butenschoen threw 156 pitchers and struck out 10 batters to pick up her sixth victory of the season.
W: Butenschoen (6-7)
FER: J. Lajuan 3-5, 3B, 6 RBI, R, BB, SB; Chervenock 3-6, 2B, 3 RBI, R, SB; Johnston 3-4, 2B, 5 R, BB, 4 SB; Butenschoen 2-5, 2 RBI, BB; Blakley 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, BB, SB; L. Lajuan 2-5, RBI, R, BB, 2 SB; Locker 2-4, RBI, 2 R, BB, SB; Slevin 1-4, 2B, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB; Castleberry 1-5, RBI, R, BB, SB.
