Prep Sports Report: Sehome Mariners on an impressive fall run across all sports

The queens and kings of all four girls fall high school sports, plus boys tennis and cross country, might all wind up walking the halls of Sehome.

The Mariners have been so overpowering that their combined record for the six sports after events of Saturday was 43 wins, two losses and one tie.

But before district and state tournaments in November, a few princesses and princes await at other schools, hoping to ruin Sehome’s run at six possible titles.

The Mariners face a potentially perilous doubleheader of sorts against Lynden on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the border town.

In girls soccer, Sehome (9-1-1 NWC, 9-2-1 overall) faces league-leading Lynden (11-0, 12-0) at 4 p.m. at Bender Fields. After this game, each team has three more.

In volleyball, a large crowd is expected at The Jake when Sehome (8-1, 8-1) meets Lynden (8-1, 8-2) at 7 p.m., with Whatcom County bragging rights on the line. After the match, each team has five more.

In boys tennis, the dual-match season ends Monday, Oct. 14, with a rematch at Bellingham at 4 p.m. between the second-place Bayhawks (12-1) and league-leading Sehome (13-0), which was a 5-2 winner Oct. 2.

In girls swimming, Sehome (5-0) will try to spoil the bid of Bellingham (6-0) for a second consecutive unbeaten season when the NWC pool powers meet at Arne Hanna Swim Center Oct. 22. The dual-meet season is nine meets.

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And in cross country, Sehome’s defending state champion boys and girls (a combined 8-0) are both ranked No. 1 in 2A and are heavily favored to win the NWC championships Oct. 23 at the Port of Skagit Trail.

Could it really be Sehome, Sehome, Sehome, Sehome, Sehome and Sehome? The next two weeks will tell the tale of six crowns.

Girls Swimming

Blaine’s Hailey Ferrell and Sehome’s Elsa Ethelbah were the Whatcom County double winners in the NWC Invitational in Anacortes. Ferrell claimed the 200 individual medley in 2:20.65 and the 50 free in a blazing 26.53 seconds. Ethelbah won the 200 free in 2:11.06 and took the 500 free in 5:44.90.

Anacortes won the team title with 324.5 points and Sehome made an impressive second-place showing with 287. Their 511.5 points together were close to half of all points earned by swimmers from 13 schools.

NWC Invitational

Winners and other local top five swimmers

200 medley relay: 1. Sehome (Parnia Gharaei, Priyanka Costanzo, Ayla VanJaarsveld, Sage Mden) 2:08.73; 3. Bellingham (Addy Hayes, Jasmin Garcia, June Wilson, Iza Wilson) 2:18.14.

200 free: 1. Elsa Ethel bah (Se) 2:11.06; 4. Jasmin Garcia (Bell) 2:23.51.

200 IM: 1. Hailey Ferrell (Bl) 2:20.65; 3. Sage Maden (Se) 2:47.28.

50 free: 1. Hailey Ferrell (Bl) 26.53; 2. June Wilson (Bell) 28.58; 3. Ayla VanJaarsveld (Se) 28.65; 5. Eden Shields (Bl) 29.66.

1-meter diving: 1. Laura Webb (Se) 170.55 points; 4. Fiona Runnels (Se) 98.80; 5. Aoife Tamminga (Se) 69.90.

100 fly: 1. Alli Claridge (Ana) 1:08.5; 2. Jasmin Garcia (Bell) 1:13.71; 4. Kaitlin Morris (Lyn) 1:14.17; 5. Parnia Gharaei (Se) 1:17.22.

100 free: 1. Ayla VanJaarsveld (Se) 1:02.53; 2. June Wilson (Bell) 1:03.56; 5. Sage Maden (Se) 1:07.64. 500 free: 1. Elsa Ethel bah (Se) 5:44.90; 2. Priyanka Costanzia (Se) 6:11.64.

200 free relay: 1. Anacortes (M.J. Anderson, Amelia Myers, Cora Myers, Alli Claridge) 1:55.40; 2. Sehome (Gharaei, Brielle Hicks, Ethelbah, Costanzo) 1:59.23; 3. Bellingham (Hayes, Garcia, Helaina Taysi, J. Wilson) 2:03.32; 5. Lynden (Avery Rutledge, Kaitlin Morris, Claire Fleming-Butela, Ella Bredeson) 2:05.68.

200 back: 1. Alli Claridge ((Ana) 1:07.54; 2. Parnia Ghareai (Se) 1:14.06; 3. Addy Hayes (Bell) 1:16.74; 4. Mars Molina (Sq) 1:17.01.

100 breast: 1. Priyanka Costanzia (Se) 1:21.14.

400 relay relay: 1. Anacortes (Anderson, A. Myers, Felix Duez, C. Myers) 4:23.60; 2. Sehome (Ethelbah, Eliza Stoner, Maden, VanJaarsveld) 4:25.65; 4. Lynden (Morris, Rutledge, Joci Hall, Bredeson) 4:53.48.

Team scores: 1. Anacortes 324.5, Sehome 287, 3. Mount Vernon 216, 4. Bellingham 132, 6. Lynden 85, 7. Squalicum 62, 8. Blaine 51, 11. Mount Baker 12, 12. Ferndale 9, 13. Meridian 5.

Sehome improved to 5-0 with a 124 to 36 to 17 victory over Ferndale and Meridian.

Winners: 200 medl3e4y relay (Sehome (Gharaei, Costanza, Maden Tellefson) 2:17.8; 200 free — Ethel bah (Se) 2:16.81; 200 IM: Costanzia (Se) 2:39.89; 50 free Natalie Nunez (Mer) 32.43; 1-meter diving: Cora Burns (Se) 1:43.50; 100- fly — Gharaei (Se) 1:17.49; 100 free: Hicks (Se) 1:08.65; 500 freeL: Ethel bah (Se) 6:13.75; 200 free relay: Sehome (Costanzo, Hicks, Tellefson, Ethelbah) 2:01.43; 100 back: Kajsa Glass 1:27.91; 100 breast : Gharaei 1:24.40; 400 free relay: Sehome (Costanzo, Ethelbah, Hicks, Gharaei) 4:36.36.

Squalicum 77, Burlington 71, Blaine 29, Mount Baker 12. Local winners: 200 medley relay: Squalicum (Hamai, Martin, Ravitsky, Ford) 2:07.04; 200 free — Mars Molina (Sq) 2:26.16; 200 IM: Juiliette Khan (MB) 3:10.77; 50 free — Hailey Ferrell (Bl) 27.08; 100 free — Ferrell (Bl) 58.69; 500 free: Eden Shields (Bl) 6:41.03; 100 back: Natalie Ravi sky (Sq) 1:29.53; 100 breast: Shields (Bl) 1:33.00; 400 free relay: Squalicum (Molina, Ravitsky, Warolin, Martin) 5:22.75.

Lynden 108, Sedro-Woolley 52: Lynden winners: 200 medley relay: Lynden (Fleming-Butela, Baldwin, Morris, Hall) 2:32.32; 200 free: Ella Bredeson 2:29.47; 200 IM: Kaitlin Morris 2:51.08; 50 free — Joci Hall 31:41; 100 fly: Bredeson 1:22.90; 100 free: Rutledge 1:16.08; 500 free: Hall 7:47.80; 200 free relay: Lynden (Bredeson, Baldwin, Somma, Rutledge) 2:19.65; 100 back: Morris 1:20.23.

Boys Tennis

Sehome (13-0) improved its record in 91 matches to 83-8 with eight shutouts.

Bellingham was 12-1, Squalicum 6-5, Lynden 5-9 and Ferndale 2-12.

Sehome 7, Ferndale 0. Winners: Kaiser, Chai, Barras, Meo, Leon/Lane, Kuzin/Lee, Friesen/Crocheron. Sehome 7, Lakewood 0. Winners: Kaiser, Barras, Lee, Lin, Leonj/Lane, Friesen/Crocheron, Kuzin/Mao. Sehome 6, Burlington 1. Winners: Kaiser, Chai, Barras, Lin, Kuzin/Lee, Friesen/Crocheron.

Bellingham 7, Lynden 0: Winners: L. Kuhn, Hinderman, Powell, Neem, Imbach/Lyon, Watts/Mannen; Whitmore/Bloom. Bellingham 7, Oak Harbor 0. Winners: J. Kuhn, L. Kuhn, Minter, Hinderman, Imbach/Lyon, Watts/Mannen; Whitmore/Bloom.

Squalicum 7, Lakewood 0. Winners: Oscarson, Ahn, West, Hildebrand, Le/Trinh, Daughters/Legoe, Le/Slind. Burlington-Edison 5, Squalicum 2. Squalicum winners: Colin/West, Daughters/Le. Squalicum 4, Mount Vernon 3. Squalicum winners: Ahn, Le/Trinh, Daughters/Legoe, Le/Slind.

Lynden 5, Sedro-Woolley 2. Lynden winners: L. VanKooten, Namminga, J. VanKooten, Hurley, Wyant/Johnson. Oak Harbor 4, Lynden 3. Lynden winners: Visser, L. VanKooten/Namminga, Bode/Van Dyk. Lynden 6, Ferndale 1. Winners: Carpenter (F), Namminga, J. VanKooten, Hurley, Bode/Van Dyk, Hoffman/McLendon, Wyant/Visser. Anacortes 7, Ferndale 0.

Cross Country

Sehome’s 2A top-ranked boys and girls swept honors in the Cedarcrest Invitational Oct. 5, in what could have been a preview of the state championships. Sehome’s girls have won three in a row and the boys will defend their 2023 title.

Lynden junior Sloan Dickson won the girls race in 18:25.10 and Sehome’s Nick Gargano was third in the boys race.

Sehome dominated with 33 points in the girls race and 41 points in the boys event. The only other NWC placers in the large 5K race were second-place Anacortes and fourth-place Squalicum among the girls and third-place Anacortes among the boys.

Boys team top 5: Sehome 41, Cedar Park Christian 73, Anacortes 137, Bush 153, Nathan Hale 171. Locals in top 10: 1. Dylan Rowell (Ana) 15:12.2; 3. Nick Gargano (Se) 15:21.90; 6. Skyler Gilham (Se) 15:46.90; 7. Nickolas Luce (LC) 15:49.50; 10. Sabastien Vahid (Se) 15:57.70.

Girls team top 5: Sehome 33, Anacortes 89, Cedar Park Christian 118, Squalicum 182, Rainier 205. Locals in top 10: 1. Sloan Dickson (Lyn) 18:25.10; 2. Lil Desler (Se) 18:29.70; 6. Samantha Knipp (Se) 18:44.40; 8. Sydney Harri (Se) 18:52.30; 10. Kjirsten Ludeman (Se) 19:11.90.

Soccer

Lynden improved to 11-0 in the NWC and 12-0 overall with a 2-0 win over Anacortes on Saturday. Kyleigh Mc Vie scored, assisted by Jayda Villars, and Villars also scored assisted by Evelyn Saldivar, who has had a goal, an assist or both in every game.

“Jayda’s goal was a brilliantly designed set piece,” Lions coach Clark Bourgault said. “This was our ninth shutout, and it came against an Anacortes team that scored 21 goals in its previous five games.”

In other games in the Eleventh Round on Saturday, Bellingham (9-2, 10-2) claimed a 3-0 shutout over Meridian; Sehome (9-1-1, 9-2-1) earned a 4-0 win over Ferndale (5-4-1, 5-4-1); Lynden Christian (7-4-1, 8-4-1) took a 7-1 victory over Lakewood; Burlington won 2-0 over Nooksack (2-8, 2-11); Mount Vernon prevailed 2-1 over Blaine (2-8, 3-8) and Sedro-Woolley claimed an 8-1 win over Mount Baker (0-10-1, 0-10-1).

In Round 10, Lynden Christian and Sehome tied 1-1. LC tied it with a second-half goal by Kayla Speer after Keira Reeves scored off an assist by Emery Samuelson.

Bellingham defeated Squalicum 4-1 to take the city title with sweeps of the Storm and Sehome. The Bayhawks got goals from Ivy Newell, Ella Morrow, Sloan Martin and Beckett Ferry. Kiarra Voigt scored Squalicum’s goal.

Lynden beat Mount Vernon 1-0 on a goal by Brooklynne Bourgault. “The Lions’ defense was absolutely stellar,” Clark Bourgault said.

Nooksack Valley overcame Mount Baker 4-1 via two goals by Gretchen Elmendorf and scores by Kennedy Brown and Khloe Mora. Tyla Olson scored for Baker.

Ferndale took a hard-fought 2-1 win over Anacortes on goals by Kayt Sierra and Josie McClellan.

Sedro-Woolley shut out Meridian 1-0 and Burlington-Edison blanked Blaine 4-0.

In Round Nine, Lynden overwhelmed Burlington 4-0 as Saldivar’s historic goal streak ended at nine games, although she assisted, along with Villars, on two goals by Meg Clarke. Maliah Mitchell scored, assisted by Morgyn Heutink, and Rilanna Newcomb and Heutink also teamed for a goal.

Jaiden O’Neill starred in goal as Ferndale used an own goal to top Mount Vernon 1-0.

Blaine claimed a 3-1 win over Mount Baker with goals by Abby Washburn, Nevaeh Zaddack and Bea Dickson. Larissa Pluschakov made a vital second-half save in goal.

Meridian beat Nooksack Valley 2-1 with goals by Mila Kraits (assisted by Brooklyn Fuller) and Avery Francis. Maggie Byers scored for the Pioneers.

Bellingham overwhelmed Lakewood 6-0 on two goals by Sophia Dionne and one each by Newell, Ferry, Ana Rubey and Averie Riddell.

Sehome took advantage of a goal in extra time by Ayla Woodworth, assisted by Ella Perry, to beat Anacortes 5-4 in a thriller. Woodworth also assisted on the first goal, by Amaia Reed, and Vivian Moss scored on an assist by Triya Mitchell. Kylie Ivcevic scored twice in the second half via assists from Moss and Keira Reeves.

Squalicum shut out Sedro-Woolley 1-0 as goalkeeper Kailara Perez gained her third consecutive shutout.

Oak Harbor beat L:ynden Christian 3-1. Kayla Yun scored for the Lyncs.

Volleyball

In Round Nine, Sehome 8-1, 8-1) earned a marathon win over Lynden Christian (6-3, 7-3) by 21-25, 25-16, 25-27, 25-16, 15-13, as Emmy Lee scored the winning kill and also had 36 assists.

Hayden Niewiadomski led Sehome with 17 kills and Paige Flory was outstanding with 16 kills, 10 digs and nine aces. Makenna Andrews was outstanding with a match-high 22 digs.

For the Lyncs, Alli Wright contributed 10 kills, 3.5 blocks and three aces and Lyla Parreira had 18 digs and three aces. Ella Fritts was her usual versatile self with 35 assists, five kills, six digs and two blocks, while Etta DeJong had six digs, eight kills and two blocks and Sydney Terpstra had seven kills.

“Sehome was intense. I’m very proud of how we battled all night,” said LC coach Dennis Franzen. “It just came down to a couple of plays. There were a lot of positives to take from a match like this.”

Lynden (8-1, 8-2) topped Mount Vernon 25-18, 25-21, 25-22 as Lexi Hermanutz had seven kills with .778 hitting and Campbell DeJong had 13 digs and five aces. Kamryn Hermanutz was lively with 12 digs, three kills and two blocks, while Finley Parcher and Rian Stephan were overwhelming in the kill department and Izzie Stephan was busy with 24 assists and 10 digs.

Squalicum (3-6, 3-7) overcame Bellingham (0-9, 0-10) as Penelope Durias and Bronwyn Jones combined for 22 digs and Alyssa Roselli and Jazzy Bersola together had 23 assists. Jolie Paz had eight kills and four aces while Tiana Thompson had six kills and .462 hitting. Archer Burns had four blocks, five digs, two aces and three kills.

Nooksack Valley (5-3, 5-3) overcame Mount Baker (0-9, 0-9) 25-12, 25-20, 25-18 in a battle of 2023 1A state trophy winners. Elizabeth DeLange had a senior-like match for the sophomore with 13 kills, four aces, five digs, and two blocks and Peyton Bartl served 33 assists and Grace DeHoog had 11 kills and five digs.

Meridian took the measure of Sedro-Woolley 25-22, 16-25, 25-11, 25-15 behind an excellent effort by Melanie Short with 13 kills, 11 digs and four aces. Grace Wells had 42 assists and three aces while Eden Bernardy contributed 17 digs, 12 kills and four aces. Rylan Bernardy had 13 kills and two aces and Taya Benson and Gracie Pap also added a solid power game.

Anacortes beat Ferndale (6-2, 7-4) by 19-25, 26-24, 25-13, 23-25, 15-11 in a marathon match. Ferndale’s Lay Williams and Svetlana Baydak combined for 28 kills and Katrina Perry led with 19 digs and Karlie Carver dug 11. Brooklyn Larrabee had an excellent all-around match with 34 assists, 16 digs, six kills and three aces.

Lynden Christian topped Oak Harbor 21-26, 25-20, 23-25, 25-13, 15-13 as Danya Dykstra made nine kills and Fritts had 38 assists, three aces, 2.5 blocks and six kills. DeJong had eight kills and Alli Wright had seven kills and 2.5 blocks. Tyra Dykstra chipped in with six kills along with Ellie Meyer and Emily Wiersma made seven kills and Parriera had 17 digs.

“We had a very balanced attack again,” said Franzen. “I am really proud of the girls for how they battled back after we lost set three. This was a nice team win.”

Burlington topped Blaine (1-7, 2-8) 25-19, 25-10, 25-7 despite Kaitlyn Harrington and Teia Dube with five digs and four kills each and Hannah Phelps-McDonald with five digs.

In Round Eight, Blaine was rewarded for its hustle with a 25-20, 25-15, 26-24 over Mount Baker as Brie Smith had 23 assists, four aces and seven digs. Phelps-McDonald had 10 digs and Harrington played well with 11 kills, nine digs and four aces. Carly Saunders and Dube had nine kills each. For Baker, Kennedy Rathjen had five aces, Annalee Cohn had four blocks and Maddie Lewis had three blocks, six digs, three aces and four kills.\Sehome halted Anacortes 23-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-22 as Niewiadomski had 12 kills while Bridgette Adams had .438 hitting with 16 kills and Emma Lee had 34 assists. Paige Flory had seven aces, Makenna Andrews had 12 digs and Leah Lockwood blocked three shots.

Squalicum overcame Sedro-Woolley 26-28, 17-25, 25-22, 25-20, 15-10 with a memorable comeback as Jones had 17 digs and Burns had 11 kills and two blocks. Bersola and Roselli assisted 18 times together and Bersola also had four aces. Ella Iwnera and Hannah Warner combined for 17 kills and Durias had 13 digs, six kills and three aces.

Lakewood beat Bellingham 25-11 25-9 and 26-24 as the Bayhawks played a remarkable third set in defeat.

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