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PREP FOOTBALL
Lyncs share first league title in 17 years
But despite
21-12 loss,
Meridian still
has top seed
into postseason
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
LAUREL — Same op-
ponent, same field, 17
years later. And same out-
come.
  Lynden Christian’s
21-12 win over No. 5 Me-
ridian on Thursday tied
the Lyncs with the Trojans
for the Northwest Confer-
ence 1A crown.
  The last time the
Lyncs won a league title
was against Meridian, in
Laurel, during the final
game of the 2001 regular
season. Just like on Thurs-
day.
   Most of the current
team can’t remember the
last time the Lyncs were
a dominant force — most
weren’t even born. One
person who does remem-
ber is Lynden Christian’s
offensive line coach, Nate
Bosman, who was a junior
on that 2001 team.
   “It’s really neat to
be a part of, back then
as a player and now as a
coach,” Bosman said. “As a
player, when you have the
success, that’s what you
remember the program as.
So it’s been fun to be a part
of the program again and
ATHLETE PROFILE
A new life in Bellingham
Mariners safety
Jay Travier
rises above his
past to excel in
football
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
  WHATCOM ­ — A
6-year-old boy in shoulder
pads and a jersey cries on
the sideline of a football
field in Temple, Texas. Jay
Travier is the youngest kid
by two years, and he does
not want to get hit.
   “I was scared,” Tra-
vier said. “I was terrified
because those guys were
bigger than me and I was
always the smallest kid. I
was never one of the bigger
guys.”
   His uncle Steve, who
pushed him into the sport,
was so disappointed by
nephew Jay’s nervousness
that he kept him on the
sidelines and out of the
game. “His uncle was really
upset,” said Stevona Burks,
Travier’s mother. “But he
got over it.”
   Travier never made it
into the game that day.
  Eleven years later,
2,185 miles northwest of
Temple in Bellingham’s
Sehome neighborhood, a
17-year-old Jay sits in the
corner of a Starbucks lob-
by. He’s the only black per-
son in the café and no one
seems to notice.
  A sweatshirt hood
pulled over his head, Tra-
vier, a senior at Sehome
High School and one of
the top defensive backs
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   “It’s cool to see the
kids now have the same
Jay Travier traveled a long way to his new home in Whatcom County. (Eric
Trent/Lynden Tribune)
in Whatcom County, be-
gins spilling his life story
to a stranger he met only a
week before through Face-
book Messenger.
   At 12 years old, Travi-
er, his mother, two younger
brothers and younger sister
moved to his grandmoth-
er’s house in Bellingham to
escape a challenging envi-
ronment.
   He doesn’t like talking
about himself. He doesn’t
like talking about seeing
gang-related activities in
his old neighborhood in
Texas, and watching fights
break out every day.
   No. When he left the
football field that day at
6 years old, he had other
fears to worry about.
   “I was always scared,”
Travier said. “You always
got to be in survival mode
when you’re out there
where I stayed at. It’s just
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kind of belief that our
teams did in the past,”
Bosman said.
crazy.”
  Bell County, where
Temple is located, has one
of the highest concentra-
tions of gang activity in the
state, according to a Texas
Gang Threat Assessment
report from the Depart-
ment of Public Safety.
  Travier attended
Raye-Allen Elementary
School in Temple. Of the
500 students, 44 percent
are black, 71 percent are at
risk of dropping out and 81
percent are economically
disadvantaged, according
to an article by The Texas
Tribune.
  At Sehome, Travier
was one of only 19 black
students enrolled for the
2017-18 school year, less
than 2 percent of the total
student population.
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  After finishing the
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league record, the team
ed to give them a chance in
life — something Belling-
ham might provide.
   “He was raised in a
neighborhood where, you
know ... things go on,” Burks
said, “that you wouldn’t see
normally in Bellingham.
We had to move away from
that and I wanted more for
my children.”
  Transitioning from
a predominantly black
neighborhood to a mostly
white city was not an easy
switch, says Travier. He
didn’t play football in sev-
enth grade at Shuksan Mid-
dle School; he was busy fig-
uring out how to fit in.
   “It was tough moving
up here, but after a while
I just fought through it,”
Travier said. “I had tons of
friends and all that stuff.
But moving up here I just
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ACADEMICS
Three teams
are academic
state champs
Local winners
are Ferndale
girls soccer,
Lynden
Christian
football,
Sehome
volleyball
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
WHATCOM — Ex-
celling not only in com-
petition but also in the
classroom, Ferndale girls
soccer, Sehome volley-
ball and Lynden Chris-
tian football all have won
fall team academic state
championships — a first
for all three teams.
  The WIAA Dairy
Farmers of Washington,
partnered with the Les
Schwab Tires Scholas-
tic Awards Program, an-
nounced the winners in a
press release Oct. 25.
   Adding to their aca-
demic accomplishments,
all three winning teams
advanced to their respec-
tive division playoffs, and
two remain in postseason
contention — Sehome
volleyball and Lynden
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cated, said senior wideout
Jalen Apol, who finished
the night with two TD re-
ceptions.
   The Lyncs ramped up
their offseason workload
and hoped it would yield
success.
   “It pays off. It pays
off,” Apol said. “And it feels
great. We worked all this
offseason and this is what
we’ve come to. We’re all so
happy for each other.”
  Lynden Christian’s
win, coupled with Nook-
sack Valley’s victory over
No. 10 Mount Baker
Thursday night, created a
two-way tie for the NWC
1A title.
   Usually teams don’t
erupt in cheering after los-
ing a game, but that’s ex-
actly what Meridian did.
   As the Trojans and
Lyncs lined up for post-
game handshakes, it
was announced over the
speaker system that Nook-
sack had upset the Moun-
taineers. The Trojans filled
the field with hurrahs
knowing that meant they
had secured the No. 1 seed
in the division.
   Meridian (6-3, 4-2)
gets the No. 1 seed and
Lynden Christian (7-2,
4-2) is at No. 2 based on
a preseason draw. Mount
Baker (5-4, 3-3) ends up at
No. 3.
  Before the game,
Lyncs coach Dan Kaem-
ingk had
See Lyncs on B2
football team capped its
first-ever academic state
championship by win-
ning a share of its first
league title in 17 years on
Thursday.
   The Lyncs have won
academic titles in band,
orchestra and choir, but
never in football, said
Lynden Christian athletic
director Brenda Terpstra.
  LCHS principal
Kevin Kaemingk said the
school’s goal is to balance
the titles of students and
athletes, and to remind
the kids that they are stu-
dents first.
   “I am not surprised
at this particular group
of young men,” Kaemingk
said. “[They] are dedicat-
ed to excellence across all
of their pursuits, whether
academics, weightlifting,
practicing, playing or be-
ing leaders of character
on the campus.”
  For Sehome vol-
leyball, it’s also the first
academic state champi-
onship won. Sehome ath-
letic director Colin Cush-
man said he’s proud of
the work the team has put
in in the classroom.
   “This is a great ex-
ample of the work ethic
of our athletes,” Cushman
said. “Our kids are com-
petitive in the classroom
as well as in the athletic
arena.”
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Whatcom County SCOREBOARD Lyncs: No. 2 seed secured

High School Prep Sports
Week of 10/23-10/29
VOLLEYBALL
Week of Oct. 23-29
• Lynden 3, Squalicum 1
• Anacortes 3, Squalicum 0
• Ferndale 3, Bellingham 0
• Ferndale 3, Lakewood 0
• Burlington-Edison 3, Sehome 0
• Sedro-Woolley 3, Sehome 1
• Lynden 3, Bellingham 0
• Lynden Christian 3, Nooksack Val-
ley 0
• Sedro-Woolley 3, Mount Baker 0
• Meridian 3, Lakewood 2
Into postseason play
• King’s 3, Nooksack Valley 0
• Nooksack Valley 3, South Whidbey 2
• Meridian 3, Coupeville 1
• Lynden Christian 3, Meridian 0
• Lynden Christian 3, Cedar Park
Christian (Bothell) 0
GIRLS SOCCER
Week of Oct. 23-29
Into postseason play
•Squalicum 1, Arlington 0
•Meadowdale 2, Ferndale 1
•Sehome 3, Sedro-Woolley 0
•Lynden 1, Anacortes 0
•Cedarcrest 2, Lynden 0
•Bellingham 2, Sammamish 0
•Liberty 5, Bellingham 0
•King’s 3, Meridian 1
•Meridian 3, Granite Falls 2
•Meridian 7, Cedar Park Christian
(Bothell) 0
•Lynden Christian 6, South Whidbey
0 Lynden Christian 4
•King’s 2, Lynden Christian 1
•Cedar Park Christian (Bothell) 2,
Nooksack Valley 0
with district playoff game
against King’s this Friday
1A girls qualifying for state are:
Lynden Christian — Maya Ewing, Sim-
one Veltkamp; Meridian — Kayla Aal-
poel, Kendyl Otter, Rubi Stuit, Maken-
na Holz, Kady Aamot, Emma Forbes,
Cristina Esquivel, Kyla Ingram, Ellie
DeWaard; Mount Baker — Juliette
Haggith, Kali Cook, Zetta Schmidt;
Nooksack Valley — Lily Snow, Selly
Garcia.
2A boys qualifying for state are:
Bellingham — Caleb Schmotzer,
Jensen Kintzele; Lynden — Hans
Tamminga, Rafe Wolfisberg, Isaiah
Ellis, Tate Hutchins; Sehome — Ja-
cob Alexander, Reed Smith, Lucas
Cunningham, Roman Schroyer, Max
Gargano, Dominik Riemann, Cole-
man Brummel, Ted Buetow, Ahmed Lyncs defender Shale Whittern breaks up a pass intended for a Meridian
Wariyo. receiver during the Lyncs’ 21-12 win on Oct. 25. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune)
2A girls qualifying for state are:
Bellingham — Annika Reiss, Grace Continued from B1 end zone. Schouten was in Galiano scored on a
13-of-26 passing with 192 5-yard TD reception with
Much, Livi Lackland Henry, Piper one message for his team yards and two TDs. four seconds left, but Me-
Brown, Izabelle Anderson, Lily Ko- entering a game in which    Meridian came with- ridian’s two-point conver-
plowitz-Fleming, Skye Saling, Lily they knew they would be in one point after Dawson sion was stuffed to erase
Malterre, Louisa Malnor; Blaine — in the playoffs no matter Logan dove from one yard any chance of an onside
Eleeshiyah Faulkner; Sehome — Isa- what, but needed a win out to make it 7-6 LC early kick and a miraculous
belle Douglas, Emma Berreth, Rosie to have at least a shot at a in the first quarter. That comeback.
share of the title. was the closest the Tro-    For Meridian, Daw-
Kirker, Celia McDowall, Jonquil Loef-
  Opportunity. jans would get. son Logan was 17-of-39
felholz, Gracia Powell, Annika Risser,   “We talked about    Levi Korthuis’ one- with 176 yards passing,
Aspen Allsop, Abby Lee. how it had been a while yard TD run made it 14-6 one touchdown and two
3A girls qualifying for state are: since Lynden Christian with 3:04 left in the first. interceptions. Logan
Ferndale — Jaclyn Denham; Squali- had been a league cham- Korthuis finished with 77 also contributed 59 yards
cum — Doud Grace, Halsell Laura. pion,” Kaemingk said. yards rushing on 25 car- rushing and one TD on 14
“We felt the Nooksack ries. carries.
FINAL NWC STANDINGS game [last week] was a    Apol caught a 19-    Kevin Galiano had
good springboard for it.” yard TD strike from four catches for 23 yards
Football    The Lyncs led this Schouten to put the Lyncs and a TD. Dylan Hickok
Conf. Overall game from start to finish, up 21-6 with 11:50 in the had five catches for 66
NWC — 1A W L W L beginning with Trajan game. Apol had seven yards. Running back
2 7 2 Schouten hitting Jackson catches for 117 yards on Dante Castaneda picked
Meridian 4 2 6 3 Corkill on a 7-yard dart the night. up 44 rushing yards on
in the far corner of the    Trojan receiver Kev- eight carries.
Mount Baker 3 3 5 4
Nooksack Valley 1 5 4 5
NWC — 2A Sky

Academics: Classroom
FOOTBALL Lynden 4 0 8 0
Week of Oct. 23-29 Archbishop Murphy 3 1 4 2
Burlington-Edison 2 2 3 5
• Nooksack Valley 19, Mount Baker 16

work is priority for all

Sedro-Woolley 1 3 3 5
• Lynden Christian 21, Meridian 12 Lakewood 0 4 5 4
Into postseason play NWC — 2A Lake

three athletic teams

• Snohomish 30, Squalicum 27 Mountlake Terrace 4 1 5 4
• Ferndale 56, Meadowdale 15 Bellingham 4 1 6 3
• Sehome 28, Bellingham 21 Sehome 4 1 5 4
Blaine 2 3 5 4
CROSS COUNTRY Cedarcrest 1 4 3 6 Continued from B1 munity.”    Ferndale athletic di-
Anacortes 0 5    In regard to the Golden rector Eric Tripp was equal-
1A boys qualifying for state are: 0 9
  Sehome principal Eagles girls soccer team, ly impressed by the soccer
Meridian — Nathan Schneider, Jas- Wesco — North 3A
Michelle Kuss-Cybula Ferndale principal Jeremy team’s accomplishment.
karan Dhatt, Abbas Theophilus, Jen- Squalicum 5 1 7 2 said she’s thrilled how the Vincent cited the saying at    “We strive to empha-
son Ellars, Kobe Koivisto, Andrew Oak Harbor 4 2 7 2 team has supported aca- Ferndale High School “It’s size the term student-ath-
Burns, Jeremy Miller, Walker De- Arlington 4 2 7 2 demics and sportsman- a matter of pride.” Vincent lete, and these girls are a
Waard, Austin Coulter; Mount Baker Marysville-Pilchuck 3 3 6 3 ship. said this championship en- great example of this by
— Nico Johnson, Ian Green, Braedan Ferndale 3 3 4 5    “The coaching staff capsulates what the Golden excelling both in the class-
Marysville-Getchell 2 4 has worked hard on devel- Eagles are all about. room and on the field,”
Hart; Nooksack Valley — Logan Cla- 3 5
oping kind, compassion-    “This is what Ferndale Tripp said. “We are ex-
baugh, Joshua Steele, Eric Riley. Stanwood 0 6 2 7
ate, hard-working students, Pride feels like — working tremely proud of their ef-
both on the court, in the hard for something impor- forts, both on and off the
classroom and in our com- tant,” Vincent said. field.”

Travier: Star safety shines after leaving unsafe environment

Continued from B1
made new friends, and I
started liking them.”
   He may not like talking
about the past, but when he
talks football his eyes light
up and he comes to life.
  He’s no longer the
6-year-old sobbing on the
sidelines afraid to get tack-
led. Now he does the hit-
ting.
  A slender 5-foot-9
150-pounder, Travier looks
more like a high school
point guard than a hard-
hitting free safety. He led
Whatcom County with five
interceptions last season
— including three in one
game. This year, he leads
the county again with seven
picks, so far.
   He’s helped Sehome
secure its first winning
season in 13 years — and a
chance at state playoffs.
   His sophomore year is
when he began taking foot-
ball seriously. He knew he
had a chance to compete
for a starting varsity spot.
After that day on the side-
lines 11 years earlier, Tra-
vier felt ashamed for letting
his uncle down and giving
up so easily. He didn’t want
to quit for nothing, he said.
  “When people told
me ‘hard work pays off and
you can be what you want,’
I didn’t believe it,” Travier
said. “Sophomore year, I
was like, ‘I’m going to think
about doing that; work hard
and see what can happen.’”
  He began lifting
Jay Travier (number 1) led Whatcom County with five interceptions as a junior in 2017; he leads the
county again this season with seven. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune)
weights for the first time
and gained 20 pounds, but
he was hampered by an an-
kle injury and concussion
after four starts. The next
season was the breakout
year with five picks.
   “I was like, ‘Wow, it re-
ally does pay off,’” Travier
said.
  Highlight reels are
filled with evidence of his
diagnosing plays before the
rest of the defense does.
In one clip, Travier steps
up before the snap and ex-
plodes into a running back
on a sweep. Another shows
him sprinting 20 yards hori-
zontally to leap in front of
a receiver before bringing
down the ball.
   “Every time I see a
ball in the air, I feel like it’s
mine,” Travier said.
   Travier is a quiet lead-
er on the field, friend and
teammate Dylan Roberts
says. There are no big pre-
game huddle speeches or
hyping people up. His ac-
tions on the field are what
fuel his teammates. And it’s
infectious.
  “He doesn’t talk a
lot,” Roberts said. “He just
brings it every day, and a lot
of guys feed off that.”
   Small even for a high
school athlete, Travier plays
much bigger than his physi-
cal size. Roberts remembers
one play vividly that Travier
made against Anacortes on
Oct. 13.
   “He came down on
their running back and I
could hear it from the side-
lines,” Roberts said. “A loud
smack. That’s just who he is.
He wants to lay the boom.”
   Travier wants to attend
Eastern Washington Uni-
versity and major in con-
struction planning. When
he was younger, he’d watch
home construction shows,
like HGTV’s “Flip or Flop,”
and became hooked.
  “That’s always been
interesting to me,” Travier
said. “Building and remod-
eling things and all that.”
   Three times a week
during the offseason, Tra-
vier began upgrading him-
self. He worked on funda-
mentals, like backpedaling
and breaking on balls. Foot-
ball has taught him how to
remodel himself outside of
the game, too.
   He attends Running
Start at Whatcom Commu-
nity College with Roberts.
He wants to prepare himself
for a future without football.
   Contacted by Division
II coaches since his junior
year, Travier hasn’t received
any offers yet. He’d love to
play college football, but
it’s not the most important
thing in his life. He wants an
education, something that
can’t be taken from him.
   “If I don’t get anything,
it’s fine with me,” Travier
said. “If football doesn’t
work out, I’ll have that.”
   His mother says Jay has
flourished in Bellingham,
going from a scared kid in
Texas to a confident young
man in Washington.
   “I’ve really seen his
own personality grow,”
Burks said. “He’s very ma-
ture and respectful. I’ve had
a lot of parents come up to
me, ‘You have a great kid.’
There’s nothing I would
change about my son, any
of his characteristics.”
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Section B lyndentribune.com • ferndalerecord.com • Wednesday, January 30, 2019
PREP BOYS
WRESTLING
Wrestling
into
postseason
this week
Class 1A first
round is at Mt.
Baker, regionals
at Meridian
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
   WHATCOM — Boys
and girls wrestling sub-
regionals kick off this week
Friday and Saturday at vari-
ous locations including two
local high schools.
  For boys, Ferndale
and Squalicum travel down
to Everett High School to
compete in the Class 3A
sub-regional tournament
starting at 10 a.m. Friday,
Feb. 1. The two local teams
will go against Stanwood,
Snohomish, Oak Har-
bor, Marysville-Pilchuck,
Marysville-Getchell, Ar-
lington and Everett.
  Class 3A regionals
will start at noon Saturday,
Feb. 9, at Snohomish High
School.
See Wrestling on B2
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lions outmuscle Lyncs for rivalry victory
VanderHaak
scores 12,
Hershey 11 as
Lynden takes
NWC lead
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
   LYNDEN — “Under-
sized” has been the one
knock on the Lynden girls
basketball team this sea-
son. It didn’t matter Thurs-
day night.
   The Lions turned into
giant slayers to knock off
Lynden Christian 47-37
at LC in front of a packed
house and take sole pos-
session of the Northwest
Conference lead in the an-
PREP GIRLS BOWLING
Ferndale sends two bowlers to state championships
Nyenhuis and
Woods qualify
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
   FERNDALE — Fern-
dale senior Kylie Nyenhuis
and junior Karlie Woods
are returning to the Class
2A girls bowling state
championships on Thurs-
day after placing first and
second at districts in Ever-
ett on Jan. 23.
  Ferndale narrowly
missed qualifying as a
team, getting edged by
Seattle Prep by 93 pins,
but Nyenhuis and Woods
qualified by scoring high-
est among singles competi-
tors.
   The top two bowlers
from the teams at districts
that don’t make it to state
are awarded spots at state.
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Lyncs win crosstown showdown
Lynden Christian senior Cole Bajema reacts after the final buzzer of the Lyncs’ 75-57 win over Lynden
on Friday night at Jake Maberry Gymnasium. Bajema scored 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lift
the Lyncs to victory. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune)
nual in-town rivalry game.
   The Lions (15-3, 10-
1) have played the entire
season without their two
hoped-for post players, lost
to season-ending injuries
in the fall. So they turned
to their biggest strength to
carry them forward any-
way: camaraderie.
   “It’s been our biggest
thing all year,” said Lynden
junior Ruby VanderHaak,
who scored a game-high 12
points. “We’re all small, but
if we play together we can
stop the giants.”
   The Lyncs (16-2, 9-2)
have eight players 5-foot-
10 or taller including Di-
vision 1 signee Isabela
Hernandez, who was held
to six points and seven re-
bounds in this game. The
Lions have one 5-foot-10
player; the rest are 5-foot-8
Ferndale senior Kylie Nyenhuis bowls at Mount
Baker Lanes of Ferndale on Jan. 16. Nyenhuis
qualified for the 2A state championships for the
fourth year in a row. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune)
Scoreboard • B2
Classifieds • B5
Cole Bajema
scores 32 to
carry his team
to 75-57 finish
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
   LYNDEN — Cole Ba-
jema yelled near center-
court with both hands
balled into fists and team-
mates hounding him.
   He might as well have
been yelling to the entire
state.
   Lynden Christian boys
basketball had just toppled
Lynden 75-57 at Jake Ma-
berry Gymnasium in front
of a sold-out crowd of 3,200
fans. It felt like all 14,000
residents of Lynden had
come to witness this cross-
town rivalry matchup for
the ages.
   “It was amazing to
win this,” Bajema said. “We
battle so hard and credit to
them [the Lions]; they’re a
good team. We feel good
about this one.”
   The Lyncs, the top-
ranked, defending 1A state
champions, proved they
are among the best teams
in the state by knocking off
previously unbeaten Lyn-
See Lyncs on B4
and smaller.
   Regardless, the much-
smaller Lions worked the
Lyncs down low, control-
ling the glass with a 25-19
rebounding advantage and
limiting the Lyncs to one
shot per possession for
most of the night. Lynden
pulled down 14 defensive
boards and allowed the
Lyncs to grab only seven
offensive rebounds.
   “We’re warriors,” said
Lynden junior guard Key-
lie Hershey, who put up 11
points. “We just automati-
cally play physical. Coach
knows that. We’re tough
girls.”
   Stuck in an 8-8 stale-
mate after one quarter,
Lynden erupted for a 12-0
Lynden junior Keylie Hershey makes a move to the basket around Lynden
run to start the second
Christian senior Isabella Hernandez in the Lions’ 47-37 win on Thursday. (Eric
Trent/Lynden Tribune) See Lions on B2
Nyenhuis, who also placed
first at districts as a sopho-
more, bowled a 196 and a
180, finishing with 376 for
first place, while Woods
bowled a combined 354 for
the runner-up spot.
   It marks the fourth
straight year for Nyen-
huis competing in singles
at state, and it is Woods’
third straight time. Nyen-
huis placed 36th at state as
a freshman and 10th both
her sophomore and junior
years. Woods finished 13th
last season at state.
   “It makes me happy
because everything I’ve
done to become a good
bowler, all my hard work
has paid off to put me to
state every year,” Nyenhuis
Ferndale junior Carly Woods bowls at Mount said.
Baker Lanes on Jan. 16. Woods qualified for the    The 2A state champi-
2A state championships for her third time in a onships take place starting
row. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune)
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Continued from B1
den, the top-ranked, de-
fending 2A state champs.
   “If we played them 10
times, we might get them
once or twice,” Lynden
Christian coach Roger De-
Boer said. “We just needed
the once or twice to be to-
night. The only thing that
mattered was tonight’s
game.”
   DeBoer admits he had
his doubts. Lynden (now
17-1, 10-1) had already
blown out 3A powerhouses
O’Dea and Marysville-
Pilchuck, and no team had
come within 11 points of
beating the Lions all sea-
son until Friday.
  “I’m a bit embar-
rassed because they be-
lieved a little bit more than
I did,” DeBoer said. “And
that’s not fair to them. We
kept questioning: ‘Are we
“We’ve been
waiting for
this for a
long time.
We had this
one circled
for a long
time. It’s
great for
the town.”
- Lynden
Christian senior
Cole Bajema
tough enough to compete
with them?’ A couple times
they looked at me and said,
‘Coach, we got this.’”
   But Bajema was in a
class of his own, the Uni-
versity of Michigan commit
fending off double-teams
to score 32 points and pull
down 10 rebounds, help-
ing vault the Lyncs to vic-
tory and cement his status
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OF LYNDEN LEVYING TAXES FOR
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PAYABLE IN 2019 IN THE CITY OF
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Lynden Christian senior Cole Bajema drives against Lynden senior guard Blake Silves during the Lyncs’ 75-57 win over the Lions
on Friday night. Bajema, a University of Michigan commit, scored 32 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to propel the Lyncs to
victory. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune)
among the elite prep play-
ers in the state.
   The win gave Lynden
Christian (18-0, 11-0) sole
possession of first place in
the Northwest Conference
and marked the first time
anyone could remember
that LC has beaten Lynden
two years in a row.
   “This is a special mo-
ment for our team,” De-
Boer said. “We’re really
excited for the kids. A lot of
years ago, we had a chance
to beat Lynden here when I
was a senior in high school
— the first year The Jake
opened. To know what that
feeling feels like is really
special.”
   The Lyncs led from
start to finish. They held
a slim 26-24 lead going
into the locker room, but
that was the closest Lyn-
den would get. The Lyncs
reeled off a 12-0 run to start
the second half, led by two
3-pointers from Luke Bos
and back-to-back buck-
ets by Bajema, including a
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360-degree spinning layup
that kissed off the glass and
into the hoop.
   “We started off pretty
well shooting, had a rough
stretch late in the first half,”
Bajema said. “We talked
each other up and said
‘Keep fighting, we want
to keep this thing up and
make the lead bigger and
bigger.’”
  Clayton Whitman’s
one-handed jam over
Bajema — one of three
dunks for the Seattle Pa-
cific University commit —
stemmed the momentum
and sparked a 10-point ex-
plosion by Whitman, part
of a 10-2 run that cut the
Lyncs’ lead to 40-34 with
2:44 left in the third.
   Those were just a few
of Whitman’s highlight-
worthy plays that included
stealing Bajema’s dribble
and throwing down a
bleacher-shaking two-
handed jam early in the
first to slow the Lyncs’ 11-2
start. Whitman, who scored
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Probate Notice
to Creditors
LEGAL
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN
AND FOR WHATCOM COUNTY
Estate of
LAWANA KAY CHAPMAN
Deceased.
NO. 19 4 00034 37
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDI-
TORS
JUDGE: DEBORRA E. GARRETT
RCW 11.40.030
The personal representative named
below has been appointed as per-
sonal representative of this estate.
Any person having a claim against
the decedent must, before the time
the claim would be barred by any
otherwise applicable statute of
limitations, present the claim in
the manner as provided in RCW
11.40.070 by serving on or mail-
ing to the personal representative
or the personal representative’s at-
torney at the address stated below
a copy of the claim and filing the
original of the claim with the court
in which the probate proceedings
were commenced. The claim must
be presented within the later of:
(1) Thirty days after the personal
representative served or mailed
the notice to the creditor as pro-
vided under RCW 11.40.020(1)
(c); or (2) four months after the
date of first publication of the no-
tice. If the claim is not presented
within this time frame, the claim
is forever barred, except as other-
wise provided in RCW 11.40.051
and 11.40.060. This bar is effective
as to claims against both the de-
cedent’s probate and nonprobate
assets.
Date of First Publication: January
30, 2019
Personal Representative: Kenneth
John Schenck
Attorney for the Personal Repre-
sentative: John A. Meenk
Address for Mailing or Service: 119
7th Street, Lynden, WA 98264
Court of probate proceedings and
a team-high 22 points, also
had back-to-back, crowd-
pleasing blocks early in the
second quarter.
  Christian Zamora,
who scored 20 points for
the Lions, sank a 3-pointer
with a minute remain-
ing in the third, one of his
four triples on the night, to
bring the Lions within five
at 45-40, but they would
get no closer as Bajema
took over, scoring 11 points
in the fourth quarter.
   Bajema drained three
straight 3-pointers to start
the final period, part of his
five total on the night, to
make it 56-40 with 6:23 left.
The game was all but over
at that point.
   “We’ve been waiting
for this for a long time,”
Bajema said. “We had this
one circled for a long time.
It’s great for the town.”
   Bos was red-hot from
long range, sinking 5-of-8
3-pointers toward his 17
points on the night.
   “It’s one step closer
cause number: Whatcom County
Superior Court
19 4 00034 37
Date this 22nd day of January,
2019.
John A. Meenk, WSBA 29345
Published January 30 and February
6 & 13, 2019
Notice
to Creditors
LEGAL
SUPERIOR COURT OF
WASHINGTON FOR
WHATCOM COUNTY
Estate of
JUDITH “JUDI” ANN GATTO
Deceased
NO. 18-4-00596-37
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(RCW 11.40.030 & .051)
The personal representative
named below has been appointed
as personal representative of this
estate. Any person having a claim
against the decedent must, before
the time the claim would be barred
by any otherwise applicable stat-
ute of limitations, present the claim
in the manner as provided in RCW
11.40.070 by serving on or mail-
ing to the personal representative
or the personal representative’s
attorney at the address stated be-
low a copy of the claim and filing
the original of the claim with the
court. The claim must be presented
within the later of: (1) Thirty days
after the personal representative
served or mailed the notice to the
creditor as provided under RCW
11.40.020(3): or (2) four months
after the date of first publication
of the notice. If the claim is not
presented with the time frame,
the claim is forever barred, except
as otherwise provided in RCW
11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This
bar is effective as to claims against
both the decedent’s probate and
nonprobate assets.
Date of filing of notice to creditors:
November 19, 2018
Date of first publication: January
16, 2019
RUBY STARR, PR
JAMES M. DORAN, WSBA #5104
1577 Ten Mile Road
Everson, Washington 98247
360 220 4383
Attorney for Estate
Published January 16, 23 & 30,
2019
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THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
to our goal of playing our
best game by the end of
the year,” Bos said. “We
just keep progressing. This
is a big step. This one’s
been marked on all our
calendars since the season
schedule came out.”
   DeBoer praised Bos
and Bajema for their poise
in such a highly touted
game, and yet he said he
wasn’t surprised one bit by
their clutch shooting.
   “[Bos] and Cole Baje-
ma aren’t nervous kind of
guys,” DeBoer said. “They
don’t get uptight. That’s
why when the stage is big
they’re going to perform.
That’s just what they do,
and they did it tonight.”
   Lynden Christian and
Lynden each had two reg-
ular-season games left be-
fore the 1A and 2A districts
start. The Lyncs take on
Meridian and Lakewood to
finish out the season, while
the Lions beat Blaine 83-51
Monday and host Ferndale
Friday. The two Lynden
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF WHATCOM
In Re the Estate of
MARGARET G. BARON,
Deceased.
NO. 18-4-00631-37
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDI-
TORS
RCW 11.40.030
Judge Deborra E. Garrett
The co-Personal Representatives
named below has been appointed
as co-Personal Representatives of
this estate. Any person having a
claim against the decedent must,
before the time the claim would
be barred by any otherwise appli-
cable statute of limitations, pres-
ent the claim in the manner as
provided in RCW 11.40.070 by
serving on or mailing to the co-
Personal Representatives or the co-
Personal Representative’s attorney
at the address stated below a copy
of the claim and filing the original
of the claim with the court. The
claim must be presented within
the later of: (1) thirty days after
the co-Personal Representatives
served or mailed the notice to the
creditor as provided under RCW
11.40.020(3); or (2) four months
after the date of the first publica-
tion of the notice.
If the claim is not presented within
this time frame, the claim is for-
ever barred, except as otherwise
provided in RCW 11.40.051 and
11.40.060. This bar is effective as
to claims against both the dece-
dent’s probate and non-probate
assets.
Date of First Publication: January
23, 2019
Co-Personal Representatives:
Marvin Tjoelker
M. James Baron
c/o Nicole L. Terpstra
709 Grover Street
Lynden, WA 98264
Attorney for the Personal Repre-
sentative and Mailing Address:
Nicole L. Terpstra, WSBA #32974
Nicole L. Terpstra, Attorney at Law,
PLLC
709 Grover Street
Lynden, WA 98264
Published January 23 & 30 and
February 6, 2019
Summons by
Publication
LEGAL
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF WHATCOM
teams will likely earn the
top seeds in their respec-
tive districts.
   DeBoer said the best
is yet to come for the Lyncs.
  “Without a doubt,”
DeBoer said. “We just took
on, arguably, the best team
in the whole state and
came out on top. We had a
ton of breakdowns that we
need to shore up. We have
to get better and I think we
can.”
   And DeBoer said this
game changed nothing on
how he feels about Lyn-
den’s chances of repeating
as 2A state champs.
   “I still think they’re
one of the best teams in
the state,” DeBoer said. “I
still think they’ll win the 2A
state championship and
we’re going to cheer for
them the entire time. There
are a lot of friendships be-
tween our two teams.”
JERRY HAMMER and LURLINE
HAMMER, husband and wife,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
EDWARD VAN BUREN and OL-
IVE VAN BUREN, if living, and if
deceased the unknown heirs of
EDWARD VAN BUREN and OLIVE
VAN BUREN; and ALSO all other
persons or parties unknown claim-
ing any right, title, estate, lien, or
interest in the real estate described
in the Complaint herein,
Defendants. Raquel Montoya-
Lewis
NO.: 19 2 00065 37
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF WASHINGTON TO:
EDWARD VAN BUREN and OL-
IVE VAN BUREN, if living, and if
deceased the unknown heirs of
EDWARD VAN BUREN and OLIVE
VAN BUREN;
AND TO: All other persons or
parties unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, lien, or interest
in the real estate described in the
Complaint herein, Defendants:
YOU AND EACH OF YOU ARE
HEREBY SUMMONED to appear
within sixty (60) days after the
date of first Publication of this
Summons, to-wit, sixty (60) days
after the 16th day of January 2019,
and defend the above-entitled ac-
tion in the above-entitled court
and answer the Complaint of the
Plaintiffs, JERRY HAMMER and
LURLINE HAMMER, and serve
a copy of your answer upon the
undersigned attorney for Plaintiffs,
Joshua W. Fox, at his office below
stated; and, in case of your failure
to do so, judgment will be ren-
dered against you according to the
demand of the Complaint in this
action, which has been filed with
the clerk of said court.
This object of this action is to quiet
title in Plaintiffs to real estate locat-
ed in Whatcom County, Washing-
ton, described as:
THE WEST 10 FEET AND THE
EAST 15 FEET OF THE SOUTH-
EAST QUARTER OF THE NORTH-
WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 18,
TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE
5 EAST OF W.M.
Situate in Whatcom County, Wash-
ington.
against the claim of the Defen-
dants and any one of them.
DATED this 8th day of January
2019.
BELCHER SWANSON LAW FIRM,
PLLC
JOSHUA W. FOX, WSBA #44147
Attorney for Plaintiffs
900 Dupont Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
Published January 16, 23, 30 and
February 6, 13 & 20, 2019
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BASKETBALL
SOUVENIR
SECTION

PREP BASKETBALL

Happiness and heartache

The Lynden boys basketball team celebrates after repeating as state
champions with a 60-51 victory over Selah in the 2A Boys Hardwood Classic
on Saturday at the SunDome in Yakima. (Hailey Palmer/Lynden Tribune)
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Lynden Christian coach Brady Bomber consoles senior Isabela Hernandez
after the Lyncs’ 56-49 loss to La Salle in the state championship game of
the 1A Girls Hardwood Classic on Saturday at the SunDome in Yakima. (Eric
Trent/Lynden Tribune)
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lynden boys cement Lyncs fall short in

place in basketball lore quest for repeat title
Lynden is only
1A, 2A school
that can claim
three back-to-
back state titles
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
YAKIMA — “When we
subbed out,” Clayton Whit-
man and Christian Zamora
said in unison.
It was in that moment,
with 23 seconds left on the
clock, that the two seniors
realized their team had
etched its name in stone
among the greatest boys
teams in Lynden basketball
history.
The Lions’ 60-51 win
over Selah in the 2A Boys
Hardwood Classic on Sat-
urday secured back-to-
back championships for
the Lions — becoming the
third Lynden team in histo-
ry to capture back-to-back
titles, and the first Class 1A
or 2A school in Washington
state history to accomplish
that feat.
“Leaving our mark on
Lynden is what we wanted
to do, and I think we did
that,” Zamora said.
Zamora, Whitman
and the rest of the team
had been so laser-focused
on securing the win they
didn’t realize they were up
60-49 with 23 seconds to
go. The championship was
all but theirs at that point
— only the buzzer needed
to sound.
When Lynden coach
Brian Roper subbed out
Whitman and Zamora, it
finally hit them. It was over.
It was done. The Lions had
earned the repeat.
“We were like, ‘Are
we gonna win another?’”
said Zamora, who nabbed
second-team all-tourney
selection and had 13 points
and 11 rebounds in the title
game. “Too emotional. It
was so emotional. It’s sur-
real, a surreal feeling. To
do it with the guys we have
right now, you can’t put
words to it.”
Whitman, who won
tourney MVP after aver-
aging 23 points per game,
said it was an unexpected
feeling among the players
after winning another title.
“It was almost more
See Lynden boys on B2
La Salle’s
fourth-quarter
full-court press
overwhelms LC
girls
By Hailey Palmer
hailey@lyndentribune.com
YAKIMA — The Lynden
Christian girls basketball
team’s season ended with
heartbreak in the Sun-
Dome on Saturday. The
Lyncs (22-4) fell to La Salle
(27-0) 56-49 in the Class 1A
state championship.
The Lyncs led and con-
trolled for most of the
game, but broke down in
the fourth quarter where
they were outscored by the
Lightning 19-4. La Salle ran
a full-court press, which
Lynden Christian seemed
to have figured out early
in the game, but weren’t
able to break away from the
pressure in the fourth.
“I thought we handled
[the press] for about three
and a half quarters,” Lyn-
den Christian coach Brady
Bomber said. “[Ten points]
off turnovers in the fourth
quarter and that’s half the
points [scored] in the quar-
ter, that’s just hard to come
back from. We should’ve
found some new ways to
break the pressure later in
the game.”
Lynden Christian took
an eight-point lead into the
fourth quarter after Isabela
Hernandez hit a buzzer-
beating 3-pointer from well
beyond the arc to push the
score to 45-37. It looked
like the Lyncs had all the
momentum heading into
the final quarter.
But the Lyncs weren’t
able to execute on either
side of the ball in the fourth
quarter. La Salle turned the
ball over three times during
the game. Lynden Chris-
tian had 18 turnovers.
“I think we just got too
in our heads and frantic,
and panicked,” Hernandez
said.
La Salle scored 20 of its
points off turnovers by the
Lyncs.
“I think we got a little
sped up with their pres-
sure,” Bomber said. “We
turned it over a few times.
We were close to some
stops and we sent them to
the free-throw line a few
See LC girls on B4

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lyncs boys fight back Lynden girls take home

to finish fourth at state fourth-place trophy
‘Playing for
each other,’
they recover
with two wins
after painful
opening loss
By Hailey Palmer
hailey@lyndentribune.com
YAKIMA — A fourth-
place trophy isn’t the piece
of hardware the Lynden
Christian boys were hop-
ing to leave the 1A Boys
Hardwood Classic with. An
upset in the quarterfinals
to King’s pushed the Lyncs
into the consolation brack-
See LC boys on B6
Team fights
back with
‘tougher
together,’ motto
of season
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
YAKIMA — Heart of a
Lion.
If any Lynden sports
team has signified that
mantra this year, it’s the
girls basketball team.
For a second straight
day the Lions ran away
with a state tournament
win, this time a 57-39 vic-
Lynden Christian senior Zach Sipma prepares tory over Black Hills, to Lynden junior Keylie Hershey hugs junior Liv
to drop in two points against King’s in the state Tjoelker after the Lions claimed fourth place at
tourney on Thursday. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune) See Lynden girls on B5 state on Saturday. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune)

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Lynden boys: Roper wins fourth title as the Lions
jump on Selah early and fend off a comeback bid
Continued from B1
sad than exciting,” Whit-
man said. “I mean, all these
memories we have — and
this is the last one.”
   “That we’ll never for-
get for the rest of our lives,”
Zamora added to the end of
Whitman’s sentence.
   The weight of the mo-
ment hit coach Roper with
30 seconds to go, he said,
and that’s why he subbed
out the players who were
on the court.
   “I spent all week try-
ing to focus on basketball,
because it’s so emotional,
for me personally and for
our coaches, that this is the
“I can’t wait
to get old
in about
20 years,
have a cup
of coffee in
the morning
with these
guys and
talk about
our old
memories.
That’s going
to be the
best. I can’t
wait.”
- Lynden senior
Christian
Zamora
last go-around with these
guys,” Roper said. “They
didn’t want emotions to be
a distraction, so once we
had it wrapped up, I started
reflecting — and it’s a pret-
ty special deal.”
   This triumph marked
the 10th overall state cham-
pionship for a Lynden boys
team and the fourth under
Roper, who guided teams
to titles also in 2018, 2012
and 2007. The Lions won
back-to-back in the 1A
classification in 1961 and
Lynden senior Blake Silves cuts out his part of
the net after helping the Lions win the 2A state
title on Saturday. (Hailey Palmer/Lynden Tribune)
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straight title on Saturday in Yakima. (Hailey Palmer/Lynden Tribune)
1962, with both teams go-
ing 24-1, and also in 1991
and 1992, with both teams
finishing 26-1.
   Roper said this ac-
complishment symbolizes
what Lynden’s tradition is
all about.
  “It says something
about the Lynden commu-
nity and Lynden basketball
that it has three teams that
have been back-to-back
champions,” Roper said.
“We’re proud to be a part of
the Lynden basketball heri-
tage and family.
   “We know a lot of our
success comes because
the people before us laid
the groundwork. It’s a neat
connection we have with
our past, going back to fa-
thers, grandparents and
back to the early 1960s.”
   On Saturday, the game
against Selah felt well in
hand for the Lions for most
of the way. The Vikings
took a brief 30-second lead
in the opening minutes,
before Lynden took over
the lead for good with five
minutes to go in the first
quarter.
   Whitman, who scored
15 of his team-high 19
points in the first half,
helped the Lions end the
half on a 13-2 run and take
a 32-16 lead going into the
locker room. It looked as if
the top-ranked Lions (26-
1) would run away with the
victory.
Lynden senior Clayton Whitman holds his part of
the net in celebration of winning the 2A state title
on Saturday in Yakima. (Hailey Palmer/Lynden Tribune)
   But the Pepper broth-
ers of Selah, Elijah and
Noah, wouldn’t let the gold
ball elude them so easily.
   Selah engineered an
18-6 run spanning the third
and fourth quarters. Eli-
jah Pepper, a University of
California-Davis commit
who scored a game-high
20 points, drilled back-to-
back 3s while Noah Pepper
knocked in a layup to cut
Lynden’s lead to five at 50-
45 with 5:07 left to play.
   “They are their offense
Lynden senior Christian Zamora drives through
multiple Selah defenders during the Lions’
60-51 victory over the Vikings in the 2A state
tournament on Saturday in Yakima. Zamora
finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds. He
averaged 13 points during the tourney. (Hailey
Palmer/Lynden Tribune)
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and we knew they were go-
ing to score some, and we
were OK with that — we
just had to score more,”
Whitman said. “We knew
they were gonna run. They
hit some at the end and it
didn’t matter because we
were strong enough to fight
back.”
   There’s an old saying:
strength of a lion.
  These Lions didn’t
panic. They didn’t hesitate.
Lynden kept its composure
and reeled off a 9-2 run
over the next four and half
minutes, led by a clutch
performance from the sup-
porting cast.
   It started with junior
Brock Heppner’s lay-in
from the left side. James
Marsh followed up with a
lay-in of his own. Then se-
nior Kobe Elsner, who fin-
ished with 11 points and
two 3-pointers, hit a free
throw. Marsh tipped in a
missed shot. Finally Zamo-
ra drained two free throws
and all of a sudden the Li-
ons were up 59-47 with 44
seconds remaining.
   “We were very calm
when [Selah] was on their
run and we ran our offense
really well,” Zamora said.
“We forced them to make
hard shots, and that’s what
they did. But we stayed
calm on the offensive end
and executed the game
plan.”
   To finish things off,
Marsh stole Selah’s next
possession, setting up
Zamora, who got fouled
and hit another free throw
to make the score 60-49.
Then Roper subbed every-
one and it was all but over.
   Despite Selah being
the hometown team, situ-
ated just eight miles north
of Yakima, it felt more like
a home game for the Lions
as the Lynden crowd out-
numbered and outcheered
the Vikings’. It seemed like
the entire 14,000 residents
Lynden players embrace each other after the
final buzzer sounds on their state championship
victory over Selah on Saturday. (Hailey Palmer/Lynden
Tribune)
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Lynden Christian and
Lynden Basketball Teams!
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have led to success.
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Jim Huleatt, 360-319-0061
of Lynden had come out in
support.
   Out of the four state
titles Roper’s teams have
won, he said this one was,
without a doubt, the loud-
est.
   “I don’t usually notice
the crowd, because I get
tunnel vision, but there was
a couple times it felt like a
wave of hot air from across
the gym,” Roper said. “Our
guys thrive on emotion and
energy, so everything is
more fun when you share
it.”
   “What a great support-
ing cast our fans were. This
is the best crowd and sup-
port with the fans, parents
and students. And that’s
really something special to
share it. It’s not our season,
our championship. It’s our
school’s and our town’s.”
Roper said.
   Ten seniors put on
their Lynden jerseys for
the final time on Saturday:
Whitman, Zamora, Marsh,
Elsner, Blake Silves, Carson
Bode, Eli VanderHaak, Da-
kota Baar, Carter Parcher
and Jacob Kettels.
   “I’m gonna miss the
heck out of these guys,”
Roper said. “But it’s their
time to go. It’s always time
to go on and be young men.
Their legacy is cemented as
basketball players. I know
they’re going to be men of
character who go on to be
great husbands, fathers,
employers. That’s what
we’re also excited about.”
   This group of Lions led
the team to a 26-1 season
that included a 23-point
win over 3A state cham-
pions O’Dea; a 26-point
win over 1A champion Zil-
lah; a 34-point win over
3A fourth-place team
Marysville-Pilchuck; and
a 27-point victory over 2A
runner-up Selah in the reg-
ular season.
  Zamora is already look-
ing forward to looking
back.
   “I can’t wait to get old
in about 20 years, have a
cup of coffee in the morn-
ing with these guys and talk
about our old memories,”
Zamora said. “That’s going
to be the best. I can’t wait.”
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PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Lynden topples 3A powerhouse O’Dea
Lions pour
it on early as
Whitman and
Zamora go off
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
   LYNDEN — It was
as close to “Hoosiers” as
you’ll get these days.
   Class 2A Lynden boys
basketball, located in a re-
mote farming outpost near
the Canadian border with
a population of 14,000 —
and shared enrollment be-
tween two schools — top-
pled Class 3A powerhouse
O’Dea, from inner-city
Seattle, 70-47 on Saturday
night at Jake Maberry Gym-
nasium.
  Athletic classifications
now prevent rural schools
from facing larger city
teams in the state playoffs,
but this non-league, regu-
lar-season clash of 2A and
3A elites would have made
Hoosiers’ coach Norman
Dale proud.
   The undefeated de-
fending state champion Li-
ons (8-0) smacked the No. 2
Fighting Irish from the get-
go, racing out to a 27-point
lead in the second quarter
on a flurry of 3-point shots
by senior wings Clayton
Lynden Christian junior Riley Dykstra drives in the paint against three
Ferndale defenders on Thursday. (Hailey Palmer/Lynden Tribune)
Lyncs control boards in
64-48 win over Ferndale
Sterk and
Hernanez lead
the way for still
unbeaten LC
By Hailey Palmer
for the Lynden Tribune
and Ferndale Record
   LYNDEN — A strong
defensive performance and a
well-executed offense paved
the way for the Lynden Chris-
tian girls basketball team to
notch its 34th straight win, a
streak dating back to Dec. 1,
2017.
   The Lyncs beat Fern-
dale 64-48 Thursday night
in a Northwest Conference
matchup at Lynden Christian
High School.
  Lyncs’ senior Grace
Sterk had a game-high 20
points on sizzling 10-of-13
shooting. Senior Isabela Her-
nandez scored 17 points to
go with eight rebounds, five
deflections and four assists.
   Ferndale senior Nicole
Guessford put up a team-
high 11 points for the Golden
Eagles on 50 percent shoot-
ing.
  Entering the game,
Ferndale had held five of its
eight opponents this season
to 40 points or less, but the
Golden Eagles couldn’t slow
down a Lyncs strategy that
controlled the boards. Lyn-
den Christian pulled down
41 rebounds to Ferndale’s 25.
   With the win, the Lyncs
stay in first place in the NWC,
Whitman and Christian
Zamora.
   “I looked up and we
were up 38-11 and I was
like, ‘What’s going on?’”
Whitman said. “I knew
they thought it was going
to be an easier game be-
cause they’re one of the top
teams in the state, and they
just played the top [Class
3A] team [Rainier Beach]
and lost by three.”
   Whitman and Zamora
scorched O’Dea’s defense
in the first half with long-
range precision. Whitman
was 3-of-6 from deep in
the first half and Zamora
hit 2-of-3 to help the Li-
ons stun the Fighting Irish
early.
   “We looked at it like
we just have to keep fight-
ing, come at them first,
punch them in the face first
before they can get some-
thing going,” Zamora said.
   O’Dea (4-2) had no
answer for the Lynden duo,
as Whitman erupted for a
game-high 30 points and 10
rebounds on blazing 13-of-
19 shooting, while Zamora
picked up 23 points on red-
hot 9-of-12 shooting.
  The Lions’ defense
shut down highly touted
O’Dea sophomore Paolo
Banchero, limiting him to
just nine points on 2-of-5
shooting from the field.
   Banchero, with his 6-9,
while Ferndale drops to
fourth.
   Early fouls and turn-
overs by Ferndale (7-2, 3-1
NWC) helped Lynden Chris-
tian (7-0, 4-0 NWC) jump out
to an early 10-2 lead before
the Golden Eagles took a
timeout to regroup.
    Lyncs coach Brady
Bomber said the final score
didn’t reflect how hard Fern-
dale was to play against.
   “It was tough,” Bomber
said. “Ferndale kept mak-
ing plays. They have a lot of
athletes. I thought we did a
pretty good job. Our shot se-
lection was really good and
I thought that allowed us
to weather some storms as
[Ferndale] made some plays.”
   The Lyncs carried their
fast start into the second
quarter, starting with a 10-1
run to cushion the lead.
Bomber said the plan head-
ing into the game was to beat
Ferndale on both sides of the
ball.
   “We really wanted to be
solid defensively,” Bomber
said. “We wanted to contain
and contest every shot. Fern-
dale is big and athletic. We
wanted to make sure we did
a really good job pursuing re-
bounds and chasing [basket-
balls] down in the air.”
   Ferndale wouldn’t ex-
actly go away quietly, how-
ever. The Golden Eagles
continually chipped away
at the deficit, but the Lyncs
put together timely runs to
widen the gap time after
time. Bomber said limiting
Ferndale offensively was key
Lynden senior Christian Zamora drives against O’Dea guard Calvin Thomas III during the Lions’ 70-47
win on Saturday. Zamora scored 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting. (Eric Trent/Lynden Tribune)
230-pound stature, is the
top-ranked recruit for the
2021 class in Washington
state and the fifth-ranked
recruit in the nation for his
class. He towered over Lyn-
den posts James Marsh and
to the win.
   “We didn’t give them
second chances,” Bomber
said. “We limited them to
one shot and got back. Even
when we weren’t scoring,
we were able to stay even for
long periods of time.”
  The Lyncs’ offensive
performance throughout the
night looked effortless. They
shot 47.4 percent from the
field and were able to find the
open player on most posses-
sions, while limiting Ferndale
to 35.8 percent shooting.
   Bomber said it was ex-
actly what he wants to see out
of his team each night.
   “On offense, we just
wanted to make sure we
made the simple play and got
great shots every possession,”
he said.
   Bomber said he and his
coaching staff are excited to
see where the rest of the sea-
son takes them.
  “We’re really pleased
with how we’ve done so far,”
Bomber said. “We’re getting
better every game. We’ve
got girls that are hungry to
improve and they love play-
ing together. So it’s fun to see
them play really hard, but
also for each other and be
great teammates.”
   Lynden Christian played
again Saturday against Todd
Beamer at the ShoWare Cen-
ter in Kent, and won 53-47.
Ferndale plays next in the
Cloud 9 Christmas Classic
(Lynden) at 4:45 p.m. Thurs-
day, Dec. 27, against Tahoma.
Dakota Baar, who are 6-4
and 6-5.
   The Lions pair ha-
rassed Banchero on every
touch of the ball, denying
him open looks and forcing
him into three turnovers.
To a higher level
Hope Jose-Day, a sophomore varsity wrestler for Ferndale’s boys and girls
teams, trained in Mexico over the summer. (Ashley Hiruko/Lynden Tribune)
Hope Jose-Day
of Ferndale is
wrestling also
against boys at
the 3A level now
By Eric Trent
sports@lyndentribune.com
   WHATCOM — When
Hope Jose-Day stepped in-
side the Tocho 5 wrestling
gym in Oaxaca, Mexico, in
July 2018, she didn’t know
what to expect.
   Jose-Day, 15, a soph-
omore at Ferndale High
School, traveled to Oaxaca
with her parents and two
sisters over the summer to
stay with her grandmother.
Oaxaca, located about 300
miles southwest of Mexico
City, is the Jose-Day fam-
ily’s yearly summer retreat.
   One of Hope’s sisters
was attending a gymnastics
club in Oaxaca for the sum-
mer, so Jose-Day asked the
coaches if there was a wres-
tling club nearby. They con-
nected her with the Tocho 5
gym, about two miles from
her grandmother’s house.
The coaches welcomed her
to stop by and join them to
train — for free.
  Thirty-eight wrestlers
ages 5 to 25 stared at her
Plus, Banchero had the
task of trying to lock down
Whitman.
   “We wanted to restrict
his space and put a body on
him on offensive rebounds
or any time he cut,” Lynden
as she walked in the door.
Jose-Day, who speaks both
English and Spanish, made
her way over to the group
and soon realized she was
the only person there who
spoke English.
   “At first I was really
scared, because I didn’t
know anybody from the
gym,” Jose-Day said. “I was
really nervous of what peo-
ple would think of me. A lot
of the girls didn’t like me.”
   The girls viewed her as
an outsider, Jose-Day said,
and they all thought she
was going to be the best
wrestler they’d ever seen
because she was from the
United States.
  The club members,
who came from all over the
country, included six na-
tional champions who are
among the best in Mexico,
Jose-Day said. One, Cris-
tian Santiago Perez, was
the 2015 Cadet Pan Ameri-
can freestyle champion.
   “Their wrestlers are
amazing,” Jose-Day said. “I
was not as experienced or
as good as them, but it real-
ly helped me because they
trained intensely.”
   Jose-Day, who wres-
tles for both the varsity boys
and girls teams at Ferndale
— in the 106-pound weight
class for boys and the 105
weight class for girls — is
no slouch. She’s only wres-
Classifieds • B4
coach Brian Roper said. “I
think the pace of the game
— it looked to me like he
got tired. Our kids are pret-
ty athletic, too. I think the
fact that he was trying
See Lions on B2
tled since eighth grade, but
trains five months out of
the year — three months
during the regular high
school season and two
more months for local
clubs in Washington state.
   She was no match
for the seasoned Mexican
wrestlers.
   “I came and they all
kicked my butt,” Jose-Day
said.
   They train in freestyle
wrestling, which is differ-
ent than folkstyle, the form
of wrestling used in U.S.
high school competitions.
Freestyle focuses on scor-
ing points, while folkstyle is
centered more on pinning
your opponent. She knew
almost nothing about free-
style when she entered the
club.
   “That’s another thing
that scared me,” Jose-Day
said.
   For the months of July
and August, she trained
with the Mexican club from
5 to 8 p.m. every day of the
week.
   Over time, she won
respect by her work ethic
and attitude, Jose-Day says.
She had humbled herself to
join them and learn their
style of wrestling, and they
recognized that.
See Jose-Day on B3
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Whatcom County SCOREBOARD Lions: Lynden boys show

High School Prep Sports inner-city Seattle not to
Action Dec. 18-24 underestimate rural schools
BOYS BASKETBALL
Burlington-Edison 81, Blaine 69
Lynden Christian 88, Mount Baker 47
Lynden 74, Anacortes 36
Bellingham 68, Nooksack Valley 48
Squalicum 62, Mount Baker 51
Lynden 79, Bellingham 36
Lakewood 80, Blaine 70
Burlington-Edison 72, Meridian 71
Lynden Christian 61, Ferndale 54
Sedro-Woolley 73, Nooksack Valley 63
Nooksack Valley 73, Coupeville 42
Lynden Christian 52, Wilson 44
Lynden 70, O’Dea 47
Meridian 78, Granite Falls 43
Oak Harbor 70, Bellingham 65

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Burlington-Edison 53, Blaine 41
Lynden Christian 51, Mount Baker 43
Lynden 62, Anacortes 38 Lynden senior Carson Bode pulls up for a jumper against O’Dea sophomore
Nooksack Valley 57, Bellingham 34 Jermaine Davis during the Lions’ 70-47 win on Saturday at Jake Maberry
Bellevue Christian 50, Meridian 49 Gymnasium. Bode finished with three rebounds and two points. (Eric Trent/
Lynden Christian 64, Ferndale 48 Lynden Tribune)
Lynden 77, Bellingham 51 Continued from B1 pounded the rock inside. minutes remaining in the
Anacortes 49, Sehome 45    “We came out hot. game, before the start-
Mount Baker 50, Squalicum 42 to guard Whitman affect- We came out firing,” ers were pulled for both
ed his offense.” Zamora said. “In the sec- teams.
Nooksack Valley 64, Coupeville 41
   The Lions took a ond half we were saying,    The Lions shot 53
Lynden Christian 53, Todd Beamer 47 21-point lead, at 46-25, ‘We might not be that hot, percent from the field,
Lynden 59, Bellevue 47 into halftime and nev- so let’s drive it in. Let’s held O’Dea to 42 percent
Mount Baker 61, Chief Sealth 30 er put their foot on the keep hitting them at the shooting and won the re-
brake in the second half. post.’” bounding battle. Lynden’s
They did switch their of-    It worked. The Lions zone defense, which they
BOYS WRESTLING fensive game plan, how- controlled the boards, were forced into due to
ever. Instead of riding finishing with a 28-18 early foul trouble, caused
Bellingham 42, Sehome 40 the perimeter shots that advantage. They built a 13 turnovers.
Mount Baker Invitational Dec. 20 carried them early, they 31-point lead with two    Whitman said the Li-
Storm Duals at Squalicum Dec. 18 ons came into the game
thinking they could po-
tentially win it, but even
with a 21-point lead at
the half they knew they
couldn’t let up.
   “Coming here, com-
ing so far away, I knew
they underestimated us a
little bit,” Whitman said.
“We came out so strong
they didn’t have time to
readjust.”
  Roper said he’s
proud of his team for stay-
ing disciplined against a
heavyweight like O’Dea.
  “Clearly our guys
brought their A-game,”
Roper said. “You can’t
simulate a game like this
in practice. Our kids capi-
talized on it.”

Celebrating those that help build

a better community!
Cheers to the
Volunteers Marie Andrews
Hungry and thirsty visitors to the Ferndale Heritage
Society’s annual Olde Fashioned Christmas event at Pioneer
Park in early December were greeted by smiling faces, tasty
cookies and piping hot chocolate.
Marie Andrews was one of those smiling faces. She was
born and raised in Ferndale, and the Ferndale Heritage Soci-
ety has remained a fixture in her life for a very long time.
“Pioneer Park is very special to us,” she said.
Andrews helped with the annual Olde Fashioned Christ-
mas about eight years ago, and her volunteer work with the
Heritage Society just kept going after that.
“It’s a really good organization,” she said. “Sometimes,
you just end up joining.”
Andrews said she has helped with just about every
annual Heritage Society event at one time or another. She
currently serves as treasurer for the society, and she recently
assisted in the kitchen for Olde Fashioned Christmas.
She sits in the various Pioneer Park cabins during the
summer Whatcom Old Settlers Picnic, and she helps with litter
pickup four times a year via the Adopt-a-Highway program on
Interstate 5 at Ferndale exits 262 and 263. She also assists with
the annual fashion show put on by Louise Sager.
“There’s always something you can do,” Andrews said.
She said the Heritage Society shows a great deal of cohe-
sion with its counterparts. Andrews explained that the city of
Ferndale owns Pioneer Park, the Whatcom Old Settlers Associa-
tion owns the cabins and the Ferndale Heritage Society keeps up
the artifacts. Each one’s function is essential to keeping the pop-
ular annual events up and running year after year.
When she isn’t volunteering with the Heritage Society,
Andrews works as an office manager for a construction company.
Her favorite part about volunteering is being able to pass the histo-
ry of Ferndale and Whatcom County on to the next generation.
“And with Olde Fashioned Christmas, it’s about the kids,”
she said.

Proud supporter
of individuals
that enrich our
community!
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Jose-Day: Training in Mexico changed her outlook

Continued from B1
   In Oaxaca, there are
a lot more girl wrestlers
than in the U.S., Jose-Day
said. About one-third of
the club consists of girls,
while in Ferndale it’s only
five girls out of 30 wrestlers
at the high school.
   That diversity helped
promote more of a fam-
ily atmosphere, Jose-Day
said, one of the biggest
cultural differences be-
tween Mexican and Amer-
ican wrestling.
   “The boys and the girls
worked closely together,”
Jose-Day said. “And there
“She’s always
asking
questions.
She wants
to put in the
said. “She wrestled with
a pretty good club down
there. Just seeing how hard
those kids worked, to be
that good. It made a switch
in her that said, ‘Hey, if I
want to be that good I have
to put in that work too.’”
   Back in Oaxaca, when
it came time for Jose-Day
to head home to Ferndale
in late August, the Tocho
5 members threw her a
going-away party.
   “When I left, we all
cried together,” Jose-Day
said. “I really enjoy how
close the team was and
how nice they were to me.
It’s not something I’ve ex-
perienced before here. It
was like a family. It was so
different than it was here.”
   After high school, she
plans to move to Oaxaca
to study agriculture, in-
Hope Jose-Day has a combined 15-6 record against boys and girls, so far,
this season, including a 5-4 record against boys and only two losses to girls.
(Ashley Hiruko/Lynden Tribune)
ternational relations and
politics. She feels there are
a lot of misconceptions
about Mexico, about it be-
ing a dangerous place full
of criminals. She wants to
bridge the gap and help
people learn not to be
afraid of the unknown.
   She took a chance
joining the gym in Oaxaca,
and she came out a better
person because of it, she
believes.
   “Training in Mexico
has really changed my out-
look, as a wrestler and as
a person,” Jose-Day said.
“If it wasn’t for them, I
wouldn’t be who I am to-
day. I think if anyone has
the opportunity to go visit
a new place, even if it’s
scary, they should go do
it.”

effort, she
wants to try,
she wants to
get better.
She never
quits.”
-Ferndale wrestling
coach Caleb Schlack
was a lot of sharing. That’s
one thing I learned — to
value your team.
   “It is like that here. We
all bond as a family here
[in Ferndale], but in Mexi-
co, culturally, family is a lot
bigger part of your life than
it is here. And that’s what
plays into the bonding that
goes on in Mexico.”
   The training in Mex-
ico has already paid off
on the mat, too, Jose-Day
said. They taught her a
move called “two on one”
of grabbing the opponent’s
arm with both hands in an
effort to take them to the
ground.
   “I’ve used that a lot
since I got back and beaten
people with it,” Jose-Day
said. “I’m so glad I got the
chance to wrestle in Mex-
ico.”
  Not only did the
Mexican training make
her physically stronger, it
improved her mental ap-
proach to the game. Push-
ing through the rigorous
training helped prepare
her for the gauntlet of boys
and girls tourneys this
winter back in Washing-
ton.
   Jose-Day has a 15-6
record so far this season
with Ferndale. Only two of
her six losses have came to
girls and she’s beaten five
boys. She has a 5-4 record
against boys this season.
She recently placed fourth
at the sixth annual Pride of
the Lady Lions girls wres-
tling tournament involv-
ing 38 teams in Lynden on
Dec. 15.
  She says wrestling
against boys helps pre-
pare her for her matches
against girls.
  “It’s such different
competition that it’s hard
to compare,” Jose-Day
says. “But wrestling boys is
definitely a lot harder than
wrestling girls.”
   She chose wrestling
because of the individual
aspect of it. It allows her to
improve in a way, as a per-
son and as an athlete, that
team sports don’t offer.
  “You’re the person
you’re competing against,”
Jose-Day said. “It’s always
about making yourself the
better player. That’s what
I really like about it; I’m
always doing my best to
make myself a better per-
son.”
   It’s rare for a girl to
wrestle for a varsity boys
team, Ferndale wrestling
coach Caleb Schlack said,
and even more so at the
Class 3A level. Jose-Day
wrestles for the boys team
because they don’t have a
106-pound boys wrestler
— but that’s not the real
reason why, he says.
   “I think she’d win the
spot anyway,” Schlack said.
“She’s been doing pretty
good for us. You don’t see
it very often. I think there’s
just a handful around.”
  Schlack says Jose-
Day’s tenacity and willing-
ness to learn and better
herself are her greatest at-
tributes, and these enable
her to compete and be
successful against boys.
   “She’s always asking
questions,” Schlack said.
“She wants to put in the ef-
fort, she wants to try, she
wants to get better. She
never quits.”
   The biggest change
Schlack saw in Jose-Day
when she returned from
Hope Jose-Day placed fourth in her class at
Mexico was a rise in her
motivation. the 2018 Pride of the Lady Lions girls wrestling
   “She saw what kind of tournament on Dec. 15, with 38 teams competing.
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