Nooksack Valley High defeated Blaine High 46-10 in their 1A Northwest Conference football opener on Friday night.
Coach Craig Bartl said his team left more on the field due to penalties, missed blocks, and missed assignments, adding, 'We are our own worst enemy.'
Automated checks compare the headline, summary and each body passage with the saved source. A checkmark records the model’s assessment; readers can inspect the quote. Source: original document ↗
Nooksack Valley opens conference play with blowout win over Blaine — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:10:19 +0000 Blaine's Dmitriy Shvorak is tackled by a pair of Nooksack Valley defenders on Oct. 2 as the Pioneers won 46-10 at Nooksack Valley High. ( Nick Zeller-Singh /Cascadia Daily News) EVERSON — Despite a 46-10 home victory against Blaine in its 1A Northwest Conference football opener Friday night, Nooksack Valley walked away feeling it had left more on the field. “There are a lot of things that I think we need to get better at to be at the level we want to be,” Nooksack Valley coach Craig Bartl said. “It is good to have the victory, but we are not satisfied with that.” Penalties, missed blocks and missed assignments caused frustration through the night, Bartl said. On the Pioneers’ second drive, running back Tyler Martin had a near 70-yard touchdown run called back for a holding penalty. “We are our own worst enemy,” Bartl said. The Pioneers (5-0, 1-0 NWC 1A) bounced back when Treven Scheenstra scored a 4-yard rushing touchdown to make it 7-0. On Blaine’s following possession, quarterback Connor Brown threw a pick-six to Martin, who returned it 30 yards for the 14-0 lead. “We got to tighten things up, but our defense is playing pretty good right now,” Bartl said. Evan Leyerly and Martin also intercepted two more passes in the night, with no returns. Scheenstra scored on an 8-yard rush, and Martin had a 29-yard touchdown catch to end the first quarter with a 27-0 lead. In the second quarter, tight end AJ Woodrich caught a 1-yard pass to extend the lead to 33-0. Nooksack Source: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/oct/02/nooksack-valley-opens-conference-play-with-blowout-win-over-blaine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nooksack-valley-opens-conference-play-with-blowout-win-over-blaine ‘Fledgling’ editor sees birding’s big picture — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000 CDN lifestyle editor Sophia Gates takes her chances with warbler neck as she stretches to survey the very top of the trees along Samish Crest Trail. Aubudon board members Steven Harper and Sue Parrott showed Gates that birding requires you to be attuned to your surrounds. ( Santiago Ochoa /Cascadia Daily News) I closed my eyes for a moment as my companions paused on our walk along the Samish Crest Trail in Bellingham. Bird enthusiasts Steven Harper and Sue Parrott, my guides for the morning, were looking up. (Yes, Parrott’s surname is on the nose, though she notes it’s spelled with two t’s). High-pitched trills filled the air. As our conversation went quiet, I felt completely surrounded by bird calls as though I was alone in the forest. I suspect Harper knows the feeling. Before we set out, he told me that people sometimes ask him whether he’d rather only see or only hear birds. He enjoys listening to them so much, he said, “sometimes I’d say I’d rather listen to the birds than see the birds.” We were exploring the wooded trail in advance of Bellingham Bird Week . The six-day stretch of free events, organized by North Cascades Audubon Society and Audubon Washington, begins Monday, Oct. 5. Locals wanting to get in touch with Whatcom County’s avian life can attend a bird drawing session, take their kids to bird-themed story times, rally friends for bird trivia and more. They can also cast their vote for the “official bird of Bellingham.” Harper and Parro Source: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/oct/02/fledgling-lifestyle-editor-finds-birding-is-not-just-life-lists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fledgling-lifestyle-editor-finds-birding-is-not-just-life-lists Supreme Court candidates make nonpartisan pitch at Bellingham forum — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:41:04 +0000 Washington State Court of Appeals judge Ian Birk, left, and King County Superior Court Judge Sean O’Donnell, right, have collectively raised upwards of $800,000 in a race that could shift Washington's Supreme Court rightward. ( Finn Wendt /Cascadia Daily News) Th
The Bellingham Wire is free. Get Bellingham's news delivered every morning.