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Cole Bajema named Class 1A State Player of the Year

Cole Bajema named Class 1A State Player of the Year

Cole Bajema Photo: KPUG/Tessa McLeod


High school basketball all-state teams were announced Tuesday and as usual Whatcom County has fared very well. On the boys side, Lynden Christian star Cole Bajema has been named the Class 1A State Player of the Year. Nooksack Valley’s Casey Bauman received 1A honorable mention. In Class 2A Lynden’s Christian Zamora and Clayton Whitman are both first-team all-state.

On the girls side, Katrina Gimmaka of Nooksack Valley and Avery Dykstra of Lynden Christian both made the first-team in Class 1A. Isabela Henandez of LC was honorable mention.

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