Youth Soccer 5-30 @ Ft. Nugent Park

Just one more week left in the spring soccer season, but there was no letup in effort on the field.

There were some close games and some not so close games, but all the kids seemed to be having fun in the sun.

The BU-8 Silver Surfers beat the Green Rattlesnakes 8-5, and over 100 photos from the game can be found HERE.

The GU-10 Blue Lightning, sponsored by P&L General Contractors beat the Blue Monkeys, sponsored by the Oak Harbor Soroptimist International 8-1, with 70 photos posted HERE.

A very close game was the Green Goalbusters and the Blue Sonics. It was back and forth for the full hour, but the Goalbusters were able to pull off a 2-1 victory. 100 photos can be found HERE.

Finally, the Blue Knights went up against the Green Extreme Slyjaws from Anacortes and played to a 2-2 tie. 73 images are HERE.

Track - State Meet

Shantae Young and Allison Duvenez were the two OHHS representatives to the state track meet that finished Saturday.

Allison qualified in the 300m hurdles and finished 15th overall with a time of 47.64

Shantae competed in 3 events. She ran a 12.8 in the 100m dash prelims but finished 15th and did not move on to the finals.

In the field events she did well, finishing 8th in the long jump at 16-11.5 and 7th in the triple jump at 36-3.

Allison is a sophomore this year and Shantae is a junior, so both women will be back next year.

Golf - State tournament

OHHS sent a total of 3 golfers to the State tournament this year, two boys and a girl.

Senior Phil Reedy made the cut in the first round, and going into the finals was tied for 2nd place.

He finished the tournament in 6th place.

Sophomore Judd Ford shot an 88 on the first day and did not make the cut.

Junior Ashley Johnson shot a 93 on the first day and also did not make the final cut.

Both Johnson and Ford intend to play again next year for OHHS and both plan to return to the state tournament.

Track 5-22 - District 1 championships

Two girls from Oak Harbor High School are headed to the state track meet next weekend at Mt. Tahoma High School.

Junior Shantae Young is the District 1 champion in the long and triple jumps, and will also be running in the 100m dash (she was 2nd at Districts).

Going with Shantae is sophomore Allison Duvenez who finished 2nd in the 300m hurdles.

There were 10 other girls at the district meet who although are not going to state, still turned in great performances.

Freshman Christina Alexander made it to the finals of the 100m dash and finished in 8th place.

Sophomore Janessa Ramos finished 8th overall in the 200m dash.

Freshman Maura McKole ran the 400m dash, finishing 5th overall with a PR time of 1:02.92.

Sophomore Addy Royal was 4th overall in the 800m, followed by teammate Claire Trepanier in 12th and a PR 2:28.85.

The girls 4x100 relay team, composed of (according to www.athletic.net) McKole, Ramos, Alexander and Young finished 4th overall and the 4x200 relay, which featured the same girls, but with Hope Thompson in place of Young finished 6th overall.

In field events, sophomore Amanda Alvarado threw the shot 32-1.25, good enough for 12th place, and freshman Dominique Jackson (DJ) was in 14th with a throw of 31-4.

Senior Becky Freeman added nearly 3 feet to her previous best in the discus, finishing in 12th place with a toss of 88-3.

Senior Alicia Christianson finished in 8th place in the pole vault, clearing 8 feet for the first time this season.

Finally, senior Hope Thompson finished up her track career with a new personal best in the triple jump of 32-7.5 and 10th place in the district.

Moving to the boys results, Senior Stephen Lewis finished 6th overall in the 100m dash and 5th in the 200m dash.

Freshman Josiah Miller ran in the 200m prelims, but finished 17th overall and didn't move on to the finals.

Senior Josh Duhrkopf and sophomore Cody Klauer ran the 800 meters, but only Duhrkopf moved on to the finals. Even though he didn't make it to finals, Cody set a new PR with a time of 2:05.13. In the finals, Josh broke through the 2 minute barrier for the first time this season, finishing in 7th place with a PR 1:59.62.

The boys had 2 relay teams entered in the district meet. The 4x100 team finished 5th and the 4x400 team finished 8th.

Finally, OHHS had 4 athletes entered in the triple jump. They were led by senior Greg Goebel who set a new PR with a jump of 41-6.75, good enough for 7th place. Also jumping were freshman Michael Mack (12th), junior Rashaad Smith (15th), and junior Dillon Peterson (17th).

Track 5-20 District 1 meet, day one

Oak Harbor athletes competed in a total of 16 events at the first day of the District 1 track meet at Shoreline Stadium.

For the boys, the 4x100 relay team finished in 3rd place with a time of 44.13 and the 4x400 relay team was 8th in 3:36.12.

Individually, Stephen Lewis finished 6th overall in both the 100 and 200m dash while freshman Josiah Miller was 17th in the 200.

Josh Duhrkopf was 6th in the 800 and Cody Klauer was 10th, just 3 1/2 seconds behind Josh.

Dejon Pruitt didn't have a good day and was unable to clear the starting height.

The girls 4x100 relay finished 2nd in 50.78 and the 4x200 relay was 7th with a time of 1:50.51.

Individually, Shantae Young was crowned District 1 champ in the long jump with a distance of 17-6.25. Shantae was also 4th in the 100m dash, tying her personal best of 12.79.

There were two freshmen from the girls team at the district meet: Christina Alexander (8th in the 100m dash) and Maura McKole (5th in the 400m dash). Christina set a new PR in her race - 13.27.

Janessa Ramos, Adrianna Royal and Allison Duvenez represented the sophomore class, with Janessa 8th in the 200m dash, Addy 4th in the 800 and Allison 9th in the 100m hurdles and 2nd in the 300m hurdles.

Rounding out the girls events on day one were senior Claire Trepanier, finishing 12th in the 800 with a new PR (2:28.85), and senior Becky Freeman in the discus. She finished 12th overall, and added 3 feet to her previous best, tossing the disc 88-3.

The meet continues Friday at Shoreline Stadium.

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Middle School Track 5-18 @ OHHS

The final regular middle school track meet was held at Wildcat Memorial Stadium last Monday.

Of note: 8^th grader Naomi Walker set a new school record in the long jump.

A variety of photos are posted HERE.

Here are the Wildcat United scoring results:

100m hurdles

7G – Chelsea Atkinson – 19.29 – 4^th

8G – Madeline Mosolino – 18.45 – 4^th

8B – Ryan Gilman – 17.78 – 1^st

8B – Sam Schultz – 18.29 – 2^nd

8B – Chris Pingol – 18.47 – 3^rd

100m dash

7B – Carlton Johnson – 12.28 – 1^st

7B – Anthony Fitzgerald – 13.07 – 5^th

8G – Naomi Walker – 12.69 – 1^st

8G – Ashley Everett – 13.56 – 2^nd

8G – Jember Jansen – 13.97 – 5^th

8B – R. Gilman – 12.7 – 2^nd

8B – Allen Hills – 12.88 – 3^rd

200m dash

7G – Makenzi Schulle – 30.65 – 1^st

7G – Jackie DeJesus – 31.64 – 4^th

7B – C. Johnson – 26.37 – 1^st

7B – Julian Faralan – 29.12 – 2^nd

7B – Emmett Basaca – 33.83 – 5^th

8G – N. Walker – 27.29 – 1^st

8G – A. Everett – 29.06 – 3^rd

8G – Jalani Bobo – 29.75 – 4^th

8B – Devon Loftin – 24.63 – 1^st

8B – James Kurfis – 26.69 – 2^nd

400m dash

7G – Savannah Wilson – 1:15.27 – 2^nd

7B – Antonio Unpingco – 1:10.66 – 1^st

8G – J. Jansen – 1:09.99 – 2^nd

8G – Christina Wicker – 1.11.94 – 3^rd

8G – Mckenzie Schneider – 1:14.85 – 4^th

8G – O’Jinae Welch – 1:15.94 – 5^th

8B – D. Colton – 57.59 – 1^st

8B – John Kaltenbach – 1:07.75 – 4^th

8B – Matthew Jensen – 1:10.54 – 5^th

800m run

7G – Olivia Meyer – 2:46.37 – 1^st

7G – Alexandria Laiblin – 2:47.19 – 2^nd

7B – Brendan Bristow – 3:01.19 – 5^th

8G – Hannah Kagey – 2:53.88 – 2^nd

8G – Carlie Ann Kenny – 3:27.09 – 5^th

8B – Kiefer Hermann – 2:44.44 – 4^th

8B – Jackson Knoll – 2:47.00 – 5^th

1600m run

7G – O. Meyer – 5:53.25 – 1^st

7G – A. Laiblin – 5:58.19 – 2^nd

7B – Jimmy Ullrich – 6:13.11 – 2^nd

7B – E. Basaca – 6:17.00 – 3^rd

7B – B. Bristow – 6:22.09 – 4^th

8G – C. Wilder – 6:23.59 – 3^rd

8G – C. Kenny – 7:31.90 – 5^th

8B – Pedro Basaca – 5:35.79 – 1^st

8B – J. Kaltenbach – 5:45.64 – 3^rd

8B – J. Knoll – 5:52.18 – 5^th

4x100m relay

7G – DQ

7B – 54.34 – 1^st

8G – 55.06 – 1^st

8B – 51.31 – 1^st

4x200m relay

7G – 2:17.15 – 2^nd

7B – 2:15.36 – 1^st

8G – 2:12.97 – 2^nd

8B – 1:55.03 – 1^st

Shot put

7B – J. Ullrich – 27-5 – 4^th

8G – Hannah Salmons – 25-10 – 4^th

8G – Dahnyelle Counts – 25-9 – 5^th

8B – Jack Frantz – 34-7.5 – 4^th

8B – Dayne Herron – 34-5 – 5^th

Javelin

7G – M. Schulle – 66-3 – 1^st

7G – Jamielee Estrella – 59-11 – 2^nd

7G – J. DeJesus – 56-1 – 4^th

7B – J. Ullrich – 89-11 – 2^nd

7B – Anthony Alexander – 75-2 – 5^th

8G – J. Bobo – 66-7 – 4^th

8B – Spencer Matthews – 105-9 – 2^nd

8B – Brian Sutherland – 98-3 – 3^rd

Discus

7B – Trevor Sanders – 64-9 – 4^th

7B – A. Alexander – 64-0 – 5^th

8G – Elizabeth Adkins – 72-0 – 1st

8B – Keaton Dieter – 74-7 – 2^nd

8B – J. Frantz – 69-0 – 3^rd

8B – London Cook – 54-8.5 – 4^th

8B – Jeremy Alonzo – 55-10 – 5^th

High jump

7G – Faith Franssen – 4-2 – 1^st

7G – Ashley Johnston – 3-10 – 4^th

7B – A. Fitzgerald – 4-10 – 1^st

8G – C. Wicker – 3-10 – 1st

8B – S. Schultz – 5-1 – 1^st

8B – R. Gilman – 4-11 – 2^nd

Long jump

7G – O. Hunt - 15-7 – 1^st

7B – A. Fitzgerald – 17-2 – 1^st

8G – N. Walker – 16-10 – 1^st (new school record)

8G – Joem Evangelista – 14-4 – 4^th

8G – A. Everett – 14-2 – 5^th

8B – D. Loftin – 15-11 – 2^nd

8B – L. Cook – 13-9 – 3^rd

8B – J. Kaltenbaugh – 13-8 – 5^th

Track 5-15 - WESCO League championships

The 2009 WESCO North track championships were held at OHHS on Wednesday and Friday, May 13^th and 15^th.

Friday saw finals in all the sprint races, along with a number of other events. When all was said and done, only one Wildcat was crowned league champion.

Junior Shantae Young won the 100m dash in convincing fashion, beating her opponent by over a tenth of a second. It was somewhat of an unusual race in that only 2 of the 8 runners were seniors. There were two sophomores and even a freshman in the race. Shantae’s time of 12.79 was a new personal best for her. She was equally dominant in the triple jump where she leaped 36-2.5, over a foot further than her nearest competitor. Shantae also finished 2^nd in the long jump.

For the boys, the top competitor was Stephen Lewis. He was fighting off some illness and finished 2^nd in the 100m and 3^rd in the 200, but will be moving on to the district meet.

Other top 3 finishers were:

Greg Goebel – triple jump – 3rd

Adrianna Royal – 800m – 2^nd

Allison Duvenez – 300m hurdles – 2^nd

Girls 4x100 relay – 3^rd

Complete results can be found HERE.

Just 15 photos, mostly of pole vault and high jump, are posted HERE.

Softball 5-14 vs Arlington

It was a nice, sunny day for the final softball game of the 2009 season at Hillcrest Elementary School in Oak Harbor, where the Wildcats faced off against the Arlington Eagles.

It was not a happy day in the JV dugout, as both Coach Show and Coach Roy will not be back next year. Show is retiring from the Navy and returning to Florida, and Coach Roy will be going to North Carolina.

Pitcher Emily Hunt pitched all 7 innings, recording 10 strikeouts. Kasie Brown was 2-4 at the plate with a double and 2 RBIs, but it wasn't enough as the Eagles won 6-4.

After his last game, coach Showalter said "I really expect the JV team of 2009 to compete for a lot of open spots on varsity next year". He also expects the team to finish in the upper half of WESCO next year. In closing, he wanted to say "thanks for all your support".

Before the varsity game, each of the 5 seniors were introduced along with their parents. Leaving the team are seniors Kim Mowbray, Kayla Ratliff, Lauren Miller, Kendra Wallace and Kaylee Meders. Coach Weikle said that the team "is going to miss their leadership".

Arlington won the game 7-1. Relief pitcher Whitney Osborn struck out 4 batters over 4 innings and held the Eagles to 2 runs during that time, but the Wildcats left 5 players stranded on base.

Sisters Kim and Nikki Mowbray were both 2-3 at the plate with Kim scoring the only run.

Photos of the game and senior ceremonies are posted HERE.

Track 5-13 - League meet prelims

Talk about nasty weather! It was cold, windy and rainy Wednesday afternoon for the 1st day of the WESCO North league meet at Oak Harbor High School. The weather was so bad that the pole vault competition was canceled for the day.

Not all events were held, as some were finals only and will be held on Friday.

Even with the poor weather, there were still some good performances.

Stephen Lewis was the only Wildcat to win an event in a tie. Lake Steven's Tyler Reside had an identical time, but Lewis is listed as first place. Stephen finished 2nd in the 100m dash by just .07 second, and coming from behind in the 4x100 relay, almost pulled out the victory, missing by one one hundredth of a second!

For the girls, Shantae Young finished 2nd in the 100 and long jump and Allison Duvenez finished 2nd in the 300m hurdles.

Addy Royal won her 800m heat and finished 3rd overall.

Other top-10 finishers:
100m - Josiah Miller - 8th
200m - Janessa Ramos
800m - Josh Duhrkopf - 5th, Cody Klauer - 10th, Claire Trepanier - 9th
1600m - Duhrkopf - 10th
100m hurdles - Duvenez - 9th
4x100 Relay - Girls 6th
4x200 Relay - Girls 7th
4x400m Relay - Boys 5th, Girls 7th
High Jump - Dejon Pruitt - 10th

Full results are now available at athletic.net

82 photos are posted HERE.

Girls Tennis 5-13 - WESCO North meet - update 5-16

At Arlington High School, the top 6 OHHS players were all in action. In this tournament, if you lost in the first round, you were eliminated.

Jen Jansen faced off against Cascade's Jessica Willmorth and won the first set 6-3. Jen lost the 2nd set 5-7, and in the 3rd couldn't get things going and fell 1-6.

#2 Erin Neilon beat Snohomish's #2 7-5, 6-0.

The #1 doubles team of Molly Deleon and Cady O'Dell lost their first set 3-6 and were up 3-1 in the 2nd when the match was called on account of rain.

On Day 2, (Thursday) Erin faced off against a REALLY good (like almost pro level!) exchange student from Germany (Antonia Liebenow) and fell 6-0, 6-2.

Deleon and O'Dell could not pull off the win, and the #2 doubles team of Laurin Rico and Valerie Loder lost their first match and were eliminated.

In Erin's 2nd match of the day she was in the consolation round, facing Marina Messerli of Stanwood. Erin dominated the match, winning 6-2, 6-0.

Erin went back on Friday, still fighting for a spot in the district tournament. Her first match was against the Snohomish #1 Natalie Kaltbrunner. Erin says "It was a tough match, but I won 7-6(12), 2-6, 7-5."

Having won her first match of the day, Erin went to play Cascade's Jessica Wilmorth for a 3rd place spot, but Wilmorth was too much for her and Erin finished the tournament in the #4 spot.

She'll play next on Wednesday at Jackson High School at 1pm, facing off against the WESCO South #1 singles player Eliane Baik of Kamiak.

The top 3 from the District tournament move on to State.

Boys Golf 5-13 - WESCO North championships

The boys golf team was at The Walter Hall Golf Course in Everett on a blustery and wet day for the league championships. As a team the boys finished in 6th place.

The top 3 OH golfers all finished within a stroke of each other. Phil Reedy scored a 79 while Judd Ford and Matt Fikse both had a 79. Brandon Kenworthy scored an 87 and Logan White 101.

Girls Golf 5-12 - WESCO North meet

While Everett won the WESCO North meet with a Stableford score of 254, Oak Harbor did well, scoring 205 points for 5th place.

Melanie Cone was the top Wildcat with a score of 48 over 18 holes. Also shooting in the 40s were Ashley Johnson (45), Simone Hamilton (43) and Shelbey Hamming (40). Mara Cortez shot a respectable 29, which beat 4 of the 5 Arlington golfers.

Track 5-6 - JV Championships @ Snohomish

A large group of JV athletes gathered at Snohomish stadium for the WESCO JV Championships. This meet combined the WESCO north and south, with 14 teams for the boys and 13 for the girls.

While the women's team didn't post any winners, there were a number of top-10 finishes.

Bri Peterson, Katelyn Schneider and Jesy Groebli finished 6-8-9 in the 100m dash and Schneider and Groebli were 6-9 in the 200.

The 400 featured a couple of prominent OHHS swimmers. Senior swimming teammates Carolyn Vasquez and KeriAnne Wright finished 6th and 12th with junior Katelyn Schneider splitting them in 7th place.

Senior Becky Freeman threw the discus 70-7 - good enough for 2nd place, and finished 3rd in the shot put. Wright also threw the discus, finishing in 8th.

The final top-10 finishers were Schneider and Mariah Koontz in the long jump. Katelyn was 5th and Mariah 10th.

The boys won 4 events. Jason Curles won the 100 and 200m dash, Dejon Pruitt the high jump and Josh Higbee the long jump. Higbee was also 2nd (by 0.1 seconds) in the 100 and 4th in the triple jump, and Pruitt was 10th in the long jump.

Kevin Richards did well in the hurdles, finishing 5th in the 300 and 6th in the 110.

The boys 4x100m relay finished 7th.

And finally, Dillon Peterson was 7th in the triple jump.

Track - 5-4 - Freshman Championships @ Arlington

On Monday, May 4th, the WESCO North Freshman championship track meet was held at Arlington High School, and OHHS had a number of top-10 finishes.

On the boys side, Josiah Miller won both the 100 and 200m dash, was a member of the winning 4x100 meter relay, and finished 4th in the long jump.

Matt Reith was first in the 3200 and 1600, and 3rd in the 800.

Michael Mack, Chris Opdyke, Justin Everett and Jalen Williams were 7-8-9-10 in the 100m dash.

In the 200, Justin Everett was 3rd, Chris Opdyke 8th and Jalen Williams 9th.

Chris Opdyke was the only Wildcat in the 400, finishing 3rd.

Michael McGinnis was 9th in the 800m run.

Justin Everett was 3rd in the shot put, Chris Steele 5th in the discus, Cody Hernkind 10th in the long jump and Michael Mack 3rd in the triple jump.

The girls had only 1 winner, Maura McKole in the 200m and 400m dash. Maura was 7th in the 100m.

Christina Alexander was 2nd in the 100 and 3rd in the 200. She also finished 4th in the triple jump and 6th in the long jump.

Emily Bain and Heather Dale finished 8-9 in the 800, and Taylor VonGrey and Bain were 8-9 in the 1600.

Hannah Bressler was 5th in the 100m hurdles and 4th in the 300m hurdles.

DJ was 2nd in the discus and 3rd in the shot put while McKole finished 6th in the high jump.

Youth Soccer 5-9 @ Ft. Nugent

Yet another busy day of soccer on the Ft. Nugent Park fields Saturday morning.

The Blue Monkeys and Green Kryptonite, both girls U-10 teams had an exciting game. The Kryptonite dominated in the 1st half, going up 3-1, but after an inspiring halftime speech from the coach, the Blue Monkeys came out in the 2nd half on fire, and a late goal gave them a 5-4 win.

92 photos from the girls game are posted HERE.

In boys U-10 games, the Green Extreme Slyjoz beat the Black Widows 5-2 and the Blue Knights won over the Grey Pirates 8-2.

122 Extreme Slyjoz - Black Widow photos are HERE

79 Knights - Pirates photos are HERE.

In boys U-8 action, were were at two games, the Green Goalbusters vs the Silver Surfers and the Blue Sonics vs the Maroon Thunder Pirates.

117 images from the Goalbusters - Silver Surfers game are posted HERE.

93 photos of the Thunder Pirates vs the Blue Sonics can be found by clicking HERE.

Softball 5-7 @ Stanwood

The OHHS Softball team went to Stanwood on May 7th to face an undefeated Spartan team, and found out why Stanwood has not lost any games. The Spartans won the game 16-0.

HOWEVER

The JV game had some fireworks as well. Pitcher Emily Hunt struck out 11 Stanwood batters, gave up only 2 walks and 3 hits as the Wildcats won the game 28-1.

Nichelle Trumbull was 3-7 with 3 RBIs, scored 3 runs and stole 5 bases.
Kasey Roberts was 3-4 and scored 6 runs
Kasie Brown scored 3 runs and had 3 stolen bases
Alyssa Siwa went 2-3 with 4 RBIs
Shelby Kirk was "only" 3-6, but drove in 5 runs
Brittany Johnson was 3-4 and scored 5 runs.

The softball team finishes up their season on Thursday the 14th at Hillcrest Elementary, making up a rained out game against Arlington. All the seniors will be presented before the game so come down and cheer on the girls!

Girls Tennis 5-7 vs Snohomish

There wasn't much to cheer about at OHHS after the girls tennis team finished playing the Snohomish Panthers.

The Panthers came in with an 11-3 record, and although they won 5-2, it could have easily gone 4-3 for the Wildcats.

#1 and 2 singles, Jen Jansen and Erin Neilon both won, although Erin had to go into a tiebreaker in the 2nd set before winning 7-5.

Molly Deleon lost the 1st set in a tiebreaker 7-5 score and the 2nd set by a close 6-4 score. After her match, the Snohomish coach sought her out to compliment her on her play.

At #4 singles, Katie O'Dell took her opponent to a 3rd set before falling 4-6 and at #1 doubles, the team of Laurin Rico and Valerie Loders went into tiebreaker in the 1st set before losing 7-6(2), and couldn't get back into it in the 2nd.

Over 100 photos are posted HERE.

Girls Golf 5-7 at Battle Creek GC

The OHHS varsity golf team squeaked out a close win over Lake Stevens Thursday afternoon at the Battle Creek Golf Course.

The Wildcats were led by medalist Melany Cone with 39 Stableford points. She was followed by Simone Hamilton and Kara Stratton with 30 each, Ashley Johnson with 28 and Shelbey Hamming with 22.

In the 15 holes played, the OH girls scored a total of 149 points, just 3 more than the Vikings. Cascade was a distant 3rd with 50.

Boys Soccer 5-6 vs Lake Stevens - Senior Night

It was senior night and the final game of the season last Wednesday as the Oak Harbor Wildcat boys soccer team faced off against playoff-bound Lake Stevens, whom the Wildcats beat 2-1 on April 17th.

Jack O'Neil has a couple of great saves in the first half and continued to be perfect throughout the game as the Wildcats won 2-0.

Michael Shevchuk scored first on a Kevin Flavin assist in the 69th minute, the Greg Wolfe scored an unassisted goal with less than 5 minutes left in the game.

The JV team didn't fare as well. The score was close throughout the first half, but Lake Stevens scored 3 quick goals to open a lead too big to overcome.

Over 100 photos of the JV and varsity teams in action are HERE.

Photos of Senior Night activities are posted HERE.

Middle School track 5-5 at OHHS

Since I don't have a listing of all the names of the athletes correctly spelled, there may be one or two misspelled names. If you find one, please send an email to oakharborsportsreport@comcast.net so it can be corrected right away.

Oak Harbor Middle School and North Whidbey Middle School have a combined track team, known as “Wildcat United”, and the team held their first home meet Monday at Oak Harbor High School against Stanwood Middle School. Although the meet got off to a late start as there were not enough adult volunteers to help with all the events, things ran smoothly from then on.

The 8^th grade boys team was very successful in the sprint races. In the 110m hurdles, Wildcat United went 1-2-3 with Sam Schultz in 1^st, followed by Gilman and Herron. The boys also finished 1-2-3 in the 400, led be Devon Loftin with a blistering 54.99 time, Benz and Schultz close behind.

In addition to sweeping the 110 hurdles and 400m, Wildcat relay teams won both the 4x100 and 4x200m relays, Cheseboro won the 100m dash in a quick 11.99 seconds (Hills was 3^rd) and Loftin was the winner of the 200m dash.

Other scoring finishes for the 8^th grade boys were: Pedro Basaca (3^rd in the 1600), Hermann (3^rd in the 800), Herron (2^nd in the shot put), Sutherland (3^rd in the javelin), and in the high jump, Schultz was 2^nd and Gilman 3^rd.

While the boys did well in the track events, Stanwood dominated in the field events and showed some depth in running to win the meet 60-49.

The 8^th grade girls won the 4x100 and 4x200 relays and were winners in 6 other events. The girls had 1-2-3 finishes in the 100m dash (Walker, Everett, Jansen), 1600m run (Wicker, Kenny), 400m run (Jansen, Wicker, Wiser) and high jump (Wicker, Wiser, Fransson).

In other events, Evangelista and Duhrkopf finished 2-3 in the 100m hurdles, Kenny was 3^rd in the 800m run, Walker and Landingin were 1-3 in the 200m dash, Counts was 3^rd in the shot put and Walker and Evangelista 1-3 in the Long Jump.

The final score for the 8^th grade girls was 63-45 in favor of Wildcat United.

The 7^th grade girls squeaked out a 56-52 win. Stanwood picked up the most wins, but WU used their depth to pick up points in the 2^nd and 3^rd place positions.

The girls did have a 1-2-3 finish in the 100m hurdles, with Atkinson, Wilson and Estrella finishing in that order. Other winners were Meyer in the 800 and 1600m run, Franssen in the high jump, and the 4x200m relay.

Wildcat United gathered points in the 100m dash (Ruben 2^nd), 400m dash (C. and A. Robles 2^nd and 3^rd), 200m dash (Ruben and Schulle 2^nd and 3^rd), Shot Put (Winfield and Vallee 2^nd and 3^rd), Discus (Amster 3^rd), Javelin (Estrella and Schulle 2^nd and 3^rd) and Long Jump (Hunt 2^nd).

Finally to the 7^th grade boys. Wildcat United won 10 of 13 events to finish the meet with 64 points to Stanwood’s 44 points.

The 100m and 200m dash and high jump were each 1-2-3 finishes for WU. The 100m dash had Johnson, Fitzgerald and Sams in order, the 200m dash Johnson, Jensen and Sams, and the high jump Fitzgerald, Sams and Jensen.

Other winners were the 4x200 and 4x100m relay teams, James in the 110m hurdles, Basaca in the 800, Ullrich in the shot put and javelin and Fitzgerald in the long jump.

In addition to the 1-2-3 finishes, WU also had two other 2^nd and 3^rd place finishes. Unpingco finished 3^rd in the 400m dash and Faralan was 3^rd in the long jump.

A variety of photos (177 total) are posted HERE.

Youth Soccer 5-2 at Ft. Nugent Park

It was a good day for soccer in Oak Harbor as hundreds of kids took to the fields for their weekly Saturday morning soccer games.

The first game covered was a U-8 boys game between the Purple Huskies and Blue Sonics. At this level a goalie is added, and increasing emphasis is put on team soccer rather than individual skills.

Photos from the Huskies-Sonics game are posted HERE.

Next was a Girls U-10 game between the Blue Monkeys, sponsored by the Oak Harbor Soroptimists and coached by Melanie Majorie and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, coached by Tabitha Fields. All the girls on both teams got a lot of playing time, but in the end it was the Blue Monkeys on top 6-1.

Over 100 images of the Monkeys-Chili Peppers game are HERE.

Finally, the green Kryptonite went up against the Central Whidbey Werewolves from Coupeville and sponsored by Compass Manual Therapy. The Werewolves came ready to play, but outstanding goal play and great offense by Kryptonite allowed them to win the game 6-0.

128 images of the Werewolves-Kryptonite game are HERE.

Baseball 5-1 vs Lake Stevens

The OH baseball team gave up 3 runs in the top of the 2nd, but scored one in the 1st inning and 2 more in the 2nd to tie the game at 3, and at the end of 7 innings, the score was still tied.

In the top of the 8th, the Viking were able to rip out 4 runs, and in the bottom of the 8th, the Wildcats could score only 1 man, and were on the short end of the 7-4 score.

16 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Softball girls win 2nd game! 5-1 vs Lake Stevens - update 5-3

The OH softball varsity girls knocked in 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning in an exciting come-from-behind win over the Vikings at Hillcrest Elementary School last Friday afternoon.

Junior Nikki Mowbray was 2-3, with both hits home runs, scoring 3 runs. Pitcher Kayla Ratliff also hit a home run to drive in another 2 runs.

In the outfield, Kim Mowbray recorded 5 putouts, including a highlight-worthy catch where she tripped and fell going for the ball but still managed to catch the ball for the out.

Coach Weikle said "we had a great game - the first time this season started the game in the hole and came out on top".

The JV team also had a come-from-behind victory. The girls scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th to take the lead then held it through the top of the 7th. Coach Showalter said "Reilly Sanderfur hit a single with runners on 2nd and 3rd to put the Wildcats ahead by 1 and Kasie Brown followed that up with a RBI single to put us up by 2".

The softball teams have two more home games this year. Next Wednesday the 6th against Arlington, then Senior Day on the 11th vs Marysville.

56 photos of the JV and Varsity teams are posted HERE.

Track 4-30 @ OHHS and 4-27 JV @ Stanwood

It was a absolutely beautiful day Thursday at OHHS for the last regular-season meet of the year. The good weather was a factor as many OHHS athletes continued to excel.

Junior Shantae Young, who jumped just under 16-5 last Saturday at South Whidbey did a lot better Thursday, leaping an incredible 17 feet 7 inches. Shantae also won the triple jump and 100m dash and was a member of the winning 4x100m relay. Shantae's performances in the two jumping events places her in the top 10 in state for 4A schools.

Stephen Lewis set PRs in both the 100 and 200 meter dash, cutting a quarter-second from his best 200 time. Freshman Josiah Miller set new PRs to finish 5th overall in the two races.

John Duhrkopf is closing in on the 2:00 mark in the 800, needing to shave just under two seconds to make it. Junior Michael Reith, back after a long absence, PR'ed with a 2:11.89, and his brother, Freshman Matt, dropped 4 seconds off his mile time.

Senior Brooks Waller cut another 2/10th of a second off his 110m hurdle time, finishing third. Brooks has cut over a second off his time from the first meet of the year. Teammate Kevin Richards had new PRs in both the 110 and 300m hurdles.

Senior Sean Welch added over 5 feet to his personal best, throwing the javelin for 140-10 and 3rd place. Senior Cody Church threw 93-0, Tobi Wilhelm 88-2 and James Middleton 97-7, all new personal bests.

In addition to Shantae Young's winning triple jump performance, senior Hope Thompson set a new personal best by jumping 32-3, good enough for 2nd place.

Junior Mariah Koontz, new to the track team, long jumped 11-9.5, her best for the year, and sophomore Janelle Yoshimoto leaped 15-3 for a new personal best.

Sophomore Jessica Foster and senior Erin Buch both set new personal records in the javelin, with Jessica throwing 48-10 and Erin 59-11.

Freshman Dominique Jackson "DJ" to her friends, set new records in both the shot put (30-7) and discus (93-0). DJ has really improved in the discus this year, from her opening week throw of 59-6 to her current 93-0. She's won the event outright twice this year.

Sophomore Allison Duvenez won the 300m hurdles (again). She's run the race 4 times this year, and has been the winner each time. She also set a PR with a time of 46.86. She finished 2nd in the 100m hurdles, but had a PR of 17.15.

Freshman Taylor VonGrey had a great 3200m race, finishing 4th with a PR time of 13:28. That's nearly 20 seconds better than her previous best.

Ariel McCarter had a PR in the 1600m, running in 6:20 and freshman Emily Bain also had a PR with a time of 6:12

Senior Carolyn Vasquez set a PR in the 400, lowering her time to 1:09 and freshman Maura McKole was 2nd overall with a PR time of 1:03.13

Overall, both the boys and girls teams finished the meet in 2nd place. The Lake Stevens boys dominated with 102 points to Oak Harbor's 42 and Arlington's 37. The girls side was much closer, with Arlington scoring 69.5 points, just 1.5 ahead of OH. Lake Stevens was a distant 3rd with 50.5.

The track team gets the next two weeks off, preparing for the league championship meet on May 13th and 15th at OHHS.

In the meantime, the middle school track team will be holding multischool meets at Wildcat Memorial Stadium on May 4th. Admission is free.

Nearly 200 photos from the high school meet are now posted HERE.

Freshman baseball 4-29 vs Lynden Christian

The below update was received from Coach Day.

"...we lost to Lynden Christian 5-3 on Wednesday night. Pat Hageman pitched well and struck out several batters. In the end, several errors were too much to overcome. Mitch Mertins had two singles and an RBI. We did have a bit of a surge in the top of the 7^th. We scored one run on three hits but left runners on 2^nd and 3^rd to end the game.

Our game last night with Mr. Baker was cancelled by them in order to cut costs. Our last game will be at home on Tuesday against Sedro-Woolley."

Come out next Tuesday and cheer on the future of OH baseball!