Winter Sports Start Today, December 1st

The Boys Basketball team starts their season at Sedro Woolley while the girls basketball team is at home vs Mountlake Terrace. JV starts at 5:40, varsity at 7:30

Wrestling starts Friday at Snohomish with a double dual meet, and the boys swim team will be at Stanwood on Thursday.

The boys basketball home opener is Friday the 4th vs Glacier Peak.

The middle school boys basketball season starts Thursday with Mt. Baker MS visiting OHMS at 3:45pm. OHMS will host NWMS on Dec 9th (next Wednesday). Admission is FREE.

MS volleyball is starting to wind down the season, but still have plenty of opportunities to watch them for free. Anacortes is at OH on Tuesday the 1st and LaVenture is at NW on Thursday the 3rd. Admission is FREE.

Also starting this weekend is the WESCO youth boys basketball league. There will be a total of 8 games at OHHS this Saturday. The 5th and 7th grade teams play at 1:30 against Mt. Vernon and again at 4:10pm against Mountlake Terrace. The 6th and 8th grade teams play the same teams at 2:50 and 5:30pm. All games are FREE to the public.

BBB 2009-11-28 - JV/Varsity scrimmage

The OHHS boys basketball team put the finishing touches on their preseason practices by holding a JV/Varsity scrimmage in the OHHS gym on Nov 28th.

The JV played the first quarter tight. The Varsity took the lead, but JV hung in there and kept it close. After the 1st period break, though, the varsity found their comfort zone and dominated the rest of the game, defeating the JV squad 64-35.

The season starts Tuesday, Dec 1st with a game at Sedro-Woolley, then the home opener is Friday the 4th, with JV at 5:40 and varsity at 7:30.

Just a few photos from the game (13 total) are posted HERE.

Catching up with MS Volleyball

NWMS hosted Cascade on November 18th and Anacortes on Nov 24th. For some reason the photo link for the Cascade match was never posted, so they can now be found below.

As for the Anacortes match, things didn't go so well for North Whidbey. in 7th grade action, the scores were 13-25, 9-25 and 16-25. While the Cougar girls didn't win, they are showing improvement, getting better with each match played.

The 8th grade girls played 3 close sets. In the first, Anacortes squeaked out a 25-22 win, but NW came back to take the 2nd set 25-21. The final set went back and forth, until the Cougars took a late lead and were looking at match point, 24-19. Anacortes wasn't done, fought back to tie the set at 26, then went on to win the match 2-1 by taking the final set 28-28.

7th grade NWMS vs Cascade photos are HERE

7th grade NWMS vs Anacortes photos are HERE

8th grade NWMS vs Cascade photos are HERE

8th grade NWMS vs Anacortes photos are HERE

Youth basketball 11-21-2009

Again, both the 7-8 grade and 5-6 grade girls AAU basketball teams were in action on Saturday.

The 7th/8th grade team was up first at LaVenture Middle School against a small and inexperienced team from Orcas Island. Even with the regular starters on the bench, the Cats jumped to a 12-0 first quarter lead, and continued to dominate, finishing the game with a 43-8 score.

The 5th/6th grade team was at Skagit Valley College playing the Lakers. The Cats only had 4 players for the entire game, but the Lakers were essentially an elementary school team, with most of the girls in the 4th or 5th grade.

Even with only 4 players, the Cats were able to lead 10-2 at halftime. The 2nd half was a repeat of the first as Oak Harbor went on to win 20-4.

Some video clips of the two games are posted HERE.

Photos from the 7/8 grade team are HERE

Photos from the 5/6 grade team are HERE.

Powder Puff Football 11-20-2009

Friday night, Wildcat Memorial Stadium was the site of the annual Junior-Senior Powder Puff flag football game. It was windy and cold, but at least it wasn't raining.

It wasn't a high-scoring contest, but it was an exciting game. Most plays were running plays and a significant number of plays lost yardage. There wasn't a lot of passing due to inexperience at QB and also because of the wind.

Even though both teams started moving the ball late in the game, regulation time ended in a 0-0 tie. Just before regulation ended, the seniors had the ball on the 27 with a 4th down and 5 seconds on the clock. Coach Josh Higbee was about to put Erin Neilon in to kick a field goal, but a penalty on the seniors moved the ball out of her range.

Overtime was a Kansas City tiebreaker, with each team getting 4 plays to score from the 10 yard line.

The juniors went first, and after some hard running my Millie Goebel, the team came up just over a yard short of the goal line.

Then it was the seniors turn. They were also turned away on the first 2 plays, and on 3rd down from the 3, tried a mass surge, but the team was flagged for aiding the runner at the 1 yard line. The Junior team elected to accept the penalty, making it 3rd and goal from the 6 instead of 4th and goal from the 1.

Lauren Rico got the handoff, ran around the left end, squeezed through two players who were unable to grab her flag, jumped over another tackler and rolled into the end zone for the score.

Final - Seniors 6, Juniors 0 in overtime.

166 photos from the game and more are posted HERE. These photos are free to download to your computer so you can photoshop, crop or post to Facebook. If you want to order prints, you can at Shutterfly's wholesale rates.

Middle School Volleyball

Oak Harbor Middle and North Whidbey Middle school both saw a lot of action last week in volleyball.

In addition to Monday's added NW/OH match, on Tuesday the OHMS team traveled to Mt. Baker, on Wednesday Cascade MS was at NWMS, and On Thursday it was another OHMS/NWMS matchup.

Wednesday's NW/Cascade match was quite exciting. The 7th grade team was up first, and the Cougar girls kept it close for most of the match. There were 5 lead changes and the game was tied 5 other times. Late in the first game, though, with the game tied at 13, Cascade went on a service spree and won the first game 25-19.

In game 2 the 7th graders got an early 4-2 lead, but Cascade crawled back. Again, the game was tied at 13, but this time it was NWMS that got hot from the serving line, earning 5 straight points, and winning the game 25-22.

Now that they were loose, the Cougar 7th graders opened up game 3, dominating Cascade and winning the game 25-19 and the match 2-1.

In 8th grade action, the girls fell behind in game 1, at one point spotting Cascade a 4-point lead, but they fought back to tie the game at 14. NW then gave up 3 straight service aces to Cascade, but rallied and tied it again at 18. A kill followed up by a service ace by NW's Celine Gross put the Cougars up by 3, 21-18. Then, after a service error by Cascade, it was game point for NW, 24-21. Cascade wasn't giving up and tied the game at 24, and was able to get a service ace, then a NW error ended the game with Cascade winning 26-24.

In game 2, the girls sprinted to an early 7-3 lead then built it to 12-6 and later 15-9. Cascade still wasn't ready to give up and held on to win 25-21. A high point in game 2 was the 3 service aces served up by Tiffany Kepner.

Game 3 ended early as time ran out.

Two video clips from the 7th grade match and two from the 8th grade match have been posted, along with clips from the OHMS match against Burlington last week.

Video clips are posted HERE.

Middle School Volleyball 11-16-09

On Monday afternoon was the first of 4 meetings between the North Whidbey Middle School Cougar and the Oak Harbor Middle School Panther volleyball teams.

Unlike most matches where the 7th grade team goes first then the 8th grade team, both 7th and 8th graders played at the same time, with the object being to get in as much volleyball as possible in the time allotted.

Each team got in at least 6 full games before it all ended, and all the girls got substantial playing time.

Since there are already photos of the OHMS volleyball team in action, all of Monday's photos are of the NWMS teams.

26 NWMS 7th grade photos are posted HERE.

73 pictures of the 8th grade NWMS girls are HERE.

Girls AAU basketball 11-14-2009

Since there weren't enough girls to form separate teams, Oak Harbor is fielding only two girls AAU teams in the winter SWISH league in Mt. Vernon. One is a combined 5th and 6th grade team, the other a combined 7th and 8th grade team.

If anyone knows of any middle school girls who would like to play basketball, I'm sure either coach would be more than happy to add to the team's depth chart! The 5/6 grade team is especially short of players. Contact coach Gary Brundidge (sarjesgm@comcast.net) for more info.

The 5/6 grade team played two games early Saturday morning and scores aren't available.

The 7/8 team played just one game in the late afternoon against Coupeville, and it wasn't much of a contest. Oak Harbor jumped out to an early 14-0 lead and led 19-6 at the half. The 'Cats continued to build their lead, finishing on the top end of a 36-12 score. Individual stats aren't kept at this level.

41 images from the game are posted HERE.

Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling 11-14-2009 at Lynnwood

The Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling team competed in a Tournament at the new Lynnwood High School on Saturday, and on Sunday there was a Novice (1st and 2nd year wrestlers only) tournament at Arlington HS.

Complete results aren't yet available, but the Wildcat wrestlers fought hard and showed great sportsmanship.

Sorry, no photos from Sunday's novice tournament, but there are 47 images from Saturday's Lynnwood tournament posted HERE.

Where are they now?

There will be a nice article by sports editor Jim Waller in Saturday's Whidbey News-Times (Nov 14th) about former OH and Coupeville players competing at the college level.

The article covers just fall sports, and he will cover winter and spring sports once those seasons begin.

You can read the entire article online by clicking HERE.

Middle School Volleyball 11-10-09

The middle school volleyball season kicked off with both Oak Harbor and North Whidbey Middle Schools in action. The 7th grade team plays for 60 minutes, getting in at least 3 games and usually 4. 8th grade girls play for an hour and 15 minutes, usually good for 4 games as well.

North Whidbey traveled to LaVenture MS in Mt. Vernon. There, the 7th grade girls lost the first game, won the 2nd, but fell in the 3rd. The 8th grade team won 2 games to 1, and according to Coach Brockett "The girls played great!". She was really happy with their performance.

The OHMS Panthers were at home against Burlington.

The 7th grade team won game easily behind some great serving, 25-9, but after that Burlington got their serving in gear and won the next two game 25-6, 25-7. Coach Pullen saw some good things from the girls but also saw some things they need to work on in practice.

Before the 8th grade game some of the girls looked over at Burlington and commented in a worried way about how good they looked. Coach Molitor brought the girls together and addressed that feeling, and whatever she said worked, as the 8th grade team won the match 2-1. The first game was very close, but the Panthers pulled out a 26-24 win. Game 2 was all Panthers as they won 25-15. Game 3 went to the Tigers 15-25. Since there was still time left, they played a 4th game, which OHMS won 25-21.


59 photos, including team photos, have been posted HERE.

There are 74 photos of the 8th grade match here.

Cross Country complete state results

At mentioned in an earlier post, Tyler King, Oak Harbor's lone boys entry finished 5th with a time of 15:33. "TK" is a junior and will be back next year for a shot at state champ.

Addy Royal was the first Wildcat across the line for the girls, finishing in 36th place with a time of 19:47. Next was Allison Duvenez, then Jessica Denmon, Abby Leete, Taylor Von Grey, Ariel McCarter and Christina Wicker.

As a team the girls finished 15th in the state. On the plus side is only one of the girls on the state team is a senior, so the future is looking good for OHXC.

Youth football playoffs

Back on Halloween, all 7 OHYFL football teams were in playoff games. By the end of the night there were only two - The PeeWee Bobcats and the Midget Cougars.

Both teams were in action on Sunday the 8th at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

First up at 10am were the Bobcats, facing off against Burlington-Edison. Burlington scored first, but in the 2nd quarter the Bobcats responded with two TDs of their own. Burlington scored once more before the half to tie the game 14-14.

The Bobcats scored first in the 2nd half but missed the PAT. They scored again, and attempted a kick PAT (worth two points in youth football to encourage kicking). The kick was good and the Bobcats were ahead 28-14. The Tigers closed to within a TD as the 3rd quarter ended, the score 28-21.

The 4th quarter was wild, with a total of 5 touchdowns. Burlington was first, knotting the game at 28, then it was Bobcats 34-28, then 34-34, then Burlington went ahead 40-34 with just 14 seconds left in the game.

Oak Harbor was able to get the ball down to around the 40 yard line with 1.6 seconds left. The Bobcat runner dodged several tackles, the clock went to 0:00, and the runner crossed the goal line with the ball in his hands. 40-40 was the score now, and the PAT could win the game.

The Bobcats lined up and with a second effort got the ball across the line and into the end zone to win the game 41-40.

The very last game of the day was the Cougars with a scheduled start time of 4:45. When the dust settled, the Cougars were also advancing, winning 20-14.

49 images from the Bobcat game are posted HERE.

Youth Wrestling - 11/07 @ NWMS

The youth wrestling season kicked off Saturday with the annual Salute to the Veteran tournament hosted by the Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club at North Whidbey Middle School.

19 clubs from as far away as Yakima and Ellensburg traveled to Oak Harbor for the tournament. The Wildcat club finished in 2nd place overall with 14 points, just 1 point shy of winner Team Scorpion.

The Wildcats entered 34 wrestlers and 6 won first place in their division, 5 were in 2nd place and 6 in 3rd place.

A good job for the first tournament of the season.

Complete details can be found at the Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling site

109 photos of wrestlers in action are posted HERE.

Winter sports schedules

The OHHS Winter sports schedules are now posted below. The competitive cheer schedule isn't posted to the school website yet.

All dates and times are subject to change with little notice.

Again, the girls basketball team will be hosting their annual Santa Slam tournament during Christmas Break, so make sure you come cheer on the girls.

Also, the boys basketball team is continuing their series of games against Coupeville. This years' game will be held at Coupeville HS.

Middle school 2nd season schedules are posted below

Volleyball - 7th grade starts at 3:45pm, 8th grade at 5pm. All games are free for spectators.

Nov 10 - B-E at OHMS, NWMS @ LaVenture
Nov 12 - Cascade at NWMS, OHMS @ LaVenture
Nov 17 - OHMS at Mt. Baker, NWMS - bye
Nov 19 - NWMS @ OHMS
Nov 24 - Anacortes @ NWMS, OHMS @ Cascade
Dec 1 - Anacortes @ OHMS, B-E @ NWMS
Dec 3 - OHMS @ BE, LaVenture @ NWMS
Dec 8 - NWMS @ Mt. Baker, OHMS - bye
Dec 9 - NWMS @ Cascade, OHMS - bye

Boys basketball - 7th grade starts at 3:45pm, 8th grade at 5pm. All games are free for spectators.

Dec 3 - Mt. Baker @ OHMS, NWMS @ LaVenture
Dec 7 - OHMS @ Anacortes, B-E @ OHMS
Dec 9 - NWMS @ OHMS
Dec 14 - Anacortes @ NWMS, OHMS @ LaVenture
Dec 16 - B-E @ OHMS, NWMS @ Mt. Baker
Jan 7 - OHMS @ Mt. Baker, NWMS - bye
Jan 12 - Mt. Baker @ NWMS, OHMS - bye
Jan 14 - LaVenture @ OHMS, NWMS @ Cascade
Jan 19 - NWMS @ Anacortes, OHMS vs B-E @ Allen Elementary School.

OHHS wrestling schedule 2009-2010

All home wrestling matches are held in the OHHS gym. JV matches start at 5:45pm, varsity at 7pm. The one excecption is the first meet, a double dual, which will have a JV start time of 5:30pm.

Dec. 4 Kamiak/Mariner/Snohomish/OH (Double Dual) at Snohomish
Dec. 09 @ Mountlake Terrace
Dec. 15 Snohomish
Dec. 17 Everett
Jan. 6 @ Arlington
Jan. 8 @ Stanwood
Jan. 12 @ Marysville
Jan. 19 Cascade HS
Jan. 21 Monroe
Jan. 28 @ Lake Stevens

The below events are all tournaments. Varsity tournaments all start at 10am and conclude some time after 6pm in most instances.

Dec. 12 Varsity Spud Wally Invite @ Sedro Woolley HS 10:00
Dec. 12 JV Panther Classic @ Snohomish HS 10:00
Dec. 19 Graham Morin Memorial Tournament @ Squalicum HS 10:00
Dec. 19 JV Everett Gold Metal Tournament @ Everett 9:30
Jan. 2 Lynden Duals Wrestling Tournament @ Lynden HS 10:00
Jan. 2 Arlington JV Wrestling Tournament @ Arlington HS 9:00
Jan. 9 Everett Classic @ Everett HS 9:30
Jan. 16 Kelso Invitational @ Kelso HS 10:00
Jan. 23 Tahoma Mat Classic @Tahoma HS 10:00
Jan. 23 Cavelero Colts Classic JV Championship @ Cavelero Mid-High 9:00

OHHS Boys Basketball 2009-2010 schedule

All home games are played in the OHHS gym complex. Freshman and JV start times are 5:40pm with varsity starting no earlier than 7:30pm.

Dec. 1 @ Sedro Woolley
Dec. 4 Glacier Peak
Dec. 8 @ Burlington Edison
Dec. 11 Cascade
Dec. 15 @ Snohomish
Dec. 17 @ Everett HS
Dec. 18 Lake Stevens
Dec. 21 @ Coupeville H.S.
Jan. 5 Arlington
Jan. 7 @ Stanwood HS
Jan. 12 Marysville
Jan. 14 Monroe
Jan. 19 @ Cascade H.S.(9th @ Evergreen MS)
Jan. 22 Snohomish
Jan. 26 Everett
Jan. 29 @ Lake Stevens(9th @ Cavelero MH)
Feb. 2 @ Arlington H.S.
Feb. 5 Stanwood
Feb. 9 @ Maryville H.S.
Feb. 11 @ Monroe H.S.

Girls Basketball 2009-2010 Schedule

All home games are held in the OHHS gym. JV and Freshman games start at 5:40pm with varsity start times no earlier than 7:30pm.

The lone exception is the annual Santa Slam tournament which has varying start times. As of now, the following teams are expected to play in the tournament: Anacortes, Kentridge, Eatonville and Arch Bishop Murphy

Dec. 1 Mt. Lake Terrace
Dec. 3 @Bellingham HS - 9th @ Whatcom MS
Dec. 11 @Cascade - 9th @ Evergreen MS
Dec. 14 Snohomish
Dec. 16 Everett
Dec. 18 @Lake Stevens - 9th at Cavelero Mid High
Dec. 30 Santa Slam Tournament
Dec. 31 Santa Slam Tournament
Jan. 5 @Arlington HS
Jan. 7 Stanwood
Jan. 11 @Marysville Pilchuck - 9th @ Cedarcrest MS
Jan. 13 @Monroe HS
Jan. 20 Cascade
Jan. 22 @Snohomish H.S.
Jan. 27 @Everett H.S.
Jan. 29 Lake Stevens
Feb. 3 Arlington
Feb. 5 @Stanwood
Feb. 8 Marysville Pilchuck
Feb. 10 Monroe

Boys Swim 2009-2010 Schedule

All home meets are at the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool and start at 6pm. There is no admission fee for watching swimming.

Dec. 3 Stanwood @ Stanwood - Team Fitness Sports Club 3:00
Dec. 7 Jackson 6:00
Dec. 9 Meadowdale/Lynnwood @Lynnwood Pool 2:45
Dec. 14 Snohomish/Glacier Peak 6:00
Jan. 6 Everett 6:00
Jan. 9 District One 4A Diving @Anacortes 2:00
Jan. 13 Cascade 6:00
Jan. 16 District 1 Diving @Kamiak 10:00
Jan. 19 Burlington Edison/Sedro Woolley @ Mt. Vernon YMCA 2:30
Jan. 21 Lake Stevens @Lake Stevens HS 3:15
Jan. 23 Dist. One Diving @Anacortes 2:00
Jan. 26 Mt. Vernon @Mt. Vernon (YMCA) 2:30
Jan. 27 Marysville Pilchuck 6:00

Cross Country

Tyler King, a junior from Coupeville who runs on the OH team finished 4th at the State Championships Saturday in Pasco. Good job.

On the girls side, no times are available, but word is that Addy Royal finished in 59th place.

Varsity football 11-5 at Edmonds

It wasn't pretty. Let's just leave it at that.

On to winter sports!

Varsity football 10-30 at Marysville

It was another wet, windy night of football, and like every other team in WESCO this year, the Wildcats were unable to stop the Tomahawk running game.

Oak Harbor got the ball first, and facing into the wind from their own 20, ran the ball out to midfield on runs by Donovan Hunt and Zack Ayer and a catch by Josh Sayre, but with the ball at the MP 45, just couldn't get any further. The 'Cats wound up punting into the wind, resulting in a net 8-yard kick.

MP's first play started at their own 38 yard line and ended at the Wildcat 38, and five plays later it was 7-0 in favor of Marysville.

Again starting at their own 20, the Wildcats fumbled on the first play, giving MP the ball at the OH 31. The 'Cat defense stiffened, leaving MP with a 4th and goal from the OH 14. The Tomahawks elected to try a field goal, but it was wide left.

For the 3rd time in the game OH started on the 20, this time with 2:58 left in the 1st quarter. A Brad Farnum reception brought the ball to the 28, then a Hunt run gave Oak Harbor a first down. The officials tacked on another 15 yards as a Marysville player grabbed Donovan's face mask. Hunt then ran the ball down to the MP 45, then caught a pass at the 12 yard line. A flag was thrown on the play as Donovan was thrown to the ground well out of bounds, so it was 1st and goal at the 6 for Oak Harbor when the first quarter expired.

OH QB Luke Felkner had a pair of passes batted away, so the Wildcats settled for a field goal, closing the score to 7-3 with 11:14 to go until halftime.

Marysville started their next drive at their own 28 and although Oak Harbor was able to get a sack, the MP line broke the runner free on 2nd and 13 at the MP 35 and OH wasn't able to tackle him until he was at the OH 18. On the next play Marysville ran it in for their 2nd score of the night, but the kick failed. 8:45 left in the 2nd, MP 13, OH 3

Oak Harbor recovered the MP squib kick at their own 31 yard line, then Brad Farnum caught a pass at the MP 46. Again, Felkner had two passes batted by MP defenders, then a Hunt run was unable to gain any yards so the Wildcats punted from the 46.

This Marysville drive lasted 7 plays but the result was the same - 6 points for the Tomahawks. Now with 4:37 left it was 21-3 in favor of MP after the 2-point conversion.

The Wildcats punted on their next possession, after a pass to Farnum that appeared to be a catch was knocked loose by a really hard hit by the MP defender. Brad was very slow to get up, but just had the wind knocked out of him and returned later in the game.

MP took over on their own 28 and drove into OH territory, but a team tackle by Rashaad Smith and Jason Curles slowed them down. Later, Nick Rouser was able to get a hand up and deflect a Tomahawk pass and it was intercepted by Judd Ford who returned it to the OH 33.

With just 59 seconds left in the half, Felkner threw passes to Mike Washington, Jr., Josh Sayre and Josh Higbee, bringing the ball to the MP 17 with 12 seconds left. The first down play was an incomplete pass and on 2nd down Felkner couldn't find an open receiver and ate the sack.

At the end of the play, the scoreboard read 0:00 and Marysville was headed to the locker room, but OH was able to call a timeout before time expired, and the Tomahawks had to come back on the field with 1 second on the clock. Felkner's pass looked on target in the end zone, but the MP defender was able to get good position in front of the OH receiver and intercepted the ball, ending the half. MP went to the locker room leading 21-3.

Marysville started the 2nd half with the ball on the MP 38, and their drive lasted only 19 seconds. Unfortunately, it was another Austin Denton run that ended in the OH end zone.

OH started their next possession on their own 34, but a Felkner to Farnum pass moved it to the MP 35. A Hunt reception then brought the ball to the MP 10. After an incompletion, short run and sack, it was 4th and goal from the MP 20. On the 4th down play Felkner scrambled right, then left before finding Farnum wide open at the back of the end zone for Oak Harbor's first touchdown of the night. It wasn't what anyone would call a pretty play, but it was a score. Ryan Fakkema's kick was good to make the score 28-10 with 9:25 to go in the 3rd quarter.

The Tomahawks punted on their next possession after running just 3 plays and the OH offense was at work again with 7:06 to go on the OH 32. The Wildcats marched down to the MP 32 after a long catch and run by Josh Higbee but the drive stalled and the 4th down attempt resulted in a sack after a bad snap.

It was another score for MP after the OH kickoff, after only 3 plays. The first was a run to the OH 31, the second a pass to the OH 7 the third a scoring run. 3:46 left in the 3rd, OH 10, MP 35.

Another interception ended the next Wildcat drive at the MP 49, and the Tomahawks took advantage of it with their second 1-play scoring drive of the game, a 51-yard run.

Down 42-10, but not out, the Wildcats scored on their next drive, aided by a key MP penalty. OH started on their own 45 and a Washington catch made it 2nd and 6 at the 49. Felkner's pass was incomplete, but a 15-yard flag was tossed on the Tomahawk defense, moving the ball to the MP 38. There, Josh Higbee got open and eluded his pursuers to reach the end zone. A flag was dropped on Oak Harbor during the play, but was ruled to be after the score. The flag was for unsportsmanlike conduct and resulted in OH kicking off from their own 25 yard line.

MP ran two plays and the 3rd quarter ended with MP in the lead 42-16.

Starting the final period, MP fumbled the ball and it was recovered by OH at the MP 43, MP got yet another interception, this one at the MP 32.

This Tomahawk drive lasted 10 plays, but at the end of it the score was now 49-16 for MP with 6:14 left in the game.

After a nice return by the Wildcats kick return team, the offense got the ball at the MP 40. Another personal foul flag on MP put the ball on the MP 23 and a Josh Higbee catch put it at the 9. Two plays later Zack Ayer took the ball in from the 2 yard line. Fakkema's PAT kick into the wind bounced off the upright leaving the score at 49-22.

MP punted again after 3 plays. The kick was fielded at the 24 by Josiah Miller and he didn't go down until he was across midfield and down to the MP 42. Now with just 43 seconds left in the game Felkner tossed the ball to Higbee who darted and dodged his way to the end zone. Again the PAT kick missed.

Marysville took a knee after getting the kickoff with only 28 seconds left to end the game with a 49-22 win.

Several highlight videos are now posted HERE.

The Wildcat varsity team has one final game, a Thursday night crossover game against Edmonds-Woodway at Edmonds Stadium.

Monday's JV game vs MP was canceled as is Wednesday's freshman game.

Cross Country - girls team going to state!

At South Whidbey High School Saturday afternoon, the OHHS girls cross country team showed that depth is important.

The highest placing OH runner was Allison Duvenez, who finished in 6th place with a time of 19:34, followed closely by Addy Royal in 19:38. (the winning time was 18:58)

What did it for the Wildcats was the race run by Christina Wichers. She passed several runners late to capture 28th place, and gave Oak Harbor the one extra point they needed to get third place and the trip to Pasco. Jessica Denmon finished in 44th place, and Abby Leete, recently back from an injury was 48th.

For the boys, only Tyler King qualified for state on an individual basis, finishing in 6th place. His time was 16:41. As a team the boys finished in 9th place.