Track 2010-03-24 at OHHS

The first home track meet of the season was held at Oak Harbor High School Wednesday afternoon. The girls won their 18-event side of the meet, scoring 88.5 points to Stanwood's 75.5 and Cascade's 24. Things were reversed on the boys side as Cascade and Stanwood dominated. Cascade was on top with 72 points, just .5 ahead of Stanwood. Oak Harbor scored 36.5.

As would be expected early in the season, there were many personal bests set at the meet, and some were very impressive.

In the 100 meter dash, senior Jason Curles finished 2nd in 11.8 seconds, .3 seconds faster than is previous best. Jason also cut .65 seconds off his 200 meter time, finishing 3rd.

Although he didn't set a PR, Chris Opdyke won a close 400 meter dash, finishing just .07 seconds better than 2nd place.

Senior Matt Bolte dominated the 800 meter run, finishing in a time of 2:00.78, nearly 10 seconds better than his best time from 2009 and nearly 8 seconds in front of the 2nd place runner. Connor Meyer finished in 7th but cut his time by 16 seconds and all the other OH runners also set PRs - Crebbin, Lucas Salmons, Thomas Honeycutt and Nate Miller.

Other PRs for the boys were set by Aaron Boesch in the 100, Jalen Williams and Noel Cheeseboro in the 200, Josh Crebbin and Mike Kincy in the 400. In the 1600, John Kartenbach, Honeycutt and Salmons all PR'd.

In field events, Terry Rawls and Austin Church both set new records in the shot put, with Rawls improving by over 7 feet to 38-6 and Dakota Sinchak and Zach Wallace both improved by over 9 feet in the javelin.

The jumpers also showed improvement. Derrick Clarit finished 3rd in the long jump while Andy Haag, Sam Schultz and Spencer Matthews all improved. Haag and Andrew Hernkind set PRs in the triple jump.

The girls had several 1-2-3 finishes on the day let by senior sprinter/jumper Shantae Young who won 3 individual events and was in the winning 4x100 relay.

In the 100 it was freshman Naomi Walker and Christina Alexander behind Young and Janessa Ramos finished 4th. Walker also went on to win the 200 meter dash.

Addy Royal finished 1st in the 800 meter run and finished 2nd in the 1600. Behind Royal in the 800 were Hannah Bressler, Christina Wicker and Bri Petersen, all with new PRs.

Junior Allison Duvenez continued her dominance in the hurdles races, winning both the 100 and 300m races. She won the 100 by nearly a second and the 300 by over 3 seconds.

In addition to winning the 4x100 relay, Oak Harbor also won the 4x400 relay. It was quite a race Maura McKole catching up to the Stanwood runner near the end of her lap then Adrianna Royal took the lead on the final turn.

PRs were set in running events by Walker in the 100 and Janelle Yoshimoto in the 200. In the 800, 3 of the 4 girls set PRs - Hannah Bressler and Bri Peterson improved their times by 6 seconds, and Christina Wicker cut a second of her best. Freshman Joem Evangelista cut .6 seconds off her 100 hurdles time, lowering it to 19.01.

In field events, Wildcat women were 1-2-3 in both the long jump and triple jump. Young won both events with PRs and in the long jump was followed by Walker and Janelle Yoshimoto. In the triple jump it was Nicki Mowbray and Allison Bristow in 2nd and 3rd with freshman Chylan Bass in 4th.

Amanda Alvarado finished 3rd in the shot put and Mowbray 1st in the high jump - she beat her nearest opponent by 4 inches - quite a bit for high school jumping! Dominique Jackson (DJ to her friends) finished 2nd in the discus.

In addition to her 3rd place finish, Alvarado set a PR with a put of 32-9. Freshman Danielle Teasley also set a PR at 24-1. DJ threw the discus 93 feet - 10 feet further than her previous best and Elizabeth Adkins and Carlie Olson added 5 feet to their PRs.

In the Javelin, freshman Ciera Wiser finished in 8th place but was ecstatic with her effort. She threw 87-6, which is EIGHTEEN FEET further than her throw last week! Hers wasn't the only double-digit improvement as Mowbray threw 92-10 to add 13-3 to her PR. Nikita Ford and Tatiana Cumming also set PRs in the javelin.

Over 200 photos, in event order, are posted HERE.

Girls basketball 2010-03-22 Spring League

The OHHS girls basketball team started their spring league season at Skagit Valley College in Mt. Vernon last Monday.

While there are two teams, a "JV" and a "Varsity", both teams are made up of the same girls, and all are current freshmen with the exception of 3 sophomores and one 8th grader.

The first game, in the JV bracket, was against South Langley in Canada. It was a close game and was tied several times late, but S. Langley was able to get one extra point to win 34-33.

The 2nd game, in the varsity bracket, was against Mt. Baker HS and the Wildcat girls just couldn't seem to get the ball in the basket. It was 17-1 at the half and wound up losing 31-4.

40 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Girls tennis 2010-03-22 vs Stanwood

On Monday the 22nd, the OHHS Tennis teams faced WESCO powerhouse Stanwood with the JV at home and the varsity away.

At Stanwood it was a 6-1 slaughter with Erin Neilon at 2nd singles the only OH winner, and it took her 3 sets before winning 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Clarissa Abadesco at 4th singles also went 3 sets but lost 5-7, 6-1, 2-6.

At OHHS, the JV girls performed admirably. While the singles players were 2-2 for the day, the doubles players stepped up and won all their matches for a 5-2 team win.

In singles, the winners were Kelli Travenetti (6-2, 6-2) and Kim Smith (6-0, 6-2). While Cassie Gianino and Kristen Shiels didn't win, the both went into tiebreaker. Cassie's score was 6-4, 3-6 (5-10) and Kristen was 6-3, 4-6 (8-10).

In doubles, the #1 team of Ashley Leslie and Kim Kerley won 6-2, 6-2, #2 Juliana Meenan/Jordan Trask win 6-2, 6-2 and # Rachelle Muzones/Chelsy McKenzie won in a tiebreaker 6-2, 2-6 (10-7)

In the extra matches, OH won 4 of 5. Tatum Edwards & Jenny Landingin won 8-4, Kelli Travenetti and Kristine Escartin won 8-4, Jessica Travenetti and Kyla McKinney won 8-6 and Meenan/Trask won their 2nd match of the day 8-1.

52 photos from the early matches are posted HERE.

JV Track 2010-03-22 at Marysville

The OHHS Track team opened their league season with a JV/All-comer's meet at Marysville on Monday. At the meet were athletes from Arlington, Cascade, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Stanwood, Everett, host Maryville and, of course, Oak Harbor.

Complete results aren't available, but all the OH results can be found by clicking HERE.

The OH team had a mix of grades. While the majority of participants were freshmen and sophomores, there were a few juniors and seniors as well, mostly newcomers to the track team.

Even though this was a "JV" meet, many performances approached and even beat varsity performances from last week's South Whidbey Jamboree.

Freshman Josh Crebbin had an outstanding day, posting a 59.6 in the 400m dash and a 2:28 in the 800. For the girls, freshman Jalani Bobo was just .9 seconds behind the fastest varsity time posted at the Jamboree with a 30.0 flat in the 200 meter dash.

The first full varsity meet of the season is Wednesday the 24th on the OHHS track. Admission is free.

New Scholarship Opportunity

Starting this year, the Oak Harbor Sports Report is sponsoring a scholarship in the amount of $500.

This scholarship is intended to reward those athletes who showed a commitment to OHHS Athletics and at the same time maintained high academic standards.

The recipient must have attended OHHS for all four years of high school and completed at least two seasons in a sport for each of those four years. You need not have won a letter or started, you just had to have completed the full season.

You must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA, 3.5 is better.

You must submit a 500 word essay entitled "How Participating in Athletics Has Made Me A Better Person".

5 finalists will be selected based on the application, GPA and essay and will be contacted for a personal interview.

Since it's late in the school year, for this year only the deadline for submission of the application and essay will be May 1st.

Letters of recommendation from teachers and/or coaches are not required but may help.

For more information, contact Mrs. Mays in the CTE building or email oakharborsportsreport@comcast.net

Softball 2010-03-19 vs Squalicum

The Oak Harbor varsity softball team won its first game of the year with a nice 8-6 win over the visiting Squalicum Storm.

Winning pitcher Whitney Osborn pitched the first 3 innings and recorded 5 strikeouts and only 1 base on balls. Reliever Emily Hunt got five Ks of her own. Each pitcher allowed 3 runs but only one was an earned run.

Ari Araceley, Osborn and Morgan Young each got 2 hits. M. Fakkema was 1-for-3 but recorded 2 RBIs.

Coach Weikle had a lot of good things to say about her girls, especially senior pitcher Whitney Osborn. Coach used words like "aggressive" and "confident" to describe her play.

Freshman Morgan Young in the outfield also impressed. Her great throw from right field to 3rd base stopped all the Storm runners in their tracks.

JV results aren't available, but the OH batters were hitting the ball all over the field early in the game.

75 photos of JV and varsity action are posted HERE, along with a couple of varsity group photos.

Baseball 2010-03-19 Varsity vs Mt. Vernon

Hosting the Mt. Vernon Bulldogs on a beautiful, warm Friday afternoon, it was looking like another day of little offense for the Wildcats as the game was scoreless until the Bulldogs scored a run in the 5th inning.

Oak Harbor answered in the bottom of the inning but got only 1 run to tie it up. Mt. Vernon was held scoreless in the 6th, then things got on track for the Wildcats. Brad Farnum started it off with a double, Yale Rosen walked, then Josh Evans hit his own double to bring Farnum home and put Rosen on third. Ben Cardinal brought Rosen home with a single then the Wildcats hit into a double play to end the inning but led 3-1.

In the top of the 7th Mt. Vernon could get only one man on base and a 6-3 put out ended the game.

75 photos are posted here to enjoy.

Boys Soccer 2010-03-18 vs Stanwood

The JV and Varsity soccer teams each opened their 2010 season with identical 5-0 losses to the Stanwood Spartans.

The JV game was not out of hand until very late in the game. Late in the 2nd half it was 2-0 in favor of Stanwood, but a hand ball was called on OH in the box, setting up a penalty kick for Stanwood that went it. After that the air seemed to go out of the Wildcats and Stanwood knocked in two more goals.

In the varsity game, it was all OH in the first half in every place except the scoreboard. The Wildcats dominated early, getting several shots on the goal but the Stanwood goalkeeper was seemingly everywhere to stop then before going in. On the other end, Stanwood got a couple of lucky breaks and was able to scoot balls into the Wildcat net and added 3 more before the end of the game.

48 photos from both the JV and Varsity games are posted HERE.

Middle School Girls Basketball 2010-03-18 OHMS at NWMS

The final OHMS vs NWMS girls basketball game was held Thursday evening at NWMS and again the Panthers emerged victorious.

In the 7^th grade game Oak Harbor jumped out to an early 10-4 lead and North Whidbey just couldn’t get things going and get back in the game. The Cougars did keep things respectable but finished on the wrong end of the 37-20 score. Aubrey Lock led NWMS in scoring with 10 points while Natalie McVey and Jessica Hollins each added 4 and Hayley Lundstrom ended the game with 2 points. For the Panthers, Nalani Gabbert stood out with 17 points, 9 in the 2^nd quarter alone. Brook Peplinski added 8 of her own and McKinley Kellogg 4. Michelle Braegger, Kendalyn Wersland, Andreanna Turner and Sierra Southwick each scored 2 points.

The 8^th grade was similar, although the score was tied 6-6 at the end of the 1^st. OHMS corrected that by going on a 10-4 run in the 2^nd to finish the half leading 16-10. The Panthers stepped up their aggressive defense in the 3^rd, holding NW to just 2 points. When the dust settled it was OHMS 36, NWMS 16. For the Panthers, it was Annie Leete on top with 20 points. Nina Coleman and Sam Hawkins scored 4 each and Zana Harrison and KC Winfield scored 2 each. The leading scorer for the Cougars was Melanie Callaway with 8 points. Breanna Roderos scored 4 and Natalie Fiallos and Caterina Amsler a pair each.

That game ended the middle school winter sports seasons, and eyes will now turn to the upcoming track season.

75 photos from the 8th grade game are HERE.

60 7th grade photos are HERE.

Girls tennis 3/17 adn 3/19 vs Lake Stevens and Arlington

The girls tennis teams are busy, playing 3 matches per week, and this week was no different.

Wednesday's match was against Lake Stevens, with the varsity girls at home and the JV away.

While Cady O'Dell and Erin Neilon at 1st and 2nd singles had a fairly easy time, winnign 6-2, 6-3 and 6-0, 6-0 respectively, 3rd and 4th single had a harder time. At 3rd, junior Clarissa Abadesco won her first set 6-3 but lost the next two by 6-4 scores. Jordan Faralan at 4th went the opposite way, dropping her first 6-4 then winning the next two 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles was all Lake Stevens with the exception of Shannon Neilon and Joyce Abides at 3rd who went 3 long sets before falling 7-5, 2-6, 3-6.

The two school split the extra matches, with Darcy Fremd and Kelli Travenetti losing by a very close 8-6 and Nicole McKenzie and Molly Van Dam winning by an equally close 9-7 score.

Coach Mells said it was a close contest that could have gone either way and Erin Neilon was "most impressive".

At the JV match, it was all Lake Stevens as OH was able to win only a single match. Cassie Gianino lost her first set 1-6, dominated the second 6-1 and pulled out a 10-5 win in the 3rd. Coach Brown said that 1st and 2nd doubles (Ashley Leslie/Kim Kerley and Juliana Meenan/Jordan Trask) gave full measure before going down by identical 4-6, 5-7 scores.

71 photos from the varsity match are posted HERE. Not all players are identified by name. Sorry. If you are misidentified, send and email to oakharborsportsreport@comcast.net and it will be corrected immediately.

On Friday, March 19th the varsity was again at home against Arlington while the JV was on the road at the Eagles' home court.

As with Lake Stevens, one singles match proved the difference. The top 3, O'Dell, Neilon and Laurin Rico, won their matches easily. Abadesco, now at 4th singles, played a long match and wound up falling in straight sets 7-5, 6-2. Arlington won all three scoring doubles matches to win 4-3.

At Arlington, the JV girls played some tough tennis. Arlington won the scoring matches 5-2, but it wasn't easy for them. Cassie Gianino and Kelli Travenetti at 1st and 2nd singles both won but had to go to an extra set for the win. Cassie won 4-6, 6-4 (10-7) while Kelli won 1-6, 6-2, (10-6).

OH picked up some more wins in the extra matches, getting 6 wins to Arlington's 4. Winners were A. Leslie/K. Kerley 8-5, C. Espiritu/K. Escartin 8-8(7-5), J. Meenan/A. Haynes 8-5, M. Murdock/T. Edwards 8-5, E. Macapinlac/C. Shumate 8-5 and K. Travenetti/K. Shiels 8-2.

JV Baseball 2010-03-17

The OHHS JV baseball team opened their home season with a game against the Sedro-Woolley Cubs on March 17th and came away victors.

It didn’t start out well for the Wildcats as the team gave up 4 runs in the 1^st inning. OH was able to get one run across the plate in the bottom of the inning to make it 4-1. The Wildcats knocked a pair of hits in the 2^nd resulting in two runs for OHHS. Jackson walked, then hits by Cameron and Kusnick helped drive in the runs by Jackson and Cameron. Sedro also scored to make the score 5-3 at the end of the 2^nd.

In the 3^rd, the Cubs were held scoreless (and would remain that way until the 7^th) while Glavick scored to make it a 1-run game. Oak Harbor tied the game in the 5^th when Mertins scored then took a 6-5 lead in the 6^th on Cameron’s 2^nd run of the game after a double by Kusnick and a single by Munoz.

Sedro scored in the top of the 7^th to tie the game to tie the game at 6 and the Wildcats were not able to score in the bottom of the inning. In the extra-inning 8^th the Cubs were 3 up and 3 down and in the bottom of the inning, Cameron scored once more after reaching base on an error by the SW 3^rd baseman. A sacrifice fly by Kusnick and error on the Cub shortstop allowed Cameron to score and end the game in a 7-6 Oak Harbor victory.

HERE are 28 photos from the game.

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Girls Golf 2010-03-16 at Gallery Golf Course

The OHHS Girls Golf team opened the season with the Gallery Shootout at Oak Harbor's Gallery Golf Course. It was cool and dry for the most part, but very windy on the course.

Ashley Johnson shot a 97 to lead the Wildcats to a 3rd place finish. Coming in behind Oak Harbor were WESCO opponents Marysville, Lake Stevens and Monroe.

Melany Cone shot a 102, Simone Hamilton 107, Sasha Olson 118, Mara Cortez 126 and Millie Goebel 135 to finish the Wildcat scoring.

The low score for the day was Seo Hee Moon from Kamiak who shot a 76. The high score was a 165 shot by girls on two different teams.

54 photos from the match are posted HERE.

Baseball 2010-03-15 Varsity vs Edmonds

The OHHS Varsity baseball team hosted their first home game of the season by playing the Edmonds-Woodway Warriors.

The Wildcats found themselves in a deep hole halfway through the game with E-W leading 12-0. In the bottom of the 4th, OH batters started getting some solid hits. Jay Stout went first with a single and he was followed by Kian Mebane, Brad Farnum, Gabe Clark and Nate Young. When EW got the 3rd out the Wildcats had scored 4 runs.

OH added 3 more runs in the 5th, again starting with a hit by Stout, this time a triple. Later, with the bases loaded, the Warriors walked Justin Counts and Pat Higbee to add two more to the Wildcat total.

Edmonds went on to add another 3 runs to their total and the Wildcats did not score any more as the game ended 15-7 in favor of E-W.

38 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Girls Tennis 2010-03-15 vs Monroe

The OHHS Spring sports season (home edition) started off with a JV tennis match vs Monroe at the OHHS tennis courts. At the same time, the varsity team was at Monroe.

In the JV matches the Wildcats swept in singles, winning all four matches in straight sets. Coach Garry Brown was especially impressed by the play of Kristen Shields at 3rd singles who "destroyed her opponent" 6-1, 6-1. The JV girls added a win at 1st doubles (Ashley Leslie and Kim Kerley) to win the match 5-2. Leslie and Kerley went to a tiebreaker in the 2nd set to win 6-0, 7-6 (3). Monroe responded by sweeping the exhibition matches but OH got the match win.

JV winners were:
Cassie Gianino 6-2, 6-3
Kelli Travenetti 6-4, 6-4
Kristen Shields 6-1, 6-1
Jordan Trask 6-2, 6-3
Leslia/Kerley 6-0, 7-6 (3)

58 photos from the JV matches are posted HERE.

The varsity results were quite similar. OH swept the singles matches for the 4-3 win. Both 1st and 2nd doubles went to 3 sets before Monroe ultimately prevailed. Coach Mells said that it was a close contest that could have gone either way. He gave credit to Clarissa Abadesco for pulling out a win in a hard-fought 3-set match.

Here are the complete varsity results:
Cady O'Dell beat Brooke Winslow 6-0, 6-0
Erin Neilon beat Kendra Whitefield 6-2, 6-0
Clarissa Abadesco beat Gabrielle Lindquist 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Jordan Faralan beat Belle Chen 6-4, 6-2

Alexa Holmly and Jennifer Fremd lost to Davis and Drew 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Jennifer Bowers and Kerry Rathsabanhdith lost to Breaker and Theissen 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
Shannon Neilon and Joyce Abides lost to Kailand and McLaughlin 6-4, 7-5

Exhibition matches were also reported:
Darcy Fremd and Ashley Haynes lost to Amsberry and O'Mally 8-2
McKenzie and Van Dam lost to Love and Zuehlsdoaf 8-4

The varsity girls open their home season Wednesday vs Lake Stevens and are home again on Friday vs Arlington.

Whidbey Island Running Club - Sunset Loop Relay in Anacortes

The WIRC ran in the Sunset Loop Relay in Anacortes this past Saturday and did very well.

Full results and details are available in this Whidbey News-Times article.

Over 100 photos of various team members, both adult and youth, are posted HERE.

Middle School Wrestling 2010-03-12 at Mt. Baker MS

The Wildcat United wrestling team finished the regular season with a double dual meet at Mt. Baker Middle School going up against the host school and a combined LaConner/Concrete/Darrington team.

The Wildcats went first against Mt. Baker and dominated 52-25. In addition to 3 forfeits, the Wildcat boys pinned their opponent 4 times and won 7 matches overall.

Earning victory by pinfall were Chris Bertram, Gabe Eccleston, Jerry Rios and Devin Jensen. Roy Buch won with a 12-2 major decision. Jahleel Vester and Wiatt Charlesworth rounded out the Wildcat victories.

Results from the second set of matches, versus the La Conner/Darrington/Concrete team are not available.

5 video highlights are posted HERE.

34 photos are posted HERE.

Middle School Girls Basketball

Both OHMS and NWMS had home games this past week but unfortunately there wasn't much success.

NWMS faced off against Burlington on March 9th and let's just say that both games were all Burlington. On the plus side, there are some great photos from the 7th grade game posted HERE and from the 8th grade game posted HERE.

OHMS played Mt. Baker on March 11th. The 7th grade team lost and final results from the 8th grade game were not available. OHMS 7th grade photos are HERE and 8th grade photos are HERE.

There is a final OHMS vs NWMS game on March 18th at NWMS. 7th grade action starts at 3:45 and 8th grade at 5pm. FREE admission for everyone!

Middle School Girls Basketball 2010-03-08 OHMS @ NWMS

The Oak Harbor Middle School Panthers traveled across town Monday afternoon to North Whidbey Middle School for the 2nd of a series of 3 games this year.

In 7th grade action, the two teams played fairly even, with the Cougars scoring 2 and the Panthers getting 4. in the 2nd period OHMS came to life and poured in 10 points while holding NWMS to just 2 points to lead 14-4 at halftime. The Panthers scored another 11 in the 3rd to take a commanding 25-6 lead. In the final period it was OHMS that went scoreless and the Cougars scoring 6 to make the final 25-12 in favor of Oak Harbor.

Nalani Gabbert and Brook Peplinski led OHMS with 6 points each. Rebecca Pabona scored 4, Michelle Braegger 4, and Kayla Bushong, Kendalyn Wersland and Heather Anderson with 2 each.

For the Cougars it was Jessica Hollins and Hayley Lundstrom with 4 each while Aubrey Lock and Kayla Jones scored 2 each.

Photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE. There's just 21 pics total.

The 8th grade game went pretty much as expected. It's the Panther's year and OHMS scored early and scored often. It was 13-4 at teh end of the first and 19-6 at halftime. The game slowed down a bit in the 3rd with the Panthers scoring just 9 points and the Cougars 5, but in the final quarter OHMS poured in 14 points to win the game 42-15.

Kaitlyn Haley and Cassidy Gurich each scored 4 points for the Cougars, Chelsea Atkinson scored 3 and Lizzy Fry and Breanna Roderos each got 2 points.

For the Panthers it was Annie Leete with 16. Jamielee Estrella, Kyla Bernardo and Maddie Ching scored 4 each. Nina Coleman, Rebecca Schrum, KC Winfield, Angelica Brown, Sam Hawkins and Makenzi Schulle had 2 each.

25 pictures from the 8th grade game are posted HERE.

Click HERE to see a short video clip with highlights from both the 7th and 8th grade games.

MS Girls Basketball 2010-03-04 NWMS vs LaVenture

Mt. Vernon's LaVenture Middle School was the visiting team Thursday at North Whidbey Middle School for girls basketball game.

The 7th grade game was full of action, but little scoring. LaVenture was able to score 9 points and held the Cougars scoreless. NW got their first point on a rebound and score by Kayla Jones at the 5:47 mark in the 2nd period. Just over a minute later Natalie McVey scored as well but that was it for the first half. LaVenture only scored 4 in the 2nd period to lead 13-4 at the half. The two teams played even for the rest of the game, leaving LaVenture with a 22-12 victory. Hayley Lundstrom scored twice in the 2nd half to lead the team in scoring with 4 points. McVey, Jones, Jessica Hollins and Aubrey Lock each scored 2 points.

51 photos of the 7th graders, including some goofy team pics from before the game, are posted HERE.

It was a slow start as well for the 8th graders. At the end of the first period the score was 3-2 in favor of the Cougars, with all 3 points coming off of Chelsea Atkinson free throws. LaVenture hit a pair of 3-pointers in the 2nd period and held NW to just one field goal to lead 8-5 at the half. Atkinson finally got going in the 3rd period, scoring 10 points to account for all of the NWMS scoring in the period. During that time the defense held LaVenture to just 2 points. In the 4th, LaVenture was able to put up 9 points, but behind 7 made free throws by Chelsea, the Cougars were able to hold on for a 27-19 win - their first of the season.

8th grade photos are HERE (53 total)

A video clip highlighting all 3 field goals from the first half of each game is HERE.

MS Basketball 2010-03-03 OHMS vs Anacortes

The Anacortes Seahawks traveled to OHMS for a pair of middle school girls basketball games on March 3rd and left double winners.

Due to some player issues, the 8th grade team played first. The Panthers got on the board first when K.C. Winfield snagged the rebound and put it back for two, but there wasn't much more scoring as OH had some problems going against the Seahawk press. By then end of the 1st period, Anacortes had taken a 15-7 lead and increased it to 30-15 at the half. OH couldn't get much going in the 2nd half either as Anacortes cruised to a 61-25 win. Leading the Panthers was Annie Leete with 16 points. Sam Hawkins scored 3 while Winfield, Makenzie Schulle and Maria Backus scored 2 each.

33 photos from the game are posted HERE.

The 7th grade game wasn't much different. Brook Peplinksi scored with 5:30 left in the 1st period to make the score 6-4 for Anacortes but the Panthers wouldn't score again until Nalani Gabbert scored twice in less than 30 seconds with 4:40 left until halftime. At the half, it was Anacortes 26, OH 11. The Panthers scored 4 in the 3rd and 5 in the 4th but the final was Anacortes 52, OH 20. Gabbert led the team with 8 points, McKinley Kellogg came on in the 2nd half to score 6, Peplinski finished with 4 and Heather Anderson scored 2 points.

38 7th grade photos are posted HERE

A video clips with some highlights can be found HERE.

Middle School Wrestling 2010-03-01 vs Anacortes

The Wildcat United wrestling team completed their home season with a meet vs the Anacortes Seahawks at NWMS on March 1st.

In JV action, winners were Kaleb Curtis, Anthony Alexander, Kurtis Williams, Kenny King, Koby Cosper and Jeremy Vester, all by pin. Winning by decision were Roy Buch (4-1) and Pat Brooke (10-4)

The Wildcats fell behind early in the varsity matches, losing the first two by pin. The first win was a pinfall by Jahleel Vester at 100 lbs. The Wildcats picked up another win when Anthony Smith beat Varnado 13-1 to make the team score 10-12.

Oak Harbor then lost another by pin but Wiatt Charlesworth and Gage Eccleston both pinned their opponents to put the Wildcats up 22-18 but Anacortes won the next match to take the lead back.

In one of the more interesting matches of the afternoon, Brody Dedobbelaere beat Gallo 7-5. Brody got an early takedown the Gallo earned a 1-point escape near the end of the 1st period. Brody started the 2nd in the top position and Gallo was able to get a reverse to take a 3-2 lead at the end of the 2nd. The 3rd started with Brody down and about halfway through the period was able to score an escape as the wrestlers went out of bounds to tie it at 3 each. On the re-set, Gallo scored a takedown to lead 5-3, but then got called for locking his hands, giving one point to Dedobbelaere as the buzzer sounded. Because the penalty was late in the match, 6 seconds was put back on the clock. Gallo was called AGAIN for locking hands right at the buzzer, and the wrestlers were set again with 3 seconds now on the clock and the score tied at 5. All Gallo needs to do is hold Brody down for 3 seconds to send the match into overtime. That's not what happened. Gallo was called a 3rd time for locking his hands (they were all pretty obvious), and since it was his 3rd call for the same technical violation, two points were awarded to Brody and he won 7-5, putting Wildcat United back on top 25-24.

The Wildcats then lost two decisions but picked up 6 points on a pin by Devin Jensen to re-take the 1-point lead. Peter Case-Smith won a tough 5-0 decision to extend the lead to 34-30 then Ed Macinpaulic pinned Hiles to ensure the Oak Harbor victory.

The final was 40-36 and the wrestlers are next in action Friday, March 5th at Cascade MS in Sedro Woolley.

68 photos are posted HERE

A video clip of highlights is HERE.

Youth basketball 2-27-2010 @ OHMS

It was another frenzied day of Youth basketball at OHMS last Saturday starting with the Kindergarten camp at 9:30am and continuing through to 4th grade.

The kids play in 3 age-group levels. The Kindergarten Camp focuses on basic skills such as dribbling and there is some live-action play near the end of the hour.

The 1st and 2nd graders are grouped together and are split into teams as are the 3rd and 4th graders.

The Kindergarten and 1/2 grade teams are co-ed while the 3-4 grade teams are gender specific.

While only the games at OHMS were covered, there is also a full slate of games at NWMS.

Click HERE for 91 Kindergarten camp photos

HERE are 149 1st and 2nd grade photos from 3 different games

Finally, 102 3rd and 4th grade photos are HERE.

Middle School Girls Basketball

The Middle School girls basketball season kicked off on Feb 18th with the first of two scheduled OHMS vs NWMS games. This first game was held at OHMS and the host team won both games.

In the 7th grade game the Panthers were all over the Cougars. OH led 9-2 at the end of the first and 13-4 at halftime. The Cougars woke up some in the 2nd half, doubling their point total in the 3rd and doubling it again in the 4th, but the Panthers were steady on offense and won 41-16. 4 players scored for NWMS - Meghan Gronbach 2, Gina Parrot 2, Hayley Lundstrom 2 and Natalie McVey 10. Seven Cougars got on the board let by Sierra Southwick with 10 points. Brook Peplinski scored 8, Kendal Wersland 7, Heather Anderson 6, Alyssa Eden and Alexia Mobley 4 each and Hanna Gluth 2.

The 8th grade game was much closer, but OHMS won handily. The Panthers took an early 12-4 lead and the Cougars just couldn't get past the OH press. The two teams played almost even in the 2nd period with OH adding one point to their lead, 19-12 at halftime. The 2nd half was similar to the first and OHMS won 35-23. The Panthers were led by Annie Leete with 21 points. Jamie Estrella and Zana Harrison hit for 4 points each while K.C. Winfield, Kyla Bernardo and Rebecca Schrum scored 2 points apiece. The Cougars were led by Lizzie Fry with 6 points. Chelsea Atkinson scored 5, Cassidy Gurich and Breanna Roderos 4 each, and Melanie Callaway and Caterina Amsler 2 each.

No photos or video from this first matchup as the OHSR was at NWMS covering the first of only two home wrestling meets.

We did cover the OHMS vs Cascade MS game on Feb 25th.

Things were looking good for the 7th grade team early. Brook Peplinski took the opening tip in for a score and the OH defense held Cascade scoreless for half of the first period. Cascade then went on a 8-0 run but Nalani Gabbert hit a shot just before the buzzer to make it 8-4 in favor of Cascade. Things fell apart in the 2nd period as the Panthers allowed 9 points and did not score any of their own, leaving Cascade with a commanding 17-4 lead at halftime. After the break, the Panther defense stepped up, holding Cascade to just 4 points, but the offense again had a hard time getting the ball through the net, scoring just 2 points all quarter. OH scored 3 and Cascade 6 in the final period as OHMS lost 27-9. Gabbert finished with 5 points and Peplinski 4 to account for all the Panther scoring.

57 photos from the 2nd half of the game, along with some team photos, are posted HERE.

The 8th grade game was the opposite, with a very aggressive Panther team running away to a 16-2 first quarter lead and never looking back. The blowout started with Annie Leete scoring on the opening tip and the Panthers led 7-0 before Cascade could score. It wasn't until 6:10 left in the half before Cascade scored again. OHMS scored in double figures in every quarter except the 2nd and only let Cascade get 14 points for the game. The final was 42-14 in favor of the Panthers. Leading the team again was Annie Leete with 20. Jamie Estrella had 6, Nina Coleman and Zana Harrison 4 each, and Maddie Ching, Makenzi Schulle and Olivia Hunt scored 2 each.

59 8th grade photos are posted HERE.

A clip with highlights from both the 7th and 8th grade games can be found HERE.