Boys Tennis 2010-09-29 vs Mountlake Terrace

Wednesday the Wildcat tennis team opened play on their brand new tennis courts and did it in style, sweeping the visiting Hawks 7-0 and in straight sets.

#1 Ben Cardinal is the only player that had any trouble at all, and that was in the 1st set which went to tiebreaker before Cardinal pulled out teh 7-6(4) win. He won his 2nd set 6-2.

Josh Evans also got scored on, but won 6-2, 6-3.

#3 Brandon Vagt and #4 David DeGuzman both shut out their opponents, 6-0, 6-0.

The crushing continued in doubles play as #1 doubles Max O'Dell and Geoff Worley won 6-2, 6-4, #2 Will Southard and Michael Serna won 6-2, 6-0 and #3 Ben Harrison and Maric Sobreo won 6-2, 6-1.

In extra matches, Marvyn Sionson won 8-0 and Harrison Miller won 8-4.

34 photos from some of the matches are posted HERE.

Varsity football vs Everett 2010-09-24

Homecoming went well as the Wildcat varsity football team evened their record at 2-2 with a big win over the previously undefeated Everett Seagulls at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Everett scored first with an interception return. The PAT kick failed, which would become very important later. A Matt Burgoyne pass to Mike Washington, Jr. tied the score at 6-6, but OH also missed the PAT kick.

The two teams went back and forth until late in the 2nd quarter when Zack Ayer punched across the goal line. This PAT kick was good, giving the Wildcats a 13-6 halftime lead.

Most of the second half was a stalemate, with defenses outplaying offenses on both teams. Everett got an INT in the OH end zone and it appears that OH also got an interception, with the official with the best view calling a touchback but a 2nd official calling it incomplete. In the end it was ruled incomplete.

Late in the game Everett scored a touchdown and instead of attempting a kick PAT to tie the game, they opted to go for the 2 point conversion and the win. They tried to run it up the middle but were stopped by a host of Wildcat defenders.

The final score was Oak Harbor 13, Everett 12.

Video highlights from the game are posted HERE.

61 game photos are posted HERE.

Youth football 2010-09-25

All 7 OHYFL teams were in action last Saturday, 4 of them at Ft. Nugent.

In the away games, the midget Panthers lost their first game of the season at undefeated Arlington White 31-24.

At Mt. Vernon, the Lynx improved to 2-2 with a 36-19 win over the Bulldog's Black team and the senior Wildcat team won their first game of the season, 32-14, also over MV.

The midget Cougars scored 16 points early and seemed in control of the game, but the visiting Stanwood Red team scored 28 unanswered points to win the game. The loss puts the Cougars season record at 2-2. 30 photos are posted HERE.

Next were the Pumas. The scored at will over a numerically small Stanwood team. Early in the 2nd quarter, with the Pumas up 22-0, a second Stanwood player was injured and not able to return to the game, leaving the Spartans with only 10 eligible player, so the game was called by the officials. Due to the short game only 9 photos posted HERE. A 1-minute highlight video clip can be found HERE.

Third were the Jaguars, whose 34-12 win over Mt. Vernon puts them at 3-0 this year. A 2-minute clip of video highlights is HERE. Since we were taping the game, there are only 7 photos and they are HERE.

Finally, the Bobcats played hard, but Burlington Gold was able to come away with a 26-15 win. Video highlights of the Bobcats are HERE. 19 Bobcat photos are HERE.

Next week, the Pumas, Wildcats, Panthers and Bobcats play at Ft. Nugent Park, starting at 9am. Other games are the Cougars and Jaguars at Burlington and the Lynx at Arlington.

Youth Soccer 2010-09-25

Due to the shortening of a youth football game due to an injury, I was able to get down and take some photos of youth soccer.

HERE are 44 photos of the BU-12 Snipers vs Spartans

24 photos of the BU-6 Golden Tigers and Blue Dragons are HERE.

Click HERE for 22 photos of the Green Rhinos vs an unidentified Blue team.

BU-8 photos - the Red Dragons vs Grey M-16s - are HERE.

Just 13 photos of the GU-8 Green Leprechauns and Blue Starlight are posted HERE.

Finally, 27 GU-8 Green Rockin' Rapids and Blue Bombers pics are HERE.

Homecoming 2010

Prior to the Homecoming football game, the Homecoming Assembly was held in the OH gym where the 2010 Homecoming Court was presented to the student body. In addition, the fall athletic teams were presented and a short video was shown.

At halftime of the game, the court was presented to the spectators to very loud applause.

Photos of both events can be found HERE.

These photos are free to download off the site. If prints are desired, only the wholesale rates will apply.

Girls Soccer 2010-09-23 vs Mountlake Terrace

It was a tough night for the Oak Harbor girls soccer teams - a lot of work and nothing to show for it.

In the JV game, neither team mounted much of a threat offensively and the game ended in a 0-0 tie.

In the varsity game, the Oak Harbor girls dominated on the field, but could not find a way to get the ball into the net. Jordan Boucher had a number of saves and at the end of regulation the score was 0-0. While JV can end in a tie at the end of regulation time, varsity games have overtime periods.

At the end of the 1st 5-minute OT period it was still a scoreless tie, which stood at the end of the 2nd OT period.

The game then went into a shootout, alternating OH and MLT players both kicking from the penalty line into the same goal. The Hawks were able to get 3 shots in a row past Boucher while the OH shooters weren't able to get any in so the final score was 1-0 in favor of MLT.

94 photos from both the JV and varsity games are posted HERE.

Volleyball 2010-09-21 Arlington

It was "Dig for the Cure" night last Tuesday as the Wildcat Volleyball team hosted the Arlington Eagles in their 2nd home match of the year. Both teams wore pink T-shirts instead of their usual team jerseys in support of breast cancer.

In the dome, the Freshmen lost a close 25-27 set then demolished the Eagles 25-8 to tie the match before falling 20-25 in the 3rd.

At the same time, the JV team was having problems in the main gym. They found themselves down 4-11 early in the first set before a time out called by coach Rick Swankie settled them down. The girls chipped away at the Eagle lead until Amanda Pavey dug the ball across the net for a point and a tie set at 19. Late in the set the Eagles were looking at set point, 24-23, but a service error tied it back up. Taylor Nienhuis tapped her set across the net to set up set point for the 'Cats, but an OH service error tied it back up at 25. An Eagle hitting error gave the advantage to Oak Harbor and Hannah Salmons put the set away with a big kill.

The 2nd set went back and forth early with Oak Harbor on the short end of the score most of the time. That was until three straight service aces by Pavey put the Wildcats up 13-11. The set was still close until late, when Lizzy Chase had two service aces of her own to finish the set 25-22 in the Wildcat's favor, and winning the match 2-0.

In the 3rd, non-counting set, Arlington was able to pull out a 25-22 win.

The varsity squad came out a little sluggish to start their math, but with the set tied at 21, Oak Harbor reeled off 4 straight points, ending with a pair of Kelsey Terrazas-Cooley service aces to win 25-21.

In the 2nd set, the varsity team got hot early. Behind kills by Amanda Blau and Katelyn Bristow, the Wildcats zoomed ahead 12-4. Arlington didn't give up but was never in this set as the Wildcats finished it off with a kill by Blau to win 25-11.

The 3rd set went to the Eagles as OH was not able to generate much offense. Terrazas-Cooley had a pair of aces and a kill, Janessa Ramos had a pair of kills and Kristine Bouchard added a single kill, but that was about it for earned points in the set. Final score 25-17 for Arlington.

It was more back-and-forth action early in the 4th set, with the score tied at 7. A Bristow kill and two Roshel Muzzall service aces put the Wildcats ahead for good 10-7. Oak Harbor commanded the remainder of the match. Christina Alexander came off the bench to earn 3 of the final 5 OH points with service aces while Ramos smacked down a nice Jordan Faralan set to give OH a 25-15 lead and a 3-1 match win.

151 photos from the night are posted HERE.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Boys Tennis

Still waiting for contractors to finish the new OHHS tennis courts, the boys tennis team has been playing all matches on the road.

On 9/17 the team traveled to Everett and was dominated 7-0. None of our boys were able to win even a single set. The win improved Everett's record to 3-1

On 9/20 the boys fell to Meadowdale 2-5, with Brandon Vagt winning 6-2, 6-4 and David DeGuzman going 3 sets to win 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Meadowdale is undefeated this year.

Sept 21st was at Lynnwood and although Oak Harbor lost 4-3, coach Mells said it could have gone either way. He said that 4th singles Max O'Dell played a hard 3-set match that went to tiebreaker and 1st doubles (Geoff Worley and Eric Berner) were leading 5-2 in the 3rd set when Lynnwood mounted a comeback to win the match. Individual OH winners were #2 Brandon Vagt (6-2, 6-3) and #3 David DeGuzman (6-0, 6-1). The #2 doubles team of Will Southard and Michael Serna won 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Continuing the grueling road trip, the Wildcats went to 4A Marysville and picked up wins by #2 singles Josh Evans (6-3, 6-1) and #4 singles David DeGuzman (6-4, 6-2) but that was it for Oak Harbor as Marysville won 5-2.

The road trip ends Thursday with a match at Glacier Peak. With luck and some decent weather, the OH courts may be ready for play next week.

Varsity football @ Shorewood 2010-09-17

It was the Josiah Miller show at Shoreline Stadium last Friday as the Wildcats picked up their first win of the season in a blowout 46-7 win over the host Shorewood Thunderbirds.

The game started with a bang as Isaiah Trower ran the opening kickoff 78 yards for a score.

Shorewood then got their only score of the game, a 32-yard run after an interception.

Shortly before the end of the 1st quarter, Josiah Miller got the first of his 4 touchdowns, this a 9-yard run to put the 'Cats up 14-7.

Miller really got going after the first quarter. He intercepted a Shorewood pass and returned it 63 yards for a TD. Not content with just one INT for the game, he snagged another on later and returned it 16 yards. He also added a 49-yard punt return for a TD as well as a 14-yard run to end the scoring.

Also getting in the end zone for the Wildcats were Aaron Boesch with his first ever varsity TD, an 8-yard pass reception. Zack Ayer also caught a pass for his score.

On Monday, the JV Squad continued the dominance of Shorewood with a 48-19 win.

68 photos from the game are posted HERE.

A video highlight clip is HERE

Youth football 2010-09-18

Only 3 teams played at Ft. Nugent Field last Saturday, and there are photos of only the 1st team to play that day.

The Cougars started the day with a big 36-24 win over Burlington Gold (photos are HERE). The win puts the Cougars at 2-1 for the season

Next at home were the Wildcats, who lost to Burlington 36-8. The Wildcats are now 0-3.

Finishing the day at Ft. Nugent were the Panthers, who demolished Stanwood Black 24-0. The Panthers are now a perfect 3-0.

In away games, the Junior Pumas got their first win of the season, beating Arlington White 40-8. Also getting their first win were the peewee Lynx, 37-7 winners over Stanwood. The Bobcats fell to Sedro White 12-7 and the Jaguars had the day off.

This coming Saturday, September 25th, there will be 4 games at Ft. Nugent. At 9am it's the Cougars vs Stanwood Red, at 11am the Pumas vs Stanwood, at 1pm the Jaguars vs Mt. Vernon and at 3pm the Bobcats vs Burlington Gold. It's all free so come down and cheer the future of Oak Harbor football.

Cross Country at Seaside

Showing that their #7 ranking in state is deserved, the Oak Harbor girls cross country team finished in 1st place at the annual 3 Course Challenge in Seaside, Oregon. The Wildcat team of 7 runners had a combined total of 65 points. Tahoma was in 2nd place with 146 total (low score wins).

The Wildcat win came over 92 teams and over 2,000 runners from 4 states.

Way to go ladies!

Girls Soccer 2010-09-18 vs Lynnwood

Oak Harbor got their first league win of the season and 2nd win overall with a 3-0 victory over visiting Lynnwood.

Millie Goebel scored all 3 goals for the Wildcats, assisted twice by freshman Annie Leete and once by freshman Chelsea Atkinson.

Jordan Boucher was in the goal for Oak Harbor.

JV completed the OH sweep of the Royals by winning 2-0.

Volleyball 2010-09-16 vs Lake Stevens

The Wildcat volleyball team faced the Lake Stevens Vikings in a non-league match for their home opener of the 2010 season. The varsity squad has done well so far this season.

In the Field House, the Freshman team played 3 very close sets against Cavalero Mid-High, Lake Stevens' freshman campus, winning 2. In the 3rd set the Wildcats found themselves down 21-15 but battled back to tie the set at 24 before Colts took the final 2 points. Set scores were 25-23, 27-25 and 24-26.

It wasn't a pretty first set in the main gym for the JV girls who lost 6-25. There were 2 nice kills in the first set, by Hannah Salmons and by Amanda Pavey, and Adrea Thomas added a service ace. In set 2 the girls settled down and played much better, staying with the Vikings and holding a 14-13 lead halfway through the second set. In the end, errors by the Wildcats put LS on top 25-18. In the final set, Katie McClimans had a kill and service ace but it wasn't enough as the Vikings swept the Wildcat JV squad 3-0.

Varsity came out strong in the first set, building a 6-2 lead behind kills by Kelsey Terrazas-Cooley, Janine DeGuzman and Mandy Kepner, but Lake Stevens fought back, knotting the score at 15. The score went back and forth and was tied at 23, but the Vikings got two straight points to win set 1 23-25.

In the second set the girls never found any rhythm, spotting LS a 6-1 early lead. The final in set 2 was 14-25.

Set 3 also went to the Vikings. Lake Stevens led through most of the set but the Wildcats kept it close. A service ace by Terrazas-Cooley and kills by Katelyn Bristow and setter Jordan Faralan late in the set closed it to 20-23, but again the Vikings put it away, winning 25-20 and winning the match 3-0.

A video highlight clip with JV and varsity action is posted HERE.

119 photos of freshman, JV and varsity teams are posted HERE.

Freshman and JV football vs Glacier Peak

The freshman football team had a rough time playing against Glacier Peak as the Grizzlies jumped to a 29-0 halftime lead. The Wildcats were able to score late and get a 2-point conversion, but the final was Glacier Peak 36, Oak Harbor 8.

Last Monday the JV team was at Glacier Peak for their first game of the year. Coach Nurvic said it was a close game and the JV team played well, but GP was able to score late in the game to win 46-34.

The JV team plays at home on Monday, September 20th against Shorewood.

Video clips from the freshman game are posted HERE

37 photos from the freshman game are posted HERE.

Girls Cross-Country ranked in state!

The Oak Harbor girls Cross Country team is #7 in the most recent Washington State Cross Country Coaches Association rankings. League opponent Glacier Peak is the current 3A #1 team.

The Cross Country team will have a single home meet this fall, on September 30th at a location to be determined. The meet will include Oak Harbor, Lynnwood and Lake Stevens.

Varsity football vs MLT - video and photos

A video clip and photos from the first varsity football game, at Edmonds Stadium vs Mountlake Terrace, are now posted.

Sorry for the delay.

The video clips is HERE

Photos are HERE.

Boys Tennis

After winning their season opener 7-0, the Wildcat boys tennis team dropped back-to-back matches against Shorecrest and Shorewood last Friday and Monday.

In the Shorecrest match, only senior Brandon Vagt was able to get a win with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 decision over Lyn Vergara. All the other Wildcats lost in straight sets except 2nd doubles Eric Berner and Michael Serna who won their first set before losing the final 2.

On Monday, Shorewood swept the 'Cats 7-0. 2nd singles Josh Evans came close to a win with scores of 4-6, 5-7. Brandon Vagt played well in the first set, going to 4 tiebreakers before falling 6-7(4) but was beaten 1-6 in the 2nd set.

Oak Harbor is now 1-2 on the season and should be able to start playing matches at the new OHHS courts very soon.

Youth soccer 2010-09-11

The North Whidbey Soccer Club started their fall season on Saturday with a full slate of 18 games.

We were able to get to 7 of them and the photos are posted below.

The BU-6 Black Steamers played the Green Rhinos with 29 photos posted HERE.

Also at BU-6, the Grey Dragons took on the Yellow Jackets. 19 photos are posted HERE. The Dragons are sponsored by Angelo's Cafe on Pioneer Way.

The final BU-6 game was the yellow Golden Tigers vs the Red Fireballs. 35 photos are HERE.

The one BU-8 game was the Blue Scorpions vs the Green Dragons. 54 images are HERE


In girls action, it was the GU-6 Green Tinkerbells and the Purple Sharks - 26 photos

Another unnamed team, GU-6 Blue, played the Pink Unicorns with 47 photos HERE. The Unicorns are sponsored by Moving & Grooving just off Goldie Rd. in Oak Harbor.

Finally, the GU-8 Purple Raspberry Rockets went up against a Blue team with no name. 56 photos can be found by clicking HERE.

There won't be any youth soccer photos again until October 9th due to prior commitments.

I still plan to get some action photos, at least, of every team U10 and below before the end of the season

Youth football 2010-09-11

3 teams were in action on the Ft. Nugent fields last Saturday, the Cougars, Jaguars and Lynx. The Bobcats had the weekend off while the Pumas, Wildcats and Panthers all had away games.

The midget Cougars started the home stand by taking a 6-0 lead at halftime over Arlington Blue, but the Eagles fought back and were able to score 24 unanswered points to win 24-6. The loss puts the Cougars at 1-1 for the season.
28 photos from the Cougars game are posted HERE.


The Jaguars also played Arlington Blue, but in the junior division. They played tough and had some letdowns, but triumphed with a 12-0 victory. The win puts the Jags at 2-0 for the season.
22 photos are posted HERE.

In the final game of the day, the Lynx just couldn't get any momentum on offense, losing to Mt. Vernon Green 26-6. The Lynx are now 0-2.
30 photos of the game are posted HERE.
16 photos of some of the Lynx cheerleaders are HERE.

In the away games, the Pumas lost at Burlington Blue 31-25, The Wildcats lost at Lakewood 33-0 and the Panthers won at Mt. Vernon Black 34-0. The Pumas and Wildcats are now 0-2 and the Panthers are 2-0

Varsity Football 2010-09-10 vs Glacier Peak

It was another tough night for the Wildcat football team as the visiting Grizzlies sprinted to a 35-0 first-half lead.

Oak Harbor was able to score twice, the first with 19 seconds left in the 3rd quarter, a Matt Burgoyne to Mike Washington pass for 16 yards. The other score was with just 17 seconds left in the game. Isaiah Trower ran around the right side for a 37-yard score.

On defense, Justin Counts was a standout with 2 interceptions.

Next up for the Wildcats is a trip to Shoreline Stadium for a 5pm game against Shorewood, one of two early games this season.

A video highlight clip from the game is posted HERE.

Some photos from the game are posted HERE.

Boys Tennis 2010-09-09 vs Mountlake Terrace

At Mountlake Terrace, the Wildcat boys tennis team started their season in a good way, sweeping the host Hawks 7-0, with every match won in straight sets.

Ben Cardinal beat John Kim 6-1, 6-1
Josh Evans beat Stuart Milner 6-0, 6-1
Brandon Vagt beat Leo Lui 6-1, 6-1
David DeGuzman beat Ty Seyoum 6-0, 6-3

Doubles

Max O'Dell and Geoff Worley beat Pingul and Jung 6-2, 6-1
Eric Berner and Michael Serna beat Ho and Roberts 6-1, 5-1
Ben Harrison and Will Southard beat Morrison and Morgan 6-1, 6-3

In exhibition matches, Maric Sobreo and Harrison Miller lost to Kim and Milner. The MLT players were the #1 and #2 singles players put together for the exhibition doubles match.

Also, Marvyn Sionson lost a very close match to Bryce Pingul, 9-8(4)

Girls Soccer 2010-09-09 vs Shorecrest

Thursday night was Oak Harbor's home opener for soccer, hosting the Shorecrest Scots. The girls felt good coming off a 12-0 thumping of Mariner earlier in the week and it showed, as the girls were aggressive on both ends of the field.

The defense allowed just a single goal, that a shot that went in during a scrum close to the net very late in the first half. However, the Wildcats just couldn't get the ball into the Shorecrest net and the game ended with the Scots winning 1-0.

In JV action, the Wildcats just could not get any kind of momentum and fell by a 7-0 score.

78 photos of both JV and Varsity action are posted HERE.

Freshman football 2010-09-08 vs Archbishop Murphy

On Wednesday the OH Freshman Football team started the season with a game against Archbishop Murphy. The game was a last-minute addition to the schedule and both teams were scrambling. The Murphy team was late arriving to the school and then found out they didn't bring their jerseys, so during the game they wore Wildcat away jerseys.

Once the game started, ABM was able to score on their first possession, and that was it for the entire game. The Oak Harbor did a decent job defending the run but had some problems with the passing game.

The Wildcats struggled on offense, and when they did get a drive going, it was usually an error that stopped it, not the defense.

In the end, it was Archbishop Murphy 6, Oak Harbor 0.

A series of 5 video clips from the game are posted HERE.

Varsity Football 2010-09-03 @ Mountlake Terrace

The Wildcat varsity football team opened their 2010 season on the road at Edmonds Stadium against Mountlake Terrace last Friday and the Hawks took it to Oak Harbor.

The game started with MLT running back the opening kickoff for a score and scored 4 more times before halftime.

Oak Harbor got on the board just before halftime when QB Matt Burgoyne took the ball in from 3 yards out to make it 35-7.

In the 2nd half, the defense steadied up a bit after adjusting to Terrace's up the middle style of running, holding MLT to just a single score.

Oak Harbor scored the final points in the game with about 3 minutes left in the game when Burgoyne threw to Mike Washington, Jr. for a 28-yard score.

OHHS Girls Soccer 9-7-2010 - updated

The girls got the 2010 season going on the right foot by traveling to Mariner HS to completely destroy the Marauders 12-0.

8 different OH players took part in the scoring with another 3 adding assists.

Jember Jansen led the scoring with 3 goals. Katie Duhrkopf and Morgan Dutton each scored 2 goal and Brighton Pruss, Annie Leete, McKenzie Schneider, Jordan Boucher and Kaitlyn O'Neill each scoring 1.

Millie Goebel was singled out by coach Jeff Laiblin for her 4 "great assists". Dutton and Chelsea Atkinson each had 2 assists while Leete, Boucher, O'Neill and Sarah Young had an assist each.

Goebel's 4 assists tied the school record. She now shares it with Sheena Darling who had 4 assists in a single game in 1999.

There was no JV game played Tuesday night.

The Soccer team opens their home schedule with a league game against the Shorecrest Scots at Wildcat Memorial Stadium. JV starts at 5:30, Varsity at 7pm.