Middle School Volleyball

Sorry about the delay, but there were some loose ends from the high school volleyball season to clean up.

The middle school volleyball season kicked off back on November 16th at NWMS as the OHMS Panthers came for a visit.

As has been the pattern over the past few years, each grade was spit into an "A" squad and a "B" squad. The day's action started with the 7th grade and 8th grade "B" squads playing on side-to-side courts, followed by the "A" squads.

Linked below are photos to all but the 8th grade "A" squad, as the match was not in synch with the 7th grade match. 8th grade photos from both teams will be taken at a later date. In the 7th grade photos are some group and buddy photos from the NWMS "A" squad.

Both teams were to have played away matches on Nov 23rd, but were snowed out and as of now, make up dates have not been announced.

7th grade photos are posted HERE.

8th grade photos are posted HERE.

Wrestling 2010-2011 Schedule

This is the schedule for the 2010-2011 wrestling season as of today. Changes can and do occur with no notice.

Home meets are in Yellow.

12/3 Double dual vs Monroe & Arlington at Monroe at 5:30pm
12/9 Tri-meet vs Marysville and Lakewood at Marysville at 5:45pm
12/11 Varsity at Spud Walley tournament at Sedro Woolley HS at 10am
12/11 JV at Panther Classic at Snohomish HS at 10am
12/16 at Glacier Peak at 5:45pm
12/18 Varsity at Graham Morin Invite at Squalicum HS at 10am
12/18 JV at Everett Gold Metal Tournament at Everett HS at 9am
12/22 at Anacortes at 10am
1/4 Tri-meet vs Shorewood & Shorecrest at 5:40pm
1/8 JV and Varsity at Everett Classic at Everett HS at 9:30am
1/13 vs Everett at 5:45pm
1/14 at Highline, time TBD
1/15 Varsity at Tournament of Excellence at Mercer Island HS at 8am
1/15 Varsity at Arlington JV tournament at Arlington HS at 9am
1/19 Mountlake Terrace at 5:45pm
1/21 at Meadowdale at 5:45pm
1/22 Varsity at Lynden tournament at Lynden HS at 9am
1/22 JV at Cavelero Colts Classic at Cavelero Mid-High (Lake Stevens) at 9am
1/27 Lynnwood at 5:45pm

Boys Basketball 2010-2011 Schedule

This is the current boys basketball schedule for 2010-2011. Remember that schedules and and do change with no notice.

Unless otherwise noted, all games have a start time of 5:40pm for JV and Freshman teams and 7:30 pm for Varsity. Home games are in Yellow.

11/30 at Cascade
12/2 Marysville
12/3 at Lake Stevens
12/7 at Anacortes at 6pm - Freshmen only
12/10 at Lynnwood, freshmen at 3:45pm
12/14 Shorewood
12/17 at Everett
12/22 Mountlake Terrace
12/27 Anacortes at 6pm - JV and Freshmen only
12/28 at Bellevue College tournament
12/29 at Bellevue College tournament
12/30 at Bellevue College tournament
1/4 at Meadowdale
1/7 at Shorecrest
1/11 Glacier Peak
1/14 Lynnwood
1/18 at Shorewood
1/20 Everett
1/25 at Mountlake Terrace
1/28 Meadowdale
2/1 Shorecrest
2/3 at Glacier Peak

Girls Basketball 2010-2011 Schedule

Remember that all schedules are subject to change with no notice. Home games

Unless otherwise noted, all games have a start time of 5:40pm for JV/Freshmen and 7:30pm for varsity.

11/30 Stanwood
12/2 at Arlington at 5:45pm
12/4 at Squalicum (JV/Varsity only)
12/8 Lynden
12/10 Lynnwood
12/15 at Shorewood (3:45 freshman start time)
12/17 Everett
12/22 at Mountlake Terrace
12/29 Santa Slam at OHHS, teams and times TBD
12/30 Santa Slam at OHHS, teams and times TBD
1/5 Meadowdale
1/7 Shorecrest
1/12 at Glacier Peak
1/14 at Lynnwood
1/18 Shorewood
1/20 at Everett
1/26 Mountlake Terrace
1/28 at Meadowdale
1/31 at Shorecrest
2/2 Glacier Peak

Boys Swim schedule 2010-2011

Here is the 2010-2011 boys swim schedule. Remember that all schedules are subject to change with little or no notice. Home meets

12/1 vs Glacier Peak & Snohomish at 6pm
12/4 vs Mercer Island at 10:15am
12/6 vs Stanwood at 6pm
12/9 at Mt. Vernon, time TBD
12/15 vs Jackson/Cascade at 6pm
1/4 at Lake Stevens at 3:15pm
1/8 at Anacortes - District dive meet at 2:30pm
1/11 at Marysville at 2:45pm
1/15 vs Kentridge at King County Aquatic Center, time TBD
1/17 vs Shorecrest at 6pm
1/22 at Anacortes - District dive meet at 2:30pm

More Youth Wrestling 2010-11-13

The Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling club was in action again last Saturday with a tournament at Arlington High School.

Oak Harbor took 21 wrestlers to the tournament and came away with 6 first place finishes. Five others finished in 2nd place, and at the Novice 85 weight class, the Wildcats finished 1-2 in the bracket.

As a team, they amassed enough points to finish in 4th place out of 23 teams.

Good job guys and gals!

Photos from the days' action can be found by clicking HERE.

Wildcat Volleyball at State

The OH Volleyball team started their state tournament run Friday against #2 seed West Valley of Yakima, and didn't do so well, falling 3-0 by game scores of 22-25, 19-25 and 16-25.

Starting the day Saturday morning at 9:30, they faced Holy Names of Seattle who lost in straight sets Friday to Kennedy HS, and the 'Cats kept their hopes alive with a 3-1 win.

They then played Bishop Blanchet of Seattle for a spot on the podium. Win the match against Blanchet and the Wildcats could finish the tournament in 5th place.

Blanchet won the first set and OH took the second, but Blanchet won the next two to eliminate Oak Harbor.

It was a great ride the the girls must be holding their heads high as the first Oak Harbor representatives to the volleyball state tournament in nearly 20 years.

Great job girls!

Youth Wrestling 2010-11-6-2010

Youth wrestling kicked off the 2010-2011 season with the annual Whidbey Wildcat Salute to the Veteran's tournament at OHHS on November 6th with 18 teams in attendance.

The Wildcats started the season off with a bang, earning 16 teams points to capture the tournament title. Sedro Woolley was in 2nd place with 10 team points.

Of the 24 events in which Wildcats were wrestling, they came away champions in 8 of them. Wildcats also placed 6 wrestlers in 2nd place, 2 in 3rd place and 6 in 4th place.

69 photos from Saturday's action are posted HERE.

A short video highlight clip is posted HERE

The next day, Sunday, the Kickoff Novice tournament was also at OHHS. This tournament was for 1st and 2nd year wrestlers only. The Wildcats had 18 wrestlers entered in this tournament and came away with 6 champions. Five others won 2nd place and six 3rd place.

Next weekend the team travels to Arlington.

Varsity football @ Monroe 2010-11-04

Sorry for the delay but here it is.

On Thursday, November 4th the Varsity football team traveled to Monroe for a non-league, non-playoff "just because" game. The week before the Wildcats were bounced out of the playoff picture by Meadowdale and Monroe went from playing for 1st place in WESCO North to the outside of the playoff picture. Both teams were still smarting from the losses.

However, Oak Harbor recovered well and proceeded to dismantle the Bearcat defense, scoring 55 points while holding Monroe to just 6.

The Wildcat scoring started with Sam Wolfe running the ball 34 yards into Bearcat territory on the opening play of the game and 8 plays later Jon Lanningham drove in from 1 yard out. 8:44 1st, OH 7, Monroe 0.

The OH defense forced a Monroe punt after they gained just 18 yards in 8 plays, 10 of them on OH penalties.

Starting at their own 29, Oak Harbor again put together a nice 10-play drive ending with Zack Ayer finding the end zone from 3 yards out. 0:35 1st, OH 14, Monroe 0.

The first quarter ended with Monroe losing 16 yards after Aaron Boesch sacked the Monroe QB. 3 plays later it was another Bearcat punt which Josiah Miller returned 47 yards for another Wildcat touchdown. 10:54 2nd OH 21-0.

Monroe had a better possession, keeping the ball for 9 plays and gaining 38 yards before failing to convert a 4th down attempt from the OH 39.

Four plays later it was OH in the end zone again. The drive started with a 7-yard run, continued with a 31-yard pass completion to Connor Meyer and a 12-yard Lanningham run, then Miller ran it in from the 10 yard line. 6:07 28-0.

Monroe did not punt on their next possession because a Bearcat pass was intercepted by Denzel Massey at the the 40 and returned to the Monroe 16. Four plays later Lanningham made it 34-0 after the PAT kick failed.

After than OH score, Monroe put together their only scoring drive. They started at their own 35 and used 9 plays to score with 0:15 left in the half. The kick failed and the half ended with the score OH 34, Monroe 6.

Monroe received the 2nd half kickoff and drove 8 yards in 4 plays before turning the ball over to OH at the Monroe 45. This time it was Isaiah Trower who scored from 14 yards out. 40-6 with 9:59 to go in the 3rd.

Monroe went 5-out on their next series and this time the Wildcats needed only 3 plays to get Trower a score, this one from 3 yards out after Miller set it up with a 38-yard run. 7:24 3rd 46-6.

The next OH drive lasted only 3 plays at the Jordan Oliver was hit just as he threw the ball and it fell into the hands of a Bearcat defender, but on the next play Brent Ryan and Lanningham teamed up for a 7-yard sack. The two were joined by Boesch 2 plays later to drive the Bearcats back another 12 yards, forcing a punt from the Monroe 6 yard line. It looked like the kick would be great for the Wildcats as it bounced at the 28 yard line, but the ball took some nice rolls and hops, finally stopping on the OH 45.

No matter, as Ayer brought the ball back into Bearcat territory on his first carry. The 3rd quarter ended with Ayer driving the pile forward on a 4th-and-1 run. On the next play, the first of the 4th quarter, Peter Franssen took the handoff and ran untouched for 23 yards, then kicked the PAT to make it 53-6 for Oak Harbor with 11:53 left in the game.

With that score, the mercy rule was invoked and the rest of the game was played with a running clock.

Monroe started their next possession at their own 23 and 3 plays later lined up to punt from their on 21. The punt didn't get off as Boesch got through the line and got a hand on the ball, sending it in and out of the end zone for a safety. 9:07 left, OH 55, Monroe 6.

Oak Harbor took the free kick at the Monroe 30 and went back and forth a couple of times - running forward 5 yards then backing up 5 yards. After 9 snaps the Willdcats were looking at 4th-and-10 at the Monroe 15 with 57 seconds left. There, instead of throwing the ball or running around the end, the Oak Harbor coaches put Sam Wolfe in as quarterback with instructions to take a knee and turn the ball over.

2 Monroe run attempts later, the final horn sounded. Oak Harbor 55, Monroe 6. It was a great way to end a season that started out rather slowly.

On Wednesday, November 10th, the team held their annual awards banquet and recognized the departing seniors: Sam Wolfe, Justin Counts, Paul Kirk, Ian Sinchak, Marcus Jordan, Denzel Massey, Zack Ayer, Kyle Mellow, Judd Ford, Kyle Frank, Robert Beadles and Aaron Boesch.

It was a fun ride, guys. Thanks for all your efforts!

Video highlights from the game are posted HERE.

Volleyball state brackets

The complete bracket can be found HERE.

The girls start tournament play Friday, November 12th at 1:30pm at Toyota Center in Kennewick against West Valley (Yakima).

WHEN the girls defeat W. Valley, they will play the winner of the Holy Names/Kennedy match at 7:30pm Friday.

IF by chance they lose, the play the loser of the Holy Names/Kennedy match at 9:30am on Saturday, Nov 13th.

The championship match will be at 7:30pm on Nov 13th.

Breaking news

The following reports are unconfirmed but are from a reliable source.

Girls Cross Country team goes to the podium with a 3rd place finish in State.

Wildcat volleyball wins 2 matches for a trip to the state tournament.

Volleyball 2010-11-03 WESCO 3A tournament

Half of the WESCO 3A volleyball state play-in bracket took place at OHHS last Wednesday. Four teams came to play - Oak Harbor, Glacier Peak, Ferndale and Everett, in a 2-match double elimination tournament. Of the 4 teams, one was guaranteed a trip to the first round of the state tournament.

In the field house, Ferndale defeated Everett 3-1 to meet the winner of the OH-GP match. Oak Harbor met and beat the Grizzlies twice this year, the last meeting just last week where the Wildcats swept the match 3-0.

That wasn't going to happen again. The first game was back and forth the entire way, with neither team ahead by more than 2 points and the game tied numerous times. In the end it was Glacier Peak with a block to win 25-23.

The score was reversed in game 2 with Roshel Muzzall getting the kill for the win.

The Wildcats went down 19-25 in game 3, coming back from 16-23 but never really getting their rhythm.

Down 2-1 and with their backs against the wall, Oak Harbor dug in, and after a slow start, grabbed a 10-9 lead on a Muzzall kill and building their lead to 24-15 after a Christina Alexander ace. Glacier Peak started to catch up but a kill by Janine DeGuzman put the game away 25-19.

In the final game, Oak Harbor spotted GP a 7-3 lead, but starting with a Kristine Bouchard solo block, the Wildcats chipped away with the freshman, Kayleigh Harper, tying the match at 11 with a kill. GP took the lead back 12-11, but a lift call and two hitting errors put the Wildcats at match point. Kelsey Terrazas-Cooley went back to the line to serve, the ball sailed across the net and was shanked to the side by the Grizzlies, giving OH at 15-12 win, a 3-2 match victory, a trip to the 2nd day of the tournament and a match against Ferndale in 15 minutes for a trip to state.

Oak Harbor fully expected to play against Everett for their 2nd match, so weren't fully prepared for Ferndale. The Wildcats were drained after the emotional match against Glacier Peak but fought hard. Game 1 was close early then Ferndale went on a 4-0 run to take a 15-10 lead then held game point at 24-18. Oak Harbor didn't go quietly, taking advantage of Ferndale errors to close it to 24-21, but that was it as Ferndale won the first game 25-21.

Game 2 was all Ferndale as the Golden Eagles built a commanding 21-9 lead and won the game 25-15.

In game 3, Ferndale held a 15-11 lead but a kill by Katelyn Bristow and a kill and ace by Muzzall closed the gap to 14-15, and later a kill and block by "Big Blue" Amanda Blau put the Wildcats ahead 19-18. Unfortunately it didn't last long as on the next play the Wildcats were uncharacteristically called for a double hit on the set. Ferndale then took the lead on an overpass kill and won 25-20, winning the match 3-0.

The Wildcats aren't out yet at they travel to Glacier Peak on Saturday to continue the tournament. The girls start at noon against Mt. Vernon, who lost to Shorewood and beat Mountlake Terrace. WHEN the girls win that match, the play the winner of the Glacier Peak/Shorewood match at 2pm, with the winner going to state.

A combined video clips with highlights from both matches are posted HERE, including Kelsey's match point service ace in the Glacier Peak match.

A total of 62 photos covering both matches are posted HERE.

Varsity football vs Lethbridge back in October

I just noticed that the video clips and photos from the Oct 22 varsity football game vs Lethbridge never got posted.

As almost everyone knows by now, we beat the visiting team from Alberta, Canada 41-7 after leading 26-0 at half.

Ian Kolste was in as the new QB for the Wildcats and passed for 97 yards and Jon Lanningham spent a lot of time in the backfield as well.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos from the game are HERE

Football 2010-10-28 vs Meadowdale

Last Thursday the Oak Harbor Wildcat varsity football team played their last regular season game against the Meadowdale Mavericks with a playoff spot on the line.

After introducing the seniors who were playing their final game on Oak Harbor's turf, the game got started. After Isaiah Trower returned the kickoff to the OH 45 yard line, Josiah Miller took the handoff and ran 55 yards to the Maverick end zone. Just 17 seconds into the game it was Oak Harbor 7, Meadowdale 0.

The OH celebration didn't last long, as 3 plays later Meadowdale scored on a 55 yard pass play. They missed the PAT kick leaving the score at 7-6 with 9:33 to go in the 1st quarter.

Oak Harbor punted on their next possession, but shortly after the Meadowdale quarterback was sacked and a fumble forced, recovered by Judd Ford at the Meadowdale 15 yard line. After moving down to the 8 yard line, OH attempted a field goal but it was blocked by a high-jumping Maverick lineman and they took over on their own 31 yard line. 8 plays later Miller forced a fumble and Kyle Frank recovered it giving Oak Harbor the ball back at the OH 18.

The Wildcats mounted a sustained drive, including a long run by Sam Wolfe to get it started and a nice reception by Justin Counts to keep it going, and it ended with a Jon Lanningham 7-yard touchdown run. Peter Franssen's kick was good, increasing the Wildcat lead to 14-6.

On their next drive, Meadowdale also put together a long drive, going 80 yards in 11 plays for a score. Again, their PAT kick missed, leaving OH ahead 14-12 with 9:56 left until halftime.

After an OH punt, Meadowdale drove 65 yards for their 3rd TD of the half. Instead of kicking they went for a pass PAT which was completed, putting the Mavs ahead 20-14 with 4:32 left in the 2nd quarter.

OH punted again, but this time the kick was muffed by the Meadowdale receiver and Sam Wolfe recovered the ball at the Meadowdale 21. 3 plays later Wolfe ran the ball in from the 11 yard line. Franssen's kick missed, and the game was tied at 20 with 1:44 left until halftime.

Meadowdale thought they could score again, but big sacks by Brent Ryan and Kevawn Brooks ended that though, then the Mav punt traveled only 10 yards. With 37 seconds left, OH had a chance to score again with teh ball at the Meadowdale 35 yard line, but the pass was intercepted at the Meadowdale 10 yard line. Now with 25 seconds left, Meadowdale got into OH territory with 6 seconds to go but Miller snagged the Maverick pass to end the drive and the teams went into the locker room tied at 20.

Oak Harbor got the ball to start the 2nd half and drove deep into Meadowdale territory, but another pass was intercepted, this one in the Meadowdale end zone. The Wildcat defense held and forced Meadowdale to punt, but OH fumbled the ball at the 50 yard line and the Mav's completed the bomb pass for a 48-yard score to go ahead 26-20, and that score would stand until the end of the 3rd quarter.

In the 4th, Meadowdale drove down to the OH 20 and went for it on 4th and 2. The pass fell incomplete, but a very questionable defensive pass interference call on the Wildcats gave new life to the Meadowdale drive, and 2 plays later completed a pass for a touchdown and added a 2-point PAT to make the score 34-20.

On Oak Harbor's next possession, QB Ian Kolste was sacked and fumbled the ball, recovered by Meadowdale. The fumble was very understandable because as he went down Kolste fell on his right arm, breaking the bone.

Meadowdale advanced the fumble to the OH 13 yard line and 2 plays later ran it in for a TD, making the score 41-20 with 2 minutes left in the game, and that score would also be the final.

The Wildcats play one more game, a non-league crossover game next Thursday, November 4th at Monroe HS.

Click HERE for some video highlights. (no, Ian's broken arm is not on it.)

HERE are some photos from the game, as well as photos of each senior before the game, taken from the booth.