Special Coupeville Edition - Boys and Girls Basketball

Coupeville had a quad-header against La Conner Tuesday night in the CHS gym, with both boys and girls JV and Varsity in action.

While the varsity girls were playing in the main gym, the JV boys were in the aux gym and were having difficulties with their opponents. Down 28-11 at halftime the boys never really recovered as La Conner went on to win 55-15. Three Wolves got on the board. Gavin O'Keefe topped the team with 16 points, Josiah Campbell hit for 7 and Ben Etzell 3.

50 photos from the 2nd half of the game are posted HERE.

The girls varsity game was very exciting with numerous lead changes. Coupeville trailed at the first break, 8-10, but came back to take a 5-point lead at halftime, 23-18. The Wolves increased their lead to 7 points, 36-29 to start the final period, but La Conner was able to catch up and with just a few seconds remaining had cut the Coupeville lead to just 1 point. La Conner had the ball and threw up a desperation 3-point attempt as the buzzer sounded, but the shooter was fouled in the act of shooting and went to the line to attempt 3 shots with no time remaining. She made her first to tie the game then hit her 2nd to give La Conner a 48-47 win. Bessie Walstad led the team in scoring with 10 point, Katies Smith had 9, Cassidi Rosenkrance 8, Kendra O'Keefe and Mehgan Metlow 7 each, Taya Boonstra 4 and Jai' Lysa Hoskins 2.

67 photos from the Girls Varsity game are posted HERE.

For the late games, the girls JV took the court in the Aux gym and struggled a bit in the 1st half. The Wolves led 9-5 at the end of the first but scored only 7 points in the 2nd to give the Braves a 17-16 halftime lead. After the break, Coupeville stepped up on defense, holding La Conner to just 6 points while scoring 13 of their own, then added another 23 in the 4th period to win big, 52-39. Shelby Kulz led the team with 21 points, 13 of them from the line where she was 13-16 and 5-6 in the 4th period. Grace LaPoint and Breeanna Messner scored 8 each, Amanda Fabrizi 5 along with Rhiannon Ellsworth, Maddy Roberts 3 and Jamie Price 2. The game was quite the foul fest, with the teams shooting 33 free throws.... each.

Girls JV photos are HERE.

Finally, the boys varsity team. It was a close, tough game in the first half, with Coupeville down by just 5 points at halftime, but in the 2nd half, with several Wolves in foul trouble, the Braves used their speed and outside shooting to overcome Coupeville's size to win 65-49. Big Hunter Hammer put up 16 points while Ben Hayes, Ian Smith and Tyler King each scored 10. Dalton Engle scored 3 to round out the Coupeville scoring.

Photos from the boys varsity game are posted HERE.

It was a tough night at Mountlake Terrace for the girls basketball teams.

Over in the Aux gym, the Freshman team, minus two key players, was having problems on offense, scoring only 4 points in the 1st period and 11 by halftime while allowing 34 by the Hawks. In the 27-57 loss, Sam Hawkins was a bright spot with 14 points. Gordy and Lyn scored 4 each, Hunt and Gurich 2 each and Estrella 1 point.

JV was down by 2 at the end of the first but led 21-18 at half and 34-26 at the end of the 3rd. They held off a late charge by MLT to win 41-37. Lia Pantoleon scored 12 for the team, Morgan Young and Marisa Lewis had 8 each and Kelsey Rankin 5. Erika Flores and Rayan Russell scored 4 each.

At the end of the 1st quarter, the varsity team was up 17-15, but poor shooting in the 2nd let the Hawks take a 10-point 35-25 lead into the locker room at halftime. The teams played almost even in the 3rd, but another offensive letdown in the 4th gave Terrace the 61-44 win. Yoshi scored 13 for the 'Cats and Ciera Wiser had a season-high 12 points. Annie Leete added 8, Addy Royala 5 and DJ 2.

Video clips are HERE.

Photos are HERE. Sorry for the low quality and quantity, but lighting conditions in that gym were horrible.

BBB 2010-12-21 vs Mountlake Terrace

After the Freshman and JV games, it didn't look like it would be a good night for Oak Harbor boys basketball. The JV team played a decent first half, down by just 9 points at the break, but the Hawks came out on fire in the 2nd half, scoring 46 points while holding the Wildcats to just 15 points. The final in that game was 75-35 in favor of MLT. Anfernee Angkaw scored 9 point to lead the team and Paul Johannsen and Corey Houck had 6 each. Kiefer Hermann and Michael LaBelle scored 4 each while Devontay Sutalo, Jackson Knoll and Forrest Brown had 2 each. On the bright side, the team did well at the free throw line, hitting 13 of 18 attempts.

The freshman game was similar, with MLT holding a 33-17 halftime lead and extending it to 78-33 by the end of the game. Zach Gibbs scored 15 for the Wildcats, Chavez Madden 5, Isaiah Rennes 4, Andrae Gray and Casiano Atienza 2.

Mike Washington, Jr. scored 8 of the team's 13 first-period points and trailed 13-17 at the first horn and in the 2nd period, Stevie Bratt scored all but 2 of the team's 11 points and MLT led 36-24 at halftime.

Coming out of the locker room, Oak Harbor started to chip away at the Hawk lead, cutting it to just 5 points, 41-36 after a 3-pointer by Jay Stout at the 4:18 mark. Then, in a 29-second flurry, Mike Washington grabbed a rebound tipped by Bratt for two at the 3:41 mark, got a steal and drained a 3-pointer at 3:33, then got a pass after another Wildcat steal and hit another three at 3:12 to put the Wildcats up by 1 point, 44-43 and forcing an MLT timeout. The two teams went back and forth for the remained of the 3rd period which ended in a tie at 47.

Just under a minute into the 4th period, Jay Stout got a bucket and put the Wildcats into the lead for good. The boys built a 9-point lead with 1:22 left but Terrace wasn't out yet. They scored twice in less than a minute to cut the OH lead to 5, but 4 late points by the 'Cats sealed the 69-62 win.

Washington finished on top of the leaderboard with 27 points while Stout was close behind with 21. Bratt also finished in double figures with 14. Denzel Massey hit 4 free throws and Kevawn Brooks finished with 3 points. As a team, our boys scored eight 3-pointers and were 17/24 from the free throw line.

Next for the boys is a 3-day tournament at Bellevue College, then return to league play on January 4th at Meadowdale. Their next home game is January 11th vs Glacier Peak.

Video highlights from the JV and Varsity game are HERE.

Pictures are posted HERE.

GBB 2010-12-17 vs Everett

The Varsity girls basketball team had their best offensive game of the year, scoring 55 points but they allowed 68 points for the visiting Everett Seagulls.

The game started out great for Oak Harbor as they led 10-6 halfway through the 1st period and 15-10 after DJ scored from outside with 2:44 left in the 1st. Everett chipped away at the lead, taking it back late in the period. Tatiana Cumming scored with 8 seconds left to give OH a 1-point lead but Everett hit with 3 seconds left to lead 18-17 at the end of the 1st period.

The 2nd period was almost all Everett at they went on a 23-9 run to tak a 41-26 lead into the locker room at halftime. The two teams played nearly evenly the rest of the game, but the Wildcats were not able to chip away much at the Seagull lead.

Even with the loss, there were several highlights from the game. First, the girls were 12 of 16 from the free throw line, and they made nine 3-point goals.

Yoshi finished the game leading all scorers with 22 points and Annie Leete was also in double figures with 12. Emilie Renninger, who missed much of the game as she was getting stitches in a cut in her lip, returned and finished with 8 points. Clarissa Abadesco scored 5, DJ 4 and Addy Royal and Tatiana Cumming 2 each.

In the JV game, the girls found themselves down through the entire game but were never out. Beginning the 4th period, Everett held a 32-23 lead but the Wildcats, behind some sharp outside shooting cut the lead to 40-35 with 1:37 left, but Everett held on to win 43-35. Lia Pantoleon scored 15 points and Morgan Young 11. Marisa Lewis had 6, Kelsey Rankin 2 and Kaileen Burleson 1. Fifteen of the Wildcats' 43 points came off of 5-point shots, 4 by Pantoleon.

The freshmean team, after a string of double-digit wins, struggled against Everett, losing 37-31. Hawkins scored 16 points, Estralla and Callaway 4 each, Gurich 3, and Hunt and Lym scored 2 each.

Next up for the girls is a trip next Wednesday to Mountlake Terrace, the the annual Santa Slam tournament on December 29th and 30th.

Video highlights are HERE.

77 photos of Freshman, JV and Varsity action are HERE.

Wrestling

On Thursday, December 16th the OH wrestling team traveled to Glacier Peak HS for a dual meet against the Grizzlies.

GP was short on JV wrestlers, so there were only 6 JV matches. Souza and Dedobbelaere were both winners by fall.

There were also 3 exhibition matches featuring OH wrestlers going up against teammates. First were Orritt and Ducken with Ducken getting a late pin. Rutter pinned Martinez and Quinday pinned Wotring.

Varsity action started at 112 lbs with Jahleel Vester beating Lucey 15-2, getting OH off to a good start. His win was followed by a pin by Corey Trimbur over McIntyre in 3:24. It was a significant win as Corey weighs only 107 lbs and wrestled in the 119lb weight class that night. Getting the 3rd win in a row for the Wildcats was Cody Fakkema with a 14-3 major decision over Dellino giving OH a 14-0 lead in the meet. GP took the lead back, 21-14 after 4 straight wins, 3 by pin. Then Josh Crebbin at 152 lbs pinned Pregler in 1:37 to bring OH to within 1 point, 20-21. In a great 160 lbs match, Brandon Stratton got an escape point to give him a 7-6 lead with about 10 seconds left in the 3rd period, but gave up takedown to Elledge with just 3 seconds to go, pushing the GP lead to 24-20. The lead went back to OH when Justin Everett beat Palmer by pin just 40 seconds into the 3rd period. Collin Higingbotham wrestled well at 189 lbs, leading 3-2 in the 1st and tied with Heard at the end of the 2nd, but he gave up a late reverse in the 3rd to fall 8-10 and putting GP back on top, 27-26.

Knowing that OH would get 6 team points from Kyle Mellow at 285 due to a forfeit, the match result now rested on the shoulders of sophomore Jeremy Alonzo. If he wins the team wins. Jeremy wasn't going to let the team down, went out and pinned Palmaffy in just 1:20 to seal a 38-27 win.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

A total of 115 photos of JV and varsity wrestlers are posted HERE.

On Saturday, the JV team went to Everett for a tournament, and the varsity team was at Squalicum High School in Bellingham for the Graham Morin tournament.

There, out of 13 wrestlers competing, 6 placed in the top six.

Cody Fakkema at 119 lbs took 5th place with 3 wins and 2 losses as did David Payne at 145 lbs and Josh Crebbin at 152 lbs.

Justin Everett was 3rd at 160 lbs with a 4-1 record along with Kyle Mellow

Brandon Stratton was the top OH finisher, getting 2nd place.

Cory Trimbur, who expects to be at 103 lbs by the end of the year won 2 and lost 2 in the 112lb class but didn't place. Steven Souza also finished 2-2.

Ryuta Meany won his first match 5-0 then lost his next two and did not place.

Higingbotham, Alonzo, Dedobbelaere and Taisague all lost their first two and were eliminated.

Overall the Wildcats finished 8th out of 16 teams at the tournament.

Middle School Boys Basketball 2010-12-15 NWMS vs Mt. Baker

On Wednesday afternoon the NWMS boys basketball team played at home against Mt. Baker Middle School of Mt. Vernon.

The 8th grade game was a blowout. North Whidbey scored 25 points in the opening period while holding the Grizzlies scoreless. At one point, Zack Jones scored 6 points in a 20-second span by stealing the inbound pass. When the dust settled and after the score was reset for the 4th period due to the lopsided score, it was NW 53, MTB 37. Jones played the first period and just a couple of minutes in the 2nd and scored 15 pints. Nehring scored 8 along with Adams. Eccleston and Vester hit for 6 points, Parmenter for 4, and Bobo, Dunch, Reed and Smith 2 each.

It was much closer in the 7th grade game. At the end of the 1st, NW held a 7-6 lead and led only 14-11 at halftime. Both teams scored 8 in the 3rd period, but NW outscored Mt. Baker 16-11 in the 4th to win 38-30. Kolste led the scoring with 16 and Smith hit for 13. McKinney scored 7 and Dixon 2 to round out the NW points.

8th grade photos are HERE.

7th grade photos are HERE.

8th grade video clips are HERE.

7th grade video clips are HERE.

Boys Swimming 2010-12-15 vs Cascade & Jackson

In their home pool again, the OH Swim team struggled early, but came through in the late events to top Jackson 96-84 and Cascade 104-78. The win was even more significant as the Wildcats were missing several top swimmers due to an upcoming regional AAU meet.

200 Medley Relay
1 - Cascade 2:00.51
2 - OH - Cardinal, Rosen, Vagt, Schell 2:00.87
5 - OH - Cuajunco, Kisnick, Kaltenback, Wolfe 2:15.10
JV - OH - Leech, Livermore, Kosbar, Lantz 2:43.11

200 Free
1 - Jackson 2:10.97
2 - Cascade 2:13.53
3 - OH - Schell 2:14.95
5 - OH - Levy 2:21.23
8 - OH - Kusnick 3:01.65
JV - Long 3:16.03

200 IM
1 - Jackson 2:22.71
2 - Cascade 2:34.21
3 - OH - Cuajunco 2:34.72
4 - OH - Powers 2:35.37
8 - OH - Dieter 3:08.59
JV - Snyder 3:18.95

50 free
1 - Cascade 26.46
2 - OH - Rosen 26.47
4 - OH - Byrne 29.33
8 - OH - Wolfe 31.03
JV - Ford 30.81
JV - Faught 31.79
JV - Lundstrom 32.48
JV - Evans 32.93
JV - Eckart 33.18
JV - Green 33.80
JV - Alvarado 34.32
JV - Jackson 35.28
JV - Mitchel 37.65
JV - Klein 38.92
JV - Hernkind 39.98
JV - Nielsen 41.65
JV - Jappert 47.02
JV - Radka 49.01

Diving
1 - Kaltenbach 105.8
4 - Reith 81.00
JV - Leech
JV - Barrailer 25.8
JV - Kosbar 34.30

100 Fly
1 - Cascade 1:03.39
2 - OH - Vagt 106.6
4 - OH - Kaltenbach 1:13.0

100 Free
1 - Cascade 58.89
2 - Jackson 1:01.48
3 - OH - Cardinal 1:03.06
4 - OH - Levy 1:05.86
8 - OH - Kusnick 1:11.52
9 - OH - Ford 1:12.97
JV - Snyder 1:19.28

400 Free
1 - Cascade 4:33.31
2 - Jackson 4:42.54
3 - OH - Schell 4:51.76
5 - OH - Powers 5:01.10
6 - OH - Cabigting 5:44.16

200 Free relay
1 - OH - Cardinal, Rosen, Levy, Powers 1:51.63
3 - OH - WOlfe, Byrne, Ford, Kusnick 2:01.99
5 - OH - Lundstrom, Evans, Faught, Barrailler 2:09.66
JV - Eckard, Nielsen, Mitchel, Long 2:25.52
JV - Kosbar, Reith, Leech, Livermore 2:28.83
JV - Alvarado, Hernkind, Jackson, Jappert 2:38.31

100 Back
1 - Jackson
2 - Cascade
3 - OH - Cuanjunco 1:10.19
4 - OH - Cardinal 1:14.16
6 - OH - Cabigting 1:18.84

100 Breast
1 - OH - Rosen 1:14.41
3 - OH - Vagt 1:17.06
6 - OH - Barrailler 1:27.01
JV - Dieter 1:40.46
JV - Livermore 1:44.94
JV - Klein 1:46.60
JV - Rivers 1:50.34
JV - Jappert 2:24.39

400 Free Relay
1 - Cascade 3:59.01
2 - Jackson 4:00.90
3 - OH - Schell, Powers, Vagt, Cuajunco 4:15.87
5 - OH - Byrne, Wolfe, Ford, Levey 4:43.84
6 - OH - Cabigting, Faught, Lundstrom, Kosbar 5:00.50
JV - Rivers, Green, Long, Reith 5:44.28

The swimmers are off for the rest of the year, returning to action on Jan 4th at Lake Stevens.

47 photos of OH swimmers are posted HERE.

Boys Basketball 2010-12-14 vs Shorewood

On Tuesday the boys basketball team played their first home game of the regular season, facing off against a very tall Shorewood Thunderbird team.

The first quarter of the varsity game was exciting, as Mike Washington, Jr., took the opening tip and launched a 3-pointer from the corner to give OH an early lead, and Washington connected again halfway through the period then Denzel Massey with just over 2 minutes left to make it 11-7 in favor of Oak Harbor. The T-birds then went on a 9-0 run to end the period leading 16-11. Down most of the 2nd period, the Wildcats stayed in the game and went on their own 5-0 run late to tie the game at 25 with 1:09 left in the half. At halftime, though, Shorewood led 29-25.

The 3rd period was a tough one for the Wildcats as they scored only 7 points and foundthemselves in a 43-32 hole. They got their rhythm back in the 4th period but were unable to cut into the Thunderbird lead. Final - Shorewood 65, Oak Harbor 53. Mike Washington scored 22 points and Jay Stout had 12. Denzel Massey and Stevie Bratt both scored 7. Josiah Miller got 2 along with Kevawn Brooks and Trace Paul had 1 point.

In JV action, the first quarter started off slow, with the score just 4-4 halfway through the period. Shorewood then went on a 10-0 run to take control and never looked back and won 61-43. Forrest Brown, playing on his home court for the first time was a force in the paint and led the team in scoring with 10 points. Kiefer Hermann scored 8, Dayne Herron and Anfernee Angkaw 6 each, Paul Johannsen 5, Michael LaBelle 4 and Patrick Bell and Chris Hailer 2 each.

Again, the Freshman team dominated their game. They opened a 24-12 first-period lead and that's as close as it would get as they cruised to a 70-49 win. The team has scored 60 points or more in at least 4 games this season and 11 different players scored points this game. Drew Washington was the top scorer with 24 points and Zach Gibbs was also in double figures with 10. Isaiah Rennes had 9, Alex Krantz 6, Casiano Atienza 5, Rider and Gray 4 each, Groenig 3, and Knaack and Madden 2 each.

The boys teams play at Everett this Friday and are at home again next Tuesday, December 21st vs Mountlake Terrace.

Video highlights from the JV and Varsity games are posted HERE

A total of 96 photos of Freshman, JV and Varsity action are posted HERE.

Youth Wrestling 2010-12-12 at Sedro-Woolley

The day after the big Spud Walley tournament for high school wrestlers, several hundred youth wrestlers took over the mats for their own tournament.

The numbers were down a bit for the Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club, with only 10 wrestlers at the tournament.

Results aren't available, but click HERE for a short video highlight clip, and click HERE for 35 photos of wrestlers in action.

Wrestling 2010-12-11 at Spud Walley Tournament

The Oak Harbor wrestlers traveled to their first weekend tournaments last Saturday, with Coach Crebbin taking his top wrestlers to the prestigious Spud Walley Tournament at Sedro Woolley High School, and the JV wrestlers, 35 strong, headed to Snohomish for a JV tourney.

In past years, Oak Harbor has filled most every weight bracket at Spud Walley, and several weight classes had two Wildcats in the bracket, but with such a young team, only 8 Wildcats went to Sedro.

Corey Trimbur, currently at 106 lbs and on his way to 103 lbs won his first match in the 112 lb bracket then lost to the eventual 3rd place finisher in the 2nd round then lost his 3rd match to finish off the podium.

At 119 lbs, Cody Fakkema won 8-1 in his first match then lost to the 2nd place finisher. In the consolation bracket, Fakkema won 8-1, then got a pin before losing the 5th/6th place match, but still finished on the podium.

Brandon Stratton was at 152 lbs and won his first two matches 13-2 and a 1st-round pin, then fell to the bracket champ in the semis. He then beat the other semifinal loser by pin to place 3rd in his bracket.

Collin Higingbotham was in the 171 lb weight class lost his first match then won 2 consolation bracket matches but finished just off the awards podium.

Ryuta Meany (135), Devin Jensen (145), Justin Everett (160) and Jeremy Alonzo (189) all lost their first two matches.

The Snohomish tournament results aren't readily available, but hopefully something will be posted soon.

Next for the wrestlers is a trip to Glacier Peak next Thursday and their first home meet is Tuesday, January 4th in a tri meet against Shorewood and Shorecrest.

A short video highlight clip is posted HERE.

42 photos of the 8 wrestlers at Spud Walley are posted HERE.

Complete tournament results are posted here at the Washington Wrestling Report.

GBB 2010-12-10 vs Lynnwood

Last Friday the Wildcat girls opened their league season with a matchup against the #8 ranked Lynnwood Royal.

For the 1st half of the opening period, the Wildcats played right with the Royals, down by only 4 points, 12-8. However, the Wildcats would not score a field goal again until the 5:04 point in the 2nd period, when Dominique Jackson (DJ) scored to make it 31-11 in favor of Lynnwood and by halftime the Royals had opened a 41-16 lead. In the 2nd half the Wildcats upped their offensive output, scoring 10 in the 3rd and 11 in the 4th, but Lynnwood was just too much for the young Wildcat team and won 67-37. Even with the lopsided score, coach Clayville though the girls played their best game of the year and were missing Clarissa Abadesco and Addy Royal, leaving Janelle Yoshimoto (Yoshi) as the only senior on the court for the Wildcats. Sophomore Emilie Renninger was tops in scoring for the Wildcats with 9 points, followed by Yoshi with 8. Annie Leete put in 6 points, Tatiana Cumming and DJ 4 each and Rayan Russell and Jalani Bobo 3 each.

After a lackluster performance in the 1st half which ended in an 18-18 tie, the JV squad kicked both their offense and defense into high gear in the 2nd half. They held the Royal JV team to just 4 points, none in the 4th period and poured in 28 points, led by Lia Pantoleon who scored all of her 19 points in the 2nd half. In the end it was Oak Harbor 42, Lynnwood 22. Others scoring were Morgan Young with 9 points, Erika Flores with 5, Russell and Kaileen Burlseon 4 each, Natalie Fiallos and exchange student Shoko Jamaguchi 2 each and Danielle Teasley 1.

The freshman team also played strong, holding Lynnwood to just 2 points in the 1st period and only 6 points in the 1st half while scoring 21 points of their own. The final in that game was Oak Harbor 44, Lynnwood 20. Sam Hawkins had a great game with 18 points. Jamie Estrella scored 8, Cassidy Gurich 5, Yasmine Keiser and Angelica Brown 4 each, KC Winfield 3 and Melanie Callaway 2.

The girls travel to 0-3 Shorewood next Wednesday to find their first win of the season, then play 3-1 Everett at home next Friday.

Video highlights from the JV and varsity games are HERE.

68 photos covering the Freshman, JV and Varsity games are HERE.

GBB 2010-12-08 vs Lynden

The OH girls basketball team found some offense Wednesday night at OHHS vs Lynden, but unfortunately it wasn't until the 2nd half that it got going.

The game started off well, with Annie Leete grabbing the opening tip and putting it in the hoop for 2 points, but that was the last field goal the team would score until DJ hit for 2 points with 2:32 left in the half. Leete added two more along with a Janelle Yoshimoto free throw to end the 1st half with Lynden leading 29-9.

In the 2nd half, Oak Harbor struck first, with DJ and Emilie Renninger scoring just seconds apart. The girls exceeded their first half output in the 3rd quarter, but allowed Lynden to score 18.

Oak Harbor played even with Lynden in the final period, ending the game with two nice scores by Renninger and Yoshi, but it was all Lynden as they cruised to a 63-39 victory. Leete and Renninger both scored 9 to top OH scoring, Adrianna Royal had 8, Yoshi 5, DJ 4, Ciera Wiser and Tatiana Cumming 2 each.

It was all Wildcats early in the JV game as halfway through the 1st quarter Lia Pantoleon hit the first of her three 3-pointers to give OH an 11-2 lead, but the scoring went dry after than and Lynden crept back in, ending the first quarter with OH leading 11-8. Oak Harbor was only able to score a single free throw in the 2nd quarter while allowing the Lions to hit for 10 and at halftime it was 18-12 in favor of Lynden. The 'Cats got their next score when Lia hit a 3-pointer with 5:50 left in the 3rd, but that was it until Erika Flores scored 2 with just over a minute left. In the final period, Pantoleon and Morgan Young each hit a 3-pointer to finish the Wildcat scoring, ending the game with a 23-42 loss.

Over in the dome, it was a boring 1st quarter, with KC Winfield scoring the only 4 points the Wildcats got, but the defense held Lynden to only 2 points. Lynden warmed up a bit in the 2nd period, ending the half with an 11-8 lead.

After halftime, the Wildcats closed the gap, but key player Sam Hawkins got in foul trouble and played sparingly the rest of the game. In the end it was 38 for Lynden and 22 for Oak Harbor. The scorebook showed Hawkins with 8 points, Cassidy Gurich with 5 and Melanie Callaway and Winfield with 4 each. Somewhere a free throw got missed.

On Monday, the 3 teams were up in Bellingam to take on the Squalicum Storm. The freshman team was on fire, building an 18-4 lead in the 1st quarter and 31-11 at the half. Things slowed down a little on offense in the 2nd half but the defense was still there as the girls won 54-17. Gurich and Winfield led the scoring with 15 and 12 points respectively. Sam Hawkins was also in double figures with 10 points. Callaway scored 8, Jamie Estrella 5 and Angelica Brown 4 to round out the scoring.

The JV team got their first win of the year, but it was a close one. The girls were down 6-2 and the end of the 1st but tied the game 12-12 at halftime. The Storm again built a small lead, 19-16 after 3 periods, but Oak Harbor scored 12 points in the final period to win 28-26. Pantoleon led the team with 14 points, Rayan Russell hit for 4, Kaileen Burleson and Danielle Teasley 3 each and Kelsey Rankin and Erika Flores 2 each.

In the varsity game, Yoshi scored 16 pints and Annie Leete added 9, but it wasn't enough as Squalicum defeated the Wildcats 51-40. Other Wildcats getting points were Emilie Renninger with 6, Tatiana Cumming with 5, Ciera Wiser 3 and Jalani Bobo 1.


Photos from the JV and Varsity games against Lynden are posted HERE.

HERE is a video highlight clip from the Lynden game.

Next up is the league opener Friday against Lynnwood HS at home. JV starts at 5:40, Varsity at 7:30pm.

Middle School Volleyball 2010-12-7 NW vs Anacortes

The middle school volleyball season continued Tuesday afternoon with the North Whidbey Middle School team hosting Anacortes.

The volleyball season ends next week Friday, and there are still a couple of home matches. Thursday both middle school are at home, North Whidbey going against LaVenture and Oak Harbor MS taking on Cascade. Oak Harbor is home again on the 16th vs LaVenture and the season ends with a final OHMS vs NWMS match at NWMS followed by a combined awards presentation ceremony. All middle school sporting events are free. JV is scheduled to start at 3:45 and varsity at 5pm.

43 photos of the NWMS 7th grade team vs Anacortes are HERE.

Click HERE for 8th grade photos.

A short video highlight clip showing both 7th and 8th grade is HERE.

AAU Girls basketball

Saturday afternoon, the 7^th and 8^th grade girls AAU basketball teams were both in action in their final game of the S.W.I.S.H league in Skagit County. The 7^th grade girls were at LaVenture Middle School against Lynden and the 8^th grade team was at Sedro-Woolley High School against Coupeville.

The 7^th grade team is made up of mostly 6^th grade girls and one 5^th grader, but since there are 2 7^th grade girls on the team, they play the 7^th grade schedule.

At the end of the 1^st quarter, the OH girls scored only 2 points, but came back in the 2^nd to score 6, then added 6 more in the 3^rd. However, they just didn’t have enough to overcome Lynden as the Cats lost 17-42. Leading the team in scoring was Rosie, with 8 points, followed by Deja with 5. Sade and R.G. netted 2 points each. The 7^th grade team finished the season 2-7 overall.

At Sedro later that afternoon, OH started out slow against their neighbors to the south with the 1^st period ending in a 4-4 tie. In the 2^nd period our girls took control of the game, outscoring Coupeville 10-2 to take a 14-6 lead at halftime. They increased their lead to 20-8 at the end of the third, but Coupeville wasn’t out, scoring 8 points in the final period and holding Oak Harbor to just 3. It wasn’t enough for Coupeville as OH won the game 23-16. “Speedy”, Monica and Brooke all scored 6 points each for the team, “Big Mac” and “Flash” added 2 each and Sierra hit a free throw to complete the scoring. The team ended the season with a 4-3 overall record.

While both teams ended the regular season, they still have the League Tournament to play. The 8th grade team plays at 2:35pm this coming Saturday, Dec 11th at LaConner High School. The 7th grade team plays at 9am at LaConner Middle School.

The full 8th grade bracket is HERE

The 7th grade bracket is HERE.

47 photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE, including team photos

56 8th grade photos are here, including team photos. A number of photos of Coupeville players made their way into this album as well.

A one minute 7th grade video highlight clip is posted HERE

Click HERE for the 8th grade clip.

Youth Wrestling 2010-12-05 at Ferndale

While results aren't yet posted at the Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling club website, some video highlights, including what has to be the fastest and easiest pin ever recorded on tape, are posted HERE.

Wrestling 2010-12-03 at Monroe

On Friday, December 3^rd, the Oak Harbor Wildcat wrestling team traveled to Monroe High School for a double dual meet with the Bearcats and the Arlington Eagles.

In JV action vs Arlington, the team did fairly well, scoring pins in 4 of the 11 matches, but unfortunately those were the only OH wins. The pins were by Vester, Smith, Stanford and Quinday. The results were similar versus Monroe, with Tarrant, Payne, Crebbin and Case-Smith all getting wins. Most importantly, the JV coaches got to see their wrestlers going full-speed and can make adjustments to ensure future success.

The varsity went first against host Monroe. There was a double forfeit at 103 lbs, then Corey Trimber was all over Kozemzak at 112 lbs, winning 12-0. Cody Fakkema, at 119 lbs got the first pin of the season, taking only 1:32 to defeat Douglas. In other wins, Ryuta Meany won an 18-7 decision over Brown, Stratton won 15-2 over Dimaggio and Colin Higinbotham won a very close 12-11 decision over Lippert. Higgy ended the 1^st round down 4-2 and down 8-10 at the end of the 2^nd. In the final round, he scored a 2-point reversal and added a 2-point near fall to get the win. While OH won 5 of 11 matches, the team gave up 12 points in forfeits and most of the OH losses were by pin, adding to Monroe’s point total. The final was OH 21, Monroe 47.

Oak Harbor did better against Arlington, with a 9-point differential, 33-42. Again, Trimbur and Fakkema won their matches, both by pin in the 1^st round. Ben Pralle came back from a tough loss vs Monroe to beat King 12-7. Brandon Stratton got his first pin over Shirey in the 1^st round, and Higgy and Jeremy Alonzo both won their matches with pins. Of the 11 matches wrestled against Arlington, OH won 6, all but one by pin, but the two forfeits proved the difference in the match.

In the first rankings of the year released by the Washington Wrestling Report, the Wildcats have one wrestler on the list so far, Brandon Stratton is currently ranked 4^th in 3A and 9^th across all classes in the state.

Video highlights from a few matches are posted HERE.

87 photos from both JV and Varsity are posted HERE.

GBB 2010-12-02 @ Arlington

While the boys were winning 2 of 3 games at OHHS Thursday night, the girls were at Arlington had some problems getting the offenses going.

The freshman team had only 4 players score during their game. Sam Hawkins hit for 14 points to lead the team and Melanie Callaway was just behind with 12. Jamie Estrella added 6 and Cassidy Gurich scored 4 points. Even at that it was a close game. The Wildcats were down 10-6 at the end of the first period by came back and scored 16 points in the 2nd to take a 22-14 lead. Arlington outscored OH 12-6 in the 3rd, but Oak Harbor still held a 28-26 lead going into the 4th period, but the Wildcats were able to score only 8 points while free throws for Arlington proved the difference as the Eagles won 39-34.

In JV action, the only scoring in the 1st quarter was a single free throw made by Rayan Russell. Marissa Lewis and Erika Flores each scored in the 2nd, but by then Arlington built a 24-6 lead. The Wildcat defense worked in the 3rd, holding the Eagles to 4 points, but the offense only hit for 7 points and Arlington finished out the game 35-20.

Lia Pantoleon and Morgan Young each scored 5 points, Lewis 3, Flores, Kaileen Burleson, and Kelsey Rankin 2 each and Russel 1.

At the of the first period, the varsity team was down 19-9 and at halftime it was 28-20, a lead that could be overcome. It wasn't to be as the OH offense drew a blank in the 3rd period and scored only 2 points in the 4th and Arlington won 51-22.

Ciera Wiser scored 6, Janelle Yoshimoto 5, Jalani Bobo and Annie Leete 3 each, Kelsey Rankin and DJ 2 each and Emilie Renninger 1 point.

Next for the girls is a trip to Squalicum on Monday, then two homes games - Lynden on Wednesday and they open their league schedule on Friday vs Lynnwood.

Boys Basketball 2010-12-02

The boys basketball team opened their home season with a game against former league opponent Marysville-Pilchuck last Thursday.

Oak Harbor started off strong, with Jay Stout and Michael Washington, Jr., both scoring in the first minute to make it 5-0 Wildcats. Unfortunately, they would be the last Wildcat field goals until 2:10 left in the first when Washington scored again. In between Denzel Massey sank some free throws, but the 'Cats were down 20-10 at the end of the first.

Things were a little better in the 2nd, with the Wildcats scoring 11 points while holding MP to just 6. 7 of the 11 points came in the final 1:25 of the half. Matt Burgoyne scored to make it 26-16, then back-to-back steals and scored by Josiah Miller made 26-20 and a Burgoyne FT made the halftime score 26-21 in favor of the Tomahawks.

The OH defense really came alive in the 3rd quarter, holding MP to just a single score near the end of the period, while the offense poured in 12 points and the team took a 35-29 lead into the final period.

Both teams played fairly evenly in the 4th period, but MP was able to get back in the game and cut the OH lead to just 1 point, 38-37, but 3 straight scored put Oak Harbor ahead for good as they held on to win 47-42.

Washington led Wildcat scoring with 15 points. Jay Stout added 6, Josiah Miller and Kevawn Brooks 4 each, Matt Burgoyne 3, and the Paul twins, Trace and Connor, scored 2 points each.

In the JV game, Oak Harbor jumped to an 8-0 lead that they held until 3:57 in the 1st when MP got their first points. They scored 9 more in the last 3 minutes of the period to tie the game at 11 at the first buzzer.

In the 2nd period, both teams went cold. OH scored first, but scored only 5 more points all period, but the defense held MP to just 5 points total, and the Wildcats went into the locker room with an 18-16 lead.

MP woke up after the halftime break and scored 13 points in the 3rd period to take the lead back 29-26 and put the game away by holding the 'Cats to just 7 points in the final period. In the end it was MP 41, OH 33.

Patrick Bell led the JV squad with 9 points. Anfernee Angkaw, Michael LaBelle and Chris Hailer scored 6 points each, Dayne Herron hit 4 and Paul Johannsen 2.

In the Freshman game, the Wildcats found themselves down by 2 points at the first buzzer, 9-7, but corrected it quickly by taking a 27-23 lead into halftime. Coach Schulle's locker room speech worked wonders, as OH went on a 24-9 run in the 3rd period and never looked back on their way to a 66-40 victory.

Drew Washington scored 24 points to lead the team, Gabriel Groenig scored 8, Casiano Atienza 7, Matt Zafra 5, Rys Mattila 4 and Zach Gibbs 3.

The first game of the season was at Cascade HS in Everett. There, the Freshmen won their game 61-49, but the JV fell 66-34 and the varsity 77-64.

Next up for the boys is a trip to Anacortes on Wednesday, Dec 8th for the Freshman team and all 3 teams travel to Lynnwood on Friday the 10th to open league play. The next home game for the boys is Tuesday the 14th against Shorewood.

63 photos from the Freshman, JV and Varsity games can be found by clicking HERE.

A JV and Varsity video highlight clip is posted HERE.

Boys Swimming 2010-12-01

In the first meet of the season, the OH boys swim team proved themselves a force in WESCO, easily dispatching Glacier Peak and Snohomish in a meet at Oak Harbor's Vanderzicht Memorial Pool on December 1st.

The boys won 8 of 12 events, including all 3 relays and Coupeville's Cole Weinstein won the 400 freestyle.

Overall the Wildcats beat league opponent Glacier Peak 147-29 and beat Snohomish 124-61.

70 photos from the 200 Medley Relay through the diving event are now posted HERE.

200 Medley Relay
1st OH "A" (Jacob Jepsen, Josh Jepsen, Brandon Vagt, Ben Cardinal) 1:57.04
3rd OH "B" (Brett Vagt, Jarik Bainco, Caley Powers, Jaxon Wolfe) 2:10.45
4th OH "C" (Ryan Cuajunco, Clayton Livermore, John Kaltenbach, Kevin Levy)2:19.61
JV OH (Cole Weinstein, David Kusnick, Jeron Kosbar, Konrad Borden 2:20.60

200 Free
1. Josh Jepson 2:08.39
3. Devin Schell 2:14.16
4. Caley Powers 2:22.28
JV Tyler Long 3:09.75

200 Individual Medley
1. Jacob Jepsen 2:18.43
2. Price Hu 2:25.30
3. Cole Weinstein 2:26.78
4. Ryan Cuajunco 2:36.77
JV Keaton Dieter 3:09.72
JV Clayton Livermore 3:41.48

50 Freestyle
1. Ben Cardinal 27.79
2. Jaxon Wolfe 30.03
6. Tucker Lundstrom 33.08
JV David Kusnick 31.49
JV Judd Ford 31.57
JV Bailey Rivers 34.78
JV Eli Mitchel 39.93
JV Dylan Klein 40.47
JV Cody Hernkind 40.85
JV Stacy Jappert 41.55

Diving
2. John Kaltenbach
3. Matt Reith
JV Blake Leech

100 Butterfly
2. Price Hu 1:03.73
3. Brandon Vagt 1:06.39
5. Caley Powers 1:13.34

100 Freestyle
1. Kevin Levy 1:03.40
2. John Kaltenbach 1:06.32
4. Judd Ford 1:14.58
5. Konrad Borden (Coupeville) 1:17.11
JV Tucker Lundstrom 1:17.93
JV Bailey Rivers 1:19.61
JV Tyler Long 1:25.51

400 Freestyle
1. Cole Weinstein 4:34.93
3. Jarik Bainco 4:54.10
4. Devin Schell 5:02.63
5. Jeron Kosbar 5:23.97

200 Freestyle Relay
1. OHHS "A" (Cardinal, Vagt, Powers, Hu) 1:54.36
2. OHHS "C" (Vagt, Levy, Cuajunco, Bainco) 2:00.80
3. OHHS "B" (Wolfe, Ford, Lundstrom, Schell) 2:05.37
5. OHHS "F" (Kosbar, Livermore, Dieter, Rivers) 2:29.94
7. OHHS "D" (Jappert, Leech, Mitchel, Klein) 2:59.52

100 Backstroke
2. Jacob Jepsen 1:02.82
3. Brett Vagt 1:13.86
4. Ben Cardinal 1:14.92

100 Breaststroke
1. Josh Jepsen 1:12.02
4. Brandon Vagt 1:18.95
7. Clayton Livermore 1:45.30
JV David Kusnick 1:32.20
JV Keaton Dieter 1:43.96

400 Free Relay
1. OHHS "A" (Jepsen, Hu, Bainco, Jepsen) 4:00.37
4. OHHS "B" (Schell, Kaltenbach, Vagt, unreported) 4:56.69
5. OHHS "C" (Kusnick, Wolfe, Ford, Lundstrom) 5:11.28
JV OHHS "D" (Levy, Cuajunco, Borden, Weinstein) 4:40.02
JV OHHS "E" (Rivers, Dieter, Kosbar, Long) 5:30.73

Middle School Volleyball 2010-11-30

After a long break due to the snow closures, the North Whidbey Middle School volleyball teams were back in action on November 30th, facing off against Cascade Middle School in Sedro Woolley.

Both the 7th and 8th grade teams played well, for the most part overpowering the visitors.

50 7th grade 'A' team photos are posted HERE

70 8th grade photos are posted HERE. These include the 'A' team in action and group photos of both the 'A' and 'B' teams.

GBB 2010-11-30 vs Stanwood

The girls kicked off the 2010-2011 basketball season with a home game against the 4A Stanwood Spartans. Stanwood is one of the better WESCO 4A teams and they showed off their skill and experience last night against the Wildcats.

At 5:40pm the JV team got things started, but it was a slow start for Oak Harbor. The Wildcats didn't get any points on the board until halfway through the 1st quarter when Lia Pantoleon hit a 3-pointer, making the score 9-3 in favor of Stanwood. Unfortunately, that's as close as it would get as the Spartans cruised on to win 75-35. Morgan Young led the JV squad in scoring with 7 points while Pantoleon, Kaileen Burleson and Kelsey Rankin each scored 6. Marissa Lewis scored 5, Erika Flores 3 and Rayan Russell 2. Stanwood had 4 of their players in double figures.

The varsity got off to even a slower start, spotting Stanwood a 16-0 1st quarter lead. The two teams played even in the 2nd quarter, with Stanwood leading 27-11 at the half. In the 2nd half the Spartans showed their strength and built their lead to a final 65-26. Annie Leete scored 9 points to lead the team, Tatiana Cumming added 6 of her own and Janelle Yoshimoto scored 5. Ciera Wiser, Dominique Jackson (DJ) and Emilie Renninger each scored 2 points.

76 photos of JV and varsity action are posted HERE.

A few video highlights can be found HERE.


The girls travel to Arlington Thursday evening for their next game, then at Squalicum on Saturday. The next home game is Wednesday, December 8th vs Lynden.