BBB 2011-01-28 vs Meadowdale

With faint playoff hopes and looking to avenge a Jan 4th 46-38 loss, Oak Harbor welcomed the Meadowdale Mavericks boys basketball team last Friday. With just 3 games left, the Wildcats badly needed a win to hang on to their playoff hopes.

Starting in the dome, the Freshman teams played a tight first half, with Meadowdale leading by just 3 points at halftime, 20-17 but the OH defense fell apart in the 3rd, allowing the Mavs to score more points than the scored in the entire first half, leaving OH down 43-26 at the end of the 3rd. The teams played even in the 4th, with a final score of 51-34 in favor of Meadowdale.

Diamonte Ridley (Cortez) led the team with 10 points, Isaiah Rennes scored 8 and Andrae Gray and Bobby Grace 5 each. Alex Krantz and Gabriel Groenig scored 2 each and Chavez Madden and Casiano Atienza scored 1 each.

The JV team jumped to an early 26-12 lead and increased it to 37-20 at the half. Meadowdale's offense started to play in the 3rd as they scored 17 points, but OH kept even with them with 16 of their own and led 53-37 going into the final period. Meadowdale continued their offensive output and stepped up their defense, going on a 12-2 run to cut the OH lead to 5 (57-52) with 5:11 remaining. A Paul Johannsen score got the Wildcats back on track as they held on to win 72-62. Five Wildcats finished in double figures - Drew Washington with 18, Dayne Herron and Cameron Faulkner with 12 each and Zach Gibbs and Corey Houck with 10 each. Johannsen added 6, Patrick Bell 3 and Anfernee Angkaw 1.

It was a 3-point fest to start the game with the Mavericks sinking 3 and the Wildcats 5. When the period was over, OH led 18-12 and the Wildcats increased their lead to 34-24 at halftime. By the 6:00 mark in the 3rd, after back-to-back steals and dunks by Mike Washington Jr., forcing a Maverick timeout, the Wildcats led 46-26. The Mavericks fought back, ending the 3rd down 51-41. In the 4th, Meadowdale continued to close, cutting the Oak Harbor lead to just 3 points, but our boys held on for a 71-61 victory.

Next for the Wildcats is Senior Night vs Shorecrest on Feb 1st. In their first meeting the Scots won 45-44 in overtime, then on Thursday the 3rd, the boys travel to league-leading and undefeated Glacier Peak with a playoff spot on the line.

Highlights from the JV and Varsity game are here, including a big Mike Washington dunk.

70 photos are HERE, mostly of varsity, but also Freshman team and individual photos.

Wrestling 2011-01-27 vs Lynnwood

Senior night in high school sports is supposed to be an emotional night, and it was at Oak Harbor High School Thursday when the wrestling team went up against Lynnwood. After saying thanks to the graduating seniors and their parents - Captains Corey Trimbur and Steven Souza, Bryan Dillaman, Kyle Mellow, and Bailey Martinez, along with managers Holly Hernandez, Stephanie Bigelow and McKenzie McCormack, things got tense on the mat.

Lynnwood started out by jumping to a 24-0 lead on 3 pins and a forfeit. In those early matches, Lynnwood put on the mat two top-ranked wrestlers. At 112 lbs, Vester went up against #11 ranked A Basabe and Walter Castillo, our #3 guy at 119 lbs, was against #10 ranked Z. Calkins who finished 8th in state last year. Jahleen went deep into the 2nd round and Walter went to the 3rd round, wrestling hard and impressing the coaches with their determination.

OH got on the board when Nathaniel Stanford got a first round pin, as did Devin Jensen, then OH earned 18 straight team points on 3 Lynnwood forfeits, putting the Wildcats on top 30-28.

Now things got tense. Jeremy Alonzo got pinned, putting the Royals back on top 36-34, Hunter Vail got a quick 22-second pin so OH was back in the lead 36-34. Next up was Kyle Mellow, a first-year wrestler who had not won a match at home yet. If Kyle scored either a tech fall or pin, Oak Harbor would win the meet outright. If Kyle lost, Corey Trimbur, the final wrestler, would have to get win for a team win. If Kyle got pinned, Corey would need to get a major decision to tie and Tech Fall or Pin to win.

All the concern was unfounded. Kyle stepped up on Senior Night and pinned his opponent in front of the home crowd with 8 seconds left in 1st period. Trimbur then cleaned things up with his own 1st round pin and Oak Harbor won the meet 48-34.

In JV action, winners were Brittany Peppel (pin, 3:58), Athan Taisague (pin, 3:05), Sheyenne Sams (11-2), Cayden Cosper (pin 5:11). He was wrestling Alex Rutter and was down 9-11 when he got the pin. Both wrestlers did well and provided an exciting match for the crowd. Jennifer Fremd won by pin (1:24) as did Justin Everett (3:41).

Next up for the wrestlers are the district tournaments next weekend. They boys travel to Sedro-Wooley on the 4th and 5th while the girls are at Squalicum.

The following weekend the girls regionals are at Sedro while the boys are at Glacier Peak.

Video highlights are here, including Kyle Mellow's big pin in the varsity 285 match.

Over 100 photos are posted HERE.

GBB 2011-01-26 vs MLT - update

By special request, the video highlight clip has been modified. Added to the end of the original clip is a slo-mo replay of Annie Leete's buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

Enjoy

Here's a link to the updated clip.

GBB 2011-01-26 vs Mountlake Terrace

What a game!

If you weren't in the OHHS gym Tuesday night, you missed some exciting basketball! After holding the Hawks to just one point in the first 7 minutes of the game, the Wildcats hit a 3-pointer as time expired to win 46-43.

The first quarter was slow, with a 3-1 score halfway through the period and 14-3 at the first horn but MT closed the gap to 22-17 at halftime. The OH defense held Terrace to just 5 points in the 3rd period, but had some defensive breakdowns in the 4th and with just 11 seconds left, MLT held a 43-41 lead. The Wildcats inbounded the ball and Clarissa Abadesco drove in to tie the game with just 4 seconds left. Terrace started to bring the ball upcourt, but with just 1.1 seconds left were called for a travel in the OH end of the court. Coach Clayville called a timeout, the ball was given to freshman Annie Leete, who had already hit three 3-pointers in the game. Without even really taking a look at the basket, she heaved the ball from around midcourt and the ball dropped in - nothing but net - for a 46-43 Oak Harbor win.

After a poor start, the JV team played close and had a chance to win, but fell short. Terrace led 12-5 at th eend of the first a 21-14 at halftime, but the OH defense held the Hawks to just 3 points in the 3rd period and climbed to within 1 point, 23-24, and took a 29-26 lead with 5:42 left in the game on a pair of Morgan Young free throws, but the OH offense was silent for the final 2 minutes of the game and MLT won 36-30.

In the dome, the freshman team was down 20-10 at halftime and 28-18 at the end of the 3rd, but the offense started moving in the 4th and the defense held the Hawks to just a single field goal, but the gap was just too big and Terrace won 34-30.

Video highlights, including the final two scores in the varsity game are posted HERE.

Click HERE for 73 photos of Freshman, JV and Varsity action.

BBB 2011-01-25 at Mountlake Terrace

With just a few more games left in the 2010-2011 season, the OH boys basketball teams traveled to the Mountlake Terrace Hawks and came away with 3 losses.

In the freshman game, the Wildcats were outscored 48-17 in the first 3 quarters as they fell 52-29. Rys Mattila had a good game, scoring 9 of his 15 points in the 4th period. Diamonte "Cortez" Ridley and Matt Zafra each added 4 while Andrae Gray and Gabriel Groenig scored 3 each.

The JV game was similar, with the Hawks taking a commanding lead in the first 3 quarters. In this game it was 48-29 with a final of 54-41. Drew Washington hit four 3-pointers for his team-leading 12 points. Zach Gibbs scored 7, Corey Houck 6, Kiefer Hermann 4 and with 2 points each were Cameron Faulkner, Devontay Sutalo, Paul Johannsen, Jackson Knoll, Anfernee Angkaw and Forrest Brown.

Varsity action was much closer. Oak Harbor opened the game by taking a 15-11 lead, but some unfortunate passes and missed free throws let MLT tie the game with 3:40 left in the 1st half then they took a 23-22 lead with just over 2 minutes left. At halftime the score was OH 22, MLT 25. The Wildcat offense stayed cold in the 3rd period, scoring just 6 points as Terrace took a 38-28 lead. In the 4th, OH wasn't able to cut into the Hawk lead and fell 40-49.

Click HERE for freshman, JV and varsity video clips.

38 Photos are posted HERE

The boys play next at home on Friday the 28th against Meadowdale, then Senior Night vs Shorecrest on Tuesday, Feb 1st. The boys end their regular season on the road at Glacier Peak on Thursday, Feb 3rd.

Wrestling 2011-01-21 at Meadowdale

Another dominating performance by Oak Harbor Wrestlers. At Meadowdale on Friday, the Wildcat wrestlers won 11 of the 13 wrestled matches to win the meet 60-9.

The meet was started with Ray Quinday, stepping into the heavyweight spot in place of Kyle Mellow, pinning his opponent in just 1:17. Then Corey Trimbur accepted a forfeit to give OH an early 12-0 lead. Two straight 1st period pins by Jahleel Vester and Cody Fakkema boosted the OH point total to 24 before Meadowdale won their first match - a pin. Ryuta Meany got OH back on the winning track with a pin in the 2nd then Nate Stanford won 10-3. OH then lost a closer-than-it-looked bout 9-3 but still had a commanding lead. The final 6 matches were split between pins and decisions. Josh Crebbin, Jeremy Alonzo and Hunter Vail all got pins. Collin Higingbotham won 8-2 and Devin Jensen 9-4. In the most exciting match of the night, Steven Souza, the only senior who wrestled for OH Friday night, won his match 6-3 in overtime. Souza had a 3-2 lead late in the 3rd when his opponent was able to get an escape point to tie the match. In the 1st "sudden victory" overtime of one minute, neither wrestler was able to score points. The 2nd OT consists of two 30-second periods with each wrestler getting the down positions. In this match, Souza was the top man and controlled his man for the entire 30 seconds. In the 2nd 30-second period, Steven got a quick escape and followed it up with a takedown to win the match 6-3.

In JV action, winners were Jen Fremd (pin), Athan Taisague (19-10), Sheyenne Sams (13-1), Brody Dedobbelaere (7-0), Cayden Cosper (pin), Justin Everett (pin), Josh Orritt (pin), Peter Case-Smith (pin) and Bailey Martinez (pin).

The next day, both the JV and Varsity teams were in tournament action, with the JV at Cavalero Mid-High in Lake Stevens and the Varsity at Lynden.

At Lake Stevens, K'kai Tarrant tied for 5th at 135 lbs, Sheyenne Sams tied for 3rd at 140, Brody Dedobbelaere tied for 5th at 145, Devin Jensen tied for 3rd at 152 lbs and Justin Everett tied for 5th at 160.

At Lynden, Oak Harbor scored 88 points to finish 9th of 18 teams. Corey Trimbur was the 103 pound champion and Josh Crebbin was 2nd at 152 lbs. Jahleel Vester tied for 5th at 112 lbs and Cody Fakkema at 119 lbs.



Video highlights from Friday are HERE.

90 photos total are posted HERE.

BBB 2011-01-20 vs Everett

Anyone who was at the boys basketball games last Thursday against the Everett Seagulls at OHHS sure got their money's worth, with two games going into overtime and a third decided in the final seconds.

In the dome, the Freshman team held a 2-point lead at the first break, then went on a 15-7 run to take a 23-13 lead into halftime. Everett came out and started the 2nd half by reversing the trend and closing to within 1 point, 26-27. The Seagulls made up that difference to end regulation tied at 37. In overtime, the Wildcats went cold and could score any points while Everett scored 6 to win 43-37. For the Wildcats it was Cortez with 11, Rennes with 10, Zafra 8, Groenig 3, Grace and Krantz 2 and Mattila 1.

Oak Harbor took a long time to get going in the JV game, with the first score coming with 3:10 left in the 1st quarter. Fortunately Everett was also cold, so the OH score made it 4-2. Oak Harbor wound up scoring 6 more points in the final 3 minutes of the period to lead 8-6. The two teams went back and forth in the 2nd, but OH held a 3-point 22-19 lead at halftime. Both teams scored 14 in the 3rd and the 'Cats were able to hold on in the 4th for a 51-49 win. Three Wildcats were in double figures - Drew Washington with 12 and Dayne Herron and Zach Gibbs with 10 each. Kiefer Hermann scored 6, Paul Johannsen 5, Cameron Faulkner 4, Andre Cumberbatch 3 and Patrick Bell 1.

At the end if the 1st period in the varsity game, Oak Harbor led 9-2 and built their lead to 14-2 in the 2nd before Everett cut away and closed to within 3 points. The first half ended with OH on top 23-18. Everett outscored the Wildcats 18-13 in the 3rd and tied the game at 36 and regulation time ended in a 55-all tie after Jay Stout hit a 3-pointer with 22 seconds left.

In overtime, free throws sank the Wildcats. Oak Harbor put up 7 points, but Everett put up 7 points just in free throws and won 67-62. The Wildcats shot only 17 free throws all night, making 7 while the Seagulls MADE 17 FTs out of 28 attempted.

Jay Stout led the Wildcats in scoring with 20 points, Denzel Massey added 15 and Mike Washington 14. Kevawn Brooks had 5, Trace Paul 4 and Connor Paul and Stevie Bratt 2 each.

75 photos from the Freshman, JV and Varsity games are posted HERE.

Highlight clips are HERE.

Next for the Wildcats is a trip to Mountlake Terrace on Tuesday the 25th then return home on Friday the 28th against Meadowdale.

Wrestling 2011-01-19 vs Mountlake Terrace

Just one match short. The Wildcat wrestling team came up just one match short of the perfect meet Wednesday night at OHHS against the visiting Mountlake Terrace Hawks.

The meet with Jennifer Fremd getting her first varsity match this season and she quickly dispatched Kari Roberts, needing just 43 seconds for the pin.

The next 3 matches were all pins by Oak Harbor. David Payne in 3:23, Josh Crebbin in 5:23 and Brandon Stratton in 1:48.

Steven Souza, at 171 lbs, went up against Taylor Call, currently ranked #1 in WESCO 3A in his weight class. Steven fought hard, avoided a pin, but lost by a tech fall in the 3rd period, 17-1.

The OH pin streak continued, with Jeremy Alonzo (0:34) and Hunter Vail (2:45) winning and Raymond Quinday getting a forfeit win.

Dropping from the heavyweights to the lightweights, Corey Trimbur, Jahleel Vester, Cody Fakkema and Ben Pralle pinned their opponent, then the meet ended with Ryuta Meany and Nathaniel Stanford won by forfeit.

In the JV matches, Oak Harbor split the matches with Terrace, each school winning 3 and losing 3. Due to the small size of the MLT JV team, there were several Purple vs Gold matches.

OH winners over MLT wrestlers were Josh Oritt (9-7), Justin Everett (pin 3:28) and Peter Case-Smith (pin 0:59).

In the exhibition matches, Anthony Smith pinned Walter Castillo, Athan Taisague beat Keikai Tarrant 9-6, Alex Rutter pinned Cayden Cosper (1;22), Sheyenne Sams pinned Brody Dedobbelaere (4:20), Terry Joll pinned Austin Wotring (0:15) and Castillo pinned Kylene Ayer (0:46).

92 photos are posted HERE of both JV and varsity action.

6 highlight clips are posted HERE.

GBB 2011-01-18 vs Shorewood

The Oak Harbor girls won 2 of the 3 games played Tuesday night at OHHS vs the Shorewood Thunderbirds.

In the freshman game, the OH girls leapt to a 16-3 1st period lead, but stumbled a bit in the 2nd, allowing 19 points - all by 2 by just one player - but held to lead 26-23 at halftime. The defense returned in the 3rd, holding the T-Birds to just two free throws while scoring 19 points to build a 39-25 lead. Defensive pressure continued in the 4th at the Wildcats went on to win 48-29. Coach Eric Collins was pleased with the play of the girls, especially the way the scoring was spread around - 8 different players scored points. KC Winfield was on top with 10 points, Melanie Callaway and Cassidy Gurich 8 each, Sam Hawkins, Ali Gordy and Jamie Estrella 6 each and Liz Lym and Yasmine Keiser 2 each.

After getting down 12-7 in the 1st quarter, the JV team recovered and went on a 13-4 run in the 2nd to lead 20-16 at the half and 39-25 in the 3rd. In the final period, the Wildcat girls had some problems getting the ball past the Shorewood press and Shorewood got their offense back in gear, but some hot shooting at the free throw line - 9 of 15 4th period points were off free throws - preserved the OH win 55-42. Overall the girls were 25-33 from the line. Lia Pantoleon was 6-6 and Kelsey Rankin 10-12. Lia was the top scorer with 16 pints, Kelsey next with 12 and Marissa Lewis 11. Kaileen Burleson finished with 5 points, Rayan Russell 4, Morgan Young 3 and Danielle Teasley and Shoko Jamaguchi 2 each. This was exchange student Jamaguchi's second score of the year.

There was a flurry of 3-pointers to start the varsity game. Just 2 minutes into the game the score was 9-3 for Shorewood with all the points coming from behind the arc. Two minutes later Oak Harbor tied the score at 9 and trailed by just 1 point, 15-14 at the end of the first period. There were some problems in the 2nd as Shorewood went on a 10-2 run and built a 29-18 lead with 2:45 to go in the half. OH recovered a bit, scoring 7 points in the final minutes to cut the T-Bird lead to 31-25 at halftime. Against in the 3rd Shorewood built a double-digit lead which was then cut to 6 at one point, but at the 3rd period buzzer Shorewood led 47-36. The two teams played even in the 4th, but that was it as the Wildcats couldn't cut into the lead and fell 62-51. Janelle Yoshimoto had a hot night, scoring 19 points, 12 off 3-pointers. Clarissa Abadesco added 8, Ciera Wiser 7, DJ, Jalani Bobo and Annie Leete 5 each and Tatiana Cumming 2.

Next for the girls is a trip to Everett on Thursday then a home game Jan 26th, Wednesday, vs Mountlake Terrace.

80 photos are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.

Boys Swim 2011-01-17 vs Shorecrest

With the 2010-2011 season winding down, the Oak Harbor Boys swim team hosted the Shorecrest Scots at John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool in a dual meet. It wasn't a runaway, but Oak Harbor won 110-76, even missing key swimmer Brandon Vagt due to illness.

Oak Harbor won the 200 Medley Relay (Jepsen, Rose, Hu, Cardinal), 50 Free (Rosen), 100 Fly (Hu), 100 Free (Jepsen), 200 Free Relay (Schell, Jepsen, Cardinal, Rosen), 100 Back (Jepsen) and 100 Breast (Rosen) - 7 of 12 events. Coupeville's Cole Weinstein won the 200 Free.

A BUNCH of photos are posted HERE.

Wrestling 2011-01-13 vs Everett and more

After a long Christmas break, the OH wrestling team resumed their league meets with a dual meet vs Everett at OHHS. Both Everett and the Wildcats were undefeated in league meets at the start.

In JV action the Wildcats were able to won only 5 of the 14 matches, but most were exciting with some matches being decided in the final seconds. Cosper and Jensen both won over Everett's Ah-Humada by pin. Cosper got him with only 23 seconds left in the match while Jensen pinned him in the 1st round. Tarrant also won by pin. King won 14-0 and Dedobbelaere 14-7.

Oak Harbor got off to a decent start in varsity matches, with Jahleel Vester winning 15-3 over Palabrica. Fakkema fell 21-7 but Ben Pralle, back from a badly broken finger, won 4-0 to give OH a 7-4 lead. It didn't last long as OH lost the next 4 matches. The next OH win was Stratton needing just 41 seconds for his pin. Everett won another 4 straight to take a commanding lead and seal the win. Late in the meet, Vail, on the mat for the first time this season, pinned his opponent in 1:14 and Trimbur won by forfeit.

The final score was Everett 47, Oak Harbor 25.

116 photos, including a variety of group and individual photos, are posted HERE.

Video highlights featuring Cosper, Tarrant, Vester, Payne and Crebbin are posted HERE.

That wasn't the only wrestling the Wildcats did this past week. Friday they traveled to Highline High School for a meet against Highline and Hazen and Saturday were at a tournament at Mercer Island.

At Highline, our boys picked up two win, defeating Hazen 58-24 and Highline 46-31.

In the Hazen meet, winners were Trimbur, Vester, Fakkema, Pralle, Payne, Stratton, Crebbin, Souza, Everett and Vail. the Trimbur, Fakkema, Pralle, Crebbin, Souza and Everett wins were by pin. Payne, Stratton and Vail picked up forfeits. Vester won 13-1.

The going was harder against Highline, with 8 Wildcats picking up victories. Trimbur, Payne, Stratton, Crebbin, Souza and Alonzo all won by pin. Fakkema got a forfeit and Vail won 14-5.

The Mercer Island results aren't available.

Next for the Wildcats is a home meet Thursday against Everett then an away dual at Meadowdale on Friday. The regular season ends next Thursday, the 27th with Senior Night against Lynnwood at OHHS.

BBB 2011-01-12 vs Glacier Peak and 2011-01-14 vs Lynnwood

After being postponed a day due to the threat of snow, Glacier Peak came to OHHS to finish the first half of the 2010-2011 regular season and the first two games weren't pretty.

In the dome, the freshman squad fell 48-26 while in the main gym the JV team got pummeled 75-37.

Cortez scored 7 for the freshman team, Mattila and Groenig 6 each, Rennes 4 and Atienza 3. For the JV it was Gibbs, newly moved up from the Freshman team 10, Houck 7, Herron 6, LaBelle 4, Bell 3, Faulkner Johannsen and Hermann 2 each and Knoll 1.

The varsity game, however, was close for the entire game. The first quarter ended with OH down 16-13, they went toe-to-toe in the 2nd, until GP hit a 3-point buzzer beater to take a 5-point halftime lead, 30-25. The OH offense stalled in the 3rd, scoring only 8 points and GP was now on top 45-33. Oak Harbor came back yet again, closing to within 4 points, but the Grizzlies pulled away to win 55-44.

Mike Washington scored 19 points for the Wildcats, Denzel Massey and Jay Stout added 8 each. Stevie Bratt put in 6 points and Drew Washington 3.

121 photos, including JV group and individual photos, are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.

On Friday against Lynnwood, the Freshman and JV teams took out their frustrations from Wednesday on the visiting Royals. The Frosh team led all the way, and held Lynnwood to just 2 points in the 3rd period on their way to a 48-34 win. Isaiah Rennes scored 23 points to lead the team. Cortez scored 9, Groenig 7, Krantz 6 and Mattila 3.

The JV team won even bigger, with 11 different players scoring at least a free throw. Leading 11-4 at the first horn and 21-13 at the half, the boys picked up and outscored Lynnwood 22-12 in the third on their way to a 53-35 win. Cameron Faulkner had an outstanding game, scoring 21 points and Corey Houck was also in double figures with 10. Zach Gibbs scored 6, Dayne Herron and Anfernee Angkaw 4 each, Chris Hailer and Forrest Brown 2 each. Jackson Knoll, Kiefer Hermann, Michael LaBelle and Andre Cumberbatch each scored a free throw.

As exciting as the first two games were, they were nothing compared to the varsity game! The 'Cats were down by 3, 15-12 at the end of the first period, but recovered to tie the game at 23 by halftime. The game started to get out of hand, as the Wildcats didn't score a field goal until late in the 3rd, and scored only 6 points total in the period, giving Lynnwood a 32-28 lead. Oak Harbor made up the difference, tying the game, and with just 3.9 seconds on the clock, were going to get the ball. Mike Washington was bumped while attempting a layin and missed, but Stevie Bratt was right there, grabbed the rebound and put it in the basket right at the buzzer. The officials conferred and the shot was ruled no good, it left his hand after the buzzer sounded. Even after reviewing the video, it was hard to tell, as the gym was so loud it was hard to hear the buzzer.

So, to overtime we go. In the extra period, the Wildcats opened up their offense, scoring 13 points in just 4 minutes while holding Lynnwood to just 7. Final score: Oak Harbor 56, Lynnwood 50.

Friday's photos are HERE

Friday's video clips are HERE.

Boys Swim 2011-01-11 at Marysville

The OH Boys Swim team rode into Marysville after a series of strong showings, but missing a couple of key swimmers due to illness, and left just 10 points short of a win, falling to the Tomahawks 98-88.

The boys are still in good shape with several individuals and relays already qualified for the district and/or state meets.

Full results:

200 Medley Relay

1 – MP 1:44.94

2 – OH A Jepsen, Rosen, Hu, Jepson 1:45.75

4 – OH B Cardinal, Vagt, Kaltenbach, Ford 2:00.13

6 – OH C Evans, Faught, Kosbar, Eckart 2:08.79

JV – Long, Livermore, Reith, Mitchell 3:33.73

200 Free

1 – Jepson, Jacob 1:51.49

3 – Schell, Devin 1:58.99

4 – Weinstein, Cole 2:01.14

6 – Cuajunco, Ryan 2:10.16

JV – Long, Tyler 2:52.19

200 IM

1 – MP 2:03.17

2 – Jepson, Josh 2:05.64

3 – Hu, Price 2:09.06

5 – Vagt, Brett 2:24.50

50 Free

1 – Rosen, Yale 23.44

2 – Cardinal, Ben 24.35

4 – Levy, Kevin 25.23

7 – Borden, Konrad 29,21

JV – Ford, Judd 27.65

JV – Evans, Josh 28.16

JV – Paggua, Kaden 28.25

JV – Wolfe, Jaxon 28.64

JV - Eckart, Adriel 28.93

JV – Alvarado, Adrian 30.11

JV – Jackson, Mitchell 31.40

JV – Hernkind, Cody 33.47

JV – Nielson, Cody 33.47

JV – Counts, Justin 34.47

Diving

1 – MP 184.05

4 – Kaltenbach, John 125.55

5 – Reith, Matt 105.35

6 – Leech, Blake 88.90

JV – Kosbar, Jeron 39.40

100 Fly

1 – Hu, Price 56.07

3 – Weinstein, Cole 1:00.77

5 – Vagt, Brett 1:05.04

6 – Kaltenbach, John 1:05.68

100 Free

1 – MP 52.44

2 – Schell, Devin 53.92

3 – Powers, Caley 56.08

4 – Levy, Kevin 58.29

500 Free

1 – MP 5:02.07

2 – Jepsen, Josh 5:04.43

5 – Cabigting, Cedric 6:33.75

6 – Kosbar, Jeron 6:53.54

200 Free Relay

1 – OH A Jepson, Cardinal, Rose, Jepsen 1:35.66

3 – OH B Schell, Cuajunco, Levy, Powers 1:45.79

5 – OH C Kusnick, Eckart, Wolfe, Ford 1:51.16

JV – OH E Jackson, Radka, Nielsen, Paggua 2:07.49

JV – OH D Counts, Hernkind, Avarado, Mitchell 2:15.14

100 Back

1 – Jepsen, Josh 58.40

5 – Cardinal, Ben 1:06.51

6 – Powers, Caley 1:11.13

JV – Livermore, Clayton 1:23.56

100 Breast

1 – Rosen, Yale 1:07.50

5 – Cuajunco, Ryan 1:15.52

6 – Kusnick, David 1:16.56

7 – Borden, Konrad 1:24.30

JV – Faught, Logan 1:24.95

400 Free Relay

1 – MP 3:28.55

2 – OH A Schell, Vagt, Powers, Hu 3:43.86

4 – OH B Cuajunco, Levy, Cabigting, Kaltenbach 3:58.97

6 – OH C Ford, Wolfe, Kusnick, Kosbar 4:32.54

Middle School Boys Basketball 2011-01-11 OHMS vs LaVenture

Even though both OHHS and NWMS had their games canceled or postponed, the OHMS game vs LaVenture was still on.

The 7th grade team handled LaVenture easily, building a 11-4 1st period lead and finished winning 50-24, holding off a 4th quarter 14-point LaVenture run. Dyllan Harris and Donavan Sellgren each scored 16 points, Preston Rankin hit for 5, Kevyn Johnson 4 and Max O'Neil, Jarod Johnson, Allen Peruelo and Kaleb Harris 2 each.

After building a 6-0 lead early, the 8th grade team was down by 2 at the first break, 12-10, gained a small lead during the 2nd, but was down at halftime 23-19. The Panther offense then went cold, with only Jerry Rios scoring during the 3rd period which ended with LaVenture ahead 36-21. OHMS closed to within 4 points, but LaVenture pulled away at the end to win 54-34.

43 photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE.

45 photos from the 8th grade game, including some better group pictures, are posted HERE.

7th grade video clips are HERE.

8th grade video clips are HERE.

Bbb Tuesday postponed due to snow.

Wrestling 2011-01-08 at Everett

The OHHS varsity wrestling team traveled to Everett for a tournament and finished in 9th place out of 20 teams and put two champions on the podium. Oak Harbor scored 89 points in the tournament while host Everett finished in 3rd with 125 points. Oak Harbor will host Everett in a dual meet for possession of 1st place in WESCO 3A this coming Thursday, Jan 13th.

Corey Trimbur, at 103 pounds, pinned Luis Reyna of Mt Vernon in 3:07 to earn 1st place. On his way to the podium he defeated Cunningham of Lake Stevens 18-2 and Morales of Mt. Vernon 19-3.

Freshman Jahleel Vester won one and lost one in a short bracket to tie for 5th place at 112 lbs.

Cody Fakkema at 125 lbs also tied for 5th place.

At 145 lbs, Brandon Stratton, down to 145 lbs, used 3 pins to work his way to the top of his bracket. He pinned Shea of Lake Stevens in 3:40, Ross of South Whidbey in 1:56 and Thompson of South Whidbey in 1:21.

Josh Crebbin finished in a tie for 3rd at 152 lbs. He lost his opening match then worked his way through the consolation bracket with some impressive wrestling. He beat Cichoz of Auburn Mountainview 14-6, Morgen of South Whidbey by pin in just 44 seconds, and Munizza from Emerald Ridge 13-5.

AAU Boys Basketball

The Oak Harbor AAU boys teams moved from the WESCO youth league this year into Skagit County's SWISH league and held their first, seeding game, Saturday at various locations in Mt. Vernon.

The day started with the 7th grade team at the Immaculate Conception gym in Mt. Vernon facing the Lake Stevens 'Lakers'. Lake Stevens had a strong, experienced team and defeated the Wildcats 38-18.

Just 10 photos from the 7th grade game are HERE. Shooting conditions in the gym were just horrible, so not many photos were of the proper quality. Sorry!

Next were the 6th grade boys, also at IC. They played a very close game against Jackson that came down to the final minutes, but Jackson held on to win 26-23.

Click HERE for 6th grade photos

Moving to Skagit Valley College, the 5th grade team fell by just a single point to Mt. Baker, 18-17. The two teams were very even and the game could have gone either way.

32 photos from the 5th grade game are posted HERE.

Finally, the 8th grade team completely dominated the Sultan Turks, 36-17. Sultan just didn't have and answer for the Oak Harbor press and overall team speed.

HERE are the 8th grade pics.

A single 2-minute video highlight with 2 clips from each game is posted HERE.

GBB 2011-01-07 vs Shorecrest

Shorecrest was the visitor at OHHS Friday night against the freshman, JV and Varsity girls basketball teams and left with 3 wins.

Both the freshman and JV games were low-scoring but close games.

In the dome, the freshmen held a 13-8 1st quarter lead using a variety of scoring threats. 6 different girls scored in that 1st period. The two teams tied the 2nd quarter 10-10 leaving OH with a 23-18 halftime lead. The Scots turned up their defense in the 3rd, holding the Wildcats to just 4 points while scoring 9 of their own to tie the game at 27. In the final period, Oak Harbor went cold, with Sam Hawkins scoring the only basket of the period. Shorecrest's offense wasn't much better, but was good enough to knock off the 'Cats. Final score OH 29, Shorecrest 35. Sam Hawkins scored 10, Kyla Bernardo (back after a long absence) 6, Ali Gordy 5, Jamie Estrella 3, Melanie Callaway and KC Winfield 2 each and Cassidy Gurich 1.

Oak Harbor started the JV game by building a 4-0 lead, but the 1st quarter ended in a 6-6 tie. Shorecrest then build a small lead, but OH stayed in the game. A bucket by Morgan Young and the made free throw pulled OH to within 1 point, 18-19, and the two teams would stay within a point or two until late in the 3rd when Shorecrest pulled away 27-22. Oak Harbor again closed to within 1 point with 2 minutes left in the game when Rayan Russell scored on a breakaway layin, but with just 37 seconds left, Shorecrest nailed a 3-pointer and won the game 28-33. Morgan Young scored 8 pints, Erika Flores 7, Lia Pantoleon 5, Marissa Lewis 4, and Rayan Russell and Kelsey Rankin 2 each.

Shorecrest struggled early but dominated the 4th period to win 59-41. OH was down 32-19 at halftime but came back to within 8 points early in the 4th, but could not find away to grab rebounds away from the Scots' two 6-footers. The final in the varsity game was 59-41 in favor of Shorecrest. Clarissa Abadesco score 10, Annie Leete 8, Ciera Wiser 7, Janelle Yoshimoto 5 along with Emilie Renninger and Jalani Bobo 2.

The girls are away this week with games at Glacier Peak and Lynnwood. Their next home game is Tuesday, Jan 18th vs Shorewood.

A total of 80 photos covering all 3 teams are posted HERE.

Video clips are HERE.

GBB 2011-01-05 vs Meadowdale

Wednesday, Jan 5th the OH girls opened play in 2011 with a visit from the 2nd place Meadowdale Mavericks.

Over in the dome, it was a close game early, with Oak Harbor holding the edge at the end of the 1st period 15-12 then went on an 11-5 run in the second to lead at halftime 16-17. The 'Cats went cold in the 3rd period, sinking only a single free throw while allowing 11 Meadowdale points, and went into the final period down by a point, 17-28. In the 4th, the Wildcats got back on track and scored 8 points, but allowed 10 to end the game losing 35-38. Sam Hawkins scored a team-high 17 points before she fouled out and KC Winfield had a good game with 9 points. Liz Lym and Natalie Fiallos scored 3 each, Melanie Callaway 2 and Cassidy Gurich 1.

In the JV game, things got ugly early. Meadowdale sprinted to a 12-0 lead before Oak Harbor was able to score with 3:10 to go in the first and didn't score again until less than a minute to go. The first period ended with Meadowdale on top 16-6. The Mavericks increased their lead to 33-18 at halftime. At halftime, Coach Burleson must have had the speech of a lifetime as the girls came out on fire in the 3rd, especially on defense. They allowed only 5 points while scoring 11 to close the score to 38-29, and in the 4th turned it up more. With 4:15 left Meadowdale led 42-34, then with 1:23 left a 3-point bomb by Lia Pantoleon cut the lead to just 1 point, 41-42. For the next minute the two teams went back and forth until with just 17 seconds left, Kelsey Rankin drove into the key and put the ball in to put OH in the lead 43-42. After a scramble at the Meadowdale end of the court, the ball went out of bounds with 3 seconds left and the ref pointed in the Wildcats' direction, and the girls held on to the ball to win 43-42. Morgan Young led the scoring with 12 points, Lia Pantoleon added 11 and Kelsey Rankin finished with 10. Marissa Lewis and Rayan Russell scored 4 each and Erika Flores 2.

The varsity game was close early, with Meadowdale leading just 13-10 at the first horn behind 7 Emilie Renninger points, but the Mavericks then showed their experience by doubling up on the Wildcats in both the 2nd and 3rd quarters to take a 41-24 lead into the 4th and won 58-33. Renninger finished with 10 points to lead the 'Cats, Clarissa Abadesco added 8, Ciera Wiser 5, Janelle Yoshimoto 3, and Jalani Bobo, Annie Leete and Dominique Jackson scored 2. Tatiana Cumming scored 1 point.

85 photos of the 3 teams are posted HERE. Included are group and individual photos of the JV girls.

Video highlights are HERE.

Next for the girls is a Friday matchup against 1-4 Shorewood (2-9 overall) at OHHS.

Wrestling 2011-01-04 vs Shorecrest & Shorewood

OHHS started the New Year with a pair of wrestling wins in a double dual meet vs Shorecrest and Shorewood at OHHS.

First, it was OH vs Shorewood, and the meet came down to the final matches but OH held on for the 35-34 win. Jahleel Vester, Josh Crebbin, Justin Everett and Jeremy Alonzo all won by pinfall and Brandon Stratton won an 18-3 tech fall. Oak Harbor earned 6 points when Shorewood forfeited at 103 lbs but we gave the point back by forfeiting at 125 lbs.

Against Shorecrest, it looked like it was all Oak Harbor for a while. In the first 8 matches, Oak Harbor earned 18 points through forfeits and another 18 by pins from Jahleel Vester, Brandon Stratton and Josh Crebbin against a pin and decision for Shorecrest. Then, Shorecrest went into the strength of their lineup and won 3 decisions and 2 pins to close the gap to 36-30. With one match to go, at 103 lbs, the meet was on the line. If Corey Trimbur won at 103, the Wildcats win. If Corey gets pinned, OH could lose on tiebreaker criteria. It never came to that as Trimbur needed only 30 seconds to put the Shorecrest wrestler on his back and earn 6 team points. Final score - OH 42, Shorecrest 30.

4 video clip are posted HERE.

54 photos from the Shorecrest match are HERE.

Next for Wildcat wrestling is the Everett Classic Tournament this weekend, then a nome meet vs Everett on Thursday, Jan 13th. The winner of the meet will be in 1st place in the WESCO 3A standings.

Middle School Boys Basketball 2011-01-04 NWMS @ OHMS

The annual OHMS/NWMS boys basketball game took place Tuesday and the results were pretty much what was expected.

In the 7th grade game, OHMS sprinted to a 16-5 1st quarter lead and never looked back on their way to a 61-34 victory. Donavan Sellgren led the Panthers with 22 points and Dyllon Harris added 13 more. Jarod Johnson scored 7, Kaleb Harris 6, Kevyn Johnson 5, Preston Rankin and Allen Peruelo 4 each and Isaac DeLeon 2. For the Cougars it was Elijah Smith with 20 points, followed by Diangelo McKinney with 6, Taylor Kolste 5, Gryphon Frampton and Jared Hunt 2 each and Justin Cress 1. Coach Laiblin praised the progression of Frampton. He's becoming a force defending in the key and scored his first bucket ever in the game.

44 7th grade photos are HERE

7th grade video clips are HERE.

The 8th grade game was nearly the opposite of the 7th grade game, with North Whidbey jumping out to a 21-3 1st period lead. OHMS closed the gap to 31-17 at halftime but the Cougars finished out a 60-37 win.

Zach Jones scored 21 points to lead the Cougars and Gage Eccleston added 10 more. Brad Nehring hit for 8, James Clay scored 6, Connor Parmenter 3 and Jeremy Vester and Khaleel Smith had 2 each. For the Panthers is was Jacob Sturdevant with 18 points, mostly in the paint. Christopher Humphries added 9 and Bret Mertins, Sebastian Ceaser, Mason Dieter and Joseph Cortes scored 2 each.

8th grade photos are HERE

8th grade video clips are HERE.

GBB 2010-12-29 and 30 - Santa Slam

As has been the tradition for the past few years, the Oak Harbor girls basketball team has hosted a holiday Santa Slam tournament at OHHS. This year the participants were Oak Harbor, Eatonville, Anacortes and North Thurston in the varsity division, Oak Harbor, N. Thurston and Anacortes in JV and Oak Harbor, S. Whidbey, Monroe and Anacortes in the Freshman bracket.

The JV bracket was turned into a round robin due to team numbers issues with Eatonville, so the OH JV team wound up playing 2 games on the first day of the tournament. They started against North Thurston and played the game close, but lost 31-24. Lia Pantoleon and Morgan Young led the team with 5 points each, Kaileen Burleson, Marissa Lewis and Kelsey Rankin 4 each and Erika Flores 2. The second game was against Anacortes and although the OH girls were down most of the game, they pulled out a 33-31 win. Morgan Young was hot in that game, scoring a team-high 13 points. Rayan Russell hit for 4, Natalie Fiallos, Flores and Pantoleon 3 each, Burleson, Lewis and exchange student Shoko Jamaguchi 2 each.

South Whidbey was the first opponent for the freshman team, and they beat them soundly, 29-16. Sorry, but individual scores aren't available. In the championship game against Monroe, the frosh girls struggled against a very good Bearcat team. Our girls found themselves down 18-6 at the end of the 1st period and it didn't get any better. Jamie Estrella finished with 8 points, Cassidy Gurich and Kaitlyn Haley 3 each, Sam Hawkins, Olivia Hunt, Melanie Callaway and KC Winfield 2 each. The freshman team finished in 2nd place in the tournament.

Wednesday the Wildcat varsity squad faced Eatonville. The game was close for the first 3 quarters, with the 3rd ending in a 40-40 tie, but in the 4th, Eatonville outscored the Wildcats 18-9 to win 58-49 and advance to the winner's bracket. Oak Harbor had 3 players in double figures in that first game. Clarissa Abadesco scored 19 points, Emilie Renninger 13 and Janelle Yoshimoto 10. Addy Royal added 4, Dominique Jackson 2 and Annie Leete 1.

Still searching for their first win of the season, the Wildcats took on North Thurston on Thursday. Things didn't start well for our girls as NT led 12-7 at the first buzzer and increased their lead to 20-12 early in the 2nd period. Oak Harbor then started to chip away at the Ram lead, and with 1:21 to go in the half, Ciera Wiser hit a pair of free throws to tie the game at 23, then just 9 seconds later, an Annie Leete jumper gave OH a 25-23 lead. North Thurston would score once more before the horn as the teams went to the locker room tied at 25. The early part of the 3rd period went back and forth, but 8 points by Royal put the Wildcats ahead 38-32 at the end of the 3rd. North Thurston closed the gap and the last minute of the game was a nail biter with the team separated by just a point. In the end, though, the Oak Harbor girls did what they needed to do and got the 51-49 victory. Scoring in the game was spread evenly, with 8 girls getting points. Yoshi was at the top of the leaderboard with 10 points, Royal scored 9, DJ 8, Leete 7, Tatiana Cumming 5 and 4 each by Abadesco, Renninger and Ciera Wiser.

Next for the girls are home games Jan 5th against Meadowdale and Jan 7th vs Shorewood.

Day 1 photos are posted HERE. These include some off-court photos.

Day 2 photos are posted HERE. Group and individual images of the freshman and varsity girls are included.

Day 1 video clips are HERE. Highlights from the Freshman and Varsity games.

Day 2 video clips are HERE. Varsity highlights only.