Track 2011-04-25 - JV/All-Comers @ Stanwood

It wasn't very cold or very windy, but it was VERY rainy Monday afternoon at Stanwood High School for the weekly JV/All-Comer's meet.

Not all schools enter their results, and from this meet, just Stanwood, Marysville and Oak Harbor have done so. Complete results can be found at athletic.net.

Two boys tied for the top OH spot in the 100m dash. Both Cameron Hartley and Julian Faralan clocked in with a 12.4 time. Noel Cheeseboro was at 12.5 and Joshua Garcia at 12.6. For the girls, Kelsey Johnson and Kalani Upshaw tied for OH with a time of 14.8 seconds. Casey Mather, Omani Welch and Tiffany Andrukat were at 15.2, 15.3 and 15.3, respectively.

OH also showed off their sprinting depth in the 200m dash, with Cheeseboro on top with a 25.3 time for the boys and Johnson a 30.9 for the girls. Of the times listed so far at athletic.net, OH boys have the top 5 and the girls the top 7.

There were only 2 OH girls in the 400m dash, Rachel Crowther and Nikki Blanchard. Rachel finished in 1:09.2 and Nikki in 1:11. Cheeseboro was first for OH in the boys race and 2nd in the listed results with a time of 55.8. Doug Kim was right behind with a 59.6.

The Oak Harbor girls filled most of the 800m run, with Crowther posting a 2:50 time and Mackenzie Jackson close behind with 2:52. For the boys it was Mitch Jackson in 2:31 and Brendan Bristow in 2:36.

Bristow then went on to capture the top OH time in the 1600m run, finishing in 5:22, 3 seconds ahead of Jackson. Mackenzie Jackson was the first OH girl in the same race with a time of 6:21. Taryn McKee was not far behind, posting a 6:24.

There were no OH boys in the 3200m run and Carlie Kenny won the girls race in 13:31.

No Oak Harbor boys or girls were entered in any of the hurdles or relay races.

In field events, Mariah Bolander-Marvidik and Angelica Brown threw the shot put for the Wildcats, with Mariah tossing the 8-lb steel ball 21-9. For the Boys Nick Farrell had a distance of 31-2.

Nick also had the longest throw of the Wildcats in the discus, reaching 75-6. Teammate Forrest Brown was just 3 inches behind with a personal best 75-3.

Tiffany Andrukat was the only female javelin thrower for Oak Harbor and set a new PR with a throw of 49-9. Farrell once again was the top male thrower for Oak Harbor, tossing the jav 101-4.

There were 4 girls and 4 boys from Oak Harbor in the long jump. Julian Faralan was the top OH jumper, clearing 15-9.5. Joshua Garcia also went over 15 feet, marking at 15-3. Kalani Upshaw was tops for the girls, marking at 12-2.

Finally, Joshua Garcia and Casiano Atienza competed in the triple jump, with Josh hitting 32-8.75 and Casiano 28-10.

Over 100 photos from the meet are posted HERE.

Youth Soccer 2011-04-23 at Ft. Nugent Park

It took a while, but we finally got to our first youth soccer games of the season, and made good use of the time there, getting photos of 12 different games, including all of the BU-8 games.

Don't forget to patronize the sponsors of your team. Sponsors of the teams below include Purple Moon, Martin Auto Electric, Island Family Hearing Clinic, Papa Murphys, Nautilus Construction and Pediatric Associates.

Below are the photos from each game.

GU-8 Blue Jays vs Purple Panthers - 33 photos

BU-8 Silver Dragons vs Green Marines - 30 photos

BU-8 Gold Hammerheads vs Red Cobras - 30 photos

GU-6 Raspberry Rockets vs Crazy Daisies - 36 photos

GU-6 White Lady Bugs vs Red Lady Bug Roses - 40 photos

BU-8 Orange Sonics vs Blue Sharks - 37 photos

GU-8 Pink Cheetahs vs American Girls - 33 photos

BU-8 Black Widows vs Blue Sharks - 39 photos

GU-10 Blue Panthers vs Purple Panthers - 37 photos

GU-12 Pink Panthers (Coupeville) vs Purple Moon - 38 photos

BU-12 Green Hornets vs Coupeville - 36 photos

GU-15 Lime Electricity vs Maroon Marquitas - 56 photos

Track 2011-02-23 @ South Whidbey - Westling Invitational

At South Whidbey High School for the second time this year for a track meet, the Wildcat boys and girls won the annual Westling Invitational Track Meet, and did it convincingly.

The boys racked up 223 points, with Mariner far behind with 117. The girls' win was even more impressive as they scored 293 points while second place Meadowdale had only 95.

The girls won every one of the running events and also had a second place finisher in 7 events.

100m dash - 1 Ramos, 2 Alexander
200m dash - 1 Ramos, 2 Alexander
400m dash - 1 Wicker
800m run - 1 Wicker, 2 Bressler
1600m run - 1 Royal, 2 Bressler
3200m run - 1 Royal, 2 Leete
100m hurdles - 1 Duvenez
300m hurdles - 1 Duvenez, 2 Wynne
4x100 relay - 1 Yoshimoto, Bobo, Alexander, Ramos
4x200m relay - 1 Bobo, Wiser, Wynne, Yoshimoto
4x400m relay - 1 McKole, Duvenez, Alexander, Wicker
Distance Medley - 1 Dale, Leete, VonGrey, Everett

The girls did well, but not as well, in the field events. Ramos was first in the long jump, Kayleigh Harper second in the high jump, Katelyn Bristown 2nd in the triple jump and Yoshi 2nd in the javelin. Brianna Quinn finished 3rd in the pole vault, clearing a height of 6-6, her best for the year.

The boys finished 1-2 in the 100m dash with Josiah Miller taking Aaron Boesch by .08 seconds. Miller also won the 200 with Boesch 3rd. Conner Meyers was 3rd in the 400, Josh Schrum 3rd in the 800, Matt Reith and Schrum 2-3 in the 1600 and Reith was first in the 3200m run. Cody Sanders picked up 3rd in the 300m hurdles.

The boys won both the standard relay races and 3rd in the distance medley. The 4x100 team of Boesch, Johnson, Hernkind and Miller turned in a time of 44.38, over 4 seconds faster than 2nd place Shorewood. The 4x400 team featured Meyer, Johnson again, Sheyenne Sams and Justin Everett and they were over 10 seconds ahead of the second place finisher, Mariner. The boys distance medley team of Eckart, Wagner, Miller and Opdyke was 3rd.

Related, Coupeville's Tyler King won the 800m run and now holds state-best times in both the 800 and 1600m races. Also for Coupeville, Hunter Hammer won both the shot put and discus competition. He is currently 5th in 1A in shot put and 8th in the discus.

For Oak Harbor, in the field events, Josh McVey was the only winner, taking first in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet even. The Wildcats finished 2nd in most of the remaining field events - Keon Crumpton in the discus, Kevawn Brooks in the javelin, Sam Schultz in the high jump (Denzel Massey was 3rd), Aaron Boesch in long jump and Josiah Miller in triple jump.

Softball 2011-04-22 vs Snohomish

The Panthers came to town with only their varsity team, so there was no JV game Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, one team was all the Panthers needed to beat the Wildcats 14-0 in 5 innings.

Here are 68 images from the varsity game.

Boys Soccer 2011-04-21 vs Meadowdale

Thursday night was Senior Night for the OHHS Boys Soccer team as Michael Shevchuk would be out of town on a school trip for the final home game of the season.

It was a good move, as the Wildcats picked up their second win of the season when Caley Powers punched it in with less than 3 minutes remaining in the 2nd overtime.

The Mavericks got on the board first with a 1st-half score, but Shevchuk tied the game with an assist by Alex Krantz.

The JV team scored on a free kick by Ben Muyres, but fell 2-1.

Photos from the JV and Varsity games are posted HERE.

Photos of the seniors and their parents and intros for all the players are posted HERE. Feel free to download any of the senior and/or intro photos - no charge.

Track 2011-04-21 @ Arlington

For the first time this year, the Oak Harbor girls did not win a track meet. At Arlington vs the host Eagles and Marysville, the Wildcat women did well in the running events, with 4 wins, 6 2nd places and 5 3rd place finishes in 8 events plus the 3 relays. However, in the field events, Oak Harbor's Dominique Jackson was the only top-3 finisher, getting 3rd place in the shot put. Arlington captured wins in 6 of the 7 field events and ended the meet scoring 88 points. Oak Harbor was second with 53 and Marysville 3rd with 48.

Oak Harbor winners were Janessa Ramos in the 200m dash, Jember Jansen in the 400m dash, Adrianna Royal in the 800m run and Allison Duvenez in the 300m hurdles.

The boys also did well in the running events, getting wins in 5 of the 10 events, but like the girls didn't fare well in the field events. Josiah Miller was the top Wildcat finisher in the field, earning 2nd in the triple jump and Keon Crumpton was 3rd in the shot put. Arlington and Oak Harbor boys scored the same points at their female counterparts - Arlington 88 and Oak Harbor 53, with Marysville coming in with 40.

Winners for Oak Harbor on the boys side were Aaron Boesch in the 100. Teammate Josiah Miller was second, and the two traded places in the 200m dash with Miller first and Boesch 2nd. Josh Schrum and Matt Reith went 1-2 in the 900m dash and Reith also won the 3200m run. The boys 4x100 relay team of Boesch, Miller, Carlton Johnson and Cody Hernkind won by .08 seconds.

Earlier in the week, on Monday, the weekly All-Comers meet was held at Everett Memorial Stadium. Of the posted results, freshman Sam Hawkins was the top finisher in both the girls 100 and 200m dash, the shot put and long jump. Heather Dale is listed first in the 1600m run, Carlie Kenny in the 3200 and Sadie Strain in the pole vault.

For the boys, Jayden Davilla won the 200m dash and Triple Jump, Wyatt Homola the 800 and 1600m runs, James Harrison the pole vault and Julian Faralan the long jump.

We will be going to next week's All-Comers meet so look for photos next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Little League Baseball 2011-04-18

After a series of cold, dreary days of baseball at Oak Harbor's Windjammer Park, the sun was out Monday and helped keep the still chilly wind away.

45 photos of the Major Angels vs Mariners game are posted HERE.

Just 22 photos of the Minor AA Mariners vs Diamondbacks are HERE.

Baseball

Holding on to their 2nd place standing in WESCO 3A, the Wildcat varsity baseball team unleashed their offense on the Lynnwood Royals, winning both games by mercy rule.

On Tuesday the boys won 10-0 in six innings on the Royals home field, then came back to Oak Harbor to win 15-0 in just 5 innings.

Below are some photos from the JV team in action at OHHS vs Lynnwood. The 'Cats were up 4-2 in the middle of the game, but the final score wasn't readily available.

34 JV baseball photos are HERE.

Girls Tennis update

The OHHS girls tennis team has been busy this past week with not only scheduled matches but making up rained out matches from the previous week.

On April 12th, the varsity team swept the singles matches at Glacier Peak and captured a doubles match to win 5-2 Cady O'Dell won 7-5, 6-1, Belen Cifuents 6-0, 6-3, Clarissa Abadesco 6-1, 6-0 and Alexa Holmly 6-2, 6-1. The doubles winners were Jen Fremd and Cassie Gianino, who won 6-3, 6-2.

Two days later at home, the singles swept their opponent again, and again in straight sets. This time, though, the doubles teams were not able to pick up a win so the final score was 4-3 in favor of OH.

On Monday the 18th Everett came to town and broke the 'Cats winning streak. Oak Harbor was able to pick up only a single win when Abadesco beat her opponent 6-2, 6-0.

The team got back on the win track Wednesday with a big 6-1 win over Lynnwood at Lynnwood. A slightly revised singles lineup of O'Dell, Cifuentes, Abadesco and now Jordan Faralan all won in straight sets. In double action, #2 Shoko Yamaguchi and Jennifer Bowers won 7-5, 6-2 and #3 Molly Van Dam and Jen Fremd won 6-2, 6-0.

12 photos of the singles players in action vs Everett are posted HERE.

Little League Baseball 2011-04-15 and 16

Even though it was cold, cloudy and windy, Little League baseball went on as scheduled Friday and Saturday with a host of games at the ball field complex at Windjammer Park with Minor A, Minor AA and Major teams all playing games at one of the 3 fields.

The best thing, though about the games? It's free to come watch and the concession stand has some great food. Come down and cheer the future of Oak Harbor baseball. Games are played every weekday evening starting at 5:30pm and Saturdays starting at 10am.

Here's the photos from this weekend's games. The Minor AA Dodgers/Cardinals game was Friday, all the others were Saturday.

Minor AA Dodgers vs Cardinals

Major Rockies vs Red Sox

Minor A Grasshoppers vs Knights

Minor A Hot Rods vs Ironbirds

Minor A Mud Cats vs Bulls

Minor AA Mariners vs Athletics

Minor AA Marlins vs Angels

Minor AA Rockies vs Red Sox

Baseball 2011-04-15 vs Everett

The Oak Harbor baseball team, having a stellar season so far, stumbled a bit Friday against the visiting Everett Seagulls.

Oak Harbor scored first, but Everett scored when it counted, putting 3 runs across the plate in the 6th inning, two of them after an Oak Harbor error and won 7-5.

The Varsity Wildcats are at home against 2-win Lynnwood Wednesday and the JV teams hosts Lynnwood Tuesday afternoon.

32 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Track 2011-04-14 @ OHHS

Last Thursday, the Wildcat track team hosted the Cascade Bruins and Monroe Bearcats and both the boys' and girls' teams won the day.

The girls dominated by scoring 94.5 points to Cascade's 49 and Monroe's 39.5. Oak Harbor won 9 of 18 events, Monroe 5 and Cascade 4.

The boys tied Cascade in the team point total with 63 and Monroe trailed with 51. Of the 17 boys events, Oak Harbor won 9, Cascade 6 and Monroe 2.

For the boys, Oak Harbor finished 1-2 in the 100 and 200 meter dash, with Josiah Miller beating out teammate Aaron Boesch. Freshman Carlton Johnson finished 5th in both races. Matt Reith was the top Wildcat in the 400m dash, coming in 4th.

In the distance races, Mike Kincy was 2nd in the 800 with freshman Clayton Richardson right behind in 3rd, Wyatt Homola in 4th and Nate Miller in 5th. Josh Schrum was just 3 seconds off a first-place finish in the 1600. Reith and Schrum both ran in the 3200m run, finishing 1-2.

Only one Wildcat finished in the top 5 in the hurdles, and only in the 110m high hurdles. Junior David Payne was 5th and was just .04 seconds off a new personal record.

The Wildcats took the top spots in the 4x100m relay, with the team of Cody Hernkind, Carlton Johnson, Sheyenne Sams and Justin Everett finishing first in 46.62 and the team of Julian Faralan, Jayden Davilla, Ian Sinchak and Cameron Hartley 2nd in 47.66. The Wildcat 4x400m relay team (Johnson, Miller, Boesch and Noel Cheeseboro) finished in 2nd place.

Out in the field, Sophomore Jeremy Foster won the event with a personal best throw of 43-11 - nearly 2 feet further than the 2nd place finisher. Kevawn Brooks was 5th in first attempt at the discus. Brooks was also 3rd in the Javelin.

Oak Harbor won all the jumping events, with Josh McVey tied for first in the pole vault with a height of 10-0, Aaron Boesch taking the long jump with a leap of 19-5 and Josiah Miller the triple jump at 41-7.

Right now, Miller is the top 200m runner and triple jumper in WESCO 3A and is 2nd in the 100m. Boesch is 3rd in the long jump. The 4x100m relay team is 4th, along with Chris Opdyke in the 400 and Josh Schrum in the 800.

The girls had top-3 finishes in all the sprinting events. Christina Alexander was 1st in the 100 and 3rd in the 200. Janessa Ramos was 3rd in the 100 and 2nd in the 200. In the 400, Maura McKole, Jember Jansen, Alex Laiblin and Abby Leete finished 1-2-3-4.

Oak Harbor was missing top distance runner Addy Royal, but her teammates stepped up in the 1600, finishing 1-2-3. Christina Wicker was first, Hannah Bressler 2nd and Taylor VonGrey 3rd. All 3 girls set new personal records in the race. Wicker, Laiblin, Leete and Bressler finished 2-3-4-5 in the 3200m run.

Hurdler Allison Duvenez finished in 2nd in the 100m hurdles but came back to win the 300m hurdles. Teammate Raeanna Wynne was 4th in the 100 and 5th in the 300.

The girls 4x100 relay was in 2nd place - by one-one hundredth of a second and the 4x400 relay had a convincing win. The 4x200 relay was running strong but had a bad handoff and were disqualified.

Junior Dominique Jackson (DJ to her friends) was a double winner, picking up first place in both the shot put and discus. Elizabeth Adkins earned 2nd in the discus, bettering her previous best by over 10 feet to 96-11. Janelle Yoshimoto finished 2nd in the Javelin and Ciera Wiser 3rd.

Freshman Kayleigh Harper continues to impress in the high jump, equaling her best and earning 2nd place. Oak Harbor cleaned up in the long and triple jump, with Ramos, Sarah Young, Yoshi and Katelyn Bristow finishing 1-2-3-4 in the long jump and Bristow and Chylan Bass finishing 1-2 in the triple jump.

The girls also have a number of athletes in the top 5 in WESCO 3A. Allison Duvenez has the best time in the 300m hurdles and has the 4th best time in the state in 3A. Also best in WESCO 3a is the 4x400 relay team. Janessa Ramos is ranked 2nd in WESCO 3A in 2 events, the 200m and long jump and is 3rd in the 100. Duvenez is 2nd in the 100m hurdles and 4x100 relay team is 2nd. Addy Royal is currently 3rd in the 800 and 4th in the 1600m runs. Other jumpers ranked are Harper in the High Jump (tied for 2nd), DJ in the discus (3rd) and Bristow in the triple jump (4th).

145 photos of a variety of events, including pole vault and boys long jump, are posted HERE.

Little League Baseball 2011-04-11

Three games were played last Monday at Windjammer Park with plenty of offense.

Scores of the Minor AA and Major games were not immediately available, but scores and standings are posted HERE when available.

No score or standings are maintained for Minor A games.

51 photos of the Minor AA Marlins vs Mariners game are posted HERE.

51 Major Diamondbacks vs Angels photos are posted HERE

88 Minor A Hot Rods vs Red Wings photos are HERE.

Little League Baseball & Softball 2011-04-07

At the ball fields near the John Vanderzicht Pool, the two Minor Softball teams, the Grasshoppers and Volcanoes, played the first of numerous games. Since there are only two teams in that division the teams will play each other all season long.

On the upper field, the Minor A Knights and Mud Cats played their first game of the season.

In both of these divisions, no scores or other stats are kept, and instead of 3 strikes and you're out, each player, unless they get a hit, gets a fixed number of pitches.

97 photos of the Mud Cats/Knights game are posted HERE.

99 photos of the Volcanoes/Grasshoppers game are HERE.

Girls Golf 2011-04-07 at WG&CC

The girls golf team squeaked by Shorewood by a single point Thursday at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club. The Wildcats scored 92 Stableford points to the Scots' 91. Shorewood was 3rd with 53.

Annie Leete scored 28 points to lead the 'Cats and the meet. Millie Goebel and Sasha Olson both scored 20 and tied for 4th in the meet. Mara Cortez scored 13, Marina Bankowski 11 and Lily Mosolino 8.

31 photos from the 1st hole are posted HERE.

Baseball vs Mountlake Terrace

The Wildcat varsity team played two games against the Hawks, picked in the coaches poll to finish 2nd in WESCO 3A.

The first game on Tuesday at Mountlake Terrace was a 10-inning marathon won by the Wildcats 4-3.

The second game was scheduled for Wednesday, but rain, sleet and snow during the day forced a postponement until Thursday.

In that 2nd game, things did not go well early for Oak Harbor, as Terrace jumped to a 4-0 lead. Oak Harbor closed to within a run in the 5th by scoring 3 runs then scored 3 more in the bottom of the 6th to take a 7-6 lead which was enough to win the game.

Today, Friday, the Shorewood Thunderbirds come to town. The T-Birds were picked at the top team in the state in the preseason poll and are currently ranked 3rd in 3A. The Wildcats are ranked 9th in the coaches poll. The winner of the game will take possession of 1st place in WESCO 3A.

60 photos from the early part of the game are posted HERE.

Little League Baseball 2011-04-05

After a rainout of Monday's opening games, the North Whidbey Little League started play on Tuesday with 3 games at Windjammer Park.

In the Major league, the A's topped the Angels 18-10. We weren't able to get that game for photos, but will get both teams later in the season.

We did get photos of the Minor AA Red Sox vs Cardinals game. Halfway through the game the Red Sox held a 3-1 lead but the Cardinals came back to tie the game 4-4. The final has not been posted to the NWLL site yet, but 99 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Also at Windjammer Park, the Minor A Bats took on the Ironbirds. After some early trouble with the pitching machine, the teams finally got a few hits and everyone had fun as the rain held off until very late in the game. 41 photos are posted HERE.

Boys Golf 2011-04-05 @ Whidbey Golf & Country Club

After time off from competition during spring break, the OH boys golf team got back into action on a cool, cloudy, but dry Tuesday afternoon. Visitor Shorecrest won the 3-team event with a stroke total of 235, just 2 strokes ahead of the Wildcats. Shorewood came in 3rd with 251.

Individually for the Wildcats, #2 Greg Martin had the best score for the 'Cats and 2nd best overall, carding a 40. #1 Judd Ford was 3rd overall with a 42. David Bunch shot a 54, Caleb Knaack 56, Quinton Wallace 61 and Logan Faught 67.

36 photos are posted HERE.