GBB 2013-12-13 vs Stanwood

Last Friday the Wildcat girls basketball team took on the Stanwood Spartans at home with mixed results.

Starting in the dome, the freshmen dug themselves a big hole by going scoreless in the first quarter and scoring only twice in the second, spotting the visitors a 20-4 halftime lead.  In the second half the two teams played nearly even, but the Wildcats could not cut into the Spartans' lead and fell 42-24.  Lydia Peplinski had a great second half, scoring 10 of her 15 points in the 3rd period.  Kyanna Prosch finished with 4 points, Morgan Kenaly and Michaela Dasch 2 each and Aelizah Espirtu 1.

The JV game was all Oak Harbor from beginning to end.  The girls started out building an 8-0 lead and increased it to 16-2 late in the 1st quarter.  The teams played even in the 2nd quarter, but OH led 33-19 at halftime.  The 3rd period was fairly dull for the spectators.  While the Wildcat defense held Stanwood scoreless from the floor, the 'Cats scored only 4 points of their own, but led 37-20 going into the final quarter, which ended with Oak Harbor winning 49-33.  Bryn Langrock led the Wildcats with 14 pints, Janae Payne scored 9, Kiesha Watts 8, Rahsanna Graham (RG), Julie Jansen, Hannah Knoll and Resego (Rosie) Mooki 4 each and Kenna Prosch 2.

Stanwood's varsity team came into the OHHS gym with only one loss, a 3-point deficit to 4A Arlington, and the left the gym with one loss as the used a hot offense to beat the Wildcats 67-45.  Joanna Leete led the team with 22 points, Deja Bunch finished with 7, AnnaBelle Whitefoot 5, Liz Lym 4, Jinai Guzman and Hayley Lundstrom 3 each and Brook Peplinski 1.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Freshmen photos are HERE

HERE are JV pics

Click HERE for varsity photos.


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MS Volleyball 2013-12-12 NWMS @ OHMS

The two Oak Harbor middle school volleyball teams met Thursday for their official league match.

In some years, it's NWMS with the experienced club player, sometime OHMS.  This year it's OHMS, especially the 8th grade team.

While the final scores weren't pretty, there was lots of action and fun times on the court for all four teams - 7th and 8th grade JV and Varsity.

They play one final fun match tonight at NWMS followed by a slide show and awards party.

Below are links to photos from the 4 matches played Thursday.

7th JV

8th JV

7th Varsity

8th Varsity


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BBB 2013-12-10 vs Snohomish

For the final game before starting play against league opponents, the Oak Harbor Wildcat boys basketball team hosted the Snohomish Panthers Tuesday evening.

In the dome, the Freshmen ended the first quarter with a 14-10 laed, but fell behind 37-24 at halftime.  Snohomish came out after the break and scored 26 points in the 3rd to lead 63-42.  The Wildcats outscored their opponent 21-12 in the final period, but the final score was Snohomish 77, Oak Harbor 63.  Jordan Davenport led the team with 18 points.  Also in double figures were Joshua Cote 15, JJ Mitchell 12 and Ty Baker 10.  Adam Nelson scored 4 and Princeton Lollar and James Lage scored 2 each.

The JV squad struggled offensively in the first period, with Diangelo McKinney's two points the only OH points in the period.  Defense was effective, holding Snohomish to 9 points.  McKinney added 9 more in the 2nd period, and at halftime it was OH 15, Snohomish 18.  The Panthers pulled away a bit in the 3rd, leading 38-28, but the Wildcat offense grew cold in the 4th and Snohomish won 58-35.  McKinney finished with 14 points to lead the team.  JJ Johnson dropped in a trio of 3-pointers for 9 points, Shane Huttula and Savion Hollins-Passmore scored 4 each, Sean Erskine 3 and Tanner Walker 1.

At the end of the first quarter of the varsity game, the Wildcats led 15-10, then took a 26-21 lead into the locker room at the half.  Snohomish made a run in the 3rd, but the Wildcats still led 42-37.  In the 4th, however, the Snohomish offense came alive.  The tied the game at 44, then took a lead late in the game, forcing the Wildcats to foul to stop the clock.  The Panthers were sharp from the line and left the OHHS gym with a 63-54 win.  Dyllan Harris paced the squad with 23 points.  Drew Washington scored 11, Zach Gibbs 9, Zach Jones 5, Gabe Groenig 4 and Jacob Sturdevant 2.

The boys travel to Stanwood this Thursday to start league play, then return home on Tuesday the 17th against Everett and Friday the 20th against Ferndale.


Video highlights are posted HERE.

Freshman pics are HERE

HERE are JV photos

Click HERE for photos from the varsity game.


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GBB 2013-12-16 vs Mt. Baker

Friday evening the Oak Harbor girls basketball team was at OHHS for their home opener, against Mt. Baker HS from near Bellingham.  There was only a JV and Varsity game as Mt. Baker does not field a "C" team.

The Wildcat JV team was perfect on defense in the first quarter, holding the visitors scoreless while the offense put up 8 points, and by halftime Mt. Baker had scored only 3 points.

Mt. Baker improved their offense in the 3rd quarter, but so did the 'Cats, nearly doubling their first half score in the 3rd.  Mt. Baker outscored Oak Harbor 14-11 in the final period, but the final score was 39-25 for the Wildcats.  Bryn Langrock and Kiesha Watts led the team with 9 apiece.  Rahsanna Graham (RG) moved up from the freshman team to score 7 and Julie Jansen finished with 3.  Scoring 2 point each were Janae Payne (JP), Michaela Dasch, Hannah Knoll and Lydia Peplinski.  Jaden Jesus from the freshman squad scored 1 point.

At the end of the first quarter of the varsity game, Oak Harbor held a 15-12 lead, but Mt. Baker dropped in 21 points in the 2nd quarter to take a 33-32 lead at halftime.  Oak Harbor stayed close in the 3rd, which ended with OH trailing 54-47, but a 4-point offensive output by the Wildcats in the 4th quarter let Mt. Baker escape with a 65-51 win.  Joanna Leete finished the game with 18 points, and Jinai Guzman was close behind with 14 points.  Natalie Fiallos scored 7, Liz Lym 6, Hayley Lundstrom 4 and Brook Peplinski 2.

The girls are at home this coming Friday for a game against Stanwood, then travel to Everett on the 18th.

JV photos are posted HERE

Click HERE for varsity pics.

Video highlights from the JV and Varsity games are posted HERE.


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Wrestling 2013-12-15 - Intrasquad scrimmage

Thursday evening the Wildcat Wrestling team opened their season with a fund-raising wrestleoff in the OHHS gym.  At stake were the 14 spots on the varsity squad.

There was a lot of good wrestling, especially from the many freshmen that turned out for this years' team.

Final varsity selections have not yet been announced.

Click HERE for over 100 photos from the matches.

Click HERE for a few video highlights.


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Boys Basketball

The 2-13-2014 boys basketball season kicked off with back-to-back games on Tuesday (vs Anacortes) and Wednesday (vs Ballard).

Tuesday's Anacortes games (Freshman, JV and Varsity) were played at Oak Harbor HS.  The evening started with the freshmen team over in the dome, and it was a close-fought battle for 3 quarters.  At the end of the first period the teams were tied at 12, and the Wildcats went into the locker room at halftime down only 1 point, 24-23.  The boys came back in the 3rd to take a 37-35 lead going into the final quarter, but the Anacortes offense caught fire, pouring in 23 points in the final 8 minutes.  The Seahawks also turned up the defense, holding OH to just 7 points in the 4th.  The final was 58-44 for Anacortes.

Jordan Davenport finished with 12 points for Oak Harbor and Dyllan Bailey scored 6.  Finishing with 5 points each were JJ Mitchell and Joshua Cote.  Adam Nelson, Ty Baker and Eli Loera each scored 4 points.  James Lage and Kurtis Zylstra finished with 2 each.

The next day against Ballard, the freshman team had another tight game.  Oak Harbor led 13-9 at the end of the first and led 23-19 at the half, but this time it was the opponent who came back in the 3rd to take a 31-29 lead.  Regulation time ended with the two teams tied at 38, so off to overtime they went.  The 5th quarter was tight, with neither team leading by more than 2 points, but in the end, the final was Oak Harbor 48, Ballard 46.  Davenport scored 12 and Baker and Cote were also in double figures with Baker scoring 11 and Cote 10.  Zylstra finished with 7, Princeton Lollar 4, and Nelson and Loera scored 2 apiece.

The JV squad struggled against both Anacortes and Ballard.  In the Anacortes game, the Seahawks sprinted to a 16-6 1-quarter lead and held on to win 55-29.  Savion Passmore led the Wildcats with 7 points.  Ben Fikse and Diangelo McKinney scored 5 each, while Anthony Powell, JJ Johnson and D'Andre Bellamy scored 2 each.

In the Ballard game, the Beavers dominated with a stifling defense.  The Wildcats were held to 4 points in the first quarter and just a single free throw in the second as the Seattle team went on to win 57-19.  Preston Rankin led the team with 9 points, all scored in the 4th period.  Johnson scored 3, JJ Mitchell, moving up to JV, scored 2 along with McKinney.  Passmore and Tanner Walker scored 1 point each.

Finally, the two varsity games.

Versus Anacortes, the Wildcats did well for the first two quarters, going into the locker room at halftime down a manageable 33-21.  However, Anacortes came out to start the 3rd quarter on a mission.  The Wildcat offense continued to perform, scoring 15 in the 3rd and 11 in the 4th, but after scoring 33 in the first two periods Anacortes scored 28 in the 3rd quarter alone, and added another 24 in the 4th to win 85-47.  Drew Washington 21 and Dyllan Harris 11 to lead the Wildcat scoring.  Jacob Sturdevant added 6, Gabe Groenig and Zach Jones 3 each, Shane Huttula 2 and Elijah Smith 1.

The next day, Washington and Harris switched roles, with Harris scoring 24 and Washington 12 as Ballard used a 19-4 first quarter to hold on for a 66-43 win.  Also scoring for Oak Harbor were Sturdevant, Jones and Sean Erskine with 2 each and Gabe Groenig with 1.

Next Tuesday the Wildcats are at home against Wesco 4A Snohomish, then again on December 20th against Ferndale before heading to Bellevue for their annual tournament.


Video highlights (JV and Varsity) from the Anacortes game are HERE

Freshman and Varsity highlights from the Ballard game are HERE.

Photo links are below.  All photos are now posted only to WescoAthletics.com


Varsity vs Anacortes
JV vs Anacortes
Freshmen vs Anacortes
Varsity vs Ballard
JV vs Ballard
Freshmen vs Ballard

BBB 2013-11-30 - Scrimmage

Saturday morning the boys basketball teams gathered in the OHHS gym for a pre-season warmup with some intersquad scrimmage.

The morning started with the Freshman team splitting and playing each other.  Although the C team didn't play two full quarters, they played enough for all the players to get some quality court time.  Ty Baker led all scoring with 8 points.

Then, the freshman team recombined and took on the JV squad.  The scrimmage was closer than many would have thought, with the JV leading 16-13 when time expired.  DeAngelo McKinney led all scoring with 10 points.

Finally, the JV vs Varsity.  This was a full 4-quarter game, with the varsity squad winning 74-48.  Drew Washington scored 26 for the varsity, with Zach Gibbs and Dyllan Harris scoring 15 each.  Also scoring for the varsity squad were Elijah Smith (8), Jacob Sturdevant (6) and Gabe Groenig (4).

For the JV team, McKinney scored 13, JJ Johnson 12 and Savion Hollins-Passmore 10.  Also on the board for the JV team were Anthony Powell (5), and Tanner Walker and Ben Fikse with 4 each.

No photos, sorry.


Some video clips are posted HERE.


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Middle School Volleyball

Last week was a busy one for the NWMS volleyball squads, as they crammed 4 matches into 5 days.  Fortunately, all but one were at home.

Thursday and Friday were both at home.  Thursday the Cougars hosted Cascade, and although the matches did not go well for North Whidbey, there are some awesome photos of 7th and 8th grade JV and Varsity, along with group photos.

7th grade photos are HERE

8th grade photos are HERE.

Friday, OHMS came across town with mostly their JV squads.  There were lots of great rallys and the players all got quality time on the court.

Photos from those matches are below, identified at Game 1 or Game 2 for each grade level.

Click HERE for 7th grade photos

HERE are the 8th grade pics.

NWMS has an away match at Anacortes on Tuesday, then the long Thanksgiving weekend.

There is just one more home match for the Cougars, on December 10th vs Anacortes, and on the 12th they travel to OHMS for the final match of the season.

After an away match on 11/26, the OHMS Panthers will end the season with 4 straight home matches.  They host Cascade on 12/3, Anacortes on 12/5, LaVenture on 12/10 and NWMS on 12/12 for the final match of the year.

All middle school matches are free.

Youth football Holiday tournament

Just when you thought youth football was done for the season, it's not.

This past weekend, two teams from OHYFL traveled to Tacoma for a holiday football tournament.  The Midget Cougars  won 36-0 on Saturday but fell 13-6 in Sunday's game.

The other team was a team made up of the 7th graders from both the Pumas and Jaguars, calling themselves the Wildcats.

Their first game, after a couple of schedule changes, was at Chief Leschi HS in Puyallup against Tacoma Baptist.  After giving up a touchdown early, the Wildcats regrouped and scored 27 unanswered points, including a safety just before halftime.  The final in the first game was 27-6.

Sunday morning was not as good.  The Wildcats played tough defense, allowing opponent Chief Leschi Warriors just one score, and that with just 3 minutes left in the game, but the offense just could not get going and the final was 6-0 in favor of the Warriors.

Photos from the two Wildcats games are posted HERE.


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Volleyball recap

Odd is the best word to describe the 2013 Oak Harbor varsity volleyball season.  The girls started out by losing their first six matches, but won the last two to get the #7 seed in the District Tournament.

Once in the post season, the Wildcats came alive.  After winning a hard-fought 3-2 match against Meadowdale in the first round, the 'Cats were hot in the 2nd round, whipping Everett 3-0 (Oak Harbor had lost to both teams 3-0 in the regular season).  The win over Everett put the Wildcats in the District 1 championship match, and while they played hard, the girls fell to Ferndale 3-1.  With the loss, the 'Cats were the #2 seed from District 1 in the  State tournament, held last weekend at St. Martin's University in Lacey.

At the State Tournament opened, Oak Harbor jumped into the Volleyball Coaches final rankings, ending at #9.  The first match was against #10 Eastside Catholic (#6 in the Seattle Times).  It was a huge match, and the Wildcats pulled out a 3-2 to advance.

Round 2 was against #1 ranked Southridge, and the Wildcats were swept 3-0, putting them in the consolation bracket, but still in the hunt for some hardware.

Round 3 was Saturday morning against #6 Shadle Park (Times #3), and although there were some breath-holding moments during the match, Oak Harbor swept the Spokane team 3-0 to set up one final match for 5th place.  This match was Saturday evening against a familiar foe - Meadowdale.  Yep, the two teams were meeting for the 3rd time this season, with the winner getting 5th and the loser 6th. Meadowdale dominated in the first set, topping Oak Harbor 25-12, but the 'Cats recovered and won the 2nd set 25-17.  Set 3 went to the wire with Meadowdale winning 25-20, then the Mavericks took the final set 25-18 for the 3-1 win.

While the Wildcats are losing some strong players to graduation, they are only losing 3 - Deanna Ruben, Makenna Martyn and Kayleigh Harper.  There will be lots of skill and experience coming back next year.

Congratulations on a great season!

Photos from the Everett match at the District Tournament are posted HERE.

Photos from the State Tournament match vs Shadle Park are posted HERE.



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Middle School Volleyball 2013-11-14

The Middle School Volleyball season opened last Thursday with a set of games at OHMS where the Panthers took on Mt. Baker.

There were 4 matches in all, with each grade played a varsity and JV match, and play for 60 minutes.

In the 7th grade varsity match, OH won the first set 25-23, dropped the 2nd 20-25, and was down 17-23 in the 3rd when the 1-hour time limit expired.

The 8th grade varsity squad got in 3 full sets, but fell 25-20, 14-25, 21-25.

North Whidbey MS had a home game this Thursday, November 21st against Cascade Middle School from Sedro-Woolley.  Matches start around 3:30 in the NWMS gym.

Below are links to photos from last weeks' OHMS matches

7th grade JV

7th grade Varsity

8th grade JV

8th grade Varsity



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FB 2013-11-09 vs Mt. Si

Last Saturday the Wildcat football team hosted the Mt. Si Wildcats from the Kingco 3A conference in the district crossover game at a special 4pm kickoff time.

Things went fairly well for OH early in the first quarter

Both teams punted on their first possessions, then on Oak Harbor's 2nd possession, Dejon Devroe broke loose down the near side for a 59-yard scoring run.  Mark Johnston's PAT was good, giving OH a 7-0 lead at the 7:44 mark in the 1st quarter.

Five plays later, Oak Harbor forced a fumble, recovering the ball at midfield, but were later forced to punt.

Mt. Si then drove 63 yards in 8 plays to tie the game with 10 seconds left in the first quarter.

The second quarter belonged to Mt. Si.  After holding OH to a 3-and-out, they ran another clock-killing 10 play drive, scoring on a 1-yard plunge to make it 14-7.  Oak Harbor fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and 5 plays later Mt. Si scored again on a 12-yard pass.

At the end of the first half, Oak Harbor put together a nice drive, moving the ball 72 yards, but the drive stalled at the 1.

The halftime score stood Mt. Si 21, OH 7.

Mt. Si got the ball to open the 2nd half and drove 65 yards in 11 plays to score on a 12-yard pass with 8:09 left in the 3rd.  That score would stand to the end of the quarter.

The 4th quarter started with Mt. Si with a 1st and goal at the OH 1 yard line, and just 2 seconds later it was 33-7 for Mt. Si.

A nice 67-yard kickoff return by Devroe put the ball at the Mt. Si 20, but a leaping grab by a Mt. Si defender snagged an OH pass at the 1 yard line.  Two plays later, Mt. Si boosted their lead to 40-7 on a 15-yard pass play.

The final score was Mt. Si 40, OH 7.  Mt Si moves on to play O'Dea in Seattle this Friday night.

In other Wesco 3A playoff action this weekend, Glacier Peak travels to Bellevue, Meadowdale hosts Lakes and Pilchuck hosts Eastside Catholic.

Video highlights are HERE

Photos are posted HERE at WescoAthletics.com


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Youth Football 2013-11-02 vs Bellingham Red - playoff

The Senior division semifinal game played Saturday morning at Mt. Vernon was a rematch of a game played just a few weeks earlier.  The Wildcats won that game coming from behind, 33-32.

The 11am game started with a high wind and stinging rain, ruling out much of a passing game.

Things looked good for the Wildcats as they scored with 2:35 left in the 1st quarter, then the offense bogged down with a number of untimely fumbles.  The Wildcats were able to score again with 8:03 left in the half, but missed both PAT kicks to make it 12-0.

Bellingham scored with 1:56 left in the half and made the PAT, but OH still led at the break 12-8.

There was no scoring in the 3rd quarter, then with 4:08 left in the game Bellingham got a touchdown and kicked for a 2-point conversion to take an 18-12 lead.

Not a team to give up, Oak Harbor regained the lead with 3:38 left on a long run and were able to hold on to win 18-16.

As of now, the Wildcats will play for the North Cascade Youth Football League senior division Championship next Saturday at 3pm at Mt. Vernon, taking on either Sedro-Woolley or Ferndale.



Photos from the game are posted HERE.


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FB 2013-11-01 at Meadowdale

Friday night's seeding game vs Meadowdale at Edmonds Stadium was not your usual Wildcat game.

The first quarter ended in a 0-0 tie, with Meadowdale punting twice and the Wildcats once.

On the first play of the 2nd quarter, OH lined up to punt, but the snap was a bit high and went out of the end zone to give Meadowdale a 2-0 lead.

After Oak Harbor kicked back to the Mavericks, Savion Hollins-Passmore shut down a 3-play Meadowdale drive with an and interception and return to the OH 43. 

Nine plays later, Julian Faralan found pay dirt from 6 yards out to put the Wildcats up 6-2.

After forcing another Meadowdale punt, Oak Harbor scored again with 3:08 left in the half when Clay Doughty lobbed a 48-yard pass down the middle to a streaking Dyllan Harris.  The halftime score stood at 13-2.

Oak Harbor's first possession in the 2nd half was ended by a fumble, then Meadowdale completed a 42-yard screen to get the ball down to the 1 yard line where they punched it in to close the score to 13-8.

Another fumbled stopped an OH drive, and Meadowdale again drove down to the 1, but this time the Wildcats forced a fumble and recovered the ball in the end zone, resulting in a touchback.

The 13-8 score also stood at the end of the 3rd quarter.

In the 4th, the first Maverick possession ended with a turnover on downs, the second with a Harris interceptions.  Three plays later it was Faralan again, this time from 16 yards out to make it 20-8.

Yet another Wildcat interception, this one by Dejon Devroe, set up a 25-yard run by freshman Princeton Lollar for his first-ever varsity touchdown.

A late Maverick drive was stopped when defensive lineman Tyler Adamson knocked down a 4th down pass attempt to seal the 27-8 Wildcat victory.

Next for the 'Cats is a home game against Kingco 3A #2 Mt. Si.  The game will be played Saturday, Nov 9th at a special start time of 4pm.

Assuming the Wildcats win that game, they will play the winner of the Kelso/O'Dea game in the first round of the state tournament.
 
Video highlights are HERE.

Photos are HERE.

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FB 2013-10-28 JV vs Marysville-Pilchuck

Sweet revenge.

After Friday's varsity game at Marysville, the Oak Harbor JV Football team was looking for a little payback Monday evening at OHHS and they got it.

Pilchuck fumbled the ball on their very first play from scrimmage, resulting in a 3-yard Princeton Lollar score just 30 seconds into the game, and the rout was on.

The Wildcats scored once more in the 1st quarter, a 17 yard pass from Tyler Snavely to Steven Timm to make it 13-0.

In the second quarter, Stephen Dixon tossed a 4-yard pass to Fred Miller to make it 19-0 at halftime.

At the 9:20 mark in the 3rd quarter, Lollar crossed the goal line at the end of a 57-yard romp to make it 25-0.

Later in the 3rd, a blocked punt gave OH the ball on the Pilchuck 10 yard line, and after an 8-yard pass from Dixon to Savion Passmore, it was 31-0.

Another fumble by Pilchuck late in the game had Oak Harbor starting another drive in the red zone, and this time it was Taylor Kolste from 3 yards out to set the final score of 37-0.


Click HERE for video highlights

Photos are HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Youth Football 2013-10-26 - playoffs

There are two Oak Harbor teams still in the playoffs in the North Cascade Youth Football League and both were winners Saturday morning.

The Cougars started things off with a tight 16-14 win over Anacortes.  The Cougars were down in the second half but broke loose a big touchdown, and a timely interception late in the game sealed the victory.

The Cougars play next at Sedro-Woolley HS against Sedro Woolley at 11am.  The two teams met earlier in the season, with the Cougars winning by the closest of margins, 13-12.

The winner of that game goes on to play for the league championship Saturday, November 9th at Mt. Vernon HS against the winner of the Lakewood/Stanwood Red game.

While the Cougars' game was close, the Wildcat's game was not.  Oak Harbor's senior team scored early and often in a 33-8 rout of visiting Lakewood.  Oak Harbor won their first meeting 44-8.

Next weekend the Wildcats travel to Mt. Vernon at 11am for a rematch of last week's game against Burlington Red.  The Wildcat squeaked out a 33-32 win in that game.

An Oak Harbor win would set up a championship game against the winner of the Ferndale (8-0)/Sedro Woolley (5-3) game.  The championship game will be played on November 9th at 3pm at Mt. Vernon HS.

Cougar photos are posted HERE

Wildcat pictures are HERE.


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Girls Swim 2013-10-28 vs Monroe

The Wildcat girls swim team ended their regular season Monday at Vanderzicht Pool with a 111-57 win over visiting Monroe.  The win gives the Wildcats their 9th team victory of the season against two losses.  Against 3A north opponents, the Wildcats are a perfect 4-0.

On Halloween afternoon, the JV girls will be in Marysville for the JV district meet, with the top 3 getting spots in the Nov 8th and 9th District Meet, also in Marysville.

On their way to the win, Oak Harbor won all the relay events and Marissa Morris was a double winner, capturing the 200 and 400 free.

Sophia Dickinson (50 free), Irysh Concepcion (100 free) and Kennedy Trisler (100 breast) were other individual event winners.

Cross Country 2013-10-26 Wesco Championship meet at South Whidbey

The Wildcat cross country team shone last Saturday at South Whidbey HS as John Rodeheffer won the 3A race in a time of 16:10.50, a distance of 5,000 meters or 3.1 miles.

Rodeheffer's teammate, Clayton Richardson was 5th overall in 16:42.  Sebastian Ceasar was 18th, Nathan Wagner 34th, Dakota Powers 35th,Miguel Guzman 38th, Brendan Bristow 48th, Stephen Miller 49th, Tristin Mirabel 51st and Caleb Peek 70th out of of 93 runners.

In the JV race, Logan Clark was the top OH runner, finishing in 6th overall in 17:48.  Also running in the race, and in their order of finish were: Mathew Nortier, Steve Hall, Joe Gorman, David Nuanez, Seth Gluth, Ziwei Peng, Nathan Richardson, Alex Hartley, Garrett Stahl, Patrick Abercrombie, Derek Volk, Austin Hauter, Nathan Larson, Scot Erikson, Josh Margraf, Kristopher Medina, Thomas O'Brien, Alex Berry, William Nicholson, and Lucas Nicholson.

Overall the boys team finished in 4th place with a team score of 90.  Shorewood won with 51, Glacier Peak was 2nd with 52.  The JV squad tallied 203 points for 8th place in a combined 3A/4A race.  Henry Jackson HS was first with 42 points, Glacier Peak the top 3A school and 2nd overall with 47 points.  Oak Harbor was 3rd among the 3A JV teams.

The girls varsity team was 3rd overall with 70 points, behind Glacier Peak (33) and Mountlake Terrace (61).  The girls JV team finished 7th overall and was the 3rd 3A team.  Snohomish was first with 27 points, Glacier Peak 2nd and the top 3A school with 37 points.

Individually, Alex Laiblin was 5th overall in 19:34, followed by Jonalynn Horn in 7th (19:44) and Laura Rodeheffer in 10th (19:58).  Marisa Sligh was 22nd, Suzanne Kaltenbach 29th, Kaitlyn Chelberg 30th, Carolynn Wicker 36th, Kaitlyn Smith 45th, and Carly Hall 47th out of 69 runners.

In the girls JV race, Alisa Meany was the top Wildcat finisher, coming in 40th in 24:10.  Also running in the combined 3A/4A, in finish order, were Elyssa Nortier, Hanna Keyes, Alex Higgins, Nikki Blanchard, Carly Crowther, Sierra Seabolt, Sydney Ericksen, and Jackie Dejesus.  There were 142 runners in the race.

On November 2nd, the 3A District meet takes place at Lakewood High School near Arlington with the first race scheduled for Noon.

FB 2013-10-25 at Marysville Pilchuck

Friday night, the final game of the season had major playoff implications for both teams as Oak Harbor traveled to Marysville-Pilchuck.  Both teams entered the game undefeated in league play.

At the same time as the OH-MP game, Glacier Peak and Meadowdale, both undefeated in league play were playing each other. The teams that won would be guaranteed a home game in the District Crossover game, the losers might have to hit the road.

After a series of punts to start the game, Pilchuck got on the board first with a 72-yard run.  The PAT hit the upright and was no good.  With just 49 seconds to go in the 1st quarter, it was OH 0, MP 6.

Just 30 seconds later, Oak Harbor's Dejon Devroe broke loose for a 47-yard run and was tackled at the 1 yard line, then Sheyenne Sams ran around the left side untouched.  Mark Johnston's PAT kick was good, and Oak Harbor led 7-6 with 19 seconds left.

After a long, 11-play drive, the Pilchuck QB snuck in behind a strong offensive line surge to get the TD.  MP went for 2, and the officials ruled the pass complete.  7:57 2nd, OH 7, MP 14.

Oak Harbor fumbled on their next possession, and the Tomahawks took advantage by going 48 yards in 10 plays, scoring on a 17-yard run to make ti 21-7 with 2:10 left in the half.

Pilchuck would score once more before the half, a 49-yard Austin Joyner run as time expired.  The PAT kick was blocked and the halftime score stood at 27-7.

The 2nd half opened with Oak Harbor attempting and recovering an onside kick.  Six plays later the Wildcats faced a 4th & 6 at the Tommie 20 yard line.  OH quarterback Clay Doughty dropped back for a pass and it was caught by Troy Sturdevant who got down to the 3 yard line.  On the next play, Julian Faralan ran it in to close the gap to 27-14 with 9:14 left in the 3rd.

Another long drive by MP put the score to 33-14 on 1-yard QB sneak, and a 3rd quarterback score with 6:17 left in the game put Pilchuck ahead 39-14.

Oak Harbor still had a lot of fight, as Faralan broke loose up the middle for a 70-yard romp, but in the end it was Marysville Pilchuck 39, Oak Harbor 21.

With the loss, OH falls to 6-2 on the season and will play Meadowdale, the Wesco 3A South 2nd place team for the 3rd seed entering the crossover game.  The game will be at Edmonds Stadium on Friday, November 1st at 5pm.  At 8pm Mountlake Terrace will play Stanwood.

The winner of the OH/Meadowdale game hosts Kingco 3A #2 on either Nov 8th or 9th, while the loser will most likely be the 5th place seed and travel to Narrows League #1 in the crossover.  The Narrows #1 will most likely be Lincoln of Tacoma or Timberline of Olympia.

WHEN Oak Harbor beats Meadowdale and beats Kingco #2, they will travel to District 2 #1, which will be the winner of the GSHL #3 and Metro #1 game.

Video clips are HERE

Photos are HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Volleyball 2013-10-24 vs Getchell - Senior Night

While the Freshman team lost all 3 of their games against Getchell 16-25, 24-26, 16-25 and the JV squad split their match 25-23, 25-14, 20-25, the varsity match was all Oak Harbor from start to finish.

The 'Cats were clicking and the Chargers had no answer for the powerful trio of seniors Kayleigh Harper and Makenna Martyn and sophomore Claire Anderson as the girls breezed to a 25-13, 25-9, 25-10 victory.

With one match to go in the regular season, on Wednesday the 30th at Marysville-Pilchuck, the 3-10 'Cats are currently in 7th place in the 10-team Wesco 3A league.  Pilchuck is 2-10 and in 9th place. The team right ahead of OH and currently in line for the final playoff spot is Shorewood, and next week the Thunderbirds play 1st place Meadowdale.  If OH wins and Shorewood loses, the Wildcats will get the playoff spot due to their head-to-head win over the T-birds.

The JV squad is 7-6 on the season and in 3rd place and MP is 4-3 and in 5th place.

The Freshmen are 4-8 on the year an in 7th place while Pilchuck is 2-5 and in last place.


Photos from senior parent intros are posted HERE.  They are free to download, just right-click and save to your computer.  Or if you want to order a print, you can buy them at Shutterfly's wholesale rate.

Freshman photos are HERE

Click HERE for JV pics

HERE are the varsity photos, all at WescoAthletics.com

Girls Soccer 2013-10-24 vs Getchell - Senior Night

For 70 of the 80 minutes of varsity soccer Thursday night, the Wildcat girls soccer team shut out the 8-4 Getchell Chargers.  However, in the final 5 minutes of each half, Getchell was able to push 5 balls into the Oak Harbor net on Senior Night.

The Wildcats have two games left this season.  Monday at 1-12-1 Everett and Wednesday at 4-9-0 Stanwood.  The Seagulls' lone win this season was at Oak Harbor, so the girls are looking to avenge that loss on Monday.

The JV team played to a foggy 0-0 tie.  The JV squad is now 4-6-2 on the season and go to 1-9-3 Everett on Monday and 3-8-1 Stanwood on Wednesday to end their season.

Photos from senior parent intros are posted HERE.  They are free to download, just right-click and save to your computer.  Or if you want to order a print, you can buy them at Shutterfly's wholesale rate.

JV game photos are posted HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Varsity game photos are HERE.


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FB 2013-10-23 Freshmen vs Getchell

Wednesday, after a late start due to the opponent not arriving in time due to transportation issues, it was a case of score early, score often as the Wildcat freshman football team defeated the visiting Getchell Chargers 47-15.

The scoring started not quite 3 minutes into the game when Princeton Lollar scored from 10 yard out.  Then, with 1:33 left, JJ Mitchell squirted his way to pay dirt from 17 yards out to make it 13-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Getchell got on the board early in the 2nd quarter, scoring on a 4-yard pass then passing again for the PAT, cutting the Wildcat lead to 13-8.

Not to worry.  Just for minutes later it was Lollar again, this time from 7 yards out, then late in the quarter a promising Getchell drive was cut short by a Farar interception at midfield.

The half ended with OH leading 19-8.

To start the second half, Oak Harbor needed only 2 plays to find the end zone, getting a TD on a 37-yard Lollar run.

MG got deep into Wildcat territory, and facing a 4th and 2 at the OH 9, opted to go for the first down.  Not a good choice.  First, the Chargers were called for a false start, making it 4-7 at the 14, then the pass to the corner of the end zone went wide and was incomplete.  Ten plays later, it was Lollar once again, sprinting for a 45 yard touchdown as time expired in the 3rd quarter.

At the end of 3, OH 33 MG 8.

Yet another Getchell drive was squashed by the Wildcat defense.  This time a fumble forced by Sam Zook and recovered by Mecom.

This time it looked like an OH drive might be stopped, but on 4th and 7 near midfield, McIntyre looked like he was stopped after gaining just a couple of yards, but kept the feet moving and found the first down marker.  The end result?  Another Lollar TD, this one for 37 yards.

Mecom recovered another fumble on Getchell's first play of their next drive, and this time it was Dausey for the score from a yard out.

Getchell got one late score.  With 1:33 left in the game the MG quarterback found a wide open receiver for a 56-yard scoring play.

In the end, it was Oak Harbor 47, Getchell 15.


Photos from the game are posted HERE

Video highlights are HERE


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VB 2013-10-2 vs Everett

A skilled (8-3 overall) and experienced (6 seniors) Everett Seagulls volleyball team came to OHHS Tuesday night and it was not a good night for the Wildcats.

Over in the dome, the freshman team played two tight games, at one point coming back from 10 down to close to within 2 points, but in the first two games the C squad lost by identical 21-25 scores.  In the 3rd game, Everett commanded, winning 25-10.

In the main gym, Oak Harbor won game 1, 25-21, stumbled in game 2, 19-25, then fell in game 3, 15-25.

For the nightcap, It looked like the Wildcats were going to have a stellar night.  The girls, wearing pink jerseys, came out on fire and let the first game several times.  Late in the game, though, the Everett experience came out and they took the first set 25-20.  That loss seemed to take something away from the 'Cats, as in game 2 and 3 they played well, but not with the fire seen in game one.  Everett won game 2, 25-15 and game 3, 25-13 to sweep the match 3-0.

Tonight the Wildcats take on winless Marysville Getchell on senior night.  After tonight's match, there is one more match in the regular season, at Pilchuck against the 2-10 Tomahawks.

Freshman photos are HERE

Click HERE for JV pics

HERE are the varsity photos.


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Herald Game of the Week

The Everett Herald has the Oak Harbor-Marysville Pilchuck contest this Friday as one of 3 possible games of the week, along with Glacier Peak-Meadowdale and Kamiak-Cascade.

Right now Cascade/Kamiak is leading with 96 votes, OH/MP is 2nd with 60.

Go to http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131022/BLOG18/131029950/1007/Vote-for-the-Game-of-the-Week-for-Week-8 and record your vote.

Youth football 2013-10-19

The morning started out very foggy, but lifted a bit by the end of the day as the OHYFL hosted 4 games at the Ft. Nugent fields on the last day of the regular season.  Links to photos of all the home games are posted below.

The morning started at 9am as the midget Cougars (5-2) took on Burlington (2-5) and whipped them 36-6.  The Cougars end with a 6-2 record and hold on to 4th place in the midget division, which gives them a home game as the playoffs start next Saturday.

Next up were the 7-0 Wildcats taking on 6-1 Bellingham Red.  Oak Harbor took and early lead and built it up, but Bellingham came back to take a late lead.  A touchdown late in the game let the Wildcats and preserve their undefeated season, but it was only a 1-point win, 33-32.  The Wildcats will also get a home game next weekend.

The 3rd game was the 2-4 Pumas vs 2-4 Friday Harbor.  Neither team would get a playoff spot regardless of the result of the game, so the teams were playing for pride.  Puma Pride prevailed as Oak Harbor held on to win 38-20.

Finally, the 3-4 Jaguars, who missed the playoffs by just one win, played a rematch from the first game of the year.  At Concrete, the Jags lost 19-14 back in August and were looking for Revenge against the 5-2 Lions.  They got it.  Oak Harbor scored early and often as they ran away with a 40-8 win and a 5th place finish, one spot out of the playoffs.

The season isn't completely over for the junior boys, as the coaches are combining and making an all-star team and will travel to Tacoma in mid-November for some final football action.

The Oak Harbor Bobcats, the lone Peewee team this year played in Mt. Vernon for the league championship.  The Bobcats, 6-1 going into the game played Mt. Vernon (7-0).  While the Bobcat defense played tough, the offense just could not get going and the Bulldogs won 20-0.

Click HERE for Cougars photos

Wildcat photos are HERE

HERE is where the Pumas photos reside

Find Jaguars pics HERE.


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FB 2013-10-18 vs Getchell - Homecoming

A heavy fog blanketing the field at Wildcat Memorial Stadium did not smother OHHS homecoming activities, nor the game on the field at the Wildcats' explosive offense put up another big half, hanging 34 points on the visitors by halftime.

The first half belonged to Sophomore Dyllan Harris, as caught two TD passes from Clay Doughty (39 and 75 yards) and intercepted the Getchell QB twice.

Also scoring in the first half were Sheyenne Sams on a 70 yard run, Rhys Mattila coming out of his Tight End position to haul in a 2-yard pass and Dejon Devroe on a 14 yard run.

In the second half Sams scored the only OH TD on a 85-yard kickoff return after Getchell scored on a 25-yard pass play early in the 4th quarter.

Getchell had 3 chances late in the game to score, but were shut down by the tough Wildcat defense.  On a 4th and 2 play at the OH 44, Mark Johnston got into the MG backfield and tackled the runner for a loss.  The next Getchell drive lasted only 3 plays before punting, then on the final drive of the game, Getchell had a 1st down at the OH 20, but Connor Parmenter forced a fumble and Joe Ethridge came in to jump on the ball.

Final - Oak Harbor 41, Marysville Getchell 7.

Photos from the game are HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Some video highlights are HERE.  Some of the plays aren't easy to see due to the fog, and all the moisture in the air was causing artifacts while recording.


The final game of the 2013 regular season is next Friday at Quil-Ceda Stadium in Marysville as the 6-1 Wildcats take on the 7-0 Pilchuck Tomahawks for the league championship.

Girls Soccer 2013-10-17

Thursday evening the Wildcat girls soccer team hosted the Glacier Peak Grizzlies at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Oak Harbor came into the varsity match with an overall 3-7-1 record, the same as Glacier Peak.

Something had to give.

At the end of the match, Glacier Peak's record was not 3-8-1 while Oak Harbor was 4-7-1, thanks to a goal in the 18th minute by freshman forward Jennifer Turnek, who scooted the ball past the Grizzly keeper, causing her to trip and fall, leaving Turnek with a clear shot at the goal from about 10 yards out.

That score was all that was needed, as Wildcat Keeper Kenzie Perry stopped an onslaught of Glacier Peak shots in the second half, preserving the Oak Harbor win.

Previously, the JV squad played to a 1-1 tie.  The JV girls are now 4-6-1 on the season with 4 games left.

Photos from the JV game are HERE

Varsity photos are HERE.

Middle School Cross Country 2013-10-17 at City Beach Park

Wildcat United, the combined OHMS/NWMS Cross Country team ran their second and final home meet this past Thursday at City Beach Park.  Oak Harbor hosted Anacortes and Cascade (Sedro-Woolley)

The 7th grade girls went off first, and while Anacortes captured first place in the race in 11:23, Wildcat United runners took 3rd 7th and 8th.  Zaira Alvarez was 3rd in 12:00, Sierra Dubuque 7th in 12:54 and Joanna Blaine in 13:05.  Running, but not in the top 10 were Shaeley Finch, Cami Bristow, Maggie Jappert, Madison Rude, Catilin O'Brien, Gabby Harstad, Katherine Medina, Ceirra Dean, Emily Petty and Jenna Flores.

On the boys side, Anacortes and Cascade together swept the top 6 spots.  Blake Servatius was the top Wildcat runner, finishing in 7th with a time of 10:55.  Close behind was Ethan Lang in 9th (11:02) and Ben Knoll in 10th (11:04).  Not in the top 10 were Caleb Hunter, Destin Mansikka, Carl Davis, Juan Luna-Elliott, Jared Johnston, Bogart Baca, Devon Gilbert and Kenzo Sturm.

In the 8th grade girls race, Cascade took first in 10?01 and Anacortes second, but 5 of the remaining 8 top 10 spots went to Wildcat United.  Megan Keating was 3rd in 10:42, Olivia Flack 4th in 10:51, squeaking by teammate Jillian Pape who was 5th, but with the same time.  Taliah Black was 7th in 11:31 and Alora Callier 10th in 11:50.  Also running were Mary Catherine Middleton, Trinity Olvera, Baelee Whitinger, Maggie Fink, Mariah Dean, Tia Miesle and Morgan Barber.

Finally, the 8th grade boys.  Anacortes again took first place in 9:41, but Wildcat United had depth, taking 2nd through 6th, and 10th place.  Jake Huck 2nd in 9:46, 3rd Gabe Salinger 9:49, 4th Michael lym 9:53, 5th Ryan Vasileff 9:55, 6th Andrew Eaton 10:12.  Tenth Place was Will Danielson in 10:28.  Rounding out the Wildcat United field were Noah Herrera, James Besaw, Cooper Treadwell, Kurt Husler, Ethan Wilson, Kaishyu Higashiyama, Travis Wagner, Dean Martin and Christian Vasileff.

Photos from all races are posted HERE.


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FB 2013-10-16 Freshmen vs Mt. Vernon

Turnovers were the name of the game Wednesday evening at OHHS as the Wildcat freshman football team turned the ball over 7 times and Mt. Vernon 3 times.  Oak Harbor had 5 fumbles, 1 interception and one bad snap on a FG attempt.  Mt. Vernon fumbled the ball 3 times.  At one point in the 3rd quarter, there were 3 turnovers in just 4 plays.

In the end, though, the Wildcats did what they needed to do to win 13-7.

Mt. Vernon scored with 38 second left in the 1st quarter.  Oak Harbor had just stopped the  Bulldogs on a 4th down play at the 7 yard line, but a fumble on the 2nd play gave MV the ball on the OH 1.

There was no other scoring until 6:55 left in the game, when Princeton Lollar broke away down the near side for a 72-yard scoring run.

Mt. Vernon had a chance to score once more.  They were down to the OH 13 yard line and were going for it on a 4th and 1 play, but the Bulldogs were called for a false start not once, but twice, to make it 4th and 11, and when they attempted to pass, the Wildcat defense stepped up and recorded the sack.

In the overtime period, MV got the ball first, ran 4 plays, and did not get a first down.

Oak Harbor ran 5 plays in their OT possession, the last play a 7-yard run for pay dirt and the victory.

Final: Oak Harbor 13, Mt. Vernon 7.  It was the first win of the season for the short-handed freshman squad.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos are HERE at WescoAthletics.com

The freshmen have one more home game, next week against Getchell.


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Boys tennis 2013-10-16 vs Pilchuck

The OHHS Boys Tennis team ended their 2013 regular season with a blowout win over Marysville-Pilchuck Wednesday afternoon at OHHS.

The win avenges a 7-0 loss to Shorecrest earlier in the week.

In Wednesday's action, the normal lineup was shifted to help get players ready for the upcoming district tournament.

Playing today at 1st singles, senior Casiano Atienza won 6-4, 6-1, and Jackson Wezeman, normally 4th singles, moved up to 2nd singles and won 6-2, 6-1.

Tom Dale and Jacob Nelson moved from 2nd doubles to 3rd and 4th singles, and both had straight-set victories.  Tom won 6-1, 6-1 and Jacob 6-0, 6-1.

The only Oak Harbor stumble was at 2nd doubles, which MP won 6-2, 6-1.

At 2nd Doubles, Carter Saar and Isaac Deleon won 6-0, 6-1 and Kyle Martin and Jared Alano-Gray won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 at 3rd doubles

Jared Hunt and Caleb Byers won 8-0 in an exhibition doubles match and Raymond Paraiso won his exhibition singles match 8-3.

Photos from Wednesday's action are posted HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Next on the calendar is the 3A North division tournament at Stanwood on October 22nd and 23rd, then the 3A District tournament, also at Stanwood HS on the 29th and 30th.


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Middle School Cross Country 2013-10-14 at City Beach

This year, the Wildcat United Cross Country team, made up of runners from both Oak Harbor and North Whidbey Middle Schools, gets to host not just one, but two home meets, and both in the same week.

Monday was the first meet.  There are 4 races in total, one for each grade level and gender and each race was 1.6 miles.

Sierra Dubuque was the top Wildcat United runner in the 7th grade girls race last Monday.  She was 3rd overall with a time of 12:16 (the winning time was 12:08).  Zaira Alvarez was 7th overall in 13:00.  Also in the 7th grade race were Cami Bristow, Joanna Blaine, Caitlin O'Brien, Madison Rude, Shaeley Finch, Maggie Jappert, Katherine Medina, Gabby Harstad, Emily Petty and Jenna Flores,

Burlington won the 7th grade boys race in 10:09.  The top OH runner was Blake Servatius in 5th place and a time of 11:04.  Ben Knoll was just 5 seconds behind Blake in 6th place.  Also running were Caleb Hunter, Carl Davis, Juan Luna-Elliott, Jared Johnston, Devon Gilbert, Bogart Baca and Colin Foster

Olivia Flack was 2nd overall in the 8th grade girls race, finishing just one second behind the winner, and just ahead of, but with the same time as, Jillian Pape (11:04).  Megan Keating was a second behind the pair in 11:05.  After giving up 5th place to Burlington, Wildcat United grabbed 6th, 7th and 8th (Alora Callier, Taliah Black, Trinity Olvera).  In the race but not in the top 10 were Mary Catherine Middleton, Baelee Whitinger, Sam Hines, Maggie Fink, Mariah Dean, Brittany Eatchel, Stephanie Finch, Yesenia Keiser and Morgan Barber.

In the final race, Oak Harbor placed 5 in the top 10.  Gabe Salinger (3rd overall), Michael Lym (6th), Jake Hucko (6th), Andrew Eaton (7th), and Will Danielson (8th).  Also running were Noah Herrera, James Besaw, Cliff Hartley, Kurt Husler, Ethan Wilson, Charlie Pabona, Travis Wagner and Dean Martin.

Photos of each and every OH runner that finished are posted HERE.

The team runs again at City Beach on Thursday the 17th with the 7th grade girls heading out at 3:30pm.

FB 2013-10-11 Varsity vs Mt. Vernon

The Oak Harbor Wildcats looked to continue their winning ways last Friday night, hosting the 4A Mt. Vernon Bulldogs, who were coming off a big win over the Lake Stevens Vikings, the source of the Wildcats' lone loss this season.

The game started on a sour note as the Wildcats fumbled the ball deep in their own territory on the 3rd play of the game, but the defense held, forcing the Bulldogs to kick a field goal that missed.

On their second possession, Oak Harbor got their powerful offense in gear, moving 80 yards in 8 plays to score on a 26-yard Sheyenne Sams run at the 5:17 mark in the first quarter, and that score would stand until horn.

Dyllan Harris was the star of the second quarter, scoring on a 6-yard run and again on a 35-yard pass from QB Clay Doughty, pushing the score to 21-0.  Julan Faralan added another score with 1:47 left in the half to make it 28-0.

Opening the second half, Mt. Vernon scored in the first minute on a 13-yard run, but OH answered later in the quarter.  Facing a 4th and 2 near midfield, the Wildcat coaches made the decision to go for a first down rather than punt, and the play they called worked like a charm.  Sams broke loose and gained not just a first down, but a touchdown, slipping numerous tackles on the way.  5:06 to go in the 3rd OH 35, MV 7.

Mt. Vernon got one last score, midway through the 4th quarter, scoring on a 1-yard run, but the final score was Oak Harbor 35, Mt. Vernon 14.



Video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos are HERE, and also HERE at WescoAthletics.com


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OHYFL Youth football 2013-10-12

All five teams were action this past Saturday, most successful in their games.

First off, the Peewee Bobcats played Stanwood Black in the first of a 2-game playoff, winning 12-6 to set up a championship game this coming Saturday at Mt. Vernon HS against Mt. Vernon.  Time is TBD, but there are already games scheduled for 9, 11 and 1pm, so expect a 3pm game.

Also at home, the Wildcats whipped Friday Harbor 47-6 to improve to 7-0 and the Cougars fell to Lakewood 20-10.

On the road, the Pumas faced off against Stanwood Black and lost 44-20.

In the game before that, the Jaguars got a nice win over Stanwood Red, 34-20.



Jaguars photos are posted HERE.

The regular season comes to a close this Saturday, with all teams playing at home (except the Bobcats as mentioned above).

Starting at 9am the 5-2 Cougars take on the 2-5 Burlington Tigers
At 11am it's the 7-0 Wildcats against 6-1 Bellingham Red
1pm is the 2-4 Pumas vs 2-4 Friday Harbor
In the 3pm nightcap, it's the 3-4 Jaguars and the Concrete Lions.  The Jags lost to the Lions in the first game of the season and are looking for some revenge.


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VB 2013-10-10 vs Glacier Peak

Coming off a tough 3-1 loss at home to Mountlake Terrace on Tuesday, the Wildcat volleyball team pulled together and swept the visiting Glacier Peak Grizzlies 3-0 Thursday night.

OH jumped to an early 5-0 lead in the first game before GP closed the gap to 10-7, but there the 'Cats went on a 8-0 run to build an 18-7 lead and held on to win 25-13.

Game two saw the girls down 2-0 early, but tied the game at 4.  The two teams went back and forth for some time, neither team leading by more than one, until the score got to 10-10.  There Oak Harbor went on a 5-1 run to build a 15-11 lead, then another run to lead 20-12 before closing out game two 25-14.

Game 3 was a little closer, but not by much as Oak Harbor proved to be just too much for the visitors, winning the final game 25-16.

In the sub-varsity matches, GP won both the JV and Freshman matches 3-0.

The volleyball girls are on the road twice next week.  They travel to league-leading Meadowdale on Tuesday, and on Thursday hope to avenge an early-season 3-1 loss to Stanwood.

The following week the 'Cats 2-2(2-7 overall) close out their home season with matches on both Tuesday and Thursday.  Tuesday they host the 2-2(7-3 overall) Everett Seagulls, and on the final home match of the season host winless Marysville Getchell.

Video highlights are HERE

Photos are HERE and also at WescoAthletics.com

FB 2013-10-09 Freshmen vs Stanwood

A tale of two halves is the story from Wednesday's freshman football game at OHHS.

In the first half, the Wildcats could seeming do no wrong, forcing Stanwood to punt twice and forced a fumble, while scoring on runs of 1, 12 and 85 yard to lead 20-0 at the half.

What also happened during that half was the Wildcats losing not one, not two, but seven players for the rest of the game due to injuries.

As a result, even though Oak Harbor scored on a 2-yard run in the 3rd quarter, Stanwood scored on a 28-yard halfback pass, a 66-yard run, a 5-yard run and a 53-yard run.  More importantly, Stanwood made all four PAT attempts, while the Wildcats missed two. 

As a result, Stanwood wound up winning the game 28-26.

The freshman squad is at home again vs Mt. Vernon on Wednesday the 16th at 5:30pm.  Admission is free and the concession stand will be open.


Video highlights are HERE

Photos are HERE, and also HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Youth football update

The 5-1 Oak Harbor Bobcats, the one and only local PeeWee team this year, has their playoff schedule posted.

They play this Saturday, October 12th, at Ft Nugent against Stanwood Black, also 5-1.

WHEN they win that game, they will play the winner of Mt. Vernon/Stanwood Red and will play on 10/19 at Mt. Vernon HS at a time to be determined.

Game time is no earlier than 1pm or about 10 minutes after the senior game ends.

There is no admission fee and concessions are available.

Come on down and root for the future of Oak Harbor football.

Youth football 2013-10-05

All five teams were in action this past Saturday, and for the PeeWee Bobcats it was their final regular season game.

The Bobcats traveled to Stanwood to get their 5th win on the season against one loss by beating host Stanwood REd 12-6.

Also on the road, the senior Wildcats held on to their perfect 6-0 record by beating LaConner 38-12.  Next week the Wildcats are at home against Friday Harbor at 11am

The midget Cougars improved to 5-1 with a win over Stanwood Black at Stanwood.  Next Saturday they are at home against Lakewood at 9am.

There were two home games on Saturday.  At 2:30pm the 2-2 Pumas hosted 1-3 Anacortes.  The Seahawks came to play, whipping the Pumas 39-0.

Finally, the 2-3 Jaguars hosted  5-0 Bellingham.  This was a hard-fought game and it came down to the last play of the game.  Oak Harbor had the ball in Bellingham territory down by only 8, but a 4th-down pass play didn't work and the Bellingham team was luck to escape with a 22-14 win.

Both Junior teams travel to Stanwood next Saturday.  The Pumas face the 6-0 Black team at 11am while the Jags go up against the 2-4 Red team at 9am.

Photos from the Jags game are posted HERE.

Click HERE for Puma photos.


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NWSC Youth Soccer

Some of the BU-6 teams didn't have many photos posted from two weeks ago, so the photographer went back and got some more.

There are also photos of the two U-8 teams that had byes two weeks ago.

There are also photos from a GU-10 team, Coupeville vs the Purple People Eaters.

Individual game photo links are below.

GU-8 Teal Super Wonder Girls vs Pink Paws

BU-8 Blue Lightning vs Orange Crushers.  The Lightning are sponsored by Martin Auto Electric.

GU-10 Coupeville (sponsored by Coupeville Coffee & Bistro) and the Purple People Eaters (sponsored by AAA Mini-Storage)

BU-6 White Lizards vs Blue Bombers

BU-6 Yellow Eagles vs Red Tigers

BU-6 Gold Dragons vs Blue Sharks

That's it for photos for this season.  Remember that your photo purchases fund two $500 scholarships each year at Oak Harbor High School.

FB 2013-10-04 vs Stanwood

Friday night the Wildcats hosted the Stanwood Spartans (2-2, 1-0 Wesco 3A North), fresh off a 35-7 drubbing of Marysville Getchell.

The game did not start out on a good note for the Wildcats, as Stanwood's first play from scrimmage went 59 yards to the OH 13 yard line, but Stanwood had to settle for a field goal.

Oak Harbor's first possession looked like it might also end in a field goal, but on 4th down, with the ball on the 2 yard line, the coaches called the play and Dejon Devroe ran it in to make it 7-3 for the 'Cats at the 7:24 mark in the first quarter.

Both teams punted on their next possession, and Stanwood gave the ball up on downs when a 4th down pass into the end zone fell incomplete.

At the 2nd quarter began, OH still led 7-3 and had the ball on the Stanwood 30, but a fumble gave the ball back to the Spartans.  Stanwood ran only 3 plays and punted again, a booming punt that went to the OH 8 yard line.  The first play was a 70-yard run by Sheyenne Sams, but a Wildcat penalty brought it back.  Oak Harbor regrouped and advanced to the Stanwood 28 when another fumble ended the drive. Oak Harbor got the ball back just two plays later, when Tyler Adamson recovered a fumble that was forced by Rhys Mattila.

That drive ended with Sams dancing in from 12 yards out to boost the score to 14-3 with 2:55 left in the half. 

Stanwood's next drive lasted 5 plays and ended with Mattila sacking the Stanwood QB on a 4th down play.

At the half, OH led 14-3.

OH received the opening kick in the 2nd half, but the drive stalled, then a high snap on the Wildcat punt attempt gave Stanwood the ball at the Oak Harbor 31.  The defense held, and a 33-yard field goal attempt went wide left.

Taking over at their own 20 yard line, the 'Cats needed only 1 play, an 80-yard run up the middle by Julian Faralan, to make it 21-3. 

Stanwood fumbled on their next drive, forced by Sams and recovered by Chris Humphries, but two plays later the Spartans got it back after a fumbled Wildcat handoff.  The Spartans were forced to punt and two plays later it was Faralan again, this time from 6 yards out to make it 28-3 with 4:37 left in the 3rd.

Stanwood fumbled the ball away during the kickoff return, then two plays later Clay Doughty found Devroe open for a 41-yard TD pass.  The 3rd quarter ended with the Wildcats on top 35-3.

The final Wildcat score came on a 3-yard run by Faralan after a 3-play 68-yard drive.  With 5:15 left in the game, Oak Harbor led 42-3, and that score would remain on the board until the final horn.

A bunch of video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos are HERE, or also at WescoAthletics.com.


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Boys Tennis 2013-10-04 vs Glacier Peak

It's getting into that time of the year when it's not unexpected to have a boys tennis match postponed due to rain, and that happened to the Wildcats when Wednesday's match against Glacier Peak was changed to Friday due to rain.  Another match earlier in the week was stopped early due to the weather.

Tuesday the JV squad was on the road at Meadowdale and lost 6-1, and at home, the Wildcats were down 5-0 and the 4th singles and 3rd doubles had split their sets when the rain set in and the remainder of the match was canceled, leaving the Mavericks with a 5-0 victory.

Thursday it was nice out and both the JV and Varsity teams headed to Mountlake Terrace and both came home winners.  The JV team won 5-2, and while the varsity team lost at 1st singles and doubles, and 2nd singles, they won the rest of the matches to take the meet 4-3.  Casiano Atienza won 6-4, 6-4 and Jackson Wezeman won 6-3, 6-3, and at doubles it was Tom Dale and Jacob Nelson winning 6-1, 6-2 and Kyle Martin & Isaac Deleon winning 6-4, 6-3.

On Friday, Glacier Peak unleashed a beast, whipping the 'Cats 6-1, with the lone OH winner Jackson Wezeman in a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win.  Second doubles Tom Dale and Jacob Nelson also had a long, hard match before falling 4-6, 5-7.

Photos from Friday's doubles action can be found HERE, or also at WescoAthletics.com.

Next week the varsity squad plays Stanwood at home on Monday, then Everett and Getchell on the road.  The JV team is at home Wednesday (Everett) and Thursday (Getchell).

Girls Soccer 2013-10-03 vs Shorecrest

One win and one loss for both the JV and varsity girls soccer teams last week.

On Tuesday the girls traveled to Stanwood and came away double winners, with the JV winning 3-0 and varsity 1-0.

Two days later it was another story against Shorecrest.  Although Wildcat keeper Kenzie Perry had several great saves, the Scots were able to find the net 4 times and the Wildcats none.

The JV girls continued to grow on offense, scoring another 3 goals, but Shorecrest was able to get 5 balls past the Wildcat keeper to win 5-3.

The Wildcat varsity team is now 1-4 in league play and 3-4 overall, as is the JV squad.

Next week the team has two away games, at 3-2 Meadowdale and at 2-2-1 Shorewood.


Photos are posted HERE, and also HERE at WescoAthletics.com.

XC 2013-10-03 - City Beach

Thursday afternoon the OH Wildcat Cross Country team hosted their one and only home meet at City Beach park. Marysville Getchell and Shorewood were the visitors.

In the boys JV race, Oak Harbor captured 4 of the top 10 spots.  Stephen Miller was 2nd, Joe Gorman 4th, Mathew Nortier 7th and Seth Gluth 9th.

The girls team nearly recorded a perfect score, with Wildcats in the top 4 spots and 6 of the top 10.  Alex Laiblin was first, Jonalynn Horn 2nd, Laura Rodeheffer 3rd, Marisa Sligh 4th, Carolynn Wicker 6th and Suzanne Kaltenbach 8th.

The Oak Harbor girls were so dominant that it was nearly 2 minutes after Laiblin crossed the finish line that the first non-Wildcat crossed.  Laiblin finished the 4,600 meter course in 18:37 while the first Shorewood girl crossed in 20:14.  OH won the girls portion of the race with 16 points (low score wins).  Getchell had 54 and Shorewood 64.

The boys varsity was just a dominant.  John Rodeheffer was first in 15:11, Clayton Richardson 2nd in 15:33, and the first Shorewood runner was 3rd in 16:03.  While the Wildcats were 1st and 2nd, Shorewood had a lot of depth, resulting in a tie between the two teams.  OH and Shorewood both scored 30 points while Getchell had 76.

Photos are posted HERE.

At WescoAthletics.com, the boys photos are HERE and the girls photos are HERE.

VB 2013-10-01 vs Shorewood

It was a night of highs and lows for the Wildcat volleyball team last Tuesday when they hosted the Shorewood Thunderbirds

On the high side were the 3-0 wins by both the JV and Freshman teams.  The JV girls won 25-18, 25-20, 25-23 and the C team winning 25-14, 25-23, 25-21.

Also on the high side was the first set of the varsity match, which the Wildcats won 25-15.  In set 2 the girls grabbed an early 6-3 lead, but Shorewood went on a 7-0 run to take a 10-6 lead.  OH closed later, at 13-15, but Shorewood went 10-4 at the end to win 25-17.

In set 3, the 'Cats led 4-0 and 9-2 before the T-birds tied the set at 11 and again at 20, but a nice kill by Claire Anderson gave OH a 25-22 set win and a 2-1 match lead.

Unfortunately, the Wildcats stumbled in the final two sets.  After leading 11-5, Shorewood was able to come back to tie the set at 12, then went 7-1 at the end to win 25-19 and force a 5th set.

In the final set, Oak Harbor just couldn't get things going and Shorewood took the set 15-5 and won the match 3-2.

Two days later the Wildcats got revenge by beating Shorecrest 3-1 in varsity action.  The JV and C teams both won 2-1 the same day.


Photos from the Shorewood match are posted HERE, and also HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Video clips from the Shorewood varsity match are posted HERE.

Girls Swim 2013-09-30

Monday evening the OHHS girls swim team hosted Snohomish and Glacier Peak at Vanderzicht Memorial Pool and came away double winners.

Versus Glacier Peak, the Wildcats dominated, winning 107-76 and getting event wins from the 200 Medley Relay team (Mollie Briddell, Sydney Dickinson, Tricia Desquitado, Irysh Concepcion), 400 freestyle relay (Briddell, Kennedy Trisler, Erica Sugatan, Marissa Morris), 200 Free (Morris), 200 IM (Sugatan), 50 free (Concepcion), 100 free (Briddell), 400 free (Morris) and 100 back (Briddell).

The Snohomish portion of the meet was a lot closer, but the 'Cats won 98-78.  In that meet the Wildcats won the 200 medley relay, 200 free, 400 free, and 100 back.


Find photos HERE at WescoAthletics.com

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Fall high school basketball

The Oak Harbor girls basketball team has just started their 7-game fall season with a game Sunday morning at Mt. Vernon.  Results have not yet been posted, but if anyone is in the area, games are all on Sunday and last about an hour.  A complete schedule can be found at the Skagit Parks and Rec site.  Most games are either at Mt. Vernon HS or Skagit Valley College.  The Wildcats do have one game at Sedro-Woolley, on October 6th, and another on October 20th.

Youth football 2013-09-28

Four of the five OHYFL teams were in action this past weekend, with the junior Pumas having a bye, and two of those games were at Ft. Nugent.

The Seniors and PeeWees were at home and both posted wins to maintain their undefeated seasons.  The Wildcats beat Sedro-Woolley 25-0 and the Bobcats beat Sedro White 25-15.

On the road, the midget Cougars went all the way to Friday Harbor and came away with a 36-0 victory.

Finally, the Jaguars went up against one of the best teams in the league, and while falling 32-12, showed a lot of heart by not giving up and scoring twice in the second half.

Next week there are two home games - both junior teams, the Pumas and Jaguars are at Ft. Nugent, with the 2-2 Pumas going first at 2:30pm against Anacortes (1-3), then at 4:30 it's the 2-3 Jags taking on 5-0 Bellingham.

On the road, it's the Wildcats at LaConner, Cougars at Stanwood Black and Bobcats at Stanwood Red.

Tennis update

It was an up and down week for the Oak Harbor boys tennis team, winning and losing big, and losing a close one.

On Sep 23rd, the varsity squad hosted Mt. Vernon.  Casiano Atienza was the only single winner for OH, and the 'Cats won at 1st and 2nd doubles, but the Bulldogs won 4 matches to win the day 4-3. 

All 3 OH winners needed 3 sets to win.  Atienza won 6-3, 46-, 6-3, 1st doubles (Jose Dimaculangan and Jozef Mendoza) won 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, and 2nd doubles (Jacob Nelson and Tom Dale) had the closest match of all, winning 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(5).

Two days later the varsity squad traveled to Marysville Pilchuck and whipped the Tommies 7-0, with all the Wildcat wins coming in straight sets.  The closest was at 4th singles where Jackson Wezeman won 6-2, 6-4.  The JV team had the day off as MP does not have a JV squad.

The next day the varsity team was on the road again, this time to always strong Shorewood. The Thunderbirds are strong again, beating the Wildcats 6-1.  The lone Wildcat win came at 2nd doubles at the team of Nelson and Dale won 1-6, 6-1, 6-3.

At home, the JV squad did not fare well, losing all 7 matches in straight sets.

This coming week the teams play 3 times.  The Varsity squad hosts Meadowdale on Monday and Glacier Peak on Wednesday and the JV squads play at the opposite school.  Varsity is on the road Thursday, along with the JV squad, at Mountlake Terrace.

Photos from the JV match against Shorewood are HERE, or at WescoAthletics.

Cross country update

The Cross Country season for Oak Harbor started with a bang.

Traveling to Everett on Sep 19th, the boys team annihilated their opponents, sweeping the top 6 spots for a perfect score.  John Rodeheffer was first, Clayton Richardson 2nd, Logan Clark 3rd, Sebastian Ceasar 4th, Nathan Richardson 5th and Nathan Wagner 6th.

The girls were almost as perfect, giving up the top 2 spots, but the depth of the Wildcat program gave them the team win.  Alex Laiblin was 3rd, Jonalynn Horn 4th, Carolynn Wicker 5th, Natalie Fiallos 6th and Suzanne Kaltenbach 7th. 

That weekend the team made their annual trip to Seaside, Oregon for the 3-course challenge.  John Rodeheffer was first on the hard course and boosted OH to an overall 2nd place win.  Clayton Richardson was 5th in the same race.

For the girls, Alex Laiblin was 3rd on the hard course and Laura Rodeheffer 9th which allowed the girls to also capture an overall 2nd place finish.

Back on the local circuit, the runners went to Maryville and captured first place in both the boys and girls races, and JV

Again, John Rodeheffer won the boys varsity race and Alex Laiblin the girls race.  The boys JV race was won by Cascade, but with Joe Gorman in 2nd, Mathew Nortier n 3rd, Ziwei Peng in 6th, Alex Hartley in 7th and Patrick Abercrombie in 9th, the Wildcats won the team title.

This coming Thursday, October 3rd, the Wildcats have their one and only home meet of the year, hosting

Complete results from all races are at athletic.net

FB 2013-09-27 at Everett

It was revenge of a sort for the Wildcat football team Friday night at Everett Stadium.  After a heartbreaking loss to Lake Stevens the previous week, the 'Cats came out on fire, spoiling Everett's homecoming.

After holding Everett to a 3-and-out on their first possession, the Wildcats drove 46 yards in 5 plays, ending with a Gage Eccleston 4-yard run with 8:18 left in the first.

Oak Harbor also scored on a 48-yard run by Dejon Devroe, a 14-yard fumble return by Mark Johnston and a 9-yard run by Sheyenne Sams.  That was just the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the defense continued to shine, denying Everett any first downs the entire first half.  Oak Harbor scored 3 more times before the horn sounded for halftime - a 15-yard pass from Clay Doughty to Devroe on 4th down, a 30 yard interception return by Eccleston and a 4-yard run by Carlton Johnson.

For the second half, the Wildcats went deep into the depth chart, while Everett continued to play many of their starters.  As a result, Everett was able to hang two scores on Oak Harbor, a 26-yard pass play with 1:32 left in the 3rd and  a 39-yard pass play that was tipped into the hands of an Everett receiver with 9:59 left in the game.  The entire second half was played with a running clock.

In the end, it was Oak Harbor 49, Everett 16.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos from the game are posted HERE, and also at WescoAthletics.

The 'Cats are at home for the next three Fridays, hosting Stanwood, Mt. Vernon and Getchell (homecoming).

Volleyball update

The Wildcat netters were in action twice this past week, against 4A schools Arlington and Snohomish.

In the Arlington match, the Wildcats went the distance before falling to the Eagles 3-2.  Both the JV and C squads also lost to the Eagles by identical 2-1 scores.

The next day, the girls took on Snohomish and some of the fatigue of the previous night's match showed, as the Panthers won 3-1.  Again, the JV and C teams both lost 2-1.

The girls are at home on Tuesday, Oct 1st, opening league play against 3-2 Shorewood then travel to 1-4 Shorecrest on Thursday.

Girls Swim update

The girls swim team is a perfect 3-0 in WESCO 3A North, having defeated 3 of their 4 league opponents.  The girls do have two losses, one to Lake Stevens, the other to state powerhouse Mercer Island.

On Sep 19th, the team swam against both Marysville schools, Getchell and Pilchuk, beating Pilchuck by a close 94-86 score, and totally dominating Getchell 122-38.

Against league opponent Stanwood, the Wildcats won 109-61.

The girls swim at home on Monday the 30th in a non-league contest against the Snohomish schools, 4A Snohomish and 3a Glacier Peak.  Start time is 6pm at Vanderzicht Memorial Pool.

Girls Soccer update

After a promising start to the season, including sweeping their Whidbey Island neighbors, the Oak Harbor girls soccer team dropped a pair of matches this past week.

Tuesday the girls took on the 5-1 Marysville Getchell Chargers and had trouble getting through a tough Getchell defense, losing 5-0.  On the same night the JV squad also could not find the goal and fell 2-0.

Two days later the 0-5-1 Everett Seagulls came to Oak Harbor and gave the Everett team their first win of the season, falling 4-0.  The JV squad was blanked 2-0.

This coming week the girls take on the 1-4 Stanwood Spartans on Tuesday, then the 4-1-1 Shorecrest Scots on Thursday.  Both games are at home.

HERE is a link to photos from the varsity match against Everett, or click HERE for WescoAthletics photos.

FB - JV and Freshmen vs Lake Stevens

Last Monday, the Oak Harbor JV football team took to the field at home against Lake Stevens, hoping to avenge Friday nights' loss, but fell by an eerily similar 1-point difference.  Both teams scored 3 touchdowns, but PATs were the difference, with the Vikings ending with 21 points and the Wildcats 20.

Later in the week the Freshman team traveled to Lake Stevens and lost 28-13.

Youth Soccer 2013-09-21

While it wasn't raining, the clouds could not decide whether to show or hide the sun.  As a result, there aren't as many good photos as usual.

This week the concentration was on the NWSC U-8 teams.  Since there is an odd number of teams, one boys and one girls team had a bye, and will be photographed at a future date.

Below are links to the photos from Saturday.

Purple Islanders vs Pink Paws

Dark Blue Jaguars vs Med Blue Pop Rocks Girls

Lime Glowing Grasshoppers vs Red Dragons

Red Devils vs Orange Crushers

Black Zombies vs Green Anacondas

Blue Warriors vs Grey Sounders

Youth Football 2013-09-21

In an interesting twist, it was the teams on the road that had success this past Saturday, while the home teams stumbled.

At the Ft. Nugent Field, The Pumas took on Mt. Vernon Green, and after taking an early lead, wound up falling to the visitors 24-19.  The loss drops the Pumas to 2-2 on the season.

A few Pumas photos are HERE

Also at Ft. Nugent, the Jaguars could not score late and lost to the visiting Sedro Blue team 8-0.  The game was marred when the Jaguar QB was taken off the field by ambulance, but he is fine and was back in school Monday with no after effects.

Jaguars photos are HERE.

Both the Bobcats and Wildcats were in Lakewood taking on the Cougars.  The Bobcats gave up two safeties, but won the game 41-4.  They are now 4-0 on the season and have outscored their opponents 128-17.

Also improving to 4-0 were the senior Wildcat team, who thumped their host 44-8.  Lakewood's score was the first against the Wildcats this season.  They have outscored opponents 172-8.

The final OH victory was a close-fought affair in Sedro-Woolley, where the Cougars nipped S-W 13-12.

There are only two home games on Saturday the 28th.  Both the Seniors and PeeWees take on their Sedro counterparts.

The Jaguars are at the Burlington cornfield, the Cougars at Friday Harbor and the Pumas have a bye.

FB 2013-09-20 Varsity at Lake Stevens

Last Friday night the Wildcat football team traveled to Lake Stevens to take on the 4A Vikings.  The weather cooperated, for the most part, during the first half, but the second half proved to be very wet.

The game started with both teams trading punts, neither team getting much in the way of yardage.  Oak Harbor's second possession ended with an interception at the Viking 43 and on the very next play Lake Stevens went deep, completing a 46-yard pass play for a touchdown at the 4:01 mark in the first quarter.

While the Wildcat defense continued to stuff Lake, forcing two more punts in the first half, the Viking defense was just as strong, forcing 3 Wildcat punts.

With just 38 seconds left in the half, Lake Stevens drove 90 yards to score on a 2-yard pass to take a 14-0 lead at halftime.

OH received the second half kickoff and drove down to the Lake Stevens 8 yard line.  Facing a 4th and 1, the 'Cats elected to go for the first down, but came up about a foot short.

Lake Stevens took over at their own 7, and 3 plays later a heads-up play by Sheyenne Sams resulted in an Oak Harbor score.  Lake Stevens ran the ball up the middle, and it appeared to just about everyone in the stadium, including the cameraman, that the Viking runner was down, but Sams snatched the ball right out of the ballcarrier's hands and raced 37 yards to the end zone.  There were no whistles during the play and after a short conference the officials ruled a touchdown.  Now with 4:28 left in the 3rd quarter it was OH 7, LS 14, and that score would stand to the end of the quarter.

The 4th quarter began with the Wildcats looking at 4th and 2 at their own 14.  They went for it and succeeded.  Then they succeeded again and again during the drive, facing and making it on 4th down 4 times.  A fifth time was down at the Lake Stevens 9 yard line.  After an apparent TD was ruled incomplete by the officials, Wildcat QB Clay Doughty found Dyllan Harris on a slant and he went all the way to make it 13-14 for Oak Harbor with 3:33 left in the game.  Unfortunately, the PAT kick was just right.

OH forced a LS punt with 2:15 left, but on that final drive the 4th down magic did not materialize and Lake Stevens won in the end 14-13.

Next Friday the varsity squad travels to Everett Stadium to take on the 0-3 Seagulls of Everett High School.  Kickoff at 7pm.  According to WescoAthletics.com, it's Everett's homecoming game.



A few video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos from the 1st half are HERE.