GBB 2013-01-28 vs Pilchuck

It was the final home game for the OH girls Monday night as they hosted the Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks at OHHS.

The night started well with the freshman team leading 15-12 at the first horn and boosting the lead to 29-21 at halftime.  That 8-point halftime lead proved to be the final difference as both teams scored equally in the final two quarters, with OH winning 50-42.  Rosie Mooki led the team with 20 points and Taylor Deconzo added 16.  Janae Payne added 10 and Suzanne Kaltenbach 4 to complete the OH scoring.

In the main gym, the JV squad scored 17 points in the 2nd quarter to take a 26-20 lead at halftime, but a dry second half allowed the Tommies to catch up and tie the game at the end of regulation time.  The Wildcat offensive woes continued into the OT period as the team scored only a single field goal and fell to the visitors 47-41.

At the end of the first quarter of the varsity game, OH trailed by just 4 points, but an 18-6 second quarter put the game away for MP and the 'Cats were never able to recover.  In the end it was 55-33 for Pilchuck and the Wildcats were eliminated from any postseason play.

The girls finish up their season Wednesday night at Getchell.

Video highlights from the varsity game are posted HERE.

Photos from all 3 games are HERE.


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BBB 2013-01-25 vs Shorecrest

The OH boys played their second-to-last home game of the regular season Friday night against Shorecrest.

The night didn't start out well, with the Freshman falling behind 10-4 early and trailing 19-8 at halftime.  They recovered a bit on offense in the second half, scoring 18 points, but Shorecrest also got their offense into high gear to win 48-26.  Diangelo McKinney scored 6 to lead the team, Sean Erskine and Tanner Walker finished with 4 each, Tyler Snavely and Elijah Smith 3 each, and Dante Mitchell, Savion Passmore and Fred Miller with 2 each.

The JV squad just couldn't find any rhythm in Friday's game and fell behind quickly.  The final was 62-18.  Gage Eccleston score 5, Alex Warner 4, Cortez Ridley 3, and Connor Parmenter, Jacob Sturvevant and Ben Fikse 2 each.

Offense also wasn't shining in the varsity matchup.  At the end of the 1st quarter the game was tied at 10, and OH went into the locker room at halftime leading 19-14.  Jojo Webster scored 8 points in the 3rd and got a spectacular assist, feeding Chris Hailer for a rim-rattling dunk.  At the end of the 3rd, the Wildcats led 34-26.  Both offenses finally got on track in the 4th quarter, with the 'Cats scoring 17 and the Scots 18, but OH grabbed the win, 51-44 and are guaranteed a spot in the league tournament that starts Feb 6th.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Video highlights from the varsity and JV games are HERE.


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Middle School BBB 2013-01-24 OHMS @ NWMS

Last Thursday afternoon the OHMS and NWMS boys basketball teams wrapped up their seasons with a pair of games in the North Whidbey gym.

In their first meeting, on December 20th, the NWMS 7th grade team blew OHMS away, winning 56-28.  That didn't happen again last Thursday.  OHMS came out ready to play.  While OHMS trailed 8-5 at the end of the first quarter, they led 15-13 at halftime.  The NWMS Cougars regained the lead in the 3rd period and led 20-17 going into the final quarter.  In that final quarter, Jordan Bell scored 7 of his game-high 15 points and with 15 seconds left the game was tied at 29.  In those final seconds, OHMS had numerous opportunities to take the lead but missed 6 of 6 from the free throw line.  Now with only 1.8 seconds left and the score still 29-29, it was Marcus Carr at the line to shoot 2.  He missed the first, but sank the second for his only point of the game, but gave NWMS the 30-29 victory.  For OHMS, in addition to Bell's 15 pints, Noah Herrera scored 7, Joseph Arinaza 6 and Nate Chrism 1.  The Cougars spread the scoring, with 9 players getting points.  Tops was Caleb Johnson with 7, then Andrew Miller w2ith 5.  Brennan Ney, TJ Passmore and Max Nuanex each scored 4, Jerome Ruffins and Marcus Foxx 2 each, and Chris Trisler and Marcus Carr with 1 each.

The first OH/NW meeting ended with a 52-14 OHMS win, but this game was also much closer.  While OHMS led 17-7 at the end of the first, it was 29-21 at halftime, and might have been 26-21 but for a half-court swish at the buzzer by Tyler Jackson.  The Panthers gained complete control of the game in the second half, outscoring the Cougars 16-10 in the 3rd then held on to win 54-42.  Scoring for NWMS - Ramon Booker 23, Dominic Sotoa-STevens and Kory Score 4 each, Alex Hartley and Jayse Mullins 3 each, Nate Mecom and Sam Zook 2 each and Logan Bell 1.  For OHMS it was Dylan Bailey and D'Andre Bellamy with 14 each and Tyler Jackson with 12.  Josh Coe added 5, Josh McKenzie 4, Isaiah Brown and Jomar Perez 2 each and Kenneth Morrow and Noah Marshall with 1 each.

Next up for middle school sports is girls basketball and wrestling, which start practice this coming Monday.

Photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE.

8th grade photos are posted HERE.


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BBB 2013-01-22 vs Everett

It was a triple win Tuesday for the Oak Harbor Boys' teams when the Everett Seagulls came to town.

In the dome, the two teams played tight in the first half, with Everett holding a slight 15-12 edge at halftime.  The 'Cats came out on fire in the second half, going on a 15-2 tear in the 3rd period and scoring another 14 in the 4th to capture the 41-26 win.  Sean Erskine was unstoppable in the 2nd half where he scored 17 of his 19 points.  Diangelo McKinney added 12, Elijah Smith, back from an injury, scored 8 and Tanner Walker scored 2.

The JV game was a nailbiter all the way.  The game was tied at 14 at the end of the 1st quarter, OH led 22-20 at halftime and 32-29 starting the fourth.  In the final period, "JJ" Johnson dropped a three-pointer and added 3 free throws as OH ended with a 46-40 win.  Johnson finished with 12 points total and Cortez Ridley added 11.  Connor Parmenter scored 8, Gage Eccleston 7, Isaiah Rennes 6 and Jacob Sturdevant 2.

While Oak Harbor controlled the varsity game, it was far from an easy victory.  Only five players scored, 4 of them in double figures as the Wildcats won a hard-fought 67-55 game.  Drew Washington was tops with 26 points, Jojo Webster scored 13, Gabe Groenig and Dayne Herron 10 each and Dyllan Harris 8.

The Wildcat wind up their 2012-2013 regular season with home games this Friday the 25th, at Pilchuck on Tuesday the 29th, then end it with Senior Night on the 30th hosting Marysville-Getchell.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Click HERE for some video highlights.


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AAU BBB 2013-01-19 - SWISH league

All five Oak Harbor teams were in action on Saturday, with most having doubleheaders during the day

The 5th grade team had a dismal first half in their first game, against "Beast Mode", but came back in the second to tie the game at the end of regulation, and in the overtime period were able to hold on for a 28-25 victory.  Their second game was against Southside Swarm and the OH boys lost 34-25.

In 6th grade action, the OH team was outmatched by both opponents, falling 34-20 to the Mariners and 38-18 to Sedro-Woolley Blue.

The 7th grade Gold team won two big games, beating Stanwood 47-37 and Marysville 47-25.

It was one game only on Saturday for the 7th grade Purple team and they beat Concrete in a close 30-26 game.

Finally, the 8th grade team beat Sedro-Woolley Wolfpack 48-18 then destroyed Coupeville 48-24.

A short video clip from the 5th grade game against Beast Mode is posted HERE.

HERE is video from the 6th grade game vs Sedro.

5th grade photos are posted HERE

6th grade photos are HERE.

At the end of the action photos are some group photos taken after the games.


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Wrestling 2013-01-17 vs Stanwood

The day after the boys and girls basketball teams had mixed results going up against powerful Stanwood teams, the OH wrestling team hosted the 13th ranked and undefeated Spartans.

In JV action, Oak Harbor won 8 of 19 contested matches, 7 of them by pinfall.  JV winners were Alexia Mobley (1:16), Austin Figueroa (3:15), Sebastian Ceasar (0:41), Kekai Tarrant (8-3), Matt Zafra (3:55), Kenny King (0:46), Nina Manning (1:40) and Blake Pein-Neal (3:58).

The draw before the varsity match put all the matches in weight order, starting with 106 lbs and ending with the heavyweights at 285.

The Varsity match started on a good note, with Christian Bertram earning a fall in just 30 seconds.  OH lost the next two matches but got back on the winning track with a 3rd period pin by Jeremy Vester. Cody Fakkema won 10-1, then Jahleel Vester defeated #12 ranked Nathaniel Zinkard 9-2 to give OH a 19-12 lead.  Jacob Fitzgerald earned a pin in the 3rd to improve the score to 25-12.  The two teams then traded wins, with Stanwood getting 3 pins against 2 OH pins to make the score 37-36 with one match left - Jackson Constant against #12 ranked Josh Smith.  Jackson got in trouble early and was on his back with the ref counting off near-fall points, but recovered, reversed his opponent and with just 22 seconds left in the 1st round, the ref called a pin and held Jackson's hand high in the air, giving Oak Harbor a 43-36 victory.

Photos from the meet are posted HERE.

Video clips, including the frenzied crowd at the end of Contant's match, are posted HERE.


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GBB 2013-01-16 vs Glacier Peak and 01-18 vs Stanwood

Last Wednesday the hot Glacier Peak Grizzlies from WESCO 3A South came to town and left a triple winner.

It was not pretty for the Wildcats in the Freshman game.  GP jumped to an 11-2 first period lead and Oak Harbor never seriously threatened, falling 41-21.  Taylor Deconzo led the team with 7 points, Janae Payne, Kiesha Watts and Tricia Sablan each scored 4 points and Matti Miesle had 2.

While GP led the JV game, it was closer, with the 'Cats down 19-12 at the first break and 31-21 at halftime.  In the 3rd, the Grizzlies unleashed their offense, scoring 24 points while OH could muster only 8.  GP went on to win 64-38.  On a positive note, the Wildcat scoring was spread over 10 players, with Jinai Guzman leading with 9 points.  Irene Gribble scored 6, Kenna Prosch 5, Deja Bunch and Brook Peplinski 4 each, Kyla Bernardo 3, Hayley Lundstrom, AnnaBelle Whitefoot and Jamie Estrella 2 each and Melanie Callaway 1.

The varsity game was tight for 3 quarters.  GP led 13-8 at the first break and 27-25 at halftime, but the Wildcat defense held the visitors to just 5 points in the 3rd quarter and Oak Harbor led 33-32 going into the final period, but the lead didn't last long, as Glacier Peak outscored the Wildcats 21-6 in the final 8 minutes to win 53-39.  Jalani Bobo and Kelsey Rankin each scored 10 for the team, Annie Leete 9 , Ciera Wiser 8 and Deja Bunch 2.

GP photos are posted HERE

Video clips are HERE

Friday evening the teams were back in action, this time against league-leading and #5 ranked Stanwood.  It should be noted that ONLY the varsity team was ranked.  Coming into the game the Stanwood Freshman team boasted only a single win on the season, and they did not get their second Friday night.

Reversing the 1st period of the GP game, it was the Wildcat freshmen jumping to a big early lead, 13-2, and continued to pour it on in a 60-20 win.  Taylor Deconzo and Rosie Mooki were the only players in double figures - Taylor with 18 and Rosie with 16.  Kiesha Watts finished with 9, Janae Payne 6, Tricia Sablan 3, and Suzanne Kaltenbach, Mattie Miesle and Hannah Knoll 2 each.

While the JV game against Stanwood was tied 6-6 at the first buzzer, Oak Harbor went on an 11-3 second period run and continued the tough defense in the 3rd to build a 23-12 lead at the end of the 3rd.  Playing tough defense so far, the 4th period saw the OH offense come to life, scoring 17 points in the final quarter to win 40-20.  Hayley Lundstrom led the team with 10, Irene Gribble 6, Jinai Guzman and Jamie Estrella 5 each, Brook Peplinski and Melanie Callaway 3 each, and Jessica Hollins, Kyla Bernardo and AnnaBelle Whitefoot 2 each.

As expected, Stanwood won the varsity game, but not without a lot of work.  OH trailed just 10-7 after 8 minutes and 26-20 at the half.  The 3rd period was not good to Oak Harbor as Stanwood opened with an 8-0 run and ended the game with a 17-2 run, winning 58-32.  Annie Leete was hot from outside, scoring over half of the team points with 17.  Ciera Wiser added 8, Kelsey Rankin 4, Deja Bunch 2 and Jalani Bobo1.

Stanwood video clips are HERE

Stanwood photos are HERE.


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BBB 2013-01-12 vs Meadowdale

Another 3 games in the OH gym Friday night resulted in only a single victory for the Wildcats as they hosted the Meadowdale Mavericks.

The Freshman team played a decent first half, going to the locker room tied at 20, but the Maverick coach must have made a heck of a halftime speech as Meadowdale came out and scored 19 points just in the 3rd quarter and another 15 in the 4th and they won 54-39.  Diangelo McKinney led the team with 14 points. Shane Huttula added12, half of that total from free throws.  Sean Erskine finished with 6, Alex Harrison, Savion Passmore and Tanner Walker 2 each and Tyler Snavely 1.

The JV squad fell behind early, 10-3 and spent much of the game playing catchup ball.  Down 23-13 at the end of the first, the boys closed the gap to just 27-21 halfway through the second, but a late flurry of Meadowdale points put Oak Harbor in a hole they couldn't climb out of, down 36-23 at halftime. The final score was 76-49 in favor of the Mavericks.  Cortez Ridley scored 19 to lead the team and Isaiah Rennes added 10 more.  JJ Johnson scored 9, all from outside the arc, Jake Sturdevant finished with 5, Ben Fikse 4 and Connor Parmenter 2.

The first half of the varsity game was a yawner, with neither team scoring much.  OH trailed 8-7 at the first horn and led 19-17 at halftime.  Things picked up in the second half with the Wildcats exceeding their entire first half output in just the 3rd period while continuing the stiff defense that limited Meadowdale scoring.  In the end, the Wildcats picked up another win 58-42.  Dayne Herron was the man inside, scoring 17 points and the other inside guy, Chris Hailer, scored 10.  Zach Jones finished with 9, Jojo Webster 8, Drew Washington, Gabe Groenig and Donavan Sellgren 4 each and Dyllan Harris 2.

Photos from the 3 games are posted HERE.

Some video highlights are HERE.



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Wrestling 2013-01-10 vs Pilchuck

Thursday evening the Wildcat wrestling team hosted yet another dual meet, this time against Marysville-Pilchuck.

The JV team wrestled a total of 17 matches - 14 against Pilchuck and 3 exhibition matches.  The JV portion of the meet started poorly for Oak Harbor, with Wildcat wrestlers losing the first 5 bouts by pinfall, then picked up first-round pins by Montana Black (0:54) and Kekai Tarrant (0:45).  Josh Jansen, in his home debut, needed 57 seconds to pin his opponent.  Matt Zafra went to the second round before pinning his opponent to wrap up the JV victories.

In exhibition action, two of the three matches went to overtime.  Kylene Ayer and Tricia Desquitado wrestled to a 4-4 tie with Tricia getting the first points in sudden victory overtime to win.  Olivia Hunt and Aimee Oliver also ended regulation in a tie, 5-5, with Aimee getting a takedown in OT for the win.  In the final JV match of the day, Martin Powers pinned Richard Robinson in 1:19.

Varsity started with the big guys.  Jacob Dugin, at 195 lbs, was first on the mat.  He got in trouble early and ended the first round down 7-2.  He came back in a big way, scoring a reverse and near fall before pinning his opponent in 3:25.  That match may have decided the meet.

Next was Terry Joll, also making his home debut this year.  He was down 4-1 in the first but closed to 6-4 in the 2nd.  In the final period, down 11-7, he scored a reverse to make it 11-9, but the clock wound down before he could score any near-fall points.  It was an exciting match all the way.

Oak Harbor lost 4 of the next 5 matches, putting the Tommies in the lead 22-12, but the 'Cats were getting into the meat of their lineup.  Reeling off 6 straight wins (Jahleel Vester, Jacob Fitzgerald, Cody Fakkema, Mark Johnston and Josh Crebbin), 3 of them by pinfall (Vester, Johnston, Crebbin), the Wildcats regained the lead 39-22 and were guaranteed the team victory.

OH lost the final two matches by carried the day with a 39-34 team score.

Photos are posted HERE

Video highlights are HERE.

The boys and girls have yet another home meet this week, hosting Stanwood on Thursday the 17th, before completing their season on the road at Everett (Jan 22) and at Getchell (Jan 24).


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MS Basketball - OHMS and NWMS

Both schools played home games last week, with NWMS hosting LaVenture on Tuesday and OHMS hosting Cascade on Thursday.

At NWMS, the 7th grade team continued their winning ways by defeating the visitors 38-27. 

The 8th grade game was close.  The Cougars were down by 6 points, 19-13, at the half but continued to play hard and closed the gap to 3, but could't quite close it all the way and fell 45-42.  Two days later the same two teams played again, this time at LaVenture.  The Cougars made some changes on defense that shut down LaVenture's big guy.  They put Alex Hartley on him, and limited his production to just 6 points.  Ramon Booker sparked the offense with 19 points on the way to a 45-22 win.

On Thursday at OHMS, the 7th grade team had a dismal first quarter and never really recovered, ending on the short side of a 58-14 score (according to the official book).

The OHMS 8th grade team was challenged.  The game was close, with both teams leading at various times throughout the game.  OH led 34-32 at the half and was able to hang on for a 67-62 win.  Coach Eric Marshall said it was a great team win.

NWMS 7th grade photos are HERE

NWMS 8th grade photos are HERE.

Click HERE for OHMS 7th grade photos

And HERE for OHMS 8th grade pictures.

OHMS and NWMS will play each other once more this season, with the game taking place in the NWMS gym on Thursday, January 24th.  7th grade at 3:30, 8th grade around 5pm.

Admission is free and NWMS has a concession table.

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GBB 2013-01-09 at Shorewood

Wednesday afternoon the girls went to Shorewood for a series of three back-to-back games against the Thunderbirds, starting with the C team at 3:45pm.  Of the 8 players on the T-bird freshman roster, only 1 had played organized basketball before, and it showed.  The Wildcat girls shut out the host team for the entire second half, and when the dust settled, the final score was Oak Harbor 69, Shorewood 5.  Every player on the OH roster scored points, led by Taylor Deconzo with 19, Janae Payne with 16 and Rosie Mooki with 10.  Matti Miesle finished with 8, Suzanne Kaltenbach 6, Hannah Knoll 4 and Ria Bains 2.  Exchange student Mizuki Suga played on the C team Wednesday and scored her first basket of the year, getting a loud cheer from the JV and varsity players who were watching.

The JV team didn't do as well.  Starting out by digging a 12-3 first-quarter hole, the OH girls trailed 20-9 at the half.  Sparked by some tough defense that held Shorewood to just 4 points in the 3rd, they closed the gap to just 24-18 at the end of the third.  Continuing to play tough, our girls kept cutting away at the Shorewood lead, getting it down to just 2 points, 27-29, with 2:32 left in the game.  That's as close as it would get as the Thunderbirds were able to run the clock down to win the game 34-27.  Melanie Callaway was hot for the night, scoring 11 points to lead the team.  Hayley Lundstrom scored 5, Irene Gribble 4, Deja Bunch 3 and Brooke Peplinski and Annabelle Whitefoot 2 each.

In the varsity nightcap, the Wildcats went up against a 10-3 team that featured a powerful post player who made her presence known quickly. Shorewood sprinted to a 19-8 first quarter lead and never looked back, winning 58-35.  Annie Leete topped the Wildcats with 13 points, Ciera Wiser scored 6, Natalie Fiallos and Kelsey Rankin 4 each, Jinai Guzman 3, Deja Bunch and Annabelle Whitefoot 2 each and Jalani Bobo 1.

The girls are on the road again Friday at Meadowdale, then return home next week Wednesday to face Glacier Peak.

Video highlights from all 3 games are HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.



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BBB 2013-01-08 vs Shorewood

It was a rough night for Oak Harbor boys basketball as the Shorewood Thunderbirds came to town and swept the Wildcats on their home court, although the varsity game went to overtime and right down to the final second.

The freshmen team got off to an OK start, scoring 7 points in the first quarter, but scored only 4 in the second and were down 30-11 at halftime.  While the offense came to life in the second half, it wasn't enough and the boys fell 59-36.  Shane Huttula and Preston Rankin each scored 9, with all of Rankin's points coming off 3-pointers in the final period.  Tyler Snavely finished with 6, Tanner Walker 4, Alex Harrison 3,  DeAndre Mitchell and Sean Erskine 2 each and Savion Passmore 1.

Shorewood jumped to a 17-8 first-period lead in the JV game and led 30-16 at the half, but the JV boys stayed in the game and closed the gap in the 3rd, but the T-birds pulled away late to win 54-38.  Gage Eccleston led the team with 12 points and Cortez Ridley added 10 more.  Jake Sturdevant put up 6 points, Connor Parmenter and JJ Johnson 4 each and Ben Fikse 2.

The first quarter of the varsity game ended with Shorewood up by just 1 point, 11-10,  but put on a 22-12 run in the second to lead 33-22 at the half.  The Wildcats slowly chipped away at the Shorewood lead and when Drew Washington drained a long 3-bomb at the buzzer of the 3rd quarter, the 'Cats were down by just 2 points, 45-43.  The two teams went back and forth in the final quarter and when the buzzer sounded at the end of the 4th, the game was tied at 61.  In the extra frame, neither team could create separation on the scoreboard.  With 16 second left the score was tied again at 67, and that score stood down to the 9 second mark.  Jojo Webster went to the line to shoot two.  He made the first, giving OH a 68-67 lead, but the second rattled off the rim.  Shorewood got the rebound and was able to get down court and as the buzzer sounded the ball went through the basket, giving Shorewood a 69-68 OT victory.

Dayne Herron and Chris Hailer were both major factor in the 2nd half comeback.  Both men finished with 18 points, Herron scoring 12 in the second half and Hailer 15.  Drew Washington finished in double figures with 14, Gabe Groenig added 8, Jojo Webster 7 and Dyllan Harris 3.

The 7-6 boys are back home again this Friday, hosting the 3-10 Meadowdale Mavericks.


Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.


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Youth Boys Basketball

Saturday the winter S.W.I.S.H League in Skagit County kicked off the season with a set of seeding games at various locations throughout the county.

This season, Oak Harbor is fielding 5 teams across 4 grade levels.  There is a 5th grade, 6th grade and 8th grade team and two 7th grade teams, Purple and Gold.

Unfortunately, only 1 team won their seeding game, and that was the 7th grade Gold team, who won 32-22 over Sedro-Woolley White.

Here are the other scores:

5th grade 13, Lakewood Maroon 44
6th grade 25, Meridian 32
7th grade Purple 12, SCPR Raptors 21
8th grade 32, SCPR Titans 52.

Below are links to video highlights and photos from both 7th grade games and the 8th grade game.

Video:

7th Purple

7th Gold

8th grade

Photos:

7th Purple

7th Gold

8th grade


For more information about boys AAU basketball in Oak Harbor, visit the club website at www.oakharborbasketball.com.


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GBB 2013-01-04 vs Mountlake Terrace

Friday evening of the last weekend before school returns to session after the Christmas break, the Oak Harbor girls basketball team played against Mountlake Terrace in a mostly empty gym.  Boy, did those who were not at the game miss out on some excitement!

First there was the JV game.  Jinai Guzman scored 15 of her 20 points in the first period as OH blasted to a 24-9 lead and went on to win 59-40.  Eleven different players scored at least one point.  The win improved the season record for the JV girls to 7-4.  In addition to Guzman's 20 points, Irene Gribble netted 11 from inside the paint, Taylor Deconzo finished with 6, Brook Peplinski 5, Rosie Mooki and Hayley Lundstrom 4 each, Kenna Prosch, Melanie Callaway, Deja Bunch and Kyla Bernardo 2 each and Jamie Estrella 1.

The varsity game was a study in adversity.  Down 17-9 aat the end of the first, the Wildcat varsity girls fought hard and went to the locker room down by 6 points, 27-21.  What kept the Wildcats in the game was an outstanding quarter by senior Kelsey Rankin.  Rankin poured in 11 of her 19 points in that period and was 5-6 at the line.  The 3rd period, though, was a disaster for the girls.  Needing almost 5 minutes to get their first point, the varsity 'Cats found themselves down by 11 points, 34-23, with 3:08 left in the 3rd and finished the period scoring only 7 points and down 38-28.  Although the girls closed the gap, there were still down by 7 points, 44-37 with 2:35 left in the game.  Then, Ciera Wiser got hot.  She scored 7 of her 9 points in the 4th, including a free throw with 48 seconds left to  tie the game at 44.  Thirty second later it was Annie Leete scoring to give the varsity girls their first lead of the night, 46-44.  The defense held off a last Terrace change and the offense scored once more to make the final score 48-44 in favor of Oak Harbor.  Rankin was the top scorer with her 19, Leete and Jalani Bobo each scored 10 and Wiser her 9 to complete the OH scoring.

The girls travel to Shorewood Wednesday evening and to Meadowdale on Friday.  Next week the girls are at home against Glacier Peak and Friday start the second half of league play at home against Stanwood.



Video highlights can be found HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.



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BBB 2013-01-02 vs Sedro-Woolley

Kicking off the new year with a trio of games, the Oak Harbor Wildcat boys basketball team hosted the Sedro-Woolley Cubs last Wednesday night.

In the dome, the freshman game was tight in the first half.  At the end of one it was SW 9-6 and at the half 19-16, but the Cubs blew the game open in the second half.  The Wildcats nearly matched their entire first half point output in the 3rd period, scoring 13, but Woolley tallied 22 points to take a 41-29 lead into the final quarter.  There, the hammer fell.  Sedro poured in 14 points in the final 8 minutes while holding the Wildcats to a goose egg.  Final score - Sedro-Woolley 55, OH 29.  Diangelo McKinney, Tyler Snavely and Shane Huttula each scored 6 for the 'Cats, DeAndre Mitchell finished with 4, Preston Rankin 3, and Savion Passmore and Tanner Walker 2 each.

The JV squad played most of their game playing catchup.  Down 7-0 nearly halfway through the first period, the Wildcats didn't score until the 4:20 mark when Zach Jones swished a 3-pointer.  Over those last 4 minutes the Wildcats scored 6 more while holding Sedro to 2 points, ending the first quarter tied at 9.  The second period was almost a repeat of the first, with the Wildcats getting their first score of the period at the 4:20 mark, but this one a 2-pointer.  When the two teams went into the locker room at halftime the score was tied again, this time at 15.  In the 3rd period Oak Harbor trailed early, but fought back and took a 2-point, 26-24 lead at the buzzer.  Both teams exploded offensively in the final period, with Sedro scoring 18 points but OH hit for 21 points and was able to hold off a late-game surge to win 47-42.  Cortez Ridley kept scorekeeper Misty Sellgren busy tallying up his 19 points while Jones finished with 8.  Donavan Sellgren and Ben Fikse each scored 5 points, Connor Parmenter and Gage Eccleston 4 each and JJ Johnson 2 points.

Oak Harbor raced to an early lead and led 12-3 with only 1:30 left in the first, but Sedro didn't quit and scored 5 more in the rest of the period and trailed the Wildcats 14-8 at the first buzzer.  In the second Sedro caught up and passed the 'Cats 23-21 with 3:15 left in the 2nd and the two teams went back-and-forth for the remainder of the half, which ended with the Wildcats on top 31-30.  In the 3rd, The Wildcat shooting went cold, with the team scoring only 5 points.  Sedro wasn't exactly hot, scoring 15, but it was enough to give them a 46-37 lead at the end of the 3rd.  The Wildcats came back alive in the final period, outscoring Sedro 16-10.  A late 3-ball by Jojo Webster was waved off by a foul that occurred before the shot and a last second shot bounced off the rim.  Sedro left our gym with a 56-53 win in their pocket.  Drew Washington topped the 'Cats with 21 points and Dayne Herron was a force inside with 19.  Webster finished with 7, Chris Hailer with 4 and Gabe Groenig with 2.

The 'Cats are on the road Friday at Mountlake Terrace then return home on Tuesday the 8th to take on Shorewood and Friday the 11th against Meadowdale.

JV and varsity video highlights are posted HERE.

Freshman, JV and Varsity photos are HERE.


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