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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