XC 2014-10-25 WESCO Championships at Lakewood HS

Last Saturday the boys varsity and JV and girls varsity cross country teams traveled down to Lakewood HS for the WESCO 3A championships and had a lot of success.

While finishing in 2nd place as a team to Arlington in both the boys and girls varsity races, Oak Harbor runners won both races.  John Rodeheffer won his race in 16:03, 11 seconds in front of the second place finisher.  Even more impressive was Jonalynn Horn, who ran the course in 19:33, over a full minute ahead of her nearest competitor.

As always, full results can be found at athletic.net

Varsity boys times

John Rodeheffer         16:03.46

Sebastian Ceaser         17:38.45

Miguel Guzman          17:59.47

Logan Clark                18:20.10

Jake Hucko                 18:24.50

Matthew Nortier         18:34.85

Wyatt Pauley              18:35.80

Joe Gorman                 18:36.57

Michael Lym               18:59.35

Tyler Grehan               19:32.99

Varsity girls times

Jonalynn Horn             19:33.4

Laura Rodeheffer       21:12.7

Olivia Flack                 21:32.3

Carolynn Wicker         21:58.2

Emma Lerch                22:18.2

Megan Keating           22:55.6

Tamia Rios                  23:45.0

Elyssa Nortier             24:43.8

Jessica Hollins             25:06.4

For the JV girls, the team was 8th overall and sophomore Meredith Bain was the top Wildcat, finishing in 17th overall

Meredith Bain             24:24.2

Alisa Meany                25:02.1

Emma Wezeman         26:54.6

Carly Crowther           27:22.6

Alana Austin               28:30.8

Megan Peek                30:05.4

In the boys JV race, the top Oak Harbor finisher was Caleb Peek, in 18th overall in 18:58.79.  As a team the Wildcats were in 5th place with 168 points.  Jackson was first with 27.

Caleb Peek                  18:58.79

Benjamin Gasper        19:18.80

Ryan Vasileff              19:44.86

Cooper Treadwell       20:18.95

Scot Erickson              20:33.96

Ryan Rebalkin             21:16.24

William Nicholson      23:07.69

Thomas O'Brien          23:13.93

Kurt Huscer                23:18.64

Ben Bozeman              23:52.85

Alex Berry                  24:32.08

Lucas Nicholson         24:57.43

Casey Towsley            25:25.92

Travis Wagnar             25:37.23

Jacob Paul                   27:04.17

Daniel Gibson             27:06.83

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Youth Football 2014-10-25 - Playoffs

Of the six Oak Harbor Football and Cheer League teams, four made it to Saturday's first playoff game.

Three games were played at home and one on the road.

At Sedro-Woolley HS at 1pm, the Midget Purple team, 4th in the Cascade Division, drew Olympic Division #1 and undefeated Sedro Blue, falling 45-12.

At 9am, under threatening skies, the Oak Harbor PeeWee team (#2 in the Cascade Division) took on Lakewood (Olympic #3).  That game was all Oak Harbor, as the Wildcats pounded the visitors 27-0.  The PeeWee 'Cats play next Saturday at Wildcat Memorial Stadium against Olympic Division #1 Anacortes.  Kickoff is set for 10:00am.  The winner of that game will play the winner of the Stanwood Red/Sedro Blue game for the NCYFL championship.

After a break for an Anacortes-Burlington PeeWee game, the Wildcats were back in action at 1pm with Olympic #1 and undefeated Junior Gold team played Burlington Blue.  It was a tight game, tied 6-6 at halftime, but the 'Cats returned the 2nd half kickoff for a score and held off the Tigers for the entire half to secure a 12-6 victory.  Next Saturday the Junior team travels to Sedro-Woolley HS at 5pm to take on Stanwood White, with the winner playing the Sedro White/Anacortes winner.

Finally, after going scoreless in the fist half, the Senior Wildcats blocked a PAT early in the 4th quarter to keep a 14-12 lead, then tacked on a touchdown with just over 2 minutes left in the game for insurance in a 22-12 win over LaConner.  The boys will next play Saturday at 9:30am (with a possible move to 9am) at Sedro-Woolley HS for a rematch against the Burlington Tigers.  In their first meeting, the Seniors did not have a good day and fell 44-12.  If they win the rematch, the Seniors will play the winner of the Mt. Vernon/Stanwood game.

Both the Junior and Senior games were played in the rain, as can be seen in the below photos.

Junior team photos.

Senior team photos.

All championship games will be played on November 8th, with time and place TBD.

Oak Harbor vs Marysville Pilchuck Football

By David Svien, coupevillesports.com

They made the national news without playing a down.

Just hours before Oak Harbor High School was scheduled to host Marysville-Pilchuck Friday, Oct. 24, with a divisional title on the line for the third straight year, their rival's campus was torn apart by a teenage gunman.

In the aftermath of the shooting, which left the shooter, a freshman Tomahawk football player, and at least one of his victims dead, neither school was ready to immediately return to football.

Instead, the Wildcats, who are coached by Jay Turner, a 1990 graduate of MPHS, voted as a team to forfeit the game so Marysville would not have to reschedule.

Oak Harbor offered to accept second place in the Wesco 3A North and then many of its players traveled to Marysville to join a vigil with the same players they would have normally been tackling and blocking Friday night.

The 'Cats (5-1 overall, 4-0 in league play prior to the offered forfeit) will play a home crossover game Oct. 31 with Mountlake Terrace for playoff seeding.

FB 2014-10-22 Freshmen at Stanwood

Things did not go well in the first half as the Stanwood freshman football scored on a 7-yard pass, a 47-yard run and a 42-yard pass to lead 21-0 at halftime in the pouring rain.

It got worse.

Stanwood received the kick for the 2nd half and 12 seconds later led 27-0 after a 75-yard kick return.

Oak Harbor got on the board with 2:50 left in the 3rd when Mac Carr ran in from 3 yards out.

Then, even though it was still raining, some sunshine came into the game for Oak Harbor.  Stanwood fumbled the handoff on their next possession and Hunter Bos was right there to jump on the ball.  Unfortunately, that drive ended when OH could not convert a 4th down.

With just 8:50 left in the game, Carr scored again, this time on an 84-yard romp.  TJ Passmore ran in the extra point conversion to close the gap to 27-14.

An Andrew Miller pick at the OH 40 was returned down to the Stanwood 5, then Thomas Lawless punched in to make it 27-21 with 4:41 left in the game.

Oak Harbor's defense held on Stanwood's next drive, forcing a turnover on downs, and had the ball at their own 21 with 50 seconds left.

However, on the 2nd play, Stanwood was able to snag the Wildcat pass to preserve their 27-21 win.

The freshman close out their season next Wednesday the 29th at home against a 1-win Pilchuck team.

Photos from the game are posted HERE

Video highlights are HERE.


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VB 2014-1-21 vs Getchell

Tuesday the Wildcat volleyball team moved closer to the playoffs with a convincing 3-0 win over Getchell.

With 3 matches left, the Wildcats are sitting in 4th place with a 6-3, behind Edmonds-Woodway and Shorewood (both 8-1) and Lynnwood (7-3).

The Wildcats close out the regular season with trips to Everett (2-7) on Thursday and Shorewood (8-1) next Wednesday.  The girls have their final home match against 2-7 Mountlake Terrace on Monday the 27th.

On Tuesday the Wildcat varsity did little wrong, beating a winless Getchell team by nearly identical 25-14, 25-14, 25-13 scores.

The JV squad also swept the visitors, 25-9, 25-19, 25-22.  They are 6-3 in league play and currently in 5th place.  The league is led by Lynnwood and Glacier Peak, both with 9-1 records.

Over in the dome, the freshman team is still struggling to find their first win, falling 21-25, 15-25, 25-14.

Before the varsity game, Coach Molitor took time out from the warmups to recognize 7 graduating seniors - 6 players and a manager - and their parents.

Natalie McVey
Daranee Sornthom
Hailey Beecher
Amelia Berner
Aubrey Lock
Kaylee Lamb
Kenna Prosch

It's been a pleasure to know you these past years.  You're a great bunch of girls and a credit to your school.

Varsity action photos are posted HERE

Click HERE for JV pics

Freshmen are HERE


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FB 2014-10-20 JV vs Stanwood

Monday evening the Wildcat JV football team took to the field hoping to make it 2-0 vs Stanwood this season.

Things didn't go to well in the first quarter.  Both teams punted away their first possessions, with the Stanwood JV team playing inspired football after their varsity was drubbed 56-13 Friday night by the 'Cats.

Stanwood took their 2nd possession for a score, completing a long pass to get the ball deep into Wildcat territory, then finished the drive with a 15-yard pass for a score.  The PAT missed, making it Stanwood 6, Oak Harbor 0 at the 6:21 mark in the 1st quarter.

Oak Harbor's next possession was ended when the snap was fumbled and the next by an interception, but the Wildcat defense played tough and the 1quarter ended with Stanwood still leading 6-0.

Stanwood gave the ball back to OH when the second handoff on a double reverse play was dropped and recovered by D'Andre Bellamy at the Stanwood 10.  On the first play, the Spartans gave OH half the distance by jumping offside, then Ryan Valencia punched it in from 5 yards out.  The PAT went wide right, and the game was tied at 6.

Stanwood's final two possessions in the 1st half were both ended by takeaways.  Tyler Snavely recovered a fumble on a Stanwood pitch, then Cameron Rector intercepted a ball thrown just as the Stanwood QB was hit.  That turnover ended with Wildcat points.  As time ran out in the 1st half, Eric Jensen booted a 24-yard field goal to put the Wildcats up 9-6.

A wild play early in the 3rd resulted in an OH touchdown.  Taylor Kolste took the snap, scrambled right, then went back left.  When he went back left, the defender covering Josh Coe broke off, leaving Coe all alone at the 2 yard line.  He caught the perfectly placed Kolste pass and stepped in for a score.  Coe was so wide open, the nearest Spartan was 10 yards away.

With 8:39 left in the 3rd, OH led 16-6.

Oak Harbor didn't score again, punting once and fumbling twice, but a stout defense preserved the 16-6 win.

Stanwood got the ball 5 more times in the game, with 4 of the 5 drives ended by Oak Harbor takeaways.  The only drive that wasn't was a turnover on downs.  Fred Miller snagged an INT, Snavely caught two more, and Bellamy recovered another fumble, forced by Zoren Yabao.

The JV squad will finish the season on the road, traveling to Marysville Pilchuck next Monday, taking on a Tomahawks JV squad that's struggled a bit this year.


Video highlights are HERE.

Photos are HERE.


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FB 2014-10-17 varsity at Stanwood

By David Svien

Dyllan Harris leaps for extra yardage in the 2nd half of Oak Harbor's 56-13 victory at Stanwood.

Destiny.

After rolling hapless Stanwood 56-13 Friday, Oct. 17, the Oak Harbor High School football squad is headed towards the showdown game everyone expected from the first play of the season.

The Wildcats (5-1 overall, 4-0 in the 3A Wesco North) will host Marysville-Pilchuck (6-1, 4-0) Oct. 24, as the two teams will face off for the division title for the third consecutive season.

Now the only trick is to change its fate, as Oak Harbor has lost those last two meetings.

The 'Cats took care of business along the way, refusing to look past Stanwood and instead opting to merely bury them.

Quickly and efficiently.

After forcing a punt on the opening possession, holding Stanwood to five yards on three plays, Oak Harbor drove 57 yards for a touchdown in just three short, brutal plays.

Princeton Lollar grabbed the final 39 yards himself, bolting to the end zone for the first of many Wildcat scores on the evening.

Then, for one brief, fleeting moment the hosts seemed to think they had a shot to upend their powerful Whidbey rivals.

After setting the 'Cat defense on its heels with a long pass, Stanwood used a 21-yard run to potentially even things up.

The moment was gone in a flash, however, as the extra point was short, leaving Oak Harbor clinging to a 7-6 lead.

Bolstered, perhaps, by the whim of fate, the Wildcats rolled off seven consecutive first-half touchdowns to thoroughly destroy the will of the Spartans.

The rout as so bad, it was 42-6 before the FIRST QUARTER ended.

Stanwood wouldn't see the end zone again until the first play of the fourth quarter, when they punched the ball in from three yards out against an Oak Harbor defense that was playing its JV team at that point.

The Wildcats, who had a lot more chances to celebrate touchdowns than Stanwood, spread out the scoring load.

Lollar added a 30-yard scoring strike from Clay Doughty for his second TD, while Dejon Devroe matched Lollar with two scores. He hauled in a 35-yard pass from Doughty for one and ran 42 yards for the other.

Dyllan Harris (69-yard kickoff return), Zach Jones (29-yard run), Chris Humphries (23-yard fumble return) and Quinn Karney (1-yard run) also scored for Oak Harbor.


Lots of video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos are HERE.