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| Senior David Ray prepares to block a Seahawk defender in the 2nd quarter of Friday's loss at Peninsula HS. |
The best quick-strike offense in all the land ran smack dab into its mirror image.
Falling behind and into a huge hole for almost the first time this season, the Oak Harbor High School football squad never quite got going Friday, Nov. 14, falling 42-14 at Peninsula in a state playoff game.
With the win, the Seahawks (10-1) advance to play the state's #1 ranked 3A team, Bellevue, in the state quarterfinals. Oak Harbor finishes its season at 7-2.
The Wildcats dominated for much of the year by scoring early and often.
This time around, they discovered what that must have felt like for their opponents, as Peninsula stormed out to a 28-0 lead and never looked back.
Major Ali stormed into the end zone three times during the opening burst, the first on a three-yard run to pay dirt. After Kyle Olson-Urban took a fake punt 77 yards for another score, Ali tacked on TD runs of 20 and one yards.
Oak Harbor finally broke through when sophomore running back Princeton Lollar popped in from the one-yard line in the third quarter. It was his 15th and final touchdown of the season.
Peninsula immediately answered with a 76-yard scoring strike from quarterback Robert Kvinsland to Matt Shirley, then rubbed salt in the wound with a 26-yard TD run from Jared Boerner.
The 'Cats closed the season with a 13-yard scoring pass from Clay Doughty to Dyllan Harris.
The game marked a return to the big dance for Oak Harbor.
A former state champ at the 4A level, the Wildcats hadn't advanced to state in seven seasons.
Photos are posted HERE
Video highlights are HERE.
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