BBB 2016-02-01 vs Getchell

The candle is still flickering, but almost blown out.

Coming off a double-digit loss to visiting Marysville-Getchell on Senior Night Monday, the Oak Harbor High School boys' basketball team will need a miracle to make the postseason.

Now 2-16 overall, 1-7 in Wesco play after falling 63-51 to the Chargers, the 'Cats would need to win their final two games, have Arlington lose all three games left on its schedule and see Getchell lose to Stanwood to have even a small shot at a playoff berth.

All that breaks just right and Oak Harbor would end in a three-way tie for fourth-place in the North division of Wesco and face off with Arlington and Getchell in a tie-breaker.

Win that and the Wildcats would play the South division's #4 squad for the league's final postseason seed.

If Oak Harbor wants to get anywhere close to that, it will need to cut down on the turnovers, which stung them badly against MG.

Clinging to a 30-28 lead with a little over four minutes left in the third, the Wildcats wilted against Getchell’s half-court trap.

Taking advantage of a string of turnovers, the Chargers went on a 13-0 rampage, with five straight buckets coming off of Oak Harbor errors.

Trailing by as many as 16 in the fourth quarter, the 'Cats made several mini-runs, but were unable to get the margin back under 10.

'Cat senior Dyllan Harris made a strong showing, raining down 25 when he wasn't stuck on the bench with foul trouble. Marysville's Cody Day responded by pumping home a game-high 32.

Sean Erskine backed Harris with nine, while Adam Nelson (7), Diangelo McKinney (6), Josh Cote (2) and Ozell Jackson (2) also scored.

It was the final home game for OHHS seniors Harris, Erskine, McKinney, Bryce Diras, Darnell Dizon, Savion Hollins-Passmore and Preston Rankin.

JV romps:

Riding a game-high 21 from Gabe Salinger, the Wildcats stormed to a 54-42 win.

Oak Harbor jumped out to a 12-9 lead after one, then never looked back, steadily building the lead from there.

Weston Whitefoot banked home 10 in support of Salinger, while Joseph Arinaza swished eight and Haven Brown popped for six. Gavin Allen (4), Justin Ellison (3) and Marcus Carr (2) rounded out the 'Cat attack.

C-Team nipped:
Oak Harbor's freshmen came up just short, falling 63-59 in a game that was decided during a frantic fourth quarter.

The game was tied at 40 after three, but Getchell got hot from long-range and peppered the 'Cats for 23 in the final eight minutes to claim the victory.

Dorian Hardin dropped in 13 to pace OH, while Andrew Baloy tickled the twines for 10.

Terrell Crumpton (9), Austin Boesch (8), Ben Knoll (8), Kevin Schuldt (7), Ashton Prats (3) and Evan Nadeau (1) also scratched their names into the score-book.

Varsity photos are posted HERE


JV photos are HERE

Click HERE for freshman game pics.