Thursday was a good day for Wildcat sports - Volleyball, Swimming, XC, and Soccer

Oak Harbor went 3-1 in varsity team scores Thursday afternoon, with only cross country not grabbing a team win.

Starting with Cross Country, the boys and girls team were down in Mukilteo for a meet against Jackson Kamiak and Edmonds-Woodway. On the boys side, Tyler King was first for Oak Harbor and 4th overall, followed by Duhrkopf, Klauer, Bolte, Zimmerman and Miller. As a team the boys received 79 points, tied with Edmonds.

The girls team did a little better, and according to the results in the Everett Herald, ran with out leading runner Jessica Denmon. First for the ‘Cats was Allison Duvenez, who finished 7th overall, then Royal, Fisken, Kyle and Dale. The girls had 68 team points for a 3rd place finish overall.

In the pool, the Wildcat girls swimmers ran the table for the 2nd straight meet, winning all 11 swim races against league opponent Lake Stevens. The only event the girls didn’t get first place in was diving. Amanda Streubel and Rachel Weinstein both notched 4 wins as individuals or as part of relays, while Ciara Hu, Carolyn Vasquez and Karina Concepcion had 3 wins each. The win puts the Wildcats at 1-0 in league dual meets. Photos from the swim meet can be found by clicking here.

On the volleyball court the Wildcats hosted Jackson High School with mixed results. The freshmen won the first two games to win the match, but lost the 3rd. In the first game, it was tied at 4-4 when the Wildcat freshmen went on a serving tear and push to an 11-4 lead, which resulted in a 25-11 final. The second game was much closer, but the girls pulled out a 27-25 win. The third game went to Jackson 21-25. The JV, unfortunately, had an off day. The serving was good, bordering on great, but the girls kept shooting themselves in the foot with numerous hitting errors. The JV team took the first game 25-10, but Jackson came back to win game 2 9-25, then game 3 16-25. The varsity match was all Oak Harbor. In the first game, the ‘Cats beat Jackson 25-19, but it got harder from there. The second game started out with OH moving out to a 10-5 lead, but a Jackson timeout proved effective, and they fought back to a 10-9 Wildcat lead. Oak Harbor dug in, and after a pair of kills by Jen Jansen and a service ace by Devin Tanner pushed the OH lead to 16-10. Jackson again closed to within 3, but an ace by Jessica Muzzall and a couple of Jackson error gave OH a 23-17 lead. Jackson called their 2nd timeout, and again used it effectively, scoring 5 straight to bring the score to 24-22. Jen Jansen scored the final point by tapping the ball just right and watching it fall to the floor untouched. The 3rd game was even harder. Jackson ran to an early 8-3 lead, but Oak Harbor crawled back into it with kills by Jansen and Marisa Sutherland, with a service ace by Muzzall grabbing the lead for OH 9-8. From there, it was a back and forth game, with both teams holding 1-2 point leads at times. With the score tied at 23, a sweet tap by Kim Mowbray gave the ‘Cats match point, and a service ace by Jansen sealed the win. Volleyball pictures are HERE. A few video clips of the varsity match have been posted to YouTube.

Finally, to the soccer field. In a moderate drizzle, the JV squad played hard, but fell to visiting Marysville Tomahawks by a 2-1 score. The OH goal was scored by Hannah Bressler. The varsity team, fueled by two goals by senior Carson McKole, led at halftime 2-0. Marysville fought back, scoring two goal of their own to tie the game last. A couple of last-minute attempts on the OH goal failed, so the game went into overtime. In HS soccer, overtime is sudden death, and consists of two 5-minute periods. If neither team scores, the game ends in a tie. In this game, the first overtime period ended, the teams switched ends, and in the second period, off an assist by Carson McKole, Hope Thompson (who had been playing goalie earlier in the game) kicked it past the Tommie goalkeeper for the score and the win. 49 varsity soccer photos are posted HERE.