Girls Basketball - Fall league

The JV and Varsity teams were both in games at Sedro-Woolley HS on Sunday, October 12th.

The JV was first, playing against Tulalip. The first half was close, but Tulalip pulled ahead slightly, leading at the half 17-12. In the 2nd half, Tulalip extended their lead to 21-14, but the Wildcats pulled back, with a 3-pointer by Erica Flores knotting the score at 21. Tulalip scored to lead by 2, then Tatianna Cummings scored to tie it again. Tulalip hit a trey, then Sheena Corey answered back, and with just over a minute left, Janelle "Yoshi" Yoshimoto got the bucket to give the 'Cats a 2 point lead. Tulalip tied the score again at 28 when they got the basket after a foul, but missed the 'and-1'. Oak Harbor called a timeout with less than a minute left, but failed to score before time expired, sending the game to overtime. In this league, the first overtime is 4 minutes, or the first team to get ahead by 3 (or 5, depending on who the ref is) wins the game, and a second OT is sudden death.

Tulalip got the ball first after the tip, but the Wildcat defense prevented a score. Bringing the ball upcourt, Yoshi found herself open at the top of the key, launched the ball, and watched it swish through the net for the 3-pointer and the win, 31-28.

The varsity game, against Burlington, was very close as well for most of the first half, and the Wildcats found themselves down 15-14 until Cheyenne Tubo hit a 3, and from then until the end of the half, the 'Cats increased their lead to 24-17 when Ariel Brothers got the putback 2 with less than a minute.

In the 2nd half, Oak Harbor increased their lead to 39-27 on a Jessica Denmon 3-pointer, but Burlington didn't give up, closing the gap to 39-36 late in the game. Denmon then hit her third trey of the game to make it 41-37. At that point time was getting short, and the Tiger resorted to fouling to stop the clock, sending Denmon, Tubo and Nicky Mowbray to the line to shoot the 1-and-1. Tubo hit both of hers with 15 seconds left in the game to seal the 43-37 Wildcat win.

Photos from both the JV and Varsity games can be found by clicking HERE.