Boys Basketball @ Arlington 1-6-08

In Arlington, the OH boys teams played their second league game of the season.

In the freshman game, Arlington played hard, and was able to build a 20-point lead by the end of the 3rd period. It was barely enough, as the scrappy Wildcat freshmen battled back, but time ran out before they could close the score closer than 6, and lost 49-43. Coach Ronning said that Kevawn Brooks was a force on offense, and Matt Reith provided the 4th period spark with super hustle and a lot of energy on both ends of the court.

The JV team kept it close for most of the 1st half, being down by just 3, 12-9 at the end of the 1st period, and were down only 6 at the half, but Arlington poured it on in the second half and won by more than 20 points.

The first period of the varsity game, according to Coach Ronning, went pretty much as planned. The boys played well, and were down 14-12 at the first buzzer, but in the 2nd period, Arlington started to put pressure on the Wildcats and built a 36-20 halftime lead, scoring 22 to Oak Harbor's 8. Arlington continued playing near-perfect basketball in the 3rd, scoring another 20 while holding the 'Cats to 9. Arlington brought in the subs in the 4th, scoring only 4 points, but it was enough, as the Eagles won 60-35. Mike Washington again was Oak Harbor's top scorer with 12 points while Jay Stout had 7. Phil Nadeau hit for 6, Josh Fikse for 4, Rashaad Smith 3, and Colby Anter, moving up from JV for the game, put in 3 points.

The Boys would have played at home Thursday against Stanwood, but in yet another of a string of weather-related cancellations, the game will not be played, as Stanwood HS is closed for school and in use as a Red Cross shelter due to flooding.

Right now, the next game scheduled is away at Monroe this coming Saturday.