Boys Basketball vs Everett - 1/12/2009

It was a wild day of basketball in the Oak Harbor gym Monday night against Everett, with lots of highs and lows from all 3 teams. The game was a makeup from a snow-canceled game in December.

The freshmen got 5 points each from Ed Denmon and Josiah Miller in the 1st period but were behind 20-16 at the buzzer, and by halftime had taken a 1-point lead, 33-32 behind 5 points by Elias Whitefoot. The Wildcats broke the game open in the 3rd period, going on a 24-15 run to increase the lead to 10. Everett was able to crawl back into the game, outscoring Oak Harbor by 6 in the final period, but the Wildcats held on for a 74-70 win. Kewawn Brooks led the scoring with 19, and 3 other players were also in double figures - Matt Burgoyne with 15, Elias Whitefoot with 12 and Josiah Miller with 11. Ed Denmon had 9, Michael Mack 6 and Matt Reith 2 to round out the scoring.

6 players scored in the 1st period of the JV game as the boys held a 9-point lead for most of the period, leading 18-11 at the buzzer. Trace Paul hit a shot as the 2nd period opened to make it 20-11 for the Wildcats, but Everett came back, tying the game at 28 with 1:37 left in the half. A couple of badly-timed passes later, the Seagulls had taken the lead 34-30, and after the halftime break, increased their lead to 11 with 5:14 left in the 3rd. From there to the end of the period the Wildcats played even with Everett, but at the buzzer Everett still led by 10, 50-40. Opening the 4th, 5 straight points by Blake Schulle cut the Everett lead to just 4, and a shot with 33 seconds left by Stevie Bratt cut it to just a single point. As Everett had the ball and a lead, the Wildcats were forced to foul. Everett made 3 of 4 FT attempts, and a last second bomb my Hardin missed, and the putback by Michael Harrison left the Wildcats with 2 points too few and on the short end of a 60-58 score. Almost every player got in on the scoring, with Blake Schulle tops at 12. David Tillotson and Steven Bratt had 8, Denzel Hardin, Colby Anter and Nate Young 6, Trace Paul 4, and Justin Counts, Ryan Fakkema, Michael Harrison and Connor Paul had 2 each.

The varsity also started out strong, building an early 9-2 lead and led 14-3 at the end of the 1st, but in the 2nd, Everett turned on their press, causing a lot of problems for the Wildcats, and halfway through the 2nd Everett tied the game at 17 each. The two teams went back and forth for the rest of the half which ended in a 25-all tie. The ‘Cats regained the lead after halftime, and led by 4 after a Mike Washington, Jr. 3-pointer at the 4:24 mark, and as the period ended, Washington hit a pair of free throws to give OH a 39-37 lead going into the 4th. Two quick Wildcat scores made the lead 43-37 with 6:44 left in the game, but the Wildcats could not score again until halfway through the quarter, but by then Everett had scored 12 to lead 49-44. More pressing by the Seagulls pushed Oak Harbor into making some unfortunate passes and Everett capitalized on them running away in the final period to a 60-46 win. Jay Stout led the Oak Harbor scoring with 12, followed by Washington with 11. Aaron Boesch and Rashaad Smith had 7 each, Josh Fikse 4, Beaux haley 3 and Jimmy Edens 2.

71 photos are posted HERE. The photos include not only action pics, but several freshman team photos, and individual pictures of most of the freshman players. There are also photos of each of the coaches.

Select video clips can be found HERE.