Girls Basketball 12-16-2009 vs Everett

For the second time this week the girls basketball teams were at home, this time facing Everett.

In the dome the freshman team got off to a great start, scoring 22 points while holding the Seagulls to just 8. They continued to pour it on in the 2nd, leading 35-12 at halftime. The defense held Everett to just two made free throws in the third, which was good as the Wildcats scored only 6 points of their own. Everett finally got on track in the final period, scoring 16 points to double their score, but OH played right with them, hitting 20 points and winning 61-30. Leading the 'Cats was Morgan Young with 18 points. Ciera Wiser and Emily Saar were both also in double figures, with 13 and 10 respectively. Marissa Lewis hit for 9 points, Jalani Bobo for 4, Bet Riba and Danielle Teasley for 2 and Paula Gass 1.

The JV team won, but didn't play their best game. Dominique Jackson put the team up 5-4 by hitting a pair of shots from inside, then Naomi Walker and Kate Rossman padded the 1st period lead to 11-4. The OH defense played strong in the 2nd, allowing only 3 points while boosting their lead to 21-7. After a decent first half, the Wildcat JV offense got quiet in the 2nd half. The two teams combined scored a total of 14 points the entire 2nd half, and OH won the game 29-13. Rossman was the top scorer with 9 points, Jackson had 7, Kelsey Rankin and Erika Flores 5 each, Walker 2 and Heavenly Cooper 1.

It was back and forth all night in the varsity game, with Everett leading at the end of the 1st and 3rd periods and Oak Harbor leading at the end of the first, and most importantly, 4th period. During the game there were 12 changes in the lead and 9 times the game was tied, including late in the game with 3:41 remaining. The game was in doubt right to the end, as with just over a minute left to play, the Oak Harbor lead was just 4 points.

Everett took the lead halfway through the 1st period and held until halfway through the 2nd, when Nicki Mowbray hit for two to break an 18-18 tie. Jessica Denmon scored twice to build the OH lead to 26-22 at halftime. Everett took the lead bak with 1:39 left in the 3rd and led 42-39 at the buzzer. Three scores by Mowbray, Denmon and Naomi Walker in just over 30 seconds put OH up 45-42, but Everett played tough. The Wildcats got a big boost when the Seagulls top scoring player fouled out in the 4th period. Even so, Everett grabbed the lead 51-50 with 3:10 left in the game, but it lasted only 14 seconds until Mowbray scored from outside to give Oak Harbor the lead for good. At the final buzzer it was Oak Harbor 59, Everett 55.

The girls have still another game this week, traveling to Lake Stevens on Friday the 18th while the boys team will host the Vikings at OHHS, their 3rd game of the week as well.

6 video clips from the JV and varsity games are posted HERE.

46 photos from the JV and Varsity games are HERE. Included is a single photo from the freshman game.