Girls Tennis State results

The OHHS doubles team of Clarissa Abadesco and Laurin Rico finished the 2010 state tournament at Kamiakin HS in Kennewick in 6th place.

The girls started out with a 6-3, 6-0 loss to Tahoma HS from Tacoma. The rebounded by beating Federal Way easily 6-1, 6-3.

Their next match, against Walla Walla was tough and our girls lost the first set 3-6. Again they responded and won the next two 6-4, 6-2 for the 2-1 win

Next the girls faced Kentwood. Laurin and Clarissa won the first set 6-4 and the 2nd set was a much closer 7-5 win.

In their final match, with the winner getting 4th place, the girls faced a local team - Edmonds-Woodway. The OH girls played hard, but it wasn't enough as EW won 6-1, 6-2.

State track results

The Oak Harbor women, as a team, finished with 9 points to finish in 27th place out of 51 participating teams.

The only boys event was the 4x100 relay team that ran a time of 44.30 in the prelims for 13th place.

Naomi Walker finished 10th in the 100m dash prelims in 13.10. In the 200 meter dash prelims she ran a 26.25, good enough for 7th place and a trip to the finals, where she ran a 26.71 and earned 3rd place. Naomi was the only Freshman finalist in the 200m dash.

The girls 4x100 relay team ran a 50.06 prelim race but were one spot away from the finals with a 9th place finish.

Nicole Mowbray jumped 5-0 in the High Jump for 14th place. She also finished 11th in the triple jump.

Shantae Young, in the long jump, had a mark of 16-9.75 and finished 8th.

Track - State results, Day 1

One final to report from the first day of the state track championships.

In the triple jump, Shantae Young set a new PR of 38-6.75 to earn 3rd place in that event.

Nicki Mowbray, in her first year of track, jumped 36-2 to finish in 11th place

Great job girls!

Girls Golf District Tournament at Gallery Golf Course in Oak Harbor

The Oak Harbor Wildcats hosted this years' district golf tournament at the Navy's Gallery Golf Course.

Day 2 started with 39 golfers with the top 15 going to state. Of those 39 golfers, 6 were from Oak Harbor.

After the first day, Ashley Johnson was the top Wildcat, shooting a 93 for 6th place. Simone Hamilton shot a 97 and was tied for 8th.

Millie Goebel and Sasha Olson each shot 100 and were at 16th. Melany Cone was 24th with a 103 and Mara Cortez 38th with a 114.

On day 2, Ashley showed her consistency by shooting a 94 for a total of 187. That earned her 7th place and a trip to the state tournament next week in Pasco.

Melany Cone, after ending the first day in 24th place, shot a 93 on day 2 to boost herself up to 10th place.

Also going to state is Simone Hamilton who shot 100 on day 2 for a total of 197. She finished 11th.

Sasha Olson shot 105 on day 2 and finished 21st with a 205 total. Millie Goebel had 109 on the 2nd day for a total of 209 and 23rd place.

Mara Cortez improved by 13 strokes over day 1, shooting 101 on the 2nd day for a total of 215, moving her up to 31st place.

The 3 state participants are the team's 3 seniors, and the 3 juniors are well-poised to make their own run to state next year.

Girls Tennis - District tournament day 2

In the doubles consolation semifinal, Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco defeated Ann Fina and Marina Messerli of Stanwood 6-4, 6-3 for a chance to earn 3rd place and a trip to the state tournament.

In the final match, Julie Winston and Brielle Nicholas beat Laurin and Clarissa in the first set, 7-6(4), but the Wildcat women regrouped and won the next two sets 6-2, 6-4 to earn the 3rd and final spot in the state tennis tournament.

Cady O'Dell and Erin Neilon were tied for 7th in singles play.

Track - 4A District 1 championships - day 1

At the end of the first day of the 2-day meet, the Oak Harbor boys were 9th of 13 teams and the OH girls 4th.

Here are the complete OH results:

Boys
200m dash prelims - 7 - Jason Curles, 13 - Aaron Boesch
400m dash prelims - 14 - Chris Opdyke
800m run prelims - 2 - Matt Bolte, 14 - Conner Meyer (PR 2:06.38)
1600m run finals - 16 - Matt Reith
300m hurdles prelims - 14 - Josh Sayre (PR 43.25)
4x400 relay prelims - 10th
Shot Put finals - 14 - Javon Payne
High Jump finals - 13 - Sam Schultz
Long Jump finals - 4 - Donovan Hunt, 8 Josh Higbee (PR 20-1)

Girls
100m dash prelims - 1 Naomi Walker, 6 - Janessa Ramos, 7 - Shantae Young, 15 - Christina Alexander
200m dash prelims - 1 - Naomi Walker, 10 - Christina Alexander, 17 - Janessa Ramos
400m dash prelims - 7 - Maura McKole, 9 - Allison Duvenez
800m run prelims - 3 - Adrianna Royal, 12 - Christina Wicker
3200m run final - 16 - Abby Leete
100m hurdle prelims - 13 - Raeanna Wynne
4x100 relay prelims - 1st place
4x200 relay prelims - 5th place
4x400 relay prelims - 5th place
Javelin final - 10 - Janelle Yoshimoto
Long Jump final - 1 Shantae Young, 5 - Naomi Walker, 8 - Nicole Mowbray

One thing in looking at the District meet participants - OH had a freshman, 4 sophomores and a junior for the boys and 2 freshmen, 2 sophomores, 5 juniors and only 2 seniors. Plenty of talent to build on for next year!

Girls Tennis - District tournament day 1

On the first day of the WESCO 4A District 1 tournament at Stanwood HS, Oak Harbor came out with mixed results.

In doubles, #2 seed Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco defeated #3 Mariner 6-2, 6-0 to move into the semifinals. There, they lost 6-2, 6-0 to the #1 seed from Edmonds. They will continue at 3pm Thursday.

Erin Neilon came in seeded #3 and faced the South #2 in the first round and lost a hard 3-set match, 2-6, 6-3, 2-6. Then in the consolation match she fell 2-6, 4-6 to Kamiak.

Cady O'Dell also had a tough day, falling to the South #1 seed 6-7(3), 2-6 then losing in the consolations 2-6, 4-6.

New Head Girls Basketball Coach at OHHS

Trisha Wieber is the new head coach at OHHS, replacing Brett McLeod who resigned after leading the team for 8 years.

More on Trisha as the summer league and camps get into swing.

Girls AAU basketball 2010-05-16 Tiger Tournament

Oak Harbor had a single representative in last weekend's Girls AAU Basketball Tiger Tournament in Burlington - Gary Brundidge's 5th grade team.

The first game was a close 14-11 to the Southside Crush, followed by a heartbreaking 2-point loss to EBC Thunder. The team finished pool play with a rematch against the Crush and this time pulled out a big 30-13 win.

Sunday was bracket play, starting with a semifinal game against UBA Lightning. The Wildcats faced and aggressive defense that got a lot of steals from our girls and it translated into a 19-9 loss for Oak Harbor.

The girls then faced Stanwood for a chance to finish 3rd, but sharp shooting and solid defense by the Spartans doomed the Oak Harbor effort, 20-14.

The Cats finished the tournament in 5th place.

72 photos from Sunday's action are posted HERE.

A short video clip is posted HERE.

BBB 2010-05-16 Spring League

The OHHS Boys basketball team finished off their Spring League season with a trio of games at Skagit Valley College.

First up was the JV Gold team who had no problem disposing of Mt. Vernon 56-28

The Varsity team went against a good Glacier Peak team and found themselves down 30-21 at halftime. The 2nd half wasn't nearly as close as Glacier Peak opened a big lead and cruised to a 74-37 win.

Finally, the JV Purple team led Burlington 25-19 at the half but couldn't hold on as Burlington won 47-42.

A video clip from the varsity game is posted HERE.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Boys Golf 2010-05-17 - District 1 tournament

The boys golf team had an off first day at the District 1 boys golf tournament Monday at the par 72 Everett Golf & Country Club. Monday's scores will be added to Tuesday's scores to determine who goes on. 14 players will advance to state.

As expected, Jackson HS is first in the team standings, with 5 of 6 players shooting in the 70s and a team score of 375. Kamiak is 2nd with 379 and Arlington 3rd with 402. Oak Harbor is currently 7th with a stroke count of 421.

Individually, Cascade's Anthony Chiarelli is listed in first place, tied with 2 others at 71.

Judd Ford, the highest placing OH golfer, shot an 80 to tie with 7 others. Ford is currently listed in 26th place. Also in the top 40 are Austin Fields with an 83 and Matt Fikse with an 85.

Greg Martin (86) and Jim Nguyen (87) are both below the cut line.

Youth soccer 2010-05-15

Another full slate of soccer games at the Ft. Nugent fields this past Saturday. We got there early and were able to get photos of 11 different games

For the boys, it was

BU-6 Blue Tigers, sponsored by Island Family Hearing Clinic taking on the Orange Komodo Dragons, sponsored by AAA Climate Control Mini Storage. 37 photos are posted HERE.

BU-6 Green (name unknown) vs the Blue Lightning Bears. 26 photos are HERE

BU-6 Teal Rex and the Grey Sonics have 56 photos posted HERE

BU-8 Red Scorpions, sponsored by Oak Harbor Motors played the Blue Sharks, sponsored by Best Friends Veterinary Center with 28 photos HERE

BU-10 Silvertips, sponsored by P&L General Contractors played hard before falling 4-2 to a South Whidbey team. 32 photos are posted HERE.

BU-10 Red Atomic Fireballs also played a South Whidbey but it wasn't close as South Whidbey dominated the game. 27 photos are posted HERE

And for the girls:

GU-6 Blue Barbie Bandits, sponsored by Beck's Carpet Cleaning and the Pink Pinkettes, sponsored by Angelo's Cafe, have 35 photos posted HERE.

GU-6 Red Cardinals, sponsored by Best Friends Veterinary Center and the Green Stinging Nettles have 30 photos posted HERE.

GU-8 Oak Harbor Elk's Club Purple Pixies played the Blue Electric Eels with 22 photos posted HERE.

At GU-10 the Purple Disciples and Blue Shockers have 31 photos HERE. The Disciples won the game 6-0.

Finally, the GU-12 Oak Harbor Blue Smurfs, sponsored by Schisler Trucking beat the Coupeville Sharks, sponsored by Stig Carlson, Architecture. 32 photos are posted HERE.

Track 2010-05-14 - WESCO North finals

At the end of the 2010 WESCO North track championships, the Oak Harbor girls finished in 2nd place and the boys came in 9th overall.

Starting with the boys, Donovan Hunt was the standout athlete, finishing 3rd in the long jump, 5th in the triple jump, and 8th in the 100. Donovan would have been part of the 4x100 relay team but had to bow out and Josh Higbee stepped in.

In other track events, Jason Curles came in 4th in the 2oom finals and Matt Bolte 2nd in the 800m finals.

In addition to the 4x100 relay, the 4x400 relay also placed, coming in 8th place.

Cody Hernkind and Sam Schultz both cleared 5-6 in the high jump to tied for 8th place and Josh Higbee was 9th in the long jump.

Other boys that participated in the meet were
100m - Jason Curles, Aaron Boesch
200m - Aaron Boesch, Justin Everett
400m - Chris Opdyke, Conner Meyer
800m - Conner Meyer
1600m - Matt Reith, Thomas Honeycutt
3200m - Matt Reith, Nate Miller
110 & 300m hurdles - Josh Sayre
Shot put - Javon Payne
Discus - Robert Beadles, Austin Church
Javelin - Javon Payne, Dakota Sinchak
Pole Vault - Justin Everett
Long Jump - Derrick Clarit
Triple Jump - Derrick Clarit, Cody Hernkind

The girls team produced 5 champions. Naomi Walker won the 100 and 200 meter dash, Shantae Young won the long and triple jump, and the 4x100 relay came in first place.

Young also placed 3rd in the 100 and Janessa Ramos placed 4th in the 100 and 6th in the 200. Walker was 5th in the long jump.

Addy Royal came in 2nd in the 800 and 5th in the 1600.

Nicki Mowbray earned team points by finishing 4th in the high jump (4-11), 2nd in the long jump and 3rd in the triple jump.

Other girls in the meet:
100m - Christina Alexander, Janelle Yoshimoto
200m - Christina Alexander
400m - Maura McKole (6), Allison Duvenez (7), Christina Wicker, Jember Jansen
800m - Christina Wicker (5), Hannah Bressler, Hannah Kagey
1600m - Abby Leete, Jessica Denmon
3200m - Abby Leete (10), Hannah Kagey, Taylor VonGrey, Emily Bain
100m hurdles - Raeanna Wynne (10)
300m hurdles - Raeanna Wynne, Megan Duhrkopf
4x200 relay - 5th
4x400 relay - 6th
Shot put - Amanda Alvarado (6), Dominique Jackson (14)
Discus - Elizabeth Adkins
Javelin - Janelle Yoshimoto, Ciera Wiser, Nicki Mowbray
High Jump - Katelyn Bristow
Long Jump - Janelle Yoshimoto
Triple Jump - Katelyn Bristow

Next up is the 4A District 1 championships at Snohomish HS on Wednesday, May 19th and finishing Friday, May 21st.

Girls Tennis 2010-05-13 and 14 - WESCO North finals

On day 2 of the WESCO North tournament, the Wildcats continued their success on the courts, sending all 4 players on to Friday's final matches.

In the singles semifinal, Erin Neilon lost to #1 seed Megan Lalone from Stanwood 6-0, 6-0 then Cady O'Dell lost to #2 Sarah Tuemmler from Marysville 6-1, 7-5. In the consolations, Cady beat Brooke Winslow 6-0, 6-0 and Erin beat Heather Smith of Stanwood 6-2, 6-2 to set up an Oak Harbor battle for 3rd and 4th.

In doubles semifinals, Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco won 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the championship match.

On Friday, after spending most of the season at #2, Erin beat Cady convincingly 6-1, 6-0 to capture 3rd place. Both girls advance to the District Tournament at Jackson HS.

Laurin and Clarissa fought hard, but wound up on the short end of a 6-4, 6-4 score, finishing 2nd place in WESCO North. Not bad for having played together for just a couple of weeks!

Track 2010-05-12 - WESCO North prelims

At the end of the first day, things weren't going bad for the girls and weren't going well for the guys.

In girls 100m prelims, Oak Harbor put 3 girls in the top 10 - Shantae Young won in 12.37, Naomi Walker was 2nd in 12.59 and Janessa Ramos was 5th in 12.89. Naomi was first in the 200 prelims in 26.18 and Janessa was 5th in 26.89.

In the 400m dash prelim, Maura McKole, Allison Duvenez and Christina Wicker all finished in the top 10 (of 24 entries).

Addy Royal finished 3rd in the 800 prelim, followed by Wicker and Hannah Bressler, both in the top 10 as well.

Abby Leete was the top OH finisher in the 3200 finals earning 10th place in WESCO North.

In hurdles prelims, Raeanna Wynne was 10th in the 100m hurdles.

There were 3 field events contested on the first day, discus, javelin and long jump.

No OH athletes finished in the top 10 in discus or jav, but Shantae Young won the long jump (17-4), Nicki Mowbray was 2nd (15-11.5) and Naomi Walker 5th (15-4.25).

Friday will have finals for the track events except the 3200 as well as the shot put, high jump, triple jump and pole vault.

The girls ended the first day in 3rd place with 26 points. Stanwood was first with 50 and Arlington 2nd with 41. Monroe, Everett and Lake Stevens ended the first day in single digits.

For the boys, Donovan Hunt and Jason Curles were the only sprinters to finish in the top 10, both finishing in 8th place - Donovan in the 100 and Jason in the 200. Top sprinter Josiah Miller was absent due to an injury he received at practice earlier in the week.

In the distance events, Matt Bolte was 5th in the 800 prelims and Matt Reith 10th in the 1600m finals.

Josh Sayre set yet another PR in the 110 hurdles, finishing in 17.26, good enough for 15th place overall.

The boys 4x100 is in 4th place with Derrick Clarit filling in for Miller and the 4x400 relay team is currently 8th. Finals for both events are Friday.

Shot put, High Jump, Pole Vault and Long Jump were the boys field events contested on Wednesday.

Javon Payne was the sole shot put entrant and finished 12th overall with a PR heave of 44-0.

Cody Hernkind and Sam Schultz tied for 8th place in the high jump with marks of 5 feet 6 inches.

Hunt and Josh Higbee both finished in the top 10 in the long jump with Hunt jumping 21-3.75 for 3rd place and Josh 19-9.5 for 9th.

As with the girls, finals for all the sprint races will be on Friday, along with finals for the 800m, 3200, hurdles, discus, javelin and triple jump.

At the end of the first day, Cascade was leading the event with 47.2 points with Snohomish 2nd with 44. OH was 9th with 8.4 points.

The event is being held at Arlington High School with field events starting at 5pm and track events at 6pm. Come support your school!

Boys Golf 2010-05-12 - WESCO North tournament

Oak Harbor's Judd Ford shot a 76 at Everett's Legion Golf Course to create a 4-way tie for first place in WESCO North boys golf. With him were Arlington's Jack Lindley, Cascade's Anthony Chiarelli and Lake Stevens' Kyle Gellner.

The good score pushed Judd for a season tie with Chiarelli, both with 154.5 points total for the season.

As a team for the seaon the Wildcats finished in the middle - 4th of 9 teams with 19 team points. Arlington was on top with 27 points and Cascade on the bottom with 8.

In the WESCO tournament, Oak Harbor finished in 4th with a combined score of 413 strokes. Arlington was first with 391, Lake Stevens 2nd with 402 and last was Cascade with 445.

Also on the course for Oak Harbor were:

Austin Fields - 83 for the day, 92.5 for the season
Jim Nguyen - 84 for the day, 76.5 for the season
Greg Martin - 84 for the day, 63.5 for the season
Matt Fikse - 86 for the day, 87 for the season
Dan Klope - 89 for the day, 55 for the season

Girls Tennis 2010-05-12 - WESCO North tournament

In first round singles play
#3 seed Cady O'Dell beat Alli Breaker from Monroe 6-2, 6-0.
#5 seed Erin Neilon beat Courtney Coombs of Marysville 6-2, 6-0.

In the quarterfinals
O'Dell beat Heather Smith of Stanwood 6-2, 6-2
Neilon beat #4 seed Jessica Willmorth of Cascade 6-3, 6-2

In first round doubles play
#3 seed Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco beat the Marysville team 6-1, 6-4.
#4 seed from Snohomish defeated Jordan Faralan and Shannon Neilon 6-3, 6-2

In the quarterfinals
Rico and Abadesco beat #6 seed from Lake Stevens 7-6(3), 6-4

Play continued today, Thursday with semifinal and consolation matches.

Youth Soccer 2010-05-08

Another beautiful day for outdoor activities! Sorry for the delay, but here are the photos from last Saturday's games.

In Girls Soccer, the GU-12 Purple People Eaters, sponsored by Purple Moon played tough against South Whidbey before falling 4-2.

30 photos of the game are posted HERE.

In another girls game, the GU-10 Red Dragons beat their South Whidbey opponents 5-2.

39 photos from that game are posted HERE.

Continuing with the ladies' games, in GU-6 action the Green Stinging Nettles, sponsored by Midway Florist took on the Red Ladybugs.

39 photos from that game are posted HERE.

The GU-6 Purple Pixies, sponsored by the Oak Harbor Elks Club took on the Green/Teal Dolphins. 28 photos are posted HERE.

Finally for the girls, the GU-6 Green Hornets, sponsored by All Island Pest Control, played the Red Hot Lava. 42 photos are posted HERE.

In boys action, the BU-10 Green Ninjas, sponsored by Krieg Construction went against the Blue Spartans. The final score was not provided but 40 photos are posted HERE.

There are photos of 3 BU-8 games posted.

46 photos are HERE of the Light Blue Stingrays, sponsored by the Oak Harbor Auto Center played the Dark Blue Sharks, supported by Best Friends Veterinary Clinic.

54 photos are posted HERE of the Orange Tigers, ironically sponsored by the Oak Harbor Lions Club played hard against the Lime Green Dragons.

Last, but not least, HERE are 37 photos of the Red Scorpions, sponsored by Les Schwab Tires vs the Green Dragons, sponsored by Oak Harbor Motors.

Remember to patronize your sponsors!

Softball 2010-05-07 vs Everett

You couldn't have asked for better weather in which to play softball, but it was about the only thing that went well at Friday's game as the varsity team lost 9-1. The lone OH score came on a RBI fly by Marissa Fakkema that sent senior Aria Araceley home.

Before the introduction of the 3 Oak Harbor seniors and their families, the team took a moment to recognize Everett's sole senior. The Wildcats then said goodbye to Aria Araceley, Emily Meagher and Whitney Osborn who were presented along with their parents.

The JV score wasn't available.

Over 100 images of the senior day activities and some on-the-field action by both the JV and varsity squads are posted HERE.

Tennis 2010-05-06 vs Snohomish

The Varsity tennis team traveled to 2nd place and 11-3 Snohomish for their final regular season match. Oak Harbor came into the match at 6-10.

Oak Harbor got off to a good start, with #1 Cady O'Dell winning in 3 sets, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and #2 Erin Neilon winning 6-1, 6-0. In Doubles #1 Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco went 3 sets before winning 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1. However, that was it for Wildcat wins as sophomores Shannon Neilon and Alexa Holmly went down in singles, juniors Jordan Faralan and Kerry Rathsabandith at 2nd doubles as did Team Jennifer (Fremd and Bowers) at 3rd doubles. Snohomish was also able to capture both extra matches and won the match 4-3.

While the varsity team was at Snohomish, the JV team was hosting the Panthers at OHHS and things did not go well at all. In fact, of the 15 matches played, Snohomish won every one in straight sets.

One match of note was Kristen Shields at 3rd singles. At Snohomish in mid-April, she lost to her opponent 0-6, 0-6, but in the rematch on Wednesday she improved that score to 2-6, 4-6. Coach Garry Brown called her improvement "phenomenal".

That ends the regular season, but select varsity girls will be moving on to district tournaments.

Golf - Boys and Girls.

Both the boys and girls varsity golf teams were in action this past week with the boys at Cedarcrest GC near Marysville on Wednesday and the girls at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club in Oak Harbor on Thursday.

In the boys match, OH #4 Austin Fields had a great day, shooting a 76 to finish in a tie for second place. #1 Judd Ford scored 77 to earn 4th place. Matt Fikse shot 82 and Greg Martin 87 to round out the OH scores.

Overall, Oak Harbor finished in 3rd place with a combined score of 412. Lake Stevens was first with 401 and host Marysville 2nd with 404.

Before Thursday's girls match, Coach Wesley took some time to acknowledge his 3 seniors - Ashley Johnson, Simone Hamilton and Melany Cone. The 3 seniors were very easy to spot on the course as they all had a big balloon tied to their golf bag.

Although two Everett golfers captured the two top spots, Oak Harbor's consistency won the day as the Wildcat girls finished 3-4-5-6-8 to earn 229 points. Everett was 2nd with 219 and Stanwood a distant third with 74 points.

Simone was the top OH golfer with 50 points. Mel got 49, Ashley 47, Sasha Olson 47 and Millie Goebel 36.

Overall this season, Cone is the #2 female golfer in WESCO North. She has a point average of 17, just 0.6 points behind an Everett girl. Simone is 7th with 15 points, Johnson 16th with 11.9 points, Sasha 20th with 11.5, and Millie 22nd with 11.3. Mara Cortez is 41st and averages 5.4 points while the 60th girl, from Lake Stevens, has an average of just 0.4 points.

In team standings, OH is in 5th place with 12 team points, behind Marysville with 14 and Everett & Monroe with 13 each.

94 photos from the match are posted HERE.

Track - WESCO JV Championships 5-5-2010 @ Snohomish HS

One of the Wildcat track teams won yet another big meet, but this time it was the boys and not the girls who came out on top.

Led by first-place finishes by junior Aaron Boesch in both the 100 and 200m dash and as a member of the 4x100 relay and a win by Josh Sayre in the 300m Hurdles, the boys scored 106 points, well in front of 2nd place Snohomish.

Boys top 10 finishers:

100m dash
1 - Aaron Boesch 11.81
5 - Justin Everett 12.24
6 - Josh Higbee 12.38
10 - Jeshaiah Davis 12.65

200m dash
1 - Aaron Boesch 24.49
5 - Justin Everett 25.09

400m dash
10- Jeshaiah Davis 58.96

110m hurdles
2 - Josh Sayre 17.95

300m hurdles
1 - Josh Sayre 45.12

High Jump
Josh Higbee 5-2

Pole Vault
Josh McVey 8-6

Long Jump
1 - Josh Higbee 19=5.5
3 - Andy Haag 18-4

Triple Jump
1 - Andy Haag 36-11.75
2 - Cody Hernkind 36-9.5

On the girls side, a relatively small contingent scored 31.5 points to finish in 8th place.

Top-10 finishers for the girls:

100m dash
4 - Katelyn Bristow 14.48

200m dash
6 - Katelyn Bristow 30.76

800m run
3 - Hannah Bressler 2:40.62
8 - Taylor VonGrey 2:53.96

100m hurdles
5 - Shannon Wolfe 20.31

300m hurdles
3 - Shannon Wolfe 56.87

Shot Put
10 - Lia Pantoleon 23-2

Javelin
8 - Nikita Ford 71-0

Triple Jump
3 - Katelyn Bristow 30-1

Middle School Track 2010-05-05 @ OHHS

The Wildcat United combined middle school track team held their one and only home meet of the year on Wednesday, May 5^th at Wildcat Memorial Stadium against Burlington-Edison and a combined Mt. Vernon team (LaVenture and Mt. Baker). Of the 4 separate meets (7^th boys and girls and 8^th boys and girls) Oak Harbor won all but the 8^th grade girls, and they were just 6 points behind winner B-E (66 to 60) and WAY ahead of 3^rd place finisher MV (16 points). The 8^th grade boys scored 66 points while MV and B-E tied with 38 each, the 7^th grade girls won with 61 points over B-E (55) and MV (25) and finally the 7^th grade boys crushed the other two teams with a 75-33(BE)-31(MV) score. Overall Wildcat United scored 262 points, Burlington 192 and Mt. Vernon 110.

Over 250 photos, for the most part grouped by event and listed in the order in which they were taken, are posted HERE.

Winner and top 4 Wildcat United placers are listed below

7^th girls

100 hurdles

1. Meghan Gronbach 19.32

100 dash

1. Sierra Seabolt 13.99

2. Kim Stratton 13.86

1600

1. Jonalynn Horn 6:13.7

4. Marisa Sligh 6:25.85

4x100 relay

1. WU 58.47

4. WU 1:04.43

400 dash

1. Mollie Briddell 1:28.14

3. Mariah Szot 1:14.75

800 run

1. BE 2:58.31

2. Hayley Lundstrom 2:59.5

200 dash

1. Kim Stratton 29.39

4. Meaghan Gronbach 31.75

4x200 relay

1. BE 2:18.80

2. WU 2:19.7

LJ

1. Nalani Gabbert 14-4

HJ

1. Sierra Seabolt 4-0

Shot Put

1. BE 24-6

Discus

1. BE 46-4

3. Kayla Nagle 45-6

Javelin

1. Nalani Gabbert 72-3

7^th boys

100h

1. Mark Rayray 19.19

2. Gage Eccleston 19.21

4. Justin Lively 20.00

100 dash

1. Zachary Norton 13.34

2. Jairus Davis 13.55

4. Devin Moncada 14.51

1600

1. Dakota Powers 5:16.02

2. Gage Eccleston 5:41.03

4x100 relay

1. WU 56.53

400 dash

1. MV 1:04.69

2. Chris Medina 1:05

3. Dakota Powers 1:06

800

1. MV 2:55.56

2. Mark Rayray 2:59.67

200 dash

1. Robert Hubbell 26.3

2. Zachary Norton 28.10

4. Orion Welch 28.64

4x200 realy

1. WU 1:59.08

Long Jump

1. BE 13-9

2. Robert Miller 13-5

3. Marcus Wardle 13-5

High Jump

1. Orion Welch 4-5

2. Jairus Davis 4-2

3. Dakota Powers 4-2

Shot Put

1. MV 24-11

Discus

1. BE 84-8

3. Marcus Wardle 60-9

Javelin

1. BE 92-11.5

3. Blaine Coleman 87-9

8^th girls

100h

1. BE 18.09

2. Chelsea Atkinson 18.53

100 dash

1. Bianca Blake 13.78

1600

1. Alex Laiblin 5:54.17

4. Irish Concepcion 6:49.28

4x100 relay

1. BE 57.42

2. WU 59.06

3. WU 1:06.6

400 dash

1. BE 1:09.03

3. Savannah Wilson 1:12.67

800

1. BE 2:45.29

3. Alex Laiblin 2:48.28

200 dash

1. BE 29.32

4. Jackie Dejesus 30.96

4x200 relay

1. WU 2:06.40

LJ

1. Olivia Hunt 13-9

HJ

1. BE 4-5

3. Faith Franssen 4-4

Shot put

1. BE 32-2

2. Samantha Hawkins 27-8

3. Dellisha Hodges 27-1

4. Mariah Bolander 24-4

Discus

1. Catarina Amsler 63-0

2. KC Winfield 56-8

Javelin

1. Catarina Amsler 71-0

2. Zana Harrison 70-0

3. Makenzi Schulle 62-0

8^th boys

100h

1. MV 17.75

4. Ben Danielson 19.47

100 dash

1. Carlton Johnson 11.45

4. Troy Sturdevant 12.75

1600

1. Caley Powers 4:52.36

2. Gavin Stewart 5:18.00

3. Nathanial Stanford 5:34.65

4x100 relay

1. WU 49.87

3. WU 54.01

400 dash

1. Caley Powers 59.19

3. Gavin Stewart 1:00.93

800

1. BE 2:33.3

2. Andrae Gray 2:37.25

3. Andrew Mitchell 2:37.40

200 dash

1. Carlton Johnson 24.87

3. Troy Sturdevant 27.19

4. Julian Faralan 27.78

4x200 relay

1. WU 1:51.07

4. WU 1:57.87

LJ

1. BE 17-11

3. Casiano Atienza 15-3

4. Isaiah Rennes 14-8

HJ

1. JV 5-1

2. Carlton Johnson 5-0

Shot Put

1. MV 36-3

3. Ray Quinday 31-9

Discus

1. Ray Quinday 112-9

3. Kekai Tarrant 85-4

4. Anthony Alexander 78-8

Javelin

1. BE 102-10

3. Anthony Alexander 98-5

Girls Tennis 2010-05-04 vs Cascade

The girls tennis team finished off their home season with a big win over visiting Cascade 5-2.

Before the match began, Coach Mells took a moment to recognize the two departing seniors, Erin Neilon and Laurin Rico.

This match was a bit different as Coach Mells mixed up the lineup a bit. Jordan Faralan was missing due to testing and Laurin Rico was nursing an injury, so sophomore Shannon Neilon and junior Kerry Rathsabandith were moved up to singles play while Rico and Clarissa Abadesco teamed up for 1st doubles.

Cady O'Dell won her first set 6-3 and was up 3-0 in the 2nd when her opponent was forced to retire from the match. Erin Neilon won her match easily 6-2, 6-1 but sister Shannon had a hard time against her opponent, falling 2-6, 1-6. Kerry Rathsabandith went into tiebreaker in her first set before winning 7-6(5) then destroyed her opposite 6-1 in the 2nd set.

In doubles, Abadesco and Rico were 6-4, 6-4 winners and at #2 doubles, team Jennifer (Fremd and Bowers) won their first set 6-3, lost the second 3-6 and went to tiebreaker in the 3rd before pulling out a 7-6(5) win. #3 doubles Darcy Fremd and Alexa Holmly also went 3 sets, but lost 6-4, 4-6, 1-6.

In extra matches, Nicole McKenzie and Molly Van Dam lost a close 5-8 match while Joyce Abides won 8-2 in an extra singles match.

54 photos from the early part of the match are posted HERE.

Baseball 5-4

The Wildcat varsity baseball team won their one-game playoff against Arlington Tuesday afternoon 5-2 to earn a trip to Shorewood today, May 5th for the district tournament play-in game. The winner goes into the WESCO double elimination tournament.

WESCO Freshman championships 5/4

Mariner High School's Goddard Stadium was the site of this year's WESCO Freshman Championships and Oak Harbor, particularly the girls, had and outstanding day.

Top 10 finishers for the boys were:

Josh Crebbin in the 800m run with a time of 2:16.10, just .1 seconds off his personal best.

Jeremey Foster in the shot put, throwing the 12-lb steel ball 36 feet 9.5 inches, just 2.5 inches off his PR.
Dakota Sinchak threw the javelin 118-1, a new PR by over 12 feet - a 10% increase!
Sam Schultz was 6th in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet even

For the girls:
Naomi Walker won the 100m dash in 12.92 seconds (2nd place was nearly a half second behind)
Jalani Bobo was also in the 100 and finished 7th in 14.29
Jember Jansen was 10th in 14.56
Bobo also ran in the 200, finishing 8th in 29.94
Christina Wicker and Jember Jansen finished 6th and 7th in the 400m dash. Christina had a time of 1:03.83 and Jember 1:05.51
Wicker finished 4th in the 800 meter race and not far behind was Hannah Kagey in 7th place. Hannah came in 7th in the 3200m run, her first time running that race this year.

Raeanna Wynne finished in the top 10 in both hurdles races. In the 100 she was 3rd with a PR time of 17.54 and in the 300 she was 9th in 54.76 seconds.
Joem Evangelista finished 10th in the 100m hurdles

The OH 4x100 relay team made up of Chylan Bass, Brianna Quinn, O'Hinae Welch and Ciera Wiser came in 4th place in 57.40
The 4x200 relay with team members Naomi Walker, Jember Jansen, Jalani Bobo and Raeanna Wynne finished 2nd in 1:55.89.
Megan Duhrkopf, Jember Jansen, Hannah Kagey and Christina Wicker ran the 4x400 relay and earned 5th place.

Danielle Teasley got 4th in the shot put with a toss of 24-1
Elizabeth Adkins was 2nd in the discus at 87-1
Ciera Wiser was 2nd in the javelin, hitting 100 feet even for the first time, adding nearly 10 feet to her PR. She was just 2 feet away from winning the event.
Naomi Walker placed 3rd in the long jump with a leap of 15-1.5. Brianna Quinn was 10th with 12-8.5
Chylan Bass came in 4th in the triple jump in 28-8.75

The WESCO JV championships are today, Wednesday, at Snohomish High School.

Baseball 2010-05-03 varsity vs Lake Stevens

The Lake Stevens Vikings baseball team, currently ranked #1 in the state came to OHHS Monday afternoon and showed why they are ranked #1.

The game started with a 5-run Viking first inning against none for the Wildcats. The 'Cats scored one in the 2nd while holding LS to 3, making the score 8-1. Oak Harbor held Lake Stevens scoreless in the 3rd then drove in 3 runs in the bottom of the inning thanks to some heads-up baserunning by the Wildcats, making the score 8-4.

Lake Stevens recovered and scored another 8 runs to end the game 16-5 in 6 innings.

The loss put OH into a tie with Arlington for the 5th and final playoff spot in WESCO North. If the Wildcats win they then go on to play Shorewood from the South for a berth in the district tournament. Arlington and OH split their games this year with each team winning the away game.

63 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Boys Soccer 2010-05-03 vs Monroe

On Senior Night, the OHHS soccer teams went to the field to try to avenge losses to Monroe earlier in the year.

Back in April the JV team lost to Monroe 6-0, and looked like Monroe was going to win again as the Bearcats held a 1-0 lead for most of the game. Late in the 2nd half, however, Oak Harbor was able to kick in a goal and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

Before the varsity game time was taken to recognize this years' seven seniors and their parents. Playing their final game at Wildcat Memorial Stadium were #3 Greg Wolfe, #5 Tyler Lauzen, #6 Jake Sandefur, #7 Ryan Fakkema, #11 Marcos Anjos, #12 Brandon Oppenheim and #17 Clay Mosolino.

On the field, Monroe scored first, but not more than a minute later Wolfe kicked it in to tie the game. By halftime, though, Monroe opened a 4-1 lead and the only other scoring in the game was a Michael Shevchuk penalty kick in the 2nd half leaving Monroe on top 4-2.

94 photos from the two games as well as photos of the seniors with their families are posted HERE.

OH girls track gets nice mention in today's Everett Herald

Read the entire article HERE.

Boys Golf 4-29-2010

Last Thursday the varsity boys golf team was at Everett's Legion Golf Course for the 8-team Everett Invite. As expected, Jackson HS finished first with all of their golfers shooting under an 80 as did 2nd place Kamiak. Oak Harbor as a team finished in 5th with a total of 430.

Oak Harbor's #1, Judd Ford, shot a 78 which was good enough for 12th place overall. #6 Greg Martin played really well, shooting an 84. Matt Fikse had an 86, Austin Fields 88 and Jim Nguyen 94.

31 photos of the guys are posted HERE.

While the boys were in Everett, the girls were at Battle Creek Golf Course near Marysville. In that match OH came out on top with a modified Stableford score of 127. Lake Stevens was 2nd with 110 and Stanwood 3rd with 64.

Senior Melany Cone was co-medalist with 27 points along with teammate Simone Hamilton. Ashley Johnson was right behind with 26 points. Millie Goebel scored 24 and Sasha Olson 23.

The girls play next at home this coming Thursday with a 3pm tee-off at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club.

Boys Basketball 5/2/2010 Spring League

The OHHS boys basketball teams are nearing the end of their spring league and overall have done well. OH is fielding 3 teams in total, one varsity and two "C" teams.

Last Sunday the varsity team went up against Maple Ridge from Canada. The first half of the game was tight, but OH opened it up in the second half and went on to a double-digit win. The win puts the OH varsity at 3-3 for the season.

In the "C" team standings, the OH Gold team lost to Sedro Woolley earlier in the day, dropping them to 4-2 while the OH Purple team lost to Stanwood, putting their record at 1-5.

The boys play their final game of the spring league season on Sunday May 16th at Skagit Valley College in Mt. Vernon. The Gold team plays at 2pm against 4-2 Mt. Vernon, the varsity team plays at 3pm against 4-2 Glacier Peak and the Purple team faces off against 1-4 Burlington at 4pm.

31 photos from the varsity game against Maple Ridge are posted HERE.

Track and Field 4/26, 4/29 and 4/30

It was a very busy week for the Oak Harbor track team as they participated in a total of 3 meets during the week, including back-to-back meets on Thursday and Friday.

The week started with a JV/All-comers meet at Stanwood HS. It was a cool day and towards the end started to rain steadily, but all the athletes enjoyed themselves and worked hard. Results have not been posted so are not available.

150 photos from the meet are posted HERE.

Thursday saw the last regular season track meet of the year with the Wildcats traveling to Everett Memorial Stadium to take on Everett and Marysville. Since most athletes would be competing again the next day, the coaches limited them to just 2 events each, resulting in a lower overall point score than OH would normally get.

Starting with the boys, there was only one OH winner for the day and that was senior Donovan Hunt in the long jump, but there were a number of 2nd place finishers. Josiah Miller was 2nd in the 100m dash, Matt Reith in the 800, Josh Sayre was 2nd in the 300m hurdles, Josh Higbee in the Long Jump and Andy Haag in the triple jump. Hunt is currently has the 14th best long jump in the state in 4A.

In addition to the top finishes above, 13 Wildcat boys set new season or personal records in a variety of events.

Cody Hernkind set a PR in the high jump of 5-4 on his way to a 3rd place finish. Jalen Williams finished just out of the top 10 in the 200m dash but set a PR of 25.51. Jeshaiah Davis set two PRs on the day, running 25.74 in the 200 and 58.03 in the 400. Matt Reith ran the 800 in 2L08.55 and Conner Meyers also set a PR in the race of 2:16.11

Both runners in the 1600 had season bests. Nate Miller had his best time this season with a 5:15.25 and Lucas Salmons set a PR with a 5:17.49.

In field events, Javon Payne threw the javelin 128-8, Dakota Sinchak hit 106-6 and Zach Wallace 99-1. All 3 were all-time bests.

As mentioned above, Josh Higbee was 2nd in the long jump and did it with a leap of 19-9.75, over a foot further than his previous best. In the triple jump it was Andy Hagg with a 38-4.5, nearly a 1-foot PR, and Chase Edwards jumped 33-1.5 for 8th place.

Overall the boys finished 3rd in the 3-way meet with 26 points.

The girls won 8 events and finished 3rd or better in 8. There was a 1-2-3 finish for OH in the 1600 and a 1-2 finish in the long jump. OH winners were Shantae Young in the 100m dash, Naomi Walker in the 200, Addy Royal in the 1600, Allison Duvenez in the 100 hurdles, the OH 4x100 relay, Amanda Alvarado in the shot put, Elizabeth Adkins in the discus and Nicki Mowbray in the long jump. Finishing in second place were the 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams, Dominique Jackson in the discus, Janessa Ramos in the long jump and Mowbray in the triple jump.

16 athletes set season or personal records during the meet: Jalani Bobo ran the 100 in 14.16 and ran the 400 for the first time this season and finished 4th. Jember Jansen set a PR in the 200 of 28.82 and was just .01 second from a PR in the 100 as well. Aimee Kelly ran the 400 for the first time and set a PR by nearly a half-second in the 100m dash. Maura McKole finished 4th in the 200 with a season best 28.19. Also running her first 400 ever was Kelsey Johnson who finished in 5th place. The two Hannahs, Bressler and Kagey, both set PRs in the 1600. In the hurdles races, Megan Duhrkopf broke her PR in the 100 with a time of 19.61 and Shannon Wolfe ran the 300 in 58.03, knocking over a second off her previous best.

In field events, freshman Elizabeth Adkins broke her old PR by nearly 7 feet in the discus and Nicki Mowbray got 33-6 in the triple jump on her way to a 2nd place finish.

The girls didn't win the meet, but came in 2nd with 65 points. MP won with 77 and Everett was 3rd with 43 points.

122 photos from both boys and girls events at Everett are posted HERE.

Finally, Friday evening was meet at Mt. Vernon High School, the "Clash of the Counties". The meet featured a number of Skagit County 2A and 3A schools going up against Marysville, Stanwood and Arlington from Snohomish County and Oak Harbor. While the small schools won some events, the depth of the big schools carried the day. In individual team scoring, the OH girls won by one point over Arlington, 35-34 while on the boys side M-P won with 35 points and OH was 7th with 14.

As is the current pattern, Naomi Walker won the 100 and 200, Addy Royal the 1600 and Shante Young the triple jump. The OH girls also won the 4x100 relay race. On the boys side, only Donovan Hunt was a winner, leaping 21-1-75 in the long jump. One surprise is that Young did not win the long jump - the only time this year she hasn't taken the event.

There was a scary moment in the 300 hurdles race when Allison Duvenez caught her knee on the final hurdle and fell down. She got up and finished the race, earning 4th place, but found out later she broke a bone in her wrist. It's unknown at this time if she'll be able to compete in the WESCO championships.

Even though it was cool and started to rain near the end of the meet, there were a number of PRs set. Raeanna Wynne did well in the 100h and both Hannah's set PRs, but this time it was Bressler in the 800 and Kagey in the 1600. Hannah K. broke the 6-minute barrier for the first time in the mile with a 5:59.2. Also in the 800, Christina Wicker set a PR of 2:33.61, good enough for 8th place.

Over on the boys side, Hunt again was the only winner, taking the long jump and OH produced only three 2nd place finishers - Matt Bolte in the 800, Hunt in the triple jump and the 4x100 relay. Even though Matt finished 2nd in the 800, he was surrounded by his teammates and the coaches were literally jumping for joy as Matt broke the 2-minute barrier and broke it big, finishing in 1:57.57. With Matt in the 800 were Conner Meyer and Josh Crebbin who both set new PRs. Continuing the theme of distance PRs, Matt Reith set a PR in the 3200 and tied his 1600 PR, Nate Miller set season records in both the 1600 and 3200 and Lucas Salmons ran the 3200 in 11:31 for a PR.

68 photos from the 2nd half of the Twilight Meet are posted HERE.

Next up for track is the WESCO Freshman invite Tuesday at Mariner HS and the WESCO JV championships Wednesday at Snohomish HS. The WESCO North championships start on Wednesday, May 12th and finish on Friday the 14th at Arlington HS.

Currently, Naomi Walker had the 5th fastest time in the state in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.32 seconds. The best time in the state so far is 12.13. Walker's time is the 4th best in 4A and her 200 meter dash time is 7th in 4A. The OHHS 4x100 relay time's best time of 49.74 puts them in 7th place. Shantae Young owns the long jump in Washington state this year. Her jump of 18-3.5 is the best in the state this year by 1.5 inches and her triple jump of 37-0.5 is 3rd best in the state and her 100m time is good enough for 13th in 4A. Allison Duvenez has the 20th best mark in the 300m hurdles in 4A

Matt Bolte has the 20th best 800 meter time in 4A and Donovan Hunt is tied with two others for 14th in the long jump.

Baseball 2010-04-28 vs Arlington

The JV and Varsity baseball teams were both in action against Arlington last Wednesday, with the JV team and home and the Varsity on the road.

Varsity had a big 7th inning, scoring all 6 of their runs with 2 outs. It was enough as the Wildcats held off the Eagles to win 6-4.

The JV team wasn't as lucky and fell to the Eagles.


26 photos from the JV game are posted HERE.

Softball 2010-04-28 vs Monroe

The varsity softball team again had problems getting runs across the plate as they lost to Monroe 10-2.

JV results aren't available, but the girls had a big 2nd inning, batting around the order and scoring a bunch of runs.

62 images of both JV and Varsity action are posted HERE.

Girls Basketball 4/26 Spring League

The OHHS girls basketball team is winding down their spring league season and played 2 games last Monday against Lake Stevens. The first game was against the LS JV team and OH won convincingly, 19-8. Against JV teams Oak Harbor is 3-3 on the season.

Right after the JV game the same group of girls, who are all freshmen or sophomores (and one 8th grader) went up against the 6-1 Lake Stevens varsity team. The results in this game were reversed as the Vikings had their way with the Wildcats, winning 55-13

33 photos covering both games are posted HERE.