Boys Basketball 2010-12-02

The boys basketball team opened their home season with a game against former league opponent Marysville-Pilchuck last Thursday.

Oak Harbor started off strong, with Jay Stout and Michael Washington, Jr., both scoring in the first minute to make it 5-0 Wildcats. Unfortunately, they would be the last Wildcat field goals until 2:10 left in the first when Washington scored again. In between Denzel Massey sank some free throws, but the 'Cats were down 20-10 at the end of the first.

Things were a little better in the 2nd, with the Wildcats scoring 11 points while holding MP to just 6. 7 of the 11 points came in the final 1:25 of the half. Matt Burgoyne scored to make it 26-16, then back-to-back steals and scored by Josiah Miller made 26-20 and a Burgoyne FT made the halftime score 26-21 in favor of the Tomahawks.

The OH defense really came alive in the 3rd quarter, holding MP to just a single score near the end of the period, while the offense poured in 12 points and the team took a 35-29 lead into the final period.

Both teams played fairly evenly in the 4th period, but MP was able to get back in the game and cut the OH lead to just 1 point, 38-37, but 3 straight scored put Oak Harbor ahead for good as they held on to win 47-42.

Washington led Wildcat scoring with 15 points. Jay Stout added 6, Josiah Miller and Kevawn Brooks 4 each, Matt Burgoyne 3, and the Paul twins, Trace and Connor, scored 2 points each.

In the JV game, Oak Harbor jumped to an 8-0 lead that they held until 3:57 in the 1st when MP got their first points. They scored 9 more in the last 3 minutes of the period to tie the game at 11 at the first buzzer.

In the 2nd period, both teams went cold. OH scored first, but scored only 5 more points all period, but the defense held MP to just 5 points total, and the Wildcats went into the locker room with an 18-16 lead.

MP woke up after the halftime break and scored 13 points in the 3rd period to take the lead back 29-26 and put the game away by holding the 'Cats to just 7 points in the final period. In the end it was MP 41, OH 33.

Patrick Bell led the JV squad with 9 points. Anfernee Angkaw, Michael LaBelle and Chris Hailer scored 6 points each, Dayne Herron hit 4 and Paul Johannsen 2.

In the Freshman game, the Wildcats found themselves down by 2 points at the first buzzer, 9-7, but corrected it quickly by taking a 27-23 lead into halftime. Coach Schulle's locker room speech worked wonders, as OH went on a 24-9 run in the 3rd period and never looked back on their way to a 66-40 victory.

Drew Washington scored 24 points to lead the team, Gabriel Groenig scored 8, Casiano Atienza 7, Matt Zafra 5, Rys Mattila 4 and Zach Gibbs 3.

The first game of the season was at Cascade HS in Everett. There, the Freshmen won their game 61-49, but the JV fell 66-34 and the varsity 77-64.

Next up for the boys is a trip to Anacortes on Wednesday, Dec 8th for the Freshman team and all 3 teams travel to Lynnwood on Friday the 10th to open league play. The next home game for the boys is Tuesday the 14th against Shorewood.

63 photos from the Freshman, JV and Varsity games can be found by clicking HERE.

A JV and Varsity video highlight clip is posted HERE.