GBB Santa Slam Tournament

On December 29th and 30th, the Oak Harbor girls basketball team hosted their annual Santa Slam tournament.

This year, two teams from east of the Cascades sent their varsity squads - Pullman and Lewiston, ID. The JV field was sparse, with only Anacortes sending a team. In the dome, it was OH, Lynnwood, Anacortes and South Whidbey with "C" teams.

Thursday started with 2 games at 2:20 in the afternoon. Anacortes defeated Lynnwood in the dome, while the Wildcat JV team played a tough game but lost to the Seahawks 36-31. In the JV game, Lia Pantoleon almost saved the game, sinking 3 straight shots from outside the arc in the final minutes of the game. She finished with 9 points. Melanie Callaway slashed inside for 8 points, Morgan Young hit for 4 and Kaileen Burleson, Brook Peplinski and Cassidy Gurich had 2 points each.

At 4pm the OH "C" squad took on South Whidbey in the dome. Oak Harbor started out poorly, scoring only 2 points in the first quarter while allowing 12 to the Falcons. The Wildcats spent the rest of the game catching up, but ran out of time 3 points short, 23-20. Jessica Hollins scored 5 to lead the team. KC Winfield and Kenna Prosch each scored 4, Carmen Riveiero-Moreno, Sierra Southwick and Angelica Brown scored 2 points each and Cassidy Gurich 1.

Also at 4pm, the OH varsity team took on the Pullman Greyhounds. The teams played a tight game in the first half, which ended with Pullman ahead 26-23, but outscored Oak Harbor 18-9 in the third to take the game 53-44. Lia Pantoleon again was a force from outside, scoring 11 points to lead the team. Morgan Young had 7, Kelsey Rankin 6, Tatiana Cumming and Annie Leete 5, Jalani Bobo 4 and Dominique Jackson, Kaileen Burleson and Rayan Russell 2 each. Oak Harbor's 44 points was their greatest offensive output of the season.

In the final game of the day, the Lewiston Bengals defeated the Bear Creek Grizzlies.

Friday started early with a 9am game between the OH and Anacortes JV teams. Oak Harbor spotted the Seahawks a 20-15 halftime lead, but with 2:18 left in the game, it was tied 31-31. A Kaileen Burleson score with 1:48 left put Oak Harbor up 33-32, but Anacortes regained the lead late. With 7 seconds left, the Wildcats couldn't get the shot to fall and lost 34-33.

At the same time, the OH "C" team was over in the dome beating up on Lynnwood. Oak Harbor allowed Lynnwood to score 6 points in the first half, all in the first quarter and 8 points in the second half, all in the 4th quarter. In the meantime the 'Cats scored 41 points of their own to win the game. KC Winfield scored a game-high 14 points while Jessica Hollins was also in double figures with 10. Kenna Prosch, Angelica Brown and Carmen Riveiero-Moreno each scored 4, Irene Gribble 3 and Sierra Southwick 2.

At 10:20, Anacortes defeated South Whidbey for the "C" team championship and Pullman beat Bear Creek.

Oak Harbor played Lewiston for the final game of the day, and it wasn't pretty for the Wildcats. It was 29-10 at halftime and 73-29 at the final buzzer. Annie Leete scored 18 points for Oak Harbor, Morgan Young 4, Rayan Russell 3 and Tatiana Cumming and Kelsey Rankin 2 each.

After a short break, the girls are back in action on Wednesday, January 4th, hosting Glacier Peak and travel to Getchell on Friday.

Video clips from Thursday's JV game are posted HERE.

Varsity vs Pullman video is HERE.

Varsity vs Lewiston videos are HERE.

OH vs Lynnwood "C" team photos are HERE.

JV photos from Dec 29th are HERE.

JV vs Anacortes photos from Dec 30th are posted HERE

OH varsity vs Pullman photos are HERE.

Click HERE for photos of the OH varsity vs Lewiston.

Below are the non-local team photos. In the OH varsity games, the Pullman and Lewiston photos were broken out and posted separately below.

Pullman vs Oak Harbor photos are posted HERE.

HERE are Lewiston photos from the game vs Oak Harbor.

Click HERE for Lewiston vs Bear Creek photos

Pullman vs Bear Creek photos are HERE.