Middle School boys basketball 2012-12-20

Thursday afternoon the OHMS and NWMS boys basketball teams met at OHMS for a pair of games.

First up was the 7th grade teams.  Jordan Bell from OHMS scored the first points of the game, but NWMS came back to take the lead, but OHMS scored late to make it 10-8 in favor of the Cougars at the first buzzer.  The Panthers were able to score only 6 points in the second period while NW pumped in 12 to lead 22-14 at halftime.  In the second half, the Cougars put the game away with two big periods, scoring 18 in the 3rd and 16 in the 4th while holding the Panthers to just 14 points total for the half.  The final score was 56-28 for North Whidbey.

Only 3 players scored points for Oak Harbor Middle - Jordan Bell with 8, Joseph Arinaza with 9 and Hoah Herrara with 11.  On the NWMS side, eleven players got on the board, led by Marcus Carr with 16.  Caleb scored 8, TJ 7 and Jerome 6.  Scoring 4 points each were Chris, Mac N. and Paul.  Matt, Weston and Daran finished with 2 points each and Andrew M scored 1.

7th grade game photos are posted HERE.

Click HERE for some video highlights. Included with the action photos are some group photos taken after the game.

As close as the 7th grade game was in the 1st period, the 8th grade game was a blowout.  Tyler Jackson score 8 of his game-high 18 points in the first period and Dylan Bailey added 6 more as the Panthers raced to a 20-0 first-quarter lead.  NWMS got on the board in the 2nd when Dominic S scored, but it was 29-3 at the half.  OH came out hard to start the 2nd half, with Jackson scoring his other 10 points and at the end of three the score now stood at OHMS 50, NWMS 7.  The Cougars outscored the Panthers 7-2 in the final frame, making the final 52-14 for OHMS.

In addition to Jackson's 18 points, Bailey finished with 13, D'Andre Bellamy with 6 and Josh McKenzie 3.  Scoring 2 points each for the Panthers were Trent Benson, Josh Coe, Chaz Purdy, Jomar Perez, Isaiah Brown and Kenneth Morrow.  For North Whidbey it was Dominic finishing wtih 7, Alex H., Kory S. and Sam Z. with 2 each and Nate M. sinking one free throw.

8th grade video clips are posted HERE

8th grade pics are posted HERE. Included are group photos taken before the game.


The Cougars host LaVenture on January 8th while the Panther host Cascade MS on the 10th.  Admission to all middle school games is free.


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