GBB 2013-12-13 vs Stanwood

Last Friday the Wildcat girls basketball team took on the Stanwood Spartans at home with mixed results.

Starting in the dome, the freshmen dug themselves a big hole by going scoreless in the first quarter and scoring only twice in the second, spotting the visitors a 20-4 halftime lead.  In the second half the two teams played nearly even, but the Wildcats could not cut into the Spartans' lead and fell 42-24.  Lydia Peplinski had a great second half, scoring 10 of her 15 points in the 3rd period.  Kyanna Prosch finished with 4 points, Morgan Kenaly and Michaela Dasch 2 each and Aelizah Espirtu 1.

The JV game was all Oak Harbor from beginning to end.  The girls started out building an 8-0 lead and increased it to 16-2 late in the 1st quarter.  The teams played even in the 2nd quarter, but OH led 33-19 at halftime.  The 3rd period was fairly dull for the spectators.  While the Wildcat defense held Stanwood scoreless from the floor, the 'Cats scored only 4 points of their own, but led 37-20 going into the final quarter, which ended with Oak Harbor winning 49-33.  Bryn Langrock led the Wildcats with 14 pints, Janae Payne scored 9, Kiesha Watts 8, Rahsanna Graham (RG), Julie Jansen, Hannah Knoll and Resego (Rosie) Mooki 4 each and Kenna Prosch 2.

Stanwood's varsity team came into the OHHS gym with only one loss, a 3-point deficit to 4A Arlington, and the left the gym with one loss as the used a hot offense to beat the Wildcats 67-45.  Joanna Leete led the team with 22 points, Deja Bunch finished with 7, AnnaBelle Whitefoot 5, Liz Lym 4, Jinai Guzman and Hayley Lundstrom 3 each and Brook Peplinski 1.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Freshmen photos are HERE

HERE are JV pics

Click HERE for varsity photos.


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MS Volleyball 2013-12-12 NWMS @ OHMS

The two Oak Harbor middle school volleyball teams met Thursday for their official league match.

In some years, it's NWMS with the experienced club player, sometime OHMS.  This year it's OHMS, especially the 8th grade team.

While the final scores weren't pretty, there was lots of action and fun times on the court for all four teams - 7th and 8th grade JV and Varsity.

They play one final fun match tonight at NWMS followed by a slide show and awards party.

Below are links to photos from the 4 matches played Thursday.

7th JV

8th JV

7th Varsity

8th Varsity


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BBB 2013-12-10 vs Snohomish

For the final game before starting play against league opponents, the Oak Harbor Wildcat boys basketball team hosted the Snohomish Panthers Tuesday evening.

In the dome, the Freshmen ended the first quarter with a 14-10 laed, but fell behind 37-24 at halftime.  Snohomish came out after the break and scored 26 points in the 3rd to lead 63-42.  The Wildcats outscored their opponent 21-12 in the final period, but the final score was Snohomish 77, Oak Harbor 63.  Jordan Davenport led the team with 18 points.  Also in double figures were Joshua Cote 15, JJ Mitchell 12 and Ty Baker 10.  Adam Nelson scored 4 and Princeton Lollar and James Lage scored 2 each.

The JV squad struggled offensively in the first period, with Diangelo McKinney's two points the only OH points in the period.  Defense was effective, holding Snohomish to 9 points.  McKinney added 9 more in the 2nd period, and at halftime it was OH 15, Snohomish 18.  The Panthers pulled away a bit in the 3rd, leading 38-28, but the Wildcat offense grew cold in the 4th and Snohomish won 58-35.  McKinney finished with 14 points to lead the team.  JJ Johnson dropped in a trio of 3-pointers for 9 points, Shane Huttula and Savion Hollins-Passmore scored 4 each, Sean Erskine 3 and Tanner Walker 1.

At the end of the first quarter of the varsity game, the Wildcats led 15-10, then took a 26-21 lead into the locker room at the half.  Snohomish made a run in the 3rd, but the Wildcats still led 42-37.  In the 4th, however, the Snohomish offense came alive.  The tied the game at 44, then took a lead late in the game, forcing the Wildcats to foul to stop the clock.  The Panthers were sharp from the line and left the OHHS gym with a 63-54 win.  Dyllan Harris paced the squad with 23 points.  Drew Washington scored 11, Zach Gibbs 9, Zach Jones 5, Gabe Groenig 4 and Jacob Sturdevant 2.

The boys travel to Stanwood this Thursday to start league play, then return home on Tuesday the 17th against Everett and Friday the 20th against Ferndale.


Video highlights are posted HERE.

Freshman pics are HERE

HERE are JV photos

Click HERE for photos from the varsity game.


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GBB 2013-12-16 vs Mt. Baker

Friday evening the Oak Harbor girls basketball team was at OHHS for their home opener, against Mt. Baker HS from near Bellingham.  There was only a JV and Varsity game as Mt. Baker does not field a "C" team.

The Wildcat JV team was perfect on defense in the first quarter, holding the visitors scoreless while the offense put up 8 points, and by halftime Mt. Baker had scored only 3 points.

Mt. Baker improved their offense in the 3rd quarter, but so did the 'Cats, nearly doubling their first half score in the 3rd.  Mt. Baker outscored Oak Harbor 14-11 in the final period, but the final score was 39-25 for the Wildcats.  Bryn Langrock and Kiesha Watts led the team with 9 apiece.  Rahsanna Graham (RG) moved up from the freshman team to score 7 and Julie Jansen finished with 3.  Scoring 2 point each were Janae Payne (JP), Michaela Dasch, Hannah Knoll and Lydia Peplinski.  Jaden Jesus from the freshman squad scored 1 point.

At the end of the first quarter of the varsity game, Oak Harbor held a 15-12 lead, but Mt. Baker dropped in 21 points in the 2nd quarter to take a 33-32 lead at halftime.  Oak Harbor stayed close in the 3rd, which ended with OH trailing 54-47, but a 4-point offensive output by the Wildcats in the 4th quarter let Mt. Baker escape with a 65-51 win.  Joanna Leete finished the game with 18 points, and Jinai Guzman was close behind with 14 points.  Natalie Fiallos scored 7, Liz Lym 6, Hayley Lundstrom 4 and Brook Peplinski 2.

The girls are at home this coming Friday for a game against Stanwood, then travel to Everett on the 18th.

JV photos are posted HERE

Click HERE for varsity pics.

Video highlights from the JV and Varsity games are posted HERE.


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Wrestling 2013-12-15 - Intrasquad scrimmage

Thursday evening the Wildcat Wrestling team opened their season with a fund-raising wrestleoff in the OHHS gym.  At stake were the 14 spots on the varsity squad.

There was a lot of good wrestling, especially from the many freshmen that turned out for this years' team.

Final varsity selections have not yet been announced.

Click HERE for over 100 photos from the matches.

Click HERE for a few video highlights.


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Boys Basketball

The 2-13-2014 boys basketball season kicked off with back-to-back games on Tuesday (vs Anacortes) and Wednesday (vs Ballard).

Tuesday's Anacortes games (Freshman, JV and Varsity) were played at Oak Harbor HS.  The evening started with the freshmen team over in the dome, and it was a close-fought battle for 3 quarters.  At the end of the first period the teams were tied at 12, and the Wildcats went into the locker room at halftime down only 1 point, 24-23.  The boys came back in the 3rd to take a 37-35 lead going into the final quarter, but the Anacortes offense caught fire, pouring in 23 points in the final 8 minutes.  The Seahawks also turned up the defense, holding OH to just 7 points in the 4th.  The final was 58-44 for Anacortes.

Jordan Davenport finished with 12 points for Oak Harbor and Dyllan Bailey scored 6.  Finishing with 5 points each were JJ Mitchell and Joshua Cote.  Adam Nelson, Ty Baker and Eli Loera each scored 4 points.  James Lage and Kurtis Zylstra finished with 2 each.

The next day against Ballard, the freshman team had another tight game.  Oak Harbor led 13-9 at the end of the first and led 23-19 at the half, but this time it was the opponent who came back in the 3rd to take a 31-29 lead.  Regulation time ended with the two teams tied at 38, so off to overtime they went.  The 5th quarter was tight, with neither team leading by more than 2 points, but in the end, the final was Oak Harbor 48, Ballard 46.  Davenport scored 12 and Baker and Cote were also in double figures with Baker scoring 11 and Cote 10.  Zylstra finished with 7, Princeton Lollar 4, and Nelson and Loera scored 2 apiece.

The JV squad struggled against both Anacortes and Ballard.  In the Anacortes game, the Seahawks sprinted to a 16-6 1-quarter lead and held on to win 55-29.  Savion Passmore led the Wildcats with 7 points.  Ben Fikse and Diangelo McKinney scored 5 each, while Anthony Powell, JJ Johnson and D'Andre Bellamy scored 2 each.

In the Ballard game, the Beavers dominated with a stifling defense.  The Wildcats were held to 4 points in the first quarter and just a single free throw in the second as the Seattle team went on to win 57-19.  Preston Rankin led the team with 9 points, all scored in the 4th period.  Johnson scored 3, JJ Mitchell, moving up to JV, scored 2 along with McKinney.  Passmore and Tanner Walker scored 1 point each.

Finally, the two varsity games.

Versus Anacortes, the Wildcats did well for the first two quarters, going into the locker room at halftime down a manageable 33-21.  However, Anacortes came out to start the 3rd quarter on a mission.  The Wildcat offense continued to perform, scoring 15 in the 3rd and 11 in the 4th, but after scoring 33 in the first two periods Anacortes scored 28 in the 3rd quarter alone, and added another 24 in the 4th to win 85-47.  Drew Washington 21 and Dyllan Harris 11 to lead the Wildcat scoring.  Jacob Sturdevant added 6, Gabe Groenig and Zach Jones 3 each, Shane Huttula 2 and Elijah Smith 1.

The next day, Washington and Harris switched roles, with Harris scoring 24 and Washington 12 as Ballard used a 19-4 first quarter to hold on for a 66-43 win.  Also scoring for Oak Harbor were Sturdevant, Jones and Sean Erskine with 2 each and Gabe Groenig with 1.

Next Tuesday the Wildcats are at home against Wesco 4A Snohomish, then again on December 20th against Ferndale before heading to Bellevue for their annual tournament.


Video highlights (JV and Varsity) from the Anacortes game are HERE

Freshman and Varsity highlights from the Ballard game are HERE.

Photo links are below.  All photos are now posted only to WescoAthletics.com


Varsity vs Anacortes
JV vs Anacortes
Freshmen vs Anacortes
Varsity vs Ballard
JV vs Ballard
Freshmen vs Ballard

BBB 2013-11-30 - Scrimmage

Saturday morning the boys basketball teams gathered in the OHHS gym for a pre-season warmup with some intersquad scrimmage.

The morning started with the Freshman team splitting and playing each other.  Although the C team didn't play two full quarters, they played enough for all the players to get some quality court time.  Ty Baker led all scoring with 8 points.

Then, the freshman team recombined and took on the JV squad.  The scrimmage was closer than many would have thought, with the JV leading 16-13 when time expired.  DeAngelo McKinney led all scoring with 10 points.

Finally, the JV vs Varsity.  This was a full 4-quarter game, with the varsity squad winning 74-48.  Drew Washington scored 26 for the varsity, with Zach Gibbs and Dyllan Harris scoring 15 each.  Also scoring for the varsity squad were Elijah Smith (8), Jacob Sturdevant (6) and Gabe Groenig (4).

For the JV team, McKinney scored 13, JJ Johnson 12 and Savion Hollins-Passmore 10.  Also on the board for the JV team were Anthony Powell (5), and Tanner Walker and Ben Fikse with 4 each.

No photos, sorry.


Some video clips are posted HERE.


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