Baseball 2012-04-17 and 18 vs Lynnwood

Tuesday afternoon the varsity baseball squad played Lynnwood at home. Down 3-0 in the 3rd, inning, the Wildcats went on a 5-run rally with 2 outs to take the lead, but Lynnwood came back with 4 runs in the 6th and held on to win 8-7.

At Lynnwood, the JV squad also fell by a single run, 11-10

Photos from the varsity game are posted HERE.

The next day the two teams swapped fields, and results.

At home, the JV team held off a mid-game rally by the Royals to win 10-5, while the varsity team held off a late rally by Lynnwood to win 8-4

Photos from the JV game are posted HERE.


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Baseball update

While most of the Oak Harbor spring sports teams had the week of spring break off, the baseball teams were very busy, getting in 3 games each.

On April 4th, varsity was at Mountlake Terrace, falling 11-1, while the JV team gave up a 5-2 lead at home and lost 5-6.

Photos from the JV game are posted HERE.

The next day the two teams traded places, with similar results. The varsity squad fell 12-1 and the JV team 11-8.

Varsity vs MLT photos are HERE.

On Friday the 6th, JV was at home to Shorewood and could get only one run across the plate, losing 13-1. At Shorewood, the varsity team was tied 0-0 through the 6th inning before the Thunderbirds got a couple of runs across the plate to win 2-0.

Shorewood JV pictures are posted HERE.





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Baseball 2011-05-09 vs Glacier Peak

After sweeping the Grizzlies 13-1 and 7-2 in the final two games of the regular season, the Wildcats again faced Glacier Peak in the first game of the double-elimination playoff tournament. The 'Cats were able to get men on base, but were not able to get them across the plate and GP went on to win 5-1. The Wildcat's run came off a Yale Rosen solo home run shot in the 5th inning.

The team next plays at Mt. Vernon, the #2 seed and surprise 2-0 loser to Meadowdale. The game will be tonight, Tuesday, at 4pm in Mt. Vernon.

44 photos from Monday's game are posted HERE.

Baseball 2011-05-03 vs Glacier Peak

The Wildcat varsity baseball team clinched a second place finish in WESCO and will be the #3 seed in the District tournament after thumping visiting Glacier Peak 13-1 in five innings.

GP got on the board first with a single run, but the 'Cats exploded for 8 runs in the 2nd and added 5 more in the 3rd, ending with a 2-run home run by Yale Rosen over the right field fence.

46 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Baseball

Holding on to their 2nd place standing in WESCO 3A, the Wildcat varsity baseball team unleashed their offense on the Lynnwood Royals, winning both games by mercy rule.

On Tuesday the boys won 10-0 in six innings on the Royals home field, then came back to Oak Harbor to win 15-0 in just 5 innings.

Below are some photos from the JV team in action at OHHS vs Lynnwood. The 'Cats were up 4-2 in the middle of the game, but the final score wasn't readily available.

34 JV baseball photos are HERE.

Baseball 2011-04-15 vs Everett

The Oak Harbor baseball team, having a stellar season so far, stumbled a bit Friday against the visiting Everett Seagulls.

Oak Harbor scored first, but Everett scored when it counted, putting 3 runs across the plate in the 6th inning, two of them after an Oak Harbor error and won 7-5.

The Varsity Wildcats are at home against 2-win Lynnwood Wednesday and the JV teams hosts Lynnwood Tuesday afternoon.

32 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Baseball vs Mountlake Terrace

The Wildcat varsity team played two games against the Hawks, picked in the coaches poll to finish 2nd in WESCO 3A.

The first game on Tuesday at Mountlake Terrace was a 10-inning marathon won by the Wildcats 4-3.

The second game was scheduled for Wednesday, but rain, sleet and snow during the day forced a postponement until Thursday.

In that 2nd game, things did not go well early for Oak Harbor, as Terrace jumped to a 4-0 lead. Oak Harbor closed to within a run in the 5th by scoring 3 runs then scored 3 more in the bottom of the 6th to take a 7-6 lead which was enough to win the game.

Today, Friday, the Shorewood Thunderbirds come to town. The T-Birds were picked at the top team in the state in the preseason poll and are currently ranked 3rd in 3A. The Wildcats are ranked 9th in the coaches poll. The winner of the game will take possession of 1st place in WESCO 3A.

60 photos from the early part of the game are posted HERE.

Baseball 2011-03-15 vs Mt. Vernon

The Oak Harbor Wildcats opened their 2011 season with a slugfest vs visiting Mt. Vernon.

The Bulldogs took an early 4-0 lead after 3 straight hits in the bottom of the 1st inning, but the Wildcats came back, batting around the order to take a 7-4 lead.

The game never finished, but was called on account of darkness, and the game ended a 17-17 tie.

49 photos from early in the game are posted HERE.

Next up for baseball is next week, hosting Monroe on Thursday, March 24th. The JV team plays at home this afternoon vs Mariner.

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.

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.

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.

Baseball 2010-04-20 vs Monroe

On a cool, cloudy, but dry day, the OHHS varsity baseball team took on the Monroe Bearcats at the OH field.

Things were looking good in early in the game as OH knocked home 3 runs to take a 3-1 lead, but errors by the Wildcats proved fatal as Monroe came back to win 6-5.

Jay Stout took the loss which forced OH into a 3-way tie for 3rd place in the WESCO North with Monroe and Arlington.

Thursday's game against Cascade was rained out and will be made up Friday at Cascade in a double-header starting at 2pm.

59 photos from the game are posted HERE.

JV results for the week weren't provided.

Baseball update

It was a busy, but overall successful week on the diamond for the Oak Harbor baseball teams.

Last week the JV team played against Everett, Stanwood and Everett again, winning one of the games.

vs Everett, Jack Richter hit a solo home run and Grant Schroeder had a single RBI, but it wasn't enough at the Wildcats lost that game 19-2.

The boys beat Stanwood 14-4, with Peter Franssen going 1-1 with a home run and reached base 3 times (walked and hit by pitch).

Gabe Clark was 2-3 with a three-run triple.
Jack Richter was 2-4 with two singles.  He also struck out 6, allowed 4 runs, and got the win.
Dimitri Munoz struck out 3 of the four hitters he faced in the top of the 6th.

The rematch against Everett was better, but not good enough as the JV team lost 9-4
Andrew Snavely was 2-4 with two singles.
Peter Franssen was also 2-4 with a run scored.
Of the second Everett game, Coach Day said "
Our pitchers struggled to throw strikes, walking 3 and allowing 10 hits.

In varsity action:

The week started with a makeup of a rain-delayed game against Everett, and after a slow start, the OH bats came alive in the 5th inning when the Wildcats scored 3 runs and put the game away with 6 more in the final inning.  Even with all the scoring, only senior Nate Young had more than one hit, going 2-4 and scoring twice.

On Wednesday the 7th, OH was able to sneak by Stanwood 5-4.  The Cats were down 1-0 going into the 6th inning then were able to score all 5 runs - on just one hit.  Stanwood hit two OH batters and walked two more.  A bad throw by a fielder and a wild pitch allowed the Wildcat runs to score.  The 5 runs were just enough as Stanwood scored 2 in the bottom of the inning and scored one more in the 7th before the rally was stopped.  Jay Stout pitched 5 2/3 innings, striking out 5 batters and giving up 3 hits.

On Thursday the team was back in action with the 2nd game against Everett.  While OH again seemed to have little problems getting runs across the plate, this time Everett showed some offense as well.  OH scored 3 in the 1st inning and another in the 2nd but Everett scored 5 of their own in the 2nd to take the lead.  OH regained the lead and led 13-7 going into the bottom of the final inning.  Everett scored 4 runs and had the tying run on base before OH reliever Ryan Byrne came in to earn his 4th save of the season.  Kian Mebane, Wade Burns and Sam Wolfe all got 2 hits each in the game.

Hoping to complete a sweep of the week's games, the Wildcats hosted Stanwood on a sunny Friday afternoon.  OH scored in the first inning and added three more in the 2nd and 3rd to take a 4-2 lead.  The Wildcats continued to score until the 6th inning when Brad Farnum hit a double to score Sam Glavin and Yale Rosen, ending the game under the 10-run rule.

The 4-game winning streak by the varsity team moved them from last place in the WESCO North into 3rd place and into the playoff hunt.

40 photos from Friday's varsity game vs Stanwood are posted HERE.

Baseball 2010-03-19 Varsity vs Mt. Vernon

Hosting the Mt. Vernon Bulldogs on a beautiful, warm Friday afternoon, it was looking like another day of little offense for the Wildcats as the game was scoreless until the Bulldogs scored a run in the 5th inning.

Oak Harbor answered in the bottom of the inning but got only 1 run to tie it up. Mt. Vernon was held scoreless in the 6th, then things got on track for the Wildcats. Brad Farnum started it off with a double, Yale Rosen walked, then Josh Evans hit his own double to bring Farnum home and put Rosen on third. Ben Cardinal brought Rosen home with a single then the Wildcats hit into a double play to end the inning but led 3-1.

In the top of the 7th Mt. Vernon could get only one man on base and a 6-3 put out ended the game.

75 photos are posted here to enjoy.

Baseball 2010-03-15 Varsity vs Edmonds

The OHHS Varsity baseball team hosted their first home game of the season by playing the Edmonds-Woodway Warriors.

The Wildcats found themselves in a deep hole halfway through the game with E-W leading 12-0. In the bottom of the 4th, OH batters started getting some solid hits. Jay Stout went first with a single and he was followed by Kian Mebane, Brad Farnum, Gabe Clark and Nate Young. When EW got the 3rd out the Wildcats had scored 4 runs.

OH added 3 more runs in the 5th, again starting with a hit by Stout, this time a triple. Later, with the bases loaded, the Warriors walked Justin Counts and Pat Higbee to add two more to the Wildcat total.

Edmonds went on to add another 3 runs to their total and the Wildcats did not score any more as the game ended 15-7 in favor of E-W.

38 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Baseball 5-1 vs Lake Stevens

The OH baseball team gave up 3 runs in the top of the 2nd, but scored one in the 1st inning and 2 more in the 2nd to tie the game at 3, and at the end of 7 innings, the score was still tied.

In the top of the 8th, the Viking were able to rip out 4 runs, and in the bottom of the 8th, the Wildcats could score only 1 man, and were on the short end of the 7-4 score.

16 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Freshman baseball 4-29 vs Lynden Christian

The below update was received from Coach Day.

"...we lost to Lynden Christian 5-3 on Wednesday night. Pat Hageman pitched well and struck out several batters. In the end, several errors were too much to overcome. Mitch Mertins had two singles and an RBI. We did have a bit of a surge in the top of the 7^th. We scored one run on three hits but left runners on 2^nd and 3^rd to end the game.

Our game last night with Mr. Baker was cancelled by them in order to cut costs. Our last game will be at home on Tuesday against Sedro-Woolley."

Come out next Tuesday and cheer on the future of OH baseball!

Baseball 4-29 vs Arlington

After being down 4-0 halfway through the game, the varsity baseball team dug in to win on a 1-out walk-off sacrifice fly by sophomore Jay Stout that drove Nate Young in to score the team's 5th run of the game.

A photo of the winning slide into home plate and 34 others are posted HERE.

Baseball 04-24 vs Cascade

Both the baseball and softball teams both played against aggressive Cascade squads Friday, and both the varsity and JV teams were beaten by the Bruins.

Ryan Byrne hit a double to start the 4th inning, but that was the only hit the Wildcats could muster that afternoon.

Photos from the JV team are posted HERE.

Baseball 4-22 vs Cascade

The varsity baseball team got thumped on Wednesday by Cascade, who belted out 18 runs against the Wildcats' 7. No other stats were reported, nor was the JV score.