AAU Girls basketball

Saturday afternoon, the 7^th and 8^th grade girls AAU basketball teams were both in action in their final game of the S.W.I.S.H league in Skagit County. The 7^th grade girls were at LaVenture Middle School against Lynden and the 8^th grade team was at Sedro-Woolley High School against Coupeville.

The 7^th grade team is made up of mostly 6^th grade girls and one 5^th grader, but since there are 2 7^th grade girls on the team, they play the 7^th grade schedule.

At the end of the 1^st quarter, the OH girls scored only 2 points, but came back in the 2^nd to score 6, then added 6 more in the 3^rd. However, they just didn’t have enough to overcome Lynden as the Cats lost 17-42. Leading the team in scoring was Rosie, with 8 points, followed by Deja with 5. Sade and R.G. netted 2 points each. The 7^th grade team finished the season 2-7 overall.

At Sedro later that afternoon, OH started out slow against their neighbors to the south with the 1^st period ending in a 4-4 tie. In the 2^nd period our girls took control of the game, outscoring Coupeville 10-2 to take a 14-6 lead at halftime. They increased their lead to 20-8 at the end of the third, but Coupeville wasn’t out, scoring 8 points in the final period and holding Oak Harbor to just 3. It wasn’t enough for Coupeville as OH won the game 23-16. “Speedy”, Monica and Brooke all scored 6 points each for the team, “Big Mac” and “Flash” added 2 each and Sierra hit a free throw to complete the scoring. The team ended the season with a 4-3 overall record.

While both teams ended the regular season, they still have the League Tournament to play. The 8th grade team plays at 2:35pm this coming Saturday, Dec 11th at LaConner High School. The 7th grade team plays at 9am at LaConner Middle School.

The full 8th grade bracket is HERE

The 7th grade bracket is HERE.

47 photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE, including team photos

56 8th grade photos are here, including team photos. A number of photos of Coupeville players made their way into this album as well.

A one minute 7th grade video highlight clip is posted HERE

Click HERE for the 8th grade clip.

Girls AAU basketball 2010-05-16 Tiger Tournament

Oak Harbor had a single representative in last weekend's Girls AAU Basketball Tiger Tournament in Burlington - Gary Brundidge's 5th grade team.

The first game was a close 14-11 to the Southside Crush, followed by a heartbreaking 2-point loss to EBC Thunder. The team finished pool play with a rematch against the Crush and this time pulled out a big 30-13 win.

Sunday was bracket play, starting with a semifinal game against UBA Lightning. The Wildcats faced and aggressive defense that got a lot of steals from our girls and it translated into a 19-9 loss for Oak Harbor.

The girls then faced Stanwood for a chance to finish 3rd, but sharp shooting and solid defense by the Spartans doomed the Oak Harbor effort, 20-14.

The Cats finished the tournament in 5th place.

72 photos from Sunday's action are posted HERE.

A short video clip is posted HERE.

Girls AAU basketball 02-15-2010 @ Stanwood

The 5/6th grade AAU team was in Stanwood over the President's Day weekend for a tournament and came away with 4th place.

The girls lost the first game to host Stanwood 32-22 on Saturday but came back on Sunday to defeat Lakewood 22-17.

In the 3rd place game on Monday, the girls struggled against a tight Bothell defense, scoring only 19 points. That wasn't enough to overcome the very active Bothell team which put the Cats in 4th place.

57 photos from Monday's action are posted HERE.

Girls AAU basketball 12-12-2009

The end of season tournament for the fall S.W.I.S.H. league was last Saturday, with the Oak Harbor 5th/6th grade team and 7th/8th grade team both playing games in La Conner.

The 7/8 team started first at 10:05am in the high school gym, where they beat the Orcas Lady Kings to advance to the semifinal round. In that game, played in the La Conner HS gym was against the La Conner team. Neither team played well, but La Conner played well enough to win, sending the Oak Harbor team into a 3rd place tie.

The 5/6 team came into the tournament seeded 2nd so had a first round bye. In semifinal action the girls faced the Orcas Vipers, a team they played and beat in the regular season. Orcas learned from the game, as the held Oak Harbor scoreless until the final seconds of the game when an OH player sank a rebound with about 5 seconds to play. The final score was 14-2 in favor of Orcas. The OH team went on to play for 3rd place, but the results of that game weren't available.

Photos from the 7th/8th grade game vs La Conner are posted HERE.

5th/6th grade team photos are HERE.

Girls AAU basketball 11-14-2009

Since there weren't enough girls to form separate teams, Oak Harbor is fielding only two girls AAU teams in the winter SWISH league in Mt. Vernon. One is a combined 5th and 6th grade team, the other a combined 7th and 8th grade team.

If anyone knows of any middle school girls who would like to play basketball, I'm sure either coach would be more than happy to add to the team's depth chart! The 5/6 grade team is especially short of players. Contact coach Gary Brundidge (sarjesgm@comcast.net) for more info.

The 5/6 grade team played two games early Saturday morning and scores aren't available.

The 7/8 team played just one game in the late afternoon against Coupeville, and it wasn't much of a contest. Oak Harbor jumped out to an early 14-0 lead and led 19-6 at the half. The 'Cats continued to build their lead, finishing on the top end of a 36-12 score. Individual stats aren't kept at this level.

41 images from the game are posted HERE.