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The final OHMS vs NWMS girls basketball game was held Thursday evening at NWMS and again the Panthers emerged victorious.
In the 7th grade game OakHarbor jumped out to an early 10-4 lead and North Whidbey just couldn’t get things going and get back in the game.The Cougars did keep things respectable but finished on the wrong end of the 37-20 score.Aubrey Lock led NWMS in scoring with 10 points while Natalie McVey and Jessica Hollins each added 4 and Hayley Lundstrom ended the game with 2 points.For the Panthers, Nalani Gabbert stood out with 17 points, 9 in the 2nd quarter alone.Brook Peplinski added 8 of her own and McKinley Kellogg 4.Michelle Braegger, Kendalyn Wersland, Andreanna Turner and Sierra Southwick each scored 2 points.
The 8th grade was similar, although the score was tied 6-6 at the end of the 1st.OHMS corrected that by going on a 10-4 run in the 2nd to finish the half leading 16-10.The Panthers stepped up their aggressive defense in the 3rd, holding NW to just 2 points.When the dust settled it was OHMS 36, NWMS 16.For the Panthers, it was Annie Leete on top with 20 points.Nina Coleman and Sam Hawkins scored 4 each and Zana Harrison and KC Winfield scored 2 each.The leading scorer for the Cougars was Melanie Callaway with 8 points.Breanna Roderos scored 4 and Natalie Fiallos and Caterina Amsler a pair each.
That game ended the middle school winter sports seasons, and eyes will now turn to the upcoming track season.
The girls tennis teams are busy, playing 3 matches per week, and this week was no different.
Wednesday's match was against Lake Stevens, with the varsity girls at home and the JV away.
While Cady O'Dell and Erin Neilon at 1st and 2nd singles had a fairly easy time, winnign 6-2, 6-3 and 6-0, 6-0 respectively, 3rd and 4th single had a harder time. At 3rd, junior Clarissa Abadesco won her first set 6-3 but lost the next two by 6-4 scores. Jordan Faralan at 4th went the opposite way, dropping her first 6-4 then winning the next two 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles was all Lake Stevens with the exception of Shannon Neilon and Joyce Abides at 3rd who went 3 long sets before falling 7-5, 2-6, 3-6.
The two school split the extra matches, with Darcy Fremd and Kelli Travenetti losing by a very close 8-6 and Nicole McKenzie and Molly Van Dam winning by an equally close 9-7 score.
Coach Mells said it was a close contest that could have gone either way and Erin Neilon was "most impressive".
At the JV match, it was all Lake Stevens as OH was able to win only a single match. Cassie Gianino lost her first set 1-6, dominated the second 6-1 and pulled out a 10-5 win in the 3rd. Coach Brown said that 1st and 2nd doubles (Ashley Leslie/Kim Kerley and Juliana Meenan/Jordan Trask) gave full measure before going down by identical 4-6, 5-7 scores.
71 photos from the varsity match are posted HERE. Not all players are identified by name. Sorry. If you are misidentified, send and email to oakharborsportsreport@comcast.net and it will be corrected immediately.
On Friday, March 19th the varsity was again at home against Arlington while the JV was on the road at the Eagles' home court.
As with Lake Stevens, one singles match proved the difference. The top 3, O'Dell, Neilon and Laurin Rico, won their matches easily. Abadesco, now at 4th singles, played a long match and wound up falling in straight sets 7-5, 6-2. Arlington won all three scoring doubles matches to win 4-3.
At Arlington, the JV girls played some tough tennis. Arlington won the scoring matches 5-2, but it wasn't easy for them. Cassie Gianino and Kelli Travenetti at 1st and 2nd singles both won but had to go to an extra set for the win. Cassie won 4-6, 6-4 (10-7) while Kelli won 1-6, 6-2, (10-6).
OH picked up some more wins in the extra matches, getting 6 wins to Arlington's 4. Winners were A. Leslie/K. Kerley 8-5, C. Espiritu/K. Escartin 8-8(7-5), J. Meenan/A. Haynes 8-5, M. Murdock/T. Edwards 8-5, E. Macapinlac/C. Shumate 8-5 and K. Travenetti/K. Shiels 8-2.
The OHHS JV baseball team opened their home season with a game against the Sedro-Woolley Cubs on March 17th and came away victors.
It didn’t start out well for the Wildcats as the team gave up 4 runs in the 1st inning.OH was able to get one run across the plate in the bottom of the inning to make it 4-1.The Wildcats knocked a pair of hits in the 2nd resulting in two runs for OHHS.Jackson walked, then hits by Cameron and Kusnick helped drive in the runs by Jackson and Cameron.Sedro also scored to make the score 5-3 at the end of the 2nd.
In the 3rd, the Cubs were held scoreless (and would remain that way until the 7th) while Glavick scored to make it a 1-run game.OakHarbor tied the game in the 5th when Mertins scored then took a 6-5 lead in the 6th on Cameron’s 2nd run of the game after a double by Kusnick and a single by Munoz.
Sedro scored in the top of the 7th to tie the game to tie the game at 6 and the Wildcats were not able to score in the bottom of the inning.In the extra-inning 8th the Cubs were 3 up and 3 down and in the bottom of the inning, Cameron scored once more after reaching base on an error by the SW 3rd baseman.A sacrifice fly by Kusnick and error on the Cub shortstop allowed Cameron to score and end the game in a 7-6 OakHarbor victory.
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The OHHS Girls Golf team opened the season with the Gallery Shootout at Oak Harbor's Gallery Golf Course. It was cool and dry for the most part, but very windy on the course.
Ashley Johnson shot a 97 to lead the Wildcats to a 3rd place finish. Coming in behind Oak Harbor were WESCO opponents Marysville, Lake Stevens and Monroe.
Melany Cone shot a 102, Simone Hamilton 107, Sasha Olson 118, Mara Cortez 126 and Millie Goebel 135 to finish the Wildcat scoring.
The low score for the day was Seo Hee Moon from Kamiak who shot a 76. The high score was a 165 shot by girls on two different teams.
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.
The OHHS Spring sports season (home edition) started off with a JV tennis match vs Monroe at the OHHS tennis courts. At the same time, the varsity team was at Monroe.
In the JV matches the Wildcats swept in singles, winning all four matches in straight sets. Coach Garry Brown was especially impressed by the play of Kristen Shields at 3rd singles who "destroyed her opponent" 6-1, 6-1. The JV girls added a win at 1st doubles (Ashley Leslie and Kim Kerley) to win the match 5-2. Leslie and Kerley went to a tiebreaker in the 2nd set to win 6-0, 7-6 (3). Monroe responded by sweeping the exhibition matches but OH got the match win.
The varsity results were quite similar. OH swept the singles matches for the 4-3 win. Both 1st and 2nd doubles went to 3 sets before Monroe ultimately prevailed. Coach Mells said that it was a close contest that could have gone either way. He gave credit to Clarissa Abadesco for pulling out a win in a hard-fought 3-set match.
Here are the complete varsity results: Cady O'Dell beat Brooke Winslow 6-0, 6-0 Erin Neilon beat Kendra Whitefield 6-2, 6-0 Clarissa Abadesco beat Gabrielle Lindquist 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Jordan Faralan beat Belle Chen 6-4, 6-2
Alexa Holmly and Jennifer Fremd lost to Davis and Drew 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 Jennifer Bowers and Kerry Rathsabanhdith lost to Breaker and Theissen 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 Shannon Neilon and Joyce Abides lost to Kailand and McLaughlin 6-4, 7-5
Exhibition matches were also reported: Darcy Fremd and Ashley Haynes lost to Amsberry and O'Mally 8-2 McKenzie and Van Dam lost to Love and Zuehlsdoaf 8-4
The varsity girls open their home season Wednesday vs Lake Stevens and are home again on Friday vs Arlington.
The Wildcat United wrestling team finished the regular season with a double dual meet at Mt. Baker Middle School going up against the host school and a combined LaConner/Concrete/Darrington team.
The Wildcats went first against Mt. Baker and dominated 52-25. In addition to 3 forfeits, the Wildcat boys pinned their opponent 4 times and won 7 matches overall.
Earning victory by pinfall were Chris Bertram, Gabe Eccleston, Jerry Rios and Devin Jensen. Roy Buch won with a 12-2 major decision. Jahleel Vester and Wiatt Charlesworth rounded out the Wildcat victories.
Results from the second set of matches, versus the La Conner/Darrington/Concrete team are not available.
Both OHMS and NWMS had home games this past week but unfortunately there wasn't much success.
NWMS faced off against Burlington on March 9th and let's just say that both games were all Burlington. On the plus side, there are some great photos from the 7th grade game posted HERE and from the 8th grade game posted HERE.
The Oak Harbor Middle School Panthers traveled across town Monday afternoon to North Whidbey Middle School for the 2nd of a series of 3 games this year.
In 7th grade action, the two teams played fairly even, with the Cougars scoring 2 and the Panthers getting 4. in the 2nd period OHMS came to life and poured in 10 points while holding NWMS to just 2 points to lead 14-4 at halftime. The Panthers scored another 11 in the 3rd to take a commanding 25-6 lead. In the final period it was OHMS that went scoreless and the Cougars scoring 6 to make the final 25-12 in favor of Oak Harbor.
Nalani Gabbert and Brook Peplinski led OHMS with 6 points each. Rebecca Pabona scored 4, Michelle Braegger 4, and Kayla Bushong, Kendalyn Wersland and Heather Anderson with 2 each.
For the Cougars it was Jessica Hollins and Hayley Lundstrom with 4 each while Aubrey Lock and Kayla Jones scored 2 each.
The 8th grade game went pretty much as expected. It's the Panther's year and OHMS scored early and scored often. It was 13-4 at teh end of the first and 19-6 at halftime. The game slowed down a bit in the 3rd with the Panthers scoring just 9 points and the Cougars 5, but in the final quarter OHMS poured in 14 points to win the game 42-15.
Kaitlyn Haley and Cassidy Gurich each scored 4 points for the Cougars, Chelsea Atkinson scored 3 and Lizzy Fry and Breanna Roderos each got 2 points.
For the Panthers it was Annie Leete with 16. Jamielee Estrella, Kyla Bernardo and Maddie Ching scored 4 each. Nina Coleman, Rebecca Schrum, KC Winfield, Angelica Brown, Sam Hawkins and Makenzi Schulle had 2 each.
Mt. Vernon's LaVenture Middle School was the visiting team Thursday at North Whidbey Middle School for girls basketball game.
The 7th grade game was full of action, but little scoring. LaVenture was able to score 9 points and held the Cougars scoreless. NW got their first point on a rebound and score by Kayla Jones at the 5:47 mark in the 2nd period. Just over a minute later Natalie McVey scored as well but that was it for the first half. LaVenture only scored 4 in the 2nd period to lead 13-4 at the half. The two teams played even for the rest of the game, leaving LaVenture with a 22-12 victory. Hayley Lundstrom scored twice in the 2nd half to lead the team in scoring with 4 points. McVey, Jones, Jessica Hollins and Aubrey Lock each scored 2 points.
It was a slow start as well for the 8th graders. At the end of the first period the score was 3-2 in favor of the Cougars, with all 3 points coming off of Chelsea Atkinson free throws. LaVenture hit a pair of 3-pointers in the 2nd period and held NW to just one field goal to lead 8-5 at the half. Atkinson finally got going in the 3rd period, scoring 10 points to account for all of the NWMS scoring in the period. During that time the defense held LaVenture to just 2 points. In the 4th, LaVenture was able to put up 9 points, but behind 7 made free throws by Chelsea, the Cougars were able to hold on for a 27-19 win - their first of the season.
The Anacortes Seahawks traveled to OHMS for a pair of middle school girls basketball games on March 3rd and left double winners.
Due to some player issues, the 8th grade team played first. The Panthers got on the board first when K.C. Winfield snagged the rebound and put it back for two, but there wasn't much more scoring as OH had some problems going against the Seahawk press. By then end of the 1st period, Anacortes had taken a 15-7 lead and increased it to 30-15 at the half. OH couldn't get much going in the 2nd half either as Anacortes cruised to a 61-25 win. Leading the Panthers was Annie Leete with 16 points. Sam Hawkins scored 3 while Winfield, Makenzie Schulle and Maria Backus scored 2 each.
The 7th grade game wasn't much different. Brook Peplinksi scored with 5:30 left in the 1st period to make the score 6-4 for Anacortes but the Panthers wouldn't score again until Nalani Gabbert scored twice in less than 30 seconds with 4:40 left until halftime. At the half, it was Anacortes 26, OH 11. The Panthers scored 4 in the 3rd and 5 in the 4th but the final was Anacortes 52, OH 20. Gabbert led the team with 8 points, McKinley Kellogg came on in the 2nd half to score 6, Peplinski finished with 4 and Heather Anderson scored 2 points.
The Wildcat United wrestling team completed their home season with a meet vs the Anacortes Seahawks at NWMS on March 1st.
In JV action, winners were Kaleb Curtis, Anthony Alexander, Kurtis Williams, Kenny King, Koby Cosper and Jeremy Vester, all by pin. Winning by decision were Roy Buch (4-1) and Pat Brooke (10-4)
The Wildcats fell behind early in the varsity matches, losing the first two by pin. The first win was a pinfall by Jahleel Vester at 100 lbs. The Wildcats picked up another win when Anthony Smith beat Varnado 13-1 to make the team score 10-12.
Oak Harbor then lost another by pin but Wiatt Charlesworth and Gage Eccleston both pinned their opponents to put the Wildcats up 22-18 but Anacortes won the next match to take the lead back.
In one of the more interesting matches of the afternoon, Brody Dedobbelaere beat Gallo 7-5. Brody got an early takedown the Gallo earned a 1-point escape near the end of the 1st period. Brody started the 2nd in the top position and Gallo was able to get a reverse to take a 3-2 lead at the end of the 2nd. The 3rd started with Brody down and about halfway through the period was able to score an escape as the wrestlers went out of bounds to tie it at 3 each. On the re-set, Gallo scored a takedown to lead 5-3, but then got called for locking his hands, giving one point to Dedobbelaere as the buzzer sounded. Because the penalty was late in the match, 6 seconds was put back on the clock. Gallo was called AGAIN for locking hands right at the buzzer, and the wrestlers were set again with 3 seconds now on the clock and the score tied at 5. All Gallo needs to do is hold Brody down for 3 seconds to send the match into overtime. That's not what happened. Gallo was called a 3rd time for locking his hands (they were all pretty obvious), and since it was his 3rd call for the same technical violation, two points were awarded to Brody and he won 7-5, putting Wildcat United back on top 25-24.
The Wildcats then lost two decisions but picked up 6 points on a pin by Devin Jensen to re-take the 1-point lead. Peter Case-Smith won a tough 5-0 decision to extend the lead to 34-30 then Ed Macinpaulic pinned Hiles to ensure the Oak Harbor victory.
The final was 40-36 and the wrestlers are next in action Friday, March 5th at Cascade MS in Sedro Woolley. 68 photos are posted HERE
It was another frenzied day of Youth basketball at OHMS last Saturday starting with the Kindergarten camp at 9:30am and continuing through to 4th grade.
The kids play in 3 age-group levels. The Kindergarten Camp focuses on basic skills such as dribbling and there is some live-action play near the end of the hour.
The 1st and 2nd graders are grouped together and are split into teams as are the 3rd and 4th graders.
The Kindergarten and 1/2 grade teams are co-ed while the 3-4 grade teams are gender specific.
While only the games at OHMS were covered, there is also a full slate of games at NWMS.
The Middle School girls basketball season kicked off on Feb 18th with the first of two scheduled OHMS vs NWMS games. This first game was held at OHMS and the host team won both games.
In the 7th grade game the Panthers were all over the Cougars. OH led 9-2 at the end of the first and 13-4 at halftime. The Cougars woke up some in the 2nd half, doubling their point total in the 3rd and doubling it again in the 4th, but the Panthers were steady on offense and won 41-16. 4 players scored for NWMS - Meghan Gronbach 2, Gina Parrot 2, Hayley Lundstrom 2 and Natalie McVey 10. Seven Cougars got on the board let by Sierra Southwick with 10 points. Brook Peplinski scored 8, Kendal Wersland 7, Heather Anderson 6, Alyssa Eden and Alexia Mobley 4 each and Hanna Gluth 2.
The 8th grade game was much closer, but OHMS won handily. The Panthers took an early 12-4 lead and the Cougars just couldn't get past the OH press. The two teams played almost even in the 2nd period with OH adding one point to their lead, 19-12 at halftime. The 2nd half was similar to the first and OHMS won 35-23. The Panthers were led by Annie Leete with 21 points. Jamie Estrella and Zana Harrison hit for 4 points each while K.C. Winfield, Kyla Bernardo and Rebecca Schrum scored 2 points apiece. The Cougars were led by Lizzie Fry with 6 points. Chelsea Atkinson scored 5, Cassidy Gurich and Breanna Roderos 4 each, and Melanie Callaway and Caterina Amsler 2 each.
No photos or video from this first matchup as the OHSR was at NWMS covering the first of only two home wrestling meets.
We did cover the OHMS vs Cascade MS game on Feb 25th.
Things were looking good for the 7th grade team early. Brook Peplinski took the opening tip in for a score and the OH defense held Cascade scoreless for half of the first period. Cascade then went on a 8-0 run but Nalani Gabbert hit a shot just before the buzzer to make it 8-4 in favor of Cascade. Things fell apart in the 2nd period as the Panthers allowed 9 points and did not score any of their own, leaving Cascade with a commanding 17-4 lead at halftime. After the break, the Panther defense stepped up, holding Cascade to just 4 points, but the offense again had a hard time getting the ball through the net, scoring just 2 points all quarter. OH scored 3 and Cascade 6 in the final period as OHMS lost 27-9. Gabbert finished with 5 points and Peplinski 4 to account for all the Panther scoring.
The 8th grade game was the opposite, with a very aggressive Panther team running away to a 16-2 first quarter lead and never looking back. The blowout started with Annie Leete scoring on the opening tip and the Panthers led 7-0 before Cascade could score. It wasn't until 6:10 left in the half before Cascade scored again. OHMS scored in double figures in every quarter except the 2nd and only let Cascade get 14 points for the game. The final was 42-14 in favor of the Panthers. Leading the team again was Annie Leete with 20. Jamie Estrella had 6, Nina Coleman and Zana Harrison 4 each, and Maddie Ching, Makenzi Schulle and Olivia Hunt scored 2 each.
The middle school wrestling season kicked off with a big dual meet at NWMS. In prior years the two OH middle schools have had separate teams, but this year the schools have combined. The meet was against a combined LaConner, Darrington, Concrete team.
No official scorebook was kept during the meet, but overall, Wildcat United won about half the matches.
Wildcat winners were Matt Zafra, Pat Brooke, Athan Taisague, K'Kai Tarrant, Kurtis Williams, Anthony Smith, Wiatt Charlesworth, Sheyenne Sams, Devin Jensen, Peter Case-Smith, Koby Cosper and Traeton Leathers and Roy Buch. A video clip with 6 highlights can be seen by clicking HERE.
91 photos, covering almost every wrestler who got on the mat, are posted HERE.
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.
The 4 boys AAU teams each played 2 games at OHHS this past Saturday against Everett and Cascade, with some pleasant surprises along the way.
In the dome, the 5th grade team won their game against Everett. The reported score was 28-24 but 30-17 was in the scorebook. It was the first win of the year for the 5th grade boys. They could not keep up the winning and fell to Cascade in the 2nd game 20-39.
Also in the dome, the 6th grade boys won their first game of the season, beating Everett 27-24. Everett dominated through most of the game and was leading 22-16 starting the final period, but the OH boys came alive with 11 points while the defense held Everett to just 2 points. In the second game, Cascade won 49-16 (scorebook) or 57-27 (reported). Take your pick.
The 7th grade team has played decent basketball, but often can't seem to get those few extra points for the win. In their first game they beat Everett 52-38 for their 2nd win of the year. Z. Jones was the leading scorer with 23. D. Sellgren put in 10, J. Sturdevant 8, B. Coleman 6 and G. Eccleston 5. In game two, the boys played a tight, consistent game but wound up on the short side of a 61-60 score. Jones again led the team, this time with 24 and Sturdevant was also in double figures with 14. H. Adams finished with 8, Eccleston 7 and T. Bobo 2.
In 8th grade game against Everett, the team was missing 3 starters due to a band commitment, but the rest of the team rallied and played some good basketball. At the end of the first OH was leading 10-7 and still held a 18-17 lead at the half. The 3rd period was not kind to the boys as they scored only 6 points while allowing 7. They couldn't dig themselves out of the 11-point hole and fell to the Seagulls 47-35. McKenzie led the scoring with 22 points, Gray hit for 5, Galio 4, Zafra and Mattila 2 each. Things didn't get much better in the 2nd game as after ending the 1st period in a 12-12 tie, Cascade went on a 22-8 run to open a 34-20 halftime lead. OH made up 3 of the points in the 3rd, but again the Cascade offense went wild, hitting for 24 points in the final period and winning 69-46. In this game, Drew Washington scored 15, Gibbs and Mackenzie 9 each, Rennes 8, Mattila 4 and Wiedrich 2.
The individual scoring does not necessarily add up to the team scores as the scorekeeping was not always perfect. The same goes with any misspelled names. If any names are misspelled, send an email and they will be corrected immediately.
There was a gym full of kids ranging from Kindergarten through 5th grade at Oak Harbor Middle School on Saturday as the OH rec league had another day of basketball action.
It's not the best basketball ever played, but the kids are learning the fundamentals of the game along with sportsmanship and teamwork. Photos of a team called the 'Cougars' are posted HERE. More photos will be posted after next Saturday's games (2/20)
The Wildcats qualified swimmers for the state meet in 5 different events as they finished in 4th place at a team. Kamiak won the meet with a staggering 612 points. Marysville was second with 394 and Shorewood 3rd with 344. The Wildcats scored 288 points.
Qualifying for state:
200M Medley relay - Jacob Jepsen, Yale Rose, Brandon Vagt and Matt Bolte 200M Individual Medley - Price Hu 50M Freestyle - Yale Rosen 100M Butterfly - Price Hu 100M Breaststroke - Yale Rosen
Oak Harbor sent a total of 6 wrestlers to two regional tournaments over the weekend.
Sophomore Jennifer Fremd went to the girls tournament at Sedro-Woolley and finished in 4th place, good enough for a trip to Tacoma for next week's State Tournament.
In Auburn, Oak Harbor was represented by sophomore Corey Trimbur (103 lbs), senior Colton Elliot (140 lbs), soph Brandon Stratton (145 lbs) and senior Zach Loescher (171 lbs). Sophomore Justin Everett went as an alternate but did not wrestle.
All 4 guy wrestlers lost one match on the first day. Stratton and Loescher each lost two matches and were eliminated Friday night.
On Saturday, Trimbur faced Sonny Bates-Mundell of Snohomish, a wrestler he had trouble with at the District Tournament and wound up on the short end of a 10-3 score and was eliminated.
Elliot started Saturday with a pin, then faced a WESCO North opponent in Brian Donaldson of Marysville, the WESCO champion who beat Colton 6-2 in the tournament. It was a tough match, but Colton lost by the closest of margins, 1-0. Now in the 5th/6th match, with the winner going to state and the loser going home, Colton dug deep and pinned Strickland of Kamiak in 4:18.
So, next week make sure to cheer for Colton and Jennifer as they go to Tacoma for the 2010 Mat Classic.
For the 2 time in 3 days the OH girls played uninspired basketball. At Shorewood for a one-game, winner-to-district-tournament game, the Wildcat girls let Shorewood run all over them for a 51-43 lead. Shorewood finished in 8th place in WESCO South with a 6-14 record, but due to the large number of 3A schools in the south, Shorewood was the #4 team in 4A.
The Wildcats should have run the Thunderbirds over and left them wondering what hit them.
Instead, Shorewood led 6-0 before OH could score a single point, and it wasn't until the 3:21 mark that OH scored a field goal. The 2nd quarter was similar with Mowbray hitting a field goal with 4:10 left in the half for the Wildcats' first score of the quarter. At halftime Shorewood led 23-18. Oak Harbor finally got some offense going when Nikki Mowbray got hot and the 'Cats started to close the gap. Late in the 4th the Wildcats tied the game at 42 but Shorewood finished the game with a 9-1 run for the win, ending the Wildcat season.
Mowbray finished the game with 24 points, and Jessica Denmon added 14. Clarissa Abadesco scored 4 to complete the Oak Harbor scoring.
The Wildcats honored their 5 departing seniors in a short ceremony before Wednesday night's game. Moving on at the end of the year are Molly DeLeon, Jessica Denmon, Jessica James, Nicole Mowbray and Shantae Young. All 5 started their final game, even injured Molly. She was on the court for the tip, but the clock was stopped immediately so she could be replaced.
Before all this, the Freshman team was in the dome having their way with the visiting Monroe Bearcats, at least in the 2nd half. The two team were tied at 14 at the end of the first, and Monroe scored two more than OH in the second to lead 29-27 at halftime. The Wildcats found their defense in the 2nd half, holding the Bearcats to just 6 points in the 3rd. Then, in the final quarter of the 2009-2010 season, the freshman offense got hot. Led by Ciera Wiser's 14 points, the team scored 23 points on their way to a 62-49 win. Wiser finished the game with 29 points, Jalani Bobo 16, Morgan Young 8, Marissa Lewis 6 and Joem Evangelista 3.
The JV team picked up a rare win, beating the visitors 46-40. It's wasn't an easy win as even though the Wildcats led 8-2 halfway through the first, Monroe dug in to take a 10-8 lead at the first horn. OH fought back behind 6 points by Tatiana Cumming to take a 21-20 lead into the locker room at the half. They got started just 7 seconds into the period with a nice pass from Naomi Walker to Kelsey Rankin for an easy layin. OH then got the lead with just 37 seconds left when Walker passed the ball from halfcourt to Cumming for the score. In the 3rd, Nikita Ford had the hot hand, scoring 8 points and increasing the OH lead to 10 points. Not willing to go away easily, Monroe stayed in the game but could only close the gap to 6 points as time expired. Cumming and Rankin both put up 12 points, Ford finished with 8, Walker 5, DJ 4, Kaileen Burleson 3 and Kate Rossman 2.
The varsity game was hard to watch. After a decent first period the girls had problems on both offense and defense. The combined OH offensive output in the 2nd and 3rd quarters was just 14 points while the defense allowed Monroe to score 32 points. In the end, Monroe just had too much for the Wildcats and won 53-36. Jessica Denmon was the OH scoring leader with just 14 points. Nikki Mowbray had 7, Clarissa Abadesco 6, Yoshi 4, Jessica James and Addy Royal 2 each and Shantae Young 1.
The game ended the regular season for the Wildcats and they finished 5th in the WESCO north, forcing a pigtail playoff game at Shorewood, the WESCO South #4, on Friday the 12th.
On Tuesday, Feb 9th, the OH boys traveled to Marysville and won one of the 3 games played.
The Freshman team played at Cedarcrest Middle School and had some problems in the first half. They spotted MP a 19-8 lead in the first quarter and scored only 4 more in the 2nd to trail 29-10 at halftime. OH owned the 3rd period, outscoring the Tommies 14-8 to cut the score to 37-26. Halfway through the final period the Wildcats had cut the lead to just 8 but it ended there as MP poured it on late to win 54-36. No individual scoring is available as OH did not keep a scorebook for the game.
In the main gym, the JV team working hard to overcome a poor first period. MP led 14-6 in the first and 29-20 at the half. The two teams played almost even in the 3rd which ended with MP leading 46-36. OH started to crawl back in the 4th but ran out of time as Marysville won 57-53. Corey Houck led the JV scoring with 13 points, Matt Burgoyne added 12 and David Tillotson 11. Kevawn Brooks got 9, Paul Johannsen 4 and Patrick Bell & Dayne Herron scored a pair each.
Oak Harbor won the first period of the varsity game 11-9 but lost the second 14-8 as MP led 23-19 at halftime. Coming out of the break, OH poured in 20 points while holding MP to just 11 to take a 39-34 lead. The OH offense continued to find the basket in the final quarter to win 54-45. Mike Washington, Jr. finished with 22 pints, Jay Stout 11, Rashaad Smith 8, Denzel Hardin 7, Trace Paul 4, and Ryan Fakkema & Stevie Bratt sank one free throw each.
League-leading Marysville came to Oak Harbor Monday night and showed why they are the top team, beating the Wildcats 53-36 in varsity action. It was MP's only win of the night as both the Freshman and JV squads got wins.
The freshman game was back and for in the first half. Morgan Young and Ciera Wiser scored 5 each in the opening period which ended in a 14-14 tie. Jalani Bobo put in 8 of her 16 points in the 2nd but the Wildcats were down 29-27 at halftime. The Wildcat defense got tough in the 3rd, allowing just 6 points and letting OH take a 39-35 lead. MP recovered in the 4th to score 14 points, but that was matched by a single OH player - Ciera Wiser - as OH went on to win 62-49. Wiser finished with an impressive 29 points and Bobo 16. Morgan Young had 8, Marissa Lewis 6 and Joem Evangelista 3.
JV was also close in the first half. OH jumped to an early 8-2 lead but MP came back to tie and then took a 2-point lead at the end of the first period. OH tied it back up 10 seconds into the 2nd period with a nice pass from Naomi Walker to Kelsey Rankin for the layin. Another nice play ended the half. OH got the rebound from a MP shot, Walker brought the ball to midcourt, say Tatiana Cumming open in the paint and got it to her for an easy 2 points, giving OH a 21-19 halftime lead. OH stretched the lead to 10 points at the end of the 3rd as Nikita Ford, playing with a sprained wrist, scored 8 points on the way to a 38-28 lead. The Tomahawks closed the gap in the 4th, getting to within 6 at one point, but OH was able to play keep-away basketball for the last 1:30 of the game and won 46-40. Kelsey Rankin and Tatiana Cumming both finished with 12 points, Nikita Ford 8, Naomi Walker 5, DJ 4, Kaileen Burleson 3 and Kate Rossman 2.
Except for the first period, the varsity game was all Marysville. The Wildcats played good defense and got points from Nikki Mowbray, Jessica James and Clarissa Abadesco and was down by just one point, 12-11 at the end of the first. For the rest of the game, OH had problems on offense. The MP defense held scoring leader Jessica Denmon in check, and when the Wildcats did get shots off they just weren't going in. MP finished the game with nine 3 - pointers and beat the 'Cats 53-36. Denmon scored 9 points in the 4th period to finish with 14. Mowbray had 7, Abadesco 6, Yoshi 4, Addy Royal and Jessica James 2 each and Shantae Young 1.
The 2-day WESCO district tournament kicked off Friday at Marysville with the Wildcats entering a total of 19 wrestlers. The Wildcats were fairly successful the first day, ending with 4 wrestlers in the winners bracket and 11 alive overall.
The first round Saturday did not go well for OH as every match was lost, knocking the team out of any chance to win an individual title. However, there were plenty of spots left as the top 8 finishers qualify for next week's Regional tournament in Auburn.
By the end of the day's wrestling, 4 Wildcats qualified for regionals with one more as an alternate. Corey Trimbur finished in 4th place at 103 lbs as did Colton Elliot at 140 lbs. Brandon Stratton was 3rd at 145 and Zach Loescher 5th at 171 lbs. Justin Everett is the 152 lb alternate. Steven Souza and Hunter Vail both finished in 10th place and will to go Auburn as 2nd alternates at the regional tournament.
Here are the complete OH results:
103 lbs Corey Trimbur - 4th place Pinned Banh of Mountlake Terrace in 0:58 Beat Parker of Mariner 9-5 (Parker finished in 5th) Got pinned by Bates-Mundell of Snohomish in 3:55 (2nd place finisher) Beat Heintzmann of Kamiak 8-0 (6th place finisher) Lost to Peterson of Lake Stevens 7-0 (3rd place finisher)
119 lbs Ben Pralle Got pinned by Leach of Stanwood in 0:54 (2nd place finisher) Got pinned by Scott of Stanwood in 1:51
125 lbs Ryuta Meany Got pinned by Graika of Kamiak in 3:30 (8th place finisher) Got pinned by Martin of Monroe in 2:53
135 lbs Josh Barton Got pinned by Walkley of Lake Stevens (finished 1st, probably state champ) Pinned Crebbin of Oak Harbor in 1:23 Beat Perkins of M-P 17-8 Lost to Sanchez of Jackson 12-3 (finished 5th) Lost to Venskus of Mariner 6-5
Josh Crebbin Pinned Mikkelsen of Edmonds in 0:34 Got pinned by Regan of Kamiak in 0:49 (finished 2nd) Got pinned by Barton of OH in 1:23
140 lbs Colton Elliot - 4th place Pinned Dupape of Lake Stevens in 3:41 Pinned Detweiler of Monroe in 5:48 Pinned Duncan of Cascade in 5:26 (finished 3rd) Lost to Donaldson of M-P 6-2 (finished 1st) Beat Strickland of Kamiak 10-6 (finished 5th) Lost to Duncan of Cascade 7-6 (finished 3rd)
145 lbs Brandon Stratton - 3rd place Pinned Logstrom of Edmonds in 5:39 Pinned Foster of Monroe in 3:24 (finished 7th) Lost to Shortt of Arlington 9-25 (finished 2nd) Pinned Ho of Cascade in 3:40 (finished 6th) Pinned Parker of Mariner in 1:17 (finished 4th)
152 lbs Justin Everett - 9th place (alternate to Regional tourney) Pinned Peterson of Monroe in 3:24 Pinned Johnson of Casade in 36 seconds Lost to Linari of Kamiak 15-0 (finished 4th) Lost to Doran of Snohomish 14-2 (finished 8th) Pinned Chase of Arlington in 2:11 Beat Sims of Edmonds 6-4
Ver Starr Got pinned by Sands of Cascade in 0:50 Got pinned by Reese of Jackson in 3:44
160 lbs Jeremy Alonzo Got pinned by Eidsness of Stanwood in 1:59 (finished 4th) Lost to Rook of Mountlake Terrace 17-1
Steven Souza - 10th place (2nd alternate to regionals) Beat Ahmed of Cascade 9-2 Got pinned by Morrill of Snohomish in 0:44 (finished 1st) Beat Mirante of Arlington 4-0 Won of Eddy of Cascade by Injury Default Got pinned by Storino of Edmonds in 4:47 (finished 6th) Beat McIntire of Lake Stevens 7-6 Lost to Rook of MLT 6-5
171 lbs Kelly Turner Lost to Call of Mountlake Terace 9-4 Got pinned by Nelson of Mariner in 2:29
Zach Loescher - finished in 5th place Pinned Spohn of Stanwood in 1:08 Peat Perez of Edmonds 10-6 (finished 6th) Got pinned by Morrill of Snohomish in 3:40 (finished 1st) Lost to Henderson of Arlington 7-0 Beat Perez of Edmonds 6-0 (finished 6th)
189 lbs Davion Watkins Got pinned by Carlton of M-P in 1:03 Pinned Morrell of Jackson in 2:20 Lost to Jacks of Stanwood 7-2 Got pinned by Proffit of Snohomish in 2:22
Hunter Vail - 10th place (2nd alternate to regionals) Pinned Morrell of Jackson in 23 seconds Got pinned by Gee of Stanwood in 0:47 (finished 1st) Won over Harris of Mariner by forfeit Got pinned by Bossom of M-P in 3:53 Pinned Marks of Cascade in 1:58 Got pinned by Proffit of Snohomish in 2:51
215 lbs Javon Payne Pinned Johanson of Edmonds in 0:48 Got pinned by Red Cloud of Mountlake Terrace in 2:24 (finished 8th) Beat King of Stanwood 13-7 Got pinned by Hatch of M-P in 3:46
Drew Culver Got pinned by Johnson of Lake Stevens in 1:22 (finished 5th) Pinned Dickinson of Monroe in 3:26 Pinned Young of Edmonds in 1:52 Lost to Red Cloud of MLT 5-3 (finished 8th) Got pinned by Footh of Cascade in 3:14
285 lbs James Engen Got pinned by Schumann of M-P in 2:27 (finished 8th) Got pinned by Bakeberg of Mariner in 2:22
Jeremy Foster Got pinned by Hoeper of M-P in 2:22 Pinned Allen of Arlington in 0:59 Got pinned by Schumann of M-P in 2:26 (finished 8th) Got pinned by Bakeberg of Mariner in 2:09
For their final home game of the 2009-2010 season the Wildcats hosted the 2nd place Stanwood Spartans.
The freshman team had a decent first quarter, holding Stanwood to 7 points while scoring 6, but the 2nd quarter was all Spartans as they scored 12 and held OH to just 2 points. Stanwood continued strong in the 2nd half, scoring in double digits each period while holding the Wildcats to singles. When the dust settled it was Stanwood 44, OH 20. On the plus side, OH was able to get 9 players to get the ball in the hoop, but only London Cook was able to get it in more than once, as he scored 6 to lead the team. Scoring 2 points each were Anthony Stewart, Chris Hailer, Isaiah Trower, Anfernee Angkaw, Michael LaBelle and Kiefer Hermann. Jackson Knoll and Trenton Cargill scored 1 each.
There were a couple of faces missing on the JV team. Connor Paul was out sick and his brother Trace is now full-time varsity, so Coach Ronning had only 7 players available. At the end of the first period the OH JV team was down 9-7 but outscored Stanwood 12-4 in the second to lead 19-13 at halftime. The Wildcats built on that lead, extending it to 10 points, 37-27 at the end of the 3rd. That's when things got ugly. Stanwood scored 24 points in the 4th period alone, 12 off of free throws, to win 51-48. Patrick Bell came off the bench to lead the team in scoring with 11 points and David Tillotson added 10 more. Kevawn Brooks had 8 and Corey Houck 7 while Matt Burgoyne, Paul Johannsen and Dayne Herron scored 4 each .
Stanwood showed why they are one of WESCO's top teams. They took an early 20-15 lead in the first and 32-23 at the half. The Wildcats just didn't have an answer for Stanwood's outside game as the Spartans hit six 3-point attempts in the 2nd half and won going away, 75-54. Colby Anter, helped by a strong first quarter, led the team with 16 points. Mike Washington, Jr. scored 13 and Denzel Hardin 11. Rashaad Smith had 8 and Jay Stout and Ryan Fakkema scored 3 each.
The Varsity girls basketball team took another step towards a playoff spot by beating Arlington 67-53 at OHHS Wednesday night. Unfortunately, it was the only win of the night.
The first period of the Freshman game ended with a very low 4-2 score in favor of the Eagles. Both teams warmed up in the 2nd as the Wildcats scored 13 points (10 by Jalani Bobo) to lead 15-13 at the half. It was rough for the Wildcats in the 2nd half as Arlington scored 15 to Oak Harbor's 7, and by the final buzzer Arlington built a 45-31 lead. Bobo finished on top of the Wildcats with 18 points, Morgan Young and Ciera Wiser had 4 each, Emily Saar and Joem Evangelista 2 each and Danielle Teasley 1.
In the main gym, although they lost, the JV squad had one of their better games of the year. OH scored 5 points in the first period, but hit for 12 in the 2nd and 3rd periods to keep the game withing reach. The 4th period started with the 'Cats down 39-29, and OH held Arlington just a single free throw in the 4th period. However, Arlington held OH to the same, so the final was 40-30 in favor of Arlington. 7 Wildcats put points on the board, led by DJ Jackson with 7. Erika Flores added 6 more, Lia Pantoleon 5, Nikita Ford 4, Tatiana Cumming and Kate Rossman 3 and Kaileen Burleson 2.
Arlington battled in the first half of the varsity game. The first quarter ended with OH down 13-12 and with 3 minutes left in the half OH led by just one point, 24-23. In those last 3 minutes Oak Harbor netted 9 more points while allowing 3 to take a 33-26 lead into the locker room. In the 3rd period, Jessica Denmon scored 11 of her 31 points as the Wildcats built a 51-36 lead. Arlington was never out of it, but the 'Cats were able to keep a lead of at least 8 points. One of the differences in the game was free throws. OH sank 20 of 31 attempts while the Eagles only 6 of 13. That difference of 14 points was the OH margin of victory 67-53. In addition to Denmon's 31 points, Nicole Mowbray and Janelle Yoshimoto were also in double figures. Nikki scored 17 and Yoshi 11. Also scoring were Clarissa Abadesco with 6 and Shantae Young with 2.
The three boys basketball teams did not fare well in Arlington Tuesday night, but for the first time this year the Oak Harbor Sports Report was able to get some video highlight clips from the freshman game. There have also been some changes on the floor. Dayne Herron was moved from the freshman team to JV, and Matt Burgoyne is now floating to varsity and got some playing time in the 2nd quarter.
In that Frosh game, Arlington dominated OH, holding the team to just 10 points in the first half. The Wildcats came out and nearly doubled their score in the 3rd period, but Arlington was just too much and won 67-26. Kiefer Hermann led the team with 9 point and Chris Hailer added 5. Isaiah Trower, London Cook, Trenton Cargill, Anfernee Angkaw, Michael LaBelle and Noel Cheeseboro scored 2 point each.
Problems scoring was the downfall of the JV team as they found themselves down 13-6 in the first. Things didn't improve much as JV lost 55-32. Burgoyne was on top with 9 point, Kevawn Brook 7, David Tillotson 5, Herron 4, Patrick Bell 3, Connor Paul 2 and Corey Houck 1.
Oak Harbor scored with 6 different players in the 1st period while building a 15-10 lead, but only 3 scored in the 2nd as Arlington took a 24-22 lead into halftime. In the 2nd half the offense got points on the board, but had problems stopping Arlington. A couple of scores from nearly halfcourt and speeding past the Wildcat defense let the Eagles increase their lead to 43-34 at the end of the 3rd. OH was able to close to within 5 in the final period, but Arlington held on to win 61-48. One major positive from the game was the shooting from the free throw line. As a team the Wildcats sank 16 of 18 attempts, with Trace Paul and Jay Stout hitting 100% and Mike Washington, Jr, going 7-of-8.
Next for the Wildcat boys is Senior Night on Friday against Stanwood.
Below are the current schedules for the 3rd season sports at OHMS and NWMS. All schedules are subject to no-notice changes. Attendance at MS sporting events is free, so come watch the future in action!
Wrestling -NWMS and OHMS have combined forces this year and will field a single Wildcat United wrestling team. All practices will be at OHMS, all meets will be at NWMS.
The swimmers saved their toughest meet of the end of the season, traveling to powerful Marysville to face the Tomahawks and even stronger Kamiak Knights in a tri-meet. After sweeping most opponents all season long, the Wildcats were able to place first in only one event - Price Hu in the 100 yard butterfly. OH finished 2nd in the 500 yard freestyle (Josh Jepson) and 100 yard backstroke (Jacob Jepsen). Kamiak out-pointed OH 131-52 and was a much closer 112-71 vs Marysville. Both Kamiak and Marysville finished the league season undefeated while OH has only the one blemish on their league record.
Below are the complete OH results.All distances are in yards.
200 Medley Relay
1. MP - 1:42.67
2. KAM - 1:43.98
3. OHHS - Jacob Jepsen, Yale Rosen, Brandon Vagt, Matt Bolte 1:44.48
On Wednesday, January 27th, the OHHS boys swim team traveled to Mt. Vernon for a dual meet against the Bulldogs, winning every varsity race except one, and in that race, the 50 meter freestyle, Ben Cardinal was just .13 seconds behind the winner. OH crushed MV 125-53 in team scoring.
Unfortunately it was a triple loss Friday night for the Wildcat girls, but two of the three games were close, exciting games.
Taru Ahonen put up 5 points in the first quarter which the freshman team finished leading 8-7. Lake Stevens came back in the 2nd to take a 2-point, 20-18 lead at halftime. OH closed the game in the 3rd to tie the game at 28, holding Lake Stevens to just a single field goal. The other 6 points all came off of free throws. In the 4th, the OH defense stuttered, allowing 17 points by the Vikings. OH tried late to close the gap but came up short in a 45-39 loss. The freshman team continues to spread the ball around, with 7 players scoring points. Morgan Young led the team with 11, Ahonen finished with 9, Joem Evangelista and Ciera Wiser 6 each, Jalani Bobo 3, Emily Saar and Danielle Teasley 2 each.
The JV game was hard to watch. Tatiana Cumming hit a 3-pointer just over a minute into the game, giving OH a 3-2 lead, but it was the last points OH would score until the 6:45 mark in the 3rd period when Dominique Jackson grabbed a rebound and put it back for 2 points. The final was LS 72, OH 19. Cumming scored 7 of the 19 points, DJ finished with 4, Lia Pantoleon and Erika Flores 3 each and Kelsey Rankin 2.
Oak Harbor found themselves in an early 8-16 hole, but fought back. The Wildcats started the 2nd half with a 9-0 run, holding LS scoreless for half the period and building a 29-24 lead. Lake wasn't out yet, and came back to tie the game at 34 at the end of the 3rd. In the final period, the OH offense cooled off and Lake Stevens held Jessica Denmon scoreless. The Vikings helped their cause by sinking 6 free throws in the 4th while OH went 0-for-4. In the end, it was Lake Stevens 49, OH 42. Nikki Mowbray finished with 14, including going 5-for-6 from the line, Denmon had 13, Clarissa Abadesco 6, Janelle Yoshimoto 5 and Emilie Renninger 3. Just 20 photos, mostly of freshman action, are posted HERE. A video clip can be found HERE.
OakHarbor was in LakeSteven Thursday night for their final wrestling meet of the season, against the Vikings, and LakeStevens showed why they are the #1 ranked team in the state.
Due to a series of issues, OH brought only 15 wrestlers to the meet, 4 of them JV.
In the JV matches, only Josh Crebbin and Kelly Turner came out winners.Crebbin got a pin in 1:44 and Turner needed 1:56 for his pin.Ver Starr got pinned but separated a rib during the match, directly leading to the loss.He should be OK, but he was on the mat for a bit before he could get up.
Corey Trimbur started things off in varsity, taking on JoMae Alewine, one of the top female wrestlers in the state.Corey had the lead 2-0 starting the 2nd period with the wrestlers in the neutral position.Alewine was able to get Corey in a headlock and took him to the mat and nearly got a pin before Trimbur was able to reverse and get back on top.Now down 5-4 to start the 3rd, Corey was unable to get JoMae turned onto her back, so opted for the takedown and escape strategy in order to get points.He let her up, giving her a 6-4 lead, and then took her down to tie the score.He let her up again with less than a minute to go, and with just 10 seconds left in the match Corey was able to get the takedown and win 8-7.
That was to be the only OH win for a while.3 pins and two forfeits later the team score stood at LS 15, OH 3.
At 145 lbs it was Colton Elliot vs Andrew King.In current WESCO rankings, Elliot was ranked #1 and King #2.The match lived up to expectations.Colton got a takedown late in the 1st round but King was able to reverse to tie it up.In the 2nd, King was able to reverse on Elliot for two more points, but that was all the scoring for that period.In the 3rd, Colton started in the down position and was able to escape, but King successfully avoided a takedown to win 4-3.
Brandon Stratton moved up to 152 lbs and after a flurry of 1st round points was able to pin Olliges halfway through the 2nd period.
Steven Souza got the final OH victory of the night, pinning McEntire with 28 seconds left to go in the match.
In the end, the team score was Lake Stevens 55, OH 15.
In Everett Wednesday night, the girls basketball team was in "The Pit", the Seagull's underground gym for their 2nd game of the season.
The freshmen got off to a slow start, ending the first period tied 7-7. They woke up in the 2nd, outscoring Everett 14-5 to take a 21-12 lead. The tough wildcat defense continued in the 3rd as the girls held Everett scoreless, increasing the lead to 34-12. In the final period, OH allowed 20 points, all by one girl. The Everett player hit five 3-pointers and added 5 free throws but it wasn't enough as OH scored 16 to win 50-32. Morgan Young scored 15 to lead the team, while Ciera Wiser and exchange student Bet Riba scored 10 each. Marissa Lewis and Jalani Bobo added 6 each and Taru Ahonen scored 3.
As exciting as the freshman game must have been, the JV game was deathly dull for the most part. OH was down early 6-2 but tied the game 6-6 at the end of the first. Everett took another 4-point lead but OH went on an 8-0 run as the half ended with a 14-10 OHHS lead. In the 3rd, Everett was held to just 5 points while OH scored 9, all by Tatiana Cumming. Things were reversed in the 4th period as Cumming sank a single free throw to account for ALL of the Wildcat scoring in the 4th. Everett scored nine, 7 off of free throws to send the game into OT tied at 24. Because the game was already running late, the clock was set at 2:00 for the extra period. Cumming scored just 12 seconds into OT and Lia Pantoleon sank a free throw with 8 seconds left as OH won a very low scoring game, 27-24.
The varsity game started out with OH building a 9-2 lead halfway through the first period behind 5 points by Janelle Yoshimoto. That score held until there was 1:13 left, when Everett scored 6 straight to close the score to 9-8 at the end of the first period. Everett built a small 21-19 lead at halftime. The 3rd period was a display of bad basketball - by both teams. Neither team scored until there was just 2:34 left in the 3rd, when Everett scored, then OH scored 10 seconds later. Everett played tough defense and was able increase their lead to 31-24 by the end of the period. OH played even with the Seagulls in the final period, but couldn't cut into the lead as Everett won 41-34. Nikki Mowbray led the team with 13 points. Clarissa Abadesco scored 9, Jessica Denmon was held to just 5 and Yoshi also finished with 5 points. 39 pics, mostly from between game, are posted HERE. Video highlights are HERE.
The Everett Seagulls were in Oak Harbor Tuesday night for the second meeting of the season.
In the dome, the freshman team led 13-11 at the end of the first period but Everett scored 22 points in the 2nd to take a 33-30 lead into the half. Oak Harbor made up the difference in the 3rd and tied the game at 46. Fouling proved to be the difference in the game as Everett scored 18 points in the final period, 10 of them off free throws, while OH netted only 8. The final score was 64-54 in favor of Everett. Kiefer Hermann led the freshman team with 16 points, half of them off free throws and Anfernee Angkaw added 12 points, 5 off free throws. London Cook and Trenton Cargill scored 8 each, Isaiah Trower 4, Dayne Herron 3, Michael LaBelle 2 and Jackson Knoll 1.
JV was evenly played in the first half, with OH leading 9-7 in the first and 20-17 at halftime. In the 3rd, however, OH was outscored 14-7 and Everett took a 31-27 lead. The Seagulls added another 18 in the final period to win 49-33. Brooks led the scoring with 12 points and Corey Houck added 9. David Tillotson scored 5, Matt Burgoyne 4, Paul Johannsen 2 and Connor Paul 1.
The varsity game was a back-and-forth, closely contested game for 32 minutes. OH was down 2 after 1 period, 13-15 and was down by 1, 22-21 at halftime. The Wildcats recovered, helped by 6 Denzel Hardin points led 38-34 at the start of the final period. OH maintained a the lead for most of the period, but Everett came back to take a 1-point lead then Stevie Bratt sank a free throw to tie the game and it went to overtime tied at 53. Oak Harbor owned the extra period, outscoring Everett 11-3 to win 64-56.
The Wildcat men's swim team went to Lake Stevens Thursday afternoon and extended their undefeated record by beating the Viking 95-75. The two schools shared top spots in all the events except for one. In the 100 yard backstroke, Wildcats Jacob Jepsen, Ben Cardinal and Bret Vagt finished 1-2-3 for the only sweep of the day.
Here are the complete results.
200 medley relay 1. Lake Stevens 1:45.27 2. OH - Jacob Jepsen, Yale Rosen, Price Hu, and and unknown swimmer 1:45.56 3. LS 2:00.77 4. OH - Ben Cardinal, Cole Weinstein, Brett Vagt, Tyler Buchanan 2:03.86 5. OH - Bon Jarik Bainco, Matt Barrailler, John Kaltenbach, Judd Ford 2:06.08 6. LS 2:17.30
200 free 1. Josh Jepsen 1:55.57 2. Devin Schell 1:58.31 3. LS 2:05.86 4. Bon Jarik Bainco 2:14.09 5. LS 2:22.74 6. LS 2:30.93 X LS 2:17.48 X David Kusnick 2:22.26 X Matt Barrailler 2:34.31
200 IM 1. Price Hu 2:04.21 2. Jacob Jepsen 2:08.76 3. LS 2:22.26 4. John Kaltenbach 2:31.66 5. LS 2:34.20 6. LS 2:52.89
50 free 1. LS 23.79 2. LS 24.22 3. Matt Bolte 24.34 4. Yale Rosen 24.35 5. Ben Cardinal 25.81 6. LS 26.63 X LS 25.30 X Bailey Rivers 27.43 X LS 28.06 X Judd Ford 28.56 X LS 29.36 X Tucker Lundstrom 29.54 X LS 29.56 X Raymond Green 29.59 X LS 29.77 X Jaxon Wolfe 29.86 X LS 31.29 X Adam Smith 31.40 X LS 31.73 X LS 32.06 X Logan Faught 32.22 X LS 32.81 X Matt Reith 33.54 X Stacy Jappert 45.74
100 Fly 1. LS 53.44 2. Price Hu 53.87 3. Matt Bolte 1:01.73 4. LS 1:05.63 5. Brett Vagt 1:10.01 6. LS 1:22.79
100 Freestyle 1. Josh Jepsen 53.56 2. LS 56.39 3. LS 59.95 4. John Kaltenbach 1:01.25 5. LS 1:01.74 6. David Kusnick 1:04.41 X LS 59.65 X LS 1:01.26 X LS 1:04.27 X LS 1:05.21 X LS 1:05.37 X LS 1:09.13 X Keaton Dieter 1:10.27 X LS 1:10.49 X Flint Snyder 1:10.55 X Tucker Lundstrom 1:10.98 X Logan Faught 1:12.53 X LS 1:14.80 X LS 1:17.08
500 Free 1. Cole Weinstein 5:29.63 2. Devin Schell 5:37.86 3. LS 6:21.12 4. LS 6:38.20 5. Corey Butler 7:09.75 6. LS 7:24.19
200 Free Relay 1. LS 1:34.10 2. OH - Jacob Jepsen, Josh Jepsen, Yale Rosen and the unknown swimmer 1:36.28 3. LS 1:48.84 4. OH - Ben Cardinal, Devin Schell, David Kusnick, Tyler Buchanan 1:50.18 5. LS 1:56.83 6. OH - Judd Ford, Tucker Lundstrom, Keaton Dieter, Corey Butler 1:59.37 X LS 2:03.32 X LS 2:08.87 X OH - Matt Reith, Steven Martinez, Adam Smith, Logan Faught 2:11.58 X OH - Raymond Green, Bailey Rivers, Flint Snyder, Stacy Jappert 2:26.67
100 Backstroke 1. Jacob Jepsen 59.86 2. Ben Cardinal 1:06.38 3. Brett Vagt 1:10.18 4. LS 1:14.12 5. LS 1:23.23 6. LS 1:23.82 X Jaxon Wolfe 1:21.43 X Flint Snyder 1:26.50 X Tyler Buchanan 1:33.11 X Bailey Rivers 1:36.05 X Steven Martinez 1:49.61
100 Breaststroke 1. Yale Rosen 1:07.78 2. LS 1:08.68 3. 1:09.01 4. Bon Jarik Bainco 1:13.50 5. Cole Weinstein 1:13.58 6. LS 1:15.12 X Matt Barrailler 1:21.94 X LS 1:25.08 X LS 1:30.60 X Keaton Dieter 1:32.77 X Adam Smith 1:35.29 X LS 1:55.80
400 Free Relay 1. OH - Devin Schell, Price Hu, John Kaltenbach, Josh Jepsen 2. LS - 3:56.96 3. LS 4:17.17 4. OH - Bret Vagt, David Kusnick, Corey Butler, Cole Weinstein 4:18.20 5. OH - Judd Ford, Tyler Buchanan, Matt Barrailler, Bon Jarik Bianco 4:28.59 6. LS 4:38.44
The boys swim next vs Mt. Vernon at home Wednesday at 6pm then are at Kamiak Friday afternoon.
Friday night the Wildcat boys basketball team had their first home game of the 2nd half of the season, hosting the Snohomish Panthers.
The freshman team got a nice win.The Panthers were able to keep scoring leader Dayne Herron in check, but Kiefer Hermann stepped up in the first period with 7 points and Isaiah Trower in the 2nd with 8 to lead the ‘Cats to a 45-31 win.Hermann finished with 17 and Trower 10, while London Cook scored 7, Herron 4, Chris Hailer 3, and Trenton Cargill and Michael LaBelle 2 each.
In their first meeting at Snohomish on Dec 15th, the JV had problems on offense, scoring just 32 points to the Panthers’ 42.Things worked out differently on Friday.Spreading the ball around, 5 different players scored in the first period as the Wildcats built a 14-9 lead and increased it to 27-18 at halftime, partly thanks to Kevawn Brooks’ 5-6 performance at the free throw line.OakHarbor went cold in the 3rd period, scoring only 9 points but hanging on to a 36-34 lead.Snohomish closed the gap in the 4th and scored late to tie the game at 53.OH wasn’t able to get another shot in the hoop so the game went to overtime.OT was back and forth until junior David Tillotson was fouled while driving into the basket with just 5 seconds left.He hit the shot and added the ‘and one’ to put OH ahead 65-62 and the final Snohomish shot didn’t go in.Four Wildcats finished in double figures: Brooks led the team with 20 points, Matt Burgoyne and Tillotson both had 12 and Connor Paul had 10.Also scoring were Edward Denmon with 6 and Corey Houck with 5.
Varsity lost a close 53-48 game at Snohomish in December and wanted to avoid a repeat.Snohomish started out strong, building an 18-10 lead but OH was able to close the gap to 26-22 by halftime.The 3rd period was Oak Harbor’s undoing, though.Snohomish poured in 20 point while the Wildcats managed only 4, leaving Snohomish ahead 46-26 at the end of three periods.OakHarbor came back in the 4th behind 11 points by Mike Washington, Jr. and 6 more by Denzel Hardin, but it was a case of too little, too late as Snohomish won 59-47.Washington finished with 24 points, Hardin with 8, Trace Paul 6, Jay Stout 5 and Rashaad Smith 4.Snohomishs’ top scorer, Ortiz, who didn’t play in the team’s first meeting netted 26.
The boys play at home next Tuesday against Everett are at LakeStevens on Friday the 29th.
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