Middle School Track 2010-04-22 @ BE

The first middle school track meet of the year was held at Burlington-Edison High School this past Thursday and many Wildcat United team members turned in outstanding performances.

Over 200 photos, identified by event, are posted HERE.

Below are WU team members who turned in top 3 performances:

7th grade girls

100 meter dash - These are both decent times for high school JV meets.
1 - Sebold 14.52
3 - Demarsh 15.03

200 meter dash
2 - Horn 32.1

400 meter dash
3 - Hourigan - 1:24

800 meter run - This is a time that would be turned in at a high school varsity meet.
2 - Lundstrom 2:58

1600 meter run - This is also a not bad HS varsity time.
1 - Sligh 6:29

Discus
3 - Magel 33'-7"

Javelin
1 - Gabbert 63-4
2 - Estrella 58-8
3 - Schulle 58-4

Long Jump
1 - Gabbert 12-9

High Jump
2 Seabolt - 3-8

100 Hurdles
2 - Gronbach 20.49
3 - Berner 20-87

7th grade boys

100 meter dash
2 - Davis 13.6
3 - Norton 13.87

200 meter dash
2 - Norton 29.11
3 - Welch 30.76

400 meter dash
1 - Powers 1:09.8

Discus - 69-4 is not bad for a high school JV meet.
1 - Wardle 69-4
3 - Bennett 41-2

Javelin
2 - Coleman 73-4

Shot Put
1 - Coleman 22-9

High Jump
1 - Welch 4-4
2 - Davis 4-2
3 - Powers 4-2

100 hurdles
2 - Powers 21.0

8th grade boys

100 meter dash - Johnson would have a winning time in a high school JV meet and would be top 8 at a varsity meet.
1 - Johnson 11.87

200 meter dash
1 - Johnson 25.54
3 - Faralan 27.15

400 meter dash - Good times, even for a HS varsity meet!
1 - Powers 1:00.81
2 - Mitchell 1:03.16
3 - Stanford 1:04.79

800 meter run
1 - Mitchell 2:38.08

1600 meter run
1 - Powers 4:58.08
2 - Gray 5:57.93

4x100 meter relay
1st place, 51.67

Discus
3 - Alexander 79-1

Long Jump
1 - Andrae 13-8
2 - Atienza 13-8

High Jump
2 - Powers 4-8

8th grade girls

100 meter dash
3 - Concepcion 15.11

800 meter run - The future of OH distance running is secure with these two girls moving up next year. Both times would win a JV meet and could win at a varsity meet.
1 - Meyer 2:38.76
2 - Laiblin 2:42.23

1600 meter run - It's not often that two girls from the same school both run the mile in under 6 minutes in middle school.
1 - Meyer 5:44.24
2 - Laiblin 5:52.93

Discus
2 - Winfield 53-11
3 - Amsler 50-10

Javelin
3 - Amsler 52-7

Long Jump
3 - Hunt 11-8.5

High Jump
1 - Franssen 4-4

100 hurdles
1 - Olson 16.48
3 - Atkinson 18.76

Boys Golf

The boys golf teams played a lot of gold this past week.

The JV golfers went first on April 19th against Marysville and Jackson HS. Greg Martin carded the low score for the Wildcats with a 59 over 12 holes. He was followed by Quinnton Wallace with 66, David Bunch 77, Jeremy Alonzo 83, Sean Kelley 86 and Keaton Dieter 95. As expected, the strong Jackson team won with a team score of 277. 4 of their golfers shot under 60 and their high scorer shot a 63.

Oak Harbor's team score was 371, just 5 strokes behind Marysville.

58 photos of the JV team in action are posted HERE.

The next day the varsity team was at Cedarcrest Golf Course against Marysville and Cascade and played well. Judd Ford led Oak Harbor with a 78 over 18 holes and #5 Jim Nguyen had a great day, finishing 2nd for OH and 6th overall with an 81. Matt Fikse and Austin Fields each scored 84, Dan Klope was right behind with an 85 and Greg Martin an 86. OH finished with a total of 412, just 5 strokes behind MP and 26 strokes ahead of Cascade.

Thursday the varsity team had a home match at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club taking on Everett and Stanwood. Judd Ford had the low stroke count for the day, shooting a 71 over 18 holes, 11 strokes in front of the second place finisher! Matt Fikse shot an 85 to finish 6th overall and Austin Fields an 87 to finish 8th. Dan Klope and Jim Nguyen tied with 88 strokes and Greg Martin, moving up from JV to fill the 6th spot, shot a 101.

OH finished 1st in team scoring with 419 total. Stanwood shot 426 and Everett 459.

116 photos of the varsity golfers, including some of some animals on the course, are posted HERE.

Softball 2010-04-20 vs Marysville

The Wildcat softball team hosted Marysville at the Hillcrest fields on Tuesday on a cold and cloudy day. The Tomahawks came into the game in 1st place and are undefeated in WESCO North play while the Wildcats are 2-4 in league.

The first half of the game was great for the Wildcats with the game tied 1-1 starting the 5th inning with Emily Hunt pitching. Whitney Osborn took over in the 5th and although she pitched well, a number of errors on the field resulted in 6 Tommie runs. Kasie Brown got both OH hits, a double that scored the Wildcats' only run and a single.

On the JV field, MP was knocking the ball all over the place and OH just couldn't seem to find the handle and lost by over 10 runs.

65 photos of both the JV and varsity games 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.

OHHS Girls Basketball coach McLeod resigns

OHHS head varsity girls basketball coach Brett McLeod resigned his position last week.

For those inside the program is was a disappointment but not unexpected. Coach McLeod had a rough couple of years, losing not just one, but two infants.

Also, freshman Coach Todd Showalter also decided he needed a break from basketball.

Both men have been in the program since 2002.

Coach Fred Burleson will remain as the JV coach.

Thanks for all your hard work and sacrifice for most of the last decade, Todd & Brett. You'll be missed.

Girls Tennis 2010-04-19 vs Monroe

The girls Tennis team won again, convincingly, over visiting Monroe on Monday, April 19th. The 4 singles players - Cady O'Dell, Erin Neilon, Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco all won their matches easily to seal the win. In doubles, the sister team of Darcy and Jennifer Fremd won the first set 7-5, lost the second 4-6, the squeaked out a close 10-8 tiebreaker win to give OH a 5-2 victory.

OH won all of the extra matches. Laurin Rico & Clarissa Abadesco won 8-0, Micole McKenzie and Joyce Abides won 8-4 and Jennifer Bowers & Molly Van Dam won 8-6.

36 photos all taken late in the day are posted HERE.

At Monroe, the score was reversed, with Monroe winning 5-2. Coach Brown commented that the match was fairly competitive throughout and at one time the JV team was on the verge of pulling out the win.

1st singles Cassie Gianino won her first set 6-2 but had to go to tiebreaker to win the second 7-6(3). Kelli Travenetti also went to tiebreaker in the first set and to win the match. She won 6-7(1), 6-3, (10-3). The JV girls won two of the extra matches, with the pairs of Tatum Edwards and Travenetti and Stephanie Milliron & Ashley Johnston each winning by identical 8-6 scores.

Boys soccer 2010-04-16 vs Lake Stevens

The Wildcat varsity soccer team put a big scare into 8-1 and 1st place Lake Stevens last Friday at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

With 10 minutes left to play in the game, Oak Harbor was down by just one goal, 3-2, and was aggressively playing the ball, hoping for one more. What happened is that a Viking player broke free and was able to kick the ball into the net to make it 4-2. What hurt most was that the score after the kick should have been 2-2 and heading towards overtime. Earlier in the game, Oak Harbor had knocked the ball into their own goal on 2 occasions to give LS the extra points it needed for the win.

The JV team had a hard time dealing with the talented Vikings, falling 7-1.

13 photos from late in the varsity game are posted HERE.

Catchin up with the OHHS track team

The OHHS track team has been busy and successful these past two weeks.

After the spring break, the varsity team traveled down to Everett for a meet at Mariner High School. If you all remember, it was the day of the storm that produced some 50 mph gusts here on Whidbey Island. As a result, there weren't a lot of new personal records set that day.

There were a lot of wins by Oak Harbor athletes, though.

Going with the girls first, Wildcat women captured 5 of the top 7 places in the 100, 4 of the top 5 in the 200, the top 3 in the 400 and the top 5 in the 800, javelin and long jump and overall won every event except for one, and in that event got 2nd place. When it was all over, the OH girls dominated with 123 points. Mariner was 2nd with 36 and Meadowdale 26.

OH winners were - Naomi Walker (100, 200), Maura McKole (400), Addy Royal (800, 1600), Abby Leete (3200), Allison Duvenez (100 and 300 hurdles), Amanda Alvarado (shot put), Nicki Mowbray (javelin and high jump) and Shantae Young (long and triple jumps). The winning 4x100 relay team was made up of Walker, Young, Christina Alexander and Janessa Ramos, the 4x200 team featured Duvenez, McKole, Katelyn Bristow and Janelle Yoshimoto. In the 4x400 race it was McKole, Duvenez, Royal and Leete.

While the boys weren't quite a successful, they did get a total of four 1st place finishes. Donovan Hunt, back from an injury, won the 100 and long jump, Matt Bolte the 400, and Derrick Clarit the triple jump. There were seven 2nd place finishes as well - Jason Curles in the 200, Chris Opdyke in the 400, Javon Payne in shot put, Clarit in long jump and Andy Haag in triple jump. The 4x100 relay team (Hunt, Curles, Aaron Boesch and Justin Everett) and 4x400 team (Opdyle, Curles, Bolte and Josh Sayre) each earned 2nd place finishes.

On Monday a JV/All-comers meet was held at Snohomish HS. Complete results aren't available at athletic.net (not all the participating school posted results), but the Wildcats did well. On the boys side, Jalen Williams is at the top of the 200m JV race with a time of 25.6 and Josh Crebbin is at the top of the JV 1600m results with a 5:32 (his personal best). In the JV long jump results, list has 7 Wildcats in a row, led by Spencer Matthews who jumped 16-2. Also on that list were Sam Collins, Ian Sinchak, Jalen Williams, Dustyn Bull, Jel Atienza and Brylle Baranda. Bull and Sinchak also are on the JV triple jump list, but that event was headed by Cody Hernkind.

The JV girls team is much smaller than the boys but also had several JV winners. Jalani Bobo topped the 200m, which was an OH sweep. She was followed by Jember Jansen, Ciera Wiser, Brianna Quinn, Chylan Bass, O'Jinae Welch, Melinda Kelly and Bet Riba. Jansen also picked up a win in the 400m dash and Emily Bain captured the 800m JV title. Danielle Teasley put her shot 24 feet 8 inches, winning the JV event and setting a new PR. Wiser threw her javelin 81-6 and Chylan Bass jumped 28-7.25 in the triple jump to post the best JV mark in those events.

On Thursday the 15th, on a absolutely beautiful day for track, OH hosted Snohomish and Lake Stevens at Wildcat Memorial Stadium. As a result there were 40 new personal records (PRs) set by OHHS athletes.

Going with the boys first, Donovan Hunt had to squeak out a win in the 100 meter dash, beating Lake Stevens' Tyler Reside by .01 second. Jason Curles was 3rd with a time of 12.0

Curles went on to earn 3rd place in the 2oo, and although they didn't finish in the top 10, Cody Hernkind, Noel Cheeseboro, Jeshaiah Davis and Ian Sinchak, along with Curles, all set new personal records in that event.

Matt Bolte won the 400, Chris Opdyke was 4th and 8th place Conner Meyer set a new PR.

Bolte also won the 800 with Meyer, Thomas Honeycutt and Lucas Salmons all finishing in the top 10 with new PRs.

John Kartenbach finished 7th in the 1600 and Honeycutt and Salmons set new PRs again.

Nate Miller was the only OH entrant in the 3200 meter run and finished 8th in 11:32.61

Josh Sayre was also the only entrant in the two hurdles races. He finished 5th in the 110 and 3rd in the 300, setting a PR in both.

The 4x100 relay team (Hunt, Curles, Cheeseboro and Derrick Clarit, and 4x400 relay team (Bolte, Curles, Sayre and Rashaad Smith) each finished in 2nd place.

The OH men throwers did OK. Javon Payne was the top OH shot putter, throwing his 12-lb shot 42-1, good enough for 5th place. Jeremy Foster threw 40-0 for 8th place and a PR and Robert Beadles had a PR with a throw of 33-6.

Zach Wallace finished in 12th place in the javelin with a throw of 98-3, but it was an improvement of over 13 feet from his previous PR!

In addition to the sprinters, the jumpers were also a bright spot on the team as Donovan Hunt won both the long and triple jump and Sam Schultz earned 2nd in the high jump. Schultz set a new PR of 5-6 and Derrick Clarit set a new PR in the triple jump of 39-2.5.

For the girls, it was another case of Oak Harbor domination. The girls earned 81 points to The Vikings' 55 and Panthers' 53.

Naomi Walker, Shantae Young and Janessa Ramos finished 1-2-3 in the 100 with Christina Alexander and Jalani Bobo not far behind in 5th and 8th. Walker also went on to win the 200 with a PR of 25.82 with Ramos in 3rd and Bobo in 7th.

Addy Royal again won both her events, the 800 and 1600, setting a new PR in the 1600. Running with her in both events and setting PRs as well were Hannah Kagey and Taylor VonGrey.

Abby Leete completed the near-sweep of the running events by winning the 3200 run in 11:49.14, followed by Emily Bain in 6th.

In the hurdles races, Allison Duvenez finished 3rd in the 100 and 2nd in the 300. Also in both races were Raeanna Wynne, Megan Duhrkopf and Shannon Wolfe who each set PRs in both races.

The 4x100 relay was the only relay race won by the Wildcats. The team of Young, Ramos, Alexander and Walker was untouchable, winning by over 2 seconds. The 4x200 team of Duvenez, Bobo, Ramos and Janelle Yoshimoto earned 3rd place as did the 4x400 team of Royal, Leete, Duvenez and Jessica Denmon.

The throwers won 2 of their 3 events, with Amanda Alvarado winning the shot put and Yoshi winning the javelin. Dominique Jackson (DJ) was the top OH finisher in the discus, finishing 4th with a toss of 87-9.

Jumpers won all 3 events they were entered in and went 1-2 in the long and triple jumps. Nicki Mowbray set a new PR of 4-10 on her way to victory in the high jump and Katelyn Bristow came in 4th at 4-4. Young and Walker were 1-2 in the long jump where Shantae jumped 18-3.5 for a new PR. Walker, in 2nd, jumped 16-2. Young also won the triple jump (35-4.5) but it was Mowbray in 2nd with a PR of 32-2. There were no OH entrants in the pole vault.

The Wildcat track team is at home again this Thursday, April 22nd against Arlington and Monroe. Admission is free and the concession stand will be open with lots of hot chocolate.

92 photos are posted HERE.

A few video clips are posted HERE on YouTube - 3 hurdles races, some shot put, javelin and long jump as well.

Boys golf

There hasn't been much on Boys Golf as results haven't been available and there haven't been matches at home.

That will change this week as the JV boys are at WGCC on Monday and the varsity boys on Thursday.

The Oak Harbor Sports Report will be at both events to get some photos and results.

In the meantime, HERE are some photos of some of the JV and varsity team members warming up at WGCC.

Girls tennis 4-14 vs Cascade and 4-16 vs Snohomish

The varsity girls tennis team split the week, losing at Cascade then winning at home against a strong Snohomish team.

At Cascade on Wednesday, junior Cady O'Dell lost a tough match, 1-6, 6-4, 1-6 but seniors Erin Neilon and Laurin Rico won their matches as did junior Clarissa Abadesco. In doubles action the 2nd doubles team of Shannon Neilon and Alexa Holmly fought hard in their first set before falling 5-7 and lost their 2nd set. 1st and 3rd doubles also lost, but coach Horace Mells said that "the doubles have improved their play".

Things were different on Friday as 1st singles O'Dell demolished her opponent 6-0, 6-1. Neilon, Rico and Abadesco also had little problems dispatching their opponents guaranteeing the team win.

Although none of the doubles teams were able to get a win on Friday, Coach Mells said the they are still improving.

51 photos of the varsity girls in action with their new yellow T-shirts are posted HERE.

The JV girls didn't have a good week, winning only one scoring match day and 3 over the two events.

At home against Cascade on Wednesday after over two weeks off, the JV girls played well in their first set, winning 4 of 6. Cascade then woke up and won most of the rest of the sets to secure a 6-1 win in scoring matches.

At 1st singles, Kelli Travenetti played hard in her 7-5, 6-3 win (the "match of the day", according to Coach Brown) as did Kristen Shiels at 2nd singles. She won the first 7-5, lost the second 5-7, the lost a heartbreaking tiebreaker 9-11.

At 4th singles, Kim Smith lost 2-6 in the first then dominated 6-0 in the second before falling in the tiebreaker.

The 2nd doubles team of Rachelle Muzones and Chelsey McKenzie got pounded in their first set 0-6, but came back to win the second 6-3 to force a tiebreaker. The tiebreaker was long and close, but in the end Cascade was able to win 13-11 to capture the match.

The other OH winner was the doubles team of Molly Murdock and Tatum Edwards in extra match play. They won easily, 8-3.

On Friday the JV Wildcats traveled to Snohomish where the Panthers dominated every aspect of the game. Coach Brown singled out Cassia Gianova at 1st singles for her effort. Although Cassie went down 1-6, 3-6, Coach Brown said that her opponent was an exceptional player and Cassie put forth a "tremendous effort" in her match.

Oak Harbor's lone win came in 3rd doubles when Rachelle Muzones and Chelsey McKenzie fought their way through 3 tiebreakers 7-6(2), 6-7(5), 11-9 to capture the match.

This coming week the Varsity team is at home Monday against Monroe while JV is at home Wednesday against Lake Stevens and Friday against Arlington.

Softball 2010-04-13 vs Arlington

The games started out with just a heavy overcast, but by the time it was over everyone at the games were soaking after a steady rain started early in the games.

Over on the JV field, the team just couldn't get anything going on either offense or defense and wound up losing badly.

Things weren't much better on the varsity field, but there were some highlights. One in particular was a shot by Shawna Steele that cleared the left-center fence for a solo home run, giving OH their second run of the game. It, along with the 3 others scored by the Wildcats wasn't enough as the girls fell 16-4.

78 photos of the game, including a nice shot of the ball going off of Steele's bat when she hit her home run, are posted HERE.

Whidbey Island Running Club - 2010 Tulip Run

The Whidbey Island Running Club participated in the annual Tulip Run race at the Skagit Regional Airport on Saturday the 10th.

A couple dozen WIRC runners participated in the event, which consisted of two different races.

The first, a 2-mile fun run had 7 Whidbey Runners and produced one division winner and 2 second-place finishers out of several hundred runners. Complete results are not yet posted, but will be available HERE at the Skagit Runners website.

The other race was a 5-mile run with nearly 700 finishers. WIRC had 4 age-group winners in that race, one of them OHHS runner Christina Wicker, with two more finishing in 2nd place, among them 8th grader Olivia Meyer. 5-mile race results are complete and can be found by clicking HERE.

46 photos, all of the 2-mile race, are posted HERE.

Softball 2010-04-09 vs Lake Stevens

The softball teams were in action last Friday against the Lake Stevens Vikings. The varsity team was hammered early as Lake Stevens took a 5-0 first inning lead and scored once more to win 6-0.

The JV game started in a similar fashion, with the Vikings knocking the ball all over the place. Even after spotting a big lead, the JV team made it exciting at the end. Lake Stevens was holding onto a 7-5 lead but the Wildcats had just loaded the bases, putting the winning run at first with two outs. Unfortunately, the final batter grounded out to the pitcher to end the game. Coach Strain praised pitcher Sam Zimmerman who struck out 4 batters and allowed only one walk.

The next home game for the softball teams is today, Tuesday, at the Hillcrest Fields.

42 photos of the JV and varsity teams are posted HERE.

Girls Golf

The JV girls golf team had a challenging week of play at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club this past week.

Thursday's match was played as of one of the strongest windstorms the island saw this year was just starting, and as a result, no individual results were kept and the girls didn't play from the tee box but started on the fairways.

Monday's match was in much calmer weather, but although it started out just cloudy, it ended in a light rain.

Since there were only 3 JV golfers available for Monday's match, varsity player Ashley Johnson stepped in to fill the 4th spot.

61 photos from Wednesday's match are posted HERE.

54 more photos from Monday are HERE.

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.

Boys soccer 2010-04-06 vs Arlington

After a nice spring break the boys soccer team was back in action Tuesday against Arlington.

Even though there were no offensive goals scored by Oak Harbor, the final of the JV game was 4-1. Early in the 1st half, Arlington passed the ball back to their goalkeeper who was not ready for the pass and watched the ball roll by him and into the net for an Oak Harbor goal.

The varsity score was similar but Arlington didn't score against themselves in that game, leaving the final at 4-0.

68 photos from both games are posted HERE.

Track 2010-03-24 at OHHS

The first home track meet of the season was held at Oak Harbor High School Wednesday afternoon. The girls won their 18-event side of the meet, scoring 88.5 points to Stanwood's 75.5 and Cascade's 24. Things were reversed on the boys side as Cascade and Stanwood dominated. Cascade was on top with 72 points, just .5 ahead of Stanwood. Oak Harbor scored 36.5.

As would be expected early in the season, there were many personal bests set at the meet, and some were very impressive.

In the 100 meter dash, senior Jason Curles finished 2nd in 11.8 seconds, .3 seconds faster than is previous best. Jason also cut .65 seconds off his 200 meter time, finishing 3rd.

Although he didn't set a PR, Chris Opdyke won a close 400 meter dash, finishing just .07 seconds better than 2nd place.

Senior Matt Bolte dominated the 800 meter run, finishing in a time of 2:00.78, nearly 10 seconds better than his best time from 2009 and nearly 8 seconds in front of the 2nd place runner. Connor Meyer finished in 7th but cut his time by 16 seconds and all the other OH runners also set PRs - Crebbin, Lucas Salmons, Thomas Honeycutt and Nate Miller.

Other PRs for the boys were set by Aaron Boesch in the 100, Jalen Williams and Noel Cheeseboro in the 200, Josh Crebbin and Mike Kincy in the 400. In the 1600, John Kartenbach, Honeycutt and Salmons all PR'd.

In field events, Terry Rawls and Austin Church both set new records in the shot put, with Rawls improving by over 7 feet to 38-6 and Dakota Sinchak and Zach Wallace both improved by over 9 feet in the javelin.

The jumpers also showed improvement. Derrick Clarit finished 3rd in the long jump while Andy Haag, Sam Schultz and Spencer Matthews all improved. Haag and Andrew Hernkind set PRs in the triple jump.

The girls had several 1-2-3 finishes on the day let by senior sprinter/jumper Shantae Young who won 3 individual events and was in the winning 4x100 relay.

In the 100 it was freshman Naomi Walker and Christina Alexander behind Young and Janessa Ramos finished 4th. Walker also went on to win the 200 meter dash.

Addy Royal finished 1st in the 800 meter run and finished 2nd in the 1600. Behind Royal in the 800 were Hannah Bressler, Christina Wicker and Bri Petersen, all with new PRs.

Junior Allison Duvenez continued her dominance in the hurdles races, winning both the 100 and 300m races. She won the 100 by nearly a second and the 300 by over 3 seconds.

In addition to winning the 4x100 relay, Oak Harbor also won the 4x400 relay. It was quite a race Maura McKole catching up to the Stanwood runner near the end of her lap then Adrianna Royal took the lead on the final turn.

PRs were set in running events by Walker in the 100 and Janelle Yoshimoto in the 200. In the 800, 3 of the 4 girls set PRs - Hannah Bressler and Bri Peterson improved their times by 6 seconds, and Christina Wicker cut a second of her best. Freshman Joem Evangelista cut .6 seconds off her 100 hurdles time, lowering it to 19.01.

In field events, Wildcat women were 1-2-3 in both the long jump and triple jump. Young won both events with PRs and in the long jump was followed by Walker and Janelle Yoshimoto. In the triple jump it was Nicki Mowbray and Allison Bristow in 2nd and 3rd with freshman Chylan Bass in 4th.

Amanda Alvarado finished 3rd in the shot put and Mowbray 1st in the high jump - she beat her nearest opponent by 4 inches - quite a bit for high school jumping! Dominique Jackson (DJ to her friends) finished 2nd in the discus.

In addition to her 3rd place finish, Alvarado set a PR with a put of 32-9. Freshman Danielle Teasley also set a PR at 24-1. DJ threw the discus 93 feet - 10 feet further than her previous best and Elizabeth Adkins and Carlie Olson added 5 feet to their PRs.

In the Javelin, freshman Ciera Wiser finished in 8th place but was ecstatic with her effort. She threw 87-6, which is EIGHTEEN FEET further than her throw last week! Hers wasn't the only double-digit improvement as Mowbray threw 92-10 to add 13-3 to her PR. Nikita Ford and Tatiana Cumming also set PRs in the javelin.

Over 200 photos, in event order, are posted HERE.

Girls basketball 2010-03-22 Spring League

The OHHS girls basketball team started their spring league season at Skagit Valley College in Mt. Vernon last Monday.

While there are two teams, a "JV" and a "Varsity", both teams are made up of the same girls, and all are current freshmen with the exception of 3 sophomores and one 8th grader.

The first game, in the JV bracket, was against South Langley in Canada. It was a close game and was tied several times late, but S. Langley was able to get one extra point to win 34-33.

The 2nd game, in the varsity bracket, was against Mt. Baker HS and the Wildcat girls just couldn't seem to get the ball in the basket. It was 17-1 at the half and wound up losing 31-4.

40 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Girls tennis 2010-03-22 vs Stanwood

On Monday the 22nd, the OHHS Tennis teams faced WESCO powerhouse Stanwood with the JV at home and the varsity away.

At Stanwood it was a 6-1 slaughter with Erin Neilon at 2nd singles the only OH winner, and it took her 3 sets before winning 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Clarissa Abadesco at 4th singles also went 3 sets but lost 5-7, 6-1, 2-6.

At OHHS, the JV girls performed admirably. While the singles players were 2-2 for the day, the doubles players stepped up and won all their matches for a 5-2 team win.

In singles, the winners were Kelli Travenetti (6-2, 6-2) and Kim Smith (6-0, 6-2). While Cassie Gianino and Kristen Shiels didn't win, the both went into tiebreaker. Cassie's score was 6-4, 3-6 (5-10) and Kristen was 6-3, 4-6 (8-10).

In doubles, the #1 team of Ashley Leslie and Kim Kerley won 6-2, 6-2, #2 Juliana Meenan/Jordan Trask win 6-2, 6-2 and # Rachelle Muzones/Chelsy McKenzie won in a tiebreaker 6-2, 2-6 (10-7)

In the extra matches, OH won 4 of 5. Tatum Edwards & Jenny Landingin won 8-4, Kelli Travenetti and Kristine Escartin won 8-4, Jessica Travenetti and Kyla McKinney won 8-6 and Meenan/Trask won their 2nd match of the day 8-1.

52 photos from the early matches are posted HERE.

JV Track 2010-03-22 at Marysville

The OHHS Track team opened their league season with a JV/All-comer's meet at Marysville on Monday. At the meet were athletes from Arlington, Cascade, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Stanwood, Everett, host Maryville and, of course, Oak Harbor.

Complete results aren't available, but all the OH results can be found by clicking HERE.

The OH team had a mix of grades. While the majority of participants were freshmen and sophomores, there were a few juniors and seniors as well, mostly newcomers to the track team.

Even though this was a "JV" meet, many performances approached and even beat varsity performances from last week's South Whidbey Jamboree.

Freshman Josh Crebbin had an outstanding day, posting a 59.6 in the 400m dash and a 2:28 in the 800. For the girls, freshman Jalani Bobo was just .9 seconds behind the fastest varsity time posted at the Jamboree with a 30.0 flat in the 200 meter dash.

The first full varsity meet of the season is Wednesday the 24th on the OHHS track. Admission is free.

New Scholarship Opportunity

Starting this year, the Oak Harbor Sports Report is sponsoring a scholarship in the amount of $500.

This scholarship is intended to reward those athletes who showed a commitment to OHHS Athletics and at the same time maintained high academic standards.

The recipient must have attended OHHS for all four years of high school and completed at least two seasons in a sport for each of those four years. You need not have won a letter or started, you just had to have completed the full season.

You must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA, 3.5 is better.

You must submit a 500 word essay entitled "How Participating in Athletics Has Made Me A Better Person".

5 finalists will be selected based on the application, GPA and essay and will be contacted for a personal interview.

Since it's late in the school year, for this year only the deadline for submission of the application and essay will be May 1st.

Letters of recommendation from teachers and/or coaches are not required but may help.

For more information, contact Mrs. Mays in the CTE building or email oakharborsportsreport@comcast.net

Softball 2010-03-19 vs Squalicum

The Oak Harbor varsity softball team won its first game of the year with a nice 8-6 win over the visiting Squalicum Storm.

Winning pitcher Whitney Osborn pitched the first 3 innings and recorded 5 strikeouts and only 1 base on balls. Reliever Emily Hunt got five Ks of her own. Each pitcher allowed 3 runs but only one was an earned run.

Ari Araceley, Osborn and Morgan Young each got 2 hits. M. Fakkema was 1-for-3 but recorded 2 RBIs.

Coach Weikle had a lot of good things to say about her girls, especially senior pitcher Whitney Osborn. Coach used words like "aggressive" and "confident" to describe her play.

Freshman Morgan Young in the outfield also impressed. Her great throw from right field to 3rd base stopped all the Storm runners in their tracks.

JV results aren't available, but the OH batters were hitting the ball all over the field early in the game.

75 photos of JV and varsity action are posted HERE, along with a couple of varsity group photos.

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.

Boys Soccer 2010-03-18 vs Stanwood

The JV and Varsity soccer teams each opened their 2010 season with identical 5-0 losses to the Stanwood Spartans.

The JV game was not out of hand until very late in the game. Late in the 2nd half it was 2-0 in favor of Stanwood, but a hand ball was called on OH in the box, setting up a penalty kick for Stanwood that went it. After that the air seemed to go out of the Wildcats and Stanwood knocked in two more goals.

In the varsity game, it was all OH in the first half in every place except the scoreboard. The Wildcats dominated early, getting several shots on the goal but the Stanwood goalkeeper was seemingly everywhere to stop then before going in. On the other end, Stanwood got a couple of lucky breaks and was able to scoot balls into the Wildcat net and added 3 more before the end of the game.

48 photos from both the JV and Varsity games are posted HERE.

Middle School Girls Basketball 2010-03-18 OHMS at NWMS

The final OHMS vs NWMS girls basketball game was held Thursday evening at NWMS and again the Panthers emerged victorious.

In the 7^th grade game Oak Harbor 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 2^nd 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 8^th grade was similar, although the score was tied 6-6 at the end of the 1^st. OHMS corrected that by going on a 10-4 run in the 2^nd to finish the half leading 16-10. The Panthers stepped up their aggressive defense in the 3^rd, 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.

75 photos from the 8th grade game are HERE.

60 7th grade photos are HERE.

Girls tennis 3/17 adn 3/19 vs Lake Stevens and Arlington

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.

JV Baseball 2010-03-17

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 1^st 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 2^nd 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 2^nd.

In the 3^rd, the Cubs were held scoreless (and would remain that way until the 7^th) while Glavick scored to make it a 1-run game. Oak Harbor tied the game in the 5^th when Mertins scored then took a 6-5 lead in the 6^th on Cameron’s 2^nd run of the game after a double by Kusnick and a single by Munoz.

Sedro scored in the top of the 7^th 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 8^th 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 3^rd baseman. A sacrifice fly by Kusnick and error on the Cub shortstop allowed Cameron to score and end the game in a 7-6 Oak Harbor victory.

HERE are 28 photos from the game.

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Girls Golf 2010-03-16 at Gallery Golf Course

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.

54 photos from the match are posted HERE.

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.

Girls Tennis 2010-03-15 vs Monroe

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.

JV winners were:
Cassie Gianino 6-2, 6-3
Kelli Travenetti 6-4, 6-4
Kristen Shields 6-1, 6-1
Jordan Trask 6-2, 6-3
Leslia/Kerley 6-0, 7-6 (3)

58 photos from the JV matches are posted HERE.

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.

Whidbey Island Running Club - Sunset Loop Relay in Anacortes

The WIRC ran in the Sunset Loop Relay in Anacortes this past Saturday and did very well.

Full results and details are available in this Whidbey News-Times article.

Over 100 photos of various team members, both adult and youth, are posted HERE.

Middle School Wrestling 2010-03-12 at Mt. Baker MS

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.

5 video highlights are posted HERE.

34 photos are posted HERE.

Middle School Girls Basketball

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.

OHMS played Mt. Baker on March 11th. The 7th grade team lost and final results from the 8th grade game were not available. OHMS 7th grade photos are HERE and 8th grade photos are HERE.

There is a final OHMS vs NWMS game on March 18th at NWMS. 7th grade action starts at 3:45 and 8th grade at 5pm. FREE admission for everyone!

Middle School Girls Basketball 2010-03-08 OHMS @ NWMS

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.

Photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE. There's just 21 pics total.

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.

25 pictures from the 8th grade game are posted HERE.

Click HERE to see a short video clip with highlights from both the 7th and 8th grade games.

MS Girls Basketball 2010-03-04 NWMS vs LaVenture

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.

51 photos of the 7th graders, including some goofy team pics from before the game, are posted HERE.

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.

8th grade photos are HERE (53 total)

A video clip highlighting all 3 field goals from the first half of each game is HERE.

MS Basketball 2010-03-03 OHMS vs Anacortes

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.

33 photos from the game are posted HERE.

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.

38 7th grade photos are posted HERE

A video clips with some highlights can be found HERE.

Middle School Wrestling 2010-03-01 vs Anacortes

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

A video clip of highlights is HERE.

Youth basketball 2-27-2010 @ OHMS

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.

Click HERE for 91 Kindergarten camp photos

HERE are 149 1st and 2nd grade photos from 3 different games

Finally, 102 3rd and 4th grade photos are HERE.

Middle School Girls Basketball

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.

57 photos from the 2nd half of the game, along with some team photos, are posted HERE.

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.

59 8th grade photos are posted HERE.

A clip with highlights from both the 7th and 8th grade games can be found HERE.

Middle School Wrestling 2010-02-18

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.

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.

Boys AAU Basketball 2010-02-13

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.

5th grade photos are HERE.

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.

39 6th grade photos are HERE.

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.

25 photos of the 7th grade game vs Cascade are HERE.

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.

50 photos from both the Everett and Cascade games are HERE.

A video clip with highlights from the 7th grade game against Cascade and 8th grade game vs Everett is HERE.

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.

Youth Basketball 2-13-2010 at OHMS

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)

Boys Swimming - District meet at Kamiak

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

Wrestling - Regional Tournaments

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.

Girls Basketball 2010-02-12 @ Shorewood

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.

A short video clip is posted HERE.

Girls Basketball 2010-02-10 vs Monroe

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.

61 photos of the games and senior night activities are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.

Boys Basketball 2010-02-09 @ Marysville

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.

14 photos from the freshman game are posted HERE.

A video clip with freshman and varsity highlights is HERE.

GBB 2-8-2010 vs Marysville

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 girls finished the regular season tonight, Wednesday, with senior night, hosting 2nd place Monroe in the OHHS gym.

6 highlights from the JV and varsity game are HERE.

55 photos are posted HERE.

Wresting 2010-02-05&6 - WESCO Tournament at Marysville

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

77 photos from the 2nd day of wrestling, including group photos, are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.