Youth soccer 2010-09-11

The North Whidbey Soccer Club started their fall season on Saturday with a full slate of 18 games.

We were able to get to 7 of them and the photos are posted below.

The BU-6 Black Steamers played the Green Rhinos with 29 photos posted HERE.

Also at BU-6, the Grey Dragons took on the Yellow Jackets. 19 photos are posted HERE. The Dragons are sponsored by Angelo's Cafe on Pioneer Way.

The final BU-6 game was the yellow Golden Tigers vs the Red Fireballs. 35 photos are HERE.

The one BU-8 game was the Blue Scorpions vs the Green Dragons. 54 images are HERE


In girls action, it was the GU-6 Green Tinkerbells and the Purple Sharks - 26 photos

Another unnamed team, GU-6 Blue, played the Pink Unicorns with 47 photos HERE. The Unicorns are sponsored by Moving & Grooving just off Goldie Rd. in Oak Harbor.

Finally, the GU-8 Purple Raspberry Rockets went up against a Blue team with no name. 56 photos can be found by clicking HERE.

There won't be any youth soccer photos again until October 9th due to prior commitments.

I still plan to get some action photos, at least, of every team U10 and below before the end of the season

Youth football 2010-09-11

3 teams were in action on the Ft. Nugent fields last Saturday, the Cougars, Jaguars and Lynx. The Bobcats had the weekend off while the Pumas, Wildcats and Panthers all had away games.

The midget Cougars started the home stand by taking a 6-0 lead at halftime over Arlington Blue, but the Eagles fought back and were able to score 24 unanswered points to win 24-6. The loss puts the Cougars at 1-1 for the season.
28 photos from the Cougars game are posted HERE.


The Jaguars also played Arlington Blue, but in the junior division. They played tough and had some letdowns, but triumphed with a 12-0 victory. The win puts the Jags at 2-0 for the season.
22 photos are posted HERE.

In the final game of the day, the Lynx just couldn't get any momentum on offense, losing to Mt. Vernon Green 26-6. The Lynx are now 0-2.
30 photos of the game are posted HERE.
16 photos of some of the Lynx cheerleaders are HERE.

In the away games, the Pumas lost at Burlington Blue 31-25, The Wildcats lost at Lakewood 33-0 and the Panthers won at Mt. Vernon Black 34-0. The Pumas and Wildcats are now 0-2 and the Panthers are 2-0

Varsity Football 2010-09-10 vs Glacier Peak

It was another tough night for the Wildcat football team as the visiting Grizzlies sprinted to a 35-0 first-half lead.

Oak Harbor was able to score twice, the first with 19 seconds left in the 3rd quarter, a Matt Burgoyne to Mike Washington pass for 16 yards. The other score was with just 17 seconds left in the game. Isaiah Trower ran around the right side for a 37-yard score.

On defense, Justin Counts was a standout with 2 interceptions.

Next up for the Wildcats is a trip to Shoreline Stadium for a 5pm game against Shorewood, one of two early games this season.

A video highlight clip from the game is posted HERE.

Some photos from the game are posted HERE.

Boys Tennis 2010-09-09 vs Mountlake Terrace

At Mountlake Terrace, the Wildcat boys tennis team started their season in a good way, sweeping the host Hawks 7-0, with every match won in straight sets.

Ben Cardinal beat John Kim 6-1, 6-1
Josh Evans beat Stuart Milner 6-0, 6-1
Brandon Vagt beat Leo Lui 6-1, 6-1
David DeGuzman beat Ty Seyoum 6-0, 6-3

Doubles

Max O'Dell and Geoff Worley beat Pingul and Jung 6-2, 6-1
Eric Berner and Michael Serna beat Ho and Roberts 6-1, 5-1
Ben Harrison and Will Southard beat Morrison and Morgan 6-1, 6-3

In exhibition matches, Maric Sobreo and Harrison Miller lost to Kim and Milner. The MLT players were the #1 and #2 singles players put together for the exhibition doubles match.

Also, Marvyn Sionson lost a very close match to Bryce Pingul, 9-8(4)

Girls Soccer 2010-09-09 vs Shorecrest

Thursday night was Oak Harbor's home opener for soccer, hosting the Shorecrest Scots. The girls felt good coming off a 12-0 thumping of Mariner earlier in the week and it showed, as the girls were aggressive on both ends of the field.

The defense allowed just a single goal, that a shot that went in during a scrum close to the net very late in the first half. However, the Wildcats just couldn't get the ball into the Shorecrest net and the game ended with the Scots winning 1-0.

In JV action, the Wildcats just could not get any kind of momentum and fell by a 7-0 score.

78 photos of both JV and Varsity action are posted HERE.

Freshman football 2010-09-08 vs Archbishop Murphy

On Wednesday the OH Freshman Football team started the season with a game against Archbishop Murphy. The game was a last-minute addition to the schedule and both teams were scrambling. The Murphy team was late arriving to the school and then found out they didn't bring their jerseys, so during the game they wore Wildcat away jerseys.

Once the game started, ABM was able to score on their first possession, and that was it for the entire game. The Oak Harbor did a decent job defending the run but had some problems with the passing game.

The Wildcats struggled on offense, and when they did get a drive going, it was usually an error that stopped it, not the defense.

In the end, it was Archbishop Murphy 6, Oak Harbor 0.

A series of 5 video clips from the game are posted HERE.

Varsity Football 2010-09-03 @ Mountlake Terrace

The Wildcat varsity football team opened their 2010 season on the road at Edmonds Stadium against Mountlake Terrace last Friday and the Hawks took it to Oak Harbor.

The game started with MLT running back the opening kickoff for a score and scored 4 more times before halftime.

Oak Harbor got on the board just before halftime when QB Matt Burgoyne took the ball in from 3 yards out to make it 35-7.

In the 2nd half, the defense steadied up a bit after adjusting to Terrace's up the middle style of running, holding MLT to just a single score.

Oak Harbor scored the final points in the game with about 3 minutes left in the game when Burgoyne threw to Mike Washington, Jr. for a 28-yard score.

OHHS Girls Soccer 9-7-2010 - updated

The girls got the 2010 season going on the right foot by traveling to Mariner HS to completely destroy the Marauders 12-0.

8 different OH players took part in the scoring with another 3 adding assists.

Jember Jansen led the scoring with 3 goals. Katie Duhrkopf and Morgan Dutton each scored 2 goal and Brighton Pruss, Annie Leete, McKenzie Schneider, Jordan Boucher and Kaitlyn O'Neill each scoring 1.

Millie Goebel was singled out by coach Jeff Laiblin for her 4 "great assists". Dutton and Chelsea Atkinson each had 2 assists while Leete, Boucher, O'Neill and Sarah Young had an assist each.

Goebel's 4 assists tied the school record. She now shares it with Sheena Darling who had 4 assists in a single game in 1999.

There was no JV game played Tuesday night.

The Soccer team opens their home schedule with a league game against the Shorecrest Scots at Wildcat Memorial Stadium. JV starts at 5:30, Varsity at 7pm.

OHHS football begins this Friday

The Wildcat varsity football teams travels to Edmonds Stadium to meet Mountlake Terrace in the opening game of the 2010 season.

The Hawks are coming off a 4-2 conference season (6-4 overall) and were the #2 finisher in the WESCO south last year, earning their first-ever playoff spot. Oak Harbor finished 2-4 in the WESCO North and 3-7 overall, coming in 5th place in the league.

This year both teams are in the newly formed WESCO 3A league and this will be the first meeting between the two teams in recent memory.

The game is the 2nd of a doubleheader at Edmonds Stadium with a scheduled start time of 8pm.

If you can't be at the game, get live Twitter updates on your cell phone! Go to https://twitter.com/OHSportsReport

Youth football 2010-08-28 - Opening day

The Oak Harbor Youth Football League kicked off the regular season with a set of 5 games at the Ft. Nugent complex last Saturday.

First up were the midget Panthers, facing off against Stanwood Red. From the beginning, it was easy to see that the Panthers were the superior team. The Panthers first scored with 8:45 left in the 1st quarter on a pitch to lead 6-0. The second score was also in the 1st quarter after a reverse went the distance. The quarter ended with the Panthers leading 12-0 and that score would stand through halftime.

In their second series of the 3rd quarter, the Panthers started the drive with 2 consecutive penalties, then had a long TD run called back by another flag, but the Spartans muffed the Panther punt and it was recovered by Oak Harbor. The Panthers drove down to the Stanwood 3 but turned the ball over on downs. On their first offensive play, Stanwood fumbled the snap and the QB was tackled in the end zone for a safety. With 5:03 left in the game it was now OH 14, Stanwood 0. On the free kick after the safety, Oak Harbor mishandled the ball and Stanwood recovered, turning it into a touchdown 6 plays later to cut the Panther lead to 8, 14-6 and 2:10 left in the game. Oak Harbor grabbed the kickoff and drove down the field, scoring on the final play of the game to win 20-6.

Video highlights from the Panthers game are posted HERE.

22 photos of the Panthers game are posted HERE.

Next up were the Jaguars against the sole Stanwood junior team. The game was all Jaguars from beginning to end, as the Oak Harbor defense never allowed Stanwood to cross midfield.

The first Jags TD came on a handoff with 3:59 to go in the 1st quarter. A kicked PAT was good to make the score 8-0. The next OH score came with just 32 seconds left in the 1st on a 36-yard TD pass play. There was a bad snap on the PAT attempt and the run failed. 14-0 Jags. Oak Harbor scored twice more in the 2nd quarter on running plays making the score 26-0 at halftime. The Jaguars scored at the 5:16 mark in the 3rd and the 6:49 mark in the 4th to run the final score to 40-0.

Jaguars video highlights are posted HERE.

22 Jaguars photos from the game are HERE

The middle game, starting at 1pm, featured the junior Pumas vs Ferndale Gold. Ferndale game to Oak Harbor physically and mentally ready to play football, unfortunately, the Pumas were not. Ferndale took the opening kickoff down to the Puma 7 yard line before fumbling to Oak Harbor. The Pumas went 3-and-out, then Ferndale scored with 8:18 left in the 2nd. Each team had a single possession in the remaining 1st half time which ended with Ferndale leading 6-0.

In the 3rd quarter, things didn't get much better for the Pumas as Ferndale scored at the 3:48 mark then again at the 5:41 point of the 4th period. Oak Harbor just could not get any offense going at all and ended the game on the short end of a 20-0 score.

There were some highlights, and video clips of them are posted HERE.

12 photos from the game are posted HERE

The 4th game of the day was the midget Cougars vs Sedro Blue. This game started with a lot of excitement, as the Cougars recovered the onside kick and the first play from scrimmage went up the middle for a touchdown. The score was called back due to a penalty, but the score went back up with 5:48 to go in the first quarter, Cougars ahead 6-0. Later in the first, the Cougs returned a Sedro punt for another score to make it 14-0. Late in the 2nd quarter, an Oak Harbor runner got loose for a 63-yard touchdown run to increase the lead to 20-0. The first-half shutout was sealed by a Cougar interception.

Scoring on their first possession of the 2nd half on a 54-yard run, the Cougars elected to attempt a kicked PAT (worth 2 points in youth football to encourage kicking) and the team watched the ball sail right through the uprights to make it 28-0 Cougars with 9:25 left in the 3rd. Oak Harbor added yet another score at the 2:50 mark on a 14-yard run to make it 34-0. In the 4th, Sedro was able to finally mount a drive, scoring from the OH 7 yard line then scored again on a 67-yard breakout run. The Cougars responded with a 68-yard scoring run of their own to end the game with a 40-12 victory.

An assortment of highlights are posted HERE.

22 Cougar game photos are posted HERE

Finally, starting almost on time, the peewee Lynx hosted Burlington Blue. Burlington struck first, needing only 4 plays to take an early 6-0 lead, then scored again as time expired in the 1st quarter to make it 13-0. The Lynx weren't down yet, as they had a decent drive of their own, scoring from 33 yards out to close the game to 13-6 at halftime.

Burlington used their first drive in the 2nd half to increase their lead to 20-6 on a 24-yard run and added another halfway through the 4th to make it 27-12. With plenty of fight still left in them, the Lynx broke loose for a 66-yard touchdown run, but BE got the final say with a touchdown as time expired, taking a 33-12 win home with them. In the books the score is listed as 34-12, but the pass PAT after the second Burlington TD was counted as 2 points instead of 1.

Some video highlights of the Lynx game are posted HERE.

14 Lynx photos are HERE

In the two games played outside of Oak Harbor, the senior Wildcats were at Arlington and had some center/QB exchange problems, with two fumbles leading to Eagle scores in the 1st half. The second half was better for the 'Cats, but Arlington still won 20-12.

Also at Arlington, the peewee Bobcats were down early 19-0 against Arlington White, but also recovered some, but not enough, as they lost 25-14.

Next week, Labor Day weekend, there are no games due to the long holiday weekend. However, the High School team will be at Edmonds Stadium on Friday, September 3rd to face Mountlake Terrace in their 1st game in the new WESCO 3A league.

The next OHYFL games are September 11th with 3 games at Ft. Nugent. The Cougars kick things off at 9am against Arlington Blue, followed by the Jaguars, also against Arlington Blue, at 11am, and finally the Lynx vs Mt. Vernon Green at 1pm.

The Pumas are at Burlington at 9am, the Wildcats at Lakewood at 11am and the Panthers at MV Black at 3pm. The Bobcats have the day off.

Youth Football 2010-08-21 - Jamboree

Again, Oak Harbor is fielding a total of 7 youth football teams. In the Pee-Wee division (6-8) are the Lynx and Bobcats, in the Midget division (9-10) are the Cougars and Panthers, the Juniors (11-12) are the Jaguars and Pumas and there is one Senior team, the Wildcats.

The Oak Harbor Youth Football League commenced play last Saturday at Burlington-Edison High School with the annual Jamboree. Each team had a minimum of 3 scrimmages against an outside team. The teams had 10 minutes continuously on offense and 10 on defense. The Pumas looked good against all their opponents and look to be one of the top teams this year.

The regular season opens next Saturday, August 28th, with 5 games at the Ft. Nugent field. The day starts at 9am with the Panthers taking on Stanwood Red followed at 11am with the Jaguars also against Stanwood. At 1pm it's the Pumas vs Ferndale Gold, at 3pm the Cougars vs Sedro-Woolley Blue and the final game, at 5pm is the Lynx vs Burlington Blue.

All the games are free and the snack shack will be open. Come down and cheer on the future of Oak Harbor!

In the meantime, here are the photos from last Saturday's Jamboree:

64 Wildcat photos are HERE

51 Bobcats photos are HERE

HERE are the 70 Cougar images

Click HERE for 35 Lynx photos

Panther images are HERE - all 35 of them

28 Puma pics are HERE

Finally, the Jaguars. Due to a number of factors, only 17 photos were publishable and they are posted HERE.

Youth Football

The Oak Harbor Youth Football season is underway, with teams in their 2nd week of practices. On Thursday, the midget teams, the Cougars and Panthers, got together for a scrimmage. 47 photos are posted HERE.

Both starters and subs saw a lot of action and there was a lot of encouragement for both teams by both coaches as well as several dozen parents on the sidelines. Some great sportsmanship was displayed all around!

It's football time!

Here is the 2010 OHHS Varsity football schedule. Other sports schedules will be posted as they are completed along with the youth football and soccer schedules

Sep 3 8pm vs Mountlake Terrace @ Edmonds Stadium
Sep 10 7pm vs Glacier Peak @ home
Sep 17 5pm vs Shorewood @ Shoreline Stadium
Sep 24 7pm vs Everett @ home - HOMECOMING
Oct 1 5pm vs Lynnwood @ Edmonds Stadium
Oct 8 7pm @ Mt. Vernon
Oct 15 7pm vs Shorecrest @ home
Oct 22 7pm vs LCI @ home
Oct 28 7pm vs Meadowdale @ home (Thursday game)

Take note that the final regular season game is on a Thursday, and that two of the away games are at 5pm.

Also note that "LCI" is on the schedule. This is the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute from Lethbridge, Canada. LCI is the largest of 3 high schools in Lethbridge, located in southern Alberta. LCI has an extensive Wikipedia entry which can be read by clicking HERE.

First Scholarship awarded

Back in June, the Oak Harbor Sports Report awarded its first ever scholarship at the annual awards ceremony at Oak Harbor High School. The $500 award was funded with the proceeds from the online photo sales and highlight videos. As sales increase, so will the award amount.

The scholarship is for a OHHS senior that participated in at least two sports per year for all 4 years of high school AND maintained a 3.0 or higher GPA.

The winner for the Class of 2010 was Adam Smith. He played on the football team for all 4 years of high school and swam in his senior year, in addition to other sports.

Adam will attend the University of Washington and recently learned to fly.

Congratulations, Adam!

Youth soccer 2010-06-05 - Final weekend

The final weekend of spring youth soccer was last weekend at Ft. Nugent Park with mostly just the U-6 and U-8 teams playing.

Soccer will start up again in the fall with another group of fun, hard-playing kids.

Photos from the final week include:

24 photos of the GU-6 Red Cobras vs Pink Pinkettes. The Pinkettes are sponsored by Angelo's Cafe on Pioneer Way.

25 photos of the BU-6 Little Limes vs Blue Dragons. The Limes are sponsored by Van Cleve Optical and the Dragons by Martins Auto Electric.

26 photos of the BU-8 Lime Dragons vs Blue Stingrays. The Stingray are sponsored by The Oak Harbor Auto Center.

36 photos of the BU-6 Red Cobras vs Grey Sonics.

23 photos of the Green Dragons vs Blue Sharks. The Sharks are sponsored by Best Friends Veterinary Center and the Dragons by Les Schwab Tires.

A real bees nest was stirred up when the Black Wasps played the Green Hornets. The Hornets fittingly have All Island Pest Control as their sponsor and the Wasps have Nautilus Construction. 22 photos are posted HERE.

Finally it was the Blue Ocean vs the Blue Dolphins, although the Dolphin uniforms looked green next to the Ocean uniforms. The Ocean has David Walker, Attorney as their sponsor and the Dolphins have Pediatric Associates. 20 photos of the final game are posted HERE.

It was a fun year for all the players, and not a little bit of sweat and tears were left on the field after each game.

Girls Tennis State results

The OHHS doubles team of Clarissa Abadesco and Laurin Rico finished the 2010 state tournament at Kamiakin HS in Kennewick in 6th place.

The girls started out with a 6-3, 6-0 loss to Tahoma HS from Tacoma. The rebounded by beating Federal Way easily 6-1, 6-3.

Their next match, against Walla Walla was tough and our girls lost the first set 3-6. Again they responded and won the next two 6-4, 6-2 for the 2-1 win

Next the girls faced Kentwood. Laurin and Clarissa won the first set 6-4 and the 2nd set was a much closer 7-5 win.

In their final match, with the winner getting 4th place, the girls faced a local team - Edmonds-Woodway. The OH girls played hard, but it wasn't enough as EW won 6-1, 6-2.

State track results

The Oak Harbor women, as a team, finished with 9 points to finish in 27th place out of 51 participating teams.

The only boys event was the 4x100 relay team that ran a time of 44.30 in the prelims for 13th place.

Naomi Walker finished 10th in the 100m dash prelims in 13.10. In the 200 meter dash prelims she ran a 26.25, good enough for 7th place and a trip to the finals, where she ran a 26.71 and earned 3rd place. Naomi was the only Freshman finalist in the 200m dash.

The girls 4x100 relay team ran a 50.06 prelim race but were one spot away from the finals with a 9th place finish.

Nicole Mowbray jumped 5-0 in the High Jump for 14th place. She also finished 11th in the triple jump.

Shantae Young, in the long jump, had a mark of 16-9.75 and finished 8th.

Track - State results, Day 1

One final to report from the first day of the state track championships.

In the triple jump, Shantae Young set a new PR of 38-6.75 to earn 3rd place in that event.

Nicki Mowbray, in her first year of track, jumped 36-2 to finish in 11th place

Great job girls!

Girls Golf District Tournament at Gallery Golf Course in Oak Harbor

The Oak Harbor Wildcats hosted this years' district golf tournament at the Navy's Gallery Golf Course.

Day 2 started with 39 golfers with the top 15 going to state. Of those 39 golfers, 6 were from Oak Harbor.

After the first day, Ashley Johnson was the top Wildcat, shooting a 93 for 6th place. Simone Hamilton shot a 97 and was tied for 8th.

Millie Goebel and Sasha Olson each shot 100 and were at 16th. Melany Cone was 24th with a 103 and Mara Cortez 38th with a 114.

On day 2, Ashley showed her consistency by shooting a 94 for a total of 187. That earned her 7th place and a trip to the state tournament next week in Pasco.

Melany Cone, after ending the first day in 24th place, shot a 93 on day 2 to boost herself up to 10th place.

Also going to state is Simone Hamilton who shot 100 on day 2 for a total of 197. She finished 11th.

Sasha Olson shot 105 on day 2 and finished 21st with a 205 total. Millie Goebel had 109 on the 2nd day for a total of 209 and 23rd place.

Mara Cortez improved by 13 strokes over day 1, shooting 101 on the 2nd day for a total of 215, moving her up to 31st place.

The 3 state participants are the team's 3 seniors, and the 3 juniors are well-poised to make their own run to state next year.

Girls Tennis - District tournament day 2

In the doubles consolation semifinal, Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco defeated Ann Fina and Marina Messerli of Stanwood 6-4, 6-3 for a chance to earn 3rd place and a trip to the state tournament.

In the final match, Julie Winston and Brielle Nicholas beat Laurin and Clarissa in the first set, 7-6(4), but the Wildcat women regrouped and won the next two sets 6-2, 6-4 to earn the 3rd and final spot in the state tennis tournament.

Cady O'Dell and Erin Neilon were tied for 7th in singles play.

Track - 4A District 1 championships - day 1

At the end of the first day of the 2-day meet, the Oak Harbor boys were 9th of 13 teams and the OH girls 4th.

Here are the complete OH results:

Boys
200m dash prelims - 7 - Jason Curles, 13 - Aaron Boesch
400m dash prelims - 14 - Chris Opdyke
800m run prelims - 2 - Matt Bolte, 14 - Conner Meyer (PR 2:06.38)
1600m run finals - 16 - Matt Reith
300m hurdles prelims - 14 - Josh Sayre (PR 43.25)
4x400 relay prelims - 10th
Shot Put finals - 14 - Javon Payne
High Jump finals - 13 - Sam Schultz
Long Jump finals - 4 - Donovan Hunt, 8 Josh Higbee (PR 20-1)

Girls
100m dash prelims - 1 Naomi Walker, 6 - Janessa Ramos, 7 - Shantae Young, 15 - Christina Alexander
200m dash prelims - 1 - Naomi Walker, 10 - Christina Alexander, 17 - Janessa Ramos
400m dash prelims - 7 - Maura McKole, 9 - Allison Duvenez
800m run prelims - 3 - Adrianna Royal, 12 - Christina Wicker
3200m run final - 16 - Abby Leete
100m hurdle prelims - 13 - Raeanna Wynne
4x100 relay prelims - 1st place
4x200 relay prelims - 5th place
4x400 relay prelims - 5th place
Javelin final - 10 - Janelle Yoshimoto
Long Jump final - 1 Shantae Young, 5 - Naomi Walker, 8 - Nicole Mowbray

One thing in looking at the District meet participants - OH had a freshman, 4 sophomores and a junior for the boys and 2 freshmen, 2 sophomores, 5 juniors and only 2 seniors. Plenty of talent to build on for next year!

Girls Tennis - District tournament day 1

On the first day of the WESCO 4A District 1 tournament at Stanwood HS, Oak Harbor came out with mixed results.

In doubles, #2 seed Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco defeated #3 Mariner 6-2, 6-0 to move into the semifinals. There, they lost 6-2, 6-0 to the #1 seed from Edmonds. They will continue at 3pm Thursday.

Erin Neilon came in seeded #3 and faced the South #2 in the first round and lost a hard 3-set match, 2-6, 6-3, 2-6. Then in the consolation match she fell 2-6, 4-6 to Kamiak.

Cady O'Dell also had a tough day, falling to the South #1 seed 6-7(3), 2-6 then losing in the consolations 2-6, 4-6.

New Head Girls Basketball Coach at OHHS

Trisha Wieber is the new head coach at OHHS, replacing Brett McLeod who resigned after leading the team for 8 years.

More on Trisha as the summer league and camps get into swing.

Girls AAU basketball 2010-05-16 Tiger Tournament

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

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

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

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

The Cats finished the tournament in 5th place.

72 photos from Sunday's action are posted HERE.

A short video clip is posted HERE.

BBB 2010-05-16 Spring League

The OHHS Boys basketball team finished off their Spring League season with a trio of games at Skagit Valley College.

First up was the JV Gold team who had no problem disposing of Mt. Vernon 56-28

The Varsity team went against a good Glacier Peak team and found themselves down 30-21 at halftime. The 2nd half wasn't nearly as close as Glacier Peak opened a big lead and cruised to a 74-37 win.

Finally, the JV Purple team led Burlington 25-19 at the half but couldn't hold on as Burlington won 47-42.

A video clip from the varsity game is posted HERE.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Boys Golf 2010-05-17 - District 1 tournament

The boys golf team had an off first day at the District 1 boys golf tournament Monday at the par 72 Everett Golf & Country Club. Monday's scores will be added to Tuesday's scores to determine who goes on. 14 players will advance to state.

As expected, Jackson HS is first in the team standings, with 5 of 6 players shooting in the 70s and a team score of 375. Kamiak is 2nd with 379 and Arlington 3rd with 402. Oak Harbor is currently 7th with a stroke count of 421.

Individually, Cascade's Anthony Chiarelli is listed in first place, tied with 2 others at 71.

Judd Ford, the highest placing OH golfer, shot an 80 to tie with 7 others. Ford is currently listed in 26th place. Also in the top 40 are Austin Fields with an 83 and Matt Fikse with an 85.

Greg Martin (86) and Jim Nguyen (87) are both below the cut line.

Youth soccer 2010-05-15

Another full slate of soccer games at the Ft. Nugent fields this past Saturday. We got there early and were able to get photos of 11 different games

For the boys, it was

BU-6 Blue Tigers, sponsored by Island Family Hearing Clinic taking on the Orange Komodo Dragons, sponsored by AAA Climate Control Mini Storage. 37 photos are posted HERE.

BU-6 Green (name unknown) vs the Blue Lightning Bears. 26 photos are HERE

BU-6 Teal Rex and the Grey Sonics have 56 photos posted HERE

BU-8 Red Scorpions, sponsored by Oak Harbor Motors played the Blue Sharks, sponsored by Best Friends Veterinary Center with 28 photos HERE

BU-10 Silvertips, sponsored by P&L General Contractors played hard before falling 4-2 to a South Whidbey team. 32 photos are posted HERE.

BU-10 Red Atomic Fireballs also played a South Whidbey but it wasn't close as South Whidbey dominated the game. 27 photos are posted HERE

And for the girls:

GU-6 Blue Barbie Bandits, sponsored by Beck's Carpet Cleaning and the Pink Pinkettes, sponsored by Angelo's Cafe, have 35 photos posted HERE.

GU-6 Red Cardinals, sponsored by Best Friends Veterinary Center and the Green Stinging Nettles have 30 photos posted HERE.

GU-8 Oak Harbor Elk's Club Purple Pixies played the Blue Electric Eels with 22 photos posted HERE.

At GU-10 the Purple Disciples and Blue Shockers have 31 photos HERE. The Disciples won the game 6-0.

Finally, the GU-12 Oak Harbor Blue Smurfs, sponsored by Schisler Trucking beat the Coupeville Sharks, sponsored by Stig Carlson, Architecture. 32 photos are posted HERE.

Track 2010-05-14 - WESCO North finals

At the end of the 2010 WESCO North track championships, the Oak Harbor girls finished in 2nd place and the boys came in 9th overall.

Starting with the boys, Donovan Hunt was the standout athlete, finishing 3rd in the long jump, 5th in the triple jump, and 8th in the 100. Donovan would have been part of the 4x100 relay team but had to bow out and Josh Higbee stepped in.

In other track events, Jason Curles came in 4th in the 2oom finals and Matt Bolte 2nd in the 800m finals.

In addition to the 4x100 relay, the 4x400 relay also placed, coming in 8th place.

Cody Hernkind and Sam Schultz both cleared 5-6 in the high jump to tied for 8th place and Josh Higbee was 9th in the long jump.

Other boys that participated in the meet were
100m - Jason Curles, Aaron Boesch
200m - Aaron Boesch, Justin Everett
400m - Chris Opdyke, Conner Meyer
800m - Conner Meyer
1600m - Matt Reith, Thomas Honeycutt
3200m - Matt Reith, Nate Miller
110 & 300m hurdles - Josh Sayre
Shot put - Javon Payne
Discus - Robert Beadles, Austin Church
Javelin - Javon Payne, Dakota Sinchak
Pole Vault - Justin Everett
Long Jump - Derrick Clarit
Triple Jump - Derrick Clarit, Cody Hernkind

The girls team produced 5 champions. Naomi Walker won the 100 and 200 meter dash, Shantae Young won the long and triple jump, and the 4x100 relay came in first place.

Young also placed 3rd in the 100 and Janessa Ramos placed 4th in the 100 and 6th in the 200. Walker was 5th in the long jump.

Addy Royal came in 2nd in the 800 and 5th in the 1600.

Nicki Mowbray earned team points by finishing 4th in the high jump (4-11), 2nd in the long jump and 3rd in the triple jump.

Other girls in the meet:
100m - Christina Alexander, Janelle Yoshimoto
200m - Christina Alexander
400m - Maura McKole (6), Allison Duvenez (7), Christina Wicker, Jember Jansen
800m - Christina Wicker (5), Hannah Bressler, Hannah Kagey
1600m - Abby Leete, Jessica Denmon
3200m - Abby Leete (10), Hannah Kagey, Taylor VonGrey, Emily Bain
100m hurdles - Raeanna Wynne (10)
300m hurdles - Raeanna Wynne, Megan Duhrkopf
4x200 relay - 5th
4x400 relay - 6th
Shot put - Amanda Alvarado (6), Dominique Jackson (14)
Discus - Elizabeth Adkins
Javelin - Janelle Yoshimoto, Ciera Wiser, Nicki Mowbray
High Jump - Katelyn Bristow
Long Jump - Janelle Yoshimoto
Triple Jump - Katelyn Bristow

Next up is the 4A District 1 championships at Snohomish HS on Wednesday, May 19th and finishing Friday, May 21st.

Girls Tennis 2010-05-13 and 14 - WESCO North finals

On day 2 of the WESCO North tournament, the Wildcats continued their success on the courts, sending all 4 players on to Friday's final matches.

In the singles semifinal, Erin Neilon lost to #1 seed Megan Lalone from Stanwood 6-0, 6-0 then Cady O'Dell lost to #2 Sarah Tuemmler from Marysville 6-1, 7-5. In the consolations, Cady beat Brooke Winslow 6-0, 6-0 and Erin beat Heather Smith of Stanwood 6-2, 6-2 to set up an Oak Harbor battle for 3rd and 4th.

In doubles semifinals, Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco won 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the championship match.

On Friday, after spending most of the season at #2, Erin beat Cady convincingly 6-1, 6-0 to capture 3rd place. Both girls advance to the District Tournament at Jackson HS.

Laurin and Clarissa fought hard, but wound up on the short end of a 6-4, 6-4 score, finishing 2nd place in WESCO North. Not bad for having played together for just a couple of weeks!

Track 2010-05-12 - WESCO North prelims

At the end of the first day, things weren't going bad for the girls and weren't going well for the guys.

In girls 100m prelims, Oak Harbor put 3 girls in the top 10 - Shantae Young won in 12.37, Naomi Walker was 2nd in 12.59 and Janessa Ramos was 5th in 12.89. Naomi was first in the 200 prelims in 26.18 and Janessa was 5th in 26.89.

In the 400m dash prelim, Maura McKole, Allison Duvenez and Christina Wicker all finished in the top 10 (of 24 entries).

Addy Royal finished 3rd in the 800 prelim, followed by Wicker and Hannah Bressler, both in the top 10 as well.

Abby Leete was the top OH finisher in the 3200 finals earning 10th place in WESCO North.

In hurdles prelims, Raeanna Wynne was 10th in the 100m hurdles.

There were 3 field events contested on the first day, discus, javelin and long jump.

No OH athletes finished in the top 10 in discus or jav, but Shantae Young won the long jump (17-4), Nicki Mowbray was 2nd (15-11.5) and Naomi Walker 5th (15-4.25).

Friday will have finals for the track events except the 3200 as well as the shot put, high jump, triple jump and pole vault.

The girls ended the first day in 3rd place with 26 points. Stanwood was first with 50 and Arlington 2nd with 41. Monroe, Everett and Lake Stevens ended the first day in single digits.

For the boys, Donovan Hunt and Jason Curles were the only sprinters to finish in the top 10, both finishing in 8th place - Donovan in the 100 and Jason in the 200. Top sprinter Josiah Miller was absent due to an injury he received at practice earlier in the week.

In the distance events, Matt Bolte was 5th in the 800 prelims and Matt Reith 10th in the 1600m finals.

Josh Sayre set yet another PR in the 110 hurdles, finishing in 17.26, good enough for 15th place overall.

The boys 4x100 is in 4th place with Derrick Clarit filling in for Miller and the 4x400 relay team is currently 8th. Finals for both events are Friday.

Shot put, High Jump, Pole Vault and Long Jump were the boys field events contested on Wednesday.

Javon Payne was the sole shot put entrant and finished 12th overall with a PR heave of 44-0.

Cody Hernkind and Sam Schultz tied for 8th place in the high jump with marks of 5 feet 6 inches.

Hunt and Josh Higbee both finished in the top 10 in the long jump with Hunt jumping 21-3.75 for 3rd place and Josh 19-9.5 for 9th.

As with the girls, finals for all the sprint races will be on Friday, along with finals for the 800m, 3200, hurdles, discus, javelin and triple jump.

At the end of the first day, Cascade was leading the event with 47.2 points with Snohomish 2nd with 44. OH was 9th with 8.4 points.

The event is being held at Arlington High School with field events starting at 5pm and track events at 6pm. Come support your school!

Boys Golf 2010-05-12 - WESCO North tournament

Oak Harbor's Judd Ford shot a 76 at Everett's Legion Golf Course to create a 4-way tie for first place in WESCO North boys golf. With him were Arlington's Jack Lindley, Cascade's Anthony Chiarelli and Lake Stevens' Kyle Gellner.

The good score pushed Judd for a season tie with Chiarelli, both with 154.5 points total for the season.

As a team for the seaon the Wildcats finished in the middle - 4th of 9 teams with 19 team points. Arlington was on top with 27 points and Cascade on the bottom with 8.

In the WESCO tournament, Oak Harbor finished in 4th with a combined score of 413 strokes. Arlington was first with 391, Lake Stevens 2nd with 402 and last was Cascade with 445.

Also on the course for Oak Harbor were:

Austin Fields - 83 for the day, 92.5 for the season
Jim Nguyen - 84 for the day, 76.5 for the season
Greg Martin - 84 for the day, 63.5 for the season
Matt Fikse - 86 for the day, 87 for the season
Dan Klope - 89 for the day, 55 for the season

Girls Tennis 2010-05-12 - WESCO North tournament

In first round singles play
#3 seed Cady O'Dell beat Alli Breaker from Monroe 6-2, 6-0.
#5 seed Erin Neilon beat Courtney Coombs of Marysville 6-2, 6-0.

In the quarterfinals
O'Dell beat Heather Smith of Stanwood 6-2, 6-2
Neilon beat #4 seed Jessica Willmorth of Cascade 6-3, 6-2

In first round doubles play
#3 seed Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco beat the Marysville team 6-1, 6-4.
#4 seed from Snohomish defeated Jordan Faralan and Shannon Neilon 6-3, 6-2

In the quarterfinals
Rico and Abadesco beat #6 seed from Lake Stevens 7-6(3), 6-4

Play continued today, Thursday with semifinal and consolation matches.

Youth Soccer 2010-05-08

Another beautiful day for outdoor activities! Sorry for the delay, but here are the photos from last Saturday's games.

In Girls Soccer, the GU-12 Purple People Eaters, sponsored by Purple Moon played tough against South Whidbey before falling 4-2.

30 photos of the game are posted HERE.

In another girls game, the GU-10 Red Dragons beat their South Whidbey opponents 5-2.

39 photos from that game are posted HERE.

Continuing with the ladies' games, in GU-6 action the Green Stinging Nettles, sponsored by Midway Florist took on the Red Ladybugs.

39 photos from that game are posted HERE.

The GU-6 Purple Pixies, sponsored by the Oak Harbor Elks Club took on the Green/Teal Dolphins. 28 photos are posted HERE.

Finally for the girls, the GU-6 Green Hornets, sponsored by All Island Pest Control, played the Red Hot Lava. 42 photos are posted HERE.

In boys action, the BU-10 Green Ninjas, sponsored by Krieg Construction went against the Blue Spartans. The final score was not provided but 40 photos are posted HERE.

There are photos of 3 BU-8 games posted.

46 photos are HERE of the Light Blue Stingrays, sponsored by the Oak Harbor Auto Center played the Dark Blue Sharks, supported by Best Friends Veterinary Clinic.

54 photos are posted HERE of the Orange Tigers, ironically sponsored by the Oak Harbor Lions Club played hard against the Lime Green Dragons.

Last, but not least, HERE are 37 photos of the Red Scorpions, sponsored by Les Schwab Tires vs the Green Dragons, sponsored by Oak Harbor Motors.

Remember to patronize your sponsors!

Softball 2010-05-07 vs Everett

You couldn't have asked for better weather in which to play softball, but it was about the only thing that went well at Friday's game as the varsity team lost 9-1. The lone OH score came on a RBI fly by Marissa Fakkema that sent senior Aria Araceley home.

Before the introduction of the 3 Oak Harbor seniors and their families, the team took a moment to recognize Everett's sole senior. The Wildcats then said goodbye to Aria Araceley, Emily Meagher and Whitney Osborn who were presented along with their parents.

The JV score wasn't available.

Over 100 images of the senior day activities and some on-the-field action by both the JV and varsity squads are posted HERE.

Tennis 2010-05-06 vs Snohomish

The Varsity tennis team traveled to 2nd place and 11-3 Snohomish for their final regular season match. Oak Harbor came into the match at 6-10.

Oak Harbor got off to a good start, with #1 Cady O'Dell winning in 3 sets, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and #2 Erin Neilon winning 6-1, 6-0. In Doubles #1 Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco went 3 sets before winning 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1. However, that was it for Wildcat wins as sophomores Shannon Neilon and Alexa Holmly went down in singles, juniors Jordan Faralan and Kerry Rathsabandith at 2nd doubles as did Team Jennifer (Fremd and Bowers) at 3rd doubles. Snohomish was also able to capture both extra matches and won the match 4-3.

While the varsity team was at Snohomish, the JV team was hosting the Panthers at OHHS and things did not go well at all. In fact, of the 15 matches played, Snohomish won every one in straight sets.

One match of note was Kristen Shields at 3rd singles. At Snohomish in mid-April, she lost to her opponent 0-6, 0-6, but in the rematch on Wednesday she improved that score to 2-6, 4-6. Coach Garry Brown called her improvement "phenomenal".

That ends the regular season, but select varsity girls will be moving on to district tournaments.

Golf - Boys and Girls.

Both the boys and girls varsity golf teams were in action this past week with the boys at Cedarcrest GC near Marysville on Wednesday and the girls at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club in Oak Harbor on Thursday.

In the boys match, OH #4 Austin Fields had a great day, shooting a 76 to finish in a tie for second place. #1 Judd Ford scored 77 to earn 4th place. Matt Fikse shot 82 and Greg Martin 87 to round out the OH scores.

Overall, Oak Harbor finished in 3rd place with a combined score of 412. Lake Stevens was first with 401 and host Marysville 2nd with 404.

Before Thursday's girls match, Coach Wesley took some time to acknowledge his 3 seniors - Ashley Johnson, Simone Hamilton and Melany Cone. The 3 seniors were very easy to spot on the course as they all had a big balloon tied to their golf bag.

Although two Everett golfers captured the two top spots, Oak Harbor's consistency won the day as the Wildcat girls finished 3-4-5-6-8 to earn 229 points. Everett was 2nd with 219 and Stanwood a distant third with 74 points.

Simone was the top OH golfer with 50 points. Mel got 49, Ashley 47, Sasha Olson 47 and Millie Goebel 36.

Overall this season, Cone is the #2 female golfer in WESCO North. She has a point average of 17, just 0.6 points behind an Everett girl. Simone is 7th with 15 points, Johnson 16th with 11.9 points, Sasha 20th with 11.5, and Millie 22nd with 11.3. Mara Cortez is 41st and averages 5.4 points while the 60th girl, from Lake Stevens, has an average of just 0.4 points.

In team standings, OH is in 5th place with 12 team points, behind Marysville with 14 and Everett & Monroe with 13 each.

94 photos from the match are posted HERE.

Track - WESCO JV Championships 5-5-2010 @ Snohomish HS

One of the Wildcat track teams won yet another big meet, but this time it was the boys and not the girls who came out on top.

Led by first-place finishes by junior Aaron Boesch in both the 100 and 200m dash and as a member of the 4x100 relay and a win by Josh Sayre in the 300m Hurdles, the boys scored 106 points, well in front of 2nd place Snohomish.

Boys top 10 finishers:

100m dash
1 - Aaron Boesch 11.81
5 - Justin Everett 12.24
6 - Josh Higbee 12.38
10 - Jeshaiah Davis 12.65

200m dash
1 - Aaron Boesch 24.49
5 - Justin Everett 25.09

400m dash
10- Jeshaiah Davis 58.96

110m hurdles
2 - Josh Sayre 17.95

300m hurdles
1 - Josh Sayre 45.12

High Jump
Josh Higbee 5-2

Pole Vault
Josh McVey 8-6

Long Jump
1 - Josh Higbee 19=5.5
3 - Andy Haag 18-4

Triple Jump
1 - Andy Haag 36-11.75
2 - Cody Hernkind 36-9.5

On the girls side, a relatively small contingent scored 31.5 points to finish in 8th place.

Top-10 finishers for the girls:

100m dash
4 - Katelyn Bristow 14.48

200m dash
6 - Katelyn Bristow 30.76

800m run
3 - Hannah Bressler 2:40.62
8 - Taylor VonGrey 2:53.96

100m hurdles
5 - Shannon Wolfe 20.31

300m hurdles
3 - Shannon Wolfe 56.87

Shot Put
10 - Lia Pantoleon 23-2

Javelin
8 - Nikita Ford 71-0

Triple Jump
3 - Katelyn Bristow 30-1

Middle School Track 2010-05-05 @ OHHS

The Wildcat United combined middle school track team held their one and only home meet of the year on Wednesday, May 5^th at Wildcat Memorial Stadium against Burlington-Edison and a combined Mt. Vernon team (LaVenture and Mt. Baker). Of the 4 separate meets (7^th boys and girls and 8^th boys and girls) Oak Harbor won all but the 8^th grade girls, and they were just 6 points behind winner B-E (66 to 60) and WAY ahead of 3^rd place finisher MV (16 points). The 8^th grade boys scored 66 points while MV and B-E tied with 38 each, the 7^th grade girls won with 61 points over B-E (55) and MV (25) and finally the 7^th grade boys crushed the other two teams with a 75-33(BE)-31(MV) score. Overall Wildcat United scored 262 points, Burlington 192 and Mt. Vernon 110.

Over 250 photos, for the most part grouped by event and listed in the order in which they were taken, are posted HERE.

Winner and top 4 Wildcat United placers are listed below

7^th girls

100 hurdles

1. Meghan Gronbach 19.32

100 dash

1. Sierra Seabolt 13.99

2. Kim Stratton 13.86

1600

1. Jonalynn Horn 6:13.7

4. Marisa Sligh 6:25.85

4x100 relay

1. WU 58.47

4. WU 1:04.43

400 dash

1. Mollie Briddell 1:28.14

3. Mariah Szot 1:14.75

800 run

1. BE 2:58.31

2. Hayley Lundstrom 2:59.5

200 dash

1. Kim Stratton 29.39

4. Meaghan Gronbach 31.75

4x200 relay

1. BE 2:18.80

2. WU 2:19.7

LJ

1. Nalani Gabbert 14-4

HJ

1. Sierra Seabolt 4-0

Shot Put

1. BE 24-6

Discus

1. BE 46-4

3. Kayla Nagle 45-6

Javelin

1. Nalani Gabbert 72-3

7^th boys

100h

1. Mark Rayray 19.19

2. Gage Eccleston 19.21

4. Justin Lively 20.00

100 dash

1. Zachary Norton 13.34

2. Jairus Davis 13.55

4. Devin Moncada 14.51

1600

1. Dakota Powers 5:16.02

2. Gage Eccleston 5:41.03

4x100 relay

1. WU 56.53

400 dash

1. MV 1:04.69

2. Chris Medina 1:05

3. Dakota Powers 1:06

800

1. MV 2:55.56

2. Mark Rayray 2:59.67

200 dash

1. Robert Hubbell 26.3

2. Zachary Norton 28.10

4. Orion Welch 28.64

4x200 realy

1. WU 1:59.08

Long Jump

1. BE 13-9

2. Robert Miller 13-5

3. Marcus Wardle 13-5

High Jump

1. Orion Welch 4-5

2. Jairus Davis 4-2

3. Dakota Powers 4-2

Shot Put

1. MV 24-11

Discus

1. BE 84-8

3. Marcus Wardle 60-9

Javelin

1. BE 92-11.5

3. Blaine Coleman 87-9

8^th girls

100h

1. BE 18.09

2. Chelsea Atkinson 18.53

100 dash

1. Bianca Blake 13.78

1600

1. Alex Laiblin 5:54.17

4. Irish Concepcion 6:49.28

4x100 relay

1. BE 57.42

2. WU 59.06

3. WU 1:06.6

400 dash

1. BE 1:09.03

3. Savannah Wilson 1:12.67

800

1. BE 2:45.29

3. Alex Laiblin 2:48.28

200 dash

1. BE 29.32

4. Jackie Dejesus 30.96

4x200 relay

1. WU 2:06.40

LJ

1. Olivia Hunt 13-9

HJ

1. BE 4-5

3. Faith Franssen 4-4

Shot put

1. BE 32-2

2. Samantha Hawkins 27-8

3. Dellisha Hodges 27-1

4. Mariah Bolander 24-4

Discus

1. Catarina Amsler 63-0

2. KC Winfield 56-8

Javelin

1. Catarina Amsler 71-0

2. Zana Harrison 70-0

3. Makenzi Schulle 62-0

8^th boys

100h

1. MV 17.75

4. Ben Danielson 19.47

100 dash

1. Carlton Johnson 11.45

4. Troy Sturdevant 12.75

1600

1. Caley Powers 4:52.36

2. Gavin Stewart 5:18.00

3. Nathanial Stanford 5:34.65

4x100 relay

1. WU 49.87

3. WU 54.01

400 dash

1. Caley Powers 59.19

3. Gavin Stewart 1:00.93

800

1. BE 2:33.3

2. Andrae Gray 2:37.25

3. Andrew Mitchell 2:37.40

200 dash

1. Carlton Johnson 24.87

3. Troy Sturdevant 27.19

4. Julian Faralan 27.78

4x200 relay

1. WU 1:51.07

4. WU 1:57.87

LJ

1. BE 17-11

3. Casiano Atienza 15-3

4. Isaiah Rennes 14-8

HJ

1. JV 5-1

2. Carlton Johnson 5-0

Shot Put

1. MV 36-3

3. Ray Quinday 31-9

Discus

1. Ray Quinday 112-9

3. Kekai Tarrant 85-4

4. Anthony Alexander 78-8

Javelin

1. BE 102-10

3. Anthony Alexander 98-5

Girls Tennis 2010-05-04 vs Cascade

The girls tennis team finished off their home season with a big win over visiting Cascade 5-2.

Before the match began, Coach Mells took a moment to recognize the two departing seniors, Erin Neilon and Laurin Rico.

This match was a bit different as Coach Mells mixed up the lineup a bit. Jordan Faralan was missing due to testing and Laurin Rico was nursing an injury, so sophomore Shannon Neilon and junior Kerry Rathsabandith were moved up to singles play while Rico and Clarissa Abadesco teamed up for 1st doubles.

Cady O'Dell won her first set 6-3 and was up 3-0 in the 2nd when her opponent was forced to retire from the match. Erin Neilon won her match easily 6-2, 6-1 but sister Shannon had a hard time against her opponent, falling 2-6, 1-6. Kerry Rathsabandith went into tiebreaker in her first set before winning 7-6(5) then destroyed her opposite 6-1 in the 2nd set.

In doubles, Abadesco and Rico were 6-4, 6-4 winners and at #2 doubles, team Jennifer (Fremd and Bowers) won their first set 6-3, lost the second 3-6 and went to tiebreaker in the 3rd before pulling out a 7-6(5) win. #3 doubles Darcy Fremd and Alexa Holmly also went 3 sets, but lost 6-4, 4-6, 1-6.

In extra matches, Nicole McKenzie and Molly Van Dam lost a close 5-8 match while Joyce Abides won 8-2 in an extra singles match.

54 photos from the early part of the match are posted HERE.

Baseball 5-4

The Wildcat varsity baseball team won their one-game playoff against Arlington Tuesday afternoon 5-2 to earn a trip to Shorewood today, May 5th for the district tournament play-in game. The winner goes into the WESCO double elimination tournament.

WESCO Freshman championships 5/4

Mariner High School's Goddard Stadium was the site of this year's WESCO Freshman Championships and Oak Harbor, particularly the girls, had and outstanding day.

Top 10 finishers for the boys were:

Josh Crebbin in the 800m run with a time of 2:16.10, just .1 seconds off his personal best.

Jeremey Foster in the shot put, throwing the 12-lb steel ball 36 feet 9.5 inches, just 2.5 inches off his PR.
Dakota Sinchak threw the javelin 118-1, a new PR by over 12 feet - a 10% increase!
Sam Schultz was 6th in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet even

For the girls:
Naomi Walker won the 100m dash in 12.92 seconds (2nd place was nearly a half second behind)
Jalani Bobo was also in the 100 and finished 7th in 14.29
Jember Jansen was 10th in 14.56
Bobo also ran in the 200, finishing 8th in 29.94
Christina Wicker and Jember Jansen finished 6th and 7th in the 400m dash. Christina had a time of 1:03.83 and Jember 1:05.51
Wicker finished 4th in the 800 meter race and not far behind was Hannah Kagey in 7th place. Hannah came in 7th in the 3200m run, her first time running that race this year.

Raeanna Wynne finished in the top 10 in both hurdles races. In the 100 she was 3rd with a PR time of 17.54 and in the 300 she was 9th in 54.76 seconds.
Joem Evangelista finished 10th in the 100m hurdles

The OH 4x100 relay team made up of Chylan Bass, Brianna Quinn, O'Hinae Welch and Ciera Wiser came in 4th place in 57.40
The 4x200 relay with team members Naomi Walker, Jember Jansen, Jalani Bobo and Raeanna Wynne finished 2nd in 1:55.89.
Megan Duhrkopf, Jember Jansen, Hannah Kagey and Christina Wicker ran the 4x400 relay and earned 5th place.

Danielle Teasley got 4th in the shot put with a toss of 24-1
Elizabeth Adkins was 2nd in the discus at 87-1
Ciera Wiser was 2nd in the javelin, hitting 100 feet even for the first time, adding nearly 10 feet to her PR. She was just 2 feet away from winning the event.
Naomi Walker placed 3rd in the long jump with a leap of 15-1.5. Brianna Quinn was 10th with 12-8.5
Chylan Bass came in 4th in the triple jump in 28-8.75

The WESCO JV championships are today, Wednesday, at Snohomish High School.

Baseball 2010-05-03 varsity vs Lake Stevens

The Lake Stevens Vikings baseball team, currently ranked #1 in the state came to OHHS Monday afternoon and showed why they are ranked #1.

The game started with a 5-run Viking first inning against none for the Wildcats. The 'Cats scored one in the 2nd while holding LS to 3, making the score 8-1. Oak Harbor held Lake Stevens scoreless in the 3rd then drove in 3 runs in the bottom of the inning thanks to some heads-up baserunning by the Wildcats, making the score 8-4.

Lake Stevens recovered and scored another 8 runs to end the game 16-5 in 6 innings.

The loss put OH into a tie with Arlington for the 5th and final playoff spot in WESCO North. If the Wildcats win they then go on to play Shorewood from the South for a berth in the district tournament. Arlington and OH split their games this year with each team winning the away game.

63 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Boys Soccer 2010-05-03 vs Monroe

On Senior Night, the OHHS soccer teams went to the field to try to avenge losses to Monroe earlier in the year.

Back in April the JV team lost to Monroe 6-0, and looked like Monroe was going to win again as the Bearcats held a 1-0 lead for most of the game. Late in the 2nd half, however, Oak Harbor was able to kick in a goal and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

Before the varsity game time was taken to recognize this years' seven seniors and their parents. Playing their final game at Wildcat Memorial Stadium were #3 Greg Wolfe, #5 Tyler Lauzen, #6 Jake Sandefur, #7 Ryan Fakkema, #11 Marcos Anjos, #12 Brandon Oppenheim and #17 Clay Mosolino.

On the field, Monroe scored first, but not more than a minute later Wolfe kicked it in to tie the game. By halftime, though, Monroe opened a 4-1 lead and the only other scoring in the game was a Michael Shevchuk penalty kick in the 2nd half leaving Monroe on top 4-2.

94 photos from the two games as well as photos of the seniors with their families are posted HERE.

OH girls track gets nice mention in today's Everett Herald

Read the entire article HERE.

Boys Golf 4-29-2010

Last Thursday the varsity boys golf team was at Everett's Legion Golf Course for the 8-team Everett Invite. As expected, Jackson HS finished first with all of their golfers shooting under an 80 as did 2nd place Kamiak. Oak Harbor as a team finished in 5th with a total of 430.

Oak Harbor's #1, Judd Ford, shot a 78 which was good enough for 12th place overall. #6 Greg Martin played really well, shooting an 84. Matt Fikse had an 86, Austin Fields 88 and Jim Nguyen 94.

31 photos of the guys are posted HERE.

While the boys were in Everett, the girls were at Battle Creek Golf Course near Marysville. In that match OH came out on top with a modified Stableford score of 127. Lake Stevens was 2nd with 110 and Stanwood 3rd with 64.

Senior Melany Cone was co-medalist with 27 points along with teammate Simone Hamilton. Ashley Johnson was right behind with 26 points. Millie Goebel scored 24 and Sasha Olson 23.

The girls play next at home this coming Thursday with a 3pm tee-off at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club.

Boys Basketball 5/2/2010 Spring League

The OHHS boys basketball teams are nearing the end of their spring league and overall have done well. OH is fielding 3 teams in total, one varsity and two "C" teams.

Last Sunday the varsity team went up against Maple Ridge from Canada. The first half of the game was tight, but OH opened it up in the second half and went on to a double-digit win. The win puts the OH varsity at 3-3 for the season.

In the "C" team standings, the OH Gold team lost to Sedro Woolley earlier in the day, dropping them to 4-2 while the OH Purple team lost to Stanwood, putting their record at 1-5.

The boys play their final game of the spring league season on Sunday May 16th at Skagit Valley College in Mt. Vernon. The Gold team plays at 2pm against 4-2 Mt. Vernon, the varsity team plays at 3pm against 4-2 Glacier Peak and the Purple team faces off against 1-4 Burlington at 4pm.

31 photos from the varsity game against Maple Ridge are posted HERE.

Track and Field 4/26, 4/29 and 4/30

It was a very busy week for the Oak Harbor track team as they participated in a total of 3 meets during the week, including back-to-back meets on Thursday and Friday.

The week started with a JV/All-comers meet at Stanwood HS. It was a cool day and towards the end started to rain steadily, but all the athletes enjoyed themselves and worked hard. Results have not been posted so are not available.

150 photos from the meet are posted HERE.

Thursday saw the last regular season track meet of the year with the Wildcats traveling to Everett Memorial Stadium to take on Everett and Marysville. Since most athletes would be competing again the next day, the coaches limited them to just 2 events each, resulting in a lower overall point score than OH would normally get.

Starting with the boys, there was only one OH winner for the day and that was senior Donovan Hunt in the long jump, but there were a number of 2nd place finishers. Josiah Miller was 2nd in the 100m dash, Matt Reith in the 800, Josh Sayre was 2nd in the 300m hurdles, Josh Higbee in the Long Jump and Andy Haag in the triple jump. Hunt is currently has the 14th best long jump in the state in 4A.

In addition to the top finishes above, 13 Wildcat boys set new season or personal records in a variety of events.

Cody Hernkind set a PR in the high jump of 5-4 on his way to a 3rd place finish. Jalen Williams finished just out of the top 10 in the 200m dash but set a PR of 25.51. Jeshaiah Davis set two PRs on the day, running 25.74 in the 200 and 58.03 in the 400. Matt Reith ran the 800 in 2L08.55 and Conner Meyers also set a PR in the race of 2:16.11

Both runners in the 1600 had season bests. Nate Miller had his best time this season with a 5:15.25 and Lucas Salmons set a PR with a 5:17.49.

In field events, Javon Payne threw the javelin 128-8, Dakota Sinchak hit 106-6 and Zach Wallace 99-1. All 3 were all-time bests.

As mentioned above, Josh Higbee was 2nd in the long jump and did it with a leap of 19-9.75, over a foot further than his previous best. In the triple jump it was Andy Hagg with a 38-4.5, nearly a 1-foot PR, and Chase Edwards jumped 33-1.5 for 8th place.

Overall the boys finished 3rd in the 3-way meet with 26 points.

The girls won 8 events and finished 3rd or better in 8. There was a 1-2-3 finish for OH in the 1600 and a 1-2 finish in the long jump. OH winners were Shantae Young in the 100m dash, Naomi Walker in the 200, Addy Royal in the 1600, Allison Duvenez in the 100 hurdles, the OH 4x100 relay, Amanda Alvarado in the shot put, Elizabeth Adkins in the discus and Nicki Mowbray in the long jump. Finishing in second place were the 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams, Dominique Jackson in the discus, Janessa Ramos in the long jump and Mowbray in the triple jump.

16 athletes set season or personal records during the meet: Jalani Bobo ran the 100 in 14.16 and ran the 400 for the first time this season and finished 4th. Jember Jansen set a PR in the 200 of 28.82 and was just .01 second from a PR in the 100 as well. Aimee Kelly ran the 400 for the first time and set a PR by nearly a half-second in the 100m dash. Maura McKole finished 4th in the 200 with a season best 28.19. Also running her first 400 ever was Kelsey Johnson who finished in 5th place. The two Hannahs, Bressler and Kagey, both set PRs in the 1600. In the hurdles races, Megan Duhrkopf broke her PR in the 100 with a time of 19.61 and Shannon Wolfe ran the 300 in 58.03, knocking over a second off her previous best.

In field events, freshman Elizabeth Adkins broke her old PR by nearly 7 feet in the discus and Nicki Mowbray got 33-6 in the triple jump on her way to a 2nd place finish.

The girls didn't win the meet, but came in 2nd with 65 points. MP won with 77 and Everett was 3rd with 43 points.

122 photos from both boys and girls events at Everett are posted HERE.

Finally, Friday evening was meet at Mt. Vernon High School, the "Clash of the Counties". The meet featured a number of Skagit County 2A and 3A schools going up against Marysville, Stanwood and Arlington from Snohomish County and Oak Harbor. While the small schools won some events, the depth of the big schools carried the day. In individual team scoring, the OH girls won by one point over Arlington, 35-34 while on the boys side M-P won with 35 points and OH was 7th with 14.

As is the current pattern, Naomi Walker won the 100 and 200, Addy Royal the 1600 and Shante Young the triple jump. The OH girls also won the 4x100 relay race. On the boys side, only Donovan Hunt was a winner, leaping 21-1-75 in the long jump. One surprise is that Young did not win the long jump - the only time this year she hasn't taken the event.

There was a scary moment in the 300 hurdles race when Allison Duvenez caught her knee on the final hurdle and fell down. She got up and finished the race, earning 4th place, but found out later she broke a bone in her wrist. It's unknown at this time if she'll be able to compete in the WESCO championships.

Even though it was cool and started to rain near the end of the meet, there were a number of PRs set. Raeanna Wynne did well in the 100h and both Hannah's set PRs, but this time it was Bressler in the 800 and Kagey in the 1600. Hannah K. broke the 6-minute barrier for the first time in the mile with a 5:59.2. Also in the 800, Christina Wicker set a PR of 2:33.61, good enough for 8th place.

Over on the boys side, Hunt again was the only winner, taking the long jump and OH produced only three 2nd place finishers - Matt Bolte in the 800, Hunt in the triple jump and the 4x100 relay. Even though Matt finished 2nd in the 800, he was surrounded by his teammates and the coaches were literally jumping for joy as Matt broke the 2-minute barrier and broke it big, finishing in 1:57.57. With Matt in the 800 were Conner Meyer and Josh Crebbin who both set new PRs. Continuing the theme of distance PRs, Matt Reith set a PR in the 3200 and tied his 1600 PR, Nate Miller set season records in both the 1600 and 3200 and Lucas Salmons ran the 3200 in 11:31 for a PR.

68 photos from the 2nd half of the Twilight Meet are posted HERE.

Next up for track is the WESCO Freshman invite Tuesday at Mariner HS and the WESCO JV championships Wednesday at Snohomish HS. The WESCO North championships start on Wednesday, May 12th and finish on Friday the 14th at Arlington HS.

Currently, Naomi Walker had the 5th fastest time in the state in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.32 seconds. The best time in the state so far is 12.13. Walker's time is the 4th best in 4A and her 200 meter dash time is 7th in 4A. The OHHS 4x100 relay time's best time of 49.74 puts them in 7th place. Shantae Young owns the long jump in Washington state this year. Her jump of 18-3.5 is the best in the state this year by 1.5 inches and her triple jump of 37-0.5 is 3rd best in the state and her 100m time is good enough for 13th in 4A. Allison Duvenez has the 20th best mark in the 300m hurdles in 4A

Matt Bolte has the 20th best 800 meter time in 4A and Donovan Hunt is tied with two others for 14th in the long jump.

Baseball 2010-04-28 vs Arlington

The JV and Varsity baseball teams were both in action against Arlington last Wednesday, with the JV team and home and the Varsity on the road.

Varsity had a big 7th inning, scoring all 6 of their runs with 2 outs. It was enough as the Wildcats held off the Eagles to win 6-4.

The JV team wasn't as lucky and fell to the Eagles.


26 photos from the JV game are posted HERE.

Softball 2010-04-28 vs Monroe

The varsity softball team again had problems getting runs across the plate as they lost to Monroe 10-2.

JV results aren't available, but the girls had a big 2nd inning, batting around the order and scoring a bunch of runs.

62 images of both JV and Varsity action are posted HERE.

Girls Basketball 4/26 Spring League

The OHHS girls basketball team is winding down their spring league season and played 2 games last Monday against Lake Stevens. The first game was against the LS JV team and OH won convincingly, 19-8. Against JV teams Oak Harbor is 3-3 on the season.

Right after the JV game the same group of girls, who are all freshmen or sophomores (and one 8th grader) went up against the 6-1 Lake Stevens varsity team. The results in this game were reversed as the Vikings had their way with the Wildcats, winning 55-13

33 photos covering both games are posted HERE.

JV baseball recap from last week

The following was sent by JV coach Day about last week's JV baseball games.

Tuesday was a 6-1 win at Monroe

Dimitri Munoz pitched a complete game allowing six hits but only one walk and one run while striking out 7.

Peter Franssen was 1-2 with two walks and a three-run HR.  He scored three runs.

Sam Glavick was 2-4 with an RBI double and a two-run home HR.

Josh Schrum was 1-1 with a double and scored on Peter Franssen's home run.



Wednesday was an 11-1 win over Cascade

Jack Richter pitched another complete game (5 innings) allowing one run on four hits.  He walked one and struck out four.

Andrew Snavely was 2-2 with a walk two HR's and three RBI's.

Glenn Meuller hit a hard single to the left field fence.

Grant Schroeder was 2-3 with two RBI's.

Peter Franssen was 3-4 with two singles, two runs, two RBI's and the game ending walk-off Home Run in the bottom of the 5th.


Last night's game was a 17-16 loss to Cascade.

After getting six runs in top of the first, we gave up 16 unanswered runs over the next two innings, including 12 in the 2nd.  Over the next three innings we battled back to a 16-16 tie.  Cascade scored one in the bottom of the 6th to end the rain-shortened game.

Rodrick Murphy was 2-3 and scored two runs.

David Kusnick scored three times after reaching base on a walk, being hit by a pitch, and a fielder's choice.  He added a single in the top of the 6th.

Mike Maletto was 2-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored.

Youth Soccer 2010-04-24

3 weekends into the season and we finally got out to get some photos of the youth soccer games at Ft. Nugent Park. As usual, there were hundreds of kids in brightly colored uniforms running all over the fields, getting sweaty and dirty and just having fun. And, of course, most of the teams have original and sometimes unusual team names.

In BU-6 action the Red Cobras faced off against the Orange Komodo Dragons. 58 photos are posted HERE. The Komodo Dragons are sponsored by AAA Climate Control Mini Storage.

14 photos of the Light Blue Dragons vs the Dark Blue Tigers are posted HERE. There are only 14 as only the last few minutes were photographed. The Blue Dragons have Island Family Hearing Clinic as there sponsor and the Blue Tigerss have Martin Auto Electric. We'll get more at future games.

65 photos of the Blue Lightning Bears vs the Grey Sonics are HERE.

Two GU-6 teams are featured this week. The Purple Cheetah Girls vs Green Stinging Nettles were first. The Cheetah Girls are sponsored by Whidbey Vision Clinic and the Stinging Nettles by (appropriately), Whidbey Florist. This game has 44 photos posted HERE.

HERE are 57 photos of the Pink Pinkettes, sponsored by Angelo's Cafe against the Blue Ocean with David Walker, Attorney, as sponsor.

GU-8 teams are the Nautilus Construction's Black Wasps vs the Lime Lizards. 56 photos from this game are posted HERE.

The Red Hot Lava took on the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge's Purple Pixies and 41 photos are posted HERE.

Finally, the Pink Raspberry Rockets took on the Teal Dolphins with 73 images posted HERE.

2010 Eagle Run

The 6th Annual Eagle Run, in conjunction with Oak Harbor's Holland Happening and run by the Oak Harbor Christian School was held last Saturday, April 24th. The event consisted of 2 events, a 1-mile fun run and a 5k road race.

The 1-mile run was mostly for kids, as evidenced by the top finishes. There were 135 total entrants but only 17 were over 14 years old. In fact, the top finisher 14 and over was 19th place and the overall winner was an 11 year old girl in 6:24. The first true adult was 33 year old Ron Reichenbach who finished in 29th overall with a time of 8:11.

The 5k winner was Andrew Wyman and 2nd place was John Rodeheffer who is just 13 years old. Of the top 20 finishers 5 were 14 or under and one more was just 15 years old.

Complete results are now posted HERE at the official Eagle Run website.

Photos are divided into 3 sections.

The first section, HERE, has Whidbey Island Running Club members that were entered in the 1-mile run. Since our policy is to not identify by name athletes who are 12 or younger, the photos are marked by bib number and for the most part are in finish order.

The second section is WIRC runners who were in an identifiable WIRC uniform and running in the 5k race. There are 37 photos and are posted HERE. Again, only those over the age of 12 are identified by name.

The 3rd and largest section is most of the other runners in the 5k race. There are 228 photos with all but a few identified by name. Names come from the results posted online over the weeked. There are a few photos where the bib number was missing or could not be read. All photos are roughly in finish order and can be found by clicking HERE.

Track 4-22 and 4-24

The OHHS track team had two meets this week. The first was the final home meet of the 2010 season and surprisingly, the OH women didn't win. Arlington took the ladies side of the meet wtih 96 points. OH had 79 and Monroe 14. On the boys side it was Arlington 71, Monroe 56 and OH 54.

Freshman Naomi Walker was again a double winner in the 100 and 200 and as a member of the 4x100 relay team. She was second in the long jump behind OH's Shantae Young. Walker set new PRs in both the 100 and 200 and may have broken the school record as well. Also finishing in the top 10 for OH were Shantae Young, Janessa Ramos, Janelle Yoshimoto and Christina Alexander in the 100 and Ramos, Alexander, Maura McKole and Jalani Bobo in the 200

Junior Addy Royal won both her distance events, the 800 and 1600 meter run, setting a new PR in the 1600 of 5:18.79 and Abby Leete won the 3200 in 11:59.20. Also running in distance events were Hannah Bressler, Hannah Kagey, Emily Bain, Christina Wicker and Jessica Denmon,

Christina Wicker, Maura McKole, Allison Duvenez and Adrianna Royal teamed up to win the 4x400 relay in 4:17.34. In 3rd place was the "B" relay with Denmon, Raeanna Wynne, Jansen and Bressler in 4:37.05.

Duvenez won the 300 meter hurdles race. She finished 3rd in the 100 hurdles but set a new PR of 16.86. Running both races with Allison were Raeanna Wynne, Joem Evangelista and Shannon Wolfe. Megan Duhrkopf was in the 300m hurdles only and finished 8th.

In fact, the girls won every running event with the exception of the 100 hurdles and the 400 meter dash, where McKole finished in second by just over a second in 1:03.52 and Wicker was right behind in 1:03.57 and Jember Jansen was 3rd in 1:06.53.

As OH dominated the running events, Arlington swept the throwing events, getting 1-2-3 finishes in the shot put and javelin and the top 2 spots in discus. The Eagles also finished 1-2 in the high jump. Monroe took the top 2 spots in the pole vault and OH took the top 2 spots in both long and triple jump.

The top finisher for OH in the shot put was Amanda Alvarado with a toss of 32-3.5, good enough for 4th place. Dominique Jackson (DJ) and Danielle Teasley. Danielle threw over a foot further than her previous best.

In discus, DJ finished in 3rd with a new PR of 90-0. Elizabeth Adkins was 6th and Carlie Olson 9th.

Nicole Mowbray was the top javelin thrower for OH on Thursday with a distance of 93-8 and 5th place. Yoshi finished 7th, Ciera Wiser 12th, Nikita Ford 13th and Carlie Olson 15th.

Mowbray was also the top OH high jumper. Even after banging her head she still leaped the bar at 4-6.

As usual, it was Shantae Young at the top of the long and triple jump finishers. Walker was 2nd in the long jump and Mowbray was 5th. Yoshi came in tied for 6th and Katelyn Bristow was 13th. In the triple jump Mowbray was behind Young - just under 5 inches behind. Bristow was 7th and Chylan Bass 12th.

For the boys, Sophomore Josiah Miller was back after a multiweek layoff and won both the 100 and 200 meter dash. Hunt was just behind him in the 100 and Jason Curles was 2nd in the 200. The other top 10 finisher in the 100 was Curles. In the 200, Justin Everett finished 4th and Derrick Clarit 6th.

OH wins in the sprints continued as Matt Bolte won the 400 by nearly 3 seconds. Conner Meyers was 5th and Chris Opdyke 6th.

Bolte also won the 800, this time by just over 2 seconds. Matt Reith was 4th Josh Crebbin 8th and Meyer 9th. Meyer set new PRs in both events with a 56.14 in the 400 and 2:18.10 in the 800. Crebbin's 2:17.32 was also a PR.

Crebbin also went on to PR in the 1600 and finished 8th. Thomas Honeycutt was the top OH finisher in 5th. Nate Miller was 6th and Lucas Salmons 10th.

Salmons and Miller were the only Wildcat entrants in the 3200. Miller was 4th and Salmons 6th.

Josh Sayre was the lone OHHS runner in both the 110 and 300 hurdles. He finished 8th in the 110 but set a PR of 17.93 and he was 3rd in the 300.

Oak Harbor won both relay races. Donovan Hunt, Jason Curles, Justin Everett and Josiah Miller combined in the 4x100 for a time of 44.71, nearly a second in front of 2nd place Arlington. In the 4x400 it was Bolte, Opdyke, Sayre and Curles across the line first in 3:40.10. The OH "B" relay comprised of Honeycutt, Meyer, Reith and Salmons finished 5th in 4:05.77.

Oak Harbor had difficulty placing in any of the field events with the exception of the long and triple jumps where Hunt finished first in both. Clarit was 3rd in the long jump, Josh Higbee was 7th and freshman Spencer Matthews 10th. In the triple jump, Josiah Miller was 7th, Cody Hernkind 8th, Clarit 9th and Dustyn Bull 10th.

In the other field events, Javon Payne was 6th and Jeremy Foster 7th in the shot put for the only top 10 OH finishes.

Robert Beadles threw for a season-best 102-4 in the discus to take 8th and Austin Church was 10th.

Javon set a PR in the javelin of 119-8 - a 16 foot PR for 9th place, but nobody could compete against Arlington who had a thrower who threw just 22 inches short of 200 feet.

Sam Schultz was 4th in the high jump with a jump of 5-4.

Saturday the team traveled to South Whidbey High School for the annual Westling Invite. The meet featured 12 varsity teams from both WESCO and the Seattle area as well as Coupeville and host South Whidbey. The boys finished in a respectable 4th place with 64 points behind Marysville, Mariner and Mountlake Terrace. The girls accumulated 184 points and captured 1st place over MP with 135 points.

The Wildcat boys 4th place finish was even more impressive as the boys won only 1 event all day - Matt Bolte set a PR by winning the 400 in 52.10. Sophomore Conner Meyer set his 2nd PR of the week in the 400, lowering his time mto 56.07. Bolte also finished 4th in the 800, which was won by Coupeville's Tyler King who runs on the OHHS Cross Country team in the fall.

In the 1600, Matt Reith set a PR of 4:43.2 for 5th place and Thomas Honeycut broke the 5:00 barrier for the first time, turning in a 4:59.70 performace and capturing 5th place.

Sophomore Justin Everett gave the pole vault a shot at the Invite, just his 2nd time trying it and cleared 9-0 as did Josh McVey.

The girls won a total of 7 events, finished 1-2 in the 100 meter dash and finished 2-3-4 in the javelin.

In the 100 it was Naomi Walker first with Shantae Young just .12 seconds behind. Walker also took the 200.

In distance races, Adrianna Royal won the 800 and was 2nd in the 1600 while Abby Leete won the 3200.

Allison Duvenez was 3rd in the 100 hurdles and won the 300 hurdles.

Normally an automatic winner, the girls 4x100 relay team apparently had a problem with a handoff and was disqualified. The 4x200 relay and 4x400 relay teams each finished 2nd. This meet also featured a 4x800 relay, won by an Oak Harbor team of Abby Leete, Hannah Bressler, Addy Royal and Jember Jansen.

In field events, Shantae Young took the long jump but finished 2nd in the triple jump by just 1.5 inches.

Ciera Wiser took 3rd in the javelin by adding 13 feet to her previous best with a throw of 90-9. Yoshi was 2nd with 92.8 and Mowbray 4th with 89-6.

Next for the Wildcat track team is a JV/All-comer meet today, Monday at Stanwood HS then a varsity meet Thursday vs Marysville and Everett at Everett Stadium.

Sorry, no photos this time.

Girls Tennis - Wednesday and Friday

The OH girls varsity tennis team traveled to Lake Stevens on Wednesday and won yet again, their 3rd in a row. The match was a make-up of an earlier rained out match.

The difference was in single play. All 4 OH singles players won again, 4-3, with all the singles girls winning in straight sets and Laurin Rico blanking her opponent 6-0, 6-0.

At OHHS, Cassie Gianino won her match 6-2, 6-2, but it was the only scoring win for the Wildcats. Chelsey McKenzie did well in her first ever singles match, playing hard and keeping it close before losing 5-7, 5-7.

The only other OH win of the day was an extra doubles match where Erdylle Macapinlac and Corinne SHumate won 4-2.

Friday's JV results aren't yet available, but the varsity team won their 4th in a row, defeating Arlington on their home court 4-3. As is the pattern, all the single girls won, and won convincingly. Cady O'Dell won 6-0, 6-1, Erin Neilon 6-1, 6-1 and Laurin Rico 6-4, 6-1. Clarissa Abadesco had the only close single match, but won 6-4, 6-3.

In doubles, Alexa Holmly and Shannon Neilon lost the first set 0-6, recovered to win the second 6-3 then fell in the tiebreaker 5-7. in extra doubles matches, Darcy Fremd and Nicole McKenzie won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.