Football 2010-10-28 vs Meadowdale

Last Thursday the Oak Harbor Wildcat varsity football team played their last regular season game against the Meadowdale Mavericks with a playoff spot on the line.

After introducing the seniors who were playing their final game on Oak Harbor's turf, the game got started. After Isaiah Trower returned the kickoff to the OH 45 yard line, Josiah Miller took the handoff and ran 55 yards to the Maverick end zone. Just 17 seconds into the game it was Oak Harbor 7, Meadowdale 0.

The OH celebration didn't last long, as 3 plays later Meadowdale scored on a 55 yard pass play. They missed the PAT kick leaving the score at 7-6 with 9:33 to go in the 1st quarter.

Oak Harbor punted on their next possession, but shortly after the Meadowdale quarterback was sacked and a fumble forced, recovered by Judd Ford at the Meadowdale 15 yard line. After moving down to the 8 yard line, OH attempted a field goal but it was blocked by a high-jumping Maverick lineman and they took over on their own 31 yard line. 8 plays later Miller forced a fumble and Kyle Frank recovered it giving Oak Harbor the ball back at the OH 18.

The Wildcats mounted a sustained drive, including a long run by Sam Wolfe to get it started and a nice reception by Justin Counts to keep it going, and it ended with a Jon Lanningham 7-yard touchdown run. Peter Franssen's kick was good, increasing the Wildcat lead to 14-6.

On their next drive, Meadowdale also put together a long drive, going 80 yards in 11 plays for a score. Again, their PAT kick missed, leaving OH ahead 14-12 with 9:56 left until halftime.

After an OH punt, Meadowdale drove 65 yards for their 3rd TD of the half. Instead of kicking they went for a pass PAT which was completed, putting the Mavs ahead 20-14 with 4:32 left in the 2nd quarter.

OH punted again, but this time the kick was muffed by the Meadowdale receiver and Sam Wolfe recovered the ball at the Meadowdale 21. 3 plays later Wolfe ran the ball in from the 11 yard line. Franssen's kick missed, and the game was tied at 20 with 1:44 left until halftime.

Meadowdale thought they could score again, but big sacks by Brent Ryan and Kevawn Brooks ended that though, then the Mav punt traveled only 10 yards. With 37 seconds left, OH had a chance to score again with teh ball at the Meadowdale 35 yard line, but the pass was intercepted at the Meadowdale 10 yard line. Now with 25 seconds left, Meadowdale got into OH territory with 6 seconds to go but Miller snagged the Maverick pass to end the drive and the teams went into the locker room tied at 20.

Oak Harbor got the ball to start the 2nd half and drove deep into Meadowdale territory, but another pass was intercepted, this one in the Meadowdale end zone. The Wildcat defense held and forced Meadowdale to punt, but OH fumbled the ball at the 50 yard line and the Mav's completed the bomb pass for a 48-yard score to go ahead 26-20, and that score would stand until the end of the 3rd quarter.

In the 4th, Meadowdale drove down to the OH 20 and went for it on 4th and 2. The pass fell incomplete, but a very questionable defensive pass interference call on the Wildcats gave new life to the Meadowdale drive, and 2 plays later completed a pass for a touchdown and added a 2-point PAT to make the score 34-20.

On Oak Harbor's next possession, QB Ian Kolste was sacked and fumbled the ball, recovered by Meadowdale. The fumble was very understandable because as he went down Kolste fell on his right arm, breaking the bone.

Meadowdale advanced the fumble to the OH 13 yard line and 2 plays later ran it in for a TD, making the score 41-20 with 2 minutes left in the game, and that score would also be the final.

The Wildcats play one more game, a non-league crossover game next Thursday, November 4th at Monroe HS.

Click HERE for some video highlights. (no, Ian's broken arm is not on it.)

HERE are some photos from the game, as well as photos of each senior before the game, taken from the booth.

Middle School Cross Country

On Thursday, October 28th, the combined OHMS and NWMS "Wildcat United" cross country team participated in the league championships in Sedro Woolley on the grounds of the abandoned Northern State Hospital.

The 7th grade girls dominated the race, capturing the first two places and placing 4 of the top 10. Susan Kaltenbach was first overall in a time of 10:04 over the 1.5 mile course. Muriel Empinado was 2nd in 10:19. Karlie Hall was 8th and Caitlin Dodge was 9th. Other Oak Harbor finishers were Olivia Trailkill, Julianne Sen, Destiny Garcia, Jayme Graves, Chastity Mackey and Kristen FiskBryant. If any names are incorrect, please accept apologies and send an email so they can be corrected.

The 7th grade boys were also successful with Logan Clark finishing 2nd overall in 9:24. Logan's teammate, Steven Dixon, was not able to run today's race, but the two had been close all year. The race winner was a Cascade MS runner who clocked 9:00. Finishing in 10th place was Jacob Mutchler. Other finishers were Michael Thornton, Orien Altman, Tristan Gaines, Garrett haugen, Matt Molitor, Garrett Stahl, Michael Catanzaro, Casey Quijano, Isaac Deleon, Fred Miller and Justin Cress.

In the 8th grade girls race, Hayley Lundstrom was the top Wildcat finisher, running in 9:53, good enough for 3rd place. The winning time was 9:45. Marisa Sligh was not far behind, finishing 4th in 10:04 and Jonalynn Horn was 5th, just 3 seconds behind Marisa. Mollie Briddell, Sydney Erickson and Ashley Patrick also finished the race.

The 8th grade race there was only one participant from Oak Harbor in the race. Joel Erickson finished in 11th place overall in 9:48.

7th grade girls photos are HERE

7th grade boys photos are HERE

8th grade girls photos are HERE

8th grade boys photos are HERE.

Volleyball - week of October 25th

After securing a spot in the playoffs, the Wildcats still had two more matches to play - at home against Glacier Peak and on the road at Everett.

After emotional senior night introductions, the varsity team went to work and swept the Grizzlies 3-0. While our girls swept the match, the individual games were fairly close and OH never had a comfortable lead until late in each game. Game scores were 25-20, 25-16 and 25-21. Both JV and freshman squads won as well. JV scores were 25-13, 25-14 and 25-16. Freshman games were closer, 25-20, 25-21 and 25-22.

Freshman and Varsity video highlights from the GP match are HERE.

Click HERE for freshman photos

HERE are JV and varsity photos

Wednesday the girls were at Everett's gym - call "The Pit". It's a loud gym with obnoxious fans, but Oak Harbor worked through it. After losing the first game 21-25 the girls rallied to win games 2 and 3 25-14 and 25-22. They stumbled in the 4th 19-25 but came back in the final game. With the score at 14-12, senior Katelyn Bristow had the serve. After getting the ball across the net, Everett set up to give the ball to their big hitter, but the Wildcats were ready. As the Seagulls went up for the kill, the Wildcats went up with a double block and totally stuffed the hit to give game and match point to Oak Harbor.

Wednesday, November 3rd the girls play at 5pm at home in a rematch against Glacier Peak. At the same time Everett will be playing Ferndale. The two winners will play each other for playoff seeding while the two losing teams play in a loser-out match.

When the Wildcats win, they will then travel to Glacier Peak HS on Saturday, November 6th.

Everett Herald names Jordan Faralan Athlete of the Week

See the complete article in the Everett Herald.

Everett Herald Athlete of the Week article

Youth football 2010-10-23

For the final week of regular season games this year, none of the OHYFL teams were at home.

Both peewee teams completed their season last week. The Lynx finished 3-3 and were in 5th place, one game out of the playoffs. This was a great improvement from last year's 0-6 season. The Bobcats finished 2-4 in 9th place.

In the midget division, the Panthers came in 5th place with a 5-3 record while the Cougars were 8th with a record of 4-4. The top 8 teams move on to the playoffs. Last Saturday the Cougars had little trouble handling the 0-7 Mt. Vernon Black team, winning 36-16, but in the Panther game against MV Green, it was a nail-biter until the very last second.

The Panthers found themselves down early 16-0 but fought back to make it 18-30 at halftime. With 8:41 left in the game, Oak Harbor was able to tie the game at 38, but 6 plays later MV was back ahead 46-38. Two plays later, the Panthers broke loose for a 60-yard touchdown run but the kick failed, leaving them down by 2, 44-46.

With 4:49 left in the game, the Panthers were able to recover the kickoff at the MV 44 yard line, then scored a touchdown on a 12-yard run to go ahead 50-46.

Mt. Vernon got the ball down to the OH 25 with 47 seconds left, then to the 21, then the 15 with 19 seconds left. The 1-10 play ran to the left and down to the 3 yard line but the runner was not able to get out of bounds. The MV team rushed back to quickly down the ball to stop the clock, but not everyone was set so flags flew with 1.4 seconds on the clock. After this penalty the clock would start with the referee's signal, not the snap. MV was lined up but could not get the snap off before time expired and the Panthers took the win 50-46. On average it took each team only 4 plays to score a touchdown during this game.

Highlight clips from the Cougars game are posted HERE.

Clips from the Panthers game are HERE.

In the final regular season game of the season, the Junior Pumas bead the Sedro Cubs 56-6 and the Jaguars lost to Sedro White 8-6. The Pumas finished the season in 3rd place with a 6-2 record while the Jaguars were in 6th with a 4-3 record. Both teams move on and play next week.

Finally, the Wildcats finished at 3-4. The won their final game 22-8 at Friday Harbor.

Freshman football 2010-10-20 vs Shorecrest

After a great first drive, the Wildcat freshman football team just couldn't seem to get the engine back in gear.

Shorecrest went 2-and-out in their opening possession, punting to Oak Harbor at the OH 45 yard line. Two and a half minutes later it was Oak Harbor 8, Shorecrest 0 after the pass conversion.

That was it for Oak Harbor scoring. The offensive scheme worked well, as often the boys would run for 8-10 yards per play, but almost every OH series ended with a turnover which Shorecrest converted into points.

At the end it was Shorecrest 40, Oak Harbor 8.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

37 Still photos are posted HERE.

Volleyball update

Last week the Volleyball team had two matches, one at last place Mountlake Terrace and one at home against second-to-last Lynnwood.

At MLT, both the JV and Freshmen won their first two games and dropped the 3rd game.

Varsity did the opposite. The got down early in the first game and down 18-24, were able to pull within 3 points when MLT got the game point to win 25-21.

In the 2nd game the Wildcats led early 3-0 and built their lead to 10-4 but it wasn't enough at the Hawks tied the game at 19 and went on to win 25-22.

With their backs against the wall and little room for error, and with a playoff spot on the line, our girls dug in and found a way to win. The dominated the Hawks for the rest of the match, winning game 3 25-14, game 4 25-16 and the final game 15-12, ending the match with an exclamation point - a big Roshel Muzzall kill.

Thursday our girls hosted the Lynnwood Royals. The Royals were able to pull out JV and Freshman wins, but that was it.

Game 1 of varsity was a back-and-forth affair until the Wildcats built a 16-12 lead after 4 straight points by Kristine Bouchard followed up by a Katelyn Bristow service ace, forcing a Lynnwood timeout. Strong front row play by Muzzall and Janessa Ramos increased the OH lead to 22-14 when the Royals started to creep back into the game. Lynnwood closed the score to 24-20 but a service error ended the game in Oak Harbor's favor, 25-20.

Game 2 was all Wildcats as starting with a 5-5 score, the girls slowly pulled away, ending the game with a tip by setter Jordan Faralan.

Game 3 could have gone either way, as neither team could build more than a 3-point lead, but Lynnwood captured the game on a Wildcat hitting error, 26-24.

Determined to win a playoff spot, the Wildcats went to work in game 4, systematically dismantling the Lynnwood attack. Ramos sealed with win with a big kill. Final score Oak Harbor 25, Lynnwood 19 in game 4, Wildcats winning 3-1.

With the win the Wildcats earned a playoff spot, but seeding is still to be determined. Tonight, Monday, is senior night as the Wildcats face off against Glacier Peak, currently tied with OH. The girls then finish the regular season Wednesday at an always hostile Everett High School gym - The Pit.

HERE are video highlights from the Terrace match, including some Freshman action

HERE are Lynnwood highlights.

Click HERE for 81 Mountlake Terrace photos

77 Lynnwood photos are HERE.

Youth soccer 2010-10-16

With only 3 weeks left in the fall youth rec soccer league it was as busy as ever this past Saturday at the Ft. Nugent fields. We'll be back again on Oct 30th, the final day of soccer for the fall rec season. If anyone has any special requests, feel free to contact the photographer and ask!

We were able to get to 9 games for photos, linked below.

BU-10 Red Starfire vs Yellow Sidewinders (42 pictures)

BU-10 Black Scorpions vs S. Whidbey (52 photos)

BU-10 Blue Lightning vs Blue Tidal Wave (23 pictures)

BU-6 Great Blue Sharks vs Red Fireballs (42)

BU-6 Grey Dragons vs Black Steamers (29)

BU-6 Yellow Jackets vs Golden Tigers (36)

BU-8 Pale Yellow Sharks vs Red Dragons (39)

BU-8 Yellow Stingrays vs Black Scorpions (52)

GU-10 Purple Pumas vs Blue Thunder (50)

Youth football 2010-10-16

All 7 OHYFL teams were in action this past Saturday, but unfortunately there wasn't a lot of success.

Of the 3 teams at home, only the Bobcats were able to pull out a win, beating Arlington Blue 20-19. The Wildcats fell to Sedro Woolley 13-6 and the Panthers, after a good start, fell to Burlington Blue 44-32.

In away games, the Lynx fell to Arlington White 19-7, and the Jaguars lost to Ferndale Blue.

At Mt. Vernon High School, the Cougars were stellar on offense, blowing up the MV Green midget team 48-20. Later, the junior Pumas beat MV 38-13

There are no photos from today's games, but below are links to video clips of the Cougars and Pumas victory.

The Cougars clip is HERE.

The Puma clip is HERE.

Football vs Shorecrest

With only 1 league game left, the Wildcats still have a shot at the playoffs after falling 28-21 in overtime to the Shorecrest Highlanders last Friday at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

After the game, the Wildcats had a 3-3 league record with Meadowdale still to face. Glacier Peak is at the top of the standings at 5-0 and Everett is 2nd at 4-1. Meadowdale is currently 3rd with a 3-2 record, Shorecrest is 4-3 and Oak Harbor is 5th at 3-3. If Meadowdale wins this Friday (likely against Lynnwood) and then the Wildcats win the head-to-head contest, Oak Harbor will take the 4th and final postseason spot, but will have a play-in game against the 2nd place team from the Northwest Conference for a spot in the State playoffs.

In Friday's game, Shorecrest started the game with an onside kick, which they recovered and drove 39 yards to score with 8:01 left in the 1st quarter.

The first quarter ended with the score 7-0 in favor of Shorecrest and Oak Harbor driving, but a fumble ended the drive at the Shorecrest 21, but the Wildcat defense held and forced a punt from the SC 20. Starting at their own 27, the Wildcats drove down to the Shorecrest 36 thanks to a nice run by Sam Wolfe, then Josiah Miller found his way through the line for a 36-yard TD run, tying the game 7-7 with 8:25 left to go in the 2nd quarter.

Oak Harbor then tried their own onside kick, recovering the ball at the Shorecrest 45, then used 10 plays, ending with a 1-yard Zack Ayer run, to make the score 14-7 with 4:50 remaining in the half.

The Scots then worked the ball into Wildcat territory, but a fumble on a run was recovered by Justin Counts. OH got into Shorecrest's half of the field by the drive stalled and OH punted at the Shorecrest 46 with 1:33 left until the half. Again, the defense held strong, forcing Shorecrest to punt. Shorecrest tried a rugby-style kick with the punter on the run and the ball sailed out of bounds after traveling only 4 yards. Oak Harbor first down at the Shorecrest 43 with 22 seconds left, but a Burgoyne pass with 6 seconds left was intercepted at the 2 yard line to end the half with Oak Harbor leading 14-7.

OH kicked off to start the 2nd half and a 4th down pass attempt by Shorecrest fell incomplete, giving the Wildcats the ball at the OH 36. Ten plays later it was OH 21-7 after a 25-yard run by Miller and a Franssen PAT kick. That score would stand to the end of the 3rd quarter.

Shorecrest closed the gap to 21-14 on an 8-yard TD pass with 10:53 left in the game then scored again on a heads-up play by a Shorecrest player. After a 14- yard run, the Scorecrest runner was hit at the 1 yard line by Sam Wolfe and fumbled the ball. The ball bounced around and seemingly jumped up into the hands of another Scot who ran it the final yard into the end zone. The kick was good and the score was tied at 21 with 3:16 left.

Oak Harbor had one final chance to score with 33 seconds left in regulation, but the Wildcat pass was again intercepted, ending regulation time 21-21.

In overtime, Oak Harbor won the toss and Shorecrest got the ball first, then scored on their 2nd play on a 25-yard TD pass play and kick was good.

On Oak Harbor's possession, with a 3rd and 10 at the 15 yard line, a Scot defender stepped in front of the Oak Harbor pass and intercepted to end the game with a 21-28 Oak Harbor loss.

In Monday's JV game, Oak Harbor beat Shorecrest 19-14.

37 photos are posted HERE.

Click HERE for video highlight clips.

Volleyball 2010-10-14 vs Shorewood

With just 4 matches left in the 2010 season, the OHHS volleyball team is still in the playoff hunt. Sitting at 3-3 with just 4 matches left, the girls are in good shape. Two of the remaining matches are against the bottom two teams in the conference, Mountlake Terrace (1-5) and Lynnwood (2-4). The other two are at #2 Everett and Glacier Peak, with whom the Wildcats are currently tied.

The cause wasn't helped much Thursday night in the match against the Shorewood Thunderbirds. In the first game, the Wildcats jumped out to a 6-1 lead, but Shorewood fought back and tied the game at 16 then went on to build a 24-19 lead. Oak Harbor wasn't out yet, as kills by Roshel Muzzal and Janessa Ramos along with a great block by Ramos brought the Wildcats to within 1, 23-24 when a T-bird kill ended the first match 23-25.

Oak Harbor woke up halfway through game 2. Down 3-10, the girls came roaring back behind a nice overpass kill by Freshman Kayleigh Harper and a pair of back-to-back kill by Ramos. Two kills by "Big Blue" Amanda Blau brought Oak Harbor to within 1 point, 12-13, and from there it was all OH. Harper had multiple blocks during one rally which ended with game point for the Wildcats and a T-bird in the net gave game 2 to OH 25-17.

Game 3 was a close, back-and-forth game with no more than 3 points separating the two teams until late in the match when Shorewood was able to put the game away 25-20.

Down 2-1 in the match, the Wildcats needed to win game 4 and they did, but it wasn't easy. After moving out to a 4-0 early lead, Shorewood crept back and tied the game at 9, but never led and a solo block by Kristine Bouchard, and dink kill by Mandy Kepner and final kill by Ramos won the game for the Wildcats 25-19.

The girls led early in the 5th and final game, 3-1, but Shorewood stayed with the 'Cats and slowly pulled away to win the game 15-10 and the match 3-2. The final game featured an exceptionally long rally, lasting nearly a full minute (most volleyball action is over in about 10 seconds).

On Saturday, the varsity team was at Mt. Vernon high school for an all-day tournament. The Wildcats, missing senior setter Jordan Faralan who was at the University of Washington for academic work, finished 3rd in pool play then went on to win the silver division. Sophomore Taylor Nienhuis stepped up to take setting duties and Freshman Kayleigh Harper had a lot of playing time.

Video highlights from the varsity match, including 2 clips from the Freshman match, are posted HERE.

40 JV photos are posted HERE

HERE are 69 varsity photos

29 Mt. Vernon Tourney photo are HERE

Volleyball 2010-10-12 vs Shorecrest

The Wildcat volleyball team faced the Shorecrest Scots for the 2nd time this year, this time at OHHS. The first meeting, a non-league match, was at Shorecrest and the varsity team defeated the team picked to finish 1st in WESCO 3A 3-2.

In the rematch, this one counting for league standings, the Wildcats jumped to an early 14-9 lead, but let the Scots back in the game, and even gave them a 16-15 lead. Then a big kill by big Amanda Blau sparked OH and the two team fought back and forth. A OH service error gave game point to Shorecrest, but Kristine Bouchard tied the game at 24, a pass error by Shorecrest gave game point to the Wildcats, then a double block of Blau and Bouchard was not handled by Shorecrest, giving game 1 to Oak Harbor 26-24.

In contrast, nothing seemed to go right for Oak Harbor in game 2. Halfway through the game, the Wildcats were down by only 1 point, 11-12, but scored only 3 more as Shorecrest won 25-14.

Game 3 was exciting and close. OH led for the whole game, but never by much. A service ace by Christina Alexander followed by a Janessa Ramos kill gave the Wildcats their biggest lead, 23-18, but the Scots didn't give up, closing to 24-22 when Mandy Kepner smacked her first kill of the game for game point.

While game 3 was exciting, game 4 was just a pleasure to watch. Before anyone knew what was really happening, the Wildcats found themselves ahead 6-0, forcing a Scot timeout. Oak Harbor score 4 more after the T.O. to lead 10-0. Oak Harbor made their first error at this point, sending the serve into the net to make the score 10-1, at that's as close as it would get as the Scots spent the rest of the game completely confused and having no answer for the Wildcat attack. When it was all over, the Wildcats were 25-8 winners and won the match 3-1.

Next up are the Shorewood Thunderbirds. The T-birds are right behind the Wildcats in the standings with equal 3-2 league records. The Wildcats are ahead due to their 6-3 overall record.

Video highlight clips of JV and Varsity action are posted HERE.

131 JV and Freshman warmup and game photos are posted HERE.

Click HERE to view and order Varsity photos.

Football - JV vs Mt. Vernon, Freshmen vs Marysville

There were two sub-varsity football games this week at Wildcat Memorial Stadium. On Monday the JV team faced the Mt. Vernon Bulldogs.

MV started the scoring by driving 64 yards in 12 plays and converted a 2-point PAT to lead 8-0 halfway through the 1st quarter.

The Wildcats responded with a 10 play drive covering 74 yards, ending with a Jayden Davila pass reception in the end zone. The 2-point PAT failed, leaving MV ahead 8-6.

Later, Mt. Vernon was facing a 2nd and 15 at their own 44 when Isaiah Trower intercepted a pass and returned it 59 yards for a score. He added a 2-point PAT run to make it 14-8 Wildcats. The lead didn't last as the Bulldogs returned the ensuing kickoff for a score. Their 2-point conversion attempt failed, tying the score at 14.

In the 2nd quarter, Mt. Vernon pulled ahead 22-14 after running in for a score and converting the PAT. Three minutes later the Wildcats were on the board again after Ian Kolste completed an 8-yard pass to Davila in the end zone. The PAT failed and MV led 22-20 with 6:21 left in the 1st half.

The next MV drive was stopped when Michael LaBelle intercepted a pass at the OH 42, returning it to near midfield. OH drove all the way to the MV 8 yard line when a Kolste pass was intercepted and MV broke their runner for a 91-yard score on the next play. The pass PAT failed making the score 28-20 at halftime.

MV attempted an onside kick to start the 2nd half, but the ball went only 9 yards, giving OH the ball at the MV 49. Driving down to the Bulldog 2 yard line, QB Jordan Oliver faked a handoff to Justin Everett and ran the ball up the middle for a touchdown. The run failed and OH was down 2 points, 28-26 halfway through the 3rd quarter.

As the 4th quarter opened, OH had the ball, 4th and goal on the MV 11 but failed to convert. Three plays later, Cody Sanders intercepted a Bulldog pass at the MV 33 and returned it to the 10 yard line. Oak Harbor took the lead a few plays later after a QB sneak and a converted pass PAT. With 6:43 left in the game it was now Oak Harbor 34, MV 28.

MV still had a chance, but Trower intercepted another pass, this one at his own 20 and returned it all the way to the MV 29. Oak Harbor was flagged for an illegal block on the return. It didn't matter much as after getting a couple of first downs, Oak Harbor was able to run the clock out to win 34-28.

On Wednesday, the Freshman team hosted Marysville-Pilchuck. MP scored first with a 6-minute drive ending with a 1-yard run. The PAT failed, so it was 6-0 Tomahawks.

The Wildcats answered with a 28-yard score by #34 (no freshman roster is available - sorry!) and the run PAT attempt was good to put the 'Cats up 8-6.

In the 2nd quarter, #23 recovered a Tommie fumble and OH drove for another score, this one by #13 on a 33-yard scamper. The half ended with the score 14-6.

Oak Harbor took the 2nd half kickoff deep into MP territory but it came back to midfield due to a flag. It wasn't until 1:37 left in the 3rd that there was another score, this one a 2-yard QB sneak by #12 for the Wildcats, pushing the lead to 20-6.

The Wildcats scored once more, with 1:26 left in the game on another short QB sneak by #12, making the score 26-6. MP was able to get on the board once more, scoring on a long pass play with just 45 seconds left in the game. The onside kick attempt failed and OH ran the clock out and won 26-14.

JV highlight video clips are HERE.

JV photos are posted HERE.

Freshman game video highlights are HERE.

Youth football 2010-10-09

It wasn't a good day for Oak Harbor Youth Football, as only 2 of the 5 teams in action last Saturday were able to earn a victory.

At Ft. Nugent, the Cougars lost to Stanwood Black 16-14 on a late-game 2-point PAT kick.

The Pumas were victorious over Sedro Blue 22-6 and the Bobcats fell 14-0 to Burlington Blue.

At Burlington, the Pathers lost to the Gold team 44-22 and finally, at Sedro Woolley the Jaguars beat the Cubs 21-0.

Bobcats photos are posted HERE.

Click HERE for 26 Cougars pictures

32 Pumas pics are HERE.

Boys Tennis vs Lynnwood, Meadowdale & Jackson

With the courts at OHHS now finished, the Boys Tennis team is getting a lot of home matches. The last 3 were all played at home.

Lynnwood came to town on Oct 7th and although the Royals captures both 1st singles and 1st doubles, Oak Harbor took the other 5 matches to win 5-2. Singles winners were Josh Evans (6-3, 6-2), Brandon Vagt (6-2, 6-1) and David DeGuzman (6-2, 6-2). In doubles, winners were Eric Berner and Michael Serna (6-2, 6-3) and Ben Harrison and Will Southard (6-4, 6-1).

First place and 13-1 Meadowdale came to town on Monday the 11th and swept the 'Cats 7-0. With the post-season looming, Coach Mells made a few changes to his lineup. 2nd and 3rd singles, Josh Evans and Brandon Vagt teamed up to form the 1st doubles team and the 3rd doubles team of Will Southard and Eric Berner were split and played as 3rd and 4th singles. David DeGuzman moved up to 2nd singles.

As if facing Meadowdale wasn't enough, two days later, 4A and undefeated Jackson came to town and the Wildcats were swept again 7-0 using the normal lineup. Only Josh Evans, Brandon Vagt and 3rd doubles Ben Harrison and Michael Serna were able to win any games at all.

55 Photos from the Meadowdale match are posted HERE.

Girls Basketball 2010-10-10 Fall League

The fall girls basketball league in Mt. Vernon is starting to wind down and the OH girls haven't seen much success. To begin with, for the first time in recent memory, there is only one OH team playing. Usually the girls have both a varsity and JV squad. Secondly, the fall league team has only one senior and two players with any varsity experience.

Why? In the past few years, the girls basketball team was made of mostly one-sport girls. This year, most of the girls on the team are playing multiple sports so just don't have the time to participate and there is always the threat of injury.

Anyways, the girls played hard, but fell to South Langley from Canada 47-18.

Two video highlights are posted HERE

27 photos are HERE.

Girls Soccer 2010-10-08 vs Glacier Peak

On a pouring wet Saturday afternoon the OHHS JV girls soccer team were challenged not only by the weather by by a very good Grizzly team. The rain continued throughout the first half while the second half was fairly dry, but GP was able to outscore the JV girls 5-0.

The varsity game was dry but windy.

In their first meeting, the Wildcats lost 6-0. Still undefeated, Glacier Peak had a hard time against the Wildcats. While the Grizzlies made several shots on the OH goal, Jordan Boucher was able to scoop up most of them, but two did get through and that was the difference in the game.

Although it was a loss, Coach Jeff Laiblin was please with the overall Wildcat performance.

61 JV photos are posted HERE.

73 photos of the varsity match are posted HERE.

Youth soccer 2010-10-09

The fall Youth Soccer season is half over, and as usual, there here hundreds of young soccer players running all over the fields. While it was a cool, cloudy day, the rain held off until most of the younger kids were done.

Photos from 4 games, a U-8 teams are posted below.

Click HERE for 32 photos of the Black Scorpions and Green Dragons

HERE are 49 photos of the Blue Eagles and Grey M-16s.

21 photos of the Red Dragons and Blue Scorpions are HERE.

The GU-8 Pink Panthers went against the Green Leprechauns and 36 photos are posted HERE.

Football 2010-10-08 Varsity @ Mt. Vernon

Two big plays. That's all it took for the Wildcats to beat the Mt. Vernon Bulldogs last Friday in Mt. Vernon.

Mt. Vernon got the ball first, returning the opening kickoff to their own 16. After a long pass play into Oak Harbor territory, the Bulldogs had a 3rd and 2 at the OH 22, but big Kyle Frank recovered a fumble and the Wildcat offense was in business.

The first play was stopped for a 2-yard loss, but on 2nd down Josiah Miller found a hole and sprinted 81 yard to the end zone.

Four plays later, Justin Counts was in the right place at the right time and picked off the MV pass at the OH 31 and returned it to make the score 14-0 with 5:19 left in the first.

However, that was it for Oak Harbor scoring

Mt. Vernon got on the board after a 10-play drive that started with a fumbled OH snap on a 4th down play. The drive finished with a 6-yard run. The half ended with the score 14-7 in favor of Oak Harbor after Sam Wolfe batted away a long MV pass as time expired in the half.

The third quarter was filled with 3-and-outs by both teams and ended with the same 14-7 score, but with the Bulldogs looking at a 4th down on the OH 11 yard line.

Mt. Vernon attempted a field goal to start the 4th quarter, but the kick was wide right and Oak Harbor took over at the 20 but wound up punting. MV also punted, but their kick, aided by a strong wind, rolled down to the OH 1-inch line. Two plays later the Wildcat runner ran into a wall and was stopped in the end zone, giving MV 2 points.

After the free kick, MV took the ball at their own 34 and moved the ball deep into OH territory. With a 1st and 10 on the OH 35, Aaron Boesch was able to get a hand on the runner and knock the ball loose and Zack Ayer jumped on it at the 37 yard line. While OH wasn't able to move the ball on the series, they stopped the MV drive and ate up valuable time.

After a final defensive stop, Oak Harbor had the ball on their own 38 yard line and 3 minutes left in the game. After a couple of first downs and 30 yards there were only 25 seconds left on the clock and the Wildcats took a knee to win the game 14-9.

The 4-2 Wildcats finish out the season at home. This Friday Shorecrest comes to Wildcat Memorial Stadium with the winner having a decent shot at a playoff spot. The following Friday it's Lethbridge from Alberta, Canada in town and the season ends on a Thursday night, Oct 28th with Meadowdale.

Video highlights from the game are posted HERE.

Middle School Cross Country

In Burlington at the Skagit River Park, the Wildcat United (combined North Whidbey and Oak Harbor) cross country team competed against Burlington and Cascade Middle Schools on Thursday.

In the 7th grade girls race, Oak Harbor's Susan Kaltenvach won with a time of 9:41. Second place was a B-E runner in 10:02, then Whidbey's Brittany Jenkins and Mariel Empinado in 10:14 and 10:21 respectively. Also in the 7th grade race for the Whidbey/Oak Harbor team were Caitlyn Dodge (6th), Karlie Hall (7th), Oliva Thrailkill (8th), Destiny Garcia, Julianne Sem and Chastity Mackey. The slowest OH time in the race was 16:15 while last place checked in at 17:54.

7th grade girls photos are posted HERE.

Out of 34 runners in the 7th grade boys race, 16 were from Oak Harbor/North Whidbey. It was a close finish, but Steven Dixon finished in 2nd place by just 2 seconds, in 8:50. Right behind him was Logan Clark in 9:05. Jon Dix (10:07), Jacob Mutchler (10:14) and Tristan Gained (10:39) were also in the top 10.

Click HERE to access the 7th grade boys pictures.

Not quite half of the 8th grade girls race consisted of OH/NW runners, with Hayley Lundstrom crossing in 3rd place overall with a time of 9:52. Jonalynn Horn wasn't far behind in 4th (10:03) and Marisa Sligh was just 10 seconds behind her in 5th place overall. Also in the race were Mariah Azot, Mollie Briddell and Sydney Ericksen.

The 8th grade girls photos are HERE.

Finallly, in the 8th grade race there were only two local runners, Joel Erickson and Hunter Adams. Joel Erickson finished in 2nd overall with a 9:02, but was neck-and-neck with the winner through most of the race. Hunter finished with a time of 12:11.

11 photos of the two runners are posted HERE.

This coming Thursday, the NW/OH cross country team travels to Anacortes, with the races starting and finishing on the lower fields behind the high school.

Boys Tennis vs Shorewood & Everett

On Monday the Boys Tennis team hosted Shorewood. Earlier in the season the team was swept by the Thunderbirds 7-0, but this time the Wildcats took advantage of some reshuffling of the Shorewood lineup to win the second matchup 4-3, sweeping the singles matches in straight sets. Ben Cardinal won 6-4, 7-5, Josh Evans 6-2, 6-1, Brandon Vagt 6-3, 6-2 and David DeGuzman 6-4, 7-6(1).

On Wednesday, things didn't go as well, hosting Everett. The Seagulls won the match 5-2, with wins coming from 3rd singles Brandon Vagt (6-3, 6-0) and 4th singles David DeGuzman (6-3, 6-3).

Photos of the singles players in action are posted HERE.

Doubles pics are HERE.

Volleyball 2010-10-04 vs Everett

While the JV football team was dominating on the field, the JV volleyball team was dominating in the gym. The JV girls stumbled a bit in the first set, losing to the Seagulls 21-25, but rallied to win the next two by 25-18 scores.

The freshman team also won their match, winning 25-21 in the first set and getting the close 27-25 victory in the 2nd.

The varsity match was nothing if not exciting. Oak Harbor won the first set 26-24 but had problems in the 2nd and 3rd sets, losing 22-25 and 16-25. They rallied to win the 4th set 25-19 to tie the match and played a close 5th and deciding set before falling 12-15.

The loss creates a 4-way tie at the top of the WESCO 3A league. The Wildcats travel to one of those schools, Meadowdale, Wednesday.

107 photos of the Varsity team in action are posted HERE.

A short video clip of the varsity match is HERE.

Football 2010-10-04 JV vs Lynnwood

Monday saw Oak Harbor's continued domination over Lynnwood in football this year, as the JV team beat the Royals 48-6 at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Lynnwood's problems started early when the punter dropped a knee to the ground while fielding the snap, giving OH the ball at the Royal 11. Seven seconds later Justin Everett took the handoff from Ian Kolste and ran up the middle for the first score of the game.

Oak Harbor started their next possession on the 50 yard line after Lynnwood went 3-and-out and this time took 10 plays to score, ending with an Ian Kolste sneak from the 1 yard line.

Lynnwood's next possession again lasted 4 plays, this time ending with a Dakota Sinchak interception at the Lynnwood 43. He returned it all the way to the 1 yard line, but a penalty brought it back to the Lynnwood 44. The quarter ended with Oak Harbor leading 14-0 and with a 1-10 at the Lynnwood 49.

For the 2nd quarter, sophomore Jordan Oliver stepped in at QB. His first two throws were 10-yard and 9-yard completions to Lanningham, bringing the team to the 10 yard line. 3 plays later it was Michael LaBelle for a 1-yard TD. Wildcats 21-0.

On the ensuing kickoff, Lynnwood took the ball at their own 11 yard line and returned it to the OH 16. That's as far as they got as they were soon facing 4-24 at the OH 30. The punt snap went high and OH took over on their own 46 yard line.

This was the first OH drive that didn't result in a score and the Wildcats punted from the Lynnwood 44. The Royals actually gained yards on the drive and crossed into OH territory, looking at 4-1 at the OH 47. The snap was fumbled and Lanningham was able to pick it up and run untouched to the end zone for yet another Wildcat TD. 28-0 with 2:39 until halftime.

Again Lynnwood punted and Oak Harbor got the ball on their own 37. The first play was a long pass from Oliver to Sinchak, caught at the Lynnwood 39 and run down to the 3 yard line. The next play was Lanningham running it in to make the score 35-0 with just over a minute left in halftime.

On Lynnwood's final possession of the first half, Frank Grecco and James Engen combined for two tackles for loss to end the half.

Oak Harbor received the kickoff to start the 3rd quarter and started at their own 28. Seven plays later it was Isaiah Trower with a 44-yard run. Grecco missed his only PAT of the night after this score, making it 41-0 in favor of Oak Harbor.

Lynnwood had another 4-play drive, this one ending at their own 32 after a Jennifer Fremd interception at the 37. The Wildcats drove down to the 16 yard line and were looking at a 3rd-and-11 play. On that play, Kolste threw out to the sideline and it bounced incomplete. However, the officials never blew their whistle as they ruled it a backwards pass. Lynnwood picked up the ball and returned it for a touchdown. Reviewing the video the next day, Kolste clearly has both feet just outside the 21 yard line when he released the ball, and it just as clearly shows the ball bouncing about 2 inches outside the 20 yard line - an incomplete pass. Since there's no replay in high school football, the touchdown stood and Oak Harbor's lead was 41-6, and that score would stand until the end of the 3rd quarter.

At the end of the 3rd and into the 4th quarter, Lynnwood was able to run 12 straight plays, moving the ball from their own 41 down to the OH 26, when a 4th-and-6 pass fell incomplete. The Wildcats went to a direct snap system, with no quarterback and Michael LaBelle taking the snaps and running the ball. He did this several times, ending in a 37-yard TD run featuring him evading not just one, but FIVE would-be Lynnwood tacklers on his way to the goal line. 48-6 Wildcats.

Lynnwood's final drive ended with a whimper when Sinchak intercepted a Royal pass at the OH 8 yard line with just second left in the game.

Final score - Oak Harbor 48, Lynnwood 6*

The JV team plays at home again next Monday, facing the Mt. Vernon Bulldogs. Admission is free.

43 photos from the game are posted HERE

A video highlight clip is posted HERE.

Youth football 2010-10-02

Again, all 7 Oak Harbor Youth Football League teams were in action, 3 away and 4 at home.

Starting with the away games, the Peewee Lynx traveled to Arlington to win 24-8. The win improves their record to 3-2.

At the Corn Field in east Burlington, the Cougars fell to a dominant and some would say overly aggressive Burlington Blue team 72-44. The Cougars are now 2-3 with 3 games to go.

Also in Burlington, the Jaguars lost to the Junior Blue team 32-13. Their record is now 3-1, tied for 2nd place in the standings.

On the home field, thing were a bit different.

The Pumas started the day with a strong showing, defeating Burlington Gold 31-0 and improving their record to 3-2, now in 4th place.

29 photos of the Pumas game are HERE

Next were the Senior Wildcats, coming off their first win of the season. They played hard and the game was in doubt until the end, but the Wildcats improved their record to 2-3, beating Up River (Concrete) 26-20.

56 Wildcats photos are posted HERE

The Panthers continued the winning streak, beating Sedro White 18-7. The Panthers are now tied for 3rd with a 3-1 record.

40 images of the Panther Cheer squad are HERE

HERE are 69 photos, including group shots, of the Panthers

Finally, the Bobcats earned their first win of the season, pounding Sedro Blue 26-0 and sealing the home sweep.

84 Bobcats pictures are posted HERE.

Next Saturday the action starts at 9am at Ft. Nugent with the Cougars vs Stanwood Black, followed by the Pumas vs Sedro Blue at 11 and the Bobcats vs Burlington Blue at 1pm.

The Jaguars are on the road at Sedro Woolley at 1pm and the Panther at Burlington at 3pm.

Cross Country at Baker Invite

The Girls cross country team continues to justify their state ranking (#7) by winning the 16-team Mt. Baker Invitational this past Saturday.

Addy Royal was the first Wildcat across the finish line, posting a time of 19:24 over the 5K course for 6th place overall. 7th and 8th overall were Allison Duvenez and Christina Wicker. Abby Leete was 10th, Alex Laiblin 14th and Hannah Bressler 18th, all out of 111 runners. The varsity girls' point total came in at 40, with the 2nd place team (Burlington) scoring 109.

Taylor Von Grey won the girls JV race with a time of 21:03 while Heather Dale, Emily Bain and McKenzie Jackson were also in the top 20.

On the boys side, Coupeville's Tyler King won the boys varsity race in 15:05, nearly a minute faster than the 2nd place finisher. Josh Schrum was the top OH finisher with a time of 17:59 adn 55th out of 120.

Caley Powers and Clay Richardson finished 2nd and 11th out of 97 in the Freshman boys race.

Varsity football @ Lynnwood 2010-10-01

Firing on all cylinders, the Oak Harbor Wildcat varsity football team took it to the Lynnwood Royals, spoiling their homecoming by demolishing the hosts 53-6 in the early (5pm) game at Edmonds Stadium.

Oak Harbor scored on every possession and twice on special teams.

The first drive started at the OH 30, but the team advanced 50 yards in just two plays - runs by Sam Wolfe and Josiah Miller. The drive was capped by a Miller 10-yard run.

The second drive started at the Lynnwood 36 and this time Wolfe punched it in, diving across the corner of the end zone for another 6 points. The kick failed leaving the score 13-0

Less than 3 minutes later, Miller returned a Lynnwood punt 82 yards for another score.

After Lynnwood downed the OH kickoff at their own 10 yard line, it took only 2 plays for the Wildcats to get the ball back when a Royal pass was intercepted by Judd Ford at the Lynnwood 14 and returned to the 9 yard line. Two plays later Peter Franssen caught a Matt Burgoyne pass for an 11-yard touchdown. The kick failed and the 1st quarter ended with OH in the lead 26-0.

Lynnwood's woes continued in the 2nd quarter when Miller intercepted a pass at the Lynnwood 35, returning it to the 16, and a penalty for a late hit was added when he was thrown to the ground out near the running track. Again, it took OH only a couple of plays to score again, this time on a Burgoyne pass to Aaron Boesch, good for 6 yards. The kick was blocked leaving the score at 32-0 with 8:58 left in the half.

Three minutes later it was Isaiah Trower's turn to score, breaking loose from 30 yards out. 39-0 Wildcats with 5:51 still to play.

Again, Lynnwood downed the kickoff deep in their own territory, then Justin Counts snagged the Royal pass at the 24 and brought it all the way back to the 9 yard line. 2 plays later it was Jon Lanningham from 2 yards out for the score. It was now 46-0 with 4:26 left in the half and that score would stand until the horn.

In the 3rd quarter, Oak Harbor scored once more when Miller returned a punt 56 yards to the end zone.

Lynnwood finally got on the board when they broke their runner loose and he romped for 53 yards down the sideline as time expired in the 3rd quarter. The kick failed and the score to start the 4th quarter was 53-6. With such a differential, the clock was no longer stopped but continued to run, ending the game shortly after 7pm.

Next up for the Wildcats is a trip to Mt. Vernon for a non-league game against the Bulldogs this Friday.

HERE is the video highlight clip - it's a little longer than the others.

HERE are some photos of the game.

Cross Country 2010-09-30 at City Beach

The Oak Harbor Cross Country team hosted the only home meet of the season last Thursday at Oak Harbor's City Beach. Visiting the Wildcats were the 3A Lynnwood Royals and 4A Lake Stevens Vikings.

Running first were the JV boys, with Josh Schrum coming in first place with a time of 17:15 over the 2.75 mile course. Adriel Eckart was 5th overall in 18:28. Sidney Dawson and Aaron Yonkman were only 5 seconds apart in 12th and 13th, Brendan Bristow and Ryuta Meany were 10 seconds apart in 19th and 20th. Dustin Mirabal was 25th, Steven Souza 29th, Ben Pralle 31st and Stacy Jappert 35th. Lake won the JV team title with 22 points. OH was 2nd with 39 points and Lynnwood earned 81 points. (Low score wins).

The girls run a combined JV/Varsity race. Two Vikings crossed the finish line in 1st and 2nd, then there were 7 straight Wildcats. As is becoming tradition, the girls run as a group, saving themselves for Saturday's prestigious Baker Invite. Six of the girls crossed the line over a 3-second period in the order Abby Leete, Allison Duvenez, Adrianna Royal, Christina Wicker, Hannah Bressler, and Alex Laiblin. Olivia Meyer crossed 14 seconds later in 9th place. The winning time was 18:15 and the top OH time was 19:01.

Taylor Von Grey was the first OH JV girl, finishing in 91:44. Heather Dale, Emily Bain and McKenzie Jackson finished 16-17-18 overall, Bailey Martinez was 28th, Megan Maronde 30th and Ashley Cooley 33rd. Oak Harbor win the team title with 25 points, Lake Stevens was 2nd with 36 and Lynnwood 3rd with 85.

In the Boys Varsity race, the winner was Tyler King in 15:13, wearing Coupeville colors but training with and strongly supported by Oak Harbor runners. Lake Stevens finished in 2nd place, over 30 seconds behind King. The first true Oak Harbor runner was Caley Powers, 4th overall with a time of 16:06. Wyatt Homola, Mike Kincy and Clayton Richardson finished 13-14-15, Nate Miller 18, Thomas Honeycutt and Chris OpDyke were 20th and 21st. Lake Stevens was first overall with 18 points, Oak Harbor 2nd with 46 and Lynnwood 3rd with 82.

165 photos covering all 3 races are posted HERE.

Football 2010-09-29 - Freshmen vs Everett

The Freshman football team played a solid, if unexciting game at Wildcat Memorial Stadium last Wednesday, hosting the Everett Seagulls.

The Wildcats scored with 4:42 left in the first on a 7-yard QB keeper. The kick failed to make the score 6-0. That score would stand until halftime.

In the second half, the two teams went back and forth until late in the 4th quarter. Running out of time, Everett went to a predominantly pass offense. On a 1-10 play at the OH 45 yard line with 54 seconds left in the game, Oak Harbor intercepted the pass at the OH 31 and returned it 69 yards for a score. A 2-point PAT attempt was no good and the Wildcat defense was able to keep Everett from moving the ball. The game ended with an OH knee and a 12-0 OH victory.

38 photos from the game are posted HERE.

A short clip of video highlights is HERE.

Boys Tennis 2010-09-29 vs Mountlake Terrace

Wednesday the Wildcat tennis team opened play on their brand new tennis courts and did it in style, sweeping the visiting Hawks 7-0 and in straight sets.

#1 Ben Cardinal is the only player that had any trouble at all, and that was in the 1st set which went to tiebreaker before Cardinal pulled out teh 7-6(4) win. He won his 2nd set 6-2.

Josh Evans also got scored on, but won 6-2, 6-3.

#3 Brandon Vagt and #4 David DeGuzman both shut out their opponents, 6-0, 6-0.

The crushing continued in doubles play as #1 doubles Max O'Dell and Geoff Worley won 6-2, 6-4, #2 Will Southard and Michael Serna won 6-2, 6-0 and #3 Ben Harrison and Maric Sobreo won 6-2, 6-1.

In extra matches, Marvyn Sionson won 8-0 and Harrison Miller won 8-4.

34 photos from some of the matches are posted HERE.

Varsity football vs Everett 2010-09-24

Homecoming went well as the Wildcat varsity football team evened their record at 2-2 with a big win over the previously undefeated Everett Seagulls at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Everett scored first with an interception return. The PAT kick failed, which would become very important later. A Matt Burgoyne pass to Mike Washington, Jr. tied the score at 6-6, but OH also missed the PAT kick.

The two teams went back and forth until late in the 2nd quarter when Zack Ayer punched across the goal line. This PAT kick was good, giving the Wildcats a 13-6 halftime lead.

Most of the second half was a stalemate, with defenses outplaying offenses on both teams. Everett got an INT in the OH end zone and it appears that OH also got an interception, with the official with the best view calling a touchback but a 2nd official calling it incomplete. In the end it was ruled incomplete.

Late in the game Everett scored a touchdown and instead of attempting a kick PAT to tie the game, they opted to go for the 2 point conversion and the win. They tried to run it up the middle but were stopped by a host of Wildcat defenders.

The final score was Oak Harbor 13, Everett 12.

Video highlights from the game are posted HERE.

61 game photos are posted HERE.

Youth football 2010-09-25

All 7 OHYFL teams were in action last Saturday, 4 of them at Ft. Nugent.

In the away games, the midget Panthers lost their first game of the season at undefeated Arlington White 31-24.

At Mt. Vernon, the Lynx improved to 2-2 with a 36-19 win over the Bulldog's Black team and the senior Wildcat team won their first game of the season, 32-14, also over MV.

The midget Cougars scored 16 points early and seemed in control of the game, but the visiting Stanwood Red team scored 28 unanswered points to win the game. The loss puts the Cougars season record at 2-2. 30 photos are posted HERE.

Next were the Pumas. The scored at will over a numerically small Stanwood team. Early in the 2nd quarter, with the Pumas up 22-0, a second Stanwood player was injured and not able to return to the game, leaving the Spartans with only 10 eligible player, so the game was called by the officials. Due to the short game only 9 photos posted HERE. A 1-minute highlight video clip can be found HERE.

Third were the Jaguars, whose 34-12 win over Mt. Vernon puts them at 3-0 this year. A 2-minute clip of video highlights is HERE. Since we were taping the game, there are only 7 photos and they are HERE.

Finally, the Bobcats played hard, but Burlington Gold was able to come away with a 26-15 win. Video highlights of the Bobcats are HERE. 19 Bobcat photos are HERE.

Next week, the Pumas, Wildcats, Panthers and Bobcats play at Ft. Nugent Park, starting at 9am. Other games are the Cougars and Jaguars at Burlington and the Lynx at Arlington.

Youth Soccer 2010-09-25

Due to the shortening of a youth football game due to an injury, I was able to get down and take some photos of youth soccer.

HERE are 44 photos of the BU-12 Snipers vs Spartans

24 photos of the BU-6 Golden Tigers and Blue Dragons are HERE.

Click HERE for 22 photos of the Green Rhinos vs an unidentified Blue team.

BU-8 photos - the Red Dragons vs Grey M-16s - are HERE.

Just 13 photos of the GU-8 Green Leprechauns and Blue Starlight are posted HERE.

Finally, 27 GU-8 Green Rockin' Rapids and Blue Bombers pics are HERE.

Homecoming 2010

Prior to the Homecoming football game, the Homecoming Assembly was held in the OH gym where the 2010 Homecoming Court was presented to the student body. In addition, the fall athletic teams were presented and a short video was shown.

At halftime of the game, the court was presented to the spectators to very loud applause.

Photos of both events can be found HERE.

These photos are free to download off the site. If prints are desired, only the wholesale rates will apply.

Girls Soccer 2010-09-23 vs Mountlake Terrace

It was a tough night for the Oak Harbor girls soccer teams - a lot of work and nothing to show for it.

In the JV game, neither team mounted much of a threat offensively and the game ended in a 0-0 tie.

In the varsity game, the Oak Harbor girls dominated on the field, but could not find a way to get the ball into the net. Jordan Boucher had a number of saves and at the end of regulation the score was 0-0. While JV can end in a tie at the end of regulation time, varsity games have overtime periods.

At the end of the 1st 5-minute OT period it was still a scoreless tie, which stood at the end of the 2nd OT period.

The game then went into a shootout, alternating OH and MLT players both kicking from the penalty line into the same goal. The Hawks were able to get 3 shots in a row past Boucher while the OH shooters weren't able to get any in so the final score was 1-0 in favor of MLT.

94 photos from both the JV and varsity games are posted HERE.

Volleyball 2010-09-21 Arlington

It was "Dig for the Cure" night last Tuesday as the Wildcat Volleyball team hosted the Arlington Eagles in their 2nd home match of the year. Both teams wore pink T-shirts instead of their usual team jerseys in support of breast cancer.

In the dome, the Freshmen lost a close 25-27 set then demolished the Eagles 25-8 to tie the match before falling 20-25 in the 3rd.

At the same time, the JV team was having problems in the main gym. They found themselves down 4-11 early in the first set before a time out called by coach Rick Swankie settled them down. The girls chipped away at the Eagle lead until Amanda Pavey dug the ball across the net for a point and a tie set at 19. Late in the set the Eagles were looking at set point, 24-23, but a service error tied it back up. Taylor Nienhuis tapped her set across the net to set up set point for the 'Cats, but an OH service error tied it back up at 25. An Eagle hitting error gave the advantage to Oak Harbor and Hannah Salmons put the set away with a big kill.

The 2nd set went back and forth early with Oak Harbor on the short end of the score most of the time. That was until three straight service aces by Pavey put the Wildcats up 13-11. The set was still close until late, when Lizzy Chase had two service aces of her own to finish the set 25-22 in the Wildcat's favor, and winning the match 2-0.

In the 3rd, non-counting set, Arlington was able to pull out a 25-22 win.

The varsity squad came out a little sluggish to start their math, but with the set tied at 21, Oak Harbor reeled off 4 straight points, ending with a pair of Kelsey Terrazas-Cooley service aces to win 25-21.

In the 2nd set, the varsity team got hot early. Behind kills by Amanda Blau and Katelyn Bristow, the Wildcats zoomed ahead 12-4. Arlington didn't give up but was never in this set as the Wildcats finished it off with a kill by Blau to win 25-11.

The 3rd set went to the Eagles as OH was not able to generate much offense. Terrazas-Cooley had a pair of aces and a kill, Janessa Ramos had a pair of kills and Kristine Bouchard added a single kill, but that was about it for earned points in the set. Final score 25-17 for Arlington.

It was more back-and-forth action early in the 4th set, with the score tied at 7. A Bristow kill and two Roshel Muzzall service aces put the Wildcats ahead for good 10-7. Oak Harbor commanded the remainder of the match. Christina Alexander came off the bench to earn 3 of the final 5 OH points with service aces while Ramos smacked down a nice Jordan Faralan set to give OH a 25-15 lead and a 3-1 match win.

151 photos from the night are posted HERE.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Boys Tennis

Still waiting for contractors to finish the new OHHS tennis courts, the boys tennis team has been playing all matches on the road.

On 9/17 the team traveled to Everett and was dominated 7-0. None of our boys were able to win even a single set. The win improved Everett's record to 3-1

On 9/20 the boys fell to Meadowdale 2-5, with Brandon Vagt winning 6-2, 6-4 and David DeGuzman going 3 sets to win 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Meadowdale is undefeated this year.

Sept 21st was at Lynnwood and although Oak Harbor lost 4-3, coach Mells said it could have gone either way. He said that 4th singles Max O'Dell played a hard 3-set match that went to tiebreaker and 1st doubles (Geoff Worley and Eric Berner) were leading 5-2 in the 3rd set when Lynnwood mounted a comeback to win the match. Individual OH winners were #2 Brandon Vagt (6-2, 6-3) and #3 David DeGuzman (6-0, 6-1). The #2 doubles team of Will Southard and Michael Serna won 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Continuing the grueling road trip, the Wildcats went to 4A Marysville and picked up wins by #2 singles Josh Evans (6-3, 6-1) and #4 singles David DeGuzman (6-4, 6-2) but that was it for Oak Harbor as Marysville won 5-2.

The road trip ends Thursday with a match at Glacier Peak. With luck and some decent weather, the OH courts may be ready for play next week.

Varsity football @ Shorewood 2010-09-17

It was the Josiah Miller show at Shoreline Stadium last Friday as the Wildcats picked up their first win of the season in a blowout 46-7 win over the host Shorewood Thunderbirds.

The game started with a bang as Isaiah Trower ran the opening kickoff 78 yards for a score.

Shorewood then got their only score of the game, a 32-yard run after an interception.

Shortly before the end of the 1st quarter, Josiah Miller got the first of his 4 touchdowns, this a 9-yard run to put the 'Cats up 14-7.

Miller really got going after the first quarter. He intercepted a Shorewood pass and returned it 63 yards for a TD. Not content with just one INT for the game, he snagged another on later and returned it 16 yards. He also added a 49-yard punt return for a TD as well as a 14-yard run to end the scoring.

Also getting in the end zone for the Wildcats were Aaron Boesch with his first ever varsity TD, an 8-yard pass reception. Zack Ayer also caught a pass for his score.

On Monday, the JV Squad continued the dominance of Shorewood with a 48-19 win.

68 photos from the game are posted HERE.

A video highlight clip is HERE

Youth football 2010-09-18

Only 3 teams played at Ft. Nugent Field last Saturday, and there are photos of only the 1st team to play that day.

The Cougars started the day with a big 36-24 win over Burlington Gold (photos are HERE). The win puts the Cougars at 2-1 for the season

Next at home were the Wildcats, who lost to Burlington 36-8. The Wildcats are now 0-3.

Finishing the day at Ft. Nugent were the Panthers, who demolished Stanwood Black 24-0. The Panthers are now a perfect 3-0.

In away games, the Junior Pumas got their first win of the season, beating Arlington White 40-8. Also getting their first win were the peewee Lynx, 37-7 winners over Stanwood. The Bobcats fell to Sedro White 12-7 and the Jaguars had the day off.

This coming Saturday, September 25th, there will be 4 games at Ft. Nugent. At 9am it's the Cougars vs Stanwood Red, at 11am the Pumas vs Stanwood, at 1pm the Jaguars vs Mt. Vernon and at 3pm the Bobcats vs Burlington Gold. It's all free so come down and cheer the future of Oak Harbor football.

Cross Country at Seaside

Showing that their #7 ranking in state is deserved, the Oak Harbor girls cross country team finished in 1st place at the annual 3 Course Challenge in Seaside, Oregon. The Wildcat team of 7 runners had a combined total of 65 points. Tahoma was in 2nd place with 146 total (low score wins).

The Wildcat win came over 92 teams and over 2,000 runners from 4 states.

Way to go ladies!

Girls Soccer 2010-09-18 vs Lynnwood

Oak Harbor got their first league win of the season and 2nd win overall with a 3-0 victory over visiting Lynnwood.

Millie Goebel scored all 3 goals for the Wildcats, assisted twice by freshman Annie Leete and once by freshman Chelsea Atkinson.

Jordan Boucher was in the goal for Oak Harbor.

JV completed the OH sweep of the Royals by winning 2-0.

Volleyball 2010-09-16 vs Lake Stevens

The Wildcat volleyball team faced the Lake Stevens Vikings in a non-league match for their home opener of the 2010 season. The varsity squad has done well so far this season.

In the Field House, the Freshman team played 3 very close sets against Cavalero Mid-High, Lake Stevens' freshman campus, winning 2. In the 3rd set the Wildcats found themselves down 21-15 but battled back to tie the set at 24 before Colts took the final 2 points. Set scores were 25-23, 27-25 and 24-26.

It wasn't a pretty first set in the main gym for the JV girls who lost 6-25. There were 2 nice kills in the first set, by Hannah Salmons and by Amanda Pavey, and Adrea Thomas added a service ace. In set 2 the girls settled down and played much better, staying with the Vikings and holding a 14-13 lead halfway through the second set. In the end, errors by the Wildcats put LS on top 25-18. In the final set, Katie McClimans had a kill and service ace but it wasn't enough as the Vikings swept the Wildcat JV squad 3-0.

Varsity came out strong in the first set, building a 6-2 lead behind kills by Kelsey Terrazas-Cooley, Janine DeGuzman and Mandy Kepner, but Lake Stevens fought back, knotting the score at 15. The score went back and forth and was tied at 23, but the Vikings got two straight points to win set 1 23-25.

In the second set the girls never found any rhythm, spotting LS a 6-1 early lead. The final in set 2 was 14-25.

Set 3 also went to the Vikings. Lake Stevens led through most of the set but the Wildcats kept it close. A service ace by Terrazas-Cooley and kills by Katelyn Bristow and setter Jordan Faralan late in the set closed it to 20-23, but again the Vikings put it away, winning 25-20 and winning the match 3-0.

A video highlight clip with JV and varsity action is posted HERE.

119 photos of freshman, JV and varsity teams are posted HERE.

Freshman and JV football vs Glacier Peak

The freshman football team had a rough time playing against Glacier Peak as the Grizzlies jumped to a 29-0 halftime lead. The Wildcats were able to score late and get a 2-point conversion, but the final was Glacier Peak 36, Oak Harbor 8.

Last Monday the JV team was at Glacier Peak for their first game of the year. Coach Nurvic said it was a close game and the JV team played well, but GP was able to score late in the game to win 46-34.

The JV team plays at home on Monday, September 20th against Shorewood.

Video clips from the freshman game are posted HERE

37 photos from the freshman game are posted HERE.

Girls Cross-Country ranked in state!

The Oak Harbor girls Cross Country team is #7 in the most recent Washington State Cross Country Coaches Association rankings. League opponent Glacier Peak is the current 3A #1 team.

The Cross Country team will have a single home meet this fall, on September 30th at a location to be determined. The meet will include Oak Harbor, Lynnwood and Lake Stevens.

Varsity football vs MLT - video and photos

A video clip and photos from the first varsity football game, at Edmonds Stadium vs Mountlake Terrace, are now posted.

Sorry for the delay.

The video clips is HERE

Photos are HERE.

Boys Tennis

After winning their season opener 7-0, the Wildcat boys tennis team dropped back-to-back matches against Shorecrest and Shorewood last Friday and Monday.

In the Shorecrest match, only senior Brandon Vagt was able to get a win with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 decision over Lyn Vergara. All the other Wildcats lost in straight sets except 2nd doubles Eric Berner and Michael Serna who won their first set before losing the final 2.

On Monday, Shorewood swept the 'Cats 7-0. 2nd singles Josh Evans came close to a win with scores of 4-6, 5-7. Brandon Vagt played well in the first set, going to 4 tiebreakers before falling 6-7(4) but was beaten 1-6 in the 2nd set.

Oak Harbor is now 1-2 on the season and should be able to start playing matches at the new OHHS courts very soon.

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.