2011 Scholarship winners

The Oak Harbor Sports Report annually awards two $500 scholarships to deserving student-athletes. Minimum requirements are a 3.0GPA and participation on at least two interscholastic athletic teams for all four years of high school.

The 2011 winners are: Jordan Faralan and David Tillotson.

David played football for his first two years and was on the basketball and baseball teams for all four years of high school. His GPA is a 3.8+ and he will attend the University of Washington this fall as a science/engineering student.

Jordan played volleyball and tennis for all four years and maintained a 3.9+ GPA. She also is going to UW this fall as a business administration student.

Congratulations to David and Jordan!

Little League Baseball - week ending June 3rd

As the 2011 Little League Baseball season winds down, leaving a lot of dusty and tired players behind, here are photos from the last few teams.

There are now photos from every team at every level in the North Whidbey Little League online, both baseball and softball, from T-Ball to Junior.


Click HERE for photos of the T-Ball Owlz vs Bulls on May 31st.

102 photos of the Minor AA Cardinals vs Diamondbacks are posted HERE.

HERE are 84 photos of the Bats vs Grasshoppers T-Ball game on June 3rd

Track 2011-05-28 - State Meet

The 2011 state track and field meet was held 26-28 May 2011 at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma, WA.

Of the 44 girls 3A teams present, Oak Harbor finished in 28th place with two OH athletes in the top 8. Addy Royal ran a 2:17.01 800m race, setting a PR by a second. She finished in 6th place overall, moving up from 8th in the prelims. She also ran a 5:11.87 PR in the 1600 by did not place. The other medal winner was senior Allison Duvenez who also set a PR of 46.15 in the 300m hurdles, finishing in 5th place.

Other Wildcat female competitors were Sarah Young, Christina Alexander, Jalani Bobo and Janessa Ramos in the 4x200m relay (14th in prelims); Alexander, Duvenez, Maura McKole and Christina Wicker in the 4x400 relay (11th in prelims); Janelle Yoshimoto in the Javelin (16th) and Janessa Ramos in the long jump (17th).

Holy Names Academy in Seattle won the team title for the girls.

For the boys it was junior Josiah Miller on the stand with a 5th place finish in the 200m dash and a 6th place in the triple jump. His jump of 43-2.5 was a new PR for him. Miller also ran in the 100m dash but did not reach the finals.

The only other OH boys were in the 4x400 relay which ran to a 10th place finish at the state meet. Carlton Johnson, Chris Opdyke, Connor Meyer and Miller.

The boys finished 26th out of 43 teams with North Central HS in Spokane taking home the team title.

Little League Baseball 2011-05-27

After a long season, we finally got photos of the last Major team. The photos linked below are of the Athletics vs Rockies game Friday afternoon at Windjammer Park. The game ended after 5 innings with the A's in the lead 13-0.

Click HERE to go to 66 photos of the game, most of the A's.

Little League Baseball & Softball 2011-05-26

With the 2011 spring season starting to wind down, and after a lot of rescheduled games due to this very wet spring, here are some photos from a T-ball game and a Major softball game.

The T-ball game is the Red Wings vs the Hot Rods. Most of the photos are of the Red Wings. 69 photos are posted HERE.

The softball game was the Major Marlins vs the Angels. Click HERE for 84 photos of this game.

Middle School Track 2011-05-18 @ OHHS

Wednesday last week Anacortes, Mt. Vernon Christian School, Wildcat United (OHMS + NWMS) and Mt. Vernon (LaVenture + Mt. Baker) all came to Oak Harbor for the West Preliminary track meet.

Names are as supplied with the results. If any names are incorrect or misspelled, send an email and it will be corrected.

In the 7th grade girls meet, Oak Harbor won 9 of the 13 events and captured 2nd place in two more on their way to a win. The girls scored 147 points to 2nd place Anacortes' 134. Placers were:

Hurdles - 1 Watts (18.28)
100m dash - 2 Bunch, 4 Mosuko
200m dash - 1 Watts (27.69), 3 Mosuko
400m dash - 1 Kaltenbach (1:08.73), 3 Dodge
800m run - 1 Kaltenbach (3:05)
1600m run - 1 Empinado (6:02)
4x100m relay - 1 WU 57.66
4x200m relay - 1 WU 2:12.50
Shot put - 5 Alamo, 6 Ferrell
Discus - 3 Alamo, 6 Ferrell
Javelin - 2 Clair, 6 Dodge
Long Jump - 1 Mooki (12-7)
High Jump - 1 Anderson (4-8)

The 7th grade boys were even more dominant, winning every running event and scoring 189 points. Anacortes was 2nd with 101. Individual placers were:

Hurdles - 1 Dixon (18.32), 2 Deleon
100m dash - 1 Hollins-Passmore (13.10), 2 McKinney, 4 Jackson
200m dash - 1 McKinney (27.37), 2 Jackson, 3 Hollins-Passmore
400m dash - 1 Dix (1:08.87), 3 Venditti
800m run - 1 Clark (2:32.83), 6 Caraig, 7 Molitor
1600m run - 1 Clark (5:16.48), 2 Dix, 5 Mutchler, 8 Altman
4x100 relay - 1 WU 53.97
4x200m relay - 1 WU 2:07
Shot Put - 3 Molitor, 4 Caraig, 5 Gorman, 6 Miller, 7, Quijano
Discus - 2 Dickson, 5 Miller, 6 Thornton, 7 Molitor
Javelin - 3 Tanner, 5 Miller, 6 Thornton
Long Jump - 1 Walker (14-4), 2 Deleon, 4 Buie, 5 Altman, 6 Jarvis
High Jump - 2 Brandon

In the 8th grade girl portion of the meet, Anacortes was first with 145 points. Wildcat United was second with 126 and the WU girls won half of the events.

Hurdles - 5 Berner
100m dash - 1 Hollins (12.18), 2 Seabolt, 4 Lollar
200m dash - 1 Hollins (27.82), 5 Berner
400m dash - 6 Plush
800m run - 1 Lundstrom (2:48.86), 5 Pabona, 7 Plush
1600m run - 1 Sligh (6:18.00), 2 Horn
4x100 relay - 1 WU 54.55
2x200 relay - 2 WU
Shot Put - no Wildcat United athletes earned points in this event
Discus - 6 Nagal
Javelin - 1 Gabbert (90-1), 2 Ericksen, 7 Sligh
High Jump - 4 Seabolt
Long Jump - 1 Gabbert (14-1), 3 Lollar

Finally the boys 8th grade team, while winning only 5 events, used depth to win the meet with 168 points to Anacortes' 144.

Hurdles - 2 Vester, 5 Powers
100m dash - 2 Devroe, 5 Nolton
200m dash - 1 Nolton (24.53), 3 Welsh
400m dash - 1 Devroe (54.9), 3 Wardle, 4 Coleston, 5 Dieter
800m run - 2 Ceaser, 4 Erikson
1600m run - 2 Rodeheffer, 3 Powers, 4 Erikson
4x100 relay - 2 WU
4x200 relay - 1 WU 1:55.27
Shot Put - 1 Constant (43-2), 3 Sapanza
Discus - 2 Constant, 4 Sapanza, 5 Wardle
Javelin - 4 Ceaser
High Jump - 3 Welch, 4 Cortez, 5 Norton, 6 Powers
Long Jump - 1 Devroe (19-4), 4 Dieter

161 combined photos are posted HERE.

Little League softball 2011-05-23 Heat vs S. Whidbey

Monday afternoon the Oak Harbor Little League Junior Softball team, the Heat, took on South Whidbey at Volunteer Park in Oak Harbor.

After getting down 5-2 early, the Heat used effective base running, including several steals of home after bad pitches, to tie the game 5-5. The OH pitcher then struck out 3 in a row and at their next at-bat the Heat started knocking the ball all over the field, scoring another 6 runs.

While the final result isn't available, Oak Harbor appeared to be on their way to a victory.

76 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Track 2011-05-21 - WIRC @ Seattle

The Whidbey Island Running Club traveled to Seattle last Saturday for the first full track & field meet of the year, the Fred Dean Invitational at West Seattle Stadium. While the numbers were small - less than 20 athletes from Whidbey attended the meet, they gathered in 6 first-place finishes.

The Whidbey News Times has a nice article HERE.

43 photos from the early portions of the meet are HERE.

Track 2011-05-20 - District Championships at Shoreline Stadium

On the second day of the District 1 3A track championships, Oak Harbor athletes did well.

The boys team accumulated 60 point, enough for 5th place while the girls had 96 points which earned them a 4th place finish.

The girls team produced 2 event champions. Allison Duvenez won the 300m hurdles and Janessa Ramos won the long jump. The girls 4x200 relay team was first in the prelims, and although they cut .8 seconds off of Wednesday's time, they finished in 2nd place in the finals.

Other girls finishing in the top 3 and going to state are:

Adrianna Royal - 2nd in the 1600m and 3rd in the 800m run
4x400 relay - Alexander, Duvenez, McKole, Wicker
Janelle Yoshimoto - 3rd in Javelin

For the boys, the only champions were the 4x400 relay team of Carlton Johnson, Chris Opdyke, Connor Meyer and Josiah Miller. They finished first in both the prelims and finals. Josh Schrum was first in the 800m prelims, but after cutting nearly 10 seconds off Wednesday's time, he finished 4th in the finals.

The other boys state qualifier is Josiah Miller, who finished 2nd in the 100 and 200m dash and 3rd in the triple jump.

The 3A state track meet will be at Mt. Tahoma HS in Tacoma on May 26-28.

Little League baseball 2011-05-19

Thursday night we were able to get to the 2nd of the two Junior baseball teams. The Mariners took on the Red Sox from South Whidbey at Ft. Nugent field.

Unfortunately Junior baseball scores are not posted on the NWLL site and the photographer could not stay for the entire game, so the final score isn't available.

However, 81 photos have been posted. You can get to them by clicking HERE.

Little League baseball 2011-05-17

After a number of rain delays and other commitments, baseball is back on the photo schedule.

Tuesday night two T-ball games were played at Hillcrest Elementary School. The Hot Rods played the Mud Cats on one field while the Ironbirds vs Knights game was on the other field.

If you've never watched a T-ball game, it's actually quite exciting. There is a lot of hitting and fielding - the game is full of action unlike some other forms of baseball.

Here are 80 photos from the Hot Rods/Mud Cats game.

Click HERE to see 61 photos from the Ironbirds/Knights game.

Girls Golf 2011-05-09 - League Championships at Whidbey Golf & Country Club

This year the WESCO 3A League Championships was held at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club in Oak Harbor.

Glacier Peak won the event with 407 total points. Oak Harbor was 4th with 360.

The top individual golfer was from Shorewood, earning 133 points. Oak Harbor's Annie Leete tied for 4th place with 101 points.

Also competing for the Wildcats were Millie Goebel (88), Mara Cortez (71), Sasha Olson (52), Bre Roderos (42) and Alyssa Siwa (24).

The team competes today and tomorrow in Everett at the District Meet with the top 16 finishers moving on to the state tournament.

46 photos of the league tournament are posted HERE.

Little League Softball 2011-05-14 @ Volunteer Park

Saturday afternoon we were able to get to a pair of Little League softball games at Volunteer Park near the pool.

First were the Minor Volcanoes vs South Whidbey. They played hard at there were a lot of dirty faces at the end of the game! At least it didn't rain and the sun was out for most of the game.

46 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Next were two of the three North Whidbey Junior softball teams, the Mariners and Angels. After a short delay due to a missing umpire, the game finally got started. The Mariners were able to get some hits and score runs while the Angels used smart baserunning to earn several runs by stealing home.

Again, lots of tired and dusty girls at the end of the game.

103 photos of both teams are posted HERE.

Youth Soccer 2011-05-14 @ Ft. Nugent Park

It was much nicer this weekend compared to last weekend with the heavy rain for most of the day.

With out of town commitments coming up for the next few weekends, this will be the last week of youth soccer photos. Some teams were missed, but with only one photographer it's hard to get to every team every year. Sorry.

Here's the teams that were photographed this past weekend:

BU-6 Mean Green One-Eyed Monsters vs Blue Hot Wheels (33 photos)

BU-6 Silver Rockets vs Red (30 photos)

GU-6 Blue Diamonds vs White Ladybugs (54 photos)

GU-6 Green Dragonflies vs Purple Pumas (43 photos)

GU-8 Green Spartans vs Purple Panthers (48 photos)

Have fun and stay safe this summer and we'll be back in the fall.

Track - League meet 2011-05-11 and 13 at OHHS

This year the WESCO 3A League Championship track meet was at Oak Harbor High School, spread over two days, Wednesday and Friday, May 11th and 13th. The first day, filled with a steady hard rain but little wind, was mostly preliminary heats of running events with a few running and field event finals, did not see Oak Harbor athletes earning a lot of points. At the end of the 1st day, the boys were in last place of 8 teams, earning only 2 points. The girls were 5th of 5 teams with points at 22. Everett was on top of the boys side with 56 points and Glacier Peak for the girls with 57 points.

While there weren't many points, Oak Harbor was positioned to earn more on the second day with a number of runners moving on to the finals in their respective events. Oak Harbor had Josiah Miller and Aaron Boesch both in the 100m and 200m finals, with Miller grabbing the fastest time of the day in the 100m dash. Chris Opdyke qualified for the finals of the 400m dash, Josh Schrum and Connor Meyer in the 800 and Matt Reith in the 1600.

For the girls, Janessa Ramos and Christina Alexander moved on to the finals of the 100m dash and 3 Wildcats, Sarah Young, Christina Alexander and Jalani Bobo all finished in the top 8 of the 200m dash. There were also 3 Oak Harbor runners in the 400 - Christina Wicker, Maura McKole and Jember Jansen. Addy Royal and Hannah Bressler qualified for the 800m run and Allison Duvenez and Raeanna Wynne both qualified for the finals in both the 100m and 300m hurdles.

Field event finals from Wednesday were in the boys shot put, boys high jump, boys long jump, girls discus, girls javelin and girls long jump. Top 8 finishers were Dominique Jackson in the discus (7th), Janelle Yoshimoto in javelin (2nd) and Janessa Ramos in the long jump (5th).

Running finals were held in the boys 1600 (Matt Reith was 7th) and girls 3200 (Christina Wicker 6th, Adrianna Royal 7th and Alex Laiblin 8th).

Friday was the opposite of Wednesday with mostly sunny skies early and a little bit of wind.

Girls final results - top 8 finishes listed:
100m dash - Janessa Ramos 3rd, Christina Alexander 7th.
200m dash - Christina Alexander 5th, Sarah Young 6th, Jalani Bobo 7th
400m dash - Christina Wicker 1st (by nearly a full second - it wasn't even close), Maura McKole 5th, Jember Jansen 7th.
800m run - Adrianna Royal 3rd, Hannah Bressler 7th
1600m run - Adrianna Royal 3rd, Hannah Bressler 7th
100m hurdles - Allison Duvenez 4th, Raeanna Wynne 5th
300m hurdles - Duvenez 1st, Wynne 2nd
Note - both hurdlers set PRs in both their hurdle events. Rae knocked almost 2 seconds off
her previous best time in the 300m final.
4x100m relay - OH 3rd (Yoshimoto, Bobo, Young, Ramos)
4x200m relay - OH 1st (Young, Alexander, Bobo, Ramos)
4x400m relay - OH 2nd (Alexander, Duvenez, Jansen, Ashley Everett)
Shot Put - Dominique Jackson 7th
Long Jump - Ramos 5th
Triple Jump - Katelyn Bristow 7th

Boys top 8 finishers:
100m dash - Josiah Miller 2nd, Aaron Boesch 8th (Miller was beaten by just .02 seconds)
200m dash - Miller 2nd
400m dash - Chris Opdyke 5th
800m run - Josh Schrum 5th, Connor Meyer 7th
3200m run - Matt Reith 6th
4x100m relay - OH 4th (Cody Hernkind, Carlton Johnson, Sheyenne Sams, Aaron Boesch)
4x400m relay - OH 2nd (Johnson, Opdyke, Justin Everett, Miller)
Discus - Keon Crumpton 7th
Javelin - Kevawn Brooks 5th
Pole Vault - Josh Mcvey 4th
Triple Jump - Miller 1st, Hernkind 7th

Full, complete results are available online at Athletic.net

75 photos from Wednesday's event are posted HERE

121 photos from Friday's action are HERE.

Finally, a big shout out to the hundreds of volunteers who worked to make this, and all the other home events happen. Even though it might have been pouring rain, blowing wind, bitter cold or blazing sun, you were there for the kids. Thanks!

Little League Baseball 2011-05-09

After some stops and starts and cancellations due to rain, we were finally able to get to a T-Ball game, this on the Bees vs the Knights at the Hillcrest field.

If you've never been to a T-ball game, go. They are entertaining and a lot of fun to watch. Games are held at Hillcrest and at Koetje park almost every day and start around 5pm.

73 photos of the Bees-Knights game are posted HERE.

Baseball 2011-05-09 vs Glacier Peak

After sweeping the Grizzlies 13-1 and 7-2 in the final two games of the regular season, the Wildcats again faced Glacier Peak in the first game of the double-elimination playoff tournament. The 'Cats were able to get men on base, but were not able to get them across the plate and GP went on to win 5-1. The Wildcat's run came off a Yale Rosen solo home run shot in the 5th inning.

The team next plays at Mt. Vernon, the #2 seed and surprise 2-0 loser to Meadowdale. The game will be tonight, Tuesday, at 4pm in Mt. Vernon.

44 photos from Monday's game are posted HERE.

Baseball 2011-05-09 vs Shorewood

For their final home game of the year, the Oak Harbor softball team hosted Shorewood. The varsity team hung in there early, but the Thunderbirds exploded for 9 runs in the final two innings to win 11-1 in 5 innings.

The JV team had quite a bit of offense also but so did the visitors.

Click HERE are 43 photos of the JV team in action.

Youth Soccer 2011-05-07 at Ft. Nugent Park

Sorry for the long delay. Here are Saturday's soccer photos.

Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature that it was May and April showers were supposed to give way to May showers. It rained almost the entire day, and during the BU-12 game was raining quite hard. There was a lot of splashing about and some very wet and muddy kids after the games ended!

Click HERE for 53 photos of the BU-6 Yellow Supersonic Seahawks vs an Red team without a name. The red team is sponsored by Angelo's Caffe downtown on Pioneer Way. The Supersonic Seahawks are without a sponsor.

Next were the BU-10 Gold Wolverines sponsored by Island Realty. 28 photos are posted HERE.

Continuing with the boys theme of the day, the BU-12 Blue Bombers, sponsored by El Cazador, splashed around on the lower field against a Coupeville team. For a while it was hard to tell if they were playing soccer or water polo! HERE are 45 photos from that game.

Not to let the girls feel left out, the GU-12 Soccer Punch, sponsored by Nautilus Construction, took on a South Whidbey team. 65 photos of the mostly dry game are posted HERE.

Finally, North Whidbey BU-15 team took on South Whidbey on the upper field for the last game of the day. Of course, the rain decided to start up again. 54 photos are posted HERE.

Softball 2011-05-05 vs Meadowdale

On senior night vs 2nd place Meadowdale, senior Abby Rankin hit a 2-run double in the 7th inning to tie the game and forcing extra innings. After Meadowdale scored 3 runs, the Wildcats came back again in the 9th and won the game when Amanda Pavey hit a single in the 9th inning, making the final score 6-5 in favor of the Wildcats.

82 photos of pregame senior night activities are posted HERE. Feel free to download and Facebook any of these photos.

48 game photos are posted HERE.

Middle School Track 2011-04-20 at OHHS

Sorry for the delay

No results were provided, so below is a link to the 157 photos from the meet.

Click HERE for photos.

Baseball 2011-05-03 vs Glacier Peak

The Wildcat varsity baseball team clinched a second place finish in WESCO and will be the #3 seed in the District tournament after thumping visiting Glacier Peak 13-1 in five innings.

GP got on the board first with a single run, but the 'Cats exploded for 8 runs in the 2nd and added 5 more in the 3rd, ending with a 2-run home run by Yale Rosen over the right field fence.

46 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Youth Soccer 2011-04-30 at Ft. Nugent Park

After the Eagle Run, we got out to Ft. Nugent Park for some youth soccer games. Photos are below.

Remember to support not just your sponsor, but sponsors of other teams as they are supporting youth soccer in general.

The first game were the BU-6 Blue Hot Wheels vs the Blue Sharks. 51 photos are HERE.

Next were the Green Beautiful Butterflies vs the Red Ladybug Roses. The Ladybug Roses are sponsored by All Island Pest Control. 26 photos from this game, mostly of the Butterflies, are posted HERE.

Whidbey Bounce House sponsors the BU-6 Black Fireballs and they played the Gold Stingrays. 47 images are posted HERE.

In the older games, the BU-10 Wolverines, sponsored by Island Realty took on the blue Fun. The Fun are sponsored by Pizza Factory. 29 photos are posted HERE.

At GU-10 it was the Pink Revolution vs a South Whidbey Team. Click HERE for 48 photos.

Finally, the BU-10 Red Devils played South Whidbey and just 19 photos are posted HERE.

OHCS Eagle Run 2011-04-30

The annual Oak Harbor Christian School Eagle Run, in conjunction with Oak Harbor's Holland Happening, went off as planned last Saturday morning at Windjammer Park.

The event consisted of an untimed 1-mile fun run and a time 5 kilometer race.

Winning the 5k this year was Andrew Wyman, with a time of 16:45.30. Second was John Collins in 17:02.

The first 14 & under runner was John Rodeheffer in 17:21 and 3rd place overall.

The first female runner was 14 & under Laura Rodeheffer in 20:43 and 9th place overall. The first adult female was Taylor VonGrey, an OHHS track team distance runner. She was 11th overall with a time of 21:11.

Overall there were 174 official finishers in the 5k and over 100 entered in the fun run.

150 photos from the 1-mile fun run are posted HERE.

237 images from the 5k are HERE.

Little League Baseball

Only two games were photographed in the past few days.

One was the Major Dodgers vs Angels on April 28th (Thursday).

77 photos from that game are posted HERE.

The only other game was the Junior game between the Athletics and Royals (La Conner) at Ft. Nugent field on Saturday.

56 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Track 2011-04-25 - JV/All-Comers @ Stanwood

It wasn't very cold or very windy, but it was VERY rainy Monday afternoon at Stanwood High School for the weekly JV/All-Comer's meet.

Not all schools enter their results, and from this meet, just Stanwood, Marysville and Oak Harbor have done so. Complete results can be found at athletic.net.

Two boys tied for the top OH spot in the 100m dash. Both Cameron Hartley and Julian Faralan clocked in with a 12.4 time. Noel Cheeseboro was at 12.5 and Joshua Garcia at 12.6. For the girls, Kelsey Johnson and Kalani Upshaw tied for OH with a time of 14.8 seconds. Casey Mather, Omani Welch and Tiffany Andrukat were at 15.2, 15.3 and 15.3, respectively.

OH also showed off their sprinting depth in the 200m dash, with Cheeseboro on top with a 25.3 time for the boys and Johnson a 30.9 for the girls. Of the times listed so far at athletic.net, OH boys have the top 5 and the girls the top 7.

There were only 2 OH girls in the 400m dash, Rachel Crowther and Nikki Blanchard. Rachel finished in 1:09.2 and Nikki in 1:11. Cheeseboro was first for OH in the boys race and 2nd in the listed results with a time of 55.8. Doug Kim was right behind with a 59.6.

The Oak Harbor girls filled most of the 800m run, with Crowther posting a 2:50 time and Mackenzie Jackson close behind with 2:52. For the boys it was Mitch Jackson in 2:31 and Brendan Bristow in 2:36.

Bristow then went on to capture the top OH time in the 1600m run, finishing in 5:22, 3 seconds ahead of Jackson. Mackenzie Jackson was the first OH girl in the same race with a time of 6:21. Taryn McKee was not far behind, posting a 6:24.

There were no OH boys in the 3200m run and Carlie Kenny won the girls race in 13:31.

No Oak Harbor boys or girls were entered in any of the hurdles or relay races.

In field events, Mariah Bolander-Marvidik and Angelica Brown threw the shot put for the Wildcats, with Mariah tossing the 8-lb steel ball 21-9. For the Boys Nick Farrell had a distance of 31-2.

Nick also had the longest throw of the Wildcats in the discus, reaching 75-6. Teammate Forrest Brown was just 3 inches behind with a personal best 75-3.

Tiffany Andrukat was the only female javelin thrower for Oak Harbor and set a new PR with a throw of 49-9. Farrell once again was the top male thrower for Oak Harbor, tossing the jav 101-4.

There were 4 girls and 4 boys from Oak Harbor in the long jump. Julian Faralan was the top OH jumper, clearing 15-9.5. Joshua Garcia also went over 15 feet, marking at 15-3. Kalani Upshaw was tops for the girls, marking at 12-2.

Finally, Joshua Garcia and Casiano Atienza competed in the triple jump, with Josh hitting 32-8.75 and Casiano 28-10.

Over 100 photos from the meet are posted HERE.

Youth Soccer 2011-04-23 at Ft. Nugent Park

It took a while, but we finally got to our first youth soccer games of the season, and made good use of the time there, getting photos of 12 different games, including all of the BU-8 games.

Don't forget to patronize the sponsors of your team. Sponsors of the teams below include Purple Moon, Martin Auto Electric, Island Family Hearing Clinic, Papa Murphys, Nautilus Construction and Pediatric Associates.

Below are the photos from each game.

GU-8 Blue Jays vs Purple Panthers - 33 photos

BU-8 Silver Dragons vs Green Marines - 30 photos

BU-8 Gold Hammerheads vs Red Cobras - 30 photos

GU-6 Raspberry Rockets vs Crazy Daisies - 36 photos

GU-6 White Lady Bugs vs Red Lady Bug Roses - 40 photos

BU-8 Orange Sonics vs Blue Sharks - 37 photos

GU-8 Pink Cheetahs vs American Girls - 33 photos

BU-8 Black Widows vs Blue Sharks - 39 photos

GU-10 Blue Panthers vs Purple Panthers - 37 photos

GU-12 Pink Panthers (Coupeville) vs Purple Moon - 38 photos

BU-12 Green Hornets vs Coupeville - 36 photos

GU-15 Lime Electricity vs Maroon Marquitas - 56 photos

Track 2011-02-23 @ South Whidbey - Westling Invitational

At South Whidbey High School for the second time this year for a track meet, the Wildcat boys and girls won the annual Westling Invitational Track Meet, and did it convincingly.

The boys racked up 223 points, with Mariner far behind with 117. The girls' win was even more impressive as they scored 293 points while second place Meadowdale had only 95.

The girls won every one of the running events and also had a second place finisher in 7 events.

100m dash - 1 Ramos, 2 Alexander
200m dash - 1 Ramos, 2 Alexander
400m dash - 1 Wicker
800m run - 1 Wicker, 2 Bressler
1600m run - 1 Royal, 2 Bressler
3200m run - 1 Royal, 2 Leete
100m hurdles - 1 Duvenez
300m hurdles - 1 Duvenez, 2 Wynne
4x100 relay - 1 Yoshimoto, Bobo, Alexander, Ramos
4x200m relay - 1 Bobo, Wiser, Wynne, Yoshimoto
4x400m relay - 1 McKole, Duvenez, Alexander, Wicker
Distance Medley - 1 Dale, Leete, VonGrey, Everett

The girls did well, but not as well, in the field events. Ramos was first in the long jump, Kayleigh Harper second in the high jump, Katelyn Bristown 2nd in the triple jump and Yoshi 2nd in the javelin. Brianna Quinn finished 3rd in the pole vault, clearing a height of 6-6, her best for the year.

The boys finished 1-2 in the 100m dash with Josiah Miller taking Aaron Boesch by .08 seconds. Miller also won the 200 with Boesch 3rd. Conner Meyers was 3rd in the 400, Josh Schrum 3rd in the 800, Matt Reith and Schrum 2-3 in the 1600 and Reith was first in the 3200m run. Cody Sanders picked up 3rd in the 300m hurdles.

The boys won both the standard relay races and 3rd in the distance medley. The 4x100 team of Boesch, Johnson, Hernkind and Miller turned in a time of 44.38, over 4 seconds faster than 2nd place Shorewood. The 4x400 team featured Meyer, Johnson again, Sheyenne Sams and Justin Everett and they were over 10 seconds ahead of the second place finisher, Mariner. The boys distance medley team of Eckart, Wagner, Miller and Opdyke was 3rd.

Related, Coupeville's Tyler King won the 800m run and now holds state-best times in both the 800 and 1600m races. Also for Coupeville, Hunter Hammer won both the shot put and discus competition. He is currently 5th in 1A in shot put and 8th in the discus.

For Oak Harbor, in the field events, Josh McVey was the only winner, taking first in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet even. The Wildcats finished 2nd in most of the remaining field events - Keon Crumpton in the discus, Kevawn Brooks in the javelin, Sam Schultz in the high jump (Denzel Massey was 3rd), Aaron Boesch in long jump and Josiah Miller in triple jump.

Softball 2011-04-22 vs Snohomish

The Panthers came to town with only their varsity team, so there was no JV game Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, one team was all the Panthers needed to beat the Wildcats 14-0 in 5 innings.

Here are 68 images from the varsity game.

Boys Soccer 2011-04-21 vs Meadowdale

Thursday night was Senior Night for the OHHS Boys Soccer team as Michael Shevchuk would be out of town on a school trip for the final home game of the season.

It was a good move, as the Wildcats picked up their second win of the season when Caley Powers punched it in with less than 3 minutes remaining in the 2nd overtime.

The Mavericks got on the board first with a 1st-half score, but Shevchuk tied the game with an assist by Alex Krantz.

The JV team scored on a free kick by Ben Muyres, but fell 2-1.

Photos from the JV and Varsity games are posted HERE.

Photos of the seniors and their parents and intros for all the players are posted HERE. Feel free to download any of the senior and/or intro photos - no charge.

Track 2011-04-21 @ Arlington

For the first time this year, the Oak Harbor girls did not win a track meet. At Arlington vs the host Eagles and Marysville, the Wildcat women did well in the running events, with 4 wins, 6 2nd places and 5 3rd place finishes in 8 events plus the 3 relays. However, in the field events, Oak Harbor's Dominique Jackson was the only top-3 finisher, getting 3rd place in the shot put. Arlington captured wins in 6 of the 7 field events and ended the meet scoring 88 points. Oak Harbor was second with 53 and Marysville 3rd with 48.

Oak Harbor winners were Janessa Ramos in the 200m dash, Jember Jansen in the 400m dash, Adrianna Royal in the 800m run and Allison Duvenez in the 300m hurdles.

The boys also did well in the running events, getting wins in 5 of the 10 events, but like the girls didn't fare well in the field events. Josiah Miller was the top Wildcat finisher in the field, earning 2nd in the triple jump and Keon Crumpton was 3rd in the shot put. Arlington and Oak Harbor boys scored the same points at their female counterparts - Arlington 88 and Oak Harbor 53, with Marysville coming in with 40.

Winners for Oak Harbor on the boys side were Aaron Boesch in the 100. Teammate Josiah Miller was second, and the two traded places in the 200m dash with Miller first and Boesch 2nd. Josh Schrum and Matt Reith went 1-2 in the 900m dash and Reith also won the 3200m run. The boys 4x100 relay team of Boesch, Miller, Carlton Johnson and Cody Hernkind won by .08 seconds.

Earlier in the week, on Monday, the weekly All-Comers meet was held at Everett Memorial Stadium. Of the posted results, freshman Sam Hawkins was the top finisher in both the girls 100 and 200m dash, the shot put and long jump. Heather Dale is listed first in the 1600m run, Carlie Kenny in the 3200 and Sadie Strain in the pole vault.

For the boys, Jayden Davilla won the 200m dash and Triple Jump, Wyatt Homola the 800 and 1600m runs, James Harrison the pole vault and Julian Faralan the long jump.

We will be going to next week's All-Comers meet so look for photos next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Little League Baseball 2011-04-18

After a series of cold, dreary days of baseball at Oak Harbor's Windjammer Park, the sun was out Monday and helped keep the still chilly wind away.

45 photos of the Major Angels vs Mariners game are posted HERE.

Just 22 photos of the Minor AA Mariners vs Diamondbacks are HERE.

Baseball

Holding on to their 2nd place standing in WESCO 3A, the Wildcat varsity baseball team unleashed their offense on the Lynnwood Royals, winning both games by mercy rule.

On Tuesday the boys won 10-0 in six innings on the Royals home field, then came back to Oak Harbor to win 15-0 in just 5 innings.

Below are some photos from the JV team in action at OHHS vs Lynnwood. The 'Cats were up 4-2 in the middle of the game, but the final score wasn't readily available.

34 JV baseball photos are HERE.

Girls Tennis update

The OHHS girls tennis team has been busy this past week with not only scheduled matches but making up rained out matches from the previous week.

On April 12th, the varsity team swept the singles matches at Glacier Peak and captured a doubles match to win 5-2 Cady O'Dell won 7-5, 6-1, Belen Cifuents 6-0, 6-3, Clarissa Abadesco 6-1, 6-0 and Alexa Holmly 6-2, 6-1. The doubles winners were Jen Fremd and Cassie Gianino, who won 6-3, 6-2.

Two days later at home, the singles swept their opponent again, and again in straight sets. This time, though, the doubles teams were not able to pick up a win so the final score was 4-3 in favor of OH.

On Monday the 18th Everett came to town and broke the 'Cats winning streak. Oak Harbor was able to pick up only a single win when Abadesco beat her opponent 6-2, 6-0.

The team got back on the win track Wednesday with a big 6-1 win over Lynnwood at Lynnwood. A slightly revised singles lineup of O'Dell, Cifuentes, Abadesco and now Jordan Faralan all won in straight sets. In double action, #2 Shoko Yamaguchi and Jennifer Bowers won 7-5, 6-2 and #3 Molly Van Dam and Jen Fremd won 6-2, 6-0.

12 photos of the singles players in action vs Everett are posted HERE.

Little League Baseball 2011-04-15 and 16

Even though it was cold, cloudy and windy, Little League baseball went on as scheduled Friday and Saturday with a host of games at the ball field complex at Windjammer Park with Minor A, Minor AA and Major teams all playing games at one of the 3 fields.

The best thing, though about the games? It's free to come watch and the concession stand has some great food. Come down and cheer the future of Oak Harbor baseball. Games are played every weekday evening starting at 5:30pm and Saturdays starting at 10am.

Here's the photos from this weekend's games. The Minor AA Dodgers/Cardinals game was Friday, all the others were Saturday.

Minor AA Dodgers vs Cardinals

Major Rockies vs Red Sox

Minor A Grasshoppers vs Knights

Minor A Hot Rods vs Ironbirds

Minor A Mud Cats vs Bulls

Minor AA Mariners vs Athletics

Minor AA Marlins vs Angels

Minor AA Rockies vs Red Sox

Baseball 2011-04-15 vs Everett

The Oak Harbor baseball team, having a stellar season so far, stumbled a bit Friday against the visiting Everett Seagulls.

Oak Harbor scored first, but Everett scored when it counted, putting 3 runs across the plate in the 6th inning, two of them after an Oak Harbor error and won 7-5.

The Varsity Wildcats are at home against 2-win Lynnwood Wednesday and the JV teams hosts Lynnwood Tuesday afternoon.

32 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Track 2011-04-14 @ OHHS

Last Thursday, the Wildcat track team hosted the Cascade Bruins and Monroe Bearcats and both the boys' and girls' teams won the day.

The girls dominated by scoring 94.5 points to Cascade's 49 and Monroe's 39.5. Oak Harbor won 9 of 18 events, Monroe 5 and Cascade 4.

The boys tied Cascade in the team point total with 63 and Monroe trailed with 51. Of the 17 boys events, Oak Harbor won 9, Cascade 6 and Monroe 2.

For the boys, Oak Harbor finished 1-2 in the 100 and 200 meter dash, with Josiah Miller beating out teammate Aaron Boesch. Freshman Carlton Johnson finished 5th in both races. Matt Reith was the top Wildcat in the 400m dash, coming in 4th.

In the distance races, Mike Kincy was 2nd in the 800 with freshman Clayton Richardson right behind in 3rd, Wyatt Homola in 4th and Nate Miller in 5th. Josh Schrum was just 3 seconds off a first-place finish in the 1600. Reith and Schrum both ran in the 3200m run, finishing 1-2.

Only one Wildcat finished in the top 5 in the hurdles, and only in the 110m high hurdles. Junior David Payne was 5th and was just .04 seconds off a new personal record.

The Wildcats took the top spots in the 4x100m relay, with the team of Cody Hernkind, Carlton Johnson, Sheyenne Sams and Justin Everett finishing first in 46.62 and the team of Julian Faralan, Jayden Davilla, Ian Sinchak and Cameron Hartley 2nd in 47.66. The Wildcat 4x400m relay team (Johnson, Miller, Boesch and Noel Cheeseboro) finished in 2nd place.

Out in the field, Sophomore Jeremy Foster won the event with a personal best throw of 43-11 - nearly 2 feet further than the 2nd place finisher. Kevawn Brooks was 5th in first attempt at the discus. Brooks was also 3rd in the Javelin.

Oak Harbor won all the jumping events, with Josh McVey tied for first in the pole vault with a height of 10-0, Aaron Boesch taking the long jump with a leap of 19-5 and Josiah Miller the triple jump at 41-7.

Right now, Miller is the top 200m runner and triple jumper in WESCO 3A and is 2nd in the 100m. Boesch is 3rd in the long jump. The 4x100m relay team is 4th, along with Chris Opdyke in the 400 and Josh Schrum in the 800.

The girls had top-3 finishes in all the sprinting events. Christina Alexander was 1st in the 100 and 3rd in the 200. Janessa Ramos was 3rd in the 100 and 2nd in the 200. In the 400, Maura McKole, Jember Jansen, Alex Laiblin and Abby Leete finished 1-2-3-4.

Oak Harbor was missing top distance runner Addy Royal, but her teammates stepped up in the 1600, finishing 1-2-3. Christina Wicker was first, Hannah Bressler 2nd and Taylor VonGrey 3rd. All 3 girls set new personal records in the race. Wicker, Laiblin, Leete and Bressler finished 2-3-4-5 in the 3200m run.

Hurdler Allison Duvenez finished in 2nd in the 100m hurdles but came back to win the 300m hurdles. Teammate Raeanna Wynne was 4th in the 100 and 5th in the 300.

The girls 4x100 relay was in 2nd place - by one-one hundredth of a second and the 4x400 relay had a convincing win. The 4x200 relay was running strong but had a bad handoff and were disqualified.

Junior Dominique Jackson (DJ to her friends) was a double winner, picking up first place in both the shot put and discus. Elizabeth Adkins earned 2nd in the discus, bettering her previous best by over 10 feet to 96-11. Janelle Yoshimoto finished 2nd in the Javelin and Ciera Wiser 3rd.

Freshman Kayleigh Harper continues to impress in the high jump, equaling her best and earning 2nd place. Oak Harbor cleaned up in the long and triple jump, with Ramos, Sarah Young, Yoshi and Katelyn Bristow finishing 1-2-3-4 in the long jump and Bristow and Chylan Bass finishing 1-2 in the triple jump.

The girls also have a number of athletes in the top 5 in WESCO 3A. Allison Duvenez has the best time in the 300m hurdles and has the 4th best time in the state in 3A. Also best in WESCO 3a is the 4x400 relay team. Janessa Ramos is ranked 2nd in WESCO 3A in 2 events, the 200m and long jump and is 3rd in the 100. Duvenez is 2nd in the 100m hurdles and 4x100 relay team is 2nd. Addy Royal is currently 3rd in the 800 and 4th in the 1600m runs. Other jumpers ranked are Harper in the High Jump (tied for 2nd), DJ in the discus (3rd) and Bristow in the triple jump (4th).

145 photos of a variety of events, including pole vault and boys long jump, are posted HERE.

Little League Baseball 2011-04-11

Three games were played last Monday at Windjammer Park with plenty of offense.

Scores of the Minor AA and Major games were not immediately available, but scores and standings are posted HERE when available.

No score or standings are maintained for Minor A games.

51 photos of the Minor AA Marlins vs Mariners game are posted HERE.

51 Major Diamondbacks vs Angels photos are posted HERE

88 Minor A Hot Rods vs Red Wings photos are HERE.

Little League Baseball & Softball 2011-04-07

At the ball fields near the John Vanderzicht Pool, the two Minor Softball teams, the Grasshoppers and Volcanoes, played the first of numerous games. Since there are only two teams in that division the teams will play each other all season long.

On the upper field, the Minor A Knights and Mud Cats played their first game of the season.

In both of these divisions, no scores or other stats are kept, and instead of 3 strikes and you're out, each player, unless they get a hit, gets a fixed number of pitches.

97 photos of the Mud Cats/Knights game are posted HERE.

99 photos of the Volcanoes/Grasshoppers game are HERE.

Girls Golf 2011-04-07 at WG&CC

The girls golf team squeaked by Shorewood by a single point Thursday at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club. The Wildcats scored 92 Stableford points to the Scots' 91. Shorewood was 3rd with 53.

Annie Leete scored 28 points to lead the 'Cats and the meet. Millie Goebel and Sasha Olson both scored 20 and tied for 4th in the meet. Mara Cortez scored 13, Marina Bankowski 11 and Lily Mosolino 8.

31 photos from the 1st hole are posted HERE.

Baseball vs Mountlake Terrace

The Wildcat varsity team played two games against the Hawks, picked in the coaches poll to finish 2nd in WESCO 3A.

The first game on Tuesday at Mountlake Terrace was a 10-inning marathon won by the Wildcats 4-3.

The second game was scheduled for Wednesday, but rain, sleet and snow during the day forced a postponement until Thursday.

In that 2nd game, things did not go well early for Oak Harbor, as Terrace jumped to a 4-0 lead. Oak Harbor closed to within a run in the 5th by scoring 3 runs then scored 3 more in the bottom of the 6th to take a 7-6 lead which was enough to win the game.

Today, Friday, the Shorewood Thunderbirds come to town. The T-Birds were picked at the top team in the state in the preseason poll and are currently ranked 3rd in 3A. The Wildcats are ranked 9th in the coaches poll. The winner of the game will take possession of 1st place in WESCO 3A.

60 photos from the early part of the game are posted HERE.

Little League Baseball 2011-04-05

After a rainout of Monday's opening games, the North Whidbey Little League started play on Tuesday with 3 games at Windjammer Park.

In the Major league, the A's topped the Angels 18-10. We weren't able to get that game for photos, but will get both teams later in the season.

We did get photos of the Minor AA Red Sox vs Cardinals game. Halfway through the game the Red Sox held a 3-1 lead but the Cardinals came back to tie the game 4-4. The final has not been posted to the NWLL site yet, but 99 photos from the game are posted HERE.

Also at Windjammer Park, the Minor A Bats took on the Ironbirds. After some early trouble with the pitching machine, the teams finally got a few hits and everyone had fun as the rain held off until very late in the game. 41 photos are posted HERE.

Boys Golf 2011-04-05 @ Whidbey Golf & Country Club

After time off from competition during spring break, the OH boys golf team got back into action on a cool, cloudy, but dry Tuesday afternoon. Visitor Shorecrest won the 3-team event with a stroke total of 235, just 2 strokes ahead of the Wildcats. Shorewood came in 3rd with 251.

Individually for the Wildcats, #2 Greg Martin had the best score for the 'Cats and 2nd best overall, carding a 40. #1 Judd Ford was 3rd overall with a 42. David Bunch shot a 54, Caleb Knaack 56, Quinton Wallace 61 and Logan Faught 67.

36 photos are posted HERE.

Boys soccer vs Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace

Friday evening the OHHS boys soccer team played the Lynnwood Royals at OHHS then played Mountlake Terrace on Monday, also at home.

In the Lynnwood JV game, the Royals jumped out to an early lead and dominated the Wildcats 7-0. In the varsity game, while the ball spent a lot of time in the Royals' end of the field, regulation time ended in a 0-0 tie, then the two 5-minute overtime periods also ended with the score 0-0. The game then moved to a best of five shootout, and the Lynnwood goalkeeper was able to stop two of the OH shots, giving Lynnwood the win.

Monday it was the Mountlake Terrace Hawks at Wildcat Memorial Stadium. The JV team led 2-1 midway through the 2nd half, but MLT was able to tie the game late and JV ended in a 2-2 tie.

Michael Shevchuk scored on a penalty kick just 6 minutes into the varsity game then went on to score 3 more times, assisted twice by Caleb Gatica-Cortes and once by Matt Jensen, who scored two goals of his own in the 2nd half. The final score was Oak Harbor 6, MLT 2.

46 Lynnwood match photos are HERE.

49 photos from the win over Mountlake Terrace are posted HERE.

Track 2011-03-24 @ OHHS

Stanwood and Lake Stevens, a pair of WESCO North 4A schools came to Wildcat Memorial Stadium for Oak Harbor's first home meet of the year.

The OH girls team won the event with a team score of 81 and the boys team was in second with 45.33, behind Lake Stevens. Complete results are posted HERE.

Winners on the boys side were Josiah Miller in the 100 and 200 (teammate Aaron Boesch finished 2nd in the 100 and 3rd in the 200). Matt Reith won the 3200 after running most of the race in 3rd place. He made his move with 2 laps remaining and won by 15 seconds.

Jeremy Foster won the shot put with a throw of 43-7 and Miller took the triple jump with a 41-5 leap.

For the girls it was Janessa Ramos and Christina Alexander finishing 1-2 in the 100m dash, then switching places to finish 2-3 in the 2oo. Christina Wicker won the 100m dash, Addy Royal the 1600m run, and Allison Duvenez won both hurdle events, the 100 and 300. Oak Harbor also finished 1-2 in the 4x100 relay.

In field events, Oak Harbor was able to snag only one win, with senior Katelyn Bristow getting first in the triple jump.

114 photos, mostly of throwers and jumpers, are posted here. A few runners slipped in as well, mostly in the hurdles and 4x400 relay.

Click HERE for group photos of the track team taken Friday afternoon.

Boys Golf 2011-03-23 @ Everett

The boys golf team finished in 2nd place in a 3-way league event against Everett HS and Mountlake Terrace at Everett's Legion golf course.

First place Everett had 211 strokes, Oak Harbor 237 and MLT 252.

Two Everett golfers finished on top individually, carding a 40, and 41, but the Wildcats' Judd Ford was right with them, scoring a 42 to finish tied for 3rd.

Track 2011-03-21 All-comers meet @ Snohomish

The JV track team went to Snohomish Monday for a 5-way meet and met with considerable success. Results are based on what was posted to athletic.net. Results from this meet can be found by clicking HERE.

On the girls side, Freshman Sam Hawkins won both the 100 and 200m dash, freshman Rachel Crowther winning the 400m dash and junior Taylor Vongrey won the 800, 1600 and 3200m runs. OH finished 1-2-3 in both the 800 and 1600, with Taryn McKee and Mackenzie Jackson behind Vongrey in the 800 and Carlie Kenny and McKee behind her in the 1600.

Boys winners were Matt Truelson in the shot put and William Berry in the Discus.

The team takes a week off from competition then returns on April 11th at Marysville

Girls Tennis

Monday's match against Lynnwood was postponed due to rain, but Wednesday's match with Meadowdale went on under warm weather and sunny skies.

Three of the four singles matches went to 3 sets, but Oak Harbor was able to capture only one victory, Alexa Holmly winning at 4th singles 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. First singles Cady O'Dell had a long, close match before falling 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 and Shannon Neilon lost 7-5, 5-7, 1-6.

Meadowdale won all the doubles matches in straight sets and won both exhibition matches.

99 photos of the 7 varsity matches plus the exhibition match with Jordan Trask and Kelli Travenetti are posted HERE. Included are team pictures taken before the match.

The varsity girls got back on the winning track Thursday with a non-league match at Arlington. Cady O'Dell won 6-3, 6-4, Clarissa Abadesco won 6-0, 6-1 and Shannon Neilon won 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-2. The Wildcats picked up one double win, the pair of Molly Van Dam and Jen Fremd, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 to capture the day's event 4-3.

Finally, on Friday, the varsity girls made up Monday's rained-out match against Lynnwood. Out of 7 scoring matches, Oak Harbor won 6 in straight sets, and won the 7th in 3 sets, completing the sweep of the Royals.

1st singles Cady O'Dell didn't let her opponent win any games in her 6-0, 6-0 win. #2 Belen Cifuentes allowed her opponent 2 games in the first set and none in the 2nd, winning 6-2, 6-0. Clarissa Abadesco won 6-1, 6-1 and Shannon Neilon 6-3, 6-3.

In doubles action, the 1st doubles team of Jordan Faralan and Alexa Holmly lost a very close 1st set 6-7(5) before winning the next two 7-5, 6-3. Shoko Yamaguchi and Cassie Gianino won 6-3, 6-2 and Kelli Travenetti and Jen Fremd won 6-0, 6-2.

The tennis teams take Spring Break off, then get back into action on April 5th with the varsity team at home against Shorecrest.

Boys Golf 2011-03-22 @ WG&CC

The Boys golf club hosted Glacier Peak and Shorecrest on a sunny Tuesday afternoon at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club.

Oak Harbor's Judd Ford finished 2nd overall with a 9 hole stroke count of 41. As a team, the Wildcats missed 2nd place by just a single stroke, with 250 to Shorecrest's 249. Glacier Peak won the event with 215.

Also for Oak Harbor, Greg Martin carded a 45, Quinton Wallce 51, Caleb Knaack 53, David Bunch 60 and Logan Faught 79.

Tomorrow the golf team travels to Everett and the Legion Golf Course and shoot again at home on April 5th at 3pm.

42 photos, all taken at the 1st tee, are posted HERE.

Girls Golf 2011-03-21 - Whidbey Shootout at WG&CC

On a windy, rainy Monday, the Oak Harbor girls golf team hosted the annual Whidbey Shootout at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club with a total of 12 teams attending.

Redmond finished first with a team total of 451 and no single player shooting over a 100 for the day. WESCO 3A opponents Shorewood and Glacier Peak came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Oak Harbor tied for 4th place with Lake Stevens (456). Millie Goebel was on top for the Wildcats with a 100. Sasha Olson scored 103, Annie Leete 112, Mara Cortez 113 and Lily Mosolino 118. Marina Bankowski shot a 120, but only the top 5 scores count towards team totals.

At the bottom were Arlington, with a team total of 732 and Cascade, with a team total of 857.

52 photos of the 6 varsity golfers are posted HERE.

Boys Soccer 2011-03-19 vs Arlington

It was a beautiful day for soccer at OHHS as the boys JV and Varsity soccer teams split wins against visiting Arlington.

The JV game was scoreless until Ryan Gilman got a penalty kick past the Eagle goalkeeper in the second half for the game's only score.

The varsity game was scoreless until Arlington got 3 quick goals in the final 20 minutes of the 1st half. Oak Harbor's Michael Shevchuk scored on a second effort in the 51st minute but that would be the Wildcats' only score.

The boys next game is away at top-ranked Glacier Peak on Tuesday then they are at home Friday against Lynnwood.

93 photos from the two games, plus group photos of each team, are posted HERE.

Tennis - week ending 3-18-2011

The 2011 girls tennis season started with a pair of sweeps on Monday the 14th against Stanwood. Both the JV and Varsity squads were dominated by the Spartans, with every match won by Stanwood in straight sets.

On Wednesday, the results against Mountlake Terrace were much better. The JV team won 6-1, with all the singles players, Chelsey Mackenzie, McKenzie Schneider, Jessica Travenetti and Rachelle Muzones all winning in straight sets. In doubles, the 1st team of Molly Murdock and Jenny Landingin won their first, lost the 2nd, then fell in the tiebreaker. 2nd doubles Brittany Rigby and Jeselle Camacho and 3rd doubles Kyla McKinney and Leslie Castillo both won in straight sets.

The varsity team won 5-2, with all the singles players winning, and only Cady O'Dell going to 3 sets. She won 1-6, 6-1, 6-0. Belen Cifuentes, a Spanish exchange student at 2nd doubles won 6-4, 6-4, Clarissa Abadesco won 6-1, 6-1 and Shannon Neilon won 7-6(3), 6-1. OH was able to pick up a single win in doubles, with the 3rd team of Jennifer Fremd and Molly Van Dam winning 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.

On Friday against Everett, the JV team fell by a close 4-3 margin, with 5 matches having tiebreakers. Mackenzie won in straight sets 6-0, 6-0, Schneider won her first 6-2, lost the 2nd 4-6, but won her tiebreaker 10-8. Travenetti lost her first 3-6 and won the second 6-2 before falling in a long, grueling 14-16 tiebreaker. In doubles, Rigby and Camacho won 6-2, 6-3 to end the OH victories.

Down in Everett the varsity team was having trouble with the Seagulls and lost 7-0. Alexa Holmly, moved into 4th singles due to the absence of Abadesco won her first set and 2nd doubles of Jordan Faralan and Cassie Gianino also won their first set for the only OH wins.

Next week the varsity team is at home Monday against Lynnwood and Wednesday against Meadowdale while the JV team is away.

102 photos from the JV Mountlake Terrace match are HERE

57 JV photos from the Everett match are HERE, including the JV team photos.

Track 2011-03-17 @ South Whidbey

The 2011 track season kicked off with the annual Whidbey Jamboree at South Whidbey High School, featuring teams from Oak Harbor, Coupeville, South Whidbey, Lakewood and Friday Harbor.

Not every event was run in the meet. Omitted were the 4x100 relay, 4x200 relay and 300m hurdles.

Oak Harbor dominated the event, with the boys winning 3 events and the girls winning 7, and showing depth by filling many of the top 10 spots.

Complete results can be found HERE

Oak Harbor winners were Aaron Boesch in the 100, followed by Josiah Miller and Carlton Johnson in 2nd and 3rd place. Johnson also took 2nd in the 200m dash.

OH finished 1-2-3 in the 400m dash - Chris Opdyke, Conner Meyer and Mike Kincy.

In the 800m run it was Josh Schrum on top. Schrum also finished 3rd in the 1600m run

Sam Collins was the top OH finisher in the 110m hurdles, finishing 3rd.

Jeremy Foster ended in 2nd place in the shot put, followed by Dayne Herron and Boesch in 3rd and 4th.

In the Javelin, Kevawn Brooks threw over 128 feet, good enough for 2nd place

3rd in the High Jump was Cody Hernkind while Josh McVey was 2nd in the pole vault.

Finally for the boys, Josiah Miller was 2nd in the Triple Jump.

On the girls side, Janessa Ramos, Christina Alexander, Sarah Young and Jalani Bobo finished 1-2-3-4 in the 100m dash to sweep the event. Bobo went on to finish 2nd in the 200m dash

Another sweep was in the 400m dash, with Allison Duvenez, Jember Jansen and Maura McKole on top.

Addy Royal took first in both the 800 and 1600m run, with freshman Alex Laiblin coming in 2nd in the 1600.

Finishing the running results, Duvenez won the 100m hurdles.

In field events, Dominique Jackson (DJ) came just 6 inches short of winning the discus.

Alexander won the long jump and Katelyn Bristow and Chylan bass finished 1-2 in the triple jump.

Coupeville winners were Mitch Pelroy in the 200m dash, Tyler King in the 1600m run (by nearly 30 seconds) and Hunter Hammer in both the shot put and discus. Hammer won the shot put by nearly 10 feet and the discus by nearly 25 feet!

Jai'Lysa Hoskins won the 200m dash and Kyra Ilyankoff the javelin.

The only photos from this meet are the running events. At the OH home meet on Thursday, March 24th, the photo concentration will be on jumpers and throwers.

129 photos of Oak Harbor runners are posted HERE.

54 photos of Coupeville runners are HERE.

Baseball 2011-03-15 vs Mt. Vernon

The Oak Harbor Wildcats opened their 2011 season with a slugfest vs visiting Mt. Vernon.

The Bulldogs took an early 4-0 lead after 3 straight hits in the bottom of the 1st inning, but the Wildcats came back, batting around the order to take a 7-4 lead.

The game never finished, but was called on account of darkness, and the game ended a 17-17 tie.

49 photos from early in the game are posted HERE.

Next up for baseball is next week, hosting Monroe on Thursday, March 24th. The JV team plays at home this afternoon vs Mariner.

Softball 2011-03-14 vs Sedro-Woolley

For their first game of the new season, the OHHS softball team faced a big challenge in hosting defending state champs Sedro-Woolley.

While the pitching was even, with the duo of Emily Hunt and Amanda Pavey giving up just 4 earned runs, errors in the field led to 10 more runs for the Cubs as they won 14-3.

On the plus side, the Wildcats overcame some excellent Sedro pitching to score 3 runs and Abby Rankin went 2-3 at the plate, scoring once and tallying 2 RBIs.

The JV score was not available.

101 photos from both JV and Varsity are posted HERE.

OHHS 2011 Softball schedule

DATE	DAY	OPPONENT	SITE	TIME
12-Mar	Sat.	Jamboree	Marysville Pilchuck HS	9:00
14-Mar	Mon.	Sedro Wooley	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
16-Mar	Weds.	Mt. Vernon	VS-Mt. Vernon HS JV @ Kiawani's Park - 18th Street Park	4:00
18-Mar	Fri.	Shorecrest	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
21-Mar	Mon.	Arlington	Arlington	4:00
24-Mar	Thurs.	Glacier Peak	Glacier Peak HS (one field only) VS @ 3:45 JV @ 5:30	3:45/5:30
25-Mar	Fri.	Lynnwood	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
6-Apr	Weds.	Shorewood	Shorewood-VS @ HS 4PM, JV @ Richmond Highlands Rec Ctr 3:30	3:30/4:00
8-Apr	Fri.	Shorecrest	Shorecrest VS @ 6PM & JV @ HS 4PM	4:00/6:00
12-Apr	Tues.	Mountlake Terrace	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
14-Apr	Thurs.	Meadowdale	Meadowdale VS @ HS/ JV @ Meadowdale Playfield acros the street	3:30
18-Apr	Mon.	Lake Stevens	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
19-Apr	Tues.	Everett	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
22-Apr	Fri.	Snohomish	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
25-Apr	Mon.	Stanwood	Stanwood	4:00
26-Apr	Tues.	Glacier Peak	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
28-Apr	Thurs.	Lynnwood	Lynnwood/ VS & JV @ HS	4:00
2-May	Mon.	Meadowdale	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
4-May	Weds.	Mountlake Terrace	Mountlake Terrace/ VS @ HS @ JV @ Brier Terrace Middle School	4:00
9-May	Mon.	Shorewood	Oak Harbor (Hillcrest Elem.)	4:00
11-May	Weds.	Everett	Everett @ Lincoln Field	4:00/6:00

OHHS 2011 Girls Tennis Schedule

JV matches are played on the same time and day, but at the opposite site of the varsity match.

DATE	DAY	OPPONENT	SITE	TIME
14-Mar	Mon.	Stanwood	Oak Harbor HS	3:30
16-Mar	Weds	Mountlake Terrace	Mountlake Terrace	3:30
18-Mar	Fri.	Everett	Everett @ Clark Park	3:30
21-Mar	Mon.	Lynnwood	Oak Harbor HS	3:30
23-Mar	Weds.	Meadowdale	Oak Harbor HS	3:30
24-Mar	Thurs.	Arlington	Arlington	3:30
5-Apr	Tues.	Shorecrest	Oak Harbor HS	3:30
7-Apr	Thurs.	Shorewood	Shorewood	3:30
12-Apr	Tues.	Glacier Peak	Glacier Peak	3:30
14-Apr	Thurs.	Mountlake Terrace	Oak Harbor HS	3:30
18-Apr	Mon.	Everett	Oak Harbor HS	3:30
20-Apr	Weds.	Lynnwood	Lynnwood	3:30
22-Apr	Fri.	Meadowdale	Meadowdale	3:30
2-May	Mon.	Glacier Peak	Oak Harbor HS	3:30
5-May	Thurs.	Shorewood	Oak Harbor HS	3:30
6-May	Fri.	Shorecrest	Shorecrest	3:30