Wrestling 2011-12-10 @ Snohomish

Saturday was a large tournament at Snohomish High School with over 30 Oak Harbor wrestlers attending. Unlike most tournaments that have distinct weight classes, this tournament arranged the wrestlers into 8-man/woman brackets with all 8 wrestlers in that bracket 'around' the same weight. This tournament is designed to get as much mat time as possible. Most tournaments are double-elimination with a guarantee of only two matches. The Snohomish tournament guarantees 3 matches.

Out of a total of 37 brackets, Wildcat wrestlers won 10, placed 2nd in two and 3rd in two.

Brackets winners were: Ben Pralle (H), Mark Johnston (I) (all pins), Nathaniel Stanfored (R), Sheyenne Sams (S), Keikai Tarrant (V), Josh Crebbin (W) (one pin and two tech falls), Jen Fremd (Y) (all pins), Josh Orritt (CC), Jeremy Alonzo (GG) and Ray Quinday (II) (all pins).

In second place were Jackson Constant (lost to Quinday in II bracket championship) and Kylene Ayer.

CJ Shavers was third in the X bracket and Cayden Cosper in U.

Also in the tournament were Black Pein-Neal, Alexia Mobley, Desiree Dillaman, Zaiha Sams, Ainsley McLoud, Noel Cheeseboro, Kody Cosper, Alex Rutter, Aimee Oliver, Olivia Hunt, Chris Carter, Ben Dugin, Kenny King, Nate Pacheco, Carl Meders, Austin Wotring, Tyler Adamson, Jacob Dugin and Austin Hwang.

If you name is spelled incorrectly, send an email to oakharborsportsreport@comcast.net so it can get fixed.

The wrestlers are at home Thursday to take on Lynnwood. JV starts at 5:45, varsity at 7pm.

Video highlights are HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.

Special Coupeville Edition - Girls basketball vs Archbishop Murphy

It was ladies only night for basketball at Coupeville High School Friday night as they hosted the Archbishop Murphy Wildcats.

The JV game was full of ups and downs. An early down was a lack of scoring by the Wolves in the first quarter. When the horn sounded, Coupeville was down 12-0. A great up followed as Breeanna Messner scored 7 of her 9 points and Madeline Strasburg added 6 as the Wolves tied the game 16-16 with 3 seconds left in the half. It was back to a down after the half, as Murphy went on a 16-2 run to lead 32-18, then went on to win 41-24. Messner led the team with her 9 points and Strasburg was right behind with 8. Kacie Kiel scored 4, Amanda Fabrizi 2 and Wynter Thorne 1.

There was no score in the varsity game for the first 3 minutes when the Wildcats hit a 3-pointer. Coupeville got on the board later with a field goal by Shelby Kulz, who was fouled on the play. She hit her free throw to complete the 3-point play, but that was it for Coupeville scoring in the first period, as Murphy led 11-3. The Wildcats then scored 18 points to Coupeville's 5 in the second to lead 29-8 at the half. Murphy unloaded on the Wolves in the final period, scoring 21 points while holding Coupeville to 9 points. The final in that game was 60-21. Katie Smith led the Coupeville scoring with 7 points. Kulz and Bessie Walstad each had 4 points and Cassidi Rosenkrance, Grace LaPoint and Jai' Lysa Hoskins scored 2 points each.

Over 100 photos from the two games, including some fun group photos of the varsity team taken during halftime of the JV game, are posted HERE.

Wrestling 2011-12-08 at Marysville-Pilchuck

Thursday night the wrestling team traveled to Marysville for a dual meet against the Tomahawks.

In JV action, Ryuta Meany, CJ Shavers, Jackson Constant, Chris Carter and Tyler Adamson all won by pin, and Noel Cheeseboro won 12-8.

For the varsity, winners were Nathaniel Stanford, Josh Orritt, Hunter Vail, Jeremy and Jahleel Vester and Cody Fakkema. All the wins were by pinfall.

Unfortunately, the Wildcats had to forfeit at 106 pounds, giving 6 team points to the Tommies, and the Wildcats fell in team scoring 36-40.

Next up is a JV tournament this Saturday at Snohomish HS, and next weekend the JV team goes to Everett and the varsity to the Graham Morin tournament at Squalicum HS in Bellingham.

The wrestling team won't be at home until December 15th, in a dual meet against Lynnwood, then are close to home on December 21st in a dual at Anacortes.

JV and varsity photos, along with some pre-season group pictures, are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.

GBB 2011-12-07 vs Shorecrest

There was no C/Freshman game Wednesday night at OHHS as the visiting Shorecrest Scots did not have a team. As a result, freshman Brook Peplinski was pulled up to fill the spot of an ill JV player.

Shorecrest is a strong, experienced team and the Wildcats just didn't have an answer for the Scots' full-court press. The JV team was down 15-3 at the end of the first quarter, and even though they outscored the Scots in the 2nd quarter, it wasn't enough as the JV girls fell 37-20. The scorebook shows Liz Lym leading the team with 5 points. Peplinski and Melanie Callaway had 4 each, Cassidy Gurich and KC Winfield had 3 each and Danielle Teasley scored 1. In reviewing the video, a field goal credited to Cassidy was actually made by Jamie Estrella.

In the varsity game, the Wildcats also faced a tough press and were down 20-3 at the end of the first quarter and 56-23 at the end of the game. Lia Pantoleon came off the bench to lead the Wildcats in scoring with 8 points. DJ Jackson scored 4, Marissa Lewis and Morgan Young 3 each, Kelsey Rankin and Annie Leete 2 each and Rayan Russell 1.

Next for the girls is a trip to Lynnwood on Monday and then at home vs Shorewood on Wednesday, Dec 14th.

Photos are posted HERE.

Video clips are HERE.

Middle School Volleyball - 12-6-2011 NWMS vs Anacortes

The middle school volleyball season is a little more than half over, and if you haven't been to watch any of the matches, you've missed some free entertainment. While their skills are still developing, the girls' enthusiasm is fully developed. The work hard and play hard and it shows.

Tuesday afternoon the Anacortes Seahawks came to the North Whidbey Middle School gym for 7th and 8th grade matches.

The NWMS Cougars won their first game 25-20, but stumbled a bit in the second, falling 23-25. The third game had to end in a 16-16 tie as the allotted time ran out, and the match ended in a tie with one win, one loss and the tie for each team.

79 photos, including team photos taken before the match, are posted HERE.

Click HERE for 7th grade video highlights.


It was total domination by NWMS in the first game of the 8th grade match. At one point the Cougars had game point, 24-6, but a few late Seahawks serves got by and the match ended in a 25-10 score. The Cougars were especially dangerous from the service line, with the first two servers being forced to rotate after getting 5 serves in a row into play.

In the second game, the girls lost some of their confidence, and it showed in their defense as Anacortes pulled out a 25-15 win. The Cougars recovered somewhat in the final game but lost 25-19.

HERE are 8th grade video highlights.

97 photos of the 8th grade match, also including group and buddy photos, are posted HERE.

Special Coupeville Edition - Girls and Boys basketball

Last Friday, Coupeville hosted Meridian for both boys and girls basketball, and it wasn't a good night for the wolves.

The JV girls fell behind early and just could not get any offensive rhythm going. The final in that game was 45-15 for Meridian. Camilla Riche led the Wolves with 6 points. Hailey Hammer scored 4, Amanda Fabrizi 3 and Breeanna Messner 2.

At the same time, the varsity boys were playing in the main gym. The first quarter wasn't bad, but the Wolves did find themselves down 14-5, but Meridian turned on the jets and scored 26 points in the 2nd period to post a 40-16 lead at the half, then moved on to a 75-33 win. Kole Kellison led the team with 12 points. Gavin O'Keefe scored 6 as did Taylor Ebersole. Aaron Curtin finished with 4 points, Drew Caan with 3 and Carson Risner with 2.

In the second set of games, the JV boys also had their offensive problems. The final score wasn't available, but in the words of one spectator, the score was 'not enough to to many".

The girls varsity game started well. Cassidi Rosenkrance scored 5 and the Wolves trailed 8-7 at the end of the first quarter. Although Coupeville didn't score any field goals in the period, Katie Smith was 6-6 from the line and 3 other Wolves sank free throws. While Meridian still led, it was by a controllable 22-16 score at halftime.

Then came the second half. The Meridian defense was tough, holding Coupeville to just 5 points, and the pressure continued in the final period, leaving Meridian with a 48-25 victory.

Katie Smith, scoring a single field goal, led the Wolves in scoring with 11 points, thanks to her 9 of 10 performance at the free throw line. Rosenkrance finished with 8. Taya Boonstra and Jai' Lysa Hoskins scored 2 each and Shelby Kulz and Lauren Escalle 1 each.

A total of 111 photos of the girls JV and Varsity teams are posted HERE.

65 photos from the two boys' games are posted HERE.

Coupeville has home games again this coming Friday, hosting the Archbishop Murphy Wildcats.

GBB 2011-12-05 vs Squalicum

All three girls teams broke into the win column Monday night against the Squalicum storm, but it wasn't easy.

The freshman teams played close in the first quarter, with OH behind 12-10 then took a 18-16 lead into the locker room at halftime. In the 3rd period, the defense played tough, shutting out the Storm while the offense scored 6, putting OH up 24-16. Defense was still the name of the OH game in the final quarter, but the offense wasn't quiet either. Oh scored 10 points while allowing only 4 to win going away, 34-20. Brook Peplinski and Angelica Brown tied for scoring honors with 10 points each. Kenna Prosch and Irene Gribble scored 5 each, Tierra White 3 and Jessica Hollins 1.

The JV game was also close early, with OH leading 7-6 at the first break. Slowly but surely our girls increased their lead and in the end won 26-17. Liz Lym led the team's scoring with 9 points, Natalie Fiallos added 5, Melanie Callaway 4, Jamie Estrella, Danielle Teasley and Cassidy Gurich 2 each and KC Winfield and Hayley Lundstrom 1 each.

For the varsity, most of the game was a struggle. Squalicum scored first on a 3-pointer, and led 8-2 halfway through the first period. with 3:29 left, Dominique Jackson, with the shot clock running down, launched the ball from outside the arc and swished it to make it 8-5, but Squalicum scored a pair of 3-pointers in the final minute and led 14-6. Early in the second quarter, OH found themselves down 21-6, but cut the gap to 10 points at halftime, 27-17.

The second half much better for the Wildcats. Halfway through the 3rd period they cut the lead to just 4 points, but the Storm was able to regain some and led 33-27 at the start of the 4th. Two points by Jackson made it a 1-point game, 34-35, then Ciera Wiser scored with 5:05 to give Oak Harbor their first lead of the game. With one minute left, Wiser scored again to regain the lead 40-38, but a Squalicum 3-pointer made it 40-41 for the Storm. With 5 seconds left, Coach Clayville called a timeout and drew up a play. The Wildcats inbounded the ball to sharp shooting Annie Leete to launched from behind the line. Her shot bounced off the rim, but Kelsey Rankin was right there, grabbed the rebound and put it up for a score with 2 seconds left. Squalicum wasn't able to score after than and OH won 42-41.

Leete led the OH scoring with 12 points, Dominique Jackson had 9, Ciera Wiser 8, Marissa Lewis 4, Rayan Russell and Rankin 3, Jalani Bobo 2 and Morgan Young 1.

The girls open league play tonight, Wednesday, at OHHS vs Shorecrest.

Video clips, including Kelsey Rankin's last-second putback and DJ Jackson's 3-pointer, are HERE.

Photos of the Freshmen, JV and Varsity squads are posted HERE.

GBB 2011-12-01 vs Arlington

All three girls basketball teams kicked off their 2011-2012 season last night vs the Arlington Eagles at OHHS.

This year there is no freshman team, but a "C" team, as not enough freshmen tried out to make a full team, so 3 sophomores were retained to complete the team. In that game the 'Cats were down by one at the end of the first quarter, 7-8, but came back to take a 2-point lead, 16-14 at halftime. The girls stumbled in the 3rd, scoring just 2 points which allowed Arlington to win 31-26. Irene Gribble led the OH scoring with 9 points, Brook Peplinski and Kenna Prosch both scored 6, Angelica Brown and Carmen Riveiro-Moreno had 2 each and Jessica Hollins had 1.

Things did not go well at all for the JV squad. Down 10-2 at the first buzzer, they were down 16-6 at halftime. They still could not find any answer for the Arlington defense in the second half, and lost the game 17-42. Jamie Estrella scored 5 for the Wildcats, Liz Lym 4, Natalie Fiallos 3, Cassidy Gurich 2 and Danielle Teasley 1.

The same tough Arlington defense also foiled any plans of a Wildcat win in the varsity game, as the Eagles held the Wildcats to just 2 points in the first and third quarters. The final in that game was 51-15 in favor of Arlington. Annie Leete scored 7, Dominique Jackson, Lia Pantoleon and Ciera Wiser 2 each and Tatiana Cummings 1.

The Wildcat girls play again on Monday against Squalicum HS in Bellingham then open league play Wednesday, December 7th against Shorecrest at home.

JV and varsity video clips are HERE.

117 photos of Freshman, JV and Varsity action are posted HERE.

BBB 2011-11-30 vs Anacortes

Tuesday night the Anacortes Seahawks came to town, but it was just the JV and Freshman teams. Both varsity teams were going to play in tournaments over the holidays which left a date open for the sub-varsity teams.

In the Freshman game, Zach Jones scored 13 and Gage Eccleston added 7, but they could not overcome a very good Seahawk team. Anacortes won 52-28. Also scoring for the Wildcats were Jacob Sturdevant with 4 and Jonathon Bright and Ben Fikse with 2 each.

The JV team took almost 3 minutes to get their first score, a Gabriel Groenig 3-pointer, the Diamonte Ridley hit one of his own as Oak Harbor grabbed an 8-0 lead and a tough defense didn't allow Anacortes to score until the 1:57 mark in the first quarter. Things were a bit more even in the second, and Anacortes crawled to within 3 points, 17-14, but Anfernee Angkaw was fouled going to the hoop with just 0:00.2 seconds remaining in the half and sank both free throws to give OH a 19-14 halftime lead.

Anacortes won the 3rd period, and took a 31-27 lead going into the 4th, but Chris Hailer drove in to regain the lead for OH 34-33, and with 1:07 left in the game the Wildcats were holding on to a 47-44 lead, but then the Seahawks were forced to foul in order to stop the clock and Oak Harbor banged down the free throws. In the end it was Oak Harbor 53, Anacortes 44.


Video clips are posted HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.

BBB 2011-11-29 vs Cascade

Tuesday saw the opening of the 2011-2012 basketball season with a boys non-league game vs the 4A Cascade Bruins at OHHS.

In the dome, the freshmen boys game had a very slow start, with OH behind 4-3 at the end of the first quarter. Both teams improved in the second quarter, but the Wildcats were still behind by 1 point at halftime, 16-15. The trend continued in the 3rd, with OH still trailing by one point, 24-23. In the 4th quarter, Zach Jones, who had been quiet for most of the game, exploded for 12 of his 19 points as OH won in the end 39-38. In addition to Jones' 19 points, Gage Eccleston scored 9, Jacob Sturdevant 4, Chris Humphries 3 and Brad Nehring 2. Sorry, no photos of the freshman game this time.

In JV action, the game also started slowly, with OH down 2-8. With less than a minute in the first quarter, the Wildcats scored back-to-back to take a 13-8 lead and added two more before the first buzzer. The boys continued to play well in the second, leading 26-18 at the half. The 'Cats stumbled a bit in the 3rd, allowing Cascade to catch up and take a 32-31 lead at the end of the period. OH regained the lead just 30 seconds into the final quarter on a nice basket by Gabriel Groenig and Chris Hailer added another to go up 36-33. The Wildcats would allow just 5 points all quarter while scoring 11 to win 43-36. Diamonte Ridley led the team wtih 15 and Hailer also finished in double figures with 12. Groenig finished with 9, Anfernee Angkaw 5 and Dayne Herron 2.

Oak Harbor grabbed an early 4-0 lead in the varsity game after Kevawn Brooks made an early basket. He was fouled on the play and although he missed the free throw, Mike Washington was there for the put-back. Late in the quarter Drew Washington drained a pair of 3-pointers but Cascade led 12-10 at the first break. The Wildcats found themselves down by 7 points, 18-25, with a minute left in the half but battled back to make it 24-25 at halftime.

In the 3rd, it was back and forth, with a Mike Washington buzzer-beating 3-pointer giving the Wildcats their first lead of the night, 38-36.

Free throws proved to be the difference, as Cascade sank 8 of 17 attempts in the 4th quarter and a late surge by Oak Harbor wasn't enough as Cascade won 59-52.

Mike Washington finished with 26 points and was 10-13 from the free throw line. Brooks had 8 points, Drew Washington 6, along with Matt Burgoyne, who was 4-4 from the line. Cameron Faulkner scored 4 points and Elias Whitefoot 2.

The JV and freshmen teams play tonight at home against Anacortes while varsity has the night off. The boys start league play next Tuesday with a trip to Shorecrest to take on the Scots, then return home on December 13th against Lynnwood.

55 photos from the JV and Varsity games are posted HERE.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Competitive Cheer Schedule for 2011-2012

Below is the schedule for the OHHS Competitive Cheer squad for 2011-2012.

COMPETITIONS	DATE	LOCATION
Spirit Fest	Sat. Jan. 7	OHHS
Harbor Cheerfest	Sat. Jan. 14	Gig Harbor
Wintercheer Classic	Sat. Jan. 21	Issaquah
WSCCA Last Chance	Sat. Jan. 28	Bellevue
Qualifier
State Cheer Competition	Sat. Feb. 4	Everett Events Arena

Boys Swim Schedule 2011-2012

Below is the OHHS Boys Swim schedule for 2011-2012

DATE	DAY	OPPONENT	SITE	TIME
Dec. 1	Thurs.	Lake Stevens	Lake Stevens	3:15
Dec. 6	Tues.	Marysville Pilck/Marysville Getchell	Marysville Pilchuck High School	2:45
Dec. 8	Thurs.	Shorewood/Stanwood	Shorecrest @ Shoreline Pool	3:30
Dec. 12	Mon.	Everett	Oak Harbor, Vanderzicht Mem. Pool	6:00
Dec. 17	Sat.	Dive Meet	Mariner H.S	10:00
Jan. 5	Thurs.	Shorecrest	Shorecrest @ Shoreline Pool	3:30
Jan. 7	Sat.	Dive Meet	Kamiak HS	10:00
Jan. 10	Tues.	Jackson/EdmondsWdy/MT	Jackson @ Mill Creek	2:30
Jan. 21	Sat.	Dive Meet	Marysville Pilchuck High School	10:00
Jan. 23	Mon.	Snohomish/Glacier Pk/Monroe	Oak Harbor, Vanderzicht Mem. Pool	6:00
Jan. 26	Thurs.	Kamiak/Cascade	Kamiak High School	3:15
Feb. 2	Thurs.	Last Chance JV Invite	Marysville Pilchuck High School	3:30

Girls Basketball 2011-2012 Schedule

Below is the Girls Basketball schedule for 2011-2012

DATE	DAY	OPPONENT	SITE	TIME	TIME	TIME
				9th	JV	Varsity
Dec. 1	Thurs.	Arlington	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 5	Mon.	Squalicum	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:30
Dec. 7	Weds.	Shorecrest	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 12	Mon.	Lynnwood	Lynnwood	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 14	Weds.	Shorewood	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 16	Fri.	Everett	Everett	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 20	Tues.	Meadowdale	Meadowdale	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 22	Thurs.	Mountlake Terrace	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 29	Thurs.	OH Tournament	Oak Harbor High School (times vary)	TBD	TBD	TBD
Dec. 30	Fri.	OH Tournament	Oak Harbor High School (times vary)	TBD	TBD	TBD
Jan. 4	Weds.	Glacier Peak	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 6	Fri.	Marysville Getchell	Marysville Getchell	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 11	Weds.	Shorecrest	Shorecrest	3:45	5:40	7:15
Jan. 17	Tues.	Lynnwood	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 19	Thurs.	Shorewood	Shorewood	3:45	5:40	7:15
Jan. 23	Mon.	Everett	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 25	Weds.	Meadowdale	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 27	Fri.	Mt. Lake Terrace	Mt. Lake Terrace	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 31	Tues.	Glacier Peak	Glacier Peak	5:40	5:40	7:15
Feb. 2	Thurs.	Marysville Getchell	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15

Boys Basketball 2011-2012 Schedule

Below is the OHHS boys basketball schedule for 2011-2012

DATE	DAY	OPPONENT	SITE	TIME	TIME	TIME
				9th-Team	JV	Varsity
Nov. 29	Tues.	Cascade	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Nov. 30	Weds.	Anacortes	Oak Harbor High School	7:00	7:00	none
Dec. 6	Tues.	Shorecrest	Shorecrest	3:45	5:40	7:15
Dec. 7	Weds.	Anacortes	Anacortes	7:00	7:00	none
Dec. 13	Tues.	Lynnwood	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 15	Thurs.	Shorewood	Shorewood	3:45	5:40	7:15
Dec. 16	Fri.	Everett	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 20	Tues.	Meadowdale	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 22	Thurs.	Mountlake Terrace	Mountlake Terrace	5:40	5:40	7:15
Dec. 28	Weds.	Tournament	Varsity only Bellevue College	none	none	TBD
Dec. 29	Thurs.	Tournament	Varsity only Bellevue College	none	none	TBD
Dec. 30	Fri.	Tournament	Varsity only Bellevue College	none	none	TBD
Jan. 3	Tues.	Glacier Peak	Glacier Peak	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 6	Fri.	Marysville Getchell	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 10	Tues.	Shorecrest	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 17	Fri.	Lynnwood	Lynnwood	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 19	Thurs.	Shorewood	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 24	Tues.	Everett	Everett	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 26	Thurs.	Meadowdale	Meadowdale	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 27	Fri.	Mountlake Terrace	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Jan. 30	Mon.	Glacier Peak	Oak Harbor High School	5:40	5:40	7:15
Feb. 1	Weds.	Marysville Getchell	Marysville Getchell	5:40	5:40	7:15

Wrestling Schedule 2011-2012

Below is the 2011-2012 OHHS Wrestling schedule. This year OHHS will host the sub-regional tournament on February 3rd and 4th.

DATE	DAY	OPPONENT	SITE	TIME
Dec. 2	Fri.	Monroe(7PM) vs Arlington(5:45PM) Glacier Pk	Glacier Peak	5:45 & 7:00
Dec. 8	Thurs.	Marysville Pilchuck	Marysville Pilchuck	5:45 / 7:00
Dec. 10	Sat.	Panther Classic-JV	Snohomish HS	10:00
Dec. 15	Thurs.	Lynnwood	Oak Harbor	5:45/7:00
Dec. 17	Sat.	Graham Morin Memorial Tournament	Squalicum HS	10:00
Dec. 17	Sat.	JV Everett Gold Metal Tournament	Everett	9:00
Dec. 21	Wed.	Seahawk Duals (JV & VS)	Anacortes	10:00
Jan. 3	Tues.	Glacier Peak	Oak Harbor	5:45 /7:00
Jan. 7	Sat.	Edmonds Invite (Varsity)	Edmonds Woodway HS	9:30
Jan. 7	Sat.	Arlington JV Tournament	Arlington	9:00
Jan. 10	Tues.	Shorewood Var @ 5:45/ JV @ 7:00	Shorecrest	5:45 /7:00
		Shorecrest Var @ 7:00 / JV @ 5:45
Jan. 12	Thurs.	Everett	Oak Harbor	5:45/7:00
Jan. 13	Fri.	Highline 7:30/Hazen 5:30 Double Dual	Hazen HS	5:30/7:30
Jan. 14	Sat.	Tournament of Excellence (VS)	Mercer Island	10:00
Jan. 14	Sat.	Everett Classic	Everett	9:00
Jan. 18	Weds.	Mountlake Terrace	Mt. Lake Terrace	5:45/7:00
Jan. 21	Sat.	Lynden Wrestling Tournament (VS)	Lynden HS	9:00
Jan. 24	Tues.	Meadowdale	Meadowdale	5:45/ 7:00
Jan. 26	Thurs.	Marysville Getchell	Oak Harbor	5:45/7:00

AAU GBB 2011-11-19 at Mt. Baker MS

Saturday the Oak Harbor Catz, a combined 5th-8th grade AAU girls basketball team, coached by Gary Brundidge, played a doubleheader at Mt. Baker Middle School in Mt. Vernon.

The first game was against the Friday Harbor Tigers. It was a close game throughout. The Catz were down by just 1 point at the end of the 3rd period and grabbed a small lead late in game. Unfortunately, with just seconds left in the game, the Tigers dropped a 3-point shot and got fouled, so Oak Harbor went from being 2 points up to being on the short end of a 20-18 score.

In the second game, against South Langley from Canada, the girls did not have a good first half, trailing 9-2 at the break, but came out on fire in the second half, especially the 4th quarter. After scoring only 2 points in the entire first half, they scored 16 in the second half. But it was not enough to erase the difference and in the end the girls lost 22-18.

Coach Brundidge was very pleased with the 4th quarter play of the girls. The team, made up mostly of 7th and 8th graders, also has 5th and 6th grade girls and usually plays against teams that are mostly or all 8th grade girls.

A short video highlight clip is posted HERE.

Photos of the Friday Harbor game are HERE

South Langley photos are HERE.

Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling 2011-11-18 vs Mt. Vernon

On Friday the 18th, the Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling team traveled to LaVenture MS in Mt. Vernon for a 'friendly' dual meet with the Mt. Vernon Pitbulls.

No scores were kept, with the whole point of the meet being to get as much live wrestling for as many kids as possible.

The wrestlers seemed to enjoy themselves, getting some good wrestling in without the pressures associated with a tournament. The matches were fun to watch as well as there were many new wrestlers getting on the mat.

Sunday the team is at a novice tournament in Stanwood, then they take a break from tournaments until December.

A short video clip is posted HERE.

49 photos of various wrestlers are posted HERE.

Middle School Volleyball - 11-15 and 11-17-2011

On Tuesday, November 15th, the middle school volleyball season kicked off with Oak Harbor Middle School crossing the highway for a match at North Whidbey Middle School.

OHMS won the 7th grade JV match 3-0, but in 7th grade varsity action, North Whidbey dominated, winning the first game 25-9, then capturing game two 25-21 and game three 25-15.

Video highlights from the OH/NW 7th grade match are posted HERE.

7th grade photos are posted HERE.

North Whidbey won the 8th grade JV match 2-1. In 8th grade varsity, NWMS won the first game 25-15, but the OHMS Panthers came back to win game two 25-19. In the third and deciding game, the NWMS Cougars dug in and took the game 25-16 and winning the match 2-1.

8th grade video clips are HERE

Photos from the 8th grade match are HERE.


Two days later the Panthers hosted Mt. Baker MS from Mt. Vernon at OHMS. The 7th grade varsity squad won fairly easily, winning 3-0 with game scores of 25-18, 25-22, 25-12.

In 8th grade action, the varsity squad lost a close 25-21 game one and an even closer 26-24 game two. Game three was not completed due to time running out, but the Panthers were ahead 20-16 and it counts as a win.

7th grade video vs Mt. Baker is HERE.

8th grade video vs Mt. Baker is HERE.

7th grade photos are HERE.

8th grade photos are HERE.

There are no home volleyball matches for either school for the rest of the month. Action resumes on December 6th when Anacortes visits the NWMS Cougars.

Youth Football - playoffs

It was a busy two weekends for Oak Harbor Youth Football with the playoffs in full swing.

On November 4th, the Pumas, Jaguars and Wildcats all played at Wildcat Memorial Stadium. If the Pumas and Jaguars both won, it would set up an all-OH final in the junior division Superbowl.

The Jaguars were up first, and were the only 'home' team that day, playing against Arlington Blue. The Jags played a solid game, defeating the Eagles 23-6 and moving on to the Superbowl.

Jaguars video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos from the game are HERE.

Next were the Pumas, up against Ferndale. The Golden Eagles were in control throughout the first half, leading 22-0 at the break. OH scored twice coming out of halftime to make it 22-12, but that's as close as it would get as Ferndale scored 3 unanswered touchdowns and ended up winning 44-24 and would face the Jags at Mt. Vernon HS on November 12th.

Video highlights from the Pumas game are posted HERE.

Photos are HERE.

Finally the Wildcats also were playing Ferndale. The Golden Eagles scored first to make it 7-0, but OH bounced back with a touchdown of their own and with a 2-point conversion took an 8-7 lead. That was the first time all year the undefeated Ferndale team had been behind in a game.

Ferndale came back to regain the lead 13-8 midway through the 2nd quarter, but a 5-yard TD run by the Wildcats put them back on top 14-13 with 2:11 left in the half. Ferndale then scored with just 15 seconds left and took a 20-14 lead into the locker room.

After the halftime intermission, Ferndale struck first, capitalizing on a Wildcat fumble and extending their lead to 26-14, seemingly in control of the game, especially when the Golden Eagles intercepted an OH pass at the 40 late in the 3rd quarter.

Down but not out, Oak Harbor fought back, scoring on a 72-yard pass wtih 7:43 left in the game to make it 26-22, then force a Ferndale turnover on downs. A 9-play Wildcat drive ended with OH in the lead 28-26 and only 2:36 left on the clock. Ferndale then drove down to the OH 26, and with just 26 seconds left in the game a 4th down pass attempt fell incomplete at the OH 1 yard line, and the Wildcats ended the game by taking a knee and moving on to face Sedro Woolley in the championship game.

Wildcat video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos of the Wildcat game are posted HERE.

On November 12th at Mt. Vernon HS, the weather could scarcely have been worse. It was cold, windy and rainy.

The Jags were first, starting their game at 4pm. Both teams went back and forth with little offensive output. With just 8 seconds left in the game, Ferndale took over and completed one of their only pass completions of the day, but it ended in the Jaguar end zone. It was a sudden and shocking end to a defensive battle. The final was 12-6.

Photos from the junior Superbowl are posted HERE.

In the nightcap, Sedro Woolley proved to be too much for the Wildcats as they won 33-8.

Photos from the Senior Superbowl are posted HERE.

Overall it was a great season for Oak Harbor Youth Football. Out of the six teams playing this year, 5 went to the playoffs, 4 played in semifinal games, 3 in championship games and the Pee Wee Bobcats won the division championship.

FB 2011-11-04 vs Eastside Catholic

Friday night the Oak Harbor Wildcat varsity football team hosted the Eastside Catholic Crusaders in a 3A play-in game, with the winner moving on to the 3A state playoffs.

Eastside Catholic got on the board first with a 5-play drive ending with a 26-yard pass TD with 10:16 left in the first quarter. Oak Harbor responded with a 10-play drive with Ian Kolste finding Mike Washington open in the corner of the end zone for a juggling catch, tying the score with 5:21 left.

EC fumbled on their second play from scrimmage and Brent Ryan ran up the middle from 6 yards out to put the Wildcats on top. The PAT kick was blocked, so the score was 13-7.

The Crusaders came right back, scoring on a 6-yard pass play to take a 14-13 lead with 9:42 left until halftime.

Continuing the offensive show, Oak Harbor marched 73 yards in 15 plays to retake the lead on another Ryan score. A 2-point PAT attempt failed, leaving the score at 19-14 for OH.

Another EC drive ended with a touchdown, this one a 1-yard run with 17 seconds, giving EC a 22-19 halftime lead.

Oak Harbor got the ball first in the second half and scored quickly, needing only 1:01 and 3 plays to put Josiah Miller into the end zone from 41 yards out. After forcing the Crusaders to punt on their first possession of the second half, Oak Harbor scored again to take a 33-22 lead with 5:52 left in the third quarter when Ryan punched it in from a yard out for his 3rd score of the game.

EC closed the score to 4 points, 33-29 with an 18-yard passing score, and then the problems started for Oak Harbor.

The Wildcats were down at the Crusader 10 yard line facing a 4th down with 2 yards to go. As they have done many times this year, the coached opted to go for the first down, but the snap was fumbled and EC took over and went 90 yards to take a 36-33 lead early in the 4th quarter.

On the Wildcats' first play after the kickoff, Kolste's pass was intercepted at the OH 35, setting up a short EC score and taking only 56 seconds off the clock. It was now EC 43, OH 33 with 8 minutes left in the game.

7 plays later the Wildcats were again looking at a 4th down situation, this time with just 1 yard to go on the EC 44. But again, something went wrong with the snap and EC took over on downs.

Eastside Catholic then went into use-the-clock mode. They ran 7 plays and scored on a 5-yard run, but most importantly, ran the clock from 5:19 down to 1:36.

A last-gasp effort by the Wildcats ended with another interception and the Crusaders ended the game by taking a knee, winning 50-33.

The EC win sets them up with a first-round playoff game against Bellevue at Bellevue. The other WESCO 3A team playing for a chance at the state tournament was Meadowdale, who beat Prairie from Vancouver to advance. They will play Mercer Island in the first round of the state playoffs.

The Wildcats end the season with a 7-1 league record and 8-2 overall, winning some tight games along the way. Our boys should be proud of what they achieved.

While the varsity team will lose a number of seasoned players to graduation, a look at the sub-varsity team shows that the Wildcats are in good shape for years to come. The JV squad finished with only a single loss and averaged over 25 points per game while allowing only 8 scored on defense. The freshman team also lost only a single game. They scored over 40 points per game and allowed only 3 scores by their opponents.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.

VB 2011-11-03 vs Glacier Peak

Last Thursday, the Wildcat volleyball team met up with the Glacier Peak Grizzlies for the third time this season, and for the third time this season, it was a 5-game nailbiter. Adding to the stress was that the winner would move on for a possible trip to the state tournament, the losers would have their season end.

Game one was tight early, but halfway through the Grizzlies took control by going on a 6-1 run and winning 25-15.

The Wildcats grabbed an early 3-0 lead in game 2, but GP tied it at 4. Later, Oak Harbor had a small 9-6 lead until setter Taylor Nienhuis went to the service line and built the lead to 13-6. Game 2 ended with OH on top 25-18, tying the match at 1 game each.

Game 3 seemed like it would never end. Neither team had much of a lead, but two late kills by Glacier Peak gave them game three 32-30.

OH lead for almost all of game four, and although GP closed late, kills by Kelsey Rankin and Janine DeGuzman made it 25-21 for the Wildcats and again tying the match.

In the 5th and deciding game, OH came out flat and never really got going, especially since they were without Roshel Muzzall, who left game 4 with a knee injury. Glacier Peak won game five 15-7, eliminating Oak Harbor from the District Tournament. Glacier Peak went on to win all of their matches on Saturday and will go to the state tournament along with Meadowdale.

The Wildcats had a very successful season, finishing with a 9-2 record in league play, coming in second place, and 11-6 overall.

While the 'Cats are losing Christina Alexander, Lizzy Chase and Janine DeGuzman to graduation, the team will return juniors Taylor Nienhuis, Hannah Salmons, Amanda Pavey, Roshel Muzzall, Ally McGuire and Kelsey Rankin along with 6-2 sophomore Kayleigh Harper. The team also expects Ashley Johnston, Stephanie Milliron and Hannah Christensen to move up from the JV squad.

Video highlights are HERE

Over 100 photos are HERE.

VB 2011-10-31 vs Everett and Ferndale

Half of the postseason District 1 tournament, featuring the top 3A teams from WESCO and the Northwest Conference was held at OHHS Monday, with the other half held at Glacier Peak HS.

At Glacier Peak, the Grizzlies beat Mt. Vernon 3-0 and Meadowdale beat Shorewood in the first round and in the second round it was Meadowdale 3, GP 1 and Mt. Vernon 3, Shorewood 1, leaving Meadowdale in first, Glacier Peak in 2nd and Mt. Vernon in 3rd.

At OHHS were Oak Harbor, Everett, Lynnwood and Ferndale.

In the first round, Lynnwood beat Ferndale 3-1. Oak Harbor faced Everett, at team they had beaten twice this year, including a 3-0 thumping just last week. That would not happen again Monday.

In game 1, the Wildcats built an early 7-2 lead, but Everett closed and tied the game at 10, then OH went on a 12-3 run to put the game away, winning 25-14. Game 2 was closer, with OH holding on to a small lead early, but the Seagulls tied the game at 8, then took the lead and built it with a 7-2 run and held on to win game two 25-17.

Game 3 was all Wildcats. We started with a 9-1 run and the closest Everett would get after that was 5 points, 22-17, but Oak Harbor took the last 3 points to win 25-17 and lead the match 2-1.

Game 4 was tied early at 9 each, but Oak Harbor quickly regained the lead and held it until late in the game, when OH had a 23-22 lead. A kill by Roshel Muzzall gave match point to the Wildcats, but an Everett kill and another point that went off the OH block tied the game at 24. Two Everett kills later the match was tied at 2-2, with Everett picking up game four 26-24.

In the 5th and deciding game, neither team had control, until Wildcat errors, along with an Everett kill and service ace put the Seagulls up 12-8 in the first-to-fifteen game. OH crawled back into the game with kills by Kayleigh Harper and Janine DeGuzman and a pair of Everett hitting errors tied the game at 12. Everett got the lead back when an OH player touched the net during play, then a hitting error gave match point to Everett, who completed their comeback with a service ace to win 15-12 and win the match 3-2.

In the Wildcat's second match, vs Ferndale, with elimination looming, the girls took care of business, dispatching the Golden Eagles 25-14, 25-19, 25-15.

In the final match, Lynnwood dominated Everett for most of the match, winning 3-1. Lynnwood will face Meadowdale Saturday for the District Championship.

Even though Glacier Peak was 2nd and OH was 3rd in their respective halves of the tournament, the Wildcats are the higher seed due to their regular season record, so the Grizzlies will travel to OHHS on Thursday, November 3rd at 7pm. in a loser-out match. The winner of the Everett-Mt. Vernon match, taking place at MVHS at the same time will play the winner of the OH/GP match on Saturday, Nov 5th at noon at Glacier Peak HS.

A complete bracket of the district tournament can be found HERE.

Video highlights from the Everett match are posted HERE.

Everett match photos are HERE

Ferndale match photos are HERE.

FB 2011-10-31 JV vs Meadowdale

The JV team played their final game of the 2011 season Monday night, hosting the Meadowdale Mavericks.

The 'Cat JV team avenged the varsity loss last week by defeating the Mavs 44-16.

With the win, the team finished the season with a 6-1 record, their only loss a non-league game to Mt. Vernon.

The varsity team plays at home on Friday, November 4th against Eastside Catholic.

30 pictures from the 3rd quarter of the game are posted HERE.

Youth Football 2011-10-29

Saturday was a big day for Oak Harbor Youth Football.

First, at Mt. Vernon HS, the peewee Bobcats won the NCYFL Mountain division championship game by trouncing previously undefeated Sedro Woolley 21-6. Great job Bobcats!

At Ferndale, the 4-3 Pumas took on 5-2 Bellingham and won, setting up a possible faceoff between the two OH Junior teams for the championship, as the 7-0 Jaguars easily beat 3-4 Arlington Gold at OH.

In the senior division, the 6-2 Wildcats were at home and took care of business, beating 5-3 Arlington Gold.

The Panthers played at Arlington Blue and were eliminated from the playoffs.

This Saturday, 11/5/2011, there will be 5 games total at Wildcat Memorial Stadium. The day starts with two midget games. Arlington Gold takes on Stanwood at 10am then Burlington Gold plays Arlington Blue at 12 noon.

At 2pm the 8-0 Jaguars take on 6-2 Arlington Blue, then the 5-3 Pumas play 7-1 Ferndale at 4pm. The two winners of the junior games play each other for the Mountain Division championship.

Finally, at 6pm, the senior Wildcat team, now 7-2, plays undefeated Ferndale. The winner of that game plays the winner of the Sedro Woolley-Burlington game, which will be taking place at Mt. Vernon HS.

Admission to all games is free and concessions will be available. Come down and root for Oak Harbor Football!

Everett Herald Athlete of the Week

Oak Harbor Cross Country runner John Kaltenbach was named an Athlete of the Week in the most recent Everett Herald.

See the complete article HERE.