Little League baseball and softball

Saturday morning, the North Whidbey Little League held their opening ceremony at the Windjammer Park fields.

After presentation of the colors by the OHHS NJROTC Colorguard, Katie McClimans sang the National Anthem and NWLL board president Mark Ridge then introduced each team.

Following the introductions, Two players, one baseball and one softball, led all the players in the Little League Pledge and the Chief Umpire led the parents in the Parent's Pledge. Then, Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley threw out the ceremonial first pitches, the first a baseball, then a softball.

When the ceremonies ended, most teams went off for their team photos, but the Major softball Mariners played a game against the Central Whidbey Dirt Devils. As was to be expected from the first game of the season, there were lots of errors and mistakes, but the girls all had fun.

Nearly 100 photos of the softball game are posted HERE.



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Youth soccer 2012-04-14 at Ft. Nugent Park

The 2012 spring soccer season kicked off on Saturday under a beautiful blue sky and a full slate of game.

This year there is an exceptionally large number of participants! There are a total of 18 U-6 teams, 18 U-8 teams, 24 U-10 teams (island wide), 15 U-12 teams, 9 U-15 teams and there are 3 girls High School teams this year, one each North, Central and South.

Most of the U-6 and U-8 games start at 9 or 10am, with the older teams having later start times.

There is never any charge to come watch hundreds of children outdoors having fun.

Links to photos of some of Saturday's action are posted below

BU-8 Blue Shredders vs Maroon Cobras

GU-10 Purple Pounders vs Red Razorbacks.

Girls HS North vs Central

Girls HS Central vs South

Girls HS South vs North.



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Girls Tennis update

Even though it was a rainy week, the girls varsity tennis team was able to get in 3 matches this past week.

On Tuesday the 10th the girls were at Glacier Peak and got thumped 6-1, with the only win coming from first doubles Molly Van Dam and McKenzie Schneider. They won the first set 6-2, then squeaked out the second set 7-6(4). At 3rd singles, Jen Fremd split the first two sets before falling 6-3 in the 3rd.

Thursday the 12th was a make up of an earlier rained-out match against 8-1 Shorecrest. Again the Wildcats got only one victory, with Jen Fremd beating her opponent 6-2, 6-1.

Friday saw the varsity girls at home again, hosting 5-3 Everett. This match was closer than the two earlier in the week, but Everett was able to capture the victory 4-3. Wildcat winners were Jen Fremd (6-2, 6-4), Chelsey McKenzie (6-1, 6-3) and the 2nd doubles team of Molly Van Dam and Kyla McKinney (7-6(7), 6-0).

Next for the tennis girls is a trip to Lynnwood on Monday and they host Meadowdale on Wednesday. Apparently, an exhibition match has been scheduled against Coupeville. The Wolves will host Oak Harbor on Thursday the 19th.

Photos from the Everett match are posted HERE.



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Softball 2012-04-13 vs Glacier Peak

On Friday afternoon at Hillcrest Elementary School, the Wildcat softball hosted 2nd-place Glacier Peak.

The JV game was all GP with the Grizzlies seemingly scoring at will. The game ended after 5 innings due to the 10-run rule.

The varsity game was a little better, but not by much. A 6-run 3rd inning by Glacier Peak put the game away, with the final score 10-3.

Photos from both games are posted HERE.

Baseball 2012-04-13 JV vs Everett

Friday afternoon the JV baseball team played a doubleheader, making up an early postponed game against Everett.

In the first game, as the visiting team, Oak Harbor dominated, shutting down the Seagulls with the 10-run rule after 5 innings.

The second game was much closer. It was a back and forth affair, and going into the bottom of the 7th inning, Everett held a 1-run lead. But a couple of bases-loaded key hits drove Christian Bertram home, crossing the plate to give the Wildcats a 9-8 win.

Photos from the second game are posted HERE.

Girls Golf 2012-04-10 at WGCC

The Wildcat girls golf team hosted Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace Tuesday afternoon at the Whidbey Golf and Country Club.

Sophomore Annie Leete was the medalist with 31 modified Stableford points, leading the Wildcats to the team victory. The Wildcat's point total was 66 and Lynnwood was close behind with 63. Terrace finished in 3rd with 52 points.

Bre Roderos scored 17 pints, KC Winfield 9, Cassidy Gurich 6 and Katie Brockway 3.

Photos of all the OH golfers, plus a couple of the coach out on the course, are posted HERE.



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Boys Soccer 2012-03-23 vs Getchell and 2012-04-10 vs Shorecrest

Catching up a bit in boys soccer, the Wildcats had a pair of games on March 23rd vs visiting Getchell, and although both the JV and varsity teams plays some of their best soccer of the season, the Chargers prevailed, winning the JV game 3-0 and the varsity game 2-0.

Photos of that game are posted HERE.

Then, starting the second half of the season, the Shorecrest Scots came to town. In the first meeting between the two teams, Shorecrest won the varsity match 4-0 and the JV match 6-1.

The games on April 10th had similar results. The JV score was 6-0 in favor of Shorecrest while the Scot's varsity won 7-0.

Photos from the Shorecrest game are posted HERE.

The boys are off until next Monday, when they travel to Glacier Peak.




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Baseball update

While most of the Oak Harbor spring sports teams had the week of spring break off, the baseball teams were very busy, getting in 3 games each.

On April 4th, varsity was at Mountlake Terrace, falling 11-1, while the JV team gave up a 5-2 lead at home and lost 5-6.

Photos from the JV game are posted HERE.

The next day the two teams traded places, with similar results. The varsity squad fell 12-1 and the JV team 11-8.

Varsity vs MLT photos are HERE.

On Friday the 6th, JV was at home to Shorewood and could get only one run across the plate, losing 13-1. At Shorewood, the varsity team was tied 0-0 through the 6th inning before the Thunderbirds got a couple of runs across the plate to win 2-0.

Shorewood JV pictures are posted HERE.





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Boys Soccer 2012-04-02 vs Shorewood

Undefeated and untied Shorewood rolled into town Monday thinking they would have an easy time here in Oak Harbor. They were wrong.

Showing a lot of heart on defense, the Wildcats played to a 0-0 tie at halftime. In addition to a strong defense, a lot of credit goes to goalkeeper Kevin Silveira with his numerous saves.

In the second half, however, the Wildcats had to deal with injuries to a couple of key players and as a result the T-birds were able to get 3 shots into the Oak Harbor goal. The final in the varsity game was 3-0.

In the JV game, Shorewood handled the Wildcats on both offense and defense, rolling to a 5-0 win.

Photos from both games are posted HERE






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Boys Soccer 2012-03-30 vs Meadowdale

Oak Harbor scored goals in both the JV and Varsity games, but it wasn't enough as the 'Cats fell 5-1 in the JV game and 3-1 in varsity action.

The varsity goal came on a nice kick by Alex Krantz from almost 20 yards out.

Photos from both games are posted HERE.

Baseball 2012-03-30 vs Getchell

Even though it rained most of Friday afternoon, the Wildcat varsity baseball team was able to get in not only 1 game, but two, making up a rained out game at Getchell earlier in the week.

In the first game, the Wildcats dominated, winning 16-5 in 5 innings.

After a short break to rest and dry out the field a bit, the second game got underway. Although the Wildcats played a tight game, Getchell was able to push 3 runs across the plate to Oak Harbor's 2 runs, giving the Chargers their first-ever varsity baseball win.

Photos from the 2nd game are posted HERE.





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Track 2012-03-29 @ OHHS

Thursday afternoon was the perfect day for an outdoor track meet. Of course, that statement is full of sarcasm. The track meet was cold, rainy, windy and miserable.

That didn't stop a number of Wildcats from excelling in both running and field events.

Oak Harbor girls won a total of six events: Christina Alexander in the 200m dash, Christina Wicker in the 400m dash, Raeanna Wynne in both the 100 and 300m hurdles, the girls 4x200m relay (Irysh Concepcion, Kelsey Johnson, Molly Nordquist and Lizzy Chase) and Dominique Jackson in the discus.

In addition, other top 3 finishers were Hollins, finishing 2nd in the 100m dash, Wicker 3rd in the 800m run and Alex Laiblin was 2nd in the 1600 and 3rd in the 3200m run. Sierra Seabolt, Dejsha Lollar, Christina Alexander and Jessica Hollins teamed up to finish 2nd in the 4x100 relay while Laiblin, Hollins, Wicker and Hannah Bressler were 3rd in the 4x400m relay.

In field events, Jackson was 3rd in the shot put and Ciera Wiser 2nd in javelin.

The boys won 8 events, capturing all but one of the straight running events and all of the distance events. Winners were: Cody Hernkind in the 100m dash, Josiah Miller in the 200, Josh Schrum in the 800, Matt Reith in the 1600 and John Rodeheffer in the 3200. It was a very close finish in the 2-mile, with Rodeheffer passing Reith in the final 50 meters to win the race.

Carlton Johnson, Hernkind, Sheyenne Sams and Miller won the 4x100m relay, Dayne Herron got the shot put and Josh McVey the pole vault.

Other top 3 finishers were Chris Opdyke 3rd in the 300m dash, Cody Sanders 2nd in the 100m hurdles, Patrick Mayer 2nd in the 300m hurles, and the boys 4x400 meter relay (3rd). That relay team consisted of Dejon Devroe, Chris Opdyke, Connor Meyer and Miller.

Top 3 finishers in field events were Keon Crumpton - 2nd in discus, Hernkind 2nd in long jump, Chris Hailer 2nd in high jump and Miller 2nd in triple jump.

Over 100 photos from the meet are posted HERE.





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Baseball 2012-03-23 JV vs Shorecrest

The JV baseball team hosted Shorecrest on a sunny, but windy day last Friday.

The final score was not posted, but the JV boys played well, including a big 3rd inning that put them up by 4 runs.

Photos from the game are posted HERE.






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Girls Tennis 2012-03-23 JV vs Getchell

The JV girls tennis team got a big win last Friday over visiting Getchell, winning all 7 matches.

Individual results aren't available, but photos of all but 2nd doubles are posted HERE.

We'll get photos of 2nd doubles the next time the photographer is at a JV tennis meet, on April 4th.

At the same time, the varsity squad was in Marysville, and came out 5-2 winners.

3rd singles Chelsey McKenzie won 6-0, 6-1 and #4 singles Kyla McKinney won a grueling 7-6-(5), 7-6(5) match.

Doubles matches proved the difference, all all three OH teams won. Molly Van Dam and McKenzie Schneider won 6-1, 6-1, Rachelle Muzones and Joyce Abides 6-1, 6-2 and Jenny Landingin and Stephanie Milliron 6-4, 6-2.

OH tennis is off during spring break and returns on April 10th, with JV at home and varsity at Glacier Peak.



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Youth Basketball - 2012 Tulip Tournament

The Annual Skagit County youth basketball Tulip Tournament went on this year as usual, but even bigger than before. Between the boys and girls there were a total of 128 team covering 4 grade levels from as far away as Tacoma. Because of the high number of teams, the tournament covered 3 days and was played at 13 different venues from Sedro Woolley to Anacortes.

This year, Oak Harbor entered only a single girls team, made up of players from 5th through 8th grade. After discussion with the tournament director, the decision was made to place the team in the 7th grade division.

The girls won their opening game Friday evening at La Conner Middle School, then took on Orcas at Fidalgo Elementary in Anacortes. The Catz had a 19-12 halftime lead, but came out cold on offense to start the 2nd half, but cranked up the heat late in the game to win 37-22 to head to a quarterfinal game at Burlington-Edison HS.

At BEHS, the Catz took on the Blaine Fury, and after playing catchup early in the game, were able to take a 15-10 lead at halftime. After the half the OH girls pulled away to win 32-25.

In the semi-final game on Sunday, the Catz lost, then lost the game for 3rd, and wound up finishing in 6th place out of 15 teams.

Photos from both of Saturday's games are posted HERE.

Click HERE for video highlights of the Orcas game.

Blaine video clips are posted HERE.

On the boys side, Oak Harbor entered 6 teams, two each at the 6th and 8th grade level and one each at the 5th and 7th grade level.

None of the teams won their Friday games.

The 5th grade level was divided into Gold and Silver divisions, with OH in the Gold. They finished in 8th place out of 10 teams in their division.

The 6th grade Purple team finished tied for 6th place and the Gold team tied for 7th out of 19 teams.

The 7th grade team was tied for 13th out of 25 teams entered.

The 8th grade Gold team finished in 7th place and the Purple team in 11th place out of 12 teams.





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Middle School Wrestling 2012-03-20 vs LaVenture

On March 20th, the Wildcat United wrestling team hosted their final meet of the season with LaVenture Middle School from Mt. Vernon coming to town.

Wildcat United won 7 of the 13 matches, 5 by pin. Of the 6 losses, 4 were by pin.

Wildcat United winners were: Orien Altman (5-4), Casey Quijano (pin), Nick Dugin (11-4), Steve Dixon (pin), Caitlyn Woodworth (pin), Austin Taylor (pin) and Sam Zook (pin)

There were 9 JV matches wrestled after the varsity matches were finished, and WU won 8 of them.

JV winners were: Jacob Martin (6-4 OT), Deasha Obrien (Injury Default), Nathan Mecom (pin), Matt Bryant (pin), Amanda Stratton (pin), Brianne DeGuzman (8-3), Princeton Lollar (pin) and Matt Molitor (pin).

Photos from the match are posted HERE

Click HERE for video highlights.




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Track 2012-03-22

The OH track team traveled to Everett Thursday afternoon for a tri-meet against Shorewood and Jackson, and produced several winners.

On the girls side, event winners were

Sierra Seabolt - 100m dash (5th in the 200m dash)
Christina Wicker - 800 and 1600m run
Raeanna Wynne - 100m hurdles (4th in 300m hurdles)
Dominique Jackson - discus (Jackson also placed 2nd in the shot put)
Ciera Wiser - javelin
Denae McGaha - JV long jump

The girls 4x200m relay consisting of Dejsha Lollar, Raeanna Wynne, Ciera Wiser and Jessica Hollins also finished first.

For the boys, winners were:

Josiah Miller - 100 and 200m dash
Josh Schrum - 800m run (8th in the 3200m run)
Patrick Mayer - 300m hurdles (4th in 110m hurdles)
Jeremy Foster - shot put (9th in javelin)
Cody Hernkind - long jump (7th in triple jump)

The boys 4x400m relay team was first. The team is made up of Carlton Johnson, Chris Opdyke, Peter Franssen and Josiah Miller.

Next Thursday the track team is at home, hosting Glacier Peak and Mountlake Terrace at 3:45.




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Dakota Sinchak - JV long jump

Boys Soccer 2012-03-19 vs Glacier Peak

The Wildcat boys, with only a single senior on the team, hosted traditional powerhouse Glacier Peak Monday. GP got on the board first, scoring in the first half. Oak Harbor responded in the second half when Caleb Gatica-Cortes booted one in from nearly 20 yards out to tie the score 1-1.

After both 5-minute overtime periods, the game was declared a draw.

In the JV game, the Grizzlies scored early and often on their way to a 9-0 win.

Photos from both games are posted HERE

Girls Golf 2012-03-20 - Whidbey Shootout

Tuesday afternoon the Girls Golf team kicked off their season, hosting the annual Whidbey Shootout, featuring just about every school in WESCO 3A and 4A.

The Wildcats fielded only 4 golfers, so were not included in the team standings. Wildcat Sophomore Annie Leete led the team with a 98, Bre Roderos finished with 130, KC Winfield 137 and Hannah VonGrey 152.

Photos from the day are posted HERE.

Girls Tennis vs Mountlake Terrace, Everett, Lynnwood and Meadowdale

The girls tennis team opened their season with a 1-6 loss at Mountlake Terrace.

Next, at Everett, Oak Harbor won 3rd and 4th singles, but that was it in the 5-2 loss. The JV won their home match against the Seagulls 6-1. That is the only JV score reported so far this season.

On the 19th, the varsity team hosted Lynnwood. Jen Fremd won her match at 3rd singles and all the OH doubles teams won, leading to a 4-3 team victory.

Photos from the Lynnwood match are posted HERE

2 days later, the Wildcats won 3 of 4 singles matches, but none of the 3 doubles teams were able to secure a win, leading to a 3-4 team loss for the Wildcats.

This Friday, the JV team hosts Getchell and the varsity team is on the road.

Softball vsLake Stevens, Arlington & Lynnwood

After the scheduled season opener at Sedro Woolley was postponed due to snow, the Wildcat girls opened the 2012 season by hosting the Mt. Vernon Bulldogs, coming away with a 4-2 victory. MV did not field a JV team that day due to a lack of eligible players.

Photos of the Mt. Vernon game, including preseason team photos, are posted HERE.

Next the girls went to powerful Sedro where there were thumped 13-0 by the Cubs.

Coming back home, varsity beat Lake Stevens 7-5 for their 2nd win of the season.

In their final preseason game, the Wildcats hosted Arlington, who went to state last year and is picked to finish #1 in the WESCO North this year. While the Wildcat girls played hard, a 9-run first inning by the Eagles put the game away. The final was 15-0. The JV squad also lost in 5 innings, but were able to get one run across the plate.

JV and Varsity photos from the Arlington game are posted HERE.

On March 20th, the girls traveled to Lynnwood to open league play and could not get their offense on track, falling 11-1. The JV squad, while not getting a win, pushed 8 runs across the plate in their 14-8 loss.

Next for the girls a league-leading Everett at OHHS on Friday.

Baseball vs Stanwood, Mariner & Monroe

The OHHS boys baseball team had a busy early season.

On 3/16 the varsity squad hosted Stanwood while the JV team was on the road at Stanwood. Varsity won 8-6 and JV won 12-8.

Photos from the varsity game are posted HERE.


On the 20th, varsity hosted Monroe with JV on the road again. JV won a squeaker, 4-3, while varsity shut out the Marauders 9-0.

Wednesday it was the varsity's turn to be on the road, going to Monroe while the Bearcats sent their JV to Oak Harbor. Varsity lost that game 1-0 and the JV score is not yet reported.

Track 2012-03-15 - Jamboree @ OHHS

The Wildcat track team hosted Stanwood, South Whidbey, Coupeville and Lakewood Thursday afternoon to kick off the 2012 track season with the Island Jamboree.

Even with many of the Wildcats' top athletes out with too-few practices, the runners, throwers and jumpers all did well.

On the boys' side, of the 14 events that were competed, OH boys won 10 and placed 2nd in 6 events.

Winners were - Josiah Miller - 100 & 200m dash, Chris Opdyle - 400m dash, Josh Schrum - 800 & 1600m run, Jeremy Foster - Shot Put, Keon Crumpton - Discus, Chris Hailer - High Jump, Dejon Devroe - Long Jump, and Cody Hernkind - Triple Jump.

For the girls, 13 events were run with Wildcat girls finishing first in 4, but filling many of the top 10 spots.

Individual winners were Christina Wicker - 1600m run, Dominique Jackson - Shot Put and Discus, and Chylan Bass - Triple Jump.

Full results can be found by clicking HERE.

Photos of Oak Harbor athletes in action are posted HERE.

For Coupeville boys, Mitch Pelroy was 2nd in the 100 and 3rd in the 400m dash. Seven other athletes finished in the top 10 in 8 events.

The Coupeville girls produced one event winner - Madison Tisa-McPhee won the 100m hurdles by over a half-second.

Jai'Lysa Hoskins finished 2nd in the 100m dash and 3rd in the high jump, and Grace LaPoint finished 3rd in discus. To end the meet, the Coupeville girls' 4x400m relay team finished in 2nd place.

Photos of some of the Coupeville athletes in action can be found by clicking HERE.





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Girls Tennis 2012-03-14 vs Mountlake Terrace

On a cold, windy day, the Wildcats made up their snowed-out match against Terrace Wednesday afternoon and the Hawks came to play tennis, winning 6 of the 7 matches, with all wins in straight sets.

Only senior Jen Fremd was a winner, on top by 6-2, 6-1 scores at 3rd singles.

AAU BBB 2012-03-10

In the second day of the SWISH league end-of-season tournament, the remaining 4 OH teams were in action.

The 5th and 7th grade teams, along with the 6th grade Gold and 8th grade Purple team played at various sites around Skagit County. The Oak Harbor Sports Report was able to get to 5 games during the day.

The 5th grade team played all their games at Sedro-Woolley HS. The first game was a very close 22-20 loss to Burlington, but the team regrouped to beat Stanwood 34-25 to capture 4th place.

Video highlights from the Stanwood game are posted HERE.

Photos of the 5th grade game vs Stanwood are posted HERE.

At Skagit Valley College, the 3rd seeded 6th grade Gold team started with a big 30-6 win over the Sedro-Woolley Titans, then beat 2nd seed LaConner 38-32, putting them into the championship game vs Mt. Baker. That game started out extremely slow, with OH leading just 2-0 at the end of the first quarter. Things heated up in the second, with OH leading 13-6 at halftime. The 'Cats got a second wind after halftime and extended their lead to 27-17 on their way to a 31-20 victory. The wins were even more impressive in that the team played all 3 games with only 6 players available. There were some tired boys at the end of the day.

Video clips from the game vs the Titans are posted HERE.

HERE are photos from the Titans game

Photos from the Mt. Baker game are HERE.

The 7th grade team also played all their game at SVC. They dropped a close 29-26 game to Anacortes, came back in the consolation bracket to destroy Sedro Woolley 42-12, then fell to Granite Falls 36-31 to finish the tournament tied for 5th place.

7th grade photos vs Sedro are posted HERE

Finally, the 8th grade Purple team split their games between Mt. Baker and LaVenture Middle School. The first game was vs "The Team" at Mt. Baker MS, and things did not go well for the 'Cats as they lost 31-23. In their consolation game they won 41-32 over Burlington to finish in 4th place.

8th grade Purple photos vs Burlington are posted HERE.








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MS Wrestling 2012-03-07 vs Mt. Baker & Anacortes

In their first home meet of the season, the Wildcat United wrestling team hosted Anacortes and Mt. Baker in a double dual meet at NWMS.

In the Mt. Baker meet, the Wildcat team struggled, winning only 6 of the 13 matches. Winners were: Larson (pin), Mecom (pin), Rude (6-2), Dixon (pin), Molitor (pin) and Taylor (pin).

The team did much better against Anacortes. Of the 16 matches wrestled, our wrestlers won 10. Winners were: Charlesworth (6-0), Altman (11-8), Larson (pin), Martin (pin), Quijano (pin), Bryant (8-0), Rude (13-0), Dixon (pin), Lollar (10-5) and Molitor (pin).


Photos of the meet vs Anacortes are posted HERE

The Mt. Baker meet photos are HERE.

Click HERE for some video highlights.







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AAU BBB 2012-03-03

The undefeated 8th grade AAU boys basketball Gold team continued their winning ways Saturday at the end-of-season tournament at LaConner High School.

After a first-round by due to their first-place finish in the league standings, the team won there first game. It wasn't pretty, but a win is a win.

The second game was against the Mariners from Bellingham. The first half was a bit shaky, with the Mariners ahead 10-9 at the end of the first and 18-14 at halftime, but the 'Cats turned up the defense in the third and allowed only 5 points while scoring 12 and took a 26-23 lead into the final period. In the 4th, the offense heated up even more, scoring 17 points. The final was 44 for Oak Harbor and 31 for the Mariners.

Dyllan Harris scored 22 to pace the 'Cats and Elijah Smith was also in double figures with 11 points. Donovan Sellgren finished with 5, Dalton Martin with 4 and Wiley Hesselgrave with 1.

The Championship game was versus Blaine, and this time there was no slack in the Wildcat play. Our boys jumped to an early 16-5 lead and led 23-13 at the half. An outstanding 3rd period built the lead to 36-17 and the boys cruised home to a 48-31 win.

In this game Harris was also the top scorer, netting 19 points and again Smith was also in double figures with 10. Also getting on the board were Sellgren and Tanner Walker with 4 each and Fred Miller and Martin with 2 each.

Also playing last Saturday was the 6th grade Purple team at LaVenture Middle School. They lost their first game, to the Regulators, 38-35. Results of the consolation game weren't available.

Next week, the other 4 OH team are all in action. The 8th grade Purple started at 9am at Mt. Baker Middle School, the 7th grade team also at 9am at Skagit Valley College, the 6th grade Gold team at 11:15am at SVC and the 5th grade team at 2:15pm, also at Sedro-Woolley HS.

Video clips from the 8th grade Gold team are posted HERE.

Photos from the Mariners' game are posted HERE

Photos from the Championship game are posted HERE.

MSGBB 2012-03-01 NWMS @ OHMS

The second meeting between North Whidbey and Oak Harbor Middle School girls' basketball teams went differently than the first meeting.

In their first meeting just a week ago, North Whidbey 7th graders won 27-21. In Thursday's game, North Whidbey struck first and led 6-4 at the first break. Oak Harbor regrouped and scored 13 points in the second quarter to take a 17-11 lead into the locker room at halftime. North Whidbey fought back in the third, closing to withing 4 points, 23-19 at the end of the 3rd, then tied the game 23-23 with 5:14 left in the game. Anxious to redeem themselves after losing the first meeting, the Panther girls pushed late in the game to win 30-26.

For the winning Panthers, Julie was big, scoring 17 points. Lydia finished with 7, Ally 4 and Kristen P. 2 points. For the Cougars it was Rahsahna on top with 11 points, Michaela wiht 6, Bryn 5 and Jaden and Mia 2 each.

7th grade photos are posted HERE

7th grade video is HERE


The first 8th grade game ended with NWMS winning 42-20. In last Thursday's game, the Cougars were missing their leading scorer who is out with an injury. OHMS scored 42 points again, but the Cougars were able to put up on 13 in this most recent effort.

For the Cougars, Annabelle scored 7, Mui 4 and Genevieve 2. Jinai was on fire for the Panthers, finishing with 22 pints. Deja scored 9, Rickell and Taylor D 3 each, and Hannah, Janae, Suzanne scored 2 each.

Click HERE for 8th grade photos

HERE are 8th grade video highlights

The season isn't over yet, as NW hosts LaVenture Tuesday afternoon, 3/6 and OHMS hosts Cascade MS on Thursday the 8th.

Mussels in the Kettles 2012-03-03

Saturday morning the Whidbey Island Bicycle Club held their 2nd annual Mussels in the Kettles poker ride in conjunction with the Penn Cove Musselfest.

After only a few dozen riders last year, the club this year saw nearly 200 riders pedaling through the Kettles on 3 different trails with increasing levels of difficulty.

Over 100 photos of riders passing the first checkpoint are posted HERE.

For more information on the Club, click HERE to go to their website.

Student-Staff Basketball 2012-03-02

Friday night members of the Oak Harbor School District staff took on seniors (and a junior) from the OHHS student body in the annual game for bragging rights.

The staff came out hot, building an early lead, but the students came back and cut the staff lead to just 2 points, 27-25 at halftime.

At the end of the third it was 41-38 for the students.

With time running down, the staff pulled a rope-a-dope play and Eric Collins sank a 3-pointer from the baseline to tie the game and send it to overtime.

With just 34 seconds left, the staff was again down by 3, but another baseline shot by Collins went off the rim and the students then scored twice more to win 74-67.

Photos from the game are posted HERE. There is no charge for these photos. Feel free to right-click and download and post to Facebook. The only charge will be if you want to order prints, and they will be at the wholesale rate.

Or, see Mrs. Ottenbreit. She has all the photos as well.

MSGBB 2012-02-28 NWMS vs Anacortes

The North Whidbey Middle School teams played at home Tuesday afternoon against the Anacortes Seahawks, and although the Cougars played well at times, Anacortes won both games.

In the 7th grade game, the Seahawks grabbed an early 5-0 lead, but the Cougars fought back and with 4:22 to go in the first quarter took the lead 6-5 and led 12-5 at the first buzzer. With 1:12 left in the half the game was tied 12-12, but a last second shot (and the only NWMS field goal in the period) put the Cougars up 14-12 at halftime.

Anacortes opened up their offense in the second half, scoring 12 points in the 3rd and another 13 in the 4th to win 37-23. Only 3 Cougars got on the board, according to the scorebook - Rahsahna with 12, Michaela with 6 and Bryn with 4. The scoreboard showed 3 more points that weren't credited in the book.

7th grade video highlights are HERE

7th grade photos are HERE


The Anacortes 8th grade team is very good this year, beating the OHMS team earlier in the season. In this game, the Seahawks started their subs, and NW took advantage of that to take an early 6-0 lead, and led 6-2 at the end of the first period. Anacortes put their regular starters in the game in the 2nd period, and after a few minutes to get warmed up, showed their dominance, tying the game with 2:20 left in the half. After scoring just 2 in the first quarter, Anacortes scored 14 in the second.

In the second half, Anacortes outscored the Cougars nearly 3-to-1 to win the game 46-21. Rosie scored 9, Annabelle 8 and Katie hit a pair of free throws late. Two points were not accounted for in the book.

Video highlights from the 8th grade game are posted HERE

Photos from the 8th grade game are posted HERE.





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Rec Basketball 2012

The local Oak Harbor recreational basketball league just finished their season. Every Saturday from 9am until well after noon, hundreds of young basketball players were on the court at either OHMS or NWMS, learning basketball skills, teamworks, and making new friends.

A big thanks to Bryan Schulle at the high school for organizing the league and to the boys and girls basketball players who took time out of their weekends to officiate the games. Finally, the volunteer coaches deserve a big thanks for donating their time to help the kids and make the future of Oak Harbor basketball bright.

Below are a series of links to action photos taken during the games. All teams are represented, but not necessarily every child. Due to the nature of sports photography and the amount of time that the photographer could give to each game, some children were probably missed. It was not intentional.

Kindergarten photos are HERE

1st/2nd Grade Grey vs Maroon

1st/2nd Grade Yellow vs Blue

1st/2nd Grade Green vs Red

3rd/4th Grade Girls Green vs Blue

3rd/4th Grade Girls Red vs Maroon

3rd/4th Grade Boys Green vs Maroon

3rd/4th Grade Boys Blue vs Grey

3rd/4th Grade Boys Red vs Orange

5th/6th Grade Girls

5th/6th Grade Boys Blue vs Maroon

5th/6th Grade Boys Red vs Green

5th/6th Grade Boys Blue vs Green

5th/6th Grade Boys Red vs Maroon

MSGBB 2012-02-23 OH @ NW

The first of at least two OHMS vs NWMS girls basketball games was held Thursday afternoon at NWMS.

In the 7th grade game, the first quarter ended with NW leading by 1 point, 5-4, and the Cougars increased their lead to 13-9 at halftime.

Oak Harbor cut that lead to just 2 at the end of the third, 17-15, but the Panthers couldn't keep it going and fell to the home Cougars 27-21.

For the visitors, Ally scored 7 to lead her team. Virginia and Julie hit for 4 each, and Kyanna, Aujuna and Sydney scored 2 each.

Bryn scored 8 to lead the Cougars and led all scorers. Rahsanna and Jaden finished with 6 each, and Lauryn M, Lauren, and Mikala had 2 points each.

Photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE. Included in the photos are several group photos of the NWMS team.

Video clips are posted HERE.

In the nightcap, it was all Panthers as the Cougars didn't have an answer for the OHMS speed. OH led 9-6 at the first horn and 19-8 at the half on their way to a 42-20 victory.

Jinai led the Panthers and all scorers with 15 points. Deja scored 8 and Taylor D 7. Rickell and Lexus each finished with 4 points, Matti with 3 and Taylor H with 1.

The Cougars' lead scorer was Rosie with 10 points. Hannah scored 6 and Annabelle 4.

8th grade photos are HERE

8th grade video clips are HERE.

Both teams are at home next week, with the Cougars hosting Anacortes and LaVenture at OHMS. On Thursday at 3:30pm, OH and NW play again. Right now the game is scheduled for OHMS, but shifting the game to the high school gym is being looked at, details to be announced.




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Powderpuff Football 2012-02-24

Friday evening the Junior and Senior girls got together for the annual Powder Puff football game.

The juniors got on the board first and built a 13-0 halftime lead. With less than two minutes left in the game it was looking like the juniors would nap the shutout, but the Seniors were able to punch it in from a few yards out to make the final score 26-6.

Over 100 photos from the game are posted HERE.

These photos are free for anyone to right-click and download to their computer. If you want to order prints, the only cost will be Shutterfly's wholesale price plus shipping and tax.

MSGBB 2012-02-21 - OHMS vs Mt. Baker

The OHMS girls basketball team played at home Tuesday night against Mt. Baker MS from Mt. Vernon, with the Panthers winning both games.

In the 7th grade game, OHMS scored first, with 5:10 to go in the the first and Mt. Baker didn't score until almost halfway through the period. With 4:10 left, OHMS led 6-2, with all Panther scoring by Julie Jansen. At that point the Panther offense stopped, and at the horn for the first quarter, the score was tied 6-6.

Mt. Baker came out on fire in the 2nd, torching the Panthers for 14 points. OHMS scored another 6, but the Grizzlies held a 20-12 halftime lead.

In the 3rd, the Panther defense stepped up and held Mt. Baker to only 5 points total. The OH girls chipped away at the Grizzly lead, tying the score at 22 at the end of the third. With just 4 seconds left, Oak Harbor held a 28-27 lead, but Mt. Baker was going to get the ball under their own basket. They got the shot off, but it did not go in, leaving OHMS with the victory. Julie led the Panther scoring with 10 pints and Lydia was close behind with 8. Virginia, Kyanna, Ally, Kristen and Sidney each scored 2 points.

Click HERE to see some video highlights from the 7th grade game.

Get to the photos by clicking HERE.


In the 8th grade game, Oak Harbor needed a stifling defense and blazing team speed to win, and they delivered. At the end of the first period, Oak Harbor led 26-4, allowing just 4 free throws. Mt. Baker didn't score a field goal until late in the second period and trailed 47-17 at the half. The Panthers continued to play tough defense and went on to win 64-30. Due to the aggressive Panther defense, there were numerous fouls against Oak Harbor. Of the 30 points scored by Mt. Baker, half came from free throws.

Jinai Ekberg led the OHMS scoring with 20 points. Rickell Piloneo and TaylorDeconzo were also in double figures with 17 and 10 points respectively. Taylor Heidt scored 6, Matti Miesle 3, and Hannah Faught, Suzanne Kaltenbach, Lexus Jones and Deja Bunch scored 2 each.

OHMS travels to NWMS today, Feb 23, for the first of a pair of meetings. 7th grade starts around 3:30 and 8th around 5pm.

8th grade video highlights are posted HERE.

Click HERE for photos from the 8th grade game




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Wrestling - Mat Classic Day 2

Day 2 was nicer to the Wildcats as day one.

First an update on the girls 170 lb class. Brittany Johnston lost her second consolation bracket match and did not place.


Jennifer Fremd lost in an overtime 7-5 decision in her semifinal match then pinned two opponents to stand on the podium at the end of the day in 3rd place.

After losing his first match on Friday, Cody Fakkema also rebounded well, winning all but one of his consolation matches by pin, and the one that wasn't a pin was an 11-6 decision. Cody also ended the day on the podium in 3rd place.

In team scoring, the girls finished with 23 points and was in 27th place out of 104 teams. 31 teams scored no points at all. The girls team champion was Sedro Woolley with 83 points. Stanwood and Mt. Vernon were also in the top 10. The only WESCO 3A team to finish higher than the Wildcats was Everett, in 21st place with 27 points.

For the boys, the Wildcats earned 28.5 points and finished in 26th of 61 3A schools. The team champion was Enumclaw with 126 points. The top local team was Sedro in 6th place with 69 points. Glacier Peak (12), Shorecrest (15), and Everett (16) were WESCO 3A teams that finished ahead of Oak Harbor in the team standings.

AAU BBB 2012-02-18

We were able to get coverage of two more teams from Oak Harbor in the 2012 SWISH league.

The 8th grade Purple team took on TCYBA, a team from Vancouver, Canada at Sedro-Woolley High School. The Wildcats spotted the Canadians a 10-0 lead, but closed the gap to 17-23 at the half. Late in the 3rd Oak Harbor had cut the lead down to just 4 points, but a late flurry of scoring allowed TCYBA to hold a 37-29 lead going into the 4th, and they were able to maintain to win 46-39.

Photos from the 8th grade Purple game are posted HERE.

A few video highlights are posted HERE.

Later that afternoon, the 6th grade Purple team was at Mt. Baker Middle School in Mt. Vernon to take on Arlington White. This game was close early, but the Wildcats were able to lead 11-6 at the first horn. Arlington got back into the game, closing to within one point at halftime, but OH still held the lead, 19-18. The 3rd quarter ended in a 28-28 tie, but then the Wildcat offense got going. The Wildcats outscored the Eagles 14-3 in the final period to win 43-31.

6th grade photos are HERE

6th grade video clips are HERE.



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Wrestling - Mat Classic Day 1

After the first day of wrestling, only 3 Oak Harbor wrestlers are still alive in the tournament.

Jennifer Fremd, at 145 lbs, got a pin in her first round match then won 7-2 to put herself in the semi-finals.

Brittany Johnston got pinned in her first round match but rebounded to pin her opponent in just 24 seconds. Her third match results are not posted yet.

For the guys, Cody Fakkema got pinned in the 3rd round of his first match, then pinned his next two opponents in 1:44 and 2:44 to stay alive in the consolation bracket.

Mark Johnston, Jahleel Vester, Jeremy Vester and Josh Crebbin are all eliminated.

BBB 2012-02-14 Playoff at Ferndale

Continuing their run in the postseason, the Wildcat boys basketball team traveled to Ferndale to take on the Eagles, minus some key players. Paul Johannsen was still out due to illness while Jojo Webster and Chris Hailer were not able to play.

Ferndale took quick advantage of the gaps in the Wildcat lineup and took a 16-5 first quarter lead and extended it to 31-19 at the half.

Ferndale maintained through the second half to win the game 57-45, ending the Wildcat's season.

Drew Washington topped the 'Cats with 15 and brother Mike scored 13. Kevawn Brooks finished with 6, Diamonte Ridley, Elias Whitefoot and Matt Burgoyne 3 each and Zach Jones 2.

Video highlights are posted HERE

Photos are posted HERE




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Wrestling 2012-02-11 - Regional Tournaments

Eight Oak Harbor wrestlers started the 3A Region 1 tournament at Skyline HS on Saturday and five of them are going on to state with one more going as an alternate.

Freshman Jeremy Vester and brother Jahleel Vester, a sophomore, both finished 4th to move on to State.

At 126 lbs, Junior Cody Fakkema was the regional champion, winning by pin, 4-0, and 4-1.

Mark Johnston, another freshman, will go to state at 132 pounds after finishing 3rd.

In what many were calling the match of the day, junior Josh Crebbin lost in the championship match by one point, 15-14, but will go to state as the 2nd place finisher.

The final OH state competitor is yet another freshman, Jackson Constant, at 285 pounds, who finished in 5th place and will go to state as an alternate.

Senior Colling Higinbotham and sophomore Ray Quinday both wrestled in the regional tournament but will not advance.

In Bellingham, Oak Harbor had 3 girls on the mat - Kylene Ayer at 106 lbs, Jennifer Fremd at 145 and Brittany Johnston at 170.

Kylene won the district title and was seeded 1st in the regional tournament, but a nagging back injury affected her wrestling and she finished in 6th place and will not advance.

Senior Johnston had a first round bye, and although she lost her first match against eventual winner Allen of Mt. Vernon, she won her first consolation match by fall to guarantee a trip to the state tournament. She finished the regional tournament in 4th place.

Fremd, also a senior, only wrestled 3 times in the tournament, winning each of her matches by pin. She is seeded 2nd in the state tournament next weekend at the Tacoma Dome.

Video highlights from the girls tournament are posted HERE.

Photos from the girls tournament are HERE.

BBB 2012-02-10 Playoff at Glacier Peak

In their 3rd meeting this year, the Glacier Peak Grizzlies had the Wildcats figured out.

Their defense held Mike Washington to just 15 points and brother Drew to just 3 points. Both scored over 20 points in Tuesday's win over Shorewood.

After taking an early 4-1 lead, Oak Harbor gave up ground to the Grizzlies, trailing 15-8 at the first break and 22-13 at the half,

Glacier Peak broke the game open in the 3rd, boosting their lead to 20 points, 43-23.

Late in the game the Oak Harbor subs made the game closer, but Glacier Peak won the game 54-37.

The Wildcats play next Tuesday night, Feb 14th, at Ferndale against the Eagles.

Photos from the GP game are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.

BBB 2012-02-08 playoff at Shorewood

The Oak Harbor Wildcat boys basketball team lost twice to Shorewood during the regular season, 61-44 at Shorewood and 67-50 at home.

Wednesday night the two teams faced each other in the opening round of the District 1 tournament, and it looked like the third game was going to go the way of the other two, as Shorewood grabbed an early 11-2 lead and led 47-37 starting the 4th period.

In that 2nd half, Mike Washington picked up where his brother left off. Drew scored 15 points in the first half then Mike scored 15 in the 2nd and the 'Cats went on a 15-5 run in the 4th period to tie the game late, then Jojo Webster scored on a steal to give OH the lead, 54-52. A final 3-pointer by Drew ensure a Widlcat win, 57-52.

The 'Cats go to Glacier Peak friday night to take on the Grizzlies. The winner of that game goes on to play the winner of the Mountlake Terrace/Shorecrest game for the district title. If OH loses, they will play the loser of the Ferndale/Everett game.

Drew Washington finished the game with 24 points to lead all scorers while Mike ended with 22. Matt Burgoyne scored 5 and Zach Gibbs, Kevawn Brooks and Webster each netted 2 points.

Wrestling 2012-02-03 and 04 Sub-regional tournament

Oak Harbor did well at the 3A District 1 tournament held at OHHS last weekend, with 7 wrestlers placing in the top 5 and moving on to the regional tournament. In addition, the future looks good for the Wildcat wrestling team as all of the placers are underclassmen, and 3 are Freshmen!

District champions are juniors Cody Fakkema, currently ranked 2nd in state at the 3A level at 126 lbs and Josh Crebbin, currently ranked 11th at 152 lbs.

Sophomore Ray Quinday finished 2nd at 220 lbs.

Brothers Jeremy and Jahleel Vester both finished 3rd in their weight brackets. Freshman Jeremy at 106 lbs and Sophomore Jahleel at 120 lbs.

Finishing in 4th place were freshmen Mark Johnston at 132 lbs and Jackson Constant at 285 lbs.

Senior Collin Higingbotham (170)and Freshman Carl Meders (195) both finished in 6th place and will go to the regional tournament as 1st alternates.

Also, in the girls tournament at Squalicum, Senior Jennifer Fremd and Junior Kylene Ayers both placed first and will compete in the regional tournament this weekend at Bellingham HS.

Video highlights are HERE.

Day 1 photos are posted HERE.

Day 2 photos are posted HERE.

GBB 2012-01-31 at Glacier Peak and 2012-02-02 vs Getchell

The Oak Harbor girls basketball teams finished their season with games at Glacier Peak and then at home for Senior Night against Marysville-Getchell

In the Glacier Peak games, the Grizzlies showed why they were one of the top teams in WESCO 3a, beating all three OH teams easily. In the C team game, GP jumped to an early 14-5 leand then set it on cruise control to the 51-23 final. KC Winfield and Tierra White each scored 6 points for the Wildcats, Irene Gribble 5, and Jessica Hollins, Kenna Prosch and Kaitlyn Haley 2 each.

The final in the JV game was 55-24 for the Grizzlies. Individual OH scores were not available.

Things started well in the varsity games. Two long passes from Morgan Young to Dominique Jackson ended in 4 points for the Wildcats, then Annie Leete made it 6-5 for Oak Harbor. Glacier Peak woke up about that time and went on a 16-3 run to end the first period 21-9. The two teams went back and forth in the second, which ended with GP ahead 35-24, but in the 3rd extended the lead to 50-28 on the way toa 72-36 win.

Leete finished the game with 14 pints, DJ had 8, Kelsey Rankin 6, Jalani Bobo and Morgan Young 3 each and Ciera Wiser 2.

Glacier Peak video clips are here

GP photos are HERE

On Feb 2nd, the OH "C" team had their highest scoring game of the year, destroying the visiting Chargers 66-28. The Wildcats held their opponents to just 2 points in the first quarter then exploded for 22 points of their own in the final period to set the final score. Three Wildcats finished in double figures - Tierra White with 18, Angelica Brown with 12 and Jessica Hollins with 10. Kenna Prosch and KC Winfield each added 9 points and Irene Gribble 8.

Offense again proved the Achilles Heel of the JV squad as they scored only 26 points while allowing Getchell 35. Down by 5 at halftime, the Wildcats rallied and took an 18-17 lead with 3:35 left in the third, but Getchell scored 13 to Oak Harbor's 7 in the final period to win the game 35-26. Liz Lym scored 9 to lead the 'Cats, Brook Peplinski and Danielle Teasley 6 each, Melanie Callaway3 and Haley Lundstrom 2.

The varsity game started with Senior Night activities and the introduction of the 6 graduating seniors and their parents. Playing their last game in a Oak Harbor uniform were Erika Flores, Lia Pantoleon, Tatiana Cumming, Kaileen Burleson, Rayan Russell and Dominique Jackson (DJ). After the intros, Rayan Russell went up in the bleachers to get the microphone from announcer Jay Long and sang a stirring rendition of the National Anthem.

When the game got underway, the 'Cats grabbed an early 13-6 lead and extended it to 28-15 at halftime. Getchell hung with Oak Harbor in the third, which ended 34-23 in favor of OH, but the Wildcats went on to beat Getchell for the second time this year, by a 45-33 score. None of the Wildcats scored in double figures, but 10 players got on the board. Russell and junior Morgan Young each finished with 7 points, DJ had 5 and Lia Pantoleon 4. Scoring 2 points each were Jalani Bobo, Tatiana Cumming, Kaileen Burleson, Marissa Lewis, Kelsey Rankin and Ciera Wiser.

Click HERE for Getchell video highlights

HERE are photos from the Getchell game

BBB 2012-01-30 vs Glacier Peak - Senior NighT

Before Monday night's varsity game, the team took time to recognize the five graduating seniors and their parents. Kevawn Brooks, Matt Burgoyne, Paul Johannsen, Michael Washington and Elias Whitefoot all escorted their parents to center court where they all received a round of applause from the spectators.

While Oak Harbor took an early 6-4 lead, the Grizzlies came back and built a 16-10 first quarter lead and outscored the Wildcats in every quarter except the last. Jojo Webster scored 16 to lead Oak Harbor, while Mike Washington and Matt Burgoyne were both in double figures as well with 13 and 11 points respectively. Kevawn Brooks finished with 4, Drew Washington with 3 and Paul Johannsen with 2 points in the 61-49 loss.

In the early game in the main gym, Glacier Peak jumped to a 25-8 first quarter lead and led 47-19 at the half on the way to a 70-32 win. Gabe Groenig scored 9 for Oak Harbor, Zach Jones 8, Andre Grey 5, Diamonte Ridley 4, and Anfernee Angkaw, Matt Zafra and Casiano Atienza each finished with 2 points.

Glacier Peak also took control early in the dome, building a 22-3 first-period lead and won 65-33. Brad Nehring scored 14 to lead the team, Gage Eccleston scored 9, Chris Humphries 8, Ben Fikse 2 and Jacob Sturdevant 1.

The boys finish the regular season Wednesday night at Marysville-Getchell then on Feb 8th the varsity team travels to the WECO #2, which looks to be either Shorecrest or Shorewood for the first round of the WESCO 3A tournament.

Video highlights are HERE.

Freshman, JV and varsity photos are posted HERE.