Middle School Wrestling 2013-02-28

Last Thursday the combined OHMS and NWMS wrestling made a long trip, all the way to Darrington, for a long day of wrestling in a double dual meet also featuring Concrete and Cascade MS from Sedro Woolley.

The first round was against a combined Darrington/Concrete.  The coaches were able to work things out so almost every Wildcat United wrestler got on the mat.  Because of the size of the OH team, though, some of the Darrington and Concrete wrestlers had to go out against us not just once or twice, but three times!

The early part of the Darrington/Concrete half of the meet didn't go well for Wildcat United, losing a lot of bouts to pins, but the middle and heavy weights got things back on track with some exciting wins.

No individual nor team scores against Darrington/Concrete or Cascade are available.

The wrestlers are at home Tuesday afternoon with a meet at NWMS.  Wrestling gets underway around 3:45pm.

Photos from Thursday's action are posted HERE.

A few video highlights can be found HERE.


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Middle School Girls Basketball 2013-02-19

The Oak Harbor Middle Panthers and North Whidbey Middle School Cougars opened their 2012-2013 basketball season playing each other - but with a twist.

Instead of playing the game in either of the middle schools, arrangements were made to play the game at Oak Harbor High School.  They went full-scale, getting HS announcer Jay Long to introduce the starters and call both the 7th and 8th grade games, opened the concession stand and had the bleachers pulled out so there was room for everyone to sit and watch the game.

The 7th grade game looked to be a blowout early on.  OHMS grabbed an 8-4 first quarter lead and built it to 14-6 by halftime.  Still leading 18-10 at the end of the 3rd, the game appeared over, but NWMS found their offenses and started chipping away at the Panther lead.  Late in the came the Cougars' lead was cut to just 1 points, 18-17, but a not uncommon middle school mistake sealed the win for OHMS.  On a throw in from the end line by OHMS, the ball sailed over the head of the intended Panther.  The ball was grabbed by a NWMS player to promptly raced to the basket for an uncontested layin.  The problem is that it was the wrong basket, giving 2 points to OHMS, making the final score 20-17.

For the Panthers, Trinity Olivera, Alisha Wilson and Hailee Blau each scored 4 points, while Lydia Dorsey, Andrea Ruben and Kaylee Kruger had 2 points each.

The Cougars were led by Briana Garcia and Alyssa McCauley with 6 points each.  Roselia Loera and Emma Kirk scored 2 each and Paige Jackson scored one free throw.

In the 8th grade game, there was also a wrong-basket score, again by NWMS, but it would not have made a difference as NWMS was all over OHMS from the start, winning 43-14.

OHMS scorers: Virginia Black 4, Ajunae Frye 3, Lydia Peplinski and Taylor Edwards 2 each.  For the Cougars it was Bryn Langrock and Rahsanna Graham with 13 each, Michaela Pasch with 6, Elisabeth Adams and Mia Gehrmann with 4 each and Guadalupe Loera with 1.

The two teams are scheduled to play each other again on March 7th at North Whidbey Middle School.  7th grade at 3:30, 8th grade 10 minutes after the 7th grade ends.  Admission is free so come watch the future of Oak Harbor girls basketball.

7th grade video highlights are HERE

8th grade video is HERE.

Click HERE for photos of the 7th grade teams in action, including post-game group photos.

Click HERE for 8th grade photos.  There is only NWMS group photos as OHMS was missing a player.  We'll get photos of that team at a later date.


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Wrestling 2013-02-16 - State Championships

For the first time in a long time, the Oak Harbor Wildcat wrestling team finished in the top 10 at the annual Mat Classic last weekend at the Tacoma Dome.

OH started the tournament with 11 wrestlers - 9 boys and 2 girls.  At the start of the second day of the tournament, only 4 were left, 2 in the winner's bracket.

Cody Fakkema finished in 7th place in state, defeating teammate Jahleel Vester 4-1 in the 7th/8th place match.  It was the 3rd time in the post season the two had met on the mat.

CJ Shavers lost his first match Saturday but came back with a win to wrestle for 3rd place.  His match didn't go well, but for a wrestler who was unranked and essentially unknown at the beginning of the season, it was a spectacular finish!

Josh Crebbin won his opening match by pin, setting up a championship match against Meadowdale's Smith.  The two had met twice previously this season, with Smith winning both.  In this championship match, Smith got the upper hand and held the lead 4-2 with time running low.  The two wrestlers were both on their feet, and Smith was able to hold off Crebbin's takedown attempts until time expired.

Video highlights are HERE


Saturday's photos are posted HERE.


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Wrestling 2013-02-09 - Regional tournament @ Pilchuck

The Oak Harbor Wildcats took 9 to the boys regional tournament at Marysville Pilchuck and 2 to the girls tournament at Sedro-Woolley, and all 11 are moving on to state.

Regional champions for 2012-2013 are Cody Fakkema (132 lbs) and CJ Shavers (170 lbs).

Finishing in 2nd were Zaiha Sams (118), Christian Bertram (106), Jeremy Vester (126), Jahleel Vester (132 - lost to Fakkema), Josh Crebbin (160) and Jackson Constant (285).

In third were Aimee Oliver (155) and Jacob Fitzgerald (138).  In fourth was Mark Johnston (138 - lost to Fitzgerald).

No team standings are available from the girls tournament.  For the boys, OH moved up from 3rd in the district tournament to 2nd in the regional tournament.  The Wildcats scored 176.5 points, while Stanwood was first with 184.5 and Ferndale 3rd with 157.

Before wrestling action started, OH head coach Mike Crebbin was voted Coach of the Year by his peers.  He also won the District award.  This is his 2nd year in a row winning the COY award.

Video highlights of Saturday's wrestling action are posted HERE.

Photos are HERE.



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BBB playoffs

After beating Shorewood in the first round of the playoffs, the Oak Harbor boys team traveled to Jackson HS Saturday evening to take on the 21-2 Mountlake Terrace Hawks in a semi-final game.

The game did not go well for the Wildcats.  Terrace was very aggressive on both offense and defense coming out, and quickly jumped to a 26-7 first-quarter lead and didn't let up for the rest of the half, leading 46-11 at halftime.  Things quieted down in the 3rd quarter with OH scoring 6 and MT 8, but it was still all Hawks, 54-17, going in to the fourth.  In the final quarter, the Wildcat offense found some life, scoring 15 points, but it wasn't enough as Terrace went on to win 64-32.  With the loss, the Wildcats were dropped into the losers bracket to play Shorecrest, who lost their first-round game but won the second.  Terrace moves on to play Stanwood for the District 1 title.

Dayne Herron and Chris Hailer scored 9 each in the loss, Jojo Webster 6, Drew Washington 4 and Dyllan Harris and Gabe Groenig 2 each.

One good thing about the loss to MLT was that the 'Cats would have one more home game.  The stands were packed and loud, and the fans made a difference as Oak Harbor beat Shorecrest 47-46 to stay alive.

After sprinting to an early 13-2 lead, the 'Cats let the Scots back in the game, but held on to a 15-10 lead at the first buzzer and 28-23 at halftime.  In the second half, neither team shot well, but Shorecrest continued to close the gap and grabbed small leads on several occasions.  In the end, it was a pair of free throws by Dayne Herron with less than 15 seconds on the clock that put the Wildcats up by 4, and a key defensive rebound by Chris Hailer that put the game away.  A last second shot by Shorecrest, while good, wasn't enough as Oak Harbor won 47-46.  Drew Washington, Jojo Webster and Chris Hailer each scored 10 points, Herron scored 9 and Dyllan Harris and Gabe Groenig 4 each.

With the win, the Wildcats travel to Jackson HS again for a loser out, winner to regionals game against Glacier Peak.  The game is Saturday evening at 6pm, followed by the MLT/Stanwood championship game.

MLT video clips are HERE

MLT photos are HERE

Click HERE for videos from the Shorecrest game

Click HERE for photos from the Shorecrest game.


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Boys youth basketball update

Here's an update on how the Oak Harbor youth boys basketball teams are doing in the Skagit Parks and Rec SWISH league.

Just over halfway through the season, most of the teams are doing well.

The 4/5th grade team is sporting a 4-1 division record and is currently in 2nd place, winning their Feb 2nd game 43-9.

The 6th grade team has struggled this season,   They are 1-6 overall, 0-6 in their division after losing a heartbreaking 38-37 game last weekend.

At the 7th grade level, both OH teams are doing well.  The Gold team is undefeated after beating Stanwood 44-31 last weekend.  The Purple team rebounded after losing a game early and is now 6-0 after winning a doubleheader last weekend.  They beat Lakewood 35-31 and Sedro White 28-25.

Also undefeated in division play is the 8th grade team.  They are 5-0 in their division and 5-1 overall, and beat Friday Harbor 40-27 last weekend.

There are 3 weeks left to the season, with game on Feb 9th, 16th and 23rd.

Full schedules are available HERE and complete standings are HERE.  If you're in the Mt. Vernon area, stop in and cheer for an Oak Harbor team.  Admission to all games is free.

BBB 2013-02-06 vs Shorewood - playoff

The Wildcat boys are moving on, and are just one game from going to the Regional tournament.

Hosting the Shorewood Thunderbirds in the OHHS gym, few outside of Oak Harbor gave the 'Cats much of a chance to win.

Spreading out the scoring (3 players were in double figures, 2 more had 9 each), and shooting a nearly perfect 9 of 10 from the line in the 4th quarter, Oak Harbor defeated Shorewood 54-49. 

The win earns the 'Cats at trip to Jackson high school Saturday evening to take on WESCO South champ Mountlake Terrace.  Should OH win that game, they would take on the winner of the Stanwood/Glacier Peak game for the WESCO 3A title.

If the 'Cats should lose, the move to the consolation bracket to play the winner of the Shorecrest/Ferndale game.

Jojo Webster led the team with 12 with Gabe Groenig and Chris Hailer scoring 11 each.  Drew Washington and Dyllan Harris scored 9 each, with all of Harris' points coming in the final period, and Dayne Herron finished with 2 points.


Photos are posted HERE

Video highlights are HERE.



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Wrestling 2013-02-01 and 02-02 - District Tournament at Stanwood

The 2012-2013 WESCO 3A boys district tournament was held last weekend at Stanwood HS.  Oak Harbor started the tournament with 23 wrestlers and finished with 15 placers.  As deep as the team was, they finished 3rd in the team standings behind Stanwood and Ferndale.  Part of that was due to a lack of any wrestlers in the 113 and 120 lb weight classes.  The top 3 finishers go on to the Region 1 meet with 4th place going as an alternate.

After the first day of wrestling (2 rounds), 20 OH wrestlers were still alive and at the end of the tournament, 9 Wildcats were wrestling for the district championship but only three ended up on top of the podium.

At 106 lbs, Christian Bertram was seeded 2nd and finished 2nd and moves on to next weekend's Region 1 tournament at Pilchuck.

Jeremy Vester was 126 lb champion after being seeded 2nd.

At 132 lbs, Cody Fakkema and Jahleel Vester were seeded 1 and 2 respectively, and that's the way they finished.  Cody and Jahleel were to wrestle each other for the championship, but the decision was made to have the underclassman forfeit to the senior to avoid any possibility of injury to either wrestler.  Instead of wrestling, they went out and did a fancy handshake.

The same thing happened at 138 lbs, with Mark Johnston seeded 1st and Jacob Fitzgerald seeded 2nd.  Mark defaulted to Jacob, making him District champion.

At 152 lbs, Kekai Tarrant lost his first match and worked his way through the consolation bracket to finish in 5th place.  Unfortunately he had to go against teammate Cayden Cosper and knocked him out of the tournament.

Josh Crebbin was seeded 2nd and finished 2nd to Pilchuck's Drew Hatch at 160 lbs.  Brody Dedobbelaere wrestled for 3rd place and a spot at regionals, but was pinned late in the 1st round and will go as an alternate.

At 170 lbs, CJ Shavers took on Cody Stone from Getchell for the championship.  Both wrestlers were seeded in the middle of the pack but worked their way to the final round.  CJ was looking good and was leading in points, but Stone took advantage of a mistake and wound up pinning CJ.

Jon Laningham started the day in the 182 lb winner's bracket, but ran into a couple of tough wrestlers and finished in 6th place.  Not bad at all for a first-year wrestler at that weight class.

Jacob Dugin lost his first match Friday but worked his way to 6th place at 195 lbs.

At 220 lbs, both Terry Joll and Ray Quinday were placers, with Ray Quinday finishing 6th and Joll 4th.

Finally, at 285 lbs, Jackson Constant went up against Diaz (for the 7th time in just two years) in the championship match but was pinned in the first round.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.


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BBB 2013-02-01 vs Getchell

February started with a bang as the OHHS boys teams played their final home game of the 2012-2013 regular season.  The games ended the Freshman and JV seasons, while the varsity squad will be moving on to the district tournament.  The Wildcats hosted Marysville Getchell.

The freshmen started a bit slow, but led 9-4 at the first break.  In the second period the boys went on a 10-4 run and followed it up with a 12-2 run in the 3rd to take a commanding 32-16 lead into the 4th quarter.  The big lead must have got to them mentally a bit, as the Wildcats scored only 6 points in the final 8 minutes while allowing Getchell to score 14.  While the Wildcats won 38-30, the game was much closer than it should have been.  Sean Erskine scored 13 to lead the team, Elijah Smith finished with 8, Tyler Snavely 6, Tanner Walker 4, Savion Passmore 3, and Diangelo McKinney and DeAndre Mitchell 2 each.

The JV boys did not falter.  Roaring to a 20-10 first quarter lead, the 'Cats scored in double digits in each period to win going away, 60-48.  Three Wildcats finished with double figures - Cortez Ridley with 15 and Connor Parmenter and Jacob Sturdevant with 10 each.  Ben Fikse scored 8, JJ Johnson 7, Isaiah Rennes 4 and Alex Warner and Gage Eccleston 2 each.

Before the varsity game, Coach Washington took time out to recognize and honor the 6 graduating seniors.  While the all may not have played as many minutes as they wanted, they were still valuable and important parts of the team.  Graduating this spring are: Dayne Herron, Jojo Webster, Chris Hailer, Forrest Brown, Anthony Stewart and Anfernee Angkaw.

The varsity team won the first game against the Chargers 76-59 and the boys were looking for a repeat.  Getchell, however, had other ideas.  After the first 8 minutes of play the two teams were tied at 12 each, and at halftime the Wildcats held a slim 24-20 lead.  Both teams played even in the 3rd, scoring 15 each, leaving OH with just a 4-point, 39-35 lead going into the final quarter.  While the 'Cats weren't stellar from the floor, they shone at the line, with Jojo Webster going 4-4 and Dyllan Harris 7-7, and those free throws proved the difference as OH held on to win 62-53.  Dayne Herron was a monster inside, scoring 21 points to lead the game.  Webster finished with 15 and Harris 13.  Drew Washington scored 6, Chris Hailer 4 (both crowd-pleasing dunks), Gabe Groening 2 and Anfernee Angkaw 1.

The Wildcats host a first-round game this coming Wednesday, Feb 6th against Stanwood in the OHHS gym.

Photos from the game are posted HERE.

Click HERE for video highlights from the varsity game.


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GBB 2013-01-28 vs Pilchuck

It was the final home game for the OH girls Monday night as they hosted the Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks at OHHS.

The night started well with the freshman team leading 15-12 at the first horn and boosting the lead to 29-21 at halftime.  That 8-point halftime lead proved to be the final difference as both teams scored equally in the final two quarters, with OH winning 50-42.  Rosie Mooki led the team with 20 points and Taylor Deconzo added 16.  Janae Payne added 10 and Suzanne Kaltenbach 4 to complete the OH scoring.

In the main gym, the JV squad scored 17 points in the 2nd quarter to take a 26-20 lead at halftime, but a dry second half allowed the Tommies to catch up and tie the game at the end of regulation time.  The Wildcat offensive woes continued into the OT period as the team scored only a single field goal and fell to the visitors 47-41.

At the end of the first quarter of the varsity game, OH trailed by just 4 points, but an 18-6 second quarter put the game away for MP and the 'Cats were never able to recover.  In the end it was 55-33 for Pilchuck and the Wildcats were eliminated from any postseason play.

The girls finish up their season Wednesday night at Getchell.

Video highlights from the varsity game are posted HERE.

Photos from all 3 games are HERE.


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BBB 2013-01-25 vs Shorecrest

The OH boys played their second-to-last home game of the regular season Friday night against Shorecrest.

The night didn't start out well, with the Freshman falling behind 10-4 early and trailing 19-8 at halftime.  They recovered a bit on offense in the second half, scoring 18 points, but Shorecrest also got their offense into high gear to win 48-26.  Diangelo McKinney scored 6 to lead the team, Sean Erskine and Tanner Walker finished with 4 each, Tyler Snavely and Elijah Smith 3 each, and Dante Mitchell, Savion Passmore and Fred Miller with 2 each.

The JV squad just couldn't find any rhythm in Friday's game and fell behind quickly.  The final was 62-18.  Gage Eccleston score 5, Alex Warner 4, Cortez Ridley 3, and Connor Parmenter, Jacob Sturvevant and Ben Fikse 2 each.

Offense also wasn't shining in the varsity matchup.  At the end of the 1st quarter the game was tied at 10, and OH went into the locker room at halftime leading 19-14.  Jojo Webster scored 8 points in the 3rd and got a spectacular assist, feeding Chris Hailer for a rim-rattling dunk.  At the end of the 3rd, the Wildcats led 34-26.  Both offenses finally got on track in the 4th quarter, with the 'Cats scoring 17 and the Scots 18, but OH grabbed the win, 51-44 and are guaranteed a spot in the league tournament that starts Feb 6th.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Video highlights from the varsity and JV games are HERE.


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Middle School BBB 2013-01-24 OHMS @ NWMS

Last Thursday afternoon the OHMS and NWMS boys basketball teams wrapped up their seasons with a pair of games in the North Whidbey gym.

In their first meeting, on December 20th, the NWMS 7th grade team blew OHMS away, winning 56-28.  That didn't happen again last Thursday.  OHMS came out ready to play.  While OHMS trailed 8-5 at the end of the first quarter, they led 15-13 at halftime.  The NWMS Cougars regained the lead in the 3rd period and led 20-17 going into the final quarter.  In that final quarter, Jordan Bell scored 7 of his game-high 15 points and with 15 seconds left the game was tied at 29.  In those final seconds, OHMS had numerous opportunities to take the lead but missed 6 of 6 from the free throw line.  Now with only 1.8 seconds left and the score still 29-29, it was Marcus Carr at the line to shoot 2.  He missed the first, but sank the second for his only point of the game, but gave NWMS the 30-29 victory.  For OHMS, in addition to Bell's 15 pints, Noah Herrera scored 7, Joseph Arinaza 6 and Nate Chrism 1.  The Cougars spread the scoring, with 9 players getting points.  Tops was Caleb Johnson with 7, then Andrew Miller w2ith 5.  Brennan Ney, TJ Passmore and Max Nuanex each scored 4, Jerome Ruffins and Marcus Foxx 2 each, and Chris Trisler and Marcus Carr with 1 each.

The first OH/NW meeting ended with a 52-14 OHMS win, but this game was also much closer.  While OHMS led 17-7 at the end of the first, it was 29-21 at halftime, and might have been 26-21 but for a half-court swish at the buzzer by Tyler Jackson.  The Panthers gained complete control of the game in the second half, outscoring the Cougars 16-10 in the 3rd then held on to win 54-42.  Scoring for NWMS - Ramon Booker 23, Dominic Sotoa-STevens and Kory Score 4 each, Alex Hartley and Jayse Mullins 3 each, Nate Mecom and Sam Zook 2 each and Logan Bell 1.  For OHMS it was Dylan Bailey and D'Andre Bellamy with 14 each and Tyler Jackson with 12.  Josh Coe added 5, Josh McKenzie 4, Isaiah Brown and Jomar Perez 2 each and Kenneth Morrow and Noah Marshall with 1 each.

Next up for middle school sports is girls basketball and wrestling, which start practice this coming Monday.

Photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE.

8th grade photos are posted HERE.


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BBB 2013-01-22 vs Everett

It was a triple win Tuesday for the Oak Harbor Boys' teams when the Everett Seagulls came to town.

In the dome, the two teams played tight in the first half, with Everett holding a slight 15-12 edge at halftime.  The 'Cats came out on fire in the second half, going on a 15-2 tear in the 3rd period and scoring another 14 in the 4th to capture the 41-26 win.  Sean Erskine was unstoppable in the 2nd half where he scored 17 of his 19 points.  Diangelo McKinney added 12, Elijah Smith, back from an injury, scored 8 and Tanner Walker scored 2.

The JV game was a nailbiter all the way.  The game was tied at 14 at the end of the 1st quarter, OH led 22-20 at halftime and 32-29 starting the fourth.  In the final period, "JJ" Johnson dropped a three-pointer and added 3 free throws as OH ended with a 46-40 win.  Johnson finished with 12 points total and Cortez Ridley added 11.  Connor Parmenter scored 8, Gage Eccleston 7, Isaiah Rennes 6 and Jacob Sturdevant 2.

While Oak Harbor controlled the varsity game, it was far from an easy victory.  Only five players scored, 4 of them in double figures as the Wildcats won a hard-fought 67-55 game.  Drew Washington was tops with 26 points, Jojo Webster scored 13, Gabe Groenig and Dayne Herron 10 each and Dyllan Harris 8.

The Wildcat wind up their 2012-2013 regular season with home games this Friday the 25th, at Pilchuck on Tuesday the 29th, then end it with Senior Night on the 30th hosting Marysville-Getchell.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Click HERE for some video highlights.


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AAU BBB 2013-01-19 - SWISH league

All five Oak Harbor teams were in action on Saturday, with most having doubleheaders during the day

The 5th grade team had a dismal first half in their first game, against "Beast Mode", but came back in the second to tie the game at the end of regulation, and in the overtime period were able to hold on for a 28-25 victory.  Their second game was against Southside Swarm and the OH boys lost 34-25.

In 6th grade action, the OH team was outmatched by both opponents, falling 34-20 to the Mariners and 38-18 to Sedro-Woolley Blue.

The 7th grade Gold team won two big games, beating Stanwood 47-37 and Marysville 47-25.

It was one game only on Saturday for the 7th grade Purple team and they beat Concrete in a close 30-26 game.

Finally, the 8th grade team beat Sedro-Woolley Wolfpack 48-18 then destroyed Coupeville 48-24.

A short video clip from the 5th grade game against Beast Mode is posted HERE.

HERE is video from the 6th grade game vs Sedro.

5th grade photos are posted HERE

6th grade photos are HERE.

At the end of the action photos are some group photos taken after the games.


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Wrestling 2013-01-17 vs Stanwood

The day after the boys and girls basketball teams had mixed results going up against powerful Stanwood teams, the OH wrestling team hosted the 13th ranked and undefeated Spartans.

In JV action, Oak Harbor won 8 of 19 contested matches, 7 of them by pinfall.  JV winners were Alexia Mobley (1:16), Austin Figueroa (3:15), Sebastian Ceasar (0:41), Kekai Tarrant (8-3), Matt Zafra (3:55), Kenny King (0:46), Nina Manning (1:40) and Blake Pein-Neal (3:58).

The draw before the varsity match put all the matches in weight order, starting with 106 lbs and ending with the heavyweights at 285.

The Varsity match started on a good note, with Christian Bertram earning a fall in just 30 seconds.  OH lost the next two matches but got back on the winning track with a 3rd period pin by Jeremy Vester. Cody Fakkema won 10-1, then Jahleel Vester defeated #12 ranked Nathaniel Zinkard 9-2 to give OH a 19-12 lead.  Jacob Fitzgerald earned a pin in the 3rd to improve the score to 25-12.  The two teams then traded wins, with Stanwood getting 3 pins against 2 OH pins to make the score 37-36 with one match left - Jackson Constant against #12 ranked Josh Smith.  Jackson got in trouble early and was on his back with the ref counting off near-fall points, but recovered, reversed his opponent and with just 22 seconds left in the 1st round, the ref called a pin and held Jackson's hand high in the air, giving Oak Harbor a 43-36 victory.

Photos from the meet are posted HERE.

Video clips, including the frenzied crowd at the end of Contant's match, are posted HERE.


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GBB 2013-01-16 vs Glacier Peak and 01-18 vs Stanwood

Last Wednesday the hot Glacier Peak Grizzlies from WESCO 3A South came to town and left a triple winner.

It was not pretty for the Wildcats in the Freshman game.  GP jumped to an 11-2 first period lead and Oak Harbor never seriously threatened, falling 41-21.  Taylor Deconzo led the team with 7 points, Janae Payne, Kiesha Watts and Tricia Sablan each scored 4 points and Matti Miesle had 2.

While GP led the JV game, it was closer, with the 'Cats down 19-12 at the first break and 31-21 at halftime.  In the 3rd, the Grizzlies unleashed their offense, scoring 24 points while OH could muster only 8.  GP went on to win 64-38.  On a positive note, the Wildcat scoring was spread over 10 players, with Jinai Guzman leading with 9 points.  Irene Gribble scored 6, Kenna Prosch 5, Deja Bunch and Brook Peplinski 4 each, Kyla Bernardo 3, Hayley Lundstrom, AnnaBelle Whitefoot and Jamie Estrella 2 each and Melanie Callaway 1.

The varsity game was tight for 3 quarters.  GP led 13-8 at the first break and 27-25 at halftime, but the Wildcat defense held the visitors to just 5 points in the 3rd quarter and Oak Harbor led 33-32 going into the final period, but the lead didn't last long, as Glacier Peak outscored the Wildcats 21-6 in the final 8 minutes to win 53-39.  Jalani Bobo and Kelsey Rankin each scored 10 for the team, Annie Leete 9 , Ciera Wiser 8 and Deja Bunch 2.

GP photos are posted HERE

Video clips are HERE

Friday evening the teams were back in action, this time against league-leading and #5 ranked Stanwood.  It should be noted that ONLY the varsity team was ranked.  Coming into the game the Stanwood Freshman team boasted only a single win on the season, and they did not get their second Friday night.

Reversing the 1st period of the GP game, it was the Wildcat freshmen jumping to a big early lead, 13-2, and continued to pour it on in a 60-20 win.  Taylor Deconzo and Rosie Mooki were the only players in double figures - Taylor with 18 and Rosie with 16.  Kiesha Watts finished with 9, Janae Payne 6, Tricia Sablan 3, and Suzanne Kaltenbach, Mattie Miesle and Hannah Knoll 2 each.

While the JV game against Stanwood was tied 6-6 at the first buzzer, Oak Harbor went on an 11-3 second period run and continued the tough defense in the 3rd to build a 23-12 lead at the end of the 3rd.  Playing tough defense so far, the 4th period saw the OH offense come to life, scoring 17 points in the final quarter to win 40-20.  Hayley Lundstrom led the team with 10, Irene Gribble 6, Jinai Guzman and Jamie Estrella 5 each, Brook Peplinski and Melanie Callaway 3 each, and Jessica Hollins, Kyla Bernardo and AnnaBelle Whitefoot 2 each.

As expected, Stanwood won the varsity game, but not without a lot of work.  OH trailed just 10-7 after 8 minutes and 26-20 at the half.  The 3rd period was not good to Oak Harbor as Stanwood opened with an 8-0 run and ended the game with a 17-2 run, winning 58-32.  Annie Leete was hot from outside, scoring over half of the team points with 17.  Ciera Wiser added 8, Kelsey Rankin 4, Deja Bunch 2 and Jalani Bobo1.

Stanwood video clips are HERE

Stanwood photos are HERE.


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BBB 2013-01-12 vs Meadowdale

Another 3 games in the OH gym Friday night resulted in only a single victory for the Wildcats as they hosted the Meadowdale Mavericks.

The Freshman team played a decent first half, going to the locker room tied at 20, but the Maverick coach must have made a heck of a halftime speech as Meadowdale came out and scored 19 points just in the 3rd quarter and another 15 in the 4th and they won 54-39.  Diangelo McKinney led the team with 14 points. Shane Huttula added12, half of that total from free throws.  Sean Erskine finished with 6, Alex Harrison, Savion Passmore and Tanner Walker 2 each and Tyler Snavely 1.

The JV squad fell behind early, 10-3 and spent much of the game playing catchup ball.  Down 23-13 at the end of the first, the boys closed the gap to just 27-21 halfway through the second, but a late flurry of Meadowdale points put Oak Harbor in a hole they couldn't climb out of, down 36-23 at halftime. The final score was 76-49 in favor of the Mavericks.  Cortez Ridley scored 19 to lead the team and Isaiah Rennes added 10 more.  JJ Johnson scored 9, all from outside the arc, Jake Sturdevant finished with 5, Ben Fikse 4 and Connor Parmenter 2.

The first half of the varsity game was a yawner, with neither team scoring much.  OH trailed 8-7 at the first horn and led 19-17 at halftime.  Things picked up in the second half with the Wildcats exceeding their entire first half output in just the 3rd period while continuing the stiff defense that limited Meadowdale scoring.  In the end, the Wildcats picked up another win 58-42.  Dayne Herron was the man inside, scoring 17 points and the other inside guy, Chris Hailer, scored 10.  Zach Jones finished with 9, Jojo Webster 8, Drew Washington, Gabe Groenig and Donavan Sellgren 4 each and Dyllan Harris 2.

Photos from the 3 games are posted HERE.

Some video highlights are HERE.



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Wrestling 2013-01-10 vs Pilchuck

Thursday evening the Wildcat wrestling team hosted yet another dual meet, this time against Marysville-Pilchuck.

The JV team wrestled a total of 17 matches - 14 against Pilchuck and 3 exhibition matches.  The JV portion of the meet started poorly for Oak Harbor, with Wildcat wrestlers losing the first 5 bouts by pinfall, then picked up first-round pins by Montana Black (0:54) and Kekai Tarrant (0:45).  Josh Jansen, in his home debut, needed 57 seconds to pin his opponent.  Matt Zafra went to the second round before pinning his opponent to wrap up the JV victories.

In exhibition action, two of the three matches went to overtime.  Kylene Ayer and Tricia Desquitado wrestled to a 4-4 tie with Tricia getting the first points in sudden victory overtime to win.  Olivia Hunt and Aimee Oliver also ended regulation in a tie, 5-5, with Aimee getting a takedown in OT for the win.  In the final JV match of the day, Martin Powers pinned Richard Robinson in 1:19.

Varsity started with the big guys.  Jacob Dugin, at 195 lbs, was first on the mat.  He got in trouble early and ended the first round down 7-2.  He came back in a big way, scoring a reverse and near fall before pinning his opponent in 3:25.  That match may have decided the meet.

Next was Terry Joll, also making his home debut this year.  He was down 4-1 in the first but closed to 6-4 in the 2nd.  In the final period, down 11-7, he scored a reverse to make it 11-9, but the clock wound down before he could score any near-fall points.  It was an exciting match all the way.

Oak Harbor lost 4 of the next 5 matches, putting the Tommies in the lead 22-12, but the 'Cats were getting into the meat of their lineup.  Reeling off 6 straight wins (Jahleel Vester, Jacob Fitzgerald, Cody Fakkema, Mark Johnston and Josh Crebbin), 3 of them by pinfall (Vester, Johnston, Crebbin), the Wildcats regained the lead 39-22 and were guaranteed the team victory.

OH lost the final two matches by carried the day with a 39-34 team score.

Photos are posted HERE

Video highlights are HERE.

The boys and girls have yet another home meet this week, hosting Stanwood on Thursday the 17th, before completing their season on the road at Everett (Jan 22) and at Getchell (Jan 24).


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MS Basketball - OHMS and NWMS

Both schools played home games last week, with NWMS hosting LaVenture on Tuesday and OHMS hosting Cascade on Thursday.

At NWMS, the 7th grade team continued their winning ways by defeating the visitors 38-27. 

The 8th grade game was close.  The Cougars were down by 6 points, 19-13, at the half but continued to play hard and closed the gap to 3, but could't quite close it all the way and fell 45-42.  Two days later the same two teams played again, this time at LaVenture.  The Cougars made some changes on defense that shut down LaVenture's big guy.  They put Alex Hartley on him, and limited his production to just 6 points.  Ramon Booker sparked the offense with 19 points on the way to a 45-22 win.

On Thursday at OHMS, the 7th grade team had a dismal first quarter and never really recovered, ending on the short side of a 58-14 score (according to the official book).

The OHMS 8th grade team was challenged.  The game was close, with both teams leading at various times throughout the game.  OH led 34-32 at the half and was able to hang on for a 67-62 win.  Coach Eric Marshall said it was a great team win.

NWMS 7th grade photos are HERE

NWMS 8th grade photos are HERE.

Click HERE for OHMS 7th grade photos

And HERE for OHMS 8th grade pictures.

OHMS and NWMS will play each other once more this season, with the game taking place in the NWMS gym on Thursday, January 24th.  7th grade at 3:30, 8th grade around 5pm.

Admission is free and NWMS has a concession table.

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GBB 2013-01-09 at Shorewood

Wednesday afternoon the girls went to Shorewood for a series of three back-to-back games against the Thunderbirds, starting with the C team at 3:45pm.  Of the 8 players on the T-bird freshman roster, only 1 had played organized basketball before, and it showed.  The Wildcat girls shut out the host team for the entire second half, and when the dust settled, the final score was Oak Harbor 69, Shorewood 5.  Every player on the OH roster scored points, led by Taylor Deconzo with 19, Janae Payne with 16 and Rosie Mooki with 10.  Matti Miesle finished with 8, Suzanne Kaltenbach 6, Hannah Knoll 4 and Ria Bains 2.  Exchange student Mizuki Suga played on the C team Wednesday and scored her first basket of the year, getting a loud cheer from the JV and varsity players who were watching.

The JV team didn't do as well.  Starting out by digging a 12-3 first-quarter hole, the OH girls trailed 20-9 at the half.  Sparked by some tough defense that held Shorewood to just 4 points in the 3rd, they closed the gap to just 24-18 at the end of the third.  Continuing to play tough, our girls kept cutting away at the Shorewood lead, getting it down to just 2 points, 27-29, with 2:32 left in the game.  That's as close as it would get as the Thunderbirds were able to run the clock down to win the game 34-27.  Melanie Callaway was hot for the night, scoring 11 points to lead the team.  Hayley Lundstrom scored 5, Irene Gribble 4, Deja Bunch 3 and Brooke Peplinski and Annabelle Whitefoot 2 each.

In the varsity nightcap, the Wildcats went up against a 10-3 team that featured a powerful post player who made her presence known quickly. Shorewood sprinted to a 19-8 first quarter lead and never looked back, winning 58-35.  Annie Leete topped the Wildcats with 13 points, Ciera Wiser scored 6, Natalie Fiallos and Kelsey Rankin 4 each, Jinai Guzman 3, Deja Bunch and Annabelle Whitefoot 2 each and Jalani Bobo 1.

The girls are on the road again Friday at Meadowdale, then return home next week Wednesday to face Glacier Peak.

Video highlights from all 3 games are HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.



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BBB 2013-01-08 vs Shorewood

It was a rough night for Oak Harbor boys basketball as the Shorewood Thunderbirds came to town and swept the Wildcats on their home court, although the varsity game went to overtime and right down to the final second.

The freshmen team got off to an OK start, scoring 7 points in the first quarter, but scored only 4 in the second and were down 30-11 at halftime.  While the offense came to life in the second half, it wasn't enough and the boys fell 59-36.  Shane Huttula and Preston Rankin each scored 9, with all of Rankin's points coming off 3-pointers in the final period.  Tyler Snavely finished with 6, Tanner Walker 4, Alex Harrison 3,  DeAndre Mitchell and Sean Erskine 2 each and Savion Passmore 1.

Shorewood jumped to a 17-8 first-period lead in the JV game and led 30-16 at the half, but the JV boys stayed in the game and closed the gap in the 3rd, but the T-birds pulled away late to win 54-38.  Gage Eccleston led the team with 12 points and Cortez Ridley added 10 more.  Jake Sturdevant put up 6 points, Connor Parmenter and JJ Johnson 4 each and Ben Fikse 2.

The first quarter of the varsity game ended with Shorewood up by just 1 point, 11-10,  but put on a 22-12 run in the second to lead 33-22 at the half.  The Wildcats slowly chipped away at the Shorewood lead and when Drew Washington drained a long 3-bomb at the buzzer of the 3rd quarter, the 'Cats were down by just 2 points, 45-43.  The two teams went back and forth in the final quarter and when the buzzer sounded at the end of the 4th, the game was tied at 61.  In the extra frame, neither team could create separation on the scoreboard.  With 16 second left the score was tied again at 67, and that score stood down to the 9 second mark.  Jojo Webster went to the line to shoot two.  He made the first, giving OH a 68-67 lead, but the second rattled off the rim.  Shorewood got the rebound and was able to get down court and as the buzzer sounded the ball went through the basket, giving Shorewood a 69-68 OT victory.

Dayne Herron and Chris Hailer were both major factor in the 2nd half comeback.  Both men finished with 18 points, Herron scoring 12 in the second half and Hailer 15.  Drew Washington finished in double figures with 14, Gabe Groenig added 8, Jojo Webster 7 and Dyllan Harris 3.

The 7-6 boys are back home again this Friday, hosting the 3-10 Meadowdale Mavericks.


Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.


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Youth Boys Basketball

Saturday the winter S.W.I.S.H League in Skagit County kicked off the season with a set of seeding games at various locations throughout the county.

This season, Oak Harbor is fielding 5 teams across 4 grade levels.  There is a 5th grade, 6th grade and 8th grade team and two 7th grade teams, Purple and Gold.

Unfortunately, only 1 team won their seeding game, and that was the 7th grade Gold team, who won 32-22 over Sedro-Woolley White.

Here are the other scores:

5th grade 13, Lakewood Maroon 44
6th grade 25, Meridian 32
7th grade Purple 12, SCPR Raptors 21
8th grade 32, SCPR Titans 52.

Below are links to video highlights and photos from both 7th grade games and the 8th grade game.

Video:

7th Purple

7th Gold

8th grade

Photos:

7th Purple

7th Gold

8th grade


For more information about boys AAU basketball in Oak Harbor, visit the club website at www.oakharborbasketball.com.


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GBB 2013-01-04 vs Mountlake Terrace

Friday evening of the last weekend before school returns to session after the Christmas break, the Oak Harbor girls basketball team played against Mountlake Terrace in a mostly empty gym.  Boy, did those who were not at the game miss out on some excitement!

First there was the JV game.  Jinai Guzman scored 15 of her 20 points in the first period as OH blasted to a 24-9 lead and went on to win 59-40.  Eleven different players scored at least one point.  The win improved the season record for the JV girls to 7-4.  In addition to Guzman's 20 points, Irene Gribble netted 11 from inside the paint, Taylor Deconzo finished with 6, Brook Peplinski 5, Rosie Mooki and Hayley Lundstrom 4 each, Kenna Prosch, Melanie Callaway, Deja Bunch and Kyla Bernardo 2 each and Jamie Estrella 1.

The varsity game was a study in adversity.  Down 17-9 aat the end of the first, the Wildcat varsity girls fought hard and went to the locker room down by 6 points, 27-21.  What kept the Wildcats in the game was an outstanding quarter by senior Kelsey Rankin.  Rankin poured in 11 of her 19 points in that period and was 5-6 at the line.  The 3rd period, though, was a disaster for the girls.  Needing almost 5 minutes to get their first point, the varsity 'Cats found themselves down by 11 points, 34-23, with 3:08 left in the 3rd and finished the period scoring only 7 points and down 38-28.  Although the girls closed the gap, there were still down by 7 points, 44-37 with 2:35 left in the game.  Then, Ciera Wiser got hot.  She scored 7 of her 9 points in the 4th, including a free throw with 48 seconds left to  tie the game at 44.  Thirty second later it was Annie Leete scoring to give the varsity girls their first lead of the night, 46-44.  The defense held off a last Terrace change and the offense scored once more to make the final score 48-44 in favor of Oak Harbor.  Rankin was the top scorer with her 19, Leete and Jalani Bobo each scored 10 and Wiser her 9 to complete the OH scoring.

The girls travel to Shorewood Wednesday evening and to Meadowdale on Friday.  Next week the girls are at home against Glacier Peak and Friday start the second half of league play at home against Stanwood.



Video highlights can be found HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.



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BBB 2013-01-02 vs Sedro-Woolley

Kicking off the new year with a trio of games, the Oak Harbor Wildcat boys basketball team hosted the Sedro-Woolley Cubs last Wednesday night.

In the dome, the freshman game was tight in the first half.  At the end of one it was SW 9-6 and at the half 19-16, but the Cubs blew the game open in the second half.  The Wildcats nearly matched their entire first half point output in the 3rd period, scoring 13, but Woolley tallied 22 points to take a 41-29 lead into the final quarter.  There, the hammer fell.  Sedro poured in 14 points in the final 8 minutes while holding the Wildcats to a goose egg.  Final score - Sedro-Woolley 55, OH 29.  Diangelo McKinney, Tyler Snavely and Shane Huttula each scored 6 for the 'Cats, DeAndre Mitchell finished with 4, Preston Rankin 3, and Savion Passmore and Tanner Walker 2 each.

The JV squad played most of their game playing catchup.  Down 7-0 nearly halfway through the first period, the Wildcats didn't score until the 4:20 mark when Zach Jones swished a 3-pointer.  Over those last 4 minutes the Wildcats scored 6 more while holding Sedro to 2 points, ending the first quarter tied at 9.  The second period was almost a repeat of the first, with the Wildcats getting their first score of the period at the 4:20 mark, but this one a 2-pointer.  When the two teams went into the locker room at halftime the score was tied again, this time at 15.  In the 3rd period Oak Harbor trailed early, but fought back and took a 2-point, 26-24 lead at the buzzer.  Both teams exploded offensively in the final period, with Sedro scoring 18 points but OH hit for 21 points and was able to hold off a late-game surge to win 47-42.  Cortez Ridley kept scorekeeper Misty Sellgren busy tallying up his 19 points while Jones finished with 8.  Donavan Sellgren and Ben Fikse each scored 5 points, Connor Parmenter and Gage Eccleston 4 each and JJ Johnson 2 points.

Oak Harbor raced to an early lead and led 12-3 with only 1:30 left in the first, but Sedro didn't quit and scored 5 more in the rest of the period and trailed the Wildcats 14-8 at the first buzzer.  In the second Sedro caught up and passed the 'Cats 23-21 with 3:15 left in the 2nd and the two teams went back-and-forth for the remainder of the half, which ended with the Wildcats on top 31-30.  In the 3rd, The Wildcat shooting went cold, with the team scoring only 5 points.  Sedro wasn't exactly hot, scoring 15, but it was enough to give them a 46-37 lead at the end of the 3rd.  The Wildcats came back alive in the final period, outscoring Sedro 16-10.  A late 3-ball by Jojo Webster was waved off by a foul that occurred before the shot and a last second shot bounced off the rim.  Sedro left our gym with a 56-53 win in their pocket.  Drew Washington topped the 'Cats with 21 points and Dayne Herron was a force inside with 19.  Webster finished with 7, Chris Hailer with 4 and Gabe Groenig with 2.

The 'Cats are on the road Friday at Mountlake Terrace then return home on Tuesday the 8th to take on Shorewood and Friday the 11th against Meadowdale.

JV and varsity video highlights are posted HERE.

Freshman, JV and Varsity photos are HERE.


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Youth Wrestling 2012-12-30

Sunday the Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club finished the year with a daylong tournament at Burlington-Edison HS.  Numbers were a bit on the light side, with only 9 wrestlers making the trip to the mainland.

Complete Wildcat results are below.

Photos from the days' action are posted HERE.


Skagit Valley Yellowjackets Folkstyle Results for Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club
Bantam 45 - Trenton Force's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal - Madeline Repp (Puyallup Wrestling Club) won in sudden victory - 1 over Trenton Force (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (SV-1 17-15)
Cons. Round 1 - Braedon Requa (Bad Draw Wrestling Club) won by pin over Trenton Force (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:14)

Bantam 50 - Justin Burks's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Keaton Mayernik (Team Scorpion) won by major decision over Justin Burks (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Maj 14-1)
Cons. Round 1 - Justin Burks (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) won by pin over Danny Shook (Sedro Woolley Steelclaw Wrestling) (Pin 1:22)
Cons. Round 2 - Tyler Rhue (Team Scorpion) won by tech fall over Justin Burks (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (TF 18-3)

Bantam 55 - Brody Snyder's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Brody Snyder (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) won by decision over Timothy Newman (UP Vikings) (Dec 4-0)
Quarterfinal - Brody Snyder (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) won by decision over Kael Anderson (Pin City Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-4)
Semifinal - Kazuya Sandoval (Bad Draw Wrestling Club) won by forfeit over Brody Snyder (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (FF)
Cons. Semi - Lars Michaelson (NWWC) won by pin over Brody Snyder (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:39)

Bantam 60 - Isaac Hoth's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Kinney (Bad Draw Wrestling Club) won by pin over Isaac Hoth (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 2:44)
Cons. Round 1 - Isaac Hoth (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Isaac Hoth (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) won by decision over Cole Beeman (Oly Mountain Wrestling Club) (Dec 11-6)
Cons. Round 3 - Cooper Field (Cruiser Wrestling Club) won by pin over Isaac Hoth (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 2:27)

Intermediate 50 - Dylan Estes's place is 5th and has scored 0.00 team points.
Round 2 - Jason Good (Extreme Takedown) won by pin over Dylan Estes (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:39)
Round 3 - Riley Hoople (Arlington Youth Wrestling Club) won by pin over Dylan Estes (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:22)
Round 4 - Jace Ashton (Sedro Woolley Steelclaw Wrestling) won by decision over Dylan Estes (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Dec 9-5)
Round 5 - Ryan Wilson (Vandit Wrestling Academy) won by decision over Dylan Estes (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-1)

Intermediate 60 - Ben Servatius's place is 3rd and has scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ben Servatius (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Ben Servatius (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) won by pin over Joe Sands (Snoqualmie Valley Wrestling Club ) (Pin 0:15)
Semifinal - Ben Servatius (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) won in sudden victory - 1 over Alexander Rapelje (Wrestling Rhinos) (SV-1 2-0)
1st Place Match - Terryl Smith (UP Vikings) won by major decision over Ben Servatius (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Maj 11-0)
2nd Place Match - Tryon Kaess (Snoqualmie Valley Wrestling Club ) won by pin over Ben Servatius (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 1:49)

Novice 65 - Natasha Estes's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Brandon Romnlo (Everett Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Natasha Estes (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Maj 14-0)
Cons. Round 1 - Natasha Estes (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Josh Allred (Everett Wrestling Club) won by pin over Natasha Estes (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:00)

Schoolboy/girl 91 - Joey VanGorder's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Cohen Cleek (Unattached) won by pin over Joey VanGorder (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:21)
Cons. Round 1 - Joey VanGorder (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Duncan Harrison (Snoqualmie Valley Wrestling Club ) won by pin over Joey VanGorder (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 2:42)

Schoolboy/girl 91 - Aaron Fletcher's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Aaron Fletcher (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Aaron Fletcher (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Prit Paul Johal (Miri Piri (Canada)) (Maj 14-4)
Semifinal - Cody Anderson (Oly Mountain Wrestling Club) won by pin over Aaron Fletcher (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:42)
Cons. Semi - Cole Anderson (Bad Draw Wrestling Club) won by pin over Aaron Fletcher (Whidbey Wildcat Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:00)

 

Basketball 2012-12-28

Friday was not a good day for Oak Harbor basketball.  With 5 teams in action, only one came away with a win.

Down in Bellevue in the annual Holiday Tournament, the boys varsity squad avenged a Thursday loss to Kentwood, 57-45 with a 60-53 victory over Monroe.  Saturday the varsity boys wrap up the tournament with a game against Nathan Hale of Seattle.

In Bellingham, the varsity girls fell 58-46 to host Bellingham on Thursday and 57-41 to Tahoma on Friday.

Friday afternoon, the boys JV and freshman team and the girls JV squad competed in a rematch against Anacortes.

The Freshman boys fell 54-38 in the dome, the boys JV 63-44 in the main gym and the girls JV lost by an unreported, but significant score.

All of Friday's photos are posted only at WESCOAthletics.com

Boys JV photos are HERE.

Boys Freshmen photos are HERE.

Girls JV pics are HERE.


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AAU GBB 2012-12-22

The Oak Harbor Catz, a grade 5-8 AAU team coached by Gary Brundidge, finished the winter S.W.I.S.H. season with their tournament held at Skagit Valley College last Saturday.  The team ended the regular season with a 3-5 record.

Their first game was against ProStock Basketball, a team that had beaten the Catz soundly earlier in the season.  In this game, the two teams were neck-and-neck right to the end, but unfortunately, the Catz were on the wrong end of a 30-28 score.  ProStock went on to capture the tournament title.

In their second, loser-out game, the Catz fell to the B-E Sting 35-30, ending the season.

Photos from the game against ProStock are posted HERE.

Video highlights from the 2nd half of the ProStock game are posted HERE.


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GBB 2012-12-21 vs Ferndale

Last Friday night the Oak Harbor girls basketball team faced off against the Ferndale at OHHS with the Golden Eagles winning all 3 games.

The freshman game was very close early, even having lost Rosie Mooki, who recently moved up to the JV team.  Annabelle Whitefoot scored 7 in the first quarter and OH was down only 3 points, 18-15, at the first buzzer.  Ferndale took a firmer lead in the second, outscoring the 'Cats 13-8 to take a 31-23 lead into the locker room.  In the final two periods, both teams scored only single digits and the Wildcat girls were not able to cut into the Ferndale lead and lost 46-39.  Keisha Watts paced the team with 12 points with Taylor Deconzo, Janae Payne and Whitefoot each scoring 9.

In the JV game the Ferndale defense was aggressive and tight, allowing only 2 points by Oak Harbor in the first period, and by halftime the Golden Eagles were up 28-10.  Things didn't get better in the second half as the 'Cats fell 53-27.  Jinai Guzman and Brook Peplinski each finished with 6 to lead the team.  Kyla Bernardo and Irene Gribble scored 4 each, Rosie Mooki 3, and Hayley Lundstrom and Jamie Estrella 2 each.

The varsity nightcap was a study in contrast.  In the first quarter, Oak Harbor played even with Ferndale, and led 15-12 at the first horn.  In the second and third period, though, the Wildcats were outscored 17-8 and 18-6 as Ferndale built a 47-29 lead going into the final 8 minutes.  Ferndale saved the best for last, scoring 23 points to the Wildcats' 19 to win the game 70-48.  Jalani Bobo scored 19 points for the 'Cats, 9 of them from the free throw line, and Annie Leete also scored 15 points, all of them off of 3-pointers.  Ciera Wiser finished with 10, Natalie Fiallos 4, and Hayley Lundstrom and Liz Lym 2 each.

Video highlights from the Freshman and Varsity games are posted HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.


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GBB 2012-12-20 vs Getchell

Last Thursday the lady Wildcats finished up the first half of the season and got their first league win against the visiting Marysville Getchell Chargers.

In varsity action the girls jumped on Getchell early, racing to a 21-6 first quarter lead and led 33-23 at the half.  Getchell made a comeback in the 3rd, closing to within 3 points, 38-35, with 3:03 left in the 3rd.  But, in the final period, the Wildcats turned up the heat on their defense, holding the Chargers to just 2 points while scoring 14 of their own to take the game 57-39.  Jalani Bobo and Annie Leete each scored 19 for the 'Cats and Ciera Wiser added 10 more.  Kelsey Rankin finished with 5 while freshmen Deja Bunch and Jinai Guzman each scored 2.

After the first half of the season, the varsity girls stand at 1-3 in league and 3-5 overall.

Oak Harbor also won the JV game, 38-31.  A stiff defense held Getchell to single digits in each of the first 3 quarters, but slipped a bit in the 4th, allowing 13, but the 38 points scored by the JV 'Cats was topped the Chargers and gave the JV team their 2nd league win of the season. Irene Gribble and Jinai Guzman shared the high score with 11 each.  Hayley Lundstrom finished with 5, Brook Peplinski 4, Kenna Prosch 3, , and Rosie Mooki and Jessica Hollins 2 each.  The JV squad is now 5-3 overall.

Finally, the freshmen.  The girls came into the game undefeated in league play and left it the same way.  Getchell rolled a donut in the first period and Oak Harbor scored 12.  The freshman girls allowed 6 points in the second period but led 24-6 at halftime and essentially went on autopilot for the rest of the game to win 58-9.  Taylor Deconzo and Matti Miesle scored 18 each to lead the team, Keisha Watts finished with 6, Annabelle Whitefoot 4 and Suzanne Kaltenbach 2.

Video highlights from the JV and varsity games are HERE.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.


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Middle School boys basketball 2012-12-20

Thursday afternoon the OHMS and NWMS boys basketball teams met at OHMS for a pair of games.

First up was the 7th grade teams.  Jordan Bell from OHMS scored the first points of the game, but NWMS came back to take the lead, but OHMS scored late to make it 10-8 in favor of the Cougars at the first buzzer.  The Panthers were able to score only 6 points in the second period while NW pumped in 12 to lead 22-14 at halftime.  In the second half, the Cougars put the game away with two big periods, scoring 18 in the 3rd and 16 in the 4th while holding the Panthers to just 14 points total for the half.  The final score was 56-28 for North Whidbey.

Only 3 players scored points for Oak Harbor Middle - Jordan Bell with 8, Joseph Arinaza with 9 and Hoah Herrara with 11.  On the NWMS side, eleven players got on the board, led by Marcus Carr with 16.  Caleb scored 8, TJ 7 and Jerome 6.  Scoring 4 points each were Chris, Mac N. and Paul.  Matt, Weston and Daran finished with 2 points each and Andrew M scored 1.

7th grade game photos are posted HERE.

Click HERE for some video highlights. Included with the action photos are some group photos taken after the game.

As close as the 7th grade game was in the 1st period, the 8th grade game was a blowout.  Tyler Jackson score 8 of his game-high 18 points in the first period and Dylan Bailey added 6 more as the Panthers raced to a 20-0 first-quarter lead.  NWMS got on the board in the 2nd when Dominic S scored, but it was 29-3 at the half.  OH came out hard to start the 2nd half, with Jackson scoring his other 10 points and at the end of three the score now stood at OHMS 50, NWMS 7.  The Cougars outscored the Panthers 7-2 in the final frame, making the final 52-14 for OHMS.

In addition to Jackson's 18 points, Bailey finished with 13, D'Andre Bellamy with 6 and Josh McKenzie 3.  Scoring 2 points each for the Panthers were Trent Benson, Josh Coe, Chaz Purdy, Jomar Perez, Isaiah Brown and Kenneth Morrow.  For North Whidbey it was Dominic finishing wtih 7, Alex H., Kory S. and Sam Z. with 2 each and Nate M. sinking one free throw.

8th grade video clips are posted HERE

8th grade pics are posted HERE. Included are group photos taken before the game.


The Cougars host LaVenture on January 8th while the Panther host Cascade MS on the 10th.  Admission to all middle school games is free.


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Wrestling 2012-12-20 at Anacortes

Thursday morning the OH wrestling team traveled up highway 20 to Anacortes HS for their annual Anacortes Duals tournament.  The school hosted mostly local teams - Oak Harbor, South Whidbey, Mt. Vernon, LaConner as well as Sehome, Shorewood, Concrete and Archbishop Murphy.

Oak Harbor won it all.

First they demolished South Whidbey 60-18 and won 7 of the 12 matches by pinfall and lost only 3 total.

OH winners were Garrett Stahl and Christian Bertram (forfeit); Jeremy Vester, Cody Fakkema, Mark Johnston, Josh Crebbin, CJ Shavers, Jon Lanningham and Jeremy Alonzo (pin); Jacob Fitzgerald (7-0) and Kekai Tarrant (7-6)

Next the Wildcats scored even more points against LaConner, winning 65-18. Four of the wins were by forfeit and 3 Wildcats got pinned. Earning wins via forfeit were Bertram, Desiree Dillaman, Jeremy Vester and Fakkema.  Earning wins by fall were Fitzgerald, Johnston, Crebbin, Shavers, Lanningham and Jacob Dugin.  Alonzo won by tech fall 16-0.

Finishing pool play, OH defeated Anacortes 57-24.  Jeremy Vester, Johnston, Tarrant, Crebbin, Dugin and Peter Case-Smith each won by pin, Jahleel Vester, Fakkema and Bertram won by forfeit. Shavers won 12-7.

In the championship final, Oak Harbor faced Mt. Vernon - their second meeting of the young season - and won again, this time by a 51-24 margin.

Earning pins for the Wildcats were Bertram, Jahleel Vester, Fitzgerald, Johnston, Crebbin, Shavers, Lanningham and Dugin.  Winning by decision was Fakkema (4-2).

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Click HERE for some photos.


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Boys Swim 2012-12-19 vs Lake Stevens

It was another win for the boys swim team, although closer than some earlier meets, as Oak Harbor defeated the Lake Stevens Vikings 93-77.

Although the Wildcats won 8 of 11 events, Lake Stevens depth kept them in the meet.

Josh Jepsen and Kevin Levy each won two events each, with Jepson in the 100 fly and 200IM, and Levy in the 50 and 100 freestyle.  Both of them were also members of winning relay times - the 200 free relay and 200 medley relay.

The Wildcats jump back into action after the Christmas break, hosting the two Marysville schools - Pilchuck and Getchell - at Vanderzicht Pool.

All photos from this meet are posted only at WESCOAthletics.com.


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BBB 2012-12-18

The Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks came to town last Tuesday in the last home game for the boys until the new year.

The Freshman team struggled a bit but held on for a 44-39 win.

In the main gym, the JV team fell behind early, 12-2 with Isaiah Rennes scoring the only bucket of the first quarter, but the team regrouped and scored 13 in the second to close the gap to 20-15 at halftime.  MP surged ahead in the 3rd, taking a 10-point lead and exploded for 22 points in the final 8 minutes to take a way a 60-40 win.  Zach Jones again led the JV team with 12 points.  Rennes finished with 9, Donavan Sellgren with 7, Connor Parmenter 6, Ben Fikse 4 and Jacob Sturdevant 2.

The varsity game was all Oak Harbor from start to finish.  The 0-8 Tommies are having a down year and the Wildcats had a good night on offense.  Five different Wildcats finished in double figures, led by freshman Dyllan Harris with 16.  Leading 14-8 at the end of the first, the Wildcats turned up the heat in the 2nd and 3rd, scoring 23 points in each quarter to cruise to a 77-53 victory.  The other Wildcats in double figures were Jojo Webster with 15, Dayne Herron with 14 and Chris Hailer and Drew Washington with 10 each.  Cortez Ridley and Gabe Groenig each scored 5 and Anfernee Angkaw scored 2.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

HERE are some video highlights from just the varsity game.


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Middle School Volleyball 2012-12-18 NWMS at OHMS

The volleyball season wound down with a final meeting between crosstown rivals.  North Whidbey Middle School crossed highway 20 to take on the Panthers of Oak Harbor Middle School.

Final scores aren't available, but OHMS won both varsity matches handily.

Below are links to some video highlights from the varsity matches and photos from both varsity and JV.

7th grade JV photos

7th grade varsity photos

8th grade JV photos

8th grade varsity photos

7th grade video highlights

8th grade video highlights.

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BBB 2012-12-15 JV and Freshmen at Cascade

Saturday the Freshman and JV squads traveled to Cascade HS for a pair of game.

The freshmen opened and played an excellent first quarter.  OH got on the board first with a nice layup by Savion Passmore, then Sean Erskine sank 3 straight to boost the Wildcat lead to 8-0.  Cascade got into the game with 5:47 left in the quarter by dropping a three-pointer, then crawled back into the game but trailed 11-10 at the first break.

The Wildcat defense stumbled a bit in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, allowing a total of 30 points while scoring 25, and the Bruins led 45-36 to start the 4th period.  A Passmore free throw with 4:43 left put the lead back on the OH side, 46-45 and for the rest of the game it was a back-and-forth affair, and came down to the final seconds.  Another Passmore free throw put the Wildcats up 50-49, but a second shot was waved off by the officials, who called a lane violation on OH.  Cascade was fouled while going for a shot with 7.3 seconds left and sank both shots to regain the lead 51-50 and the 'Cats were unable to score in the final seconds and left the floor with a 51-50 loss.

Erskine finished with 16 points to lead the team, Passmore and Shane Huttula each finished with 15, and Tyler Snavely scored 4.

As close as the Freshman game was, the JV game was a blowout from the beginning.  Oak Harbor just could not get any flow going in the game against a stout Bruin defense and fell 73-40.  Zach Jones scored 18 for the 'Cats, Gage Eccleston 9, JJ Johnson 4, Connor Parmenter 4, and Elijah Smith and Isaiah Rennes 2 each.

The boys return to action with a set of 3 games Tuesday night against Pilchuck and on Thursday travel to Getchell.  Over the break they will play in a 3-day tournament in Bellevue before returning to the Wildcat court on January 2nd vs Sedro Woolley.

Video highlights from both the JV and Freshman games are HERE

Sorry, no photos from these games.

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Wrestling 2012-12-13 vs Meadowdale and Glacier Peak

Last Thursday evening the Mt. Vernon wrestling team came to town again, this time helping Oak Harbor host a double-dual meet vs Glacier Peak and Meadowdale.

First up was MV vs Glacier Peak and OH vs Meadowdale.

Oak Harbor got off to a fast start, winning 6 of the first 7 matches and 8 of 14 overall to win 46-30.

Among the wins were Desiree Dillaman who pinned Andrew Rios in the 2nd period and CJ Shavers and Cody Fakkema who both got first-round pins.

Other OH winners were Christian Bertram (2nd round pin), Jeremy Vester (2nd round pin), Jacob Fitzgerald (2nd round pin), Mark Johnston (10-2) and Jackson Constant (2nd round pin)

Photos from this portion of the meet are posted HERE

Video clips are HERE.

The 2nd half of the meet, vs Glacier Peak was much closer.  Oak Harbor forfeited at 106 lbs and of the remaining 13 matches, won 7, but Glacier Peak got some big points by earning pins in 3 of the final 4 matches, plus the forfeit at the end to push them to a 36-27 victory.

Winning for the Wildcats were Christian Bertram (7-1), Jahleel Vester (19-4), Cody Fakkema (11-2), Jacob Fitzgerald (5-1), Mark Johnston (12-8), CJ Shavers (1st round pin) and Josh Crebbin (13-7).

GP meet photos are HERE

Click HERE for a few video highlights.

Saturday, the varsity squad went up to Squalicum HS for the annual Graham Morin Tournament and came away with 2 individual champions, and with only 9 wrestlers at the tournament, 4th place in the team standings.  Jeremy Vester and CJ Shavers finished in 5th place, Mark Johnston and Jahleel Vester in 3rd and Josh Crebbin and Cody Fakkema 1st.

Over the break the JV and Varsity teams will be participating in various tournaments, and the team is home on January 10th vs Pilchuck.

GBB 2012-12-12 vs Everett

Wednesday evening the OHHS girls basketball team hosted the Everett Seagulls and came away with 2 wins and one loss.

In the dome, the Wildcats got 4 points each in the first quarter from Rosie Mooki, Janae Payne and Keisha Watts to take an early 14-8 lead, then outscored the visitors 12-4 in the second to lead 26-12 at the half.  Another 18 points in the 3rd period - 8 each by Mooki and Taylor Deconzo - put the game out of reach.  Things slowed down in the final quarter an OH won 49-25.  Mooki finished with 16 points and Deconzo 10.  Annabelle Whitefoot added 9, Watts 8, Payne 4 and Trisha Sablan 2.

It was another big win for the JV team in the main gym as they came back from a poor first quarter to win 40-29.  Nearly five minutes into the game, Oak Harbor scored their first point, a Jinai Guzman free throw.  At that point it was Everett 9, OH 1, but the Wildcats scored 5 more points in the final 3 minutes while allowing only 2 points to make it 11-6 in favor of Everett at the first horn.  In the second quarter the JV defense stepped up, allowing only 2 points by the Seagulls and tied the game 13-13 at halftime.  In the 3rd period, while the 'Cats scored 11 points, the Seagulls had their best quarter of the game, scoring 14 and taking a 27-24 lead into the final period.  Again, the JV defense stepped up their game, again holding the visitors to just 2 points while scoring more points in the final period - 16 - than they did in the entire first half.  As is becoming her signature, Hayley Lundstrom scored all 6 of her points in the closing minutes of the game.  Guzman led the team with 12 points while Brook Peplinski dropped 11.  Kenna Prosch and Sierra Southwick each scored 3, Deja Bunch and Melanie Callaway 2 each and Jessica Hollins 1.

As long as it took the JV team to score their first point in their game, the varsity squad took even longer.  Ciera Wiser hit a shot with 2:45 left in the first quarter to make the score 10-2.  Once the door was broken, the team quickly scored another 6 points to end the first quarter down 12-8.  However, Everett opened the 2nd quarter with a 9-1 run to make their lead 21-9, but Oak Harbor fought back over the final 4 minutes of the first half to close the gap to 22-17 with 40 second left.  However, a quick 5 points by Everett in those final seconds gave them a 10-point lead at halftime.

As the second period began, so did the 3rd, with Everett increasing their lead to 50-24 by the end of the 3rd period.  In the final period, Oak Harbor nearly doubled their point total, with Annie Leete scoring 13 of the team's 17 4th quarter points, but it wasn't enough as the varsity team fell 67-41 to Everett.  Leete finished with 28 points, Wiser with 9 and Kelsey Rankin 4.

The girls travel to Marysville Pilchuck Tuesday night then host Getchell Thursday night, then non-league Ferndale on Friday.


Video highlights are HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.

GBB 2012-12-08 vs Squalicum

The OHHS Girls Basketball team hosted an admittedly struggling Squalicum team Saturday afternoon in the Wildcat gym and totally dominated in two of the 3 games.

Over in the dome, the Freshmen sprinted to a 24-0 first period lead, led 43-2 at the half and finished with a 63-6 victory.  Three Wildcat freshmen finished with double figures - Rosie Mooki with 20, Taylor Deconzo with 14 and Matti Miesle 11.  Janae Payne scored 8 as did Kiesha Watts, and Annabelle Whitefoot finished with 2 points.

The JV game wasn't quite the blowout, especially early.  At the first horn, Oak Harbor led 8-4, but went on a 12-2 run in the second to take a 20-6 halftime lead, then outscored the Storm 20-4 in the final period to win 54-23.  Hayley Lundstrom (13) and Brook Peplinski (11) were in double figures for Oak Harbor, while Jinai Guzman and Kenna Prosch each scored 7, Melanie Callaway and Jessica Hollins each scored 6 and Jamie Estrella scored 4.

In the nightcap, Oak Harbor led 10-9 at the end of the first, but Annie Leete sat most of the 2nd quarter with 3 fouls, and the Storm took advantage of that, going on a 15-6 run to take a 24-16 lead at halftime.

Leete came back in the game after halftime and scored over half of her 20 points in the 3rd period and Oak Harbor went on a 17-1 run to take a 33-25 lead and went on to win 50-43.  In addition to Leete's 20 points, Jalani Bobo and Kelsey Rankin scored 8 points each, Ciera Wiser scored 6 as did Natalie Fiallos, with all of Fiallos' points coming from free throws in the 4th period.  Her sharp shooting from the line late in the game proved the difference in the game.  Jinai Guzman played limited time and scored 2 points.


Video highlights are posted HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.

BBB 2012-12-07 vs Stanwood

The Stanwood Spartans came to town Friday evening and showed why they are one of the top teams in the area, as all 3 teams beat the Wildcats soundly.

The freshman game wasn't too bad at first, with the Wildcats trailing 9-4 at the end of the first quarter, then Stanwood went on a 15-4 run in the second to take a 24-8 halftime lead and held on to win 53-27.  Sean Erskine led the team with 11 points and Savion Passmore was also in double digits with 10.  Shane Huttula put up 4 points and Fred Miller 2.

The JV game was a blowout from beginning to end.  The Oak Harbor boys just couldn't find any rhythm and fell 68-20.  Dyllan Harris scored 6, Connor Parmenter  and Elijah Smith 4 each, Zach Jones 3, Gage Eccleston 2 and JJ Johnson 1.

The varsity game didn't look good at first, as the Spartans led 9-3 at the first horn, but the Wildcats fought back to take a 12-9 lead.  Stanwood then went on a run of their own and although the Spartans led 23-16 at the half, the Wildcats were very much in the game.

Until the 3rd quarter.  The Wildcats scored 13 points, but Stanwood more than doubled that with 29 and led 52-29 going into the final period and coasted to a 66-43 win.

There were some good plays in both the JV and varsity games, and some of them are in the video clips posted HERE.

Photos from all 3 teams are posted HERE.


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MS VB 2012-12-06 OHMS vs Cascade

While complete scores aren't available at this time, the Panther volleyball squads were well on their way to a sweep of visiting Cascade Middle School.  In the early matches, the 7th grade varsity team won 2-1, by scores of 25-9, 25-7, 21-25.  At the same time, the 8th grade JV team won their games 3-0.  The late, 8th grade varsity and 7th grade JV scores are not yet available.

8th grade varsity photos are HERE

7th grade varsity photos are HERE.

HERE are the 8th grade JV pictures

HERE are the 7th grade JV pictures.

There will be matchup between the NWMS Cougars and OHMS Panthers on Tuesday, December 18th at NWMS.  Admission is FREE, and there is now a concession stand available.

Wrestling 2012-12-06 vs Mt. Vernon

The Wildcat varsity wrestlers improved to 2-0 for the season Thursday night at OHHS with a 46-24 victory over the visiting Mt. Vernon Bulldogs

The Bulldogs brought a large JV contingent.  So many, in fact, that some of the matches had to be eliminated so the varsity meet could start.

Seventeen JV matches were wrestled, with the Wildcats winning 10, 4 by pinfall.

OH JV winners were Kylene Ayer, Alexia Mobley, Nina Manning (twice), Nathan Larsen (twice), Sebastian Ceasar, Gage Perner-Runkle, Brody Dedobbelaere and Montana Black.

In the varsity meet, the first two weights were forfeits - one to MV, one to OH.  Oak Harbor lost the first two wrestled matches and found themselves behind in team scoring 15-6.

Then the Wildcats got to business.  Cody Fakkema needed only 1 minute to pin his opponent, the Jahleel Vester won 10-6 to tie the match at 15 and Jacob Fitzgerald won 16-11 to put the 'Cats up 18-15.  Then, in the highlight match of the evening, Mark Johnston needed only 13 seconds to get a pin.  Josh Crebbin, CJ Shavers and Jon Lanningham all won by pin to put the match out of reach for the Bulldogs.

Oak Harbor lost two of the final 3 matches, with Ray Quinday getting a first-round pin.

The wrestlers are at home yet again next week, hosting Mt. Vernon again, along with Meadowdale and Glacier Peak in a double dual meet.  The JV start time that night is scheduled for 5:30pm.


JV and varsity Photos are posted HERE

Video highlights are HERE.


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BBB 2012-12-04 at Snohomish

At Snohomish High School Tuesday night, only one of the 3 Wildcat teams left with a win.

The freshman team, playing in Snohomish's new aux gym struggled against a strong Panther team.  The Panthers led 5-1 after the first minute and finished the first quarter leading 15-8.  The second quarter really hurt the Wildcats as Snohomish went on a 17-2 run to take a commanding 32-10 halftime lead.  The remainder of the game was all Snohomish and the Panthers won 59-20.

In the newly remodeled main gym, the JV team played with the Panthers, but just couldn't quite catch up.  The Panthers led 21-15 after the first period and 34-26 at halftime.  Still behind in the 4th quarter, but not way down, the Wildcats resorted to fouling to stop the clock, but the Panthers were shooting sharp from the line and finished with a 66-49 win.  Dyllan Harris led the Wildcats with 20 points, Zach Jones and Isaiah Rennes each added 10, Elijah Smith 6 and JJ Johnson 3.

Oak Harbor jumped out early in the varsity game, leading 16-9 at the first buzzer, with 12 of those points coming off 3-point bombs by Jojo Webster and Drew Washington, with Drew's 2nd shot from about 10 feet above the key at the buzzer.

Snohomish closed to 16-12 early in the 2nd quarter, but OH pulled away and led 30-19 at halftime.  Again, Snohomish crept back into the game, down 45-38 at the end of the 3rd, but the Wildcats held on to win 58-49.  Washington led the OH scoring with 26 points and Jojo Webster was also in double figures with 12.  Dayne Herron and Chris Hailer both scored 8 and Donavan Sellgren 4.

Photos from the game are posted HERE

Video highights from the freshman and varsity games are posted HERE.


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Boys Swim 2012-12-03 vs Monroe

Opening the 2012-2013 season at home Monday night, the OHHS boys swim team had little problem demolishing a small Monroe team at Vanderzicht Pool 137-27.

OH swimmers finished first and second in all 11 races, and swept 6 of the events.

Kevin Levy and Josh Jepsen were 4-time winners for OH, with Jepsen earning state-qualifying times with each win.

The swim team goes to Kamiak on Thursday the 6th, then is at home on Thursday the 13th, hosting Glacier Peak and Snohomish.

Photos are posted HERE


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BBB 2012-12-01 vs Lake Stevens

Since the varsity team will be playing in a tournament in Bellevue over the Christmas break, the JV and freshman teams had open dates, and filled one of them with a game at home against the Lake Stevens Vikings/Cavalero Mid-High Mustangs.  Both games were played in the main gym.

In the Freshman game, the Wildcats struggled throughout as the Cavalero Mid-High Mustangs rolled to a 64-18 win.  Scoring was evenly spread throughout the Wildcat team with 9 players scoring points and no player getting more than 7.  Leading the 'Cats was Elijah Smith with 7.  Shane Huttula scored 5 and Diangelo McKinney 4.  Alex Harrison, Savon Passmore, Preston Rankin, Sean Erskine, Tanner Walker and Dante Mitchell each scored 2 points.

The JV game was much closer, with Oak Harbor winning 65-51.  Donavan Sellgren led the scoring with 19 points, Dyllan Harris right behind with 18.  Zach Jones contributed 10, Jake Sturdevant 7, JJ Johnson 6, Isaiah Rennes and Conner Parmenter 2 each and Gage Eccleston 1.

The boys are all at Snohomish next Tuesday the 4th, then open league play at home on Friday the 7th against a powerful Stanwood team.

The JV/Freshman teams will play Saturday the 15th at Cascade.

Video clips from the freshman game are posted HERE.

Sorry, no photos this time.


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GBB 2012-11-30 at Mt. Baker

For their first road game of the hear, the Wildcats traveled to Deming to take on the 1A Mt. Baker Mountaineers.  Mt. Baker does not have a freshman team so it was a JV/Varsity contest only.

The JV team was a little shaky in the beginning of the game and trailed 13-8 at the end of the first period, but started bringing it together in the second to tie the game at 21 at halftime.

Oak Harbor fell behind in the third, scoring only 5 points and allowed the Mountaineers to build a 34-26 lead.  Then, Hayley Lundstrom came alive.  Scoring only 3 points for the first 24 minutes, she scored 14 in the 4th period, 6 in the final minute and 4 in the final seconds to tie the game at 48 and force overtime.  In the extra period, 5 girls scored points while the defense held Mt. baker to just 6 points.  The final was Oak Harbor 62, Mt. Baker 54.

Lundstrom finished with 19 points, Brook Peplinski with 13 and Deja Bunch 11.  Taylor Deconzo had 7, Irene Gribble 5, Jessica Hollins 3 and Annabelle Whitefoot and Melanie Callaway scored 2 points each.

Things looked bleak for the varsity squad as Mt. Baker built an 8-0 lead.  Oak Harbor didn't score until the 2:45 mark in the first period when Annie Leete sank a free throw.  The team recovered a bit but still trailed 18-6 at the end of the first.

The girls got their act together in the second period, holding the Mountaineers to just 7 points and closing the gap to 2 points, 22-20 after Leete shot a 3-pointer with 1:39 left in the half.  Mt. Baker led 25-22 at halftime.

OH spotted Mt. Baker a 10-point lead halfway through the 3rd period and with just over a minute left in the period, Mt. Baker led 37-28.  A flurry of OH points cut into the lead and the 'Cats trailed 39-36 after 3 periods.

In the final quarter, with 7:15 left, Oak Harbor took their first lead of the game, 40-39 and built it up a bit to 45-41, but Mt. Baker came back and regained their lead 54-53 with one minute left and held on to win 57-53.

Leete scored 24 to lead the team and Jalani Bobo again was in double figures with 10, thanks to an outstanding 75% effort from the free throw line.  Ciera Wiser scored 9, Liz Lym 5, Jinai Guzman 3 and Kelsey Rankin 2.

The varsity game was full of fouls, with two Wildcats and two Mountaineers fouling out and four others played to the end of the game with four fouls.  Overall the Wildcats were called for 25 fouls and the Mountaineers for 27.

Next up for the girls is a trip to Stanwood next Friday night to open league play, then play Squalicum at home the following day, December 8th.

Video highlights are posted HERE.

Click HERE for photos.



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Wrestling 2012-11-29 vs Arlington

Thursday evening the OHHS wrestling team started their season with a big 51-27 over the visiting 4A Arlington Eagles, ranked 19th in the pre-season rankings.

Oak Harbor entered the meet with a #14 ranking.

In the JV portion of the meet, 15 matches were wrestled with the Wildcats picking up 6 wins.  Winning by pin were Sebastian Ceasar, Oliva Hunt, Noel Cheeseboro and Austin Figueroa.  Austin was losing 15-11 when he was able to take his opponent to his back and get the win.  The other two OH JV winners were Brandon Casteneda (12-3) and Aimee Oliver (13-2).

Three matches were won by forfeit in the varsity meet, two won by Arlington and one by OH.  Of the remaining 12 matches, Oak Harbor won 7 by pinfall and one by a 14-10 score.  The Wildcats lost one match by injury default, one by pin, and one by a 13-7 score.

Ray Quinday won by pin in 3:06 over Henderson
Jackson Constant won by pin in 1:29 over Ries
Jeremy Vester won by pin in 40 seconds over Hunter
Cody Fakkema won by pin in 29 seconds over Brock-Anderson
Jahleel Vester won by pin in 27 seconds over Bayer
Jacob Fitzgerald won 14-10 over Barney
Josh Crebbin won by pin in 57 seconds over Gardoski
CJ Shavers won by pin in 36 seconds over Cover
Jon Lanningham won by forfeit.

The Wildcats are at home again this coming Thursday, December 13th vs Mt. Vernon.

Video clips of Hunt, Cheesebor, Casteneda, Constant, Fitzgerald and Shavers are posted HERE.

Photos are posted HERE.



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