THEY DID IT!!!
After dozens of close-but-not-quite losses and an occasional 1-goal win over the past few years, the Oak Harbor boys soccer team got it all together to beat the Marysville-Getchell Chargers 4-2 Tuesday night at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.
Getchell got on the board first, but Cayley Powers tied it up in the 17the minute. Getchell went ahead again with just 30 seconds left in the half and led 2-1 at halftime.
Andrew Mitchell scored in the 47th minute to tie the game, and for the next 14 minutes it was back-and-forth soccer, until...
Just over halfway through the second half, Chase Muller lined up for a free kick and it sailed over the keeper's head and into the next to give OH a 3-2 lead. What was even more remarkable about the shot is that Muller kicked it from over 40 yards out!
Cayley Powers scored again late, with less than 2 minutes left, going one-on-one with the Charger keeper and the 'Cats walked away with a convincing 4-2 win.
Photos (varsity only) are posted HERE.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Boys Soccer 2013-03-19 vs Getchell
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Girls Golf 2013-03-19 @ WGCC
As usual, the girls golf season kicked off with the annual Whidbey Shootout at the Whidbey Golf and Country Club in Oak Harbor.
Sixteen schools attended, with the furthest being Mercer Island HS. Golfing got started at 11:30am and wasn't finished until late afternoon.
While as a team the Wildcats finished 7th out of 10 scoring teams with 553 strokes (Jackson was first with 480), junior Annie Leete was the top individual golfer, carding an 81 for the day. Two Jackson golfers were in second and third with 83 and 89 strokes each.
The girls are at home again on Thursday with another match at WGCC.
Photos of the five OH golfers are posted HERE.
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
Softball 2013-03-15 vs Snohomish
The home opener for the Oak Harbor Wildcat softball team didn't turn out the way the expected. The game started with the Panther smacking the first pitch all the way to the left field fence, and the next batter whacked the ball over the fence. The Panthers never let up and the game ended after 5 innings with the Wildcats on the short end of a 17-0 score.
The JV squad was able to get one girls across the plate, but also fell to the mercy rule 15-1.
Some great photos are posted at the WESCOAthletics.com website.
Click HERE for JV photos
Varsity photos are HERE.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Girls Tennis - Week of March 11-15
It would be great to say that the Oak Harbor girls tennis team kicked off the season with a big win, but it didn't happen Thursday afternoon.
At OHHS, the JV girls fell to visiting Burlington 6-1, with freshman Anna Belle Whitefoot picking up the lone victory in a marathon 4-6, 7-6(8-6), 10-5 win.
On Friday, the JV team evened their record by beating Arlington 5-2. Whitefoot won again at 1st singles, this time in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. Also winning in single play were Jessica Ganswig (6-1, 6-4) and Erina Horikawa (6-0, 6-2). In doubles play, 1st doubles Ria Bains and Ellysa Boganay won 7-5, 6-7(7-9), 10-4 and 3rd doubles Julia Smith and Olivia Farrell won 6-3, 6-4.
The varsity team played against Burlington as well, but due to the weather played at the Skagit Valley College covered courts and were working against a hard time deadline, so the girls played a single 8-game pro set.
The only OH winner was the 3rd doubles team of Brittany Rigby and Cat Amsler, who won 8-5.
Friday against Arlington the varsity squad picked up two wins, but lost the match 5-2. McKenzie Perry won at 2nd doubles 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(5), and Rigby and Amsler won at 3rd doubles 6-2, 6-2.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Baseball 2013-03-04 vs Bellingham
The rain threatened, but did not fall as the OHHS varsity baseball team hosted Bellingham. The game was full of offense, with Bellingham coming out on top 14-11. In Bellingham, the JV squad pounded their hosts 18-5.
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Track 2013-03-04 Jamboree @ OHHS
The 2012-2013 track season started Thursday afternoon with the Island Jamboree at OHHS, featuring the Wildcats, Coupeville, South Whidbey and Lakewood.
Oak Harbor got off to a good start, winning 14 events - 6 for the girls and 8 for the boys.
Girls winners -
Jessica Hollins - 100 and 200m dash champ
Christina Wicker - 1600m run
Ciera Wiser - Javelin and Triple Jump
Claire Anderson - High Jump
Boys winners -
Robert Miller-Hubbel - 200m dash
Noel Cheeseboro - 400m dash
John Rodeheffer - 800 and 1600m run
Jeremy Foster - Shot put
Tyler Adamson - Discus
Chris Hailer - High Jump
Jayden Davilla - Triple Jump
In addition, OH picked up eleven 2nd place finishes
200m - Chris Hailer and Matti Miesle
400m - Suzanne Kaltenback and Stephen Dixon
800m - Sebastian Ceasar
Shot Put - Taylor Deconzo
Javelin - Kekai Tarrant
High Jump - Jacob Olson and Hayley Lundstrom
Triple Jump - Jon Lanningham.
Complete results can be found HERE
A variety of photos of OH athletes from the meet are posted HERE.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Boys Golf 2013-03-11 @ WGCC
The Oak Harbor boys golf team kicked off the 2013 spring sports season by hosting Lake Stevens, Monroe and Edmonds-Woodway at the Whidbey Golf and Country Club Monday afternoon.
It was an early start with the meet getting underway at 1pm.
The Wildcats finished n 2nd place with 427 strokes to E-W's 437. LS was 3rd with 441 and Monroe in 4th with 471.
Individually for the Wildcats, Quinnton Wallace led the team by shooting an 80. Hunter Adams shot 86, Jerin Applegarth 87, Raiden Poe 90, Caleb Knaack 94 and Steven Timm 94.
Photos of all the golfers are posted to WESCOAthletics.com
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
MS GBB 2013-03-07 OHMS @ NWMS
Oak Harbor Middle School and North Whidbey Middle School met again, this time at NWMS.
In the first matchup, the OHMS 7th grade team won 20-17, but on Thursday NWMS got their revenge.
The game started out slow, with NW leading 6-4 at the first buzzer, but points from Briana Garcia and Roselia Loera made it 15-10 at halftime. In the 3rd, the Cougars turned up the defensive heat, shutting out the Panthers and grabbing a 24-10 lead going into the final period. In the 4th, OH got some offense going, but the Cougar lead was too much as NWMS won the rematch 28-17. Scoring for the Cougars were Garcia with 15, Loera with 6, Nina Fox 4, Paige Jackson 3 and Alyssa McCauley 2. For the Panthers it was Cherrish Asinsin leading the team with 7, Grace Westcott and Samantha Hines with 4 each, and Trinity Olivera with 2.
The first 8th grade game was won by NWMS, 43-14, and this time the Panthers resolved to do better - and they did!
Looking like a repeat of the first game early, NW led at the end of the first quarter 13-6, but the two teams played even in the second, with NW leading 19-12 at halftime. The OH defense was still keeping the explosive NWMS offense in check, allowing 9 points in the 3rd, but the Panthers could score only 6 of their own. Even though down by 10, the Panthers refused to quit and stepped up their defense even more, and in the final period the Cougars could score only 4 points. Unfortunately, the Panthers scored only 6 of their own, and NWMS swept the 2012-2013 series by winning game two 32-24.
Scoring for the Panthers: Lydia Peplinski 10, Julie Jansen 8, Taylor Edwards 5 and Ally Henry 1.
For the Cougars it was Bryn Langrock 15, Elisabeth Adams and Michaela Pasch 4 each, Rahsanna Graham 3 and Hollie Dunn, Jaden Jesus and Lupe Loera 2 each.
Both teams have a couple more games to play before ending the season with a combined awards banquet late next week.
Photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE
8th grade photos are HERE.
Sorry, no video this time!
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
MS Wrestling 2013-03-05 @ NWMS
Tuesday afternoon the Wildcat United wrestling team hosted Cascade MS (Sedro-Woolley), Anacortes and Burlington in a tournament-style meet at NWMS.
Wrestling took place on two mats with wrestlers matched up by weight and always wrestling someone from another school. The first round consisted of a total of 48 matches, the second round 33 and final round 27.
Only partial results are available - some of the winners in the first round were W. Nicholson (pin), Aborqui (18-2), L Nicholson (9-8), Manning (pin), Lym (pin), K. Nichols (11-2), MacIntire (pin) and Rude (pin).
In the second round, some of the winners were Cosper (18-1), Sanchez (pin), Fletcher (pin), Aborqui (11-6), Taylor (pin), Brookshire (pin) and Aketch (18-3).
Video highlights from the 1st and 2nd rounds are posted HERE.
Photos from the first two rounds are posted HERE.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
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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