Boys tennis update

Both the varsity and JV tennis teams played Friday afternoon, with the JV at home and Varsity on the road against Getchell (for the 2nd time this week)

At MG, again the Wildcats crushed their opponents in sweeping the singles matches but could not pick up a doubles win for the 4-3 team victory.

Jackson Wezeman won 6-1, 6-0, Raymond Paraiso 6-1, 6-0, Rodrigo Columbo 6-0, 6-1 and Calib Byers 6-0, 6-1.

In JV action, Getchell won 4-3, with Oak Harbor picking up wins at 2nd singles (Nathanael Thompson, 6-2, 4-6, 10-8), 4th singles (Clifford Hartley, 7-5, 6-1), and 3rd doubles (Shawn O'Connor and Jacob Schermerhorn, 6-3, 6-3).

The JV team was back on the court Monday afternoon with a match at Arlington and lost 5-2.  Thompson won 5-7, 6-4, 10-8 at 2nd singles as did Hartley at 4th singles, 7-5, 7-6(7-3).

The netters have 3 matches left this month.  On Wednesday the 23rd the varsity heads for Stanwood with JV at home.  The next day it's varsity at home and JV at Pilchuck.  Finally, on 9/29 it's varsity at Everett and JV at home.


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Volleyball 2015-09-17 vs Lynnwood

At Lynnwood High School Thursday night, the Wildcat volleyball team won the first game in an extra-point 27-25 thriller, but the Royals came back to win three straight to collect the 3-1 win.

The JV team fell 2-1 and C/Freshman team was swept 3-0.

The VB girls are at home on Monday, September 21st, hosting Arlington.

JV/C start at 5:15, varsity at 7.


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Girls Swim 2015-09-17 @ Everett

In a dual meet Thursday afternoon in Everett, the Wildcats won 9 of the 12 events to swim past the host Seagulls 116-70.

Taliah Black won the 200IM and 100 breast and was a member of the winning 200 free and 200 medley relay teams.

Marissa Morris won the 200 free and 100 back, and was on the winning 200 and 400 free relay teams.

Other individual event winners were Jillian Pape (50 free), Anna Kate Fahey (100 free).

The girls are at home next Monday, September 21st, hosting Stanwood in a dual meet at Vanderzicht Pool, with a 5:30 scheduled start time.


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Cross Country 2015-09-17 at Jackson

Finally, the Wildcat Cross Country team got into action, with a trip down south to Jackson HS to take on the host, plus 4A schools Cascade and Kamiak.

For the boys, the Wildcats tallied 77 points to finish 3rd.  Jackson won with 29, Kamiak 2nd with 48 and Cascade 4th with 80.

Miguel Guzman was first among the Wildcats, finishing in 13:44, 9th overall.  Tyler Grehan, Michael Lym, Caleb Peek and Ben Gasper were also in the race and earned points for the Wildcats.

On the girls' side, Kamiak won the meet with 23 points.  Oak Harbor was 2nd with 44,  Jackson 3rd with 59 and Cascade 4th with 102.

The top 3 OH finishers finished 5th, 6th and 7th in the race (Alexis Smith, Tamia Rios and Carolynn Wicker).  Emma Lerch and Olivia Flack also earned points for the 'Cats.

JV results are not available.

The teams travel next to Mt. Vernon on Sept 24th for a tri met against Mt. Vernon and Stanwood at Skagit Valley College.


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Girls Soccer 2015-09-17 at Stanwood

In what was a busy day for Wildcat sports, the girls soccer team traveled to Stanwood, with the JV team picking up a 4-1 victory but the Varsity getting shut out 3-0.

It was the first league loss for the 'Cats, who travel to 0-3 Getchell next Tuesday, the 22nd, then return home to face Edmonds-Woodway on Thursday the 24th.


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Boys Tennis 2015-09-17 vs Arlington

The scheduled JV match at Arlington was postponed to a future date.

At home, the varsity team lost a close 4-3 match to the visiting Eagles, capturing 3 of the 4 singles matches, but none of the doubles.

Winning for the Wildcats were:

1st singles Jackson Wezeman, 6-2, 6-2
3rd singles Rodrigo Columbo, 6-1, 7-5
4th singles Calib Byers, 6-1, 6-0

The 1st doubles team of Jared Hunt and Matthew Hallahan went to 3 sets before falling 2-6, 7-5, 2-6.

In an exhibition match, Nathanael Thompson and Trenton Cone teamed up to win 8-3.

Friday is the 2nd match against Getchell this week, with JV at home and Varsity on the road.  Matches start at 3:30pm and are free to all.


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FB 2015-09-17 - Freshmen at Sedro-Woolley

Instead of the originally scheduled freshman football game, which was to be at home against Ferndale on Wednesday, the Oak Harbor boys had to travel to Sedro-Woolley for a mini-jamboree against Sedro and Ferndale, playing a half against each team.

Oak Harbor won the first, against Sedro, 6-0, but dominated the game on both sides of the ball for most of the 20 minutes of play.

The second game, against Ferndale, was 6-0 in favor of the Golden Eagles.

Next week, instead of the originally scheduled Bye, the freshman team will not travel to Stanwood with a special 4pm kickoff time.

Some photos from Thursday's action against Sedro are posted HERE.


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Boys Tennis 2015-09-16 vs Getchell

On Wednesday the 16th, the varsity Boys Tennis team traveled to Getchell while the JV team hosted the Chargers.

At the OH courts, Getchell won the team scoring 5-2, but with 2 of the losing matches going into tiebreakers, it could have gone either way.

Winning for Oak Harbor were 2nd singles Nathanael Thompson (6-3, 6-1) and 3rd singles Trenton Cone (6-4, 3-6, 10-8)

Going to a 3rd set were 1st singles Rheeno Kwak in a marathon match (6-3, 6-7(3-7), 12-10), 4th singles Clifford Hartley (7-5, 2-6, 10-6), and 1st doubles Luke Martin and Matt Kolden (3-6, 6-2, 10-4)

Down in Marysville, the varsity squad came away with their 2nd 4-3 win of the young season.

Oak Harbor won all four of the singles matches (Jackson Wezeman 6-0, 6-0, Ray Paraiso 6-1, 6-3, Rodrigo Columbo 6-0, 6-0 and Calib Byers 6-1, 6-1), but lost all 3 doubles matches.

Thursday, 9/17 the varsity is at home against Arlington and Friday back to Getchell again, with JV in the opposite location (away Thursday, home Friday)

Photos from the JV match are posted HERE.


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Girls Swim 2015-09-15 vs Snohomish & GP

The Girls Swim season started with a long trip down to the brand-new Snohomish Aquatic Center to take on the Panthers of Snohomish and Grizzlies of Glacier Peak, and came away with a split.

In team scoring, the Wildcats crushed Snohomish 105-73, but fell to Glacier Peak 98-84.

More importantly were the district meet qualifying times posted by 6 of the Oak Harbor swimmers, and in a variety of events.

In the 100 backstroke, 3 girls qualified - Marissa Morris, Erica Sugatan and Baelee Whitinger.  Sugatan also qualified in the 200 IM and Morris in the 200 free.

Other 2-event qualifiers were Taliah Black (200IM and 100 breast) and Jillian Pape (50 free adn 100 fly.  Sophie Dickinson qualified in the 500 free.

Next for the Wildcat girls is a trip to Everett for a dual meet against the Seagulls.

The first home meet is Monday, September 21st against Stanwood, followed a week later with another home meet on Sep 28th against both Marysville schools.

Admission is free for all home swim meets!


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Girls Soccer 2015-09-15 vs Lynnwood

There was mixed success for the Oak Harbor girls soccer teams Tuesday night as the Wildcats took on Lynnwood High School at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

In the JV opener, the two teams fought to a 0-0 tie, with a number of great saves by the OH keeper.

In varsity action, the score was 0-0 at halftime, but, due to an injury, the Royals had to play most of the game a man down, and the Wildcat speed wore down the visitors, resulting in a 2-0 win by Oak Harbor.  The first goal was by Lydia Peplinski with an assist to Cailey Etherington.  The second goal was by Malia Hansen with the assist to Peplinski.

The girls play the next to matches away, at Stanwood and at Getchell, before returning home on Sep 24th to play Edmonds-Woodway.

Photos from the JV match are posted HERE

Varsity pictures are HERE.


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Boys Tennis 2015-09-14 vs Glacier Peak

Monday was not a good day for Oak Harbor tennis as both the varsity and JV teams fell to Glacier Peak 7-0.

Glacier Peak has a strong tennis team and has enjoyed a lot of success since the school was first built.

All the varsity matches ended in straight-set losses.

There are still 3 matches remaining this week, with two of them against Getchell.

The varsity team travels to Marysville on Wednesday, then hosts Arlington on Thursday and Getchell on Friday.  The JV squad will be at the opposite location.

Photos from Monday's matches are posted HERE.


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Youth football 2015-09-12

It was a good week for the Oak Harbor Football and Cheer League last Saturday, with 5 of 7 teams winning their games, included a 3-game sweep on home turf.

On the road at Sedro-Woolley White, the Gold PeeWees won 26-8, and the Junior Gold team walloped Arlington 42-0.

The Purple Juniors fell to Sedro White 31-7 and Senior team lost to Friday Harbor 33-7.

At home, the Midget Purple team built a 19-0 first-quarter lead before cruising to a 40-7 win over Mt. Vernon Black.

At noon, the Midget Gold team was up 14-0 on Anacortes White after running just a single offensive play and using a minute of game time, and the team rolled to a 50-12 win.

The 2pm game featured the PeeWee Purple team vs Anacortes.  The Seahawks scored first and converted a 2-point PAT while OH scored but did not convert.  In a close game, the Wildcats held on for a 20-18 win.

Next Saturday there will be 5 home games with just the two PeeWee teams on the road.

First game at 9am - Junior Gold vs Lakewood Maroon.

Be there and support our youth!

Midget Purple photos are HERE

Gold Midgets are HERE.

Click HERE for the PeeWee Purple team

Click HERE for photos of previous games, and the Jamboree

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FB 2015-09-11 vs Ferndale

By David Svien

They got their bite back.

A week after being knocked around, a resurgent Oak Harbor High School football squad roared back to life, upending a ranked team on its home field.

Despite playing without seven key players, the fired-up Wildcats rolled up 368 yards of offense en route to a 31-28 upset of Ferndale Friday, Sept. 11.

The Golden Eagles, who won their opener in overtime, entered the game ranked 10th in the state in the latest 3A polls.

Now 1-1 on the young season, Oak Harbor will enjoy a rare week off, which should enable most of its dinged-up stars to get healthy in time for the Wesco North opener.

That game is Sept. 25 in Oak Harbor (7 PM kickoff) and undefeated Everett (2-0) is the next upset victim on the menu.

Coming off of a 55-6 loss on opening night, the 'Cats were looking for a spark and Savion Passmore delivered.

The only one of Oak Harbor's top five running backs in uniform, he ripped through the Ferndale defense (or lack of one) for 146 yards on 15 carries.

He had help, as well, with all-league wide receiver Dyllan Harris sliding into the backfield, where he posted 101 yards on 12 carries. Quinn Karney provided the third prong in a three-prong attack, rumbling for 45 yards on 14 carries.

With a crisp 302 yards on the ground, Oak Harbor didn't need much from its quarterbacks, but what the Wildcats did get was efficiency.

Taylor Kolste and Tyler Snavely combined to complete six of 12 passes for 66 yards, with Harris hauling in just about everything. He finished with five snags for 59 yards.

While the Wildcat defense didn't force a punt, it did bring the Golden Eagles to a crashing halt three times, forced the ball to be turned over with a fourth-down stop.

Toss in a relatively cleanly-played game (only two penalties) and much-improved special teams play (which included a 23-yard field goal off of the toe of Eric Jensen) and Oak Harbor was all about the precision.

The 'Cats spread out their touchdowns, getting scores from Mac Nuanez (one-yard run), Passmore (57-yard run) and Harris (13-yard run and one-yard run).


Photos from the game are posted HERE.


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FB 2015-09-09 - Freshmen at Monroe

It was the closest of the 3 football games against Monroe this first week of the season, but the freshman team fell to the host Bearcats 27-20 last Wednesday at Monroe HS.

Monroe got on the board first with a long play, just 50 seconds into the game.

Oak Harbor responded with a pick-six at 7:38 in the 2nd, but the PAT failed, leaving the score at 7-6 for Monroe.

OH then took the lead with just under 3 minutes left in the half and converted the 2-point PAT to make the score 14-7 at halftime.

The 3rd quarter was back and forth but with just 5 seconds left in the quarter, Monroe was able to tie the game at 14, then due to a muffed kickoff, took a 20-14 lead at the horn.

With exactly 5 minutes left in the game, the Wildcats got on the board again to tied the score at 20, but with 3:18 left in the game the Bearcats scored once more, then held out to end the game with a 27-20 win.

Next week the Freshman team was supposed to host Ferndale, but now it looks like they'll travel to Sedro-Woolley to play a half against the Cubs and a half against Ferndale.  More details later as they are firmed up.


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Boys Tennis 2015-09-10 vs Mv Vernon

The OHHS boys tennis teams got off to a good start Thursday with a pair of wins against Mt. Vernon.

In varsity action, the Wildcats swept singles play, with Jackson Wezeman shutting out his opponent 6-0, 6-0 at 1st singles.  Ray Paraiso at 2nd singles win 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, Rodrigo Columbo won at 3rd singles 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 and Calib Byers won 6-0, 6-1 at 4th singles.

In doubles, however, it was all Bulldogs as OH lost all 3 matches, but the match win went to Oak Harbor 4-3.

At Mt. Vernon, the JV team also notched a win, 5-2, with all four singles players getting wins: Nathanel Thompson, Trent Cone, Clifford Hartley and Luke Martin.  Also winning was the #2 doubles team of Jacob Schermerhorn and Jordan George.

The next match is next Monday, the 14th, with varsity at home and JV on the road at Glacier Peak.


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FB 2015-09-07 JV vs Monroe

Another night, another big loss to 4A Monroe, this time the JV team on Monday night.

Monroe rolled to a 34-0 lead, including a pick-six and a kick return before Oak Harbor was able to score with 10:59 left in the game.

The final was 41-7 in favor of Monroe.  The Wescoathletics site says 46-7, but the scoreboard read

Next Monday the JV Squad travels to Ferndale for an early 4pm game.

Photos from the Monroe game are posted HERE.

Use coupon code EB89204962 at checkout to get 15% off, good until Sep 22nd.


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FB 2015-09-04 - Varsity at Monroe

By David Svien

Can they get a do-over?

Opening night was rougher than expected for a young Oak Harbor High School football squad, as it hit the road Friday and took a 55-6 thrashing at Monroe.


Not only were the Wildcats bruised on the scoreboard, but on the turf as well, as top rusher Princeton Lollar limped to the sideline early in the second quarter.


Before he went Lollar rambled for 59 yards on nine carries, teaming with Jordan Washintgon (7-51) and Savion Passmore (8-32) for most of Oak Harbor's offense.

'Cat quarterbacks Taylor Kolste and Tyler Snavely combined for just two completions and 10 yards through the air.

Monroe came out on fire and never cooled off, scoring on the first play of three separate drives. The Bearcats rolled up nearly 400 yards of offense, while forcing three Oak Harbor fumbles and blocking two kicks.

The Wildcats lone score came in the second quarter, and was set up by two nice runs from Lollar right before his injury.

Riding bursts of 15 and 12 yards from Lollar and an 18-yard zag from Washington, Oak Harbor finally moved down field at a consistent pace. Passmore then capped the drive with a 26-yard dash to the end zone.

Monroe blocked the extra point, however, holding on to a 21-6 lead, and things went quickly downhill from there for the Wildcats.

Oak Harbor managed just a single first down in the second half, coming courtesy a 16-yard run by Mackenzie Nuanez in the fourth quarter.

More photos are available HERE

Youth Football 2015-08-29

It wasn't a really good weekend for Oak Harbor Youth Fooball, as only 3 of the seven teams won their games, and only one of the teams playing at home.

On the road, it was PeeWee Purple 32, MV Green 0, Midget Gold 18, MV Green 20, Junior Purple 6, MV Green 12 and Junior Gold 26, Bellingham TD 12.

At home, strong winds played havoc with the passing and kicking games.

The Midget Purple team was the sole home winner, beating Friday Harbor 25-0.  The Gold PeeWees lost 20-6 to Lakewood and the Seniors 27-0 to Sedro-Woolley.

PeeWee photos are HERE

Midget photos are HERE

Senior photos are HERE

No games next week due to the Labor Day weekend.

Youth Football - 2015-08-22

The first week is in the books, and overall, OH teams did well.

Both Junior teams were on the road, with the Purple squad falling to Granite Falls 14-6 at 11am.

The Gold squad went to Sedro Woolley, and battled not only the Blue team, but also smoke from the fires when the wind shifted halfway through the game.  In the end, OH was victorious, winning 38-6.

At home, the day started with the Gold PeeWee team demolishing South Whidbey 35-6.

Pictures are HERE

Next up was the Senior squad, facing off against a select Bellingham team, and although there were flashes of greatness, the Wildcats fell 39-12.

Senior pics are HERE

The 1pm game was the Purple PeeWees vs Sedro Blue.  This game was close throughout, and a strong defensive stand near the end of the game preserved a 20-15 win.

Click HERE for Purple Peewee pictures.

At 3pm the Midget Purple team played Sedro White, and the Wildcats just could not get anything going.  The game was delayed for about a half-hour, as a Wildcat was injured on a kickoff, was complaining of neck pain, and an ambulance was called.  He got a round of applause as he was loaded into the ambulance and waved to his teammates.  Reports say he'll be fine, medical was called as a precaution.  By the time the game ended at nearly 5:45, Sedro had a commanding 41-18 lead.

Midget Purple pics are HERE.

For the nightcap it was the Gold Midgets vs Sedro Blue, with the Wildcats winning convincingly, 37-13.

Photos from the game are posted HERE.

There are not a lot of photos from this week, as most of the time was spent up in the lift.  Next week will be an all-photo week at the home games.

A few plays from the first 4 games are at THIS LINK.

Next week there are only 3 games at the Ft. Nugent fields.  The Senior team hits the gridiron at 10am vs Sedro-Woolley.  At Noon it's the Purple Midgets vs Friday Harbor, and at 2pm it's the Gold PeeWees vs Lakewood.

Junior Purple is at MV Green at 9am, Junior Gold at Bellingham at 10am, Midget Gold at MV Green at 1pm and Peewee Purple at MV Green at 5pm.

Youth football 2015-08-15

The 2015 sports seasons kicked off last Saturday with the annual youth football Jamboree at Burlington High School.

Oak Harbor is fielding 7 teams this year, 2 each of PeeWee, Midget and Juniors, and one Senior team.

On Saturday, the Juniors and Seniors played in the morning session, with each team playing four 25-minute scrimmages against other teams from the North Cascade Youth Football League.

In the afternoon it was the Midgets and PeeWees, with the final scrimmage wrapping up shortly after 6pm.

All 2015 Youth football photos will be available at this link

Individual game/scrimmage photos from Saturday are below.

Seniors vs Lakewood and Sedro-Woolley

Junior Gold vs Granite Falls

Junior Purple vs Anacortes and MV Black

Midget Gold vs MV Black

Midget Purple vs Lakewood

PeeWee Gold vs Lakewood

PeeWee Purple vs MV Green

Regular season games start on Aug 22 with the Senior team, both PeeWee and both Midget teams playing at home at Ft. Nugent.  Game times are 9, 11, 1, 3 and 5pm.


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Grad Night - Class of 2015

All of the Grad Night photos are posted here;

https://ohhsgradnight2015.shutterfly.com/

Feel free to click and download all you want.  You can then crop, edit, caption to your heart's content.

These photos have not been edited in any way, except rotation. 

If the photo was too dark or so out-of-focus you could not tell who was in it, it was deleted.  All of the others were uploaded.

Challenger Baseball - OH Mariners vs Mill Creek Royals

For the first time, the North Whidbey Little League is sponsoring a Challenger team.  Challenger teams are made up of special needs children and play with rules similar to T-Ball

Sunday afternoon, the Mill Creek Royals traveled to City Beach for a game against the Oak Harbor Mariners.

If you weren't there, you missed one of the most wonderful things ever.  Both the players and parents had an obviously good time, with loud cheers from both sidelines for any good plays.

Photos of the Mariners in action are posted HERE

Royals photos are in a separate album and are posted HERE.

NWLL photos

More photos are now posted!

Major Dodgers at Central Whidbey

Minor Angels vs Red Sox

Rookie Blue Wahoos vs Tin Caps

Senior NW vs Sedro-Woolley

More to come this week and next.

Youth soccer 2015-05-16

There's not many weeks left in the Spring Rec Soccer season, so if you haven't been down to Ft. Nugent Park on a Saturday morning to see the fields filled with color, you're missing quite the sight.

On May 16th, we were able to get photos of every U-8 team.

Those photos, along with all the U-6 teams can be found by clicking HERE and looking for your team.

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Track 2015-05-22 - District 1 Championships

At Shoreline Stadium for the 2-day District 1 tournament, the Oak Harbor Wildcats turned in some impressive performances, including breaking two school records, one a 50 year-old mark.

John Rodeheffer broke his own 2-year old 3200 mark, but a lot.  Two years ago at the state meet he posted a time of 9:20.19.  At this years District meet he smashed that time with a 9:06.85.

Dejon Devroe, moving from the 400m dash to the 800m run, got 2nd place in the District (and a trip to State), and in doing so set a new record of 1:53.53.  The old record was set in 1964, and was the longest standing OH record.  The old record in the 880 yard run, converted to 800 meters, was 1:54.

Rodeheffer also won the 1600m run, and Devroe will also run in 2 events, the 800 and the 4x100m relay.

Hayley Lundstrom earned 3rd in the high jump and will join the girls 4x100m relay team (Janae Payne, Amaya Rittierodt, Jenna Cooley and Matti Miesle) at the State Meet at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma this weekend.  Claire Anderson is an alternate in the triple jump and Alana Austin in the 200m dash.

Joining Devroe in the 4x400 relay event will be Mac Nuanez, Sebastian Ceaser and Jared Gray.

Photos from the first day of girls action are posted HERE

Boys day 1 photos are HERE.

Boys Finals

Girls Finals.

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Girls Golf 2015-05-20 - District 1 Tournament

At the Kayak Point GC near Stanwood, three OHHS girls golfers extended their season by earning a trip to the State Tournament May 27th and 28th in Richland.

Marisa Sligh, Hailey Beecher and Rosie Mooki are all headed to the east side of the state this week, with Beecher winning a 3-way playoff to get the final spot on the state roster.

Some photos from day 2 of the District tournament are posted HERE.

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Girls tennis 2015-05-20 - District 1 tournament

AnnaBelle Whitefoot started the Wesco 3A North tournament seeded 9th, then qualified for the District tournament by placing 3rd.

At the District tournament at Arlington HS, she started with a 6-4, 6-0 loss, but came back to win 3-6, 6-0, 6-1, then beast the North's #2 seed 7-6(5), 6-2 in one of AnnaBelle's now patented marathon matches (this one lasted 2 1/2 hours).

That win put Whitefoot in the final win-and-go-to-state match, but used a lot of energy in the previous match and fell 6-2, 6-4, finishing 4th, and will go to the state tournament as an alternate.

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Middle School Track 2015-05-19 - Championships at OHHS

Tuesday afternoon, the North West Middle School League track teams met at OHHS for their finals.

The 8th grade boys and 7th grade girls were first in team standings, the 7th grade boys 3rd and 8th grade girls 4th.

The 8th grade boys had only 2 event winners, Nathan Merrill in the javelin and Haven Brown in the long jump, but a bunch of placer pushed the point total high enough for the team championship.

For the 7th grade boys, Tyrell Torres was the lone individual champion, winning the javelin.

On the girls side, Mikhaela Cortes won the 7th grade 400m dash, Jenny Danielson the the 7th grade 1600m run, Cami Bristow the 8th grade javelin, and the 7th grade girls won both the 4x200 and 4x100 relay races.

Complete results are at athletic.net.

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Boys Golf 2015-05-48 - District 1 meet at Battle Creek GC

At Marysville, after the first day of the 2-day tournament, Steven Timm sat in 20th place, but only the top 17 move on to State.

In the 2nd day of action, Timm shot an 81 to move up to 15th and earned himself a trip to Kennewick on May 27 and 28th.

Mason Dieter, after shooting a 79 on the first day, good for 6th place, stumbled on day to and missed the cut by 2 strokes.

Raiden Poe, Ben Fikse and Aaron Kelley all just missed the cut as well. 

169 was the cut for a trip to State.  Poe shot 174, Fikse 177 and Kelley 178.

NWLL Baseball and Softball

Now that Shutterfly is working again, below are some links to recent North Whidbey Little League games, ranging from T-ball to Juniors.


T-Ball Owls vs Rock Hounds


T-Ball Emeralds vs Mud Cats


Minor SB Grasshoppers vs Coupeville



Major SB NW Purple vs Coupeville



Major BB Angels vs Rockies


Junior BB NW vs Sedro

Middle School Track 2015-05-13 - NW League prelims

At Burlington-Edison HS Wednesday, the Wildcat United middle school track team did very well at the league prelim meet.

In team scoring, WU got first place in both boys and girls 8th grade scoring, 1st for 7th grade girls and 2nd for 7th grade boys.

Event winners for the boys:

Kevin Schuldt - 8th grade 400m dash
Blake Servatius - 8th grade 1600m run
Peyton Horn - 7th grade shot put
Nathan Merrill - 8th grade javelin
Tyrell Torres - 7th grade javelin
Mason Fields - 7th grade high jump
Dorian Hardin - 8th grade long jump

For the girls:

Leielle Salinger - 7th long jump and 7th 200m dash
Cami Bristow - 8th javelin
7th 4x200m relay (Addy Day, Catherine Wicker, Frances Empinado, Breanna Scheppler)
Jenny Danielson - 7th 1600m run
Mikhaela Cortez - 7th 400m dash
Alexis Hughes - 7th 100m dash

In addition to event winners, the top 4 in each running event and top 6 in field events all move on to next week's finals, to be held Tuesday the 19th at OHHS.

First event at 4:15pm

Here are links to two recent meets - May 5th at Burlington and May 6th at OHHS.

Burlington Meet - This meet features only runners, but I believe there is a photo of every runner on the team.

Oak Harbor Meet  - These photos are mostly of jumping events.


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Boys Golf 2015-05-13 - Wesco 3A North tournament at Everett

Thursday the OH Boys Golf team headed to the Legion Golf Course in Everett, hoping to upset favorite Stanwood and win the 3A North team title.

That didn't happen, but other good things did.  Stanwood scored 387 to Oak Harbor's 417.  Arlington was 3rd with 421.

Because the Wildcats finished in 2nd place, all five OH golfers qualify for the 3A District tournament on May 18-19 at Battle Creek Golf Course on the Tulalip Reservation in Marysville.

Mason Dieter and Raiden Poe both shot an 81 to lead the Wildcats.  Aaron Kelley and Ben Fikse both shot an 83 and Steven Timm finished with 89.


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Baseball 2015-05-13 - playoff at Pilchuck

Tuesday the #1 seed Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawk baseball team was upset 3-0 by #5 seed Lynnwood, setting up a loser-out game at Pilchuck on Wednesday.

Even though the weather wasn't the best, the game went on, and after scoring 2 runs early, the Wildcat's couldn't find any more offense, falling 7-2 to the hosts, ending the Wildcat's season.


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Track 2015-05-13 - Wesco 3A North Championships at OHHS

Wednesday afternoon the first day of the Wesco 3A North track championships took place at OHHS.

While most events were prelim/seeding races, a few events were finals.

Finals were held in the boys 1600m run (won  by OH senior John Rodeheffer), boys shot put (Tyler Adamson finished 4th), boys High Jump (Mac Nuanez 6th), boys Pole Vault (Quinn Karney 8th) and Long Jump (Mark Johnston 4th, Diangelo McKinney 6th)

Girls finals were in the 3200m run (Jonalynn Horn 3rd), Discus (Julie Jansen 3rd, Kenna Prosch 7th), Javelin (Taylor Deconzo 4th, Samantha Hines 6th) and Long Jump (Jenna Cooley 5th, Haley Lundstrom and Priya Osborne tied for 6th).

The meet concluded Friday with a 5:30pm start time, with many more Wildcats qualifying for the District 1 meet.


Also moving on to compete in the District 1 meet for the boys were Mac Nuanez and Cedric Ekberg (400m dash), Michael Lym in the 800, Sebastian Ceaser in the 1600, Jared Gray and Garren Guerrero (110 and 300m hurdles), the 4x100 and 4x400m relay teams Joseph Nolan (Discus), Michael Corfman and Blaine Coleman (Javelin), Andrew Miller in the triple jump and Quinn Karney (Pole Vault.  Rodeheffer also won the 3200m run on Friday.

For the girls, Alana Austin, Mattie Miesle, Amaya Rittierodt and Alora Caillier all advanced in the 200m dash, Deja Bunch and Suzanne Kaltenbach in the 400, Jonalyn Horn added the 3200m run to her 1600 placing, and Carolynn Wicker qualified in the 3200.  Kaitlyn Chelburg and Samantha Hines qualified in both the 100 and 300m hurdles, and Nalani Gabbert qualified in the 100 hurdles.

All 3 relay teams - 4x200, 4x100 and 4x400 - moved on, along with Deconzo and Kaylee Lamb in the shot put.

In jumping events, Kaltenbach and Taliah Black moved on in the pole vault and Claire Anderson and Hayley Lundstrom qualified in the triple jump.

Girls photos from Friday are posted HERE

Boys pics from Friday are HERE.

Girls Tennis 2015-05-12 - Wesco 3A North tournament at Arlington

The 2-day Wesco 3A North tournament kicked off Tuesday afternoon at Stanwood HS, and at the end of the day, there were two Wildcats still alive.

In first-round singles action, AnnaBelle Whitefoot won 6-0, 6-1.  Makenzie Perry had a first-round bye.

In the second round, Whitefoot lost 6-0, 6-0 while Perry won 6-2, 6-3.

In first-round doubles action, Hanna Gluth and Erina Horikawa lost 6-3, 6-1 and Tamia Rios and Alyssa Eden lost 7-6(1), 6-3.

The tournament would have continued yesterday, but rain pushed second-day action to Thursday.

In 2nd day action, Perry developed an illness and lost her first match 6-1, 6-3 the defaulted to teammate Whitefoot and was eliminated.

Due to the default, Whitefoot finished 3rd and moves on to the District tournament.

The top four singles and doubles players play next at Arlington HS for the 3A District tournament on May 19-20.

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Softball 2015-05-12 vs Getchell

In their final game of the 2015 campaign, the OH girls saved the best for last.

In the varsity game, Oak Harbor spotted the visiting Chargers a 7-1 lead, then had a seemingly perfect 3rd inning, pushing 11 runs across the plate to take a 12-7 lead.

As the game continued, Getchell started to chip away at the lead until the score stood at 14-12 in favor of Oak Harbor starting the final inning.

The Wildcats used excellent defense in the top of the inning, with 1st baseman Taylor Heidt catching a foul ball for the final out.

Over at Hillcrest, hot bats created another high-scoring affair, with OH winning 10-8 to end the season.

JV photos are posted HERE

Varsity photos are posted HERE.

Remember, proceeds from photos sales are the sole funding source for the Oak Harbor Sports Report/WescoAthletics.com Student-Scholar Award - a pair of $500 scholarships awarded each years to two deserving multi-sport athletes.

Baseball 2015-05-12 - playoff vs Arlington

After losing the first game of the double-elimination Wesco 3A tournament, the Oak Harbor baseball team found themselves at home against Arlington, and they took it to the Eagles, eliminating the visitors 10-6.

With the win, the Wildcats move on to play the loser of the Pilchuck (#1 seed) and Lynnwood.

Girls Golf 2015-05-12 Wesco 3A North tournament

Undefeated champs - that's what the Wildcat girls golfers are.

They completed their season without a single league loss, and won the 3A North tournament by an impressive 30 strokes.

Hailey Beecher was the tournament medalist, shooting a 96 over 18 holes.  Two strokes behind, Rosie Mooki was 2nd.  Marisa Sligh carded a 101, Tarra Baird 117, Hannah Taylor 118 and Grace Korsmo 135.

Due to the team finish, all six Wildcat golfer have qualified for the District Tournament on May 19-20 at Kayak Point in Stanwood.

In team scoring, Oak Harbor has 530, Getchell 560 and Stanwood 564.

Photos from the event are posted HERE.

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Softball 2015-05-11 at Pilchuck

So close!  Monday the Wildcat traveled to Marysville for their final away game of the year, and they didn't want it to end.

Oak Harbor took the game into extra innings, then, in the bottom of the 9th, with bases loaded, the MP batter hit the pitch just right for a walkoff grand slam to win 14-10.

In JV action, MP won 16-5.

The Shutterfly problem is fixed

They don't know yet why or how it happened, but all Youth and Middle School photos are back on line.

Track 2015-05-08 at Stanwood

Friday evening the Wildcat track team wrapped up their regular season with a trip to the Stanwood Invite.

4A Lake Stevens won both the girls and boys team scoring, while OH got 2nd in both, edging out host Stanwood.

In a different move, speedy Dejon Devroe did not run the 400m dash, but instead ran in the 800m.  It didn't matter, as the result was the same - another Devroe victory.   Dejon crossed the finish line nearly 5 seconds ahead of the 2nd placer runner in the 2-lap race.

In another non-surprising finish, OH senior Jonalynn Horn won the 3200m run.

That, and Devroe's 800m run victory were the only OH winners.  It was the Oak Harbor depth that carried the day, with forty OH athletes placing in the top 5 in the 17 boys and 18 girls events.

Full results are at athletic.net

Next for the tracksters is the Wesco 3A North Championships, a 2-day event that takes place on Wednesday and Friday, the 13th and 15th of May.

Following that, the teams head to Shoreline Stadium for the NW District 1 Championships, which includes Wesco 3A North and South, plus Ferndale.

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Baseball 2015-05-09 - playoff vs Meadowdale

Oak Harbor kicked off the 2015 post season against the Wesco South 3rd place team, Meadowdale, in a game Saturday at OHHS.

Meadowdale jumped to a 4-0 lead, but the Wildcats came back in the 6th with two of their own, but in the top of the 7th, the Mavericks exploded with 9 runs to leave with a 13-2 win.

The 'Cats aren't out.  They play the loser of the other 1st-round game, Arlington, at home Monday.   Just a week ago the Wildcats took 2 of 3 from the Eagle.

Once they defeat the Eagles, OH will remain at home, taking on the loser of the Pilchuck/Lynnwood game on May 15th.

Win that game and the 'Cats will travel to Everett Memorial Stadium on May 16th for a chance at a 3rd place finish and an opportunity to continue in the playoffs.

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Softball 2015-05-08 vs Arlington

The second-place Arlington Eagles swooped into town Friday afternoon, bringing both their varsity and JV squads, then took off with a split in the games.

Over at Hillcrest, the Oak Harbor JV girls had a strong game, 10-running the visitors 15-5.  Monday the team traveled to Pilchuck and the results was nearly identical - OH won 16-5.

There is one game left, today at 4pm against Getchell, with the JV at Hillcrest and Varsity next door to the baseball field behind the CTE building.

Photos from the Arlington JV game are posted HERE.

The result wasn't as pretty in the varsity game, as Arlington used their big sticks to knock the Wildcats 12-1.

Monday at MP, the 'Cats went into the bottom of the 9th tied at 10 with their host, but a grand slam home run by Pilchuck ended the game 14-10 in MP's favor.

Today the 'Cats host 2-win Getchell in the final game of the year.

Photos from the Arlington Varsity game are posted HERE.



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Shutterfly issues

There's currently a problem with the Shutterfly account, which means all youth and middle school photos are currently unavailable. 

We hope to have the issue corrected soon. 

Please be patient.

This does not affect any high school photos, which are all hosted at wescoathletics.com

Girls Tennis 2015-05-05

Tuesday afternoon the regular season ended for the Oak Harbor Girls Tennis team after falling in the final two meets.

Monday the varsity squad went to Arlington where the Wildcats won 3 singles matches, but could not covert in doubles, despite a close one at 2nd doubles (6-4, 7-5)

Makenzie Perry won 7-6(4) at 1st singles, AnnaBelle Whitefoot 6-4, 7-6(3) at 2nd and Alyssa Eden 6-1, 6-2 at 3rd.

In the final meet of the season at home against Getchell, the Wildcats lost all four singles matches and 3rd doubles, getting wins at 1st doubles (Tamia Rios and Allysa Eden, 7-6(4), 6-0), and a marathon 2nd doubles match (Hannah Gluth and Erina Horikawa, 6-4, 6-7(5), 1-0 (10-7)

Next for the 'Cats is the Wesco North tournament at Stanwood HS on the 12th and 13th of May, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Track 2015-05-05 - JV and Freshman Championships

Monday, May 5th, the Wildcat Freshmen headed to Goddard Stadium at Mariner HS in Everett while the remainder of the JV tracksters went to Everett Memorial Stadium for their respective end-of-season championships.

At the Freshman meet, featuring all the Wesco schools, both 3A and 4A, the Wildcat boys finished in a tie for 6th place with 59 points (Lake Stevens won with 87).  The girls had 7th place to themselves with 41 points (LS on top again, with 172 points)

Mac Nuanez was the only individual event winner, picking up a first-place finish in the 400m dash.  He was also 7th in the 200, 3rd in the high jump and 16th in the 100m dash.

No other freshman boys finished in the top 3.

The top finisher for the girls was Samantha Hines, nabbing 2nd in the javelin.  She also finished 8th in the 100m hurdles and 9th in the 300m hurdles.

The girls 4x100m relay team was 3rd to complete top-3 finishes.

At the JV meet, Arlington topped the boys team standings with 149 points.  OH was 11th with.  On the girls side, Lake Stevens won with 114 points and OH was 14th with 10 points.

Michael Corfman won the javelin, throwing an impressive 128 feet.  He was the only top 3 finisher among Oak Harbor boys.

The top female finisher for Oak Harbor was Nalani Gabbert, who finished 4th in the 100m hurdles (and 8th in the Javelin).

As always, complete results are at athletic.net.


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Boys Soccer 2015-05-04 vs Mountlake Terrace

In the final home game of the regular season, the JV and varsity squads split with the visiting Hawks from Mountlake Terrace.

It was a 4-0 loss for the JV squad with one game to go (on Thursday at Getchell)

The varsity match, however, was about as lopsided for Oak Harbor as it's ever been.

The game started with the annual parent night, the team saying goodbye to four seniors - Jeremy Vester, Dakota Powers, Eduardo Andrade and Taylor Yancey.  Their departure at the end of the season will leave some big shoes to fill.

Just over 10 minutes into the game, Dakota Powers kicked in a goal, and 10 minutes later JJ Mitchell made it 2-0.

Five minutes into the 2nd half, JJ got another goal, then 2 minutes later took advantage of a miscue by the Terrace GK to head the ball into the net for a 4-0 lead.

Terrace scored twice late in the game to make the score respectable, but it was all OH from start to finish.

Photos from the Varsity game are posted HERE.


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Baseball 2015-05-05

The Oak Harbor varsity baseball regular season ended on a high note earlier this week with a pair of 8-1 victories over Getchell.  Robert Herring went 3-4 with a nice 3-RBI triple with bases loaded in the first inning.

The wins push the Wildcats to 11-4 for the season (13-6 overall) and are the #3 seed in the 3A District tournament starting this Saturday.

Oak Harbor starts the tournament this Saturday with a home game against the #6 seed team (yet to be determined (either Meadowdale or Mountlake Terrace).

After the Wildcats win on Saturday, the 2nd round game will be against the Shorewood/Getchell winner and will be at the Meridian Park Fields in Shoreline on Tuesday the 12th.

In the event the Wildcats fall, their 2nd round game will be at home, against the Getchell/Shorewood loser.

Photos from the home game vs Getchell are posted HERE.

The JV season ended Tuesday after a pair of losses against Getchell.   Their season league record was 2-13, 4-16 overall.  The league wins were both over Everett, with the two additional non-league wins against Cascade and Mariner.

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Boys Golf 2015-05-04 - JV Championships at Whidbey Golf Course

The Boys JV season came to a close Monday afternoon with the JV Boys' Golf League Championships held at the Whidbey Golf Course.

Numerous schools attended, among them Oak Harbor, Edmonds-Woodway, Glacier Peak, Pilchuck and Getchell.

Only partial results are available, an unfortunately, the OH results are not among them.  Only E-W (501), GP (469 and MP (464) are listed.

However, there are lots of photos, all posted HERE.

In Varsity action from Monday, the Wildcats won the final Wesco 3A North meet, beating nemesis Stanwood by 2 strokes.

Oak Harbor ended with a total of 430 to Stanwood's 432.  Arlington carded 440 as a team, Getchell 642 and Pilchuck 483.

Raiden Poe was the top Wildcat, covering the 18-hole par 72 course in 80 strokes.  Mason Dieter scored 84, Steven Timm 85, Aaron Kelley 90, Ben Fikse 91 and Nick Whitley 109.

The varsity team heads to Everett next Wednesday for the Divisional Tournament.


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Middle School Track 2015-04-29 at Wildcat Memorial Stadium

Last Wednesday, Oak Harbor High School hosted a multi-team middle school track meet, and the Wildcat United team produced quite a few winners.

The following day, Wildcat United traveled to Mt. Vernon for another meet, but no results are posted as of Sunday afternoon.

There are two meets this coming week, Tuesday at Burlington and Wednesday at OHHS.  Also, this years' middle school finals will be at OHHS, on Tuesday, May 19th.

Boys:

Nathan Merrill - 1600m run and Javelin
Michael Fisken - Shot Put
Tyrell Torres - 7th Javelin

Girls:
Keelie Partridge - 100m dash
Rebecca Blazich - 200m dash
Kelly Gurenwald - 800m run
Jenny Danielson - 1600m run
Cierra Dean - 8th Shot Put
Haley Abbott - 7th Shot Put
Taylor Kesler - 8th Javelin
Devin Woodliff - 7th Javelin
Leielle Salinger - Long Jump



Results are now being posted at athletic.net, and when available, can be found HERE.

Photos from the meet are posted HERE.

Keep in mind that there is only one photographer, and he can't be everywhere.  If you want to make sure you get a photo of your athlete, ask, and an effort will be made to get photos of your athlete in action.

Youth Soccer 2015-05-02

Due to scheduling conflicts, last Saturday was the first time the photographer has been able to get to a NWSC games.

Because of some fortuitous scheduling, the photographer was able to cover all 9 U-6 games played last Saturday.

Boys games were:

Blue Dragons vs Timberwolves

Blue Jets vs Black Widows

Grey Jaguars vs Blue Panthers

Orange Invaders vs Green Legends

Red/Blue Lava Dragons vs Green Lantern Sharks.

For the girls:

Blue Diamonds vs Purple Ninjas

Blue/Yellow Tigers vs Red Hawks

Maraoon Ladybugs vs Blue/Red Kicking Queens

Pink Raspberries vs Lime Strawberries

The next photo day won't be until March 16th, when the U-8 teams will get coverage.

All NWSC Spring 2015 rec league photos can be found HERE.

Little League baseball and Softball

The North Whidbey Little League is in full swing, and with HS sports winding down, there is time to start getting some action photos of NWLL games.

Five games have been covered so far - one each baseball Major, Minor and Rookie games, and one softball Major and Minor game.

Look for more games in the upcoming weeks.

All NWLL photos are HERE.  Just look for your team.


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Girls Tennis update 2015-05-03

Just two matches left to play in the 2015 regular season.

Last week the Wildcat girls hosted both Marysville and Stanwood, sweeping the Tommies 7-0 but falling to Stanwood 5-2

In the MP sweep, all matches were in straight sets except 3rd doubles (Erina Horikawa and Lauren Aspery) who won 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

The singles winners were Makenzie Perry (6-2, 6-2), AnnaBelle Whitefoot (6-3, 6-1), Tamia Rios (6-2, 6-1), and Alyssa Eden (6-1, 6-2).

In doubles it was Hannah Gluth and Ellysa Bonganay winning 6-1, 6-2 and Patrice Woodworth and Ria Bains winning 6-4, 6-2.

In the Stanwood match, OH won at 1st (Perry) and 2nd (Whitefoot) singles, but lost the other matches.

JV also swept Pilchuck 7-0, but fell to Stanwood 4-3.

Next for the varsity squad is a trip to Arlington on May 4th before ending the regular season at home against Getchell on Tuesday the 5th, with JV at the opposite locations.

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Softball update 2015-05-03

Last week the Wildcats played both the Wesco North #1 and South #1 teams, traveling to Meadowdale and hosting Everett, falling in both games.

No score was reported from the Meadowdale JV game, but the Wildcats won the Everett JV game 8-6.

There are just 4 games left this season, two at home and two on the road.

Away games are on Tuesday the 5th at Stanwood and Monday the 11th at Pilchuck.

The girls are at home on May 8th against Arlington, then end the season on May 12th against Getchell.

Photos from the varsity game vs Everett are here.

Everett JV photos are HERE.


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Girls Golf update 2015-05-03

Undefeated! 

That's the word for the OH girls varsity golf team as they knocked off league rival Pilchuck 257-284 in a dual meet at Cedarcrest golf course on Thursday.

Marisa Sligh was the medalist, shooting a 45 over 9 holes.  Terra Baird shot a 48, Hailey Beecher 53 along with Hannah Taylor, and Tia Miesle scored 58.

The varsity girls finish the season with 3 straight trips to the Whidbey Golf Course.

Tuesday, May 5th they take on Stanwood at 3pm, then host a 4-team non-league match on Thursday, also at 3pm, against Glacier Peak, Kamiak and Meadowdale.

The 3A North Divisional Tournament will be at the Whidbey Golf Course on Tuesday, May 12th, with a tee time of 1pm.

The JV girls were at home Wednesday against Kamiak, but no score is posted.

The JV season ends with the JV Championships on May 6th at the Cedarcrest course.

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Boys soccer update 2015-05-03

There were two games this past week, at home against Stanwood and at Meadowdale.

In the Stanwood game, JJ Mitchell had a nice header into the corner of the net, but Stanwood scored late to win 2-1.  At Meadowdale, the varsity squad was shut out 2-0.

Varsity photos from the Stanwood game are posted HERE.

The JV team tied both game 1-1

JV vs Stanwood pics are HERE.

There are two games left for the soccer teams.  Monday, May 4th is Senior Night against Mountlake Terrace, and the regular season ends on May 7th at Getchell.

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Boys Golf update 2015-05-03

In the Wesco 3A North team standings, the Oak Harbor Wildcats slipped past Arlington to move into 2nd place behind Stanwood.

On Monday the 'Cats were 3rd to Stanwood and Arlington on the Eagles' home course, but came back on Thursday to finish 2nd.  Stanwood won both meets.

Monday's top Wildcat was Raiden Poe with a 75, then Steven Timm at 80, Mason Dieter 83, Ben Fikse 94 and Nick Whitley 97.  Thursday it was Dieter with a 78, Timm at 80 again, Poe 84, Aaron Kelley 85, Fikse 87 and Whitley 97.

The boys play next on May 4th at Cedarcrest before moving into the Wesco 3A North league meet on May 13th at Everett's Legion Golf Course.

The JV squad scored 289 at Snohomish on the 28th against 243 for Snohomish and 259 for GP.  On the 29th there were at Cascade against Mariner and Monroe, but no scored were posted.

Monday, May 4th is the final JV meet of the season, the JV Boys' Golf League Championships at the Whidbey Golf Course with a start time of 1pm.



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Baseball update 2015-05-03

With only 2 games left to play in the regular season, the Wildcat varsity baseball team is sitting pretty with a 9-4 league record (11-6 overall) and a firm hold on 2nd place in the Wesco 3A North.

Last week the guys played 3 games against Arlington, winning both road games (14-9 and 8-3), while losing the home game 6-8. 

The final two games are against Getchell.  In the first game, played at OHHS, the 'Cats won a close 3-2 contest.  The teams play at home on Monday the 4th, and at Getchell Tuesday to end the regular season.

The JV squad didn't fare as well, losing all 3 games against the Eagles.  They are at Getchell on Monday at at home on Tuesday, the 4th and 5th of May.

Photos from Tuesday's JV game are posted HERE.


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Track update 2015-05-03

There is just one regular-season track meet remaining, the Stanwood Invite on May 8th.  Post-season starts on May 13th with the 3A Wesco North prelims at OHHS, followed by the finals on May 15th at 5:30pm, also at OHHS.  The Wesco 3A District meet will be May 20 and 22 at Shoreline Stadium.

Monday the JV tracksters headed to Arlington for the weekly all-comers meet, and several Wildcats placed in the top 3

100m dash - Amaya Ritlierodt was first in 13.3 and also won the 200m dash in 28.4 seconds

Taliah Black was 2nd in the 400m dash (1:12.9)

Carolynn Wicker won the 800 and 3200m runs, the 800 in 2?41.5, the 3200 in 14:03.2

Teammate Olivia Flack was 3rd in the 800 at 2:55.0 and 2nd in the 1600m run in 6:22.

While the girls did well in the running events, the boys showed their strength in the field events.  With the exception of Matthew Kolden (110 (1st) and 300m (3rd) hurdles), all the boys placers were in field events.

Abe Coleman threw the shoe 33-2 for 3rd place, Joseph Nolan was 3rd in the discus at 86-10 and Drake Hughes was 3rd in the Javelin with a distance of 98-8.

In jumping events, Immanuel McLaurrin cleared 5-0 for 2nd place, Thomas Gilham leaped 17-8 in the long jump and Andrew Snyder cleared 8-0 in the pole vault.

The varsity teams hosted Everett and Stanwood Thursday at OHHS and the boys dominated their two opponents.  The boys team scored 101 points against Everett's 44 and won over Stanwood 91-54.

The girls tied with Stanwood 73-73 but pounded Everett 113-33.

On the boys' side, Dejon Devroe won the 200 and 400m dash, anchored the 1st-place boys 4x400m relay, and finished 3rd in the 100.

John Rodeheffer won both distance races, 1600 and 3200m

Jared Gray and an outstanding day, not only winning both the 110 and 300m hurdles, but setting PRs in both races!

The boys 4x100m relay team posted a winning time of 46.94

The final boys winner was Diangelo McKinney, getting 1st in the long jump with a PR distance of 20-5

Gray and Devroe finishe 2-3 in the 100m dash, Kris Medina 2nd in the 200, Mac Nuanez 3rd in the 400, Sebastian Ceaser adn Miguel Guzman 2-3 in the 800 (Ceaser was also 3rd in the 1600).

Garren Guerrero was 3rd in the 300m hurdles

In field events, Tyler Adamson was 2nd in the shot put, Kyle Nickols 3rd in the high jump, Quinn Karney 3rd in the pole vault.

Long jumpers went 1-2-3, with McKinney winning, Mark Johnston 2nd and Zack Norton 3rd.  Norton picked up 2nd in the triple jump and Norton 3rd.

Photos of the guys are posted HERE.

Over to the girls, Amaya Ritlierodt won the 100m dash and came in second to Alana Austin in the 200 (Janae Payne was 3rd to make it a Wildcat sweep)

Jonalynn Horn won both distance races.

The Wildcats won the 4x100 and 4x200m relay races, and captured 2nd and 3rd in the 4x400m relay.

Taylor Deconzo won the shot put Hayley Lundstrom the Triple Jump to complete the girls wins.

In the top 3 were Deja Bunch and Suzanne Kaltenbach (400m dash), Kaitlyn Chelberg (2nd in 100m hurdles, 3rd in 300m hurdles) and Samantha Hines (2nd 300m hurdles)

Kaylee Lamb was 2nd in the shot, Julie Jansen 2nd in the discus and Deconzo 3rd in the javelin for throwers.

Lundstrom was 3rd in the high jump, Priya Osborne 2nd and Jenna Cooley 2nd and 3rd in the Long Jump and Callie Nuttall 3rd in the triple jump.

Photos from the girls portion of the meet are posted HERE.

Saturday, select athletes went to Quil Ceda Stadium for the Tomahawk Classic.  There John Rodeheffer won both the 1600 and 3200m runs and was the only Wildcat event winner.

Complete results from the entire season can be found HERE at athletic.net


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Middle School Track 2015-04-22 at Anacortes

The combined Oak Harbor and North Whidbey Middle School track team, Wildcat United, opened their season last Wednesday with a meet at Anacortes High School and came away with a number of victories.

7th grade girls winners:

Jazmine Szot - Hurdles (19.53)
Alexis Hughes - 200m dash (30.26)
Mikhaela Cortes - 400m dash 1:14.23)
Jenny Danielson - 1600m run (6:14)
4x100m relay team (members not listed) - 59.13

The 7th grade boys didn't to quite as well, picking up the following wins:

Payton Horn - Shot Put (26-9.5)and Discus (60-0)
Tyrell Torres - Javelin (84-8)
2x200m relay - 2:04.06

8th grade girls winners:

Brenna Rothman - 400m (1:13.88

Finally, the 8th grade boys:

Nathan Merrill - Javelin (115-7)
Michael Fisken - Discus (121-6)
4x200m relay - 2:06.12

The middle schools have a home meet this coming Wednesday, April 29th, at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.  Admission is always free.



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Track update 2015-04-27

Monday the 21st, the Wildcats traveled to Arlington for an All-Comers meet and performed well.

On the boys side, only Freshman Drake Hughes won an individual event, throwing the javelin 97-0 to win the event by just 3 inches.  Fellow Freshman Riley Bruland also had a nice throw of 93-8 for 3rd place.

Junior Alex Tucker and Sophomore Abe Coleman finished 2-3 in the shot put, and Bruland, running the 400m dash, was just .3 seconds short of breaking 1 minute in his 2nd place finish.

For the girls, Freshman Amaya Ritlierodt won the 100m dash in 13.4 seconds and was 2nd in the 200 with a 29.7 time.

Freshman Callie Nuttall won the Triple Jump with a distance of 31-2.5.  She also placed 4th in the 100m hurdles.

Complete meet results are HERE at athletic.net.

Thursday the varsity team traveled to Arlington.

Dejon Devroe again won the 200 and 400m dash, John Rodeheffe won the 3200m run and the boys 4x400m relay team won both first and 2nd place.

Jared Gray won the 100m hurdles, Mac Nuanez the high jump and Diangelo McKinney the long jump to round out the Wildcat wins.

For the girls, it was Deja Bunch victorious in the girls 400m dash, Carolynn Wicker 1st in the 800m run Jonalynn Horn 1st in the 3200m run and Kaitlyn Chelberg in the 300m hurdles in running events.

In field events, Samantha Hines had an outstanding throw of 109-11, eking out a 1-inch win over teammate Taylor Deconzo.  Hayley Lundstrom won the high jump and Claire Anderson the long jump.

The varsity squads are at home this coming Thursday, hosting Everett and Stanwood at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Complete varsity results are always available at athletic.net.



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Tennis update 2015-04-27

The Varsity girls played 3 times last week, against South Whidbey, Getchell and Everett, but getting only a single team win for their efforts.

Against South Whidbey on a nice sunny day, the varsity squad swept the singles matches and picked up a win at 3rd doubles for the 5-2 win.  Kenzie Perry won 6-2, 6-4, AnnaBelle Whitefoot came back after struggling in her 1st set to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.  Tamia Rios won 6-0, 6-1 and Alyssa Eden 6-1, 6-2.  The 3rd doubles team of Elyssa Bonganay and Lauren Aspery won 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 and the 2nd doubles squad of Erina Horikawa and Emma Lerch put up and epic fight before falling 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3.  In an exhibition match, Elma Marie Empinado won 8-5.

At Getchell on Tuesday, the 'Cats opened play with a chance to knock the Chargers out of 3rd place in the team standings and take it themselves, but Getchell had other ideas, sweeping all the doubles matches and allowing on the Wildcats' 3rd and 4th singles players to get a win.  Rios won 6-1, 6-2 and Eden on 6-0, 6-1.  OH won both exhibition matches, with Lauren Aspery and Emily Black teaming up to win 9-7 and Empinado teaming with Julia Smith to win 8-2.

Friday the varsity girls were on the road again, this time at Everett and lost by the closest 4-3 margin.  The Wildcats won 3 of 4 singles matches (Perry, 6-1, 6-4, Whitefoot 7-5, 6-0 and Rios 6-3, 6-4), but couldn't get a doubles win for the team victory.  Exhibition matches again went to the Wildcats, with Emily Black and Aelizah Espiritu winning 9-7 and Brianne Deguzman winning 6-4.

Weather permitting, there are 4 scheduled matches remaining, with 3 at home.  The varsity team hosts Stanwood on Tuesday the 28th, Pilchuck on the 29th and Getchell on May 5th.  They travel to Arlington on May 4th.

Varsity photos vs South Whidbey are posted HERE. 

In JV action, the team won 4-3 at South Whidbey, with Chante Powell winning at 2nd singles 6-3, 6-2 and Renne Richards at 4th singles winning 6-1, 6-1.  OH JV also got wins at 1st doubles (Brianne Deguzman and Emily Brown, 6-3, 6-3) and 3rd doubles (Jaden Jesus and Madeleine McKenzie, 7-5, 6-2).

The girls got a nice 5-2 victory over Getchell at Marysville then returned home Friday to face the Everett Seagulls for another 5-2 win.

Richards moved to 2nd singles and won 6-3, 6-1, Emma Wezeman won at 3rd singles 6-3, 7-6.  Emily Brown and Lydia Dorsey at 1st doubles won 6-3, 6-3, Chloe Stowell and Sarah Smith won at 2nd doubles 6-3, 6-0 and Jesus and McKenzie won at 3rd doubles 7-6, 1-6, 10-7.

The JV squad has only one more home match this season, on Monday, May 4th against Arlington.


JV photos vs Everett are HERE.


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Softball update 2015-04-27

It was another tough week for the softball girls as they fall to Ferndale, Glacier Peak and Edmonds-Woodway in varsity action. 

Especially hard was the Glacier Peak game.  Oak Harbor led going into the bottom of the 7th inning, but GP put enough runs on the board to take the 6-5 win.

The girls have 3 remaining home games - May 1st vs Everett, May 8th against Arlington and May 12th against Getchell.  They have road games vs Meadowdale, Stanwood and Pilchuck over the next two weeks.

Photos from the varsity game vs Ferndale are posted HERE.

The JV squad did pick up a win last week, a 9-8 squeaker against Edmonds-Woodway.

The JV schedule is the same as the varsity, except that they play a doubleheader when at Stanwood on the 5th.



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Boys Soccer update 2014-04-27

The OH soccer teams played twice last week, at home on Tuesday against Edmonds-Woodway and at Glacier Peak on Friday the 24th.

Unfortunately, the boys were not successful at either the JV or varsity level in any of the game.

JV photos vs E-W are posted HERE.

Varsity pics are HERE.

The boys are at home on Tuesday the 28th, at Meadowdale on Friday the 1st, then have their final home game of the year on Monday, May 4th against Mountlake Terrace.

Come down to Wildcat Memorial Stadium for that final game to say goodbye to the 4 departing seniors - Jeremy Vester, Dakota Powers, Eduadro Andrade and Taylor Yancey.

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Baseball update 2015-04-27

Baseball had a mixed week in games against the Stanwood Spartans.

On the 21st, the varsity squad was at Stanwood and fell 8-3, then returned home to take a 5-4 victory on the 22nd.  Friday's game was rained out.

In JV action, the JV team fell in all 3 games, two at home and one away.

Photos from the 4/24 JV game at home are posted HERE.

This week the teams play a 3-game series against Arlington, with the JV team at home on Tuesday April 28th and Friday May 1st

The JV season wraps up with a pair of games against Getchell, with the home game coming on Tuesday, May 5th.

Varsity is at home against Arlington on Wednesday the 29th, and their final home game is Monday, May 4th against Getchell.

Golf update 2015-04-27

Boys - Again placed 2nd to Stanwood in a wind-shortened 9-hole match at Whidbey Golf Course last Tuesday.  Steven Timm tied for Medalist, shooting a 39.  Other OH results were not reported.

As a team, the 'Cats tallied 217 strokes in the 2nd place finish.  Stanwood recorded 211 and Arlington was 3rd with 234.

The boys schedule shows they were at South Whidbey on Thursday the 23rd, along with Glacier Peak, but no OH results were reported, only SW and GP.

Monday the boys travel to Arlington for a Wesco meet then Thursday at Everett.

The JV boys didn't play last week, but have a match at Snohomish on 4/28, at the Whidbey Golf Course on 4/29, then end the season with the JV Championships here on Whidbey Island on 5/4.

Photos from the match at Whidbey Golf Course are posted HERE.

The girls were at Monroe on April 21, scoring 260 to finish 2nd to Glacier Peak.  Meadowdale scored 268 and Monroe 289 to finish the scoring.  No individual results were reported.

At home on the 23rd in a dual match against Arlington, the varsity girls won comfortably, winning 264-280.  Over the 9 hole course, Marisa Sligh was Medalist with a 45.  Hailey Beecher shot a 50, Rosie Mooki 51, Terra Baird 54 and Grace Corsmo 66.

The varsity girls travel to Marysville on the 30th for a dual match, then return home on 5/5 for a dual against Stanwood and a 4-team match on 5/7.

The JV squad was at Glacier Peak on April 21st, but no scores were posted.  They host a match at the Whidbey Golf Course on 4/29, then travel to Marysville on 5/6 for the JV Championships.

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Golf update 2015-04-21 - Boys and Girls

Both the boys and girls teams have been busy the past few weeks with both tournaments and league meets.

On April 13th the girls traveled to Burlington and finished 8th of 23 teams, then returned home on the 15th to pummel visiting Getchell 535-561.  Rosie Mooki shot a 99 to lead the 'Cats.  Hailey Beecher carded a 103, Marissa Sligh 105, Terra Baird 109 and Dana Cornejo 119.

On the 21st, the girls travel to Monroe to take on the host Bearcats along with Glacier Peak and Meadowdale.

The varsity girls have 3 remaining home matches, on April 23rd, May 5th and May 7th.  This year the 3A North league meet will be held at the Whidbey Golf Course, on May 12th.

In JV action, the girls traveled to Monroe on the 16th, shooting a 342 against 300 for Monroe and 363 for Mt. Vernon.  Meadowdale was also there but did not earn scoring points.

The JV girls were at home yesterday the 20th, shooting 346.  They hosted Glacier Peak (295), Getchell (338) and Monroe (333).

Photos from the JV meet are posted HERE.

There is one more home meet for the JV girls, against Kamiak on April 29th.

For the boys there was the Tom Dolan Invite in Everett on 4/13 that was halted due to extreme weather, then a league meet on 4/14 at Stanwood, where the 'Cats finished 2rd of 6 teams.  Host Stanwood scored 419, Oak Harbor 444, Arlington 450, Getchell 486, Pilchuck 468 and Everett (no scoring points).  Mason Dieter was the top Wildcat, finishing 3rd overall with an 81.  Raiden Poe carded an 87, Steven Timm 90, Aaron Kelley 93, Nick Whitney 93 and Ben Fikse 103.

Six days later the same 6 teams went at it again, this time at Pilchuck.  In this meet, Stanwood was again on top with a 406.  Arlington was 2nd with 434, then OH at 442, MP at 463 and MG at 476.  Timm was the medalist at Pilchuck, scoring a 74.  Poe shot an 86, Dieter 88, Kelley 95, Fikse 99 and Tom Dale 103.

The boys are at home today, April 21st, against all the Wesco 3A North teams, then travel to South Whidbey on 4/23.

Soccer update 2015-04-21

There has been lots of soccer these past two weeks, with varsity picking up a big league win.

Back on April 6th, the Wildcats hosted the Everett Seagulls, and while the JV squad fell 1-0, the varsity squad got a soul-warming 3-1 victory.

Ramon Acosta got the scoring started, then Dakota Powers added a penalty kick.  The final OH goal was by Alex Waner.

Two days later the teams were down in King County to take on Shorecrest at Shoreline Stadium.  There, the JV squad fell 5-1 and varsity 3-0.

Returning home on the 14th to face state-ranked Shorewood, the JV squad did not have a good day, falling 7-0.  In the varsity game, it was all Oak Harbor for 75 minutes as the 'Cats outplayed the visitors.  After a scoreless first half, JJ Mitchell found the net halfway through the 2nd half and things were looking good for the 'Cats.

Until the last 5 minutes.  A foul called on Oak Harbor inside the box set up a Shorewood penalty kick which was good, tying the game 1-1.  In the sudden death OT period, Shorewood woke up and played stellar ball, knocking in a goal with less than 1 minute left in the 1st OT, securing the 2-1 victory.

Friday the 17th, the two teams traveled down to Marysville where both teams fell to Pilchuck by 1-0 scores.

Photos from the JV game vs Everett are HERE

Everett varsity pics are HERE.

Click HERE for Shorewood JV pics

HERE are the Shorewood varsity photos.

Coming up for the Wildcats are games at home against Edmonds-Woodway (Tuesday the 21st), at Glacier Peak (Friday), and at home against 1-win Stanwood (Tuesday the 28th)





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Softball update 2014-04-20

With few seniors on this year's squad, the Oak Harbor varsity softball team is struggling, but picked up and important league win this past week.

Monday the 6th, the girls hosted a strong Pilchuck team and fell 12-2, but came back the next day to earn their first win of the season, a 10-4 victory over host Getchell.

After a week off, the squad played 3 straight games against 3A South teams - Shorewood, Shorecrest and Mountlake Terrace, falling in all 3 games.

The JV squad has been finding a fair amount of success, taking advantage of opponent errors to score extra runs.

At home against Pilchuck, the JV squad won 14-11, then beat Getchell 7-4 but lost to Shorewood on the 14th 10-3.

Last Friday the gals hosted Terrace and rapped out 20 runs while holding the Hawks to just 6.

Coming up for softball are games at home against Ferndale (Monday) and Edmonds-Woodway (Wednesday), and travel to Glacier Peal on Tuesday the 21st.

Photos from the JV game vs Pilchuck are posted HERE.

Varsity photos vs Pilchuck are HERE

Varsity photos vs Shorewood are HERE.


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Tennis update 2014-04-20

The Oak Harbor tennis squads had most of spring break off, but played a pair of matches last week.

On Tuesday the 14th, the varsity girls squeaked out a close 4-3 win at host Pilchuck with two wins each in singles and doubles.

The singles winners were #1 Kenzie Perry (6-2, 6-4) and #2 AnnaBelle Whitefoot (6-1, 6-1).

For the doubles it was #1 Hannah Gluth and Ellysa Bonganay winning 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 and #2 Ria Bains and Patrice Woodworth winning 6-0, 6-0.

The next day at home, the 'Cats picked up another 4-3 win, this time over Arlington, picking up 3 wins at singles and one in doubles.

Singles winners were Perry (6-3, 4-6, 6-4), Whitefoot (6-4, 6-2) and #4 Alyssa Eden (6-2, 6-0).  #3 Tamia Rios was forced to withdraw in the 2nd set due to an injury.

The doubles winners were the #3 team of Erina Horikawa and Emma Lerch, who won 6-2, 6-2.

The girls play island rival South Whidbey at home on Monday the 20th, then hit the road on Tuesday (Getchell) and Friday (Everett).  The JV team plays the same teams on the same days, but at the opposite location.

 While the varsity team played only twice this past week, the JV squad hit the court 3 times. 

On Tuesday the 14th, they swept visiting Pilchuck 7-0, then lost a 4-3 match at Arlington on Wednesday before pounding Mt. Vernon 6-1 on Thursday.

Photos from the JV match vs Pilchuck are posted HERE.

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Baseball update 2015-04-20

There was a lot of baseball this past two weeks, and currently the Varsity baseball squad has possession of 2nd place in the 3A North, with a 4-3 record (6-5 overall).

Over the past two weeks, the boys played Everett and Pilchuck each 3 times.

OH won 2 of 3 against Everett, winning 10-6 and 5-3, while losing 2-1.

Against Pilchuck, the 'Cats picked up only 1 win in 3 games, that one an 11-3 pounding of the Tommies.  The two losses were by 6-2 and 6-0 scores.

The JV squad also picked up two wins against Everett in 3 tries, a 10-6 victory and a close 13-12 win.  The lone loss was 13-10.

Against Pilchuck, the Wildcats lost all 3 games, 8-6, 8-7 and 9-6.

Next up for baseball is a series against Stanwood, with the JV at home on Tuesday and Friday and the Varsity on Wednesday.

Photos from the April 8th varsity game against Everett are posted HERE.

Pilchuck photos from April 14th are HERE.

Track update 2015-04-20

There was only one track meet recently, and that was at Quil-Ceda Stadium in Marysville on 4/16 vs Getchell and Meadowdale, and the 'Cats did well.

The boys won 9 events while the girls picked up 10, including all 3 throwing events.

Dejon Devroe was a double winner for Oak Harbor, getting victories in the 200m dash and as a member of the winning boys 4x400m relay.

While Devroe didn't win his signature event, the 400m dash this time, the time he set on April 2nd at Wildcat Memorial Stadium, 49.46, is currently the best in the state in 3A and 6th best in the state overall.

Another double winner last Thursday was Freshman Mac Nuanez, who finished 1st in the high jump, clearing 5-10 for the first time, and was a member of the winning 4x400m relay.

Sebastian Ceaser won the 800m run, John Rodeheffer the 1600m run and Jared Gray the 300m hurdles.

In field events, Tyler Adamson won the shot put, Diangelo McKinney the long jump and Ozelle Jackson the Triple Jump.

Three girls were double winners - Kaitlyn Chelberg in the 100m and 300m hurdles, Jonalynn Horn in the 1600 and 3200m run, and Taylor Deconzo in the shot put and javelin.

Also winning for the girls in running events were Alana Austin winning the 200m dash and Deja Bunch the 400m dash.

Other field event winners for the girls were Julie Jansen in the discus and Jenna Cooley in the Long Jump.

Complete results are available at athletic.net.

Softball update 2015-04-05

After what seemed like a neverending string of away games, the Wildcats played at home last Friday, hosting the Stanwood Spartans.

There was no JV game as many of the Spartan JV players elected to go out of town for spring break rather than play softball.

While OH lost the varsity game 10-7, the game was never out of reach for the young Wildcat team.  A single strong inning put Stanwood up big, but the 'Cats chipped away at the lead, and at the end of the 6th inning the score was 9-7 for Stanwood.

The Spartans were able to drive in one more run in the top of the 7th, but Oak Harbor couldn't get anyone home before the final out.

The 'Cats drop to 0-3 in league play while the JV team is 0-1-1, the tie coming against Arlington, 8-8.

Photos from Friday's varsity action are posted HERE.


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Track 2015-04-02 vs Lake Stevens

by David Svien

Dejon Devroe was in a hurry to get to the medal stand.

Hurtling around his home track oval Thursday, the Oak Harbor High School senior won three events, setting season bests in all three, then won again as a member of the winning 4x400 relay team, along with Josiah Welch, Jared Grey and Mac Nuanez.

Facing off with the best Lake Stevens could throw at him, Devroe strolled to wins in the 100 (11.68 seconds), 200 (23.15) and 400 (49.46). The 400 was a PR.

While Devroe was the headliner, Oak Harbor had another pair of double event winners in distance runners Jonalynn Horn and John Rodeheffer, but not enough depth to topple Lake Stevens in the team point race.

The Vikings cruised to a 95-50 win in the boys' battle and a 92.5-57.5 victory over the Wildcat girls.

Horn and Rodeheffer did their best to bolster the 'Cats, with Horn taking the 1600 (5:28.41) and 3200 (11:31.44).

Her male counterpart threw downs wins in the 1600 (4:23.22) and 3200 (9:48.85) as well.

Oak Harbor's girls squad had three other individual wins, with Kaylee Lamb taking the shot put (32 feet, four inches), Claire Anderson notching a win in the high jump (5-0) and Hayley Lundstrom topping the field in the long jump (15-10).

The Wildcats have the week off from competition before returning to action on April 13th with an all-comers meet at Arlington.  The varsity squad gets back into action on April 16th at Quil Ceda Stadium in Marysville and returns home on April 30th for a tri-meet against Stanwood and Everett.

Boys photos are posted HERE.

Girls photos are HERE.


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Boys Soccer 2015-04-01 vs Arlington

At home on April Fool's Day, it was no fooling that the JV soccer team whipped the visiting Arlington Eagles 2-1.  While the score appeared close, the JV boys dominated the game in almost every way possible.  The only thing that prevented the score from being higher for the Wildcats was a series of shots that went wide or high - everywhere but right at the net.

The win, the JV team's first for the season, raised them to 1-1-0 in the young Wesco 3A season.

In varsity action, Arlington scored a goal midway through the 1st half, then added three more before Oak Harbor responded with a JJ Mitchell goal 17 minutes into the second half. 

No other scoring followed and the 'Cats lost 4-1, dropping them to 0-1-1 in league play.

Photos from the JV game are posted HERE.

Varsity photos are HERE.



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Baseball update 2015-04-05

Tuesday the 31st, the JV baseball team got a strong 9-2 win over visiting Cascade.  The Wildcat bats were hot, and defense held the Bruins scoreless until the latter part of the game.

Photos from the JV game are posted HERE.

Both JV and Varsity ended non-league play on Wednesday, with varsity at home and JV on the road, both against Ferndale. 

At home, the varsity squad found itself in a 3-0 hole going into the 6th inning, but a 4-run rally wasn't enough as Ferndale carried the day 5-4.

In JV action, the Wildcats got blanked 8-0.

League play opened Friday with Getchell varsity at Oak Harbor and JV teams playing in Marysville.

For a while it looked as if the game would not be played, as a strong shower rolled through the area around 2:30.  Fortunately, the home field was dry to begin with, and with the rain tapering off at 3:30, the game got underway, ending under bright sunshine.

Oak Harbor grabbed an early 2-0 lead, but Getchell came back to tie the game, forcing an 8th inning.  In the bottom of the 8th, the Wildcats got runners to 1st and 3rd, then a Charger error allowed Noah Zuniga to scoot home from 3rd, ending the game 3-2.

Next for the Wildcats is a 3-game series vs Everett.

Varsity plays on the road on April 7th and 10th, and at home on the 8th, with the JV team at the opposite location.

Photos from Friday's varsity action are posted HERE.


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Girls Tennis update - 2015-04-05

The Wildcat girls tennis teams had only two scheduled matches this past week, and one was canceled due to rain.

On March 31st the varsity team went to Stanwood while the JV girls hosted.  No individual results were available for the JV matches, but the team as a whole fell to the visiting Spartans 5-2.  The loss drops the JV squad to 1-1 in league play.

At Stanwood, the normally strong Spartans struggled against a scrappy OH squad before winning the team score 4-3.

Oak Harbor won both 1st and 2nd singles in straight sets, with Kenzie Perry winning 6-4, 6-1 and AnnaBelle Whitefoot winning 6-3, 6-3.  Alyssa Eden got the other singles win in 3 sets, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The Wildcats almost captured the win when the 3rd doubles team of Erina Korikawa and Emma Lerch took their opponents to 3 sets, but fell 2-6, 6-3, 3-6.

Next for the tennis teams is a long break from competition.  The girls return to play on April 14th with the junior varsity at home against Pilchuck and varsity away.

The varsity squad returns home on April 15th for a league match against Arlington, then hosts island rival South Whidbey on April 20th.

Photos from the JV match are posted HERE.


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Boys Golf 2015-03-31

The Oak Harbor Boys Golf team continued their winning ways, improving to 4-0 on the season with a win over Shorewood, Mountlake Terrace and Getchell last Tuesday at the Whidbey Golf Course.

Oak Harbor recorded 452 team strokes.  Shorewood and Terrace tied at 495 and Getchell carded 508.

The Wildcats' Mason Dieter was the medalist, shooting an 84 over 18 holes.  Steven Timm finished in 3rd with an 87, Aaron Kelley 92, Caleb Brookshier 93, Raiden Poe 96 and Ben Fikse 100.

The varsity boys are off until April 13th, when the go to Everett for the Tom Dolan Invitational, featuring 15 teams, all from Wesco. 

The team returns to the WGC on April 14th, hosting all the other Wesco 3A North teams in an important meet.  Arlington, Stanwood, Everett, Getchell, and Pilchuck will all make the trip to Oak Harbor for the 2pm tee off.

Photos from Tuesday's event are posted HERE.


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