Baseball - week ending 3-28

Oak Harbor JV baseball has had an OK start to the season, ending pre-season play with a 2-3 record, beating Shorecrest 10-0 and Mountlake Terrace 6-4.  Losses were 5-9 to Arlington, 7-8 to Sehome and 4-9 to Bellingham.

The varsity squad was having some problems getting runs across the plate early, scoring just 3 runs in their first 3 games, but the bats came alive against visiting Shorecrest Wednesday afternoon.  A big inning pushed the score to 10-1 in the 5th inning, then, with bases loaded, the the OH batter was hit by a pitch, forcing the winning run across the plate.

The varsity squad went 1-4 in pre-season.

Monday the teams start regular season play, with the varsity team traveling twice to Pilchuck, and hosting the Tommies on April 2nd.

The JV squad plays at home on the 1st and 4th.


Varsity photos vs Shorecrest are posted HERE.


JV vs Bellingham photos are HERE.

JV photos vs Mountlake Terrace are posted HERE

Boys Soccer 2014-03-28 vs Everett

Friday was dry but windy, and there was exciting soccer on the field at Wildcat Memorial Stadium as the 'Cats took on the Everett Seagulls.

The JV game ended in a 1-1 tie, with Everett scoring late to avoid the loss.With the tie, the JV Wildcat soccer team is now 0-3-1 and Everett JV is 0-4-1.

JV photos are posted HERE.

The varsity game was a lot different.  The Wildcats controlled the game from start.  While the ball spent most of the first half in Seagull territory, and despite multiple shots on the Everett goal, the Wildcats just couldn't get the ball in the net.

In the 2nd half, Everett was able to get past the Oak Harbor defense and get a goal.  With the pressure on, the 'Cats responded, scoring with under 5 minutes left to make it 1-1.  The defense held and regulation time ended with the same 1-1 score.

In the first 5-minute overtime period, Oak Harbor rushed the Everett goal and got the ball in for the sudden victory score.  Final 2-1 Oak Harbor.

As sweet as the win was, it was marred by two red cards against Wildcat players and one against Everett.

The win allows the Wildcats to maintain 1st place in the WESCO 3A North with a 3-0-1 record.  The tie was a 0-0 non league contest against Bellingham.

Varsity photos are posted HERE.

 The Wildcats travel to Stanwood on March 31st, then take the rest of the week off from games, resuming at home on April 7th vs Pilchuck.
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Girls Tennis update

A busy week for the girls with matches against Burlington-Edison and South Whidbey

Thursday were the Burlington matches, with the varsity squad at home and JV on the road.

The JV squad fought hard, but lost 6-1, with 1st singles Hope Drager a 7-6 winner.  2nd doubles Aelizah Espirtu and Emily Black, along with 4th doubles Emly Brown and Brianne Deguzman had very close 9-7 losses.

At home, the Wildcats squeaked out a 4-3 victory.  McKenzie Perry at 1st singles, Jamie Estrella at 3rd and Faith Franssen at 4th were all winners, and combined with 3rd doubles AnnaBelle Whitefoot and Hannah Gluth's straight-set victory gave OH the win.

Friday the teams reversed, with varsity down at South Whidbey and JV at home.

Varsity got a solid 5-2 win, with all four singles players - Perry, Zena Husler, Estrella and Whitefoot - earning wins, and Cat Amsler and Hannah Gluth winning at 2nd singles.

The JV match against South Whidbey was close, but the 'Cats were on the short side of a 4-3 score.  Tamia Rios won a long, nail-biting 6-7, 6-4, 10-6 win at 2nd singles and Emma Lerch won at 3rd singles.

The other OH win was at 3rd doubles, with Emily Brown and Brianne Deguzman winning in straight sets.

Photos from Friday's JV matches are posted HERE.


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Track 2014-03-20 @ OHHS

Track got started Thursday with the annual Island Jamboree, featuring all three Whidbey high schools plus Lakewood.

It's wasn't a full meet, and several events were discarded, including the 4x100 relay and 300m hurdles, but one fun event was added.  At the end of the day was the thrower's relay, featuring all shot putters and discus throwers in a 4x100 relay race.

Oak Harbor had a good day, winning several events and placing in many more.

Complete results can be found HERE at athletic.net.

Boys placers:

Dejon Devroe - 1st in the 100 and 200m dash
Sebastian Ceasar - 2nd in 800m run
John Rodeheffer - 2nd in 1600m run
4x400 relay - 3rd
Tyler Adamson - 1st discus, 3rd shot put
Jackson Constant - 2nd discus
Garren Guerrero - 3rd javelin
Diangelo McKinney - 1st triple jump
Zack Norton - 2nd triple jump
Chris Humphries - 3rd triple jump

Girls:

Sierra Seabolt - 1st 100m dash
Alex Laiblin - 1st 800m run, 2nd 1600m run
Jonalynn Horn - 1st 1600m run
Nalani Gabbert - 2nd 100m hurdles
4x400m relay - 3rd
Taylor Deconzo - 1st shot put, 3rd javelin
Kenna Prosch - 2nd discus
Claire Anderson - T-1st high jump, 1st triple jump
Hayley Lundstrom - T-3rd high jump, 2nd triple jump
Priya Osborne - 1st long jump
Janae Payne - 2nd long jump
Zoe Bassett - 3rd triple jump

Photos of the girls in action are posted HERE

Boys photos are HERE.


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Girls Tennis 2014-03-18 vs Arlington

The varsity girls tennis squad started the season on the right foot with a 4-3 win over visiting Arlington on Wednesday.  At the same time, the JV team was in Arlington, and also won, but by a 5-2 score.

Varsity winners:

1 Singles McKenzie Perry 6-2, 6-2
4 Singles Faith Franssen 7-5, 6-2
2 Doubles Cat Amsler and Ellysa Bonganay 6-0, 2-6, 6-4
3 Doubles Hannah Gluth and AnnaBelle Whitefoot 6-4, 6-0

OH won both exhibition matches.  Ria Bains and Jastine Sanchez won 6-2, 6-2 while Erina Horikawa and Patrice Woodworth won 8-2.

On the JV side:

1 Singles Hope Drager 6-4, 6-4
3 Singles Tamia Rios 6-1, 6-2
4 Singles Emma Lerch 6-2, 7-5
2 Doubles Aelizah Espirtu and Mary Shamatava 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
3 Doubles Emily Black and Shamel Leask 6-4, 6-1.

Oak Harbor won 1 of 4 exhibition matches.  Lauren Aspery and Natalie Merrill won 8-1.

Sorry, no photos this time.


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Girls Golf 2014-03-18 - Whidbey Shootout

On a cold but fortunately dry Tuesday at the Whidbey Golf & Country Club, the Oak Harbor girls golf team hosted their annual Whidbey Shootout, with 10 teams, mostly Wesco 4A schools, playing a full round of 18 holes.

The team winner was Kamiak with a score of 493.  Lake Stevens was 2nd with 533 and Oak Harbor 6th with 592.

Individually, the Wildcats' Joanna Leete won the event, carding an 83.  She was the only golfer in the 80s, with the two girls tying for second place with 93.

Bree Roderos scored 101, KC Winfield 119, Hailey Beecher 122 and Mara Powers 167 for the 'Cats.

Photos are posted HERE.


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MS Wrestling 2014-03-19 @ NWMS

The Wildcat United middle school wrestling team finished their regular season with a home meet at NWMS, hosting Cascade, Darrington, and Concrete.

While no team or individual results were kept, there was a lot of good wrestling going on with two mats in action.

Photos are posted HERE.

The season is not over quite yet, though, as next Saturday morning, the team leaves bright and early for Anacortes and the league finals.  There, team and individual results should be available.

Youth Soccer 2014-03-16

This past weekend two Girls Select soccer teams from Whidbey played home matches at the Ft. Nugent complex.

First up were the U-18 Islanders, made up of girls from Oak Harbor, Coupeville and South Whidbey.  They are having an excellent season, and after winning 2-1 over Northshore Evolution on Sunday, they are now 8-2 at at the top of the standings.  For a more detailed writeup, see David Svien's coupevillesports.com site.

Photos from the GU-18 game are posted HERE.

The other team in action was the U-11 squad which is mostly Oak Harbor players.  They struggled against the visiting Seattle team and fell 4-0, lowering their season record to 2-2, tied for 3rd place.

GU-11 photos are posted HERE.


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MS Wrestling 2014-03-11 at Mt. Baker MS

Wildcat United is on the road twice this week.  Tuesday they were at Mt. Baker, facing off against Cascade and the host school.

The 'Cats had several impressive wins, and while no team scores were maintained, it seemed like Cascade got the better of Oak Harbor.

Thursday the 13th, WU wrestlers travel to Cascade MS in a rematch, and this time Coach Falcon thinks his wrestlers will be able to take a few more matches away from their host.

The team ends the regular season at home on Tuesday the 16th.  Come check out the future of OHHS wrestling in the North Whidbey gym.  Admission is FREE!

Photos from some of the matches at Mt. Baker are posted HERE.


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Youth Basketball 2014-03-08

Part of the SWISH end-of-season tournament was played this past weekend, while some will play this coming weekend.

Playing on March 15th are:

8th Purple team - Start at 9am in the LaConner old gym.  The Purple team finished the regular sason with a 0-8 record and are looking for some wins in the tournament.

8th Gold team - Starts at 11:15am at Sedro-Woolley HS.  The Gold team finished 6-2, tied for 3rd place.

Coupeville also plays in Sedro Woolley, starting at 10:05am.  They were 1-7 on the season.

Completing their play for the season on March 8th:

8th Black - Finished the season 4-4, entered the tournament as the #6 seed.  They won their first game, beating Stanwood 31-21, lost their 2nd game to the Tri-City Raptors out of Canada 51-41, the finished just out of the money with a very close 45-43 loss to Nooksack Valley.

7th grade - Tied for 3rd with a 5-4 record, but the #2 seed in the tournament.  They had a first-round bye, beat Arlington 27-21, then lost to LaConner 44-38 in the championship game.

6th grade - 7-1 on the season, finished 1st, seeded 1st.  They also had a first-round bye, but lost their first game to Stanwood 35-25, then came back to beat the Mariners 36-24 to finish in 3rd place.

4/5th Gold - 8-0 season record, seeded 1st, won the tournament championship with wins over Stanwood Red (30-14), Lakewood (27-26) and Mt. Vernon (46-26).

4/5th Purple - 6-2 record, seeded 4th.  They lost to Lakewood 42-20 and 38-37 to the Mt. Vernon Dawgs.

Photos of the 7th grade team in action vs Arlington are posted HERE.

 Photos of all the SWISH boys teams are posted HERE.
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MS Wrestling 2014-02-27 at Burlington

Another week, another wrestling match for Wildcat United.  This match was at Lucille Umbarger School in Burlington.  No team scores or individual results were maintained, as the meet was more of a round-robin format, intended to get as many matches for as many wrestlers as possible.

WU Wrestling is on the road again this week, traveling to Concrete on Wednesday.

Photos are posted HERE.


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Youth basketball 2014-03-01

We were able to cover both the 4/5th grade games this past weekend.  Both were at LaConner Middle School and were back-to-back games.

In the first game, the undefeated Gold team took on the 6-3 Mt. Vernon Dawgs.  While it was not the Gold team's best game, they did what they needed to do for the 24-14 win.

The second game was the Purple team against Mt. Vernon Mayhem.  In this game OH led 16-8 at the half on the way to a 28-17 victory.

Those game end the regular season.  Due to scheduling conflicts there was no coverage of the 7th grade team during the regular season.  However, we will be at their first tournament game next Saturday, March 8th at LaConner Middle School.

Below is the time and location of the first game of the tournament for the rest of the Oak Harbor teams.

4/5th Purple - 1005 at Skagit Valley College
4/5th Gold - 1115 at SVC
6th - 1005 at Sedro-Woolley HS
8th Black - 0900 at Sedro-Woolley
8th Purple - 0900 at LaConner Old
8th Gold - 1115 at Sedro-Woolley HS


Purple team action photos are posted HERE

Gold Team action photos are HERE.





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Student-Staff basketball 2014-02-28

Last Friday, the Key Club sponsored the annual Student-Staff basketball game, and for the second year in a row, the staff team won the game.

Photos are posted HERE.

There is no charge for these photos unless you want prints, which are at the wholesale price.  If you want a digital copy, just right-click and save.

MS GBB 2014-02-20 NWMS vs Mt. Baker

Thursday afternoon the North Whidbey Cougars took on the Mt. Baker Grizzlies in a series of 4 games split between NWMS and Oak Harbor Middle.

The 7th and 8th grade varsity squads were in their home gym while the JV 'A' and JV 'B' squads went across the highway to OHMS.

The 7th grade varsity struggled early, but found themselves and came away with a 35-23 victory.

The 8th grade game was a virtual stalemate, with NWMS leading 1-0 at the end of the first quarter.  There was a little more offense in the second, with NW taking a 7-2 lead into halftime.

Sorry, no 8th grade final score nor individual results for this game, and no JV results either.

Below are links to photos.  There are group photos included as well as action pics.

7th grade varsity photos are posted HERE

8th grade varsity photos are HERE

If you played in the JV 'A' game, your photos are HERE.

Click HERE for photos if you were in the JV 'B' game.


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State Swimming - day 1

Team-wise, it was not a good day for the Oak Harbor boys swimmers.  None of the 5 OH swimmers, competing in 5 individual and 2 relay events, qualified for the 2nd day of competition.

The top 8 of Friday's preliminary heats move on to Saturday's finals.

Senior Caley Powers competed in a total of four events - the 50 free, 100 fly, 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free relay.  He was 17th in both his individual events, the medley relay was 20th and free relay 23rd.  Joining Powers in the relay events were brother Dakota, Micah Geist and Cedric Cabigting.

Cabigting also swam the 100 backstroke, finishing 22nd overall in 1:00.07

Geist swam the 200 Individual Medley, also finishing 22nd.  His time was 2:15.84

Joe Gorman was 22nd in the 500 freestyle, posting a time of 5:17.52.

State Wrestling tournament - Day 1

At the end of the first day of wrestling at the 2014 Mat Classic, the boys team of 7 wrestlers is in 22nd place out of 53 schools with 19 points.  The current leader is Decatur with 62 points.

Stanwood is 12th with 29 points and Wesco North and Region 1 champion Ferndale is 16th with 24 points.  Pilchuck 18th with 22 points, Everett 35th.  Of the 12 Metro schools that Oak Harbor faced in the Region 1 meet, only Bainbridge (7) and Eastside Catholic (6) have scored any points at all.  Blanchet, O'Dea, Franklin, Nathan Hale and Lakeside have 0, while West Seattle, Ingraham, Rainier Beach and Cleveland did not qualify any wrestlers for the state meet.

Individual results:

113 lbs - Christian Bertram lost his first match to Almaguer of Kamiakin by fall in 2:55, then won his 2nd match 8-2 over Miles of Timberline. In his 3rd match, Christian lost 5-4 of Llarenas of Hanford. 

132 lbs - Jeremy Vester won his first match 9-2 over McPherson of Peninsula, the lost 10-7 to Gooldy of Kamiakin. Jeremy won his 3rd match 8-1 over Daurie of Pilchuck to stay alive.  His next match is tomorrow at 10:20am.

138 lbs - Jahleel Vester beat Larsen of Kennedy Catholic by pin in 2:59 in the first round, then beat Bondurant of Mt. Spokane 9-0 in the 2nd.  His next match is tomorrow at 10:30am.

152 lbs - Mark Johnston won by pin in 4:16 in the first round, beating Oliferovskiy of Mountlake Terrace, then lost to top see Metzger of Hudson's Bay by pin.  In round 3, Mark lost 12-3 to Fend from Enumclaw.

195lbs - Jacob Dugin lost his first match, getting pinned by Condon of Mercer Island with just 30 seconds remaining in the match.  In his second match, he was pinned by Stolz of Peninsula.

220lbs - Ray Quinday lost his opener, pinned by Calvert of Kennewick, then beat Lesar from Kennedy Catholic 5-1. Ray lost his 3rd match to Surita of Southridge by pin.

285lbs - Jackson Constant got pinned early by Fifita of Glacier Peak in his first match, then lost to Starks of Peninsula by injury default.

For the girls, Amber Cramsey-Behnke got pinned by Contreras of Warden late in the first match, but came back to pin Fruh of North Beach in just 23 seconds.  In her 3rd match, Amber beat #5 ranked Munoz of Highline 4-0.  Her next match is tomorrow at 11:50.

MS Wrestling 2014-02-19 vs Anacortes and Burlington

Wildcat United, the combined OHMS and NWMS wrestling team held their first meet of the season at NWMS Wednesday night.

No team or individual results were recorded, but with two mats in use there was plenty of action.

There were plenty of cheers and tears as each individual wrestler went out and gave his or her best effort.

Since admission is free, there's no reason to not come and cheer on our local wrestlers.

Over the next three weeks the team travels to Burlington, Concrete, Mt. Baker and Cascade before returning home on March 18th for the final meet of the year.  March 22nd sees the middle school finals tournament, time and location to be announced.

Nearly 100 photos from today's action are posted HERE.


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Middle School Girls Basketball 2014-02-18 - NWMS at OHMS

The middle school girls basketball season kicked off with the annual crosstown game between Oak Harbor Middle School and North Whidbey Middle School and OHMS.

This year there are both JV and Varsity squads at both the 7th and 8th grade level.  JV results were not provided.

In the 7th grade varsity game, OHMS took an early lead, ahead 11-4 at halftime, but the Cougars came back after the break and scored 10 in each of the final two periods to win the game 24-16.

For OHMS, Bristow scored 8 points, Wilson 6 and Coker 2.  For NWMS it was Ambers with 12, Utley with 6, and Morris, Presto and Brown scoring 2 apiece.

There was no reversal between halves in the 8th grade game.  The OHMS Panthers came out and held the visitors scoreless in the first quarter on their way to a 35-10 win.  For the Panthers, Jaelene and Brianna scored 4 points each and Tiffani scored 2.  Ruben finished with 12 for the Cougars, Cooley 7, Wilson 5, Miesele and Christian 4 each and Nuttell 1.

NWMS plays at home Thursday the 20th against Mt. Baker.

Photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE.  In addition to the action photos, there are some group photos of the OHMS 7th grade varsity and JV squads.

8th grade photos are HERE. Group photos of both 8th grade varsity teams are included.

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Wrestling 2014-02-15 - Regional tournaments

Saturday was very successful for Oak Harbor wrestlers, as all 7 boys and 1 girl wrestler are moving on to this weekend's State Tournament at the Tacoma Dome.

In Bellingham at the girls Region 1 tournament, there were highs and lows.  On the high side, sophomore Amber Cramsey-Behnke won by pin in two of her matches and will be going on to state as the #4 seed from Region 1.

On the low side, freshman Meredith Bain, who won her first match 8-4, seriously injured her arm in the 2nd match, resulting in a pin and she had to injury default the remainder of the day.  Another Freshman, Caitlynn Woodworth injured a knee and had to default her 5th/6th place match.

Senior Desquitado and Freshman O'Brien both lost their first two matches.

Some video highlights from the girls tournament are posted HERE.

Photos from the girls tournament are HERE.

On the boys side, Christian Bertram won by pin, and won 7-1 and 16-0 to become the Region 1 champion at 113 lbs.

Both Jeremey and Jahleel Vester are also Regional champions.  Jeremy beat #1 ranked and defending state champion Matt Iwicki from Eastside Catholic 7-3 to win in the finals.  Brother Jahleel won with 2 pins and a 11-3 final match.

Junior Mark Johnston will be the #2 seed, falling 13-6 in the finals.

At 195 lbs Jacob Dugin is the #4 seed, winning twice by pin and losing twice.

Ray Quinday finished 3rd at 220 lbs, with his only loss coming to the eventual regional champion.

Finally, Jackson Constant was 2nd, losing 2-1 in the championship round.

Track this weekend's results at the WIAA website.

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