FB 2015-10-09 Varsity vs Getchell

by David Svien

It was a complete role reversal.

A week after blowing a big lead and falling under a non-stop hail of points at Arlington, the Oak Harbor High School football rebounded with a vengeance Friday night.

This time it was the Wildcats going on the scoring tear, as they threw down 34 straight points to close the game, eventually routing visiting Marysville Getchell 46-9.

The win lifted Oak Harbor to 3-2 overall, 2-1 in Wesco North action.

The 'Cats accomplished most of their destruction on the ground, with three backs racking up 100+ yards as Oak Harbor ran wild against a weak Charger defense.

Princeton Lollar was the main man, rumbling for a season-high 260 yards, while Mac Carr and Savion Passmore each topped the century mark in support.

Oak Harbor's defense made its own stand, holding Marysville to just 104 yards of total offense.

The game was close, however, at least in the early going, as the Wildcats clung to a 12-9 lead midway through the second quarter.

Touchdowns from Carr (a three-yard run) and Passmore (an 82-yard jaunt to the end zone) staked Oak Harbor to the lead, but Maryville used a 35-yard field goal from Declan Sweatt and a 28-yard scoring run by Jeremy Pinca to hang tough.

Any hopes of the game playing out down to the wire quickly faded, though, as the 'Cats stepped up and rammed home five straight touchdowns to end the game.

Passmore (21-yard run) and Carr (5-yard run) each added their second score of the evening, before Lollar caught them with two touchdowns of his own.

The first came on a 50-yard explosion, the second on a 13-yard sprint to pay dirt.

Mack Nuanez rounded out the run-happy attack with a two-yard scoring run to provide the night's final points.

Oak Harbor returns to action next Friday, Oct. 16, when it hosts Stanwood for Homecoming. Kickoff is 7 PM.

Photos from the 2nd half of the game are posted HERE.


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Girls Soccer update 2015-10-09

Last week was busy for the soccer girls as they played 3 games over 9 days, including a rare Friday night game against Anacortes.

On Sept 30th the girls went to Marysville to take on Pilchuck with both JV (3-0) and Varsity (2-0) falling to the Tomahawks.

Friday the 2nd of October saw the girls in Anacortes, where the JV team got a very nice 6-0 victory and varsity a 3-1 win.

After nearly a week off, they returned to play on Thursday the 8th.  The JV squad fell to visiting Meadowdale 1-0.  The varsity squad got a quick goal and led for much of the first half before the Mavericks tied the game at 1.  The score remained tied until the final minute, when Meadowdale was able to scoot a ball past the OH keeper on a corner kick to leave with the 2-1 win.

Photos from the varsity game are posted HERE.

There's three more home games left in the regular season, on Oct 13th vs Mountlake Terrace, Oct 22 vs Shorewood and Oct 28th vs Everett.

They also have 3 games on the road - 10/15 at Shorecrest, 10/20 at Glacier Peak and 10/26 at Lynnwood.


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Youth football 2015-10-03

It was a great Saturday on October 3rd as all seven OHFCL teams came away with wins.

On the road, Midget Gold beat Granite Falls 42-8, Midget Purple beat Anacortes Purple 12-0 and the Senior team beat Upriver 32-19.

At home PeeWee Purple won 45-0 over Burlington, PeeWee Gold 38-13 over MV Black.  Junior Purple beat Friday Harbor 39-0 and Junior Gold won 37-6 over MV Green.

The Junior Purple team was so dominant, that at the end of the first quarter, OH led 18-0, and had not run a single offensive play - all scoring was on returns - punts and fumbles.

Action photos were taken of the Purple Junior team and both PeeWees.

All photos of youth football this year can be found HERE.

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Youth soccer 2015-10-09 at Ft. Nugent Park

After a small hiccup at the start, the fall youth rec soccer season is well underway.

The photographer was finally able to get to the Ft. Nugent fields and was able to capture all 10 of the U-6 games that were played on the 9th.

All youth soccer photos this year can be found under in a single gallery, so if you have multiple players on multiple teams, you can add all the photos into a single order.

Click HERE for the photo gallery.


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JV football 2015-10-05 vs Arlington

The JV squad played only their 2nd home game of the season (of 3), hosting the Arlington Eagles.

It was a hard-fought game, with the halftime and 3rd quarter scores even at 14 each.  Then, with just 43 seconds left in the game, Mac Carr ran it in from 31 yards out to make it 20-14.  Arlington had one last chance, but the Wildcat defense held for the win.

Photos from the game are posted HERE

The next two games are on the road for the JV guys, on 10/12 at Getchell and 10/19 at Stanwood, then host Pilchuck for the season finale on the 26th.

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Freshman football

A couple of tough losses marked the Freshman football team's efforts recently.

Hosting the Everett Seagulls on October 1st for the boys' first home game of the season, it looked like the 'Cats might get the win, but a late score by Everett won it for the visitors 24-16.

On Wednesday the 7th, the team traveled to Arlington and fell 39-7.

Photos from the Everett game are posted HERE

Arlington photos are HERE.

The freshman team plays at home for the next two weeks, this coming Wednesday against Getchell, and the following Wednesday against Stanwood.  They end their season with a trip to Pilchuck.

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VB update 2015-10-09

It's been a rough week and a half for Oak Harbor Volleyball.

Since beating Arlington 3-2 on September 21th, the Wildcat varsity squad has won only 2 matches and lost 3.

Going to Shorecrest on 9/23, the girls came away winless, falling to the host 25-20, 25-23, 25-18.  They came back 6 days later to sweep Meadowdale 25-13, 25-15, 25-22 in Lynnwood.

Two days later it was another win for Oak Harbor as they slugged it out with visiting Glacier Peak before going home with a 25-23, 19-25, 23-25, 25-22, 15-10 victory.

This time with 5 days of rest, the team traveled to Stanwood and while they played some inspired volleyball at times, the could not get games put away and lost 3-0.  In the first game, Oak Harbor had game point at 24-20, but Stanwood came back to win 26-24.  In the second game, it was all Stanwood as the Spartans won 25-12.  In the 3rd game, the Wildcats again held game point, but fell 27-25.

The week ended at home on the 8th, with Pink Out night in support of breast cancer, against Edmonds-Woodway.  The first game was close, with E-W getting a 25-22 win.  The 'Cats settled down, played good, solid volleyball and won game 2 handily, 25-16.  The 3rd game went to the Warriers 25-13.  In the 4th game, Edmonds grabbed an early lead and extended it to 7 points, but the 'Cats went on an 11-3 run to knot the game at 18 before EW pulled away again.  The 'Cats got close again, 23-24, but lost the 4th game 23-25 and the match 4-1.

Here are the JV results from the same matches:

Shorecrest - 2-1 win
@ Meadowdale - 2-1 win
Glacier Peak - 2-1 loss
@ Stanwood - 3-0 loss
E-W - 2-1 loss

C team

Shorecrest - no match - Shorecrest did not field a C team
@ Meadowdale - 2-1 loss
Glacier Peak - 2-1 win
@ Stanwood - 3-0 loss
E-W - 3-0 loss

Varsity photos vs Glacier Peak are HERE
Varsity vs Stanwood photos are HERE
Varsity vs Edmonds are HERE
JV vs Stanwood pics
C team @ Stanwood pics

The Wildcats have 5 dates remaining on their regular season schedule, with 3 at home.  The girls host Marysville-Pilchuck on Tuesday the 13th, Everett on Thursday the 22nd and Shorewood on Wednesday the 28th, which is the last match of the regular season.

They interspace the home matches with a trip to Getchell on the 20th and Mountlake Terrance on the 26th.


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FB 2015-10-02 at Arlington

by David Svien

All good things must come to an end.

The Oak Harbor High School football squad hadn't lost to anyone in conference play other than perennial power Marysville-Pilchuck since 2011 entering Friday's game at Arlington.

Now, that streak is done.

Surrendering 35 unanswered points on a rain-drenched night, the Wildcats blew a 21-3 lead and fell 38-21 on the road, dropping their record to 2-2 overall, 1-1 in Wesco North play.

Arlington and MP sit atop the standings at 2-0.

The Eagles blasted Oak Harbor with a potent passing attack, which surprisingly got more effective the more it rained, which is generally the opposite of how that works.

Arlington gunslinger Andrew Kalahar overcome a slow start, in which he completed three of 10 passes, to get red-hot. He finished on a 25-for-32 run from the second quarter on, running up nearly 400 yards of offense on his way to tossing for five touchdowns.

It was a radical turn for a game that started firmly in Oak Harbor's favor.

The 'Cats opened the scoring by driving 81 yards on their first possession, with Tyler Snavely hitting Dyllan Harris with a 12-yard bomb to cap things.

After another strong scoring drive of 68 yards, Oak Harbor seemed to bust the game open when Princeton Lollar blasted in on a short touchdown run to make it 21-3.

His score was set up by a 42-yard run from Savion Passmore, who brought the ball down to the three-yard line before Arlington tacklers rode him down.

But, just as hopes of ruining Arlington's Homecoming were catching fire, Kalahar emerged to save the day for the hosts.

He responded to Lollar's score with a 71-yard scoring strike of his own on the very next play, then kept on flingin'.

Oak Harbor's own offense suddenly sputtered out, turning over the ball on downs every time it had possession in the second half, and mustering little of a comeback.

Passmore provided a brief spark near the end, returning a fumble 51 yards to the Arlington five-yard line.

Unfortunately, the Wildcats promptly went four-and-out from there to cap their second half frustrations.

Lollar led the running game, racking up 136 yards on 22 carries, while Passmore added 65 yards and Harris gutted out 64.

The Wildcats return to action Friday, Oct. 9 when they host Marysville Getchell (0-2, 1-4).

Photos from the game are posted HERE.

MS XC 2015-10-01 at City Beach

by David Svien

United, they will triumph.

Having assembled a juggernaut of a cross country squad by combining two middle schools, Wildcat United is on the prowl.

The team, which brings together fleet-footed harriers from North Whidbey Middle School and Oak Harbor Middle School, won three of four individual races at its home opener Oct. 1.

Running at Windjammer Park, the 'Cats captured titles in the 7th grade boys race and both of the 8th grade duels.

Peyton Horn won the eighth-grade boys title, crossing the course in a crisp nine minutes, 56 seconds.

Joining him on the victory stand were eighth-grader Patti Miessner (10:54) and seventh-grader Anthony Ashworth (10:32).

Complete Wildcat United results:

7th grade girls:

Octavia Prosser (5th) 11:58.54; Annie Salinger (6th) 11:59.01; Ashley Shoemaker (10th) 12:55; Kali Pearcy (12th) 13:46; Princess Garcia (18th) 14:11; Aaliyah Spencer (20th) 14:17; Madison Grimaldo (26th) 14:54; Jasmine Mitchell (29th) 15:11; Elizabeth Nuttal (41st) 18:32.76


Photos from this race are posted HERE

7th grade boys:

Anthony Ashworth (1st) 10:32; Tanner Hackerott (3rd) 10:39; Isaac Keyes (13th) 11:54.49; Brendan Massicotte (16th) 12:12; Nick Morris (17th) 12:14; Sam Peek (18th) 12:16; Greyson Fleming (19th) 12:18; Aiden Wright (22nd) 12:22; Riley Williamson (25th) 13:21; Henry Booth (27th) 14:08; Justin Smith (33rd) 15:54; Zach Badaouie (34th) 16:02; Caelleb Mendlik (35th) 16:34; Justin Vasileff (36th) 12:01; Quincy Sellgren (39th) 18:59




7th grade boys photos are HERE

8th grade girls:

Patti Miessner (1st) 10:54; Megan Smith (4th) 11:34; Keelie Patridge (5th) 11:57; Cat Wicker (6th) 12:03; Addy Day (7th) 12:16; Ella Erikson (9th)12:37; Mia Wyman (10th) 12:52; Haley Abbott (12th) 12:53; Diandra Dominguez (14th) 13:41; Frances Empinado (15th) 13:48; Kyra Pitts (17th) 14:13; Ashley Berry (20th) 15:48; Hannah Stasel (25th) 17:29; Natalie Halverson (27th) 18:53; Cheyanne Winchester (28th) 21:39



Click HERE for photos of the 8th grade girls race.



8th grade boys:

Peyton Horn (1st) 9:56; Dallas Riddle-Stevens (2nd) 10:02; Lincoln Bassett (5th) 10:21; Pedro Meyer (8th) 10:35; Shamus Warden (9th) 10:53; Robby Galang (10th) 11:00; Rich Skillin (12th) 11:15; Hayden Miesle (15th) 11:20; Mason Fields (17th) 11:30; Aiden McCarthy (22nd) 11:59; Shane Sanders (26th) 12:23; Spencer Lien (30th) 12:49; Luke Turner (37th) 14:12; Andrew Lof (41st) 14:53; Albert Hull (42nd) 12:52.


HERE are the 8th grade boys race pics.




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Boys Tennis update 2015-10-04

On September 29th, the boys tennis teams faced Everett, with the Varsity at Everett and JV at home.

In the varsity matches, Everett was strong, winning 6 of the 7 matches, with only Raymond Paraiso at 3rd singles winning his match, 7-6(5), 6-2.

The JV also lost, 5-2, with 3rd singles Nathanael Thompson winning 7-6(7-3), 6-1 and the 2nd doubles team of Cullen Wood and John Bird wining 6-0, 6-1.

JV photos vs Everett are posted HERE.

On October 1st, the varsity was at home against Getchell while the JV took to the road.

The JV squad fell 6-1 (no individual results were provided), but the varsity won 4-3, sweeping the Chargers for the season.

All four singles players - Jackson Wezeman (6-0, 6-0), Raymond Paraiso (6-0, 6-1), Rodrigo Columbo (6-1, 6-1) and Calib Byers (6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4) got wins while all 3 doubles team fell.

The 2nd doubles team of Aziya Sanders and Matt Molitor went to 3 sets before falling 5-7, 6-2, 2-6.

The varsity tennis boys have two remaining home matches - on Oct 8th vs Stanwood and Oct 13th vs Everett (the final match of the year).  JV has home matches on Oct 6th (Arlington) and Oct 12th (Lake Stevens C team).



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FB 2015-10-01 Freshmen vs Everett

Last Thursday the Oak Harbor freshman football team hosted Everett in their first home game of the season.

The Wildcats got on the board first.  Dorian Hardin carried the ball from about 7 yards out but was stripped of the ball just short of the goal line.  The ball bounced into the end zone where Shingo Johnston was there to jump on it for the score.  Aaron Martinez ran in a 2-point conversion to make it 8-0 with 1:19 left in the 1st quarter.

Everett responded with a 6-yard run and a pass PAT with 7:42 to go in the half to tie the game.  They added another 1-yard TD that was set up by a 45-yard pass play (the PAT kick failed).  With 2:04 to go in the 2nd it was now OH 8, Everett 14.

The two teams slugged it out for most of the 3rd quarter, but with 29 seconds left in the 3rd, Everett broke free for a 75-yard TD run to boost their led to 21-8.  A 22-yd field goal with 6:44 left in the game put Everett ahead 24-8.

Oak Harbor scored again with 2:21 left in the game, a 3-yard run up the middle by Michael Fisken.  The 2-pt PAT run succeeded, cutting the Everett lead to 24-16.

The defense held Everett on the next possession, taking over on the OH 42 with 1:22 left to play.  Unfortunately, the Wildcats were stopped and Everett left with a 24-16 win.

The freshmen are on the road next week, traveling to Arlington, then play at home on Wednesday the 14th against Getchell.


Photos from the game are posted HERE.


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Girls Soccer 2015-09-28 vs Arlington

The Girls soccer teams had a tough night Tuesday hosting the Arlington Eagles.

The JV squad lost 3-0 and Varsity 3-1, with the lone Wildcat goal made by Lydia Peplinski.  The goal was a thing of beauty, coming off her left foot and heading to the upper left corner of the net.

After a game at MP on Wednesday the 30th, the girls play 2 home games in a row, against Meadowdale on Oct 8th and Mountlake Terrace on the 13th.

Photos from the varsity game are posted HERE.

Girls Swim 2015-09-28 vs Getchell and Pilchuck

Two, two, two wins in one.

Hosting both Getchell and Pilchuck Monday evening, the Wildcat girls swim team beat both to improve their season record to 5-1.

It was a good day for the 'Cats as the won 9 event, and swept the 100 breast with Marissa Morris, Baelee Whitinger and Erica Sugatan finishing 1-2-3.

Natalie Hahn finished 4th among the divers to add to the OH point total.

The girls are on Thursday, Oct 1st, at Lake Stevens and won't have another home meet until Monday, October 19th when they host Mt. Vernon

Photos from the Marysville meet can be found HERE.

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OHFCL vs South Whidbey PowderPuff game 2015-09-27

While the Seahawks were whipping the Chicago Bears at CenturyLink Field, the OHFLC Mama Cats were whipping up on their South Whidbey counterparts in the 2nd annual Powderpuff fundraising game.

Kala Lewis tossed four TD passes in the game, one to sister Kaui Asinsin, as the Mama Cats romped to a 30-0 victory at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.  Lewis also ran for a 5th score.

On the receiving end, Heidi Wyman caught a Lewis pass for the first score of the game, Jamie Steinke caught a pair of TD passes and Alicia Force also got in the act with a score.

The players were assisted by a couple of dads and coaches who donned cheerleader attire and led the crowd in a variety of rousing chants.

Over 200 photos from the game can be found on Facebook at the league page, OHYFL.


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OHYFL 2015-09-26

Every team was in action last Saturday, with 3 at home and 4 on the road.

At the Ft. Nugent field, it was a Wildcat sweep, with Midget Purple beating South Whidbey 12-0, Midget Gold beating Orcas 46-6 and Junior Gold beating LaConner 18-6.

On the road, the Junior Purple team got their first win of the season in a 54-20 thumping of Conrete, and PeeWee Purple whipped LaConner 33-0.  PeeWee Gold lost in a very close 6-8 game at Friday Harbor and the Senior team lost to Mt. Vernon 40-6 at Burlington's corn field.

This coming Saturday, October 3rd, there are 4 games at Ft. Nugent, starting at 9am.  Junior Gold takes on Mt. Vernon Green, PeeWee Gold plays Mt. Vernon Black, Junior Purple plays Friday Harbor and the last game, starting at 3pm is PeeWee Purple vs Burlington.


Full league scores and standings can always be found at the North Cascade Youth Football League website:  http://www.northcascadeyouthfootballleague.com/


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FB 2015-09-25 vs Everett

by David Svien

A week off didn't cool Dyllan Harris down.

Coming off a bye week, the Oak Harbor High School senior ran wild for 191 yards and two long touchdowns to spark the Wildcats to a 55-7 thrashing of visiting Everett Friday night.

The win lifted the 'Cat football squad to 2-1 overall, 1-0 in league play.

Harris, who had been an All-League receiver for Oak Harbor, moved into a running back slot when four different 'Cat backs went down in the season opener. The transition has been seamless.

Taking advantage of a Seagull defense that couldn't contain, or control him, Harris rambled for scores on runs of 62 and 66 yards.

And he wasn't the only Wildcat back breaking backs.

Bouncing back from an injury, Princeton Lollar rolled up 87 yards of his own, crashing into the end zone on runs of 32 and two yards, while Savion Passmore tacked on 61 yards.

Everett came into the game with a 3-0 mark in non-conference games and pinned Oak Harbor at its own three-yard line to kick things off.

The rest of the night was not so great for the visitors.

Oak Harbor shrugged off the bad field position and drove 97 yards in five plays to open the scoring and built a 34-0 bulge by the half.

Everett finally got on the board with a late fourth-quarter touchdown, but was trailing 48-0 at the time, so it probably didn't mean much in the grand scheme of things.

In addition to Harris and Lollar, Oak Harbor got touchdown runs from Tyler Snavely, Passmore, Andrew Miller and Thomas Gilham.

Eric Jensen converted on seven of eight PATs.

Oak Harbor will return to action next Friday, Oct. 2, when they travel to Arlington, which bopped Marysville Getchell 34-7 in its Wesco North opener.

 

Photos from the game are posted HERE.

 

 

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Girls Soccer 2015-09-24 vs Edmonds-Woodway

Thursday night the varsity soccer team faced off against defending State Champion Edmonds-Woodway and came "this" close to upsetting the champs.

Jenna Cooley found the corner of the net on a deflected pass less than a minute into the game.

E-W tied the game on a penalty kick that nobody knew about until the ref put the ball on the PK spot. 

After halftime, EdWay showed why they are the champs, dominating on defense and putting in another goal past the Wildcat keeper to make it 2-1, which would be the final score.

In JV action, the Warriors were too much for a young Wildcat JV squad, winning 5-0.

Varsity photos are HERE

JV pics are HERE.

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XC 2015-09-24 at SVC

The Wildcats went Mt. Vernon last Thursday for a tri-meet against Mt. Vernon and Stanwood and ran some good races.

The girls team race was very close, with Stanwood on top of Oak Harbor by just 3 points, 36-39.  While the race wasn't won by a Wildcats, Alexis Smith, Carolynn Wicker and Tamia Rios finished 2-3-5 to help the OH point total.

For the boys, it was also a 3-point margin of victory in team scoring, with Oak Harbor on top over Mt. Vernon 28-31.  Miguel Guzman and Jake Hucko went 1-2 in the race, Michael Lym and Tyler Grehan were 5th and 7th for the 'Cats.

Oct 1st the teams travel to Lake Stevens for a 5-team meet, then host their one and only home meet on Thursday, October 8th at City Beach Park.


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Boys Tennis update

Last week on Wednesday the boys varsity tennis team traveled to always-good Stanwood while the JV squad hosted the Spartans.

Both results were the same - 5-2 wins for Stanwood.

Varsity got wins from 1st and 2nd singles, with Jackson Wezeman winning 6-4, 6-3 and Rodrigo Columbo winning 6-3, 6-4.  The 1st doubles team of Jared Hunt and Matthew Hallahan went the distance before falling 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

On the JV court, Trenton Cone won 6-0, 6-4 at 2nd singles and Clifford Hartley won 7-5, 6-4 at 3rd singles.  All the other matches were won by Stanwood in straight sets.

The very next day, the varsity squad hosted Pilchuck, sweeping the visitors with a straight-set, 7-0 victory.

1st singles - Wezeman won 6-0, 6-0
2nd singles - Columbo won 6-3, 6-2
3rd singles - Raymond Paraiso won 6-2, 6-1
4th singles - Calib Byers win 6-4, 6-4

1st doubles - Hunt and Hallahan won 6-4, 6-0
2nd doubles - Sidney Thomas and Jose Cabigting won 7-6(3), 6-3
3rd doubles - Matt Molitor and Aziya Sanders won 6-3, 6-1

In an exhibition match, Noel Pangilinan and Cobin Phipps won 8-1.

While the varsity squad was whipping the Tomahawks, the JV squad was at Cavalero Mid-High (the Lake Stevens freshman campus), falling 6-1.

The lone Wildcat winner was Cone, who slugged it out before winning 6-7(5-7), 6-3, 10-8.

Tuesday the 29th the varsity team is at Everett, then host Getchell on October 1st, with JV at the opposite locations.

Photos from the varsity match against Pilchuck are posted HERE.


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FB 2015-09-23 - Freshmen at Stanwood

Playing yet another game on the road, the Wildcat Freshman team picked up an extra game against Stanwood in place of the originally scheduled bye.

At first things did not go well for the 'Cats as the Spartans jumped to a 14-0 lead, but late in the second half Oak Harbor scored a pair of TDs, and converted on both 2-point PAT attempts to win the game 16-14.

They play their first home game of the season this coming Thursday, October 1st, against Everett.

Photos from the Stanwood game are posted HERE.


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