OHHS football begins this Friday

The Wildcat varsity football teams travels to Edmonds Stadium to meet Mountlake Terrace in the opening game of the 2010 season.

The Hawks are coming off a 4-2 conference season (6-4 overall) and were the #2 finisher in the WESCO south last year, earning their first-ever playoff spot. Oak Harbor finished 2-4 in the WESCO North and 3-7 overall, coming in 5th place in the league.

This year both teams are in the newly formed WESCO 3A league and this will be the first meeting between the two teams in recent memory.

The game is the 2nd of a doubleheader at Edmonds Stadium with a scheduled start time of 8pm.

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Youth football 2010-08-28 - Opening day

The Oak Harbor Youth Football League kicked off the regular season with a set of 5 games at the Ft. Nugent complex last Saturday.

First up were the midget Panthers, facing off against Stanwood Red. From the beginning, it was easy to see that the Panthers were the superior team. The Panthers first scored with 8:45 left in the 1st quarter on a pitch to lead 6-0. The second score was also in the 1st quarter after a reverse went the distance. The quarter ended with the Panthers leading 12-0 and that score would stand through halftime.

In their second series of the 3rd quarter, the Panthers started the drive with 2 consecutive penalties, then had a long TD run called back by another flag, but the Spartans muffed the Panther punt and it was recovered by Oak Harbor. The Panthers drove down to the Stanwood 3 but turned the ball over on downs. On their first offensive play, Stanwood fumbled the snap and the QB was tackled in the end zone for a safety. With 5:03 left in the game it was now OH 14, Stanwood 0. On the free kick after the safety, Oak Harbor mishandled the ball and Stanwood recovered, turning it into a touchdown 6 plays later to cut the Panther lead to 8, 14-6 and 2:10 left in the game. Oak Harbor grabbed the kickoff and drove down the field, scoring on the final play of the game to win 20-6.

Video highlights from the Panthers game are posted HERE.

22 photos of the Panthers game are posted HERE.

Next up were the Jaguars against the sole Stanwood junior team. The game was all Jaguars from beginning to end, as the Oak Harbor defense never allowed Stanwood to cross midfield.

The first Jags TD came on a handoff with 3:59 to go in the 1st quarter. A kicked PAT was good to make the score 8-0. The next OH score came with just 32 seconds left in the 1st on a 36-yard TD pass play. There was a bad snap on the PAT attempt and the run failed. 14-0 Jags. Oak Harbor scored twice more in the 2nd quarter on running plays making the score 26-0 at halftime. The Jaguars scored at the 5:16 mark in the 3rd and the 6:49 mark in the 4th to run the final score to 40-0.

Jaguars video highlights are posted HERE.

22 Jaguars photos from the game are HERE

The middle game, starting at 1pm, featured the junior Pumas vs Ferndale Gold. Ferndale game to Oak Harbor physically and mentally ready to play football, unfortunately, the Pumas were not. Ferndale took the opening kickoff down to the Puma 7 yard line before fumbling to Oak Harbor. The Pumas went 3-and-out, then Ferndale scored with 8:18 left in the 2nd. Each team had a single possession in the remaining 1st half time which ended with Ferndale leading 6-0.

In the 3rd quarter, things didn't get much better for the Pumas as Ferndale scored at the 3:48 mark then again at the 5:41 point of the 4th period. Oak Harbor just could not get any offense going at all and ended the game on the short end of a 20-0 score.

There were some highlights, and video clips of them are posted HERE.

12 photos from the game are posted HERE

The 4th game of the day was the midget Cougars vs Sedro Blue. This game started with a lot of excitement, as the Cougars recovered the onside kick and the first play from scrimmage went up the middle for a touchdown. The score was called back due to a penalty, but the score went back up with 5:48 to go in the first quarter, Cougars ahead 6-0. Later in the first, the Cougs returned a Sedro punt for another score to make it 14-0. Late in the 2nd quarter, an Oak Harbor runner got loose for a 63-yard touchdown run to increase the lead to 20-0. The first-half shutout was sealed by a Cougar interception.

Scoring on their first possession of the 2nd half on a 54-yard run, the Cougars elected to attempt a kicked PAT (worth 2 points in youth football to encourage kicking) and the team watched the ball sail right through the uprights to make it 28-0 Cougars with 9:25 left in the 3rd. Oak Harbor added yet another score at the 2:50 mark on a 14-yard run to make it 34-0. In the 4th, Sedro was able to finally mount a drive, scoring from the OH 7 yard line then scored again on a 67-yard breakout run. The Cougars responded with a 68-yard scoring run of their own to end the game with a 40-12 victory.

An assortment of highlights are posted HERE.

22 Cougar game photos are posted HERE

Finally, starting almost on time, the peewee Lynx hosted Burlington Blue. Burlington struck first, needing only 4 plays to take an early 6-0 lead, then scored again as time expired in the 1st quarter to make it 13-0. The Lynx weren't down yet, as they had a decent drive of their own, scoring from 33 yards out to close the game to 13-6 at halftime.

Burlington used their first drive in the 2nd half to increase their lead to 20-6 on a 24-yard run and added another halfway through the 4th to make it 27-12. With plenty of fight still left in them, the Lynx broke loose for a 66-yard touchdown run, but BE got the final say with a touchdown as time expired, taking a 33-12 win home with them. In the books the score is listed as 34-12, but the pass PAT after the second Burlington TD was counted as 2 points instead of 1.

Some video highlights of the Lynx game are posted HERE.

14 Lynx photos are HERE

In the two games played outside of Oak Harbor, the senior Wildcats were at Arlington and had some center/QB exchange problems, with two fumbles leading to Eagle scores in the 1st half. The second half was better for the 'Cats, but Arlington still won 20-12.

Also at Arlington, the peewee Bobcats were down early 19-0 against Arlington White, but also recovered some, but not enough, as they lost 25-14.

Next week, Labor Day weekend, there are no games due to the long holiday weekend. However, the High School team will be at Edmonds Stadium on Friday, September 3rd to face Mountlake Terrace in their 1st game in the new WESCO 3A league.

The next OHYFL games are September 11th with 3 games at Ft. Nugent. The Cougars kick things off at 9am against Arlington Blue, followed by the Jaguars, also against Arlington Blue, at 11am, and finally the Lynx vs Mt. Vernon Green at 1pm.

The Pumas are at Burlington at 9am, the Wildcats at Lakewood at 11am and the Panthers at MV Black at 3pm. The Bobcats have the day off.

Youth Football 2010-08-21 - Jamboree

Again, Oak Harbor is fielding a total of 7 youth football teams. In the Pee-Wee division (6-8) are the Lynx and Bobcats, in the Midget division (9-10) are the Cougars and Panthers, the Juniors (11-12) are the Jaguars and Pumas and there is one Senior team, the Wildcats.

The Oak Harbor Youth Football League commenced play last Saturday at Burlington-Edison High School with the annual Jamboree. Each team had a minimum of 3 scrimmages against an outside team. The teams had 10 minutes continuously on offense and 10 on defense. The Pumas looked good against all their opponents and look to be one of the top teams this year.

The regular season opens next Saturday, August 28th, with 5 games at the Ft. Nugent field. The day starts at 9am with the Panthers taking on Stanwood Red followed at 11am with the Jaguars also against Stanwood. At 1pm it's the Pumas vs Ferndale Gold, at 3pm the Cougars vs Sedro-Woolley Blue and the final game, at 5pm is the Lynx vs Burlington Blue.

All the games are free and the snack shack will be open. Come down and cheer on the future of Oak Harbor!

In the meantime, here are the photos from last Saturday's Jamboree:

64 Wildcat photos are HERE

51 Bobcats photos are HERE

HERE are the 70 Cougar images

Click HERE for 35 Lynx photos

Panther images are HERE - all 35 of them

28 Puma pics are HERE

Finally, the Jaguars. Due to a number of factors, only 17 photos were publishable and they are posted HERE.

Youth Football

The Oak Harbor Youth Football season is underway, with teams in their 2nd week of practices. On Thursday, the midget teams, the Cougars and Panthers, got together for a scrimmage. 47 photos are posted HERE.

Both starters and subs saw a lot of action and there was a lot of encouragement for both teams by both coaches as well as several dozen parents on the sidelines. Some great sportsmanship was displayed all around!

It's football time!

Here is the 2010 OHHS Varsity football schedule. Other sports schedules will be posted as they are completed along with the youth football and soccer schedules

Sep 3 8pm vs Mountlake Terrace @ Edmonds Stadium
Sep 10 7pm vs Glacier Peak @ home
Sep 17 5pm vs Shorewood @ Shoreline Stadium
Sep 24 7pm vs Everett @ home - HOMECOMING
Oct 1 5pm vs Lynnwood @ Edmonds Stadium
Oct 8 7pm @ Mt. Vernon
Oct 15 7pm vs Shorecrest @ home
Oct 22 7pm vs LCI @ home
Oct 28 7pm vs Meadowdale @ home (Thursday game)

Take note that the final regular season game is on a Thursday, and that two of the away games are at 5pm.

Also note that "LCI" is on the schedule. This is the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute from Lethbridge, Canada. LCI is the largest of 3 high schools in Lethbridge, located in southern Alberta. LCI has an extensive Wikipedia entry which can be read by clicking HERE.

First Scholarship awarded

Back in June, the Oak Harbor Sports Report awarded its first ever scholarship at the annual awards ceremony at Oak Harbor High School. The $500 award was funded with the proceeds from the online photo sales and highlight videos. As sales increase, so will the award amount.

The scholarship is for a OHHS senior that participated in at least two sports per year for all 4 years of high school AND maintained a 3.0 or higher GPA.

The winner for the Class of 2010 was Adam Smith. He played on the football team for all 4 years of high school and swam in his senior year, in addition to other sports.

Adam will attend the University of Washington and recently learned to fly.

Congratulations, Adam!

Youth soccer 2010-06-05 - Final weekend

The final weekend of spring youth soccer was last weekend at Ft. Nugent Park with mostly just the U-6 and U-8 teams playing.

Soccer will start up again in the fall with another group of fun, hard-playing kids.

Photos from the final week include:

24 photos of the GU-6 Red Cobras vs Pink Pinkettes. The Pinkettes are sponsored by Angelo's Cafe on Pioneer Way.

25 photos of the BU-6 Little Limes vs Blue Dragons. The Limes are sponsored by Van Cleve Optical and the Dragons by Martins Auto Electric.

26 photos of the BU-8 Lime Dragons vs Blue Stingrays. The Stingray are sponsored by The Oak Harbor Auto Center.

36 photos of the BU-6 Red Cobras vs Grey Sonics.

23 photos of the Green Dragons vs Blue Sharks. The Sharks are sponsored by Best Friends Veterinary Center and the Dragons by Les Schwab Tires.

A real bees nest was stirred up when the Black Wasps played the Green Hornets. The Hornets fittingly have All Island Pest Control as their sponsor and the Wasps have Nautilus Construction. 22 photos are posted HERE.

Finally it was the Blue Ocean vs the Blue Dolphins, although the Dolphin uniforms looked green next to the Ocean uniforms. The Ocean has David Walker, Attorney as their sponsor and the Dolphins have Pediatric Associates. 20 photos of the final game are posted HERE.

It was a fun year for all the players, and not a little bit of sweat and tears were left on the field after each game.

Girls Tennis State results

The OHHS doubles team of Clarissa Abadesco and Laurin Rico finished the 2010 state tournament at Kamiakin HS in Kennewick in 6th place.

The girls started out with a 6-3, 6-0 loss to Tahoma HS from Tacoma. The rebounded by beating Federal Way easily 6-1, 6-3.

Their next match, against Walla Walla was tough and our girls lost the first set 3-6. Again they responded and won the next two 6-4, 6-2 for the 2-1 win

Next the girls faced Kentwood. Laurin and Clarissa won the first set 6-4 and the 2nd set was a much closer 7-5 win.

In their final match, with the winner getting 4th place, the girls faced a local team - Edmonds-Woodway. The OH girls played hard, but it wasn't enough as EW won 6-1, 6-2.

State track results

The Oak Harbor women, as a team, finished with 9 points to finish in 27th place out of 51 participating teams.

The only boys event was the 4x100 relay team that ran a time of 44.30 in the prelims for 13th place.

Naomi Walker finished 10th in the 100m dash prelims in 13.10. In the 200 meter dash prelims she ran a 26.25, good enough for 7th place and a trip to the finals, where she ran a 26.71 and earned 3rd place. Naomi was the only Freshman finalist in the 200m dash.

The girls 4x100 relay team ran a 50.06 prelim race but were one spot away from the finals with a 9th place finish.

Nicole Mowbray jumped 5-0 in the High Jump for 14th place. She also finished 11th in the triple jump.

Shantae Young, in the long jump, had a mark of 16-9.75 and finished 8th.

Track - State results, Day 1

One final to report from the first day of the state track championships.

In the triple jump, Shantae Young set a new PR of 38-6.75 to earn 3rd place in that event.

Nicki Mowbray, in her first year of track, jumped 36-2 to finish in 11th place

Great job girls!

Girls Golf District Tournament at Gallery Golf Course in Oak Harbor

The Oak Harbor Wildcats hosted this years' district golf tournament at the Navy's Gallery Golf Course.

Day 2 started with 39 golfers with the top 15 going to state. Of those 39 golfers, 6 were from Oak Harbor.

After the first day, Ashley Johnson was the top Wildcat, shooting a 93 for 6th place. Simone Hamilton shot a 97 and was tied for 8th.

Millie Goebel and Sasha Olson each shot 100 and were at 16th. Melany Cone was 24th with a 103 and Mara Cortez 38th with a 114.

On day 2, Ashley showed her consistency by shooting a 94 for a total of 187. That earned her 7th place and a trip to the state tournament next week in Pasco.

Melany Cone, after ending the first day in 24th place, shot a 93 on day 2 to boost herself up to 10th place.

Also going to state is Simone Hamilton who shot 100 on day 2 for a total of 197. She finished 11th.

Sasha Olson shot 105 on day 2 and finished 21st with a 205 total. Millie Goebel had 109 on the 2nd day for a total of 209 and 23rd place.

Mara Cortez improved by 13 strokes over day 1, shooting 101 on the 2nd day for a total of 215, moving her up to 31st place.

The 3 state participants are the team's 3 seniors, and the 3 juniors are well-poised to make their own run to state next year.

Girls Tennis - District tournament day 2

In the doubles consolation semifinal, Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco defeated Ann Fina and Marina Messerli of Stanwood 6-4, 6-3 for a chance to earn 3rd place and a trip to the state tournament.

In the final match, Julie Winston and Brielle Nicholas beat Laurin and Clarissa in the first set, 7-6(4), but the Wildcat women regrouped and won the next two sets 6-2, 6-4 to earn the 3rd and final spot in the state tennis tournament.

Cady O'Dell and Erin Neilon were tied for 7th in singles play.

Track - 4A District 1 championships - day 1

At the end of the first day of the 2-day meet, the Oak Harbor boys were 9th of 13 teams and the OH girls 4th.

Here are the complete OH results:

Boys
200m dash prelims - 7 - Jason Curles, 13 - Aaron Boesch
400m dash prelims - 14 - Chris Opdyke
800m run prelims - 2 - Matt Bolte, 14 - Conner Meyer (PR 2:06.38)
1600m run finals - 16 - Matt Reith
300m hurdles prelims - 14 - Josh Sayre (PR 43.25)
4x400 relay prelims - 10th
Shot Put finals - 14 - Javon Payne
High Jump finals - 13 - Sam Schultz
Long Jump finals - 4 - Donovan Hunt, 8 Josh Higbee (PR 20-1)

Girls
100m dash prelims - 1 Naomi Walker, 6 - Janessa Ramos, 7 - Shantae Young, 15 - Christina Alexander
200m dash prelims - 1 - Naomi Walker, 10 - Christina Alexander, 17 - Janessa Ramos
400m dash prelims - 7 - Maura McKole, 9 - Allison Duvenez
800m run prelims - 3 - Adrianna Royal, 12 - Christina Wicker
3200m run final - 16 - Abby Leete
100m hurdle prelims - 13 - Raeanna Wynne
4x100 relay prelims - 1st place
4x200 relay prelims - 5th place
4x400 relay prelims - 5th place
Javelin final - 10 - Janelle Yoshimoto
Long Jump final - 1 Shantae Young, 5 - Naomi Walker, 8 - Nicole Mowbray

One thing in looking at the District meet participants - OH had a freshman, 4 sophomores and a junior for the boys and 2 freshmen, 2 sophomores, 5 juniors and only 2 seniors. Plenty of talent to build on for next year!

Girls Tennis - District tournament day 1

On the first day of the WESCO 4A District 1 tournament at Stanwood HS, Oak Harbor came out with mixed results.

In doubles, #2 seed Laurin Rico and Clarissa Abadesco defeated #3 Mariner 6-2, 6-0 to move into the semifinals. There, they lost 6-2, 6-0 to the #1 seed from Edmonds. They will continue at 3pm Thursday.

Erin Neilon came in seeded #3 and faced the South #2 in the first round and lost a hard 3-set match, 2-6, 6-3, 2-6. Then in the consolation match she fell 2-6, 4-6 to Kamiak.

Cady O'Dell also had a tough day, falling to the South #1 seed 6-7(3), 2-6 then losing in the consolations 2-6, 4-6.

New Head Girls Basketball Coach at OHHS

Trisha Wieber is the new head coach at OHHS, replacing Brett McLeod who resigned after leading the team for 8 years.

More on Trisha as the summer league and camps get into swing.

Girls AAU basketball 2010-05-16 Tiger Tournament

Oak Harbor had a single representative in last weekend's Girls AAU Basketball Tiger Tournament in Burlington - Gary Brundidge's 5th grade team.

The first game was a close 14-11 to the Southside Crush, followed by a heartbreaking 2-point loss to EBC Thunder. The team finished pool play with a rematch against the Crush and this time pulled out a big 30-13 win.

Sunday was bracket play, starting with a semifinal game against UBA Lightning. The Wildcats faced and aggressive defense that got a lot of steals from our girls and it translated into a 19-9 loss for Oak Harbor.

The girls then faced Stanwood for a chance to finish 3rd, but sharp shooting and solid defense by the Spartans doomed the Oak Harbor effort, 20-14.

The Cats finished the tournament in 5th place.

72 photos from Sunday's action are posted HERE.

A short video clip is posted HERE.

BBB 2010-05-16 Spring League

The OHHS Boys basketball team finished off their Spring League season with a trio of games at Skagit Valley College.

First up was the JV Gold team who had no problem disposing of Mt. Vernon 56-28

The Varsity team went against a good Glacier Peak team and found themselves down 30-21 at halftime. The 2nd half wasn't nearly as close as Glacier Peak opened a big lead and cruised to a 74-37 win.

Finally, the JV Purple team led Burlington 25-19 at the half but couldn't hold on as Burlington won 47-42.

A video clip from the varsity game is posted HERE.

Photos from all 3 games are posted HERE.

Boys Golf 2010-05-17 - District 1 tournament

The boys golf team had an off first day at the District 1 boys golf tournament Monday at the par 72 Everett Golf & Country Club. Monday's scores will be added to Tuesday's scores to determine who goes on. 14 players will advance to state.

As expected, Jackson HS is first in the team standings, with 5 of 6 players shooting in the 70s and a team score of 375. Kamiak is 2nd with 379 and Arlington 3rd with 402. Oak Harbor is currently 7th with a stroke count of 421.

Individually, Cascade's Anthony Chiarelli is listed in first place, tied with 2 others at 71.

Judd Ford, the highest placing OH golfer, shot an 80 to tie with 7 others. Ford is currently listed in 26th place. Also in the top 40 are Austin Fields with an 83 and Matt Fikse with an 85.

Greg Martin (86) and Jim Nguyen (87) are both below the cut line.

Youth soccer 2010-05-15

Another full slate of soccer games at the Ft. Nugent fields this past Saturday. We got there early and were able to get photos of 11 different games

For the boys, it was

BU-6 Blue Tigers, sponsored by Island Family Hearing Clinic taking on the Orange Komodo Dragons, sponsored by AAA Climate Control Mini Storage. 37 photos are posted HERE.

BU-6 Green (name unknown) vs the Blue Lightning Bears. 26 photos are HERE

BU-6 Teal Rex and the Grey Sonics have 56 photos posted HERE

BU-8 Red Scorpions, sponsored by Oak Harbor Motors played the Blue Sharks, sponsored by Best Friends Veterinary Center with 28 photos HERE

BU-10 Silvertips, sponsored by P&L General Contractors played hard before falling 4-2 to a South Whidbey team. 32 photos are posted HERE.

BU-10 Red Atomic Fireballs also played a South Whidbey but it wasn't close as South Whidbey dominated the game. 27 photos are posted HERE

And for the girls:

GU-6 Blue Barbie Bandits, sponsored by Beck's Carpet Cleaning and the Pink Pinkettes, sponsored by Angelo's Cafe, have 35 photos posted HERE.

GU-6 Red Cardinals, sponsored by Best Friends Veterinary Center and the Green Stinging Nettles have 30 photos posted HERE.

GU-8 Oak Harbor Elk's Club Purple Pixies played the Blue Electric Eels with 22 photos posted HERE.

At GU-10 the Purple Disciples and Blue Shockers have 31 photos HERE. The Disciples won the game 6-0.

Finally, the GU-12 Oak Harbor Blue Smurfs, sponsored by Schisler Trucking beat the Coupeville Sharks, sponsored by Stig Carlson, Architecture. 32 photos are posted HERE.

Track 2010-05-14 - WESCO North finals

At the end of the 2010 WESCO North track championships, the Oak Harbor girls finished in 2nd place and the boys came in 9th overall.

Starting with the boys, Donovan Hunt was the standout athlete, finishing 3rd in the long jump, 5th in the triple jump, and 8th in the 100. Donovan would have been part of the 4x100 relay team but had to bow out and Josh Higbee stepped in.

In other track events, Jason Curles came in 4th in the 2oom finals and Matt Bolte 2nd in the 800m finals.

In addition to the 4x100 relay, the 4x400 relay also placed, coming in 8th place.

Cody Hernkind and Sam Schultz both cleared 5-6 in the high jump to tied for 8th place and Josh Higbee was 9th in the long jump.

Other boys that participated in the meet were
100m - Jason Curles, Aaron Boesch
200m - Aaron Boesch, Justin Everett
400m - Chris Opdyke, Conner Meyer
800m - Conner Meyer
1600m - Matt Reith, Thomas Honeycutt
3200m - Matt Reith, Nate Miller
110 & 300m hurdles - Josh Sayre
Shot put - Javon Payne
Discus - Robert Beadles, Austin Church
Javelin - Javon Payne, Dakota Sinchak
Pole Vault - Justin Everett
Long Jump - Derrick Clarit
Triple Jump - Derrick Clarit, Cody Hernkind

The girls team produced 5 champions. Naomi Walker won the 100 and 200 meter dash, Shantae Young won the long and triple jump, and the 4x100 relay came in first place.

Young also placed 3rd in the 100 and Janessa Ramos placed 4th in the 100 and 6th in the 200. Walker was 5th in the long jump.

Addy Royal came in 2nd in the 800 and 5th in the 1600.

Nicki Mowbray earned team points by finishing 4th in the high jump (4-11), 2nd in the long jump and 3rd in the triple jump.

Other girls in the meet:
100m - Christina Alexander, Janelle Yoshimoto
200m - Christina Alexander
400m - Maura McKole (6), Allison Duvenez (7), Christina Wicker, Jember Jansen
800m - Christina Wicker (5), Hannah Bressler, Hannah Kagey
1600m - Abby Leete, Jessica Denmon
3200m - Abby Leete (10), Hannah Kagey, Taylor VonGrey, Emily Bain
100m hurdles - Raeanna Wynne (10)
300m hurdles - Raeanna Wynne, Megan Duhrkopf
4x200 relay - 5th
4x400 relay - 6th
Shot put - Amanda Alvarado (6), Dominique Jackson (14)
Discus - Elizabeth Adkins
Javelin - Janelle Yoshimoto, Ciera Wiser, Nicki Mowbray
High Jump - Katelyn Bristow
Long Jump - Janelle Yoshimoto
Triple Jump - Katelyn Bristow

Next up is the 4A District 1 championships at Snohomish HS on Wednesday, May 19th and finishing Friday, May 21st.