Middle School Volleyball

Last week was a busy one for the NWMS volleyball squads, as they crammed 4 matches into 5 days.  Fortunately, all but one were at home.

Thursday and Friday were both at home.  Thursday the Cougars hosted Cascade, and although the matches did not go well for North Whidbey, there are some awesome photos of 7th and 8th grade JV and Varsity, along with group photos.

7th grade photos are HERE

8th grade photos are HERE.

Friday, OHMS came across town with mostly their JV squads.  There were lots of great rallys and the players all got quality time on the court.

Photos from those matches are below, identified at Game 1 or Game 2 for each grade level.

Click HERE for 7th grade photos

HERE are the 8th grade pics.

NWMS has an away match at Anacortes on Tuesday, then the long Thanksgiving weekend.

There is just one more home match for the Cougars, on December 10th vs Anacortes, and on the 12th they travel to OHMS for the final match of the season.

After an away match on 11/26, the OHMS Panthers will end the season with 4 straight home matches.  They host Cascade on 12/3, Anacortes on 12/5, LaVenture on 12/10 and NWMS on 12/12 for the final match of the year.

All middle school matches are free.

Youth football Holiday tournament

Just when you thought youth football was done for the season, it's not.

This past weekend, two teams from OHYFL traveled to Tacoma for a holiday football tournament.  The Midget Cougars  won 36-0 on Saturday but fell 13-6 in Sunday's game.

The other team was a team made up of the 7th graders from both the Pumas and Jaguars, calling themselves the Wildcats.

Their first game, after a couple of schedule changes, was at Chief Leschi HS in Puyallup against Tacoma Baptist.  After giving up a touchdown early, the Wildcats regrouped and scored 27 unanswered points, including a safety just before halftime.  The final in the first game was 27-6.

Sunday morning was not as good.  The Wildcats played tough defense, allowing opponent Chief Leschi Warriors just one score, and that with just 3 minutes left in the game, but the offense just could not get going and the final was 6-0 in favor of the Warriors.

Photos from the two Wildcats games are posted HERE.


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Volleyball recap

Odd is the best word to describe the 2013 Oak Harbor varsity volleyball season.  The girls started out by losing their first six matches, but won the last two to get the #7 seed in the District Tournament.

Once in the post season, the Wildcats came alive.  After winning a hard-fought 3-2 match against Meadowdale in the first round, the 'Cats were hot in the 2nd round, whipping Everett 3-0 (Oak Harbor had lost to both teams 3-0 in the regular season).  The win over Everett put the Wildcats in the District 1 championship match, and while they played hard, the girls fell to Ferndale 3-1.  With the loss, the 'Cats were the #2 seed from District 1 in the  State tournament, held last weekend at St. Martin's University in Lacey.

At the State Tournament opened, Oak Harbor jumped into the Volleyball Coaches final rankings, ending at #9.  The first match was against #10 Eastside Catholic (#6 in the Seattle Times).  It was a huge match, and the Wildcats pulled out a 3-2 to advance.

Round 2 was against #1 ranked Southridge, and the Wildcats were swept 3-0, putting them in the consolation bracket, but still in the hunt for some hardware.

Round 3 was Saturday morning against #6 Shadle Park (Times #3), and although there were some breath-holding moments during the match, Oak Harbor swept the Spokane team 3-0 to set up one final match for 5th place.  This match was Saturday evening against a familiar foe - Meadowdale.  Yep, the two teams were meeting for the 3rd time this season, with the winner getting 5th and the loser 6th. Meadowdale dominated in the first set, topping Oak Harbor 25-12, but the 'Cats recovered and won the 2nd set 25-17.  Set 3 went to the wire with Meadowdale winning 25-20, then the Mavericks took the final set 25-18 for the 3-1 win.

While the Wildcats are losing some strong players to graduation, they are only losing 3 - Deanna Ruben, Makenna Martyn and Kayleigh Harper.  There will be lots of skill and experience coming back next year.

Congratulations on a great season!

Photos from the Everett match at the District Tournament are posted HERE.

Photos from the State Tournament match vs Shadle Park are posted HERE.



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Middle School Volleyball 2013-11-14

The Middle School Volleyball season opened last Thursday with a set of games at OHMS where the Panthers took on Mt. Baker.

There were 4 matches in all, with each grade played a varsity and JV match, and play for 60 minutes.

In the 7th grade varsity match, OH won the first set 25-23, dropped the 2nd 20-25, and was down 17-23 in the 3rd when the 1-hour time limit expired.

The 8th grade varsity squad got in 3 full sets, but fell 25-20, 14-25, 21-25.

North Whidbey MS had a home game this Thursday, November 21st against Cascade Middle School from Sedro-Woolley.  Matches start around 3:30 in the NWMS gym.

Below are links to photos from last weeks' OHMS matches

7th grade JV

7th grade Varsity

8th grade JV

8th grade Varsity



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FB 2013-11-09 vs Mt. Si

Last Saturday the Wildcat football team hosted the Mt. Si Wildcats from the Kingco 3A conference in the district crossover game at a special 4pm kickoff time.

Things went fairly well for OH early in the first quarter

Both teams punted on their first possessions, then on Oak Harbor's 2nd possession, Dejon Devroe broke loose down the near side for a 59-yard scoring run.  Mark Johnston's PAT was good, giving OH a 7-0 lead at the 7:44 mark in the 1st quarter.

Five plays later, Oak Harbor forced a fumble, recovering the ball at midfield, but were later forced to punt.

Mt. Si then drove 63 yards in 8 plays to tie the game with 10 seconds left in the first quarter.

The second quarter belonged to Mt. Si.  After holding OH to a 3-and-out, they ran another clock-killing 10 play drive, scoring on a 1-yard plunge to make it 14-7.  Oak Harbor fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and 5 plays later Mt. Si scored again on a 12-yard pass.

At the end of the first half, Oak Harbor put together a nice drive, moving the ball 72 yards, but the drive stalled at the 1.

The halftime score stood Mt. Si 21, OH 7.

Mt. Si got the ball to open the 2nd half and drove 65 yards in 11 plays to score on a 12-yard pass with 8:09 left in the 3rd.  That score would stand to the end of the quarter.

The 4th quarter started with Mt. Si with a 1st and goal at the OH 1 yard line, and just 2 seconds later it was 33-7 for Mt. Si.

A nice 67-yard kickoff return by Devroe put the ball at the Mt. Si 20, but a leaping grab by a Mt. Si defender snagged an OH pass at the 1 yard line.  Two plays later, Mt. Si boosted their lead to 40-7 on a 15-yard pass play.

The final score was Mt. Si 40, OH 7.  Mt Si moves on to play O'Dea in Seattle this Friday night.

In other Wesco 3A playoff action this weekend, Glacier Peak travels to Bellevue, Meadowdale hosts Lakes and Pilchuck hosts Eastside Catholic.

Video highlights are HERE

Photos are posted HERE at WescoAthletics.com


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Youth Football 2013-11-02 vs Bellingham Red - playoff

The Senior division semifinal game played Saturday morning at Mt. Vernon was a rematch of a game played just a few weeks earlier.  The Wildcats won that game coming from behind, 33-32.

The 11am game started with a high wind and stinging rain, ruling out much of a passing game.

Things looked good for the Wildcats as they scored with 2:35 left in the 1st quarter, then the offense bogged down with a number of untimely fumbles.  The Wildcats were able to score again with 8:03 left in the half, but missed both PAT kicks to make it 12-0.

Bellingham scored with 1:56 left in the half and made the PAT, but OH still led at the break 12-8.

There was no scoring in the 3rd quarter, then with 4:08 left in the game Bellingham got a touchdown and kicked for a 2-point conversion to take an 18-12 lead.

Not a team to give up, Oak Harbor regained the lead with 3:38 left on a long run and were able to hold on to win 18-16.

As of now, the Wildcats will play for the North Cascade Youth Football League senior division Championship next Saturday at 3pm at Mt. Vernon, taking on either Sedro-Woolley or Ferndale.



Photos from the game are posted HERE.


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FB 2013-11-01 at Meadowdale

Friday night's seeding game vs Meadowdale at Edmonds Stadium was not your usual Wildcat game.

The first quarter ended in a 0-0 tie, with Meadowdale punting twice and the Wildcats once.

On the first play of the 2nd quarter, OH lined up to punt, but the snap was a bit high and went out of the end zone to give Meadowdale a 2-0 lead.

After Oak Harbor kicked back to the Mavericks, Savion Hollins-Passmore shut down a 3-play Meadowdale drive with an and interception and return to the OH 43. 

Nine plays later, Julian Faralan found pay dirt from 6 yards out to put the Wildcats up 6-2.

After forcing another Meadowdale punt, Oak Harbor scored again with 3:08 left in the half when Clay Doughty lobbed a 48-yard pass down the middle to a streaking Dyllan Harris.  The halftime score stood at 13-2.

Oak Harbor's first possession in the 2nd half was ended by a fumble, then Meadowdale completed a 42-yard screen to get the ball down to the 1 yard line where they punched it in to close the score to 13-8.

Another fumbled stopped an OH drive, and Meadowdale again drove down to the 1, but this time the Wildcats forced a fumble and recovered the ball in the end zone, resulting in a touchback.

The 13-8 score also stood at the end of the 3rd quarter.

In the 4th, the first Maverick possession ended with a turnover on downs, the second with a Harris interceptions.  Three plays later it was Faralan again, this time from 16 yards out to make it 20-8.

Yet another Wildcat interception, this one by Dejon Devroe, set up a 25-yard run by freshman Princeton Lollar for his first-ever varsity touchdown.

A late Maverick drive was stopped when defensive lineman Tyler Adamson knocked down a 4th down pass attempt to seal the 27-8 Wildcat victory.

Next for the 'Cats is a home game against Kingco 3A #2 Mt. Si.  The game will be played Saturday, Nov 9th at a special start time of 4pm.

Assuming the Wildcats win that game, they will play the winner of the Kelso/O'Dea game in the first round of the state tournament.
 
Video highlights are HERE.

Photos are HERE.

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FB 2013-10-28 JV vs Marysville-Pilchuck

Sweet revenge.

After Friday's varsity game at Marysville, the Oak Harbor JV Football team was looking for a little payback Monday evening at OHHS and they got it.

Pilchuck fumbled the ball on their very first play from scrimmage, resulting in a 3-yard Princeton Lollar score just 30 seconds into the game, and the rout was on.

The Wildcats scored once more in the 1st quarter, a 17 yard pass from Tyler Snavely to Steven Timm to make it 13-0.

In the second quarter, Stephen Dixon tossed a 4-yard pass to Fred Miller to make it 19-0 at halftime.

At the 9:20 mark in the 3rd quarter, Lollar crossed the goal line at the end of a 57-yard romp to make it 25-0.

Later in the 3rd, a blocked punt gave OH the ball on the Pilchuck 10 yard line, and after an 8-yard pass from Dixon to Savion Passmore, it was 31-0.

Another fumble by Pilchuck late in the game had Oak Harbor starting another drive in the red zone, and this time it was Taylor Kolste from 3 yards out to set the final score of 37-0.


Click HERE for video highlights

Photos are HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Youth Football 2013-10-26 - playoffs

There are two Oak Harbor teams still in the playoffs in the North Cascade Youth Football League and both were winners Saturday morning.

The Cougars started things off with a tight 16-14 win over Anacortes.  The Cougars were down in the second half but broke loose a big touchdown, and a timely interception late in the game sealed the victory.

The Cougars play next at Sedro-Woolley HS against Sedro Woolley at 11am.  The two teams met earlier in the season, with the Cougars winning by the closest of margins, 13-12.

The winner of that game goes on to play for the league championship Saturday, November 9th at Mt. Vernon HS against the winner of the Lakewood/Stanwood Red game.

While the Cougars' game was close, the Wildcat's game was not.  Oak Harbor's senior team scored early and often in a 33-8 rout of visiting Lakewood.  Oak Harbor won their first meeting 44-8.

Next weekend the Wildcats travel to Mt. Vernon at 11am for a rematch of last week's game against Burlington Red.  The Wildcat squeaked out a 33-32 win in that game.

An Oak Harbor win would set up a championship game against the winner of the Ferndale (8-0)/Sedro Woolley (5-3) game.  The championship game will be played on November 9th at 3pm at Mt. Vernon HS.

Cougar photos are posted HERE

Wildcat pictures are HERE.


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Girls Swim 2013-10-28 vs Monroe

The Wildcat girls swim team ended their regular season Monday at Vanderzicht Pool with a 111-57 win over visiting Monroe.  The win gives the Wildcats their 9th team victory of the season against two losses.  Against 3A north opponents, the Wildcats are a perfect 4-0.

On Halloween afternoon, the JV girls will be in Marysville for the JV district meet, with the top 3 getting spots in the Nov 8th and 9th District Meet, also in Marysville.

On their way to the win, Oak Harbor won all the relay events and Marissa Morris was a double winner, capturing the 200 and 400 free.

Sophia Dickinson (50 free), Irysh Concepcion (100 free) and Kennedy Trisler (100 breast) were other individual event winners.

Cross Country 2013-10-26 Wesco Championship meet at South Whidbey

The Wildcat cross country team shone last Saturday at South Whidbey HS as John Rodeheffer won the 3A race in a time of 16:10.50, a distance of 5,000 meters or 3.1 miles.

Rodeheffer's teammate, Clayton Richardson was 5th overall in 16:42.  Sebastian Ceasar was 18th, Nathan Wagner 34th, Dakota Powers 35th,Miguel Guzman 38th, Brendan Bristow 48th, Stephen Miller 49th, Tristin Mirabel 51st and Caleb Peek 70th out of of 93 runners.

In the JV race, Logan Clark was the top OH runner, finishing in 6th overall in 17:48.  Also running in the race, and in their order of finish were: Mathew Nortier, Steve Hall, Joe Gorman, David Nuanez, Seth Gluth, Ziwei Peng, Nathan Richardson, Alex Hartley, Garrett Stahl, Patrick Abercrombie, Derek Volk, Austin Hauter, Nathan Larson, Scot Erikson, Josh Margraf, Kristopher Medina, Thomas O'Brien, Alex Berry, William Nicholson, and Lucas Nicholson.

Overall the boys team finished in 4th place with a team score of 90.  Shorewood won with 51, Glacier Peak was 2nd with 52.  The JV squad tallied 203 points for 8th place in a combined 3A/4A race.  Henry Jackson HS was first with 42 points, Glacier Peak the top 3A school and 2nd overall with 47 points.  Oak Harbor was 3rd among the 3A JV teams.

The girls varsity team was 3rd overall with 70 points, behind Glacier Peak (33) and Mountlake Terrace (61).  The girls JV team finished 7th overall and was the 3rd 3A team.  Snohomish was first with 27 points, Glacier Peak 2nd and the top 3A school with 37 points.

Individually, Alex Laiblin was 5th overall in 19:34, followed by Jonalynn Horn in 7th (19:44) and Laura Rodeheffer in 10th (19:58).  Marisa Sligh was 22nd, Suzanne Kaltenbach 29th, Kaitlyn Chelberg 30th, Carolynn Wicker 36th, Kaitlyn Smith 45th, and Carly Hall 47th out of 69 runners.

In the girls JV race, Alisa Meany was the top Wildcat finisher, coming in 40th in 24:10.  Also running in the combined 3A/4A, in finish order, were Elyssa Nortier, Hanna Keyes, Alex Higgins, Nikki Blanchard, Carly Crowther, Sierra Seabolt, Sydney Ericksen, and Jackie Dejesus.  There were 142 runners in the race.

On November 2nd, the 3A District meet takes place at Lakewood High School near Arlington with the first race scheduled for Noon.

FB 2013-10-25 at Marysville Pilchuck

Friday night, the final game of the season had major playoff implications for both teams as Oak Harbor traveled to Marysville-Pilchuck.  Both teams entered the game undefeated in league play.

At the same time as the OH-MP game, Glacier Peak and Meadowdale, both undefeated in league play were playing each other. The teams that won would be guaranteed a home game in the District Crossover game, the losers might have to hit the road.

After a series of punts to start the game, Pilchuck got on the board first with a 72-yard run.  The PAT hit the upright and was no good.  With just 49 seconds to go in the 1st quarter, it was OH 0, MP 6.

Just 30 seconds later, Oak Harbor's Dejon Devroe broke loose for a 47-yard run and was tackled at the 1 yard line, then Sheyenne Sams ran around the left side untouched.  Mark Johnston's PAT kick was good, and Oak Harbor led 7-6 with 19 seconds left.

After a long, 11-play drive, the Pilchuck QB snuck in behind a strong offensive line surge to get the TD.  MP went for 2, and the officials ruled the pass complete.  7:57 2nd, OH 7, MP 14.

Oak Harbor fumbled on their next possession, and the Tomahawks took advantage by going 48 yards in 10 plays, scoring on a 17-yard run to make ti 21-7 with 2:10 left in the half.

Pilchuck would score once more before the half, a 49-yard Austin Joyner run as time expired.  The PAT kick was blocked and the halftime score stood at 27-7.

The 2nd half opened with Oak Harbor attempting and recovering an onside kick.  Six plays later the Wildcats faced a 4th & 6 at the Tommie 20 yard line.  OH quarterback Clay Doughty dropped back for a pass and it was caught by Troy Sturdevant who got down to the 3 yard line.  On the next play, Julian Faralan ran it in to close the gap to 27-14 with 9:14 left in the 3rd.

Another long drive by MP put the score to 33-14 on 1-yard QB sneak, and a 3rd quarterback score with 6:17 left in the game put Pilchuck ahead 39-14.

Oak Harbor still had a lot of fight, as Faralan broke loose up the middle for a 70-yard romp, but in the end it was Marysville Pilchuck 39, Oak Harbor 21.

With the loss, OH falls to 6-2 on the season and will play Meadowdale, the Wesco 3A South 2nd place team for the 3rd seed entering the crossover game.  The game will be at Edmonds Stadium on Friday, November 1st at 5pm.  At 8pm Mountlake Terrace will play Stanwood.

The winner of the OH/Meadowdale game hosts Kingco 3A #2 on either Nov 8th or 9th, while the loser will most likely be the 5th place seed and travel to Narrows League #1 in the crossover.  The Narrows #1 will most likely be Lincoln of Tacoma or Timberline of Olympia.

WHEN Oak Harbor beats Meadowdale and beats Kingco #2, they will travel to District 2 #1, which will be the winner of the GSHL #3 and Metro #1 game.

Video clips are HERE

Photos are HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Volleyball 2013-10-24 vs Getchell - Senior Night

While the Freshman team lost all 3 of their games against Getchell 16-25, 24-26, 16-25 and the JV squad split their match 25-23, 25-14, 20-25, the varsity match was all Oak Harbor from start to finish.

The 'Cats were clicking and the Chargers had no answer for the powerful trio of seniors Kayleigh Harper and Makenna Martyn and sophomore Claire Anderson as the girls breezed to a 25-13, 25-9, 25-10 victory.

With one match to go in the regular season, on Wednesday the 30th at Marysville-Pilchuck, the 3-10 'Cats are currently in 7th place in the 10-team Wesco 3A league.  Pilchuck is 2-10 and in 9th place. The team right ahead of OH and currently in line for the final playoff spot is Shorewood, and next week the Thunderbirds play 1st place Meadowdale.  If OH wins and Shorewood loses, the Wildcats will get the playoff spot due to their head-to-head win over the T-birds.

The JV squad is 7-6 on the season and in 3rd place and MP is 4-3 and in 5th place.

The Freshmen are 4-8 on the year an in 7th place while Pilchuck is 2-5 and in last place.


Photos from senior parent intros are posted HERE.  They are free to download, just right-click and save to your computer.  Or if you want to order a print, you can buy them at Shutterfly's wholesale rate.

Freshman photos are HERE

Click HERE for JV pics

HERE are the varsity photos, all at WescoAthletics.com

Girls Soccer 2013-10-24 vs Getchell - Senior Night

For 70 of the 80 minutes of varsity soccer Thursday night, the Wildcat girls soccer team shut out the 8-4 Getchell Chargers.  However, in the final 5 minutes of each half, Getchell was able to push 5 balls into the Oak Harbor net on Senior Night.

The Wildcats have two games left this season.  Monday at 1-12-1 Everett and Wednesday at 4-9-0 Stanwood.  The Seagulls' lone win this season was at Oak Harbor, so the girls are looking to avenge that loss on Monday.

The JV team played to a foggy 0-0 tie.  The JV squad is now 4-6-2 on the season and go to 1-9-3 Everett on Monday and 3-8-1 Stanwood on Wednesday to end their season.

Photos from senior parent intros are posted HERE.  They are free to download, just right-click and save to your computer.  Or if you want to order a print, you can buy them at Shutterfly's wholesale rate.

JV game photos are posted HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Varsity game photos are HERE.


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FB 2013-10-23 Freshmen vs Getchell

Wednesday, after a late start due to the opponent not arriving in time due to transportation issues, it was a case of score early, score often as the Wildcat freshman football team defeated the visiting Getchell Chargers 47-15.

The scoring started not quite 3 minutes into the game when Princeton Lollar scored from 10 yard out.  Then, with 1:33 left, JJ Mitchell squirted his way to pay dirt from 17 yards out to make it 13-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Getchell got on the board early in the 2nd quarter, scoring on a 4-yard pass then passing again for the PAT, cutting the Wildcat lead to 13-8.

Not to worry.  Just for minutes later it was Lollar again, this time from 7 yards out, then late in the quarter a promising Getchell drive was cut short by a Farar interception at midfield.

The half ended with OH leading 19-8.

To start the second half, Oak Harbor needed only 2 plays to find the end zone, getting a TD on a 37-yard Lollar run.

MG got deep into Wildcat territory, and facing a 4th and 2 at the OH 9, opted to go for the first down.  Not a good choice.  First, the Chargers were called for a false start, making it 4-7 at the 14, then the pass to the corner of the end zone went wide and was incomplete.  Ten plays later, it was Lollar once again, sprinting for a 45 yard touchdown as time expired in the 3rd quarter.

At the end of 3, OH 33 MG 8.

Yet another Getchell drive was squashed by the Wildcat defense.  This time a fumble forced by Sam Zook and recovered by Mecom.

This time it looked like an OH drive might be stopped, but on 4th and 7 near midfield, McIntyre looked like he was stopped after gaining just a couple of yards, but kept the feet moving and found the first down marker.  The end result?  Another Lollar TD, this one for 37 yards.

Mecom recovered another fumble on Getchell's first play of their next drive, and this time it was Dausey for the score from a yard out.

Getchell got one late score.  With 1:33 left in the game the MG quarterback found a wide open receiver for a 56-yard scoring play.

In the end, it was Oak Harbor 47, Getchell 15.


Photos from the game are posted HERE

Video highlights are HERE


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VB 2013-10-2 vs Everett

A skilled (8-3 overall) and experienced (6 seniors) Everett Seagulls volleyball team came to OHHS Tuesday night and it was not a good night for the Wildcats.

Over in the dome, the freshman team played two tight games, at one point coming back from 10 down to close to within 2 points, but in the first two games the C squad lost by identical 21-25 scores.  In the 3rd game, Everett commanded, winning 25-10.

In the main gym, Oak Harbor won game 1, 25-21, stumbled in game 2, 19-25, then fell in game 3, 15-25.

For the nightcap, It looked like the Wildcats were going to have a stellar night.  The girls, wearing pink jerseys, came out on fire and let the first game several times.  Late in the game, though, the Everett experience came out and they took the first set 25-20.  That loss seemed to take something away from the 'Cats, as in game 2 and 3 they played well, but not with the fire seen in game one.  Everett won game 2, 25-15 and game 3, 25-13 to sweep the match 3-0.

Tonight the Wildcats take on winless Marysville Getchell on senior night.  After tonight's match, there is one more match in the regular season, at Pilchuck against the 2-10 Tomahawks.

Freshman photos are HERE

Click HERE for JV pics

HERE are the varsity photos.


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Herald Game of the Week

The Everett Herald has the Oak Harbor-Marysville Pilchuck contest this Friday as one of 3 possible games of the week, along with Glacier Peak-Meadowdale and Kamiak-Cascade.

Right now Cascade/Kamiak is leading with 96 votes, OH/MP is 2nd with 60.

Go to http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131022/BLOG18/131029950/1007/Vote-for-the-Game-of-the-Week-for-Week-8 and record your vote.

Youth football 2013-10-19

The morning started out very foggy, but lifted a bit by the end of the day as the OHYFL hosted 4 games at the Ft. Nugent fields on the last day of the regular season.  Links to photos of all the home games are posted below.

The morning started at 9am as the midget Cougars (5-2) took on Burlington (2-5) and whipped them 36-6.  The Cougars end with a 6-2 record and hold on to 4th place in the midget division, which gives them a home game as the playoffs start next Saturday.

Next up were the 7-0 Wildcats taking on 6-1 Bellingham Red.  Oak Harbor took and early lead and built it up, but Bellingham came back to take a late lead.  A touchdown late in the game let the Wildcats and preserve their undefeated season, but it was only a 1-point win, 33-32.  The Wildcats will also get a home game next weekend.

The 3rd game was the 2-4 Pumas vs 2-4 Friday Harbor.  Neither team would get a playoff spot regardless of the result of the game, so the teams were playing for pride.  Puma Pride prevailed as Oak Harbor held on to win 38-20.

Finally, the 3-4 Jaguars, who missed the playoffs by just one win, played a rematch from the first game of the year.  At Concrete, the Jags lost 19-14 back in August and were looking for Revenge against the 5-2 Lions.  They got it.  Oak Harbor scored early and often as they ran away with a 40-8 win and a 5th place finish, one spot out of the playoffs.

The season isn't completely over for the junior boys, as the coaches are combining and making an all-star team and will travel to Tacoma in mid-November for some final football action.

The Oak Harbor Bobcats, the lone Peewee team this year played in Mt. Vernon for the league championship.  The Bobcats, 6-1 going into the game played Mt. Vernon (7-0).  While the Bobcat defense played tough, the offense just could not get going and the Bulldogs won 20-0.

Click HERE for Cougars photos

Wildcat photos are HERE

HERE is where the Pumas photos reside

Find Jaguars pics HERE.


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FB 2013-10-18 vs Getchell - Homecoming

A heavy fog blanketing the field at Wildcat Memorial Stadium did not smother OHHS homecoming activities, nor the game on the field at the Wildcats' explosive offense put up another big half, hanging 34 points on the visitors by halftime.

The first half belonged to Sophomore Dyllan Harris, as caught two TD passes from Clay Doughty (39 and 75 yards) and intercepted the Getchell QB twice.

Also scoring in the first half were Sheyenne Sams on a 70 yard run, Rhys Mattila coming out of his Tight End position to haul in a 2-yard pass and Dejon Devroe on a 14 yard run.

In the second half Sams scored the only OH TD on a 85-yard kickoff return after Getchell scored on a 25-yard pass play early in the 4th quarter.

Getchell had 3 chances late in the game to score, but were shut down by the tough Wildcat defense.  On a 4th and 2 play at the OH 44, Mark Johnston got into the MG backfield and tackled the runner for a loss.  The next Getchell drive lasted only 3 plays before punting, then on the final drive of the game, Getchell had a 1st down at the OH 20, but Connor Parmenter forced a fumble and Joe Ethridge came in to jump on the ball.

Final - Oak Harbor 41, Marysville Getchell 7.

Photos from the game are HERE at WescoAthletics.com

Some video highlights are HERE.  Some of the plays aren't easy to see due to the fog, and all the moisture in the air was causing artifacts while recording.


The final game of the 2013 regular season is next Friday at Quil-Ceda Stadium in Marysville as the 6-1 Wildcats take on the 7-0 Pilchuck Tomahawks for the league championship.

Girls Soccer 2013-10-17

Thursday evening the Wildcat girls soccer team hosted the Glacier Peak Grizzlies at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Oak Harbor came into the varsity match with an overall 3-7-1 record, the same as Glacier Peak.

Something had to give.

At the end of the match, Glacier Peak's record was not 3-8-1 while Oak Harbor was 4-7-1, thanks to a goal in the 18th minute by freshman forward Jennifer Turnek, who scooted the ball past the Grizzly keeper, causing her to trip and fall, leaving Turnek with a clear shot at the goal from about 10 yards out.

That score was all that was needed, as Wildcat Keeper Kenzie Perry stopped an onslaught of Glacier Peak shots in the second half, preserving the Oak Harbor win.

Previously, the JV squad played to a 1-1 tie.  The JV girls are now 4-6-1 on the season with 4 games left.

Photos from the JV game are HERE

Varsity photos are HERE.