Bouncing back after finishing fourth in its pool, the Oak Harbor High School volleyball team won its bracket at the 32-team SunDome Volleyball Festival in Yakima Sept. 16 and 17.

The Wildcats went 2-4 in pool play games, matching Eastmont of East Wenatchee in the four-team division. Eastmont, however, held the tie-breaker, dropping Oak Harbor into fourth place.

The Wildcats then entered bracket play Saturday against the seven other fourth-place teams.

Oak Harbor defeated Davis of Yakima 25-11, 25-12; Mountain View of Vancouver 25-18, 25-20; and Hockinson of Brush Prairie 26-24, 25-17 to earn the bracket title.

In pool play, Oak Harbor lost to La Conner 25-19, 25-19; split with Selah, losing 25-11 and winning 25-20 (handing Selah its only loss in pool play); and split with Eastmont, losing 25-22 and winning 26-24.

Oak Harbor (1-0, 2-1) jumps back into Wesco action when it travels to Stanwood (1-0, 1-1) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Oak Harbor highlights at the SunDome Festival:

La Conner: Cami Bristow, 3 aces.

Selah: Hailee Blau, 6 kills; Bristow, 5 kills, 2 aces.

Eastmont: Andrea Ruben, 12 assists, 2 aces; Julie Jansen, 5 kills; Lauren May, 10 digs.

Davis: Ruben, 14 assists; Blau 4 kills, 3 aces, 4 blocks; Samantha Hines, 5 kills.

Mountain View: Ruben, 20 assists; Blau, 14 kills; Bristow, 2 aces, 11 digs; May, 17 digs.

Hockinson: Blau, 3 blocks; May 14 digs; Ceirra Dean, 4 aces.

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Samantha Hines goes for the kill for Oak Harbor. Photo by Steve Bristow.