The Mountlake Terrace High School boys basketball team picked up the pressure in the second quarter to overcome an early Oak Harbor lead, defeating the visiting Wildcats 65-53 in Wesco 3A crossover action Friday, Jan. 4.
The Coupeville High School boys basketball team put up its second highest point total of the season against Archbishop Murphy Wednesday, Jan. 2, in Everett, but it wasn’t enough to carry the Wolves to a win.
Olivia Tungate of the North Whidbey Aquatic Club was recently selected to represent Pacific Northwest Swim in the Pacific Coast All Star Meet in Santa Rosa, Calif., June 5 and 6.
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The Cascade Conference and Coupeville High School came to an agreement to allow the Wolves to play a partial league football schedule in 2012, dropping the larger schools.
Coupeville’s Dalton Engle signed a letter of intent to play college football for Montana Western University.
John Morelock often uses the phrase “run gently out there.”
He said the phrase is “yet to be defined.” And it is not because he hasn’t had time to think it over. He often goes on solitary runs — long solitary runs.
A dominating performance on the offensive boards helped the Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team defeat host Sedro-Woolley 46-40 in a nonleague game Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Winning its final two games in the three-day, 42nd annual Bellevue College High School Holiday Tournament, the Oak Harbor boys basketball team placed fourth in the eight-team event.
The Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team closed out the two-day Prostock Winter Classic in Bellingham with a 57-41 loss to Tahoma Friday, Dec. 28.
Kentwood snapped the Oak Harbor High School boys basketball team’s four-game winning streak 57-45 at the 42nd annual Bellevue College High School Tournament Thursday, Dec. 27.
The Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team stumbled out of the gate against host Bellingham and lost 58-46 in the Prostock Winter Classic Thursday, Dec. 27.
The Coupeville High School boys basketball team lost at home to Sultan Tuesday, Dec. 18, and at Friday Harbor Thursday, Dec. 20, but the loss at home to Orcas Island Saturday may be the most bitter.
After letting the games at Sultan Tuesday, Dec. 18, and Friday Harbor Thursday, Dec. 20, slip away in the fourth quarter, the Coupeville High School girls basketball team wasn’t about to let it happen again. The Wolves used a 19-0 run in the second half to defeat visiting Orcas Island 39-31 Saturday.
Members of the Oak Harbor High School varsity girls and freshman boys basketball teams are receiving a unique gift this holiday season: the expertise of two of Oak Harbor’s most celebrated athletes.