Wildcats trounce Wolves 76-31
Visiting Archbishop Murphy High School scored 31 first-quarter points in Friday’s Cascade Conference basketball game against Coupeville and that point total was nearly enough for a victory.
The undefeated Wildcats put 14 additional points on the board in the second quarter and kept up the scoring onslaught in the second half, to roll to their 10th conference victory defeating the Wolves 76-31.
Coupeville, 0-12, 3-16, was held to single-digit scoring for the first three quarters of the game against the experienced Archbishop Murphy squad.
Kassie Lawson and Megan Smith tied for high-scoring honors for the Wolf Pack, hitting for 11 points each.
The Wildcats had four players score in double figures, paced by Megan Carlson and Alyssa Smith, who scored a dozen points apiece.
Coupeville tripped by Wildcats
Cody Peters scored a game-high 25 points and teammate Hunter Hammer had 13, but it wasn’t enough to offset four Archbishop Murphy players in double figures as the Wildcats slipped past the Wolves 63-59 in a Friday Cascade Conference basketball matchup.
The Wolves held a 33-30 halftime advantage, but an eight point third quarter spelled disaster against the league-leading Wildcats, 10-0, 12-3 overall.
Archbishop Murphy put up 15 points in the period and that proved to be the difference in the game as both teams scored 18 points in the final eight minutes of the contest.
J.J. Quinlin and Paris Felder led the Wildcats scoring 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Oak Harbor falls in WesCo games
The beleaguered Oak Harbor High School boys basketball team came within an inch of picking up its first WesCo North win of the season at home Monday evening.
Pitted against Monroe, the game went into double overtime before the Bearcats managed to sneak off the court with a 61-57 victory.
The Wildcats had a big first quarter taking a 17-10 lead and were still up 24-20 at halftime.
In the third quarter Cat scoring fell on hard times putting just eight points on the board, as the Bearcats went ahead 35-31.
However, Oak Harbor rallied with 15 points in the final eight minutes tying the score 47-47 to send the game into the first overtime period.
Both teams tallied four points in the first OT, necessitating a second four minutes be put on the clock.
Monroe’s Tim Ohlsen hit a key 3-pointer with less than a minute remaining in the period to put the Bearcats in front to stay.
Mike Washington Jr. scored 20 points to lead Oak Harbor and teammate Jay Stout added 17 points.
Ohlsen scored 20 points for Monroe.
Oak Harbor is 0-15 in WesCo North games and 1-18 overall.
Stanwood 66, Oak Harbor 46
A 17-point second half was the difference for Oak Harbor in Friday’s 66-46 league loss at Stanwood.
Trailing by just six points, 35-29, at halftime, the Spartans outscored the Wildcats 20-9 in the third period to put the game away.
Washington Jr. was the only player in double figures for Oak Harbor, scoring 16 points.
