The Oak Harbor High School boys basketball team has a different look about it this season.

The Wildcats welcome a new coach, John Weston, who takes over for Mike Washington, who resigned last winter after eight years as head coach.

Also gone is most of last year’s team, which finished 4-16. Only one full-time starter, junior Dyllan Harris, returns.

The only other returning letter winners are part-time starters Zach Jones, a 5-10 senior, and senior Jake Sturdevant, a 6-4 post.

Harris, a 6-2 junior guard who was an all-Wesco honorable mention player last season, will fill a solid core for Weston to build around.

He was second on the team in scoring last winter, averaging 13.9 points per game. He was fourth in rebounds (88), second in assists (18) and fourth in steals (10).

Jones, who played in all 20 games and started five, averaged 2.1 points and finished with the team’s second-best three-point percentage, .37 (9-for-31).

Sturdevant appeared in 15 games and started seven, scoring 18 points with the team’s second-best shooting percentage, .53.

Among the key newcomers, according to Weston, are Ben Fikse, a 6-8 senior post; Anthony Powell, a 6-0 senior guard; Sean Erskine, a 6-2 junior guard/post; and Dee McKinney, a 6-0 junior guard.

Fikse, Erskine and McKinney each saw limited varsity action in 2013-14.

Weston said the strength of his club is its passion about basketball, willingness to learn and athleticism.

A weakness, along with inexperience, Weston said, is having to “learn a new system.”

That transition to a new system is going “great,” Weston said.

“They put in a lot of work over the summer,” he added. “They are excited about where we are headed and very open about learning new concepts and philosophies.”

Weston expects his team to “compete all the time.”

“We want to improve each day and progress throughout the season,” he added.

“I am very excited about the opportunity to lead such a good group of young men.

“I am interested to see how we compete and progress throughout a long season. I think the guys are up for the challenge and I feel fortunate to be here with them.”

Oak Harbor open at home against Edmonds-Woodway at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2.

The Wildcats play twice this weekend, traveling to Shorecrest at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, and hosting Burlington-Edison at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6.