Looking to take part in Oak Harbor sports history?

Sammamish is the place to be this Friday as the Wildcat football team (10-1) plays its first ever state quarterfinal game at 7:30 p.m. against the Skyline Spartans (11-0).

Oak Harbor earned its second-round match-up with the state’s top-ranked 4A team by beating Gig Harbor 28-14 Friday, Nov. 11 in a “home” game at Mount Vernon. The victory marked the first time in four state tournament appearances since 1982 that the Wildcats made it through the first round.

“It’s like a progression,” OHHS head coach Dave Ward said. “We’ve been in that game before and it was only a matter of time.

Now we kind of feel like alright, let’s go get the next group.”

Skyline beat the state’s third-ranked Pasco Bulldogs 20-9 to move into the second round. The Spartans haven’t lost a game since falling 28-14 to Evergreen in the 2004 4A state championship game.

For those who can’t make it, Friday’s game can be heard locally on KWDB 1110 AM.

See results from last Friday’s win over Gig Harbor and look at Skyline on page A6 of today’s Whidbey News-Times.