Conjuring up a little magic for Senior Night, the Oak Harbor High School soccer team whipped visiting Mountlake Terrace 4-2 Monday, May 4, at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

Sophomore J.J. Mitchell produced Oak Harbor’s first hat trick in five years, which was also the last time the Wildcats scored four goals in a match, according to assistant coach Jeff Laiblin.

The upset win over Mountlake Terrace (4-6-1, 5-8-2) was only the second victory in 15 matches for Oak Harbor (2-8-1, 2-12-1) this season, but kept Oak Harbor’s slim playoff hopes alive.

If Oak Harbor defeats host Marysville Getchell (3-8, 4-11) in the regular season finale at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, and Lynnwood (3-6-1, 3-7-4) loses its two final matches, the Wildcats and Royals will tie for the final district tournament berth, according to Wildcat coach Brian Thompson.

If the teams tie, they will playoff Friday (time and place to be determined) for the right to advance to the district tournament. The tournament will begin with a trip to No. 1 seeded Glacier Peak at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9.

Oak Harbor and Lynnwood tied 1-1 earlier this season.

Dakota Powers, one of Oak Harbor’s four seniors, started the scoring in the rain-soaked win over Mountlake Terrace with a goal off an assist from Andrew Franssen.

Then Mitchell took over, scoring three times. The first with an assist from Powers, followed by help from Alex Waner and Eric Jensen.

Terrace scored twice in the final three minutes.

Thompson credited the high-scoring night to the “nice connections between our center-mids and forwards.”

It also helped, he said, that he was able to field his starting lineup for only the second time in a month.

“We finally got everybody back,” he added.