Wildcats win by 20 points
Jessica Denmon scored a game-high 16 points, Nicole Mowbray had 12 and Jennifer Jansen pulled down 18 rebounds as the Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team won its second straight WesCo North game, defeating Cascade 56-36 Wednesday evening in Everett.
The Wildcats, 5-3 league, 8-4 overall, raced out to a 20-5 lead after the first eight minutes of action and also held the Bruins to single digit scoring in the fourth quarter of the run-away victory.
Cori Henricksen scored nine points for the Wildcats, Jansen had eight and Kathryn Fisken chipped in with four points.
Katy Goss was the only player in double figures for the Bruins with 12 points.
Wolves keep rolling in league
The Coupeville High School boys basketball team evened its Cascade Conference record at 3-3 with a 56-46 home win over Lakewood Tuesday night.
Cody Peters scored a game-high 22 points for the Wolves who took a 16-10 lead after the first quarter and were up by three points, 26-23, at halftime.
The Wolves stretched the margin to 37-31 after three quarters of play and put the game in the book scoring 19 points in the final period.
Hunter Hammer had 14 points for Coupeville and teammate Geoff Wacker added seven points.
Cameron Fry and Michael Leach scored 12 and 10 points, respectively, for Lakewood.
One bad quarter sinks Oak Harbor
The Oak Harbor boys basketball team has been plagued by one bad quarter of play in nearly every game this season.
Tuesday was no exception when the Wildcats netted just four points in the third quarter and dropped a 55-43 decision to Cascade in a WesCo North game.
The Wildcats were right in the hunt at halftime trailing 31-27, but the third period prevented the team from picking up its initial league victory of the season.
Mike Washington, Jr. scored a game-high 20 points for Oak Harbor, 0-8 league, 1-11 overall, and Aaron Boesch had eight.
Cascade had three players in double figures, led by Chris McGrath with 20 points. Johnnie Hilliard scored 14 points and teammate Spencer Hancock had 10.
League win eludes Coupeville
Tuesday’s Cascade Conference basketball game between Coupeville and Lakewood was another close one.
The Wolves trailed 11-4 after the first quarter but came rallying back, only to lose the game by a narrow six-point margin, 40-34.
The defeat keeps the Wolf Pack girls winless in league games at 0-6.
Coupeville, 3-9 overall, cut into the lead to trail 17-14 at the break but Lakewood pulled ahead once again, outscoring the Wolves 11-8 in the third period.
Megan Smith scored 17 points for Coupeville and Cassidi Rosenkrance had seven.
Anna Work paced Lakewood with 16 points and teammate Jocelyn Shafer had 10 points.
