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Oak Harbor NJROTC unit wins second consecutive regional title By JIM WALLER Sports editor
Making history along the way, the host Oak Harbor High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps secured its second consecutive Northwest Drill and Rifle Conference championship at the regional finals Saturday, March 15. The back-to-back titles is a first in the regional competition in the past 14 years, according to Oak Harbor’s Chief William Thiel. “We are investigating to see if it has ever been repeated since the conference began in 1970,” Thiel
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Oak Harbor’s Majorie Rouse, shown here in practice last week, helped the Wildcats win the regional air rifle title and team championship last Saturday. Rouse is wearing a cap loaned to her by shooting coach, retired Lcdr. Dave Goodman, who wore it while winning the military shooting title during is competitive days.
PREP ROUNDUP Oak Harbor starts season with win
Displaying its depth, the Oak Harbor soccer team got the local spring season off to a positive start with a 1-0 win over visiting Ferndale Saturday, March 15. The Wildcats were missing several key players but received a strong helping hand from four freshmen to knock off the Golden Eagles
in the non-conference match. Oak Harbor controlled the match from the outset but struggled to find the net until senior Gavin Stewart converted off an assist from Danny Ross with seven minutes left. Oak Harbor coach Brian Thompson praised the efforts of freshmen JJ Mitchell, Seth Gluth, Kegan Small and Andrew Franssen: “All played well in their first var-
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sity high school game.” The Wildcats go to Marysville-Getchell (0-1) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27.
erett at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 27.
Lake Stevens edged the host Oak Harbor boys golf team by one stroke in the season-opening, four-team match Monday, March 17. The Vikings tallied 442 strokes; Oak Harbor finished with 443, EdmondsWoodway 453 and Monroe 480. Monroe’s Owen Sneer took medalist honors with a 76. Oak Harbor’s Mac Kerfoot finished third among individuals with an 82. Raiden Poe was second among the Wildcats with an 87, Hunter Adams and Mason Dieter shot 91, Steven Timm 92 and Aaron Kelley 104. “They did a good job; it was windy, wet and muddy,” said Oak Harbor coach David Smith. The Wildcats go to Ev-
matches, the Coupeville tennis team nipped visiting Port Townsend/Chimacum 4-3 Monday, March 17. Coupeville picked up wins in first and second singles from Allie Hanigan (6-3, 6-1) and Jacki Ginnings (6-1, 7-6[9-7]). The third and fourth doubles teams of Ana Luvera/Valen Trujillo (6-2, 6-1) and Maureen Rice/Haleigh Deasy (6-0, 6-1) earned the other team points. Hanigan used a finesse game to take first singles, according to coach Ken Stange. “Once she shook off the opening-day jitters, she took firm control of the match,” he added. Micky LeVine dropped the third singles match 6-1, 6-2; Samantha Martin and Sydney Aparicio fell in first doubles
Wolves top PT Lake Stevens nips in tennis opener Winning two singles ’Cats in boys golf matches and two doubles
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coached by retired Lcdr. Dave Goodman, dominated the air rifle event as Rouse was followed by Colton Baumgardner (fourth), Darlene Salcedo (seventh), Troy McCool (eighth) and Nathan Wagner (14th) out of 50 participants. JJ Abides finished fourth in physical strength ironman, while Unarmed Team Commander Jozef Mendoza earned seventh and Armed Drill Commander Amanda Simpson ninth. “Overall, the drill meet went very well,” Thiel said. He and Commander Mike Black, senior naval instructor and coordinator of the air rifle competition, received numerous positive comments on how well the meet was run and on the success of the Wildcat Battalion, Thiel added. Parents volunteered to help run the event and marines from CNATTU, sailors from FRC NW, airmen from the Air Force recruiting district and soldiers from the Army National Guard and Army recruiting district volunteered as judges.
6-2, 6-4; and MaKenzie Bailey and Wynter Thorne lost in second doubles 3-6, 6-2, 10-5. The Wolves travel to Blaine at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 21.
Coupeville rallies to stop Falcons Good teams overcome in-game problems by taking advantage of opportunities. Such was the case for the Coupeville baseball team in its 8-4 win at South Whidbey Monday, March 17. The Wolves struggled on offense but used a good defense, a solid pitching performance by Ben Etzell and aggressive base running to flatten the Falcons. Etzell, who threw a complete game, had only one hiccup, the third inning when South Whidbey bunched four hits for three runs. After the third, Etzell limited the Falcons to three singles; two were infield hits.
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The Falcons hung onto the lead until the fifth inning. “Up to that point their pitcher pretty much stymied us, keeping us off balance with a lot of soft stuff coupled with some undisciplined at bats,” coach Willie Smith said. Korbin Korzan led off the fifth with a walk, then back-to-back singles by Cole Payne and Josh Bayne produced a run. Kurtis Smith walked to load the bases. Bad throws by the Falcons on grounders by Jake Tumblin and Morgan Payne kept the inning going and allowed the Wolves to take a 5-3 lead. Coupeville put the game away in the seventh with two walks and RBI singles by Etzell and Aaron Curtin. “We were able to come back to win it on their home field and with us not really hitting on all cylinders offensively,” coach Smith said. The two teams meet again in Coupeville at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 19.
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said. The conference, which is divided into three divisions for the regular season, features 31 schools from Oregon City north. Twenty-seven of the schools, totaling about 700 individuals, qualified participants for the regional championship. Air Force, Army, Marine and Navy JROTC units took part. Port Angeles finished second and Oregon City third behind Oak Harbor in the final standings. Wildcat Battalion monopolized the five team events, winning three: unarmed drill, armed drill (purple team) and rifle (blue team). Oak Harbor qualified two squads in four of the events. The second rifle team (gold) finished third and the second armed drill team (gold) placed seventh. The physical strength team No. 1 grabbed fourth and the No. 2 team 11th. In color guard, Oak Harbor No. 2 finished eighth and No. 1, 10th. Shooter Marjorie Rouse led the Wildcats in individual competition, placing third. As it has all season, Oak Harbor,
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