A spunky Oak Harbor Wildcats boys basketball team tried to stay with the Mountlake Terrace Hawks in a Wesco League match-up Friday night at Oak Harbor High School, but ran out of gas late. The Hawks pulled away in the final five minutes and grabbed the win 69-57.
Terrace, ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press High School 3A Boys Basketball poll, outscored the Wildcats 17-8 in those fateful final 5:00 to secure the victory.
Loren Lacasse led the Hawks in scoring with 17 points. Yoel Tekle scored his season high with 16 points; teammate Greg Bowman also picked up 16 points in the victory.
The Hawks will host Marysville-Getchell, a team with only one victory so far this season, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, before they get ready for a big double dip of games next weekend. On Friday, Jan. 17, Terrace will host the undefeated and fifth-in-state ranked Stanwood Spartans. Then on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 20, the Hawks will face perennial Portland, Oregon power Central Catholic at the Showare Arena in Kent.
MTHS Boys Basketball vs. Oak Harbor, Jan. 10
Mountlake Terrace 16 17 15 21 — 69
Oak Harbor 12 10 20 15 — 57
MTHS individual scoring: Loren Lacasse 17; Greg Bowman 16; Yoel Tecle 16; Matthew Moisant 6; Isaiah Green 5; Yonnas Tewolde 5;Derek Anyimah 2; Gabe Altenberger 2
Oak Harbor individual scoring: Drew Washington 20; Dyllan Harris 16; Zach Jones 13; Zach Gribbs 6; Shane Huttula 2
Records: Mountlake Terrace 4-1 in Wesco League, 9-2 overall; Oak Harbor 2-3, 2-9
MTHS next game: versus Marysville-Getchell, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7:15 p.m. at Mountlake Terrace High School
— By Doug Petrowski
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