Oak Harbor girls golf takes sixth at state tournament

Oak Harbor’s girls golf team turned a deep spring run into a sixth-place finish at the 2026 WIAA 3A Girls State Golf Championship, a result that carried extra weight because only eight teams survived the first-day cut from a 20-team field.

The championship was held May 19-20 at Deer Park Golf Club in Deer Park, Washington, with 142 golfers in the girls tournament. Oak Harbor’s lineup of Annalise Wesley, Reagan Syring, Scarlett Nations, Sidney Louis and freshman Olivia Stewart not only made the second day, it climbed into the top six, a strong statewide finish for an Island County program that has been building toward this level for years.

Wesley led the way with a first-round 81 and then improved to a 76 on day two, finishing 21st individually. Nations posted rounds of 80 and 80 to place 28th, Syring shot 83 for 33rd, Louis carded 87 and 85 to finish 46th, and Stewart went 93 and 87 to place 63rd. That kind of balance mattered in a format where one difficult round could send a team home before the final day.

Head coach Andy Wesley said he was proud of the finish and called the division “very competitive.” He said his golfers had worked so hard over the years that ending the season at the top of their game was “every coach’s dream.” For Oak Harbor, sixth place was more than a line on a results sheet. It was the payoff for a team that had already dominated its conference and district competition before reaching state.

The state performance capped a season in which Oak Harbor won the Northwest Conference for the fourth straight year and took first at the 3A District 1 Championship for the fifth straight year. Scarlett Nations was the district medalist and repeated as league MVP, while Annalise Wesley and Reagan Syring made the all-conference First Team and Sidney Louis earned Second Team honors. Last spring, Oak Harbor finished eighth at state, so the 2026 result marked an improvement on an already strong benchmark.

The girls’ success also pointed to what younger players in the Oak Harbor pipeline can see ahead: a roster that has learned how to compete through a full spring schedule at places such as Whidbey Golf Club, Semiahmoo Golf Club, Loomis Trail Golf Course, Camaloch Golf Course, Gamble Sands Golf Course, Skagit Golf and Country Club, Avalon Golf Links, Desert Canyon Golf Resort, Shuksan Golf Course and Legion Golf and Country Club. This year’s sixth-place finish showed that path can lead all the way to a state podium.

Oak Harbor’s boys team added to the week’s momentum. Senior Henry Schuller shot 74 on day one and 72 on day two to finish 24th, after missing the first three matches of the season with an injury. Coach David Smith said the boys’ 11th-place finish was their best at state, in a tournament where 19 golfers shot under par on the first day.