Celtics Fall Short to Oak Grove

OAK GROVE OUTLASTS O'HARA 28-21 It took a 30 yard pass from Caleb Barnill to Jacob Horn to break a 21-21 tie near the end of the third quarter, but the Oak Grove Panthers were able to hold on to give the O'Hara Celtics their first defeat of the 2008 season 28-21. O'Hara began the game strong. The Celtics scored 14 points in the first quarter while holding the Panthers scoreless. TJ White completed two long passes for the early scores. One was a 54 yard pass play to Danny Hernandez and the other a 37 yarder to Joe Pepple. However, the second quarter belonged to the Panthers. Utilizing the running ablity of Trey Rigby and gambling on fourth down completions, the team scored three times before the half. Rigby scored Oak Grove's first TD on a three yard run (after it appeared the Celtics stopped them twice and appeared to have five downs instead of four in one of the series of downs). He also scored on a seven yard run when the game was just 37 seconds away from the half The other score in the quarter was a 26 yard fourth down pass from Caleb Barnill to Landon Grego halfway through the period. The Celtics tied up the score in a flashy manner in the third quartrer. Three remarkable plays contributed to this scoring. TJ White passed for 38 yards to Joe Pepple. Then the Celtics succeeded with the hook-and-ladder play for an additional piece of yardage in which TJ White passed to Joe Pepple who immediately lateralled to James Tillman. The actual scoring occurred with a nifty broken-field run for 17 yards by James Tillman. Bryce Scovill added on O'Hara's three exrta points.