One Version of the Game in Sedalia

CELTICS LOSE BY NINE TO TIGERS In a game of two high-scoring football teams, the Smith-Cotton Tigers outpointed the O'Hara Celtics 38-29 on Friday in Sedalia. O'Hara had two touchdowns scored by Donnie Criswell and Smith-Cotton had two scored by Bryce Johnson. However, the Tigers got three scored by Solomon Watkins, and the Tigers got the game's only field goal. O'Hara's other two touchdowns came from a 95 kickoff return by DJ Jackson and a 7 yard short run by Chuck Preston. O'Hara had first possession and moved the ball from their own 21 yard line to the Tigers' 23 yard line before giving up the ball on downs. On the Tigers' very first play after the long drive, Solomon Watkins discovered a huge hole in the O'Hara defense and scampered 82 yards for the home team's first six points. Immediately the Celtics got the score tied as DJ Jackson took the kickoff on the five yard line and went all the way for a score. Breaking the tie just before the end of the first quarter, the Tigers pushed across another TD for a 14-7 advantage, and midway throught the second quarter added on another to up the score to 21-7. With four and a half minutes remaining before the half, the Celtics showed why they were regarded as a strong offensive team. Starting at their own 12 yard line they went across the field in seven plays which included a 19 yard pass from TJ White to Joe Pepple, a 19 yard run by James Tillman, an 18 yard gain by Donnie Criswell, and a 13 yard pass from White to Danny Hernandez. After scoring the touchdown, the Celtics surprised the crowd with a two-point conversion. Raphael Spencer scored the points on a pass from Joe Pepple. With two seconds on the clock, after the Celtics kept the Tigers out of the endzone, Jessica Greer kicked a 22 yard field goal to make the halfway mark 24-15. The Tigers played ball-control the entire third quarter but scored only seven points during that time. O'Hara was held to a total of only four plays from scrimmage. The Tigers did score once in the fourth quarter but the Celtics had two TD's of their own. The first one was set up by two White-to-Pepple passes for 13 and 37 yards and the second one was set up by a long pass completion from TJ White to Joe Melchoir covering 32 yards. For both of these touchdowns, O'Hara went for the two-point conversions. They were successful in their first attempt as TJ White passed to Joe Pepple, but in their second attempt, TJ White tried to run it in but was held short.