VOLLEYBALL AT BLUE SPRINGS TOURNAMENT

O’HARA WINS CONSOLATION BRACKET AT BLUE SPRINGS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT Playing among some of the area’s best volleyball teams, O’Hara emerged champions of the consolation bracket of the Blue Springs Tournament over the weekend. The Lady Celtics, defending Missouri Class 3 State Champions, held their own among the squads from class 4, winning against their final opponent from Raymore-Peculiar. The scores for the consolation championship trophy were 25-19 and a close 27-25 which prevented a need for a third rubber match. Competition began with four pools and O’Hara was entered in the four-team Silver Pool. Not off to a good start, the Celtics lost two games to Cor Jesu 25-13 and 25- 20. They then split with Notre Dame de Sion by losing 25-16 and finally persevering in a very competitive overtime win. The team also split with Raymore-Peculiar by losing 22-25 before taking the next game 25-18. This placed O’Hara in the consolation bracket where the Celtics saw better results. They did not lose another game from here on. O’Hara beat Jefferson City 25-21 and 25-17. They followed this by putting away Blue Valley West 25-19 and 27-25 to qualify for the showdown championship with Raymore-Peculiar from their original pool. The overall winner of the sixteen-team tournament was Lee’s Summit West. Incarnate Word was second followed by Cor Jesu and Note Dame de Sion in that order. Prior to the tournament, the Missouri Volleyball Coaches Association ranked O’Hara #1 in Class 3 volleyball with undefeated Platte County ranked #2.