O'Hara Celtics Win 5-1 in Soccer

Clinton was held to one goal in O'Hara's 5-1 victory in soccer on April 28th. Wet conditions didn't prevent Taylor Eason from scoring two of the Celtic' goals. Three others in the young O'Hara squad found the range as well. They were Andi Davis, Katie Hayes, and Ana Barrios. Except for three juniors, the O'Hara players are sophomores and freshmen.

P R O M

The prom king, queen and court of the Archbishop O'Hara High School were determined on April 25th..... Queen - Liz Ford.... King - Sean Cobb.... Court: Caitlin Croker, Jackie Kruger, Dallas McVey, Danny Hernandez, Jake Pena, Joey Tucker

Soccer Team Wins in Double Overtime

Andri Davis kicked the deciding goal in O'Hara's 2-1 double overtime victory in soccer on April 23rd. Oak Grove had had a 1-0 lead with three minutes remaining in the defensive combat when Katie Brage tied the game. Neither team could put across a goal in the first overtime period.

CELTICS BASEBALL WIN AND LOSE ON APRIL 21ST

The Celtic baseball team split a doubleheader between Lee' Summit and Raytown South on April 21st. Lee's Summit won 13-3 and Raytown South lost to the Celtics in a close 9-8 game. ----------------------------------- O'Hara left a number of base runners without scoring until the score reached 9-0 against the Lee's Summit Tigers. Vince Saviano started the game for O'Hara allowing four earned runs over four innings. Aaron Stubblefield did manage two hits while Jared Ginter and Sam Janet each had a hit. -------------------------------------- O'Hara came behind in the game with Raytown South. The Celtics took an early two-run lead, but in the fifth inning Raytown South brought eleven men to the plate scoring five runs to take an 8-5 lead. The Celtics rallied in the bottom of the sixth scoring four runs. Singles by Alex Gaul-Pearson and Vince Saviano along with a walk by Jared Ginter loaded the bases. Gaul-Pearson scored when Aaron Stubblefield walked and thanks to fielders choices and errors, the Celtics took a one-run lead. Aaron Mitchell came in to pitch and got the save in the seventh by striking out the side.

O'Hara's Track Meet Results

On April 15th, O'Hara had their annual Track Invitational. The girls won with six gold, four silver, and four bronze medals. The boys had seven gold, four silver, and one bronze but were runnersup to Saint Pius X. The top three team scores for the girls were O'Hara 80, Saint Pius 63, and Saint Teresa's 48 among the six schools competing. The top three team scores for the boys were Saint Pius 112, O'Hara 77, and University Academy 64. Gold medalists were won by Paulina Pengelley in the discus (82'10"), Marli Bartlett in the high jump (4'4"), Skyler Young in the shotput (31'3"), Kayla McGee in the long jump (15'2") and in the 100 meter hurdles (17.57) and the gitls 800 meter relay (157.92). Gold medals were also won by Raphael Spencer in the long jump (18'4") and the shotput (37'4"), Jasper Greeson in the 400 meter dash (54.02) and the 200 meter dash (24.08), Tanner Hull in the pole vault (9'6"), and the the boys relay teams for 1600 meters (3'56.72) and 800 meters (1'44.62"). Second place silver medals were won by Paige Bush, Jasmyn Franks, Dakota Waggerman, and memebrs of the gitls 400 meter relay team. Tyler Houser and Raphael Spencer also won silver medals as did the boys 400 and 3200 relay teams. Bronze recipients included Larkin Garrison, Lauren Brown, Cameron Randle, Kayla McGee and the girls 1600 Meter relay team.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY NEW MEMBERS

On April 29th, at a 7 PM induction ceremony, twenty new members will be added to the Archbishop O'Hara High School National Honor Society. The seventeen sophmores alphabetically are Adriane Barry, Natalie Berigan, Michala Boehm, Katie Brage, Carson Burns, Kaitlynn Gustin, Lindsey Hanaway, Taylor Hays, Kayla Henderson, Johanna Kelly, Erin Lynch, MacKenzie Magwire, Andy Meyer, Candace Miller, Mary Pierce, Allison Seck, and Matt Shelton. Molly Gutteridge, Aaron Mitchell, and Ana Stock are juniors that complete the list. These students qualified in achievement with Service, Academics, Leadership, and Character requirements. Mrs. Cathy Meyer is the advisor of the O'Hara Chapter.

Second Place in District 14 Class 3 MSHSAA Academic Competition

Mike Berney and Max Storms made the All-Tournament Team at the Class 3, District 14 Academic Bowl on April 18th as Archbishop O'Hara High School took second place. Holden was the District champs defeating O'Hara 310 to 175 in the championship round; O'Hara had won their competition with Holden in the preliminary rounds. In fact only O'Hara and Knob Noster were undefeated in the preliminary rounds with 3-0 records in which all six District schools competed. After O'Hara won 210-180 over Holden, they went on to post winning scores of 260-110 over Oak Grove and 260-95 over Pleasant Hill to get the top seed in the semifinal games. Although Knob Noster and O'Hara had identical 3-0 recoreds, O'Hara won the tiebreaker on points for the top seeding. O'Hara had a total of 730 points and Knob Noster had 660. Holden was seeded 3rd and beat 2nd seeded Knob Noster in the semifinals to earn the right to reach the finals. O'Hara had an easier time in their semifinal game facing Pleasant Hill who had the fourth best showing; O'Hara won 255-80 to vault them into the championship game. O'Hara's team consisted of Joe Volz and Andy Meyer in addition to Max Storms and Mike Berney. Joe Volz almost made the all-tournament team but was just a small margin behind the sixth selection. In the first round preliminaries, Holden went ahead of O'Hara by ten points 60-40 in the first quarter but the two teams were tied at 120 apiece at halftime. By the end of the third quarter the teams were knotted at 130-130, but in the fourth quarter O'Hara pulled ahead by outscoring Holden 60-30. Odessa was the sixth team in the District competition but like Oak Grove did not make it past the preliminaries and Pembroke Hill did not field a team at all. The event was held at Pleasant Hill High School. Mike Berney is a junior and Andy Meyer is a sophomore and will be back next season. However both Joe Volz and Max Storms are seniors. Brother Richard Geimer is the moderator of the O'Hara Knowledge Bowl team.

BRADISH IS MEDALIST IN THREE GOLF WINS

The Archbishop O'Hara golf team won three dual golf games in the first two weeks of April with John Bradish emerging as the medalist of all three. The Celtics won 190-233 against Saint Mary's at Winterstone Golf Course with Bradish carding a 35, beat Raytown South 173-183 at Swope Memorial when Bradish had a 39, and was victorious over Odessa 175-196 at Creek Moor Country Club and Bradish finished the day with 40.

Max Storms At KU 3200 Meter Run

At the Memorial Stadium at the University of Kansas on April 17th, in the 3200 Meter Run, Max Storms ran 9:22.74 which is his best time to date (it had been 9:25). He was fourth in the finals. The top five were: (1) Nick Happe SR, Francis Howell, 9:11, (2) Danny Thater JR, Kickapoo Nation, 9:17.29, (3) Austin Cookson SR, St. Louis University High, 9:20.65, (4) Max Storms SR, O'Hara, 9:22.74, (5) John Clohisy SR, St. Louis University High, 9:27.82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTE: Max won the 1600 meter race at the Ray-Pec also. He ran it in 4:31 and beat Maksim Korlev of Harrisonville who has been one of his closest competitors this year. This is Max's best time for this distance.

BASEBALL TEAM WIN IN EXTRA INNINGS

The O'Hara baseball team had to go nine innings to defeat Pembroke Hill 6-5 on April 16th. For seven innings, Cullen Rowland pitched five-hit ball. Aaron Mitchell completed the game to obtain the win. The offense was led by Aaron Stubblefield and Aaron Mitchell, both of whom had three hits. Jared Ginter and Chuck Preston also contributed two hits apiece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The JV team won a slugfest. In the 17-12 game, Dontae Obie and Sam Janet had three hits each.

O'Hara Soccer: 4-0 Shutout

Derriane White got the shutout of the 4-0 soccer win over Center on April 15th. It was her first of the season. Lindsey Hanaway, Adriane Berry, Kylee Bosworth, and Natalie Berrigan excelled on defense. Andri Davis kicked two of the Celtics' goals. Katie Hayes had two assists via corner kicks. Katelyn Gutteridge and Taylor Eason got O'Hara's other two goals.

Frosh/Soph Track at Belton

GOLD MEDALS to Kayla McGee in the 100 meter hurdles and in the long jump; Raphael Spencer in the 100 meter dash; Andy Meyer in the 1600 meter run; Brett Coatney in the 400 meter competition, and Skyler Young in the shotput. SILVER MEDALS to Lauren Brown in the 200 meter dash and Paige Bush in the 400 meter dash. BRONZE MEDALS to Kayla McGee in the 300 meter hurdles and the team of Kelli Bachkora, Olivia Wright, Erin Scott, and Mackenzie Shelton for the 4 x 8 relay.

JV TEAM IS A WINNER OVER CENTER

The JV baseball team got solid pitching and good hitting to win a shutout against the Center Yellowjackets. Junior pitcher Drew Fennesy threw a complete game allowing only two hits while striking out ten. Sophomore Dantae Obie was the star at the plate going 2-2 with a triple and three RBI.

Girls Soccer: O'Hara 6 Clinton 2

Junior Taylor Eason found the range four times in O'Hara's soccer victory over Clinton 6-2. Freshman Andi Davis added a goal as did junior Kaylea Lancaster. The game was played on April 7th.

BASEBALL NO HITTER ON APRIL 7TH

Cullon Rowland pitched no-hit ball for four innings and Aaron Stubblefield pitched the fifth without yeilding a hit as the O'Hara Celtics put away the Center Yellowjackets 10-0 on April 7th. Rowland struck out all but four of the batters he faced and Stubblefield struck out two in his inning. The Yellowjackets had only two baserunners, one on a walk, and left only one baserunner by virtue of a pickoff play in the last inning. The Celtics batted around at the start of the game, scoring four runs before the Yellowjackets came to bat. Three more runs were added to the Celtic score in the second inning with Jake Slocum getting O'Hara's only hit. The Celtics had five walks in the inning, one of which forced in a run. O'Hara's tenth run scored by Larry Liggett resulted from a dropped popup, a single by Aaron Stubblefield, and a sacrifice fly by Aaron Mitchell. The mercy rule limited the game to only five innings. Starter Rowland faced thirteen batters, one more than the minimum, allowing only one to reach base on a walk. Aaron Stubblefield contributed at the plate with two hits, two runs scored and two RBI. Leadoff batter Vince Saviano reached base his first three times at the plate, scoring on each occasion. Cullon Rowland also helped his cause at the plate with three RBI's. The win put O'Hara to 3-1-1 for the season with two of the victories within the West Central Conference.

Baseball Win on April 3rd

WARRENSBURG FALLS 5-1 TO CELTICS Mike Lynch pitched a three-hitter for the O'Hara Celtics as the team opened their West Central Conference games with a 5-1 victory over the Warrensburg Tigers. Although he only left two base runners he did give up a home run. For the first three innings there were no runs, but the Celtics did manage three baserunners in the first inning. The scoring began in the fourth inning when Chuck Preston got on base via hit batsman and Joey Tucker, Travis Peter, and Jared Ginter each singled to produce three runs. O'Hara added a fifth inning run with no hits but with the help of three walks and a Joey Tucker ground out. The Celtics got their final run in the last inning by way of singles by Chuck Preston and Travis Peter.

TALENT SHOW FOR DIRE DAWA

Alicia Bertrand singing "Anyway" won the Overall Best Award at the O'Hara Talent Show on April 5th competing among twelve performances. Of the four other awards given, Kaitlyn Fennesy was judged the Best among the freshmen/sophomore acts for her dance to "That's How You Jazz." Nicole Krawczyk teamed with Ashley Clark in a song & guitar rendition of "Hallelujah" for the Best junior/senior act. The Best Solo Performance Award went to Tonia Kiesov for her song"Thunder." Finally winning the Best Group Performance was an entertaining dance mix by JeVon Lyle, Raphael Spencer, Keenan Wilkins, and Emanual Moore. Among the remaining seven acts were songs entitled "Through Glass" by Rocky Chael, "Love Song" by Abbey Kenyon, "Need You Bad" by Lelani Riley, and "Walking on Water," an orginal song composed by Amy Lyon. Josh Snow played Beethoven's Sonata in F major, Op. 10 no. 2 on the piano. Johanna Kelly gave a dramatic interpretation entitled "The Lovely Bones" and Halea Coulter danced to the tune of "Paralyzer." Student co-ordinators of the event were Lyndsay Hudson, Alyssa Kerfeld, and Kayle Henderson. The proceeds for the talent show went to the mission fund for a school in Ethiopia.

JV track medalists at Platte County Invitational

Taking home the first place trophy at the Platte County JV Track Invitational on April 1st, the O'Hara girls took a number of gold medals. Three went to Kayla McGee who won the 100 meter hurdles, the long jump, and anchored the 4x1 relay team. The rest of the team were Paige Bush, Marli Bartlett, and Lauren Brown. McGee also won the silver medal in the 300 meter hurdles. In the shot put, Skyler Young took first. The 4x4 relay team won top honors with participants Paige Bush, Lauren Brown, Taylor Robinson, and Jayla Smith. Third place bronze medals went to Lauren Brown in the 200 meter dash, and to the team of Erin Scott, Kelli Bachkora, Olivia Wright, and Amanda Steele for their efforts in the 4x2 relay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the boys competition, Jasper Greeson was a double winner taking the 200 and 400 meter dashes. The 4x1 relay team of Raphael Spencer, Brett Coatney, Jorge Belcher, and Lowell Thomas won gold medals. Raphael Spencer was the winner of the long jump and added a bronze medal for the 100 meter dash. The boys' team were third in the meet.