SOCCER SHOOTOUT WON BY O'HARA

In an exciting overtime game, O'Hara won a soccer game with Center on September 29th. In regulation time the teams were knotted at 2-2 with both of the Celtics' goals scored by Jerry Rellihan. In the shootout, Center had three successful shots but O'Hara won out with four. Jerry Rellihan along with Kevin Hogan, Julian Gidley, and Pat Berney brought the victory to the Celtic team.

Volleyball Team Fares Well With Powerful Opponents

On Saturday, September 26th, the O'Hara volleyball team competed in the Blue Springs South Invitational in which sixteen powerhouses were represented, and did a commenable job even though unable to survive as one of the four semifinalists. # # # # # # # # # # The team played in the White Pool losing only one game in overtime to Blue Springs South. They came back to win 25-20. The Celtics then beat Cor Jesu 25-20 and 26-24 and went into the Championship bracket. # # # # # # # # # # Facing Nerinx Hall, O'Hara won 25-18 and dropped a 21-25 game. Nerinx Hall was one of the four teams to go on the the semifinals having the better overall scoring.

AMONG THE TOP TEN O'HARA FOOTBALL

T. J. White holds O'Hara's school record for career passes through 2006-2009 at the halfway mark of the present regular season with 181 completions in 359 attempts for 3,625 total yards. (well ahead of runner-up Joe Holder 1976-1978 who has 126 completions in 331 attempts for 1,869 yards). Included in White's total is the 117 yards from 8 completions in 10 attempts in the game with Saint James. One of the reasons the total didn't increase by much is that the running game was working for the Celtics. The four running backs that scored six of O'Hara's touchdowns in the game each averaged over six yards per carry as the Celtics had 323 rushing yards and the team did not need too much dependence on passing. * * * * * * * * * * * Aaron Stubblefield is now tied for 7th place in the top ten receivers for O'Hara with 30 career catches. He ties David Pugh (1976-1978). The school record was established last season when Joe Pepple reached 68 receptions. Head Coach Jim DeMarea holds the 5th place with 37 catches back in 1970-1972. * * * * * * * * * * * Chuck Preston moved into 10th place in the Miscellaneous category which includes a formula for tackles, blocked kicks, quarterback sacks, recovered fumbles, interceptions, and yards returned from interceptions. He has 325 points while the ninth place is held by Nick Saviano (2001-2003) with 351 points. The top player in this category is William Lanning with 465 points (1997-2000).

How 76 points were scored: O'Hara Football

CELTICS HANDLE THE THUNDER WITH LIGHTNING PLAYS Led by T.J. White’s and Raphael Spencer’s two touchdowns apiece, the O’Hara Celtics downed the Saint James Thunder 45-31 on September 25th. Touchdowns were also scored by Terrell Johnson, Brett Coatney, and Louis Golden in the romp. Here is a rundown of the evening’s scoring: O’Hara 0, Saint James 6: O’Hara received the opening kickoff but were stopped in three running plays. Saint James mounted a thirteen play drive to reach the scoreboard first. Grinding out yardage in which none of the plays netted over ten yards, Danny Manning scored from 10 yards out. In the drive the Thunder twice went for yardage on fourth downs. Their extra point kick was wide. It was the first time in five games that the Celtics were scored upon in the first quarter. O’Hara 7, Saint James 6: Jimmy Clark returned the kickoff with a great run and the Celtics took over in good field position on the Thunder 41 yard line. Five plays later, Brett Coatney found his way into the end zone on a 14 yard carry. Julian Gidley kicked the extra point after which the Celtics never trailed in the game. O’Hara 13, Saint James 6: It took a while for the Celtics to score again. Saint James moved the ball from the 23 yard line to the 41 yard line, helped along with two completed passes. But their third pass was intercepted by Joe Melchior who took the ball all the way to the end zone. A penalty called on the blocking however brought the ball back to the 38 yard line. Aaron Stubblefield made up for 35 yards as he hauled in a T. J. White toss to place the ball on the 3 yard line. Swinging around the right end, Terrell Johnson fumbled into the end zone for a touchback, and the Thunder got the ball on the 20 yard line. After advancing the pigskin 17 yards, Saint James attempted another pass which was picked off by Joe Melchior again. O’Hara scored with five plays capped by a 26 yard pass completion from T. J. White to Louis Golden. No more scoring until the half: The Thunder failed to make a first down on the next possession and punted. O’Hara ran the next eight plays from their own 26 yard line to Saint James’ 26 yard line, the big gainers were two T. J. White scrambles for 19 and 16 yards. But the Celtics gave up the ball on downs. With the little time left, Saint James was unable to dent the O’Hara defense. O’Hara 19, Saint James 6: The Thunder attempted to keep a drive alive at midfield by going for it on fourth down rather than punt, but gave O’Hara relatively good field position when they fell short. In two plays, O’Hara had its third TD. Brett Coatney ran for 9 yards and Raphael Spencer went all the way for the score, a distance of 36 yards. O’Hara 27- Saint James 6: Saint James took over on their own 33 yard line and with two complete passes for 12 and 47 yards got first down on the 8 yard line. Four attempts to run the ball into the goal failed and O’Hara took over on the one foot line! With Raphael Spencer and Terrell Johnson running the football, O’Hara advanced the ball to the 40 yard line in seven plays. Spencer broke loose for a 60 yard scoring run. Chuck Preston scored two points on the conversion attempt. O’Hara 27- Saint James 12: The Thunder went exclusively to a passing game on their next possession. A 53 yard pass from Jim Getto to Danny Manning accounted for the six points. O’Hara 33 - Saint James 12: Keon Young recovered O’Hara’s on-side kick, and on the very next play, T. J. White outmaneuvered the Thunder defense for a 51 yard TD. The extra point attempt by Julian Gidley was blocked. O’Hara 33 - Saint James 18: Continuing with a passing game, the Thunder was able to cash in on a Jim Getto to Matt Eckelman pass covering 53 yards, even though it appeared Getto was well beyond the line of scrimmage when he threw the ball. The play was not called back. The quarterback was sacked on the two-point conversion attempt. O’Hara 33 - Saint James 25: Logan Pyle recovered the Thunder’s on-side kick, and the home team worked for a score that would bring the two teams to within eight points. It required a fourth down play along the way, but the Thunder managed to get the job done on a 12 yard pass to Bryan Eisman. Logan Fortney’s extra point kick was good. O’Hara 39 - Saint James 25: Thanks to a good runback by Raphael Spencer and a face mask penalty, O’Hara had the ball on the 20 yard line. However a fumble four plays later coughed up the ball. Saint James returned to the running game and got the ball up to midfield where they gave up possession on downs. Aided by a 15 yard gain on a T. J. White to Aaron Stubblefield pass, the Celtics were able to widen their lead on an 8 yard scoring run by T. J. White. O’Hara 45 – Saint James 25: The last O’Hara TD was almost a gift. Very deep in the O’Hara territory, the Thunder elected to go or it on fourth down and failed to come close to the first down. They gave up the ball on the 9 yard line! Terrell Johnson got the call and delivered the ball to the end zone. O’Hara 45 – Saint James 31: With remaining time, the Thunder used up eight plays but did get an additional six points on an 18 yard run by Jake Heller. The final points were garnered with only 12 second of playing time left in the game.

FOOTBALL SCORING IN FIVE GAMES

In averaging 35.7 points per game with the recent 45-31 win over Saint James, Raphael Spencer leads the O'Hara Celtics in scoring with 60 points on ten touchdowns. Quarterback T. J. White has 42 of O'Hara's total 179 points scoring on seven touchdowns. _____ Aaron Stubblefield and Terrell Johnson have scored three touchdowns apiece and Stubblefield has added a two-point conversion. _____ Brett Coatney scored twice for 12 points. _____ Joe Melchior and Louis Golden each have a touchdown. Melchior added a kicked extra point and two two-point conversions as a pass receiver for a total of 11. Golden also has a two-point catch for a total of 8 points. _____ Julian Gidley kicked six of O'Hara's extra points. _____ Chuck Preston entered the Celtic scoring with a two-point conversion in O'Hara's last game.

O'Hara 45 Saint James 31

The Archbishop O'Hara High School football team scored five second half touchdowns to overwhelm Saint James Academy 45-31 on September 25th. _______ The wild game didn't really develop until the second half after the mild halftime score of 13-6. _____ At the start of the game, the Saint James Thunder scored on a 10 yard run by Danny Manning but the extra point kick was wide. In the scoring drive, the Thunder had to gamble twice on fourth down plays. It was the first time this season O'Hara gave up first quarter points. _____ With just five plays, the O'Hara Celtics had a touchdown with Brett Coatney scoring on a 14 yard run. Julian Gidley's extra point kick put the Celtics ahead and the team never trailed after that. _____ Joe Melchior stopped the Thunder's drive at the start of the second quarter with an interception, running the ball in for an apparent TD, but a blocking penalty prevented the score. After Aaron Stubblefield gathered in a 35 yard pass, the Celtics had first down on the 3 yard line. A fumble into the end zone on the next play gave the Thunder a touchback and possession on the 20 yard line. Joe Melchior intercepted again, and this time O'Hara put together a scoring drive, capped by a 26 yard touchdown pass by Louis Golden from T. J. White. The extra point kick was wide but the Celtics owned a 13-6 halftime score. _____ The Thunder went three and out to start the third quarter. In two plays, O'Hara upped the score to 19-6 with Raphael Spencer breaking away for a 36 yard TD. _____ Saint James strove to narrow the score with Jim Getto passing to Chase Jackson for 47 yards and bringing the ball within the 8 yard line. But on four consecutive attempts, the Thunder was unable to cope with the O'Hara defense and gave up the ball on the one foot line! _____ O'Hara was able to cover the 99 plus yards in seven plays finished off with a 60 yard touchdown run by Raphael Spencer! Chuck Preston ran in the two-point conversion for a 27-6 O'Hara lead. _____ Saint James answered with a touchdown; the two key plays were a fourth down 16 yard pass play from Jim Getto to Matt Eckelman and a 35 yard TD pass from Getto to Danny Manning. That made the score 27-12. _____ O'Hara put six more points on the board on a long 51 yard run by quarterback T. J. White. The extra point attempt was blocked, but the score became 33-12. _____ The Thunder responded with a long 53 yard touchdown pass caught by Matt Eckelman and a 33-18 game. The quarterback appeared to be well beyond the line of srimmage on the toss but the play was not called back. _____ Then Saint James got a successful on-side kick to set up another touchdown. In six plays, they brought the score to 33-25 with Bryan Eisman catching a 12 yard pass and Logan Fortney kicking the extra point. _____ With the margin shaved to only 8 points, the Celtics pushed across two consecutive fourth quarter touchdowns. The first was a10 yard yard keeper by T. J. White and the second was a 9 yard end run by Terrell Johnson. _____ With the score at 45-25 and twelve seconds on the clock, Jake Heller scored on an 18 yard run for Saint James.

VOLLEYBALL TEAM WINS ANOTHER

On September 23rd, the O'Hara volleyball team won another West Central Conference game by scores of 25-11 and 25-9 over Warrensburg.

O'Hara Football Ranks 7th in 3-A

Following the competitive 28-20 football game in which Smith-Cotton (ranked 8th in 4-A) was the winner over O'Hara (ranked 5th in 3-A), new rankings came out on September 23. Smith-Cotton moved up to 7th in 4-A and O'Hara dropped to 7th in 3-A.

VOLLEYBALL TEAM WIN TWO EASILY

As Autumn officially arrived, the O'Hara volleyball team won two West Central Conference games against Center and Clinton.

Football Scoring In First Four Games

Leading the Celtic scorers in their first four games is Raphael Spencer with eight touchowns for 48 points. Quarterback T. J. White has five TD's for 30 points. Others contributing to this year's 3-1 record in which O'Hara outscored their opponents 134-77 are Arraon Stubblefield with 20 points on three touchdowns and a two-point conversion, Terrell Johnson with two TD's for 12 points, Joe Melchior with one touchdown, two two-point conversions, and a kicked extra point for 11 points, Brett Coatney who has one touchdown for 6 points, Julian Gidley with five kicked extra points, and Louis Golden with a two-point conversion for 2 points. _____ The scores of the first four games are 38-14 over Clinton, 35-14 over Oak Grove, 41-21 over Warrensburg, and a 20-28 loss to Sedalia Smith-Cotton. _____ The West Central Conference standings after four weeks are Smith-Cotton 2-0, O'Hara 2-1, Clinton 1-2, Saint Pius 1-2, Center 1-1, and Warrensburg 0-1. _____ None of O'Hara's opponents were able to score in their first quarters.

SMITH-COTTON OUTLASTS O'HARA 28-20

Bolstered by a 21 point second quarter, the Smith-Cotton Tigers won a close 28-20 football game with O'Hara at Paul Monteil Stadium on September 18th. Twice the Celtics had had the lead, in the first quarter 6-0 and just before halftime 20-14. The halftime score was 21-20. _____ The Celtics scored in the first quarter on a 2 yard pass from T. J. White to Raphael Spencer. Just previous to the touchdown, Spencer had run 63 yards to within the five yard line. _____ The Tigers were held scoreless throughout the first quarter; the Celtics have not given up a point in all of the four first quarters of the season. _____ The Tigers were first to score in the second quarter on a 28 yard pass play from Kendal Brown to Sam Brummett, taking a one point lead when Jacquelen Greer kicked the extra point. The Tiger defense had blocked O'Hara's extra point attempt earlier as they would again do after the Celtics' third TD. _____ After a sustained drive, the Tigers scored a touchdown on a 12 yard run by Andrew Byrd to increase the lead to 14-6. _____ On the kickoff following the Tiger score, Raphael Spencer sped 92 yards to bring O'Hara within two points. Louis Golden caught a pass for the two-point conversion to tie up the game. _____ Ted Dujakovich sacked the Tiger quarterback on a fourth down to give the Celtcs an opportunity to score in the final two minutes of the second quarter. _____ O'Hara scored the go-ahead touchdown on a hook-and-ladder play: T. J. White passed to Joe Melchior who immediately lateraled to Raphael Spencer who carried the ball to the goal line. The play covered 58 yards. _____ Shockingly, with a mere 16 seconds left to the half, Andrew Byrd returned O'Hara's kick for 75 yards and the slim halftime advantage. _____ Smith-Cotton scored the only touchdown of the second half on an 11 yard run by Jacob Hayworth. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter.

Two medal in Cross Country Invitational

The O'Hara cross country team participated in the Platte County Invitational on September 17th and although teamwise the Cerltics did not score high, Andy Meyer and Claire Becker were medalists. Meyer finished 26th and Becker had 30th. Becker has improved her time in each of the year's three meets. Personal bests were also run by James Keeney, Ronald Clark, Stephen Cushing, Travis Peter, Collin McKinney, and Rachel Gudde.

SOCCER LOSS IN DOUBLE OVERTIME

The Warrensburg Tigers scored 4-3 over the Celtics in soccer, but they had to go into a double overtime for the win. Jerry Rellihan had two of O'Hara's goals and Matt McInerney had one.

O'Hara Ranked 5th in Football

Among the 3A schools in Missouri, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics are ranked 5th in football. They will be hosting the 8th ranked team in 4A on Friday, Smith-Cotton of Sedalia. _____ Ranked ahead of O'Hara are the following four schools: Monnett, Chillicothe, Cardinal Ritter, and Potosi.

O'HARA VB WINS OVER SAINT TERESA'S

After taking the first game 25-18, the O'Hara volleyball team struggled but won 26-24 over a talented team from Saint Teresa's. The second and deciding game saw the score tied at 13-13 and 17-17 before the drama played out. The Celtics fell back by as much as five points at 18-23 before Jordyn Wyatt was handed the task to serve. She got the job done when the team rallied to tie up the contest at 23-23! The squad gave up the next point, but then took the next three to win.

Soccer Team shuts out Holden

Jerry Rellihan scored two of O'Hara's goals in a 5-0 decision with Holden. Others involved in the scoring were John Allard, Taylor Mathews, and Julian Gidley. Goalkeeper Jeff Best was credited with the shutout.

FOOTBALL JV 38-6 & FROSH 14-16 VS WARRENSBURG

Scoring 20 first quarter points, the O'Hara JV easily downed the Warrensburg Tigers 38-6 on September 14th. _____ Curtis McClintock opened the door early with an interception on the Tigers' first offensive play. In five plays, the Celtics took the lead. A 23 yard pass from Ryan McDowell to D. J. Griffith was followed by a 15 yard run by Tanner Hull. The TD was a 6 yard run by Gabe Spencer who also ran in a two point conversion for an 8-0 advantage. _____ O'Hara's second touchdown was set up by a quarterback sack by Jake Chichuk on a fourth down. Gabe Spencer raced down the right side line for a 53 yard score. ______ An outstanding punt by the Warrensburg squad placed the ball on O'Hara's 5 yard line. But this was followed by a much more outstanding play. Quarterback Ryan McDowell ran the entire 95 yards from scrimmage down the left side line! _____ O'Hara only scored six points in the second quarter. D. J. Griffin caught two passes for 14 yards and 12 yards in the drive. After Tanner Hull brought the ball to the five yard line with a 12 yard run, Ryan McDowell threw a pass to Curtis McClintock for the points. _____ At the start of the third quarter, Ryan McDowell went to the goal line on a 34 yard keeper to up the score to 32-0. _____ Sam White got the Tigers on the scoreboard with their only points with a 34 yard pass to Andrew Cornoa. _____ The scoring for the Celtics came to an end just before the end of the third quarter with Brandon Dennis receiving a 41 yard pass from Ryan McDowell. _____ THE FRESHMEN NEVER TRAILED IN THEIR GAME UNTIL JUST OVER ONE MINUTE REMAINED IN THEIR GAME. With their first possession, Sam Morrison got free for a 56 yard gain to set up the touchdown. Derrek Davis ran the final 24 yards for six points and Sam Morrison ran in the extra point conversion to give the Celtics an early 8-0 lead. _____ On the first play of the second quarter, the Tigers tied the score with a 2 yard run and a successful two-point conversion. _____ O'Hara scored a touchdown on their next series although on a 4th down and 11 yards to go, they needed a big play to keep the drive alive. They got it from DerreckDavis who broke loose for 21 yards. Four plays later Davis scored from the 11 yard line. The extra point attempt failed and ultimately this was the margin of their eventual loss. _____ Neither team reached pay dirt in the third quarter. Up to the last two minutes of the game, O'Hara clung on to their six point lead. The turning point was a 28 yard pass by the Tigers that put the ball on the one yard line. A line plunge and a successful extra point run decided the contest.

VB Team at MO-KAN

Although the Celtics made it to the Championship bracket on September 12 in the MO-KAN INVITATIONAL, the team did not make it to the semifinals. _____ Competing in the White Pool, the Celtics lost to Saint James 25-22 and 25-22, but then won 25-17 and 25-21 over Blue Valley North and 25-15 and 25-19 over Blue Springs South. _____ In the quarterfinals, the Celtics fell 25-13 and 25-11 to Blue Springs. Blue Springs went on to take second place in the Invitational. Lee's Summit West was the overall winner although it took three games to win in the finals: 18-25, 25-21, and 25-18.

O'HARA 41 WARRENSBURG 21

The O'Hara Celtics football team didn't pull away until midway through the third quarter in their 41-21 win over the Warrensburg Tigers. Five of their six touchdowns came in the second half of the game. _____ The first quarter was scoreless. The best play the Tigers came up with was a 14 yard pitchout run by Alex Kostas, and the Celtics had a 23 yard pass play from T. J. White to Louis Golden and two 17 yard runs by Terrell Johnson and Raphael Spencer. _____ In the second quarter, O'Hara quarterback T. J. White broke away for a 29 yard TD run and Ryan Hurr scored on a short 3 yarder for the Tigers. Both Joe Melchior for O'Hara and Layton Moore for Warrensburg kicked extra points and the two squads were knotted at 7-7 at halftime. _____ After losing the ball on a fumble, the Celtics were unable to stop the Tigers from sustaining a touchdown drive. In six plays Warrensburg scored and for the first time this season, the Celtics were behind in a game. Ryan Hurr took the ball in from 7 yards out and Moore again kicked the extra point. _____ Following the ensuing kickoff, T. J. White on first down ran along the left side line for a 60 yard TD. But the Celtics still trailed by a point when the extra point attempt was blocked. _____ The Tigers could not advance the ball in their next series which was highlighted by a quarterback sack by Raphael Spencer. A poor punt gave O'Hara possession on the 31 yard line. O'Hara was in for the score in five plays, T. J. White taking it in on a quarterback sneak.. Aaron Stubblefield scored the two point conversion on a pass play, and O'Hara was ahead to stay. _____ O'Hara scored three more touchdowns. ______ The first was set up by a successful on-side kick. The actual scoring was done on a one yard run by Raphael Spencer. O'Hara's extra point kick was wide however, but the score now read 27-14. _____ The next time O'Hara got their hands on the ball, they scored in just two plays. Terrell Johnson outran the Tiger defense for a 66 yard touchdown. Joe Melchior scored two points on a pass for the extra points. _____ Before O'Hara scored for the third time in the quarter, Warrensburg managed to slip in their final TD. Quarterback Layton Moore ran the ball across the goal line from 9 yards out. _____ Aaron Subblefield provided O'Hara with the Celtics' last six points of the game on a 25 yard pass from T. J. White. The run for the extra points was stopped short of the goal. ______ Warrensburg was able to advance theball as close as the 10 yard line in the waning seconds of the game but ran out of time.

Results of JV & Freshman Football vs Oak Grove

On Labor Day, the O'Hara JV and freshman football teams met with Oak Grove at Paul Monteil Stadium. The O'Hara Celtics JV team won 8-6 but the freshman team suffered a 40-16 defeat _____ In the JV contest the deciding two points came from a third quarter bad snap out of the endzone for a safety. _____ The Celtics scored first near the end of the first quarter but failed to run in the two-point conversion. Andre Jordan caught a 27 yard pass from Ryan McD0well for the TD. _____ The Oak Grove Panthers got their six-pointer on a one yard run midway through the second quarter and also failed to make the two-point extra points. _____ The safety was the only scoring in the second half although at one time the Panthers had first and ten on the O'Hara 12 yard line and did not get any closer. _____ _____ _____ In the freshman game, O'Hara got a third quarter TD on a 6 yard pass play from Cardell Miller to Ben Janet and a 4 yard sweep by Derreck Davis within the final minute of playing time. _____ Extra points for the two TD's were by Derreck Davis and Cardell Miller. _____ Oak Grove's six TD's were on two runs of 5 yards each, a 16 yard run, and a 19 yard run. They also scored on two 20 yard pass plays.

136 MORE TO GO

Julian Gidley, a sophomore at Archbishop O'Hara High School, is in pursuit of the school's football career record of 141 successful extra points establish over the past four years by Bryce Scovill. He is off to a great start kicking all five of the Celtics' extra points in their 35-14 win over Oak Grove. When and if Gidley reaches 87, he shall have the runner-up position [Kevin Furey holds the second place total of 86 established back in the year 1992]

Cross Country Off And Running

For James Keeney, Ronald Clark, Laura Jameson, and Allison Seck, it was their first cross country competion when O'Hara participated in the 14-school Saint Mary's Invitational at William Jewell College on Saturday, September 5th. _____ Freshmen Keeney and Clark completed the course in the 28th and 39th places. _____In the other First Year Runners Race, Seck finished 6th and Jameson came in 12th. _____ The five O'Hara varsity boys were Andy Meyer, Lowell Thomas, Sam Baird, Cullen McKinney, and Travis Peter. Meyer won the medal for 12th place. _____ Only three girls ran on the varsity level, not enough for a team score. Their places were Claire Becker (30), Amy Gaston (71), and Katelyn Gutteridge (76) among the many runners. _____ The schools that furnished particpants were O'Hara, Saint Mary's, Saint Pius, Miege, Lee's Summit, Holden, Rockport, Northtown, Lawson, Penny, Marshall, Oak Grove, West Platte, and Kearney. _____ Coach Mike Martin reports that recent outstanding O'Hara cross country alumni are among the top five runners at their colleges: Max Storms at MU and Stevie Katzer at Longview.

FOOTBALL: O'HARA 35 OAK GROVE 14

In the scoreless first quarter, the Celtics had the ball for only eight plays, two of which were punts. Although the Panthers controlled the ball most of that time, the best they could come up with was an attempted field goal after they had reached the 17 yard line. _____ From midfield in the second quarter, O'Hara put their first points on the scoreboard with three plays, the big play unfolding from a T. J. White to Aaron Stubblefield 40 yard pass. The actual points were scored from two yards out by Raphael Spencer. Julian Gidley kicked the extra point, the first of five in the game. _____ O'Hara's second TD came on a sustained drive in which Raphael Spencer carried the ball most of the way. T. J. White took the ball in on a two yard run. _____ Again the Celtics scored, this time with only two running plays. Terrell Johnson ran for a 34 yard gain and Brett Coatney tagged on the remaining 18 yards for the six-pointer. _____ On the final play before halftime, Raphael Spencer nearly got into the end zone before time elapsed, catching a pass from T. J. White and exhibiting a dazzling broken field run. _____ In the third quarter, Oak Grove drove to the 29 yard line and Austin Latshaw's pass from that point was intercepted by Aaron Stubblefield who raced down the sideline for the Celtics' fourth touchdown. _____ As the fourth quarter got under way, T. J. White intercepted a pass near the goal line and returned the ball to the 35 yard line. A few plays later, Terrell Johnson scored on a ten yard run; the big play of the drive was a 41 yard pass play to Joe Melchior from T. J. White. _____ The Panthers did manage to put two touchdowns on the scoreboard in the final quarter on a 32 yard pass play with seven minutes left in the game and on a 5 yard pass with less than a minute remaining.

VOLLEYBALL SEASON BEGINS

Blue Springs won 25-21 and 25-11 in the Celtics' first encounter but O'Hara came back with 25-15 and 25-18 against Blue Springs South.

Soccer Team Looking for First Win

The 2009 soccer team opened their season with losses to Lee's Summit West 10-1 and Fort Osage 3-2. Scoring all of the Celtics' goals was Matt Shelton.

FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM WIN A SHUTOUT

The O'Hara freshman football team won a 16-0 game with Clinton on Tuesday, September 1st. In scoring 8 points in each half, Ronnie Sailor accounted for the Celtics' first six points and Derreck Davis ran in the two-point conversion. Then in the second half, the duo switched roles with Derreck Davis scoring on a 17 yard scamper with Ronnie Sailor completing the two-point conversion. Cardell Miller quarterbacked for the victors and Ben Janet caught some key passes. Braden Matthews had several break-away runs although did not score a TD and Aiden Nice recovered an important fumble for the Celtics.