Celtics Win Football District

O’Hara 42 Saint Pius X 3 For District Championship On the opening kickoff, the O’Hara Celtics had enough points to win over the Saint Pius Warriors when Raphael Spencer returned the kick for a 92 yard TD. Chuck Preston ran in the two-point conversion for an 8-0 lead within the first minute of playing time. _____ Well into the first quarter, the Warriors had a scoring drive, mostly on the runs by Anthony Zicarelli, but after reaching the 18 yard line, had to settle for a 35 yard field goal by Michael Kaufman. _____ Just before the second quarter got under way, O’Hara scored a touchdown on a 33 yard run by quarterback T. J. White, but the run for the extra points was unsuccessful. The drive for this scoring was kept alive by a 10 yard pass play from T. J. White to Louis Golden, a 20 yard run by Brett Coatney, and a 13 yard run by Terrell Johnson. _____ Midway into the second quarter, T. J. White completed a 10 yard touchdown pass to Aaron Stubblefield but the extra point kick was blocked. _____ Julian Gidley kicked off to the Warriors but he ball was fumbled and Louis Golden recovered for the Celtics on the 29 yard line. On the very next play, Raphael Spencer took the ball in for the Celtics’ fourth TD. Louis Golden scored the two-point conversion on a pass from T. J. White. The halftime sore was 28-3. _____ The Warriors netted only two yards on three downs to start the second half and punted. _____ On O’Hara’s third play, T. J. White ran right up the middle of the line for a 50 yard touchdown. He then passed to Raphael Spencer for the additional two points to spread the score to 36-3. _____ O’Hara’s final touchdown of the evening was set up by a great punt return by Joe Melchior giving O’Hara the ball on the 37 yard line. Aaron Stubblefield gathered in a T. J. White pass for the six pointer, a the start of the running clock for the remainder of the game. _____ There wasn’t any scoring in the fourth quarter.