SUMMARY OF HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME

HOMECOMING SHUTOUT WIN FOR O’HARA The O’Hara Celtics football team celebrated their 2009 Homecoming with a lopsided 55-0 win over the Lincoln Prep Tigers on October 16th. On O’Hara’s first play from scrimmage, Raphael Spencer broke loose for a 60 yard gain, and three plays later, quarterback T. J. White scored on an 11 yard keeper. The Tigers began their first offensive plays on the 13 yard line and were penalized back to the 8 yard line. Tyler Houser and Keon Young then sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a 2-point safety. O’Hara was on the scoreboard again in five plays, two of which were runs by T. J. White for 24 yards and 30 yards, the second of which was for the score. After the Tigers went three and out with a punt, the Celtics sustained a nine play drive for their third TD of the first quarter. T. J. White’s 40 yard pass to Louis Golden and Raphael Spencer’s 15 yard run set up the touchdown. Terrell Johnson carried the ball in from 2 yards out. Four plays later, Louis Golden blocked the Tigers’ punt and Tanner Hull recovered for the Celtics. However, on the very next play Kelvin May intercepted T. J. White’s pass to give the Tigers possession on the 4 yard line. The Tigers had to punt again, this time from deep in their own territory. As a result, Jimmy Clark was able to return the ball all the way back to the 11 yard line as the first quarter drew to a close. Terrell Johnson scored the first O’Hara touchdown of the second quarter with a 7 yard run. Julian Gidley kicked the extra point (he would add four more before the game was over). Another double-trade occurred next. On an attempted hook-and-ladder pass, the lateral was missed and the Tigers recovered. For the Celtics, Brett Coatney intercepted Jonathan Bingham’s pass near midfield. Five more plays and O’Hara had another 7 points. The big gainer was a 24 yard pass to Joe Melchior but the actual TD was a 2 yard run by Chuck Preston. The Tigers had the ball on the 26 yard line when a very bad snap caused a scramble to recover the ball. Keon Young eventually took possession on the one yard line! The Celtics picked up the one yard for the score on a short pass to Joe Melchior. Within the last two minutes of the second quarter, the Tigers showed some offensive life when Jonathan Bingham passed to Kelvin May for a 57 yard gain. Eventually the Tigers relinquished the ball on downs. Starting on their own 27 yard line, the Celtics used three plays to increase their total to 48 points. T. J. White ran for 25 yards. He passed to Aaron Stubblefield for 42 yards, and Raphael Spencer ran the ball in from 6 yards out. The third and fourth quarters slipped by rapidly with the running clock. The Tigers made a first down but then declined to punt on fourth down, giving up the ball on downs. This set up O’Hara’s last TD of the game. In the scoring drive, Brett Coatney had a 25 yard run and the touchdown was scored on a 14 yard run by Terrell Johnson. O’Hara got possession on an on-side kick wherein Jake Fortin recovered for the Celtics. On fourth down, Joe Melchior’s punt was blocked, but alertly Terrell Johnson picked up the ball and nearly ran enough yards for a first down. A measurement was taken, but the Celtics had to give up the ball on downs. The Tigers moved the ball effectively for the first time in the game picking up four first downs until they got as close as the 19 yard line where a fumble turned the ball over to the Celtics. O’Hara moved the ball forward for the next eight plays until the time ran out. Two of the longer gains in this drive were a 22 yard pass from Jake Fortin to Keenen Wilkins and a 12 yard run by Tanner Hull. The stats favored the Celtics in most categories. O’Hara had 443 net yards to Lincoln’s 113. In the ground game, O’Hara led 299 yards to 23 yards. T. J. White added 122 yards to his already impress total in passing, completing 5 out of 11. As for the school record, playing in six of eight games, Julian Gidley is four extra points shy of 15th place for the most extra points made in a single season.