Celtic Football Team Win Regional Game 32-29

O'Hara got by Chillicothe 32-29 in scoring five touchdowns and a two-point conversion. The Celtic defense held the Hornets to two offensive touchdowns. However the game was close because Chillicothe scored a defensive TD, three field goals, and converted a 2-point conversion. But that wasn't quite enough. _____ The real excitement in the close game came at the very end. The Hornets were ahead 29-26; the Celtics had the ball on the 12 yard line needing 8 yards to accomplish a first down, and it was fourth down with 21 seconds left in the game! _____ Quarterback T. J. White rolled out to pass but gained the needed eight yards for a first down on a keeper. From the 3 yard line with 10 seconds remaining he nearly completed an endzone pass to Aaron Stubblefield, but it was ruled out of bounds. Then with 6 seconds on the clock, White ran across the goal line for the winning points! _____ Back at the start of the game, O'Hara had to punt. Chilllicothe took the ball from the 50 yard line down to the 24 yard line before giving up the ball on downs. _____ On O'Hara's third play after the Celtic defense held the Hornets, Raphael Spencer raced 48 yards for the first points of the game. O'Hara led 6-0. _____ The Hornets moved the ball to the 16 yard line before being halted on a third down. Rather than risk another giving up of possession on downs, they called upon Connor Lindley for a 33 yard field goal, making the score 6-3. _____ In the second quarter, O'Hara obtained their second touchdown from a T. J. White pass to a wide open Joe Melchior covering 40 yards. The score was then 12-3. _____ The Hornets needed twelve plays to grind out their first touchdown which was a 1 yard keeper by quarterback Jared McCauslin. That made the score 12-9. _____ The Hornets got one more score, just barely however, before half time. This time they had to consume 14 plays and although it at first appeared the O'Hara defense stopped them when the clock ran out, a second was placed back on the clock to accommodate a Hornet time out. Connor Lindley kicked his second field goal to tie up the score at the half at 12-12. _____ Starting the second half, the Hornets used up ten plays to get as close as the 6 yard line where a third field goal by Connor Lindley put Chillicothe ahead for the first time in the game 15-12. _____ O'Hara needed only five plays to regain the lead. The touchdown was scored by Louis Golden on a 27 yard pass play from T. J. White. T. J. White also scored the 2-point extra points to bring the score to 20-15. _____ The Celtics were moving the ball fairly well when an unexpected turn of events put the Hornets back in the lead. T. J. White completed a short pass to Joe Melchior who attempted to lateral to Raphael Spencer. Bryce Young alertly picked off the lateral and carried to ball into the end zone for a defensive TD. The Hornets were ahead 21-20 at the end of the third quarter. _____ In O'Hara's next possession, Raphael Spencer had a long 28 yard run to reach the Hornet 5 yard line. The Hornet defense stiffened but O'Hara did manage to score on fourth down on a one-yard plunge by T. J. White and a Celtic lead of 26-21. _____ A failed on-side kick attempt gave the Hornets good field position and they capitalized on it with a score mostly generated by Brett Stephens who took it in for the last four yards and the Hornets' 27-26 advantage. A pass to Bryce Young for the 2-pointer upped the score to 29-26. _____ The next four minutes were taken up by the Celtics on their final scoring drive. It began on the 22 yard line. Along with some short gainers, T. J. White had a couple of runs of 16 yards and 25 yards to set up the final excitement of the game.