O'Hara Accomplishments in 2009 Football

Only two Missouri 3-A football teams surpassed the 12-2 O'Hara Celtics in 2009. _____ Undefeated Bowling Green topped Priory 20-7 to meet once-defeated Cassville who dropped the Celtics 23-7. They play next weekend for the State Championship. Priory ended their season with a 7-7 record. _____ SCHOOL RECORDS: Raphael Spencer led the Celtics during the season in rushing with 1,454 yards to advance to 5th place for a single season, and is presently in 8th place in career rushing yards with a total of 1,640 with another year to go. _____ Senior T. J. White completed 9 passes in the semifinal game to make this season his second best at O'Hara. He holds the season record of 1,919 yards on 92 completions done last year, and this year had 1,545 yards on 88 completions. From his sophomore year, he also holds down the 4th place behind Ryan McNamara '98. He finishes his O'Hara career passing top position with a grand total of 240 completions for 4,587 yards. _____ Senior Aaron Stubblefield caught three passes in the semifinal game which was enough to tie Matt Morrison '98 for #1 for a single season with 35 catches and Stubblefield finished his career at O'Hara in 2nd place among the school's best with 53 receptions for 1,254 yards. Only Joe Pepple from last year's squad had a better career total with 68 receptions for 1,259 yards. _____ Senior Joe Melchior caught two passes in the semifinal game. With this, he moved into 8th place in career receptions with 31, and only nine receivers topped his 22 catches for a single season. _____ Senior Louis Golden holds the #6 place in the top ten miscellaneous career points on defense. This included his 281 tackles,2 blocked kicks, 7.5 quarterback sacks, and 5 recovered fumbles. _____ Sophomore Julian Gidley tied Bryce Scovill '05 and Kevin Furey '90 for 6th place for a single season with his extra point conversion in the semifinal game; all three had 29 apiece. _____ In their fantastic season, the Celtics scored 32 or more points in all but three games, and only once did they fail to score at least 20 points. _____ The team had two shutouts and their only loss prior to the semifinal game was by 8 points to 4-A Smith-Cotton, the winner of the West Central Conference. _____ O'Hara scored a total of 502 points for an average of 35.86 per game. _____ Raphael Spencer was the team's leading scorer with 29 touchdowns and three 2-point conversons for 180 points. _____ T. J. White was second in scoring with 114 points on 18 touchdowns and three 2-point conversions. _____ The next four scorers were Aaron Stubblefield with 44 points, Terrell Johnson with 42 points, Joe Melchior with 35 points, and Louis Golden with 34 points.