O'Hara Wins First Round of the HOLIDAY BASKETBALL CLASSIC

On December 26, the O'Hara Celtics won their first round game of the 30th Annual Holiday Basketball Classic at William Jewell 85-59. They faced the Blue Springs Wildcats and moved on to the December 29 game to play Park Hill, the 70-59 winner of the Grandview-Park Hill contest. _____ D. J. Jackson got the Celtics off to a good start with five points while O'Hara carved out a 12-3 lead. _____ A bit later in the first quarter, the Celtics led 17-11 and then scored the next eleven points for a 28-11 bulge. Jevon Lyle, T. J. White, D. J. Jackson, and Josh Ruppprecht contributed to the run. _____ The Wildcats were outscored in each of the ensuing quarters by more modest margins. _____ Josh Rupprecht was O'Hara's scoring leader with twenty points, all of which were done within the first three periods. _____ T. J. White added 12, D. J. Jackson had 11, and both Andre Jordan and Ronnie Miller pumped in 10 apiece.