O'HARA BASKETBALL TEAM RANKED #2

On January 7, the sports staff of the KC Star announced the rankings of area boys basketball teams of Missouri Classes 4 and 5 and of Kansas 5A and 6A Classes. Included was O'Hara who in past years was included in the small schools category. _____ The O'Hara Celtics with a 10-1 record was ranked #2 behind Miege with a 4-0 record. Miege edged O'Hara by two points in the Hy-Vee Shootout when Jevon Lyle's three-point shot at the final buzzer missed. _____ On January 8, Miege was listed nationally #41 in the ESPN Rise Fab 50 rankings. ____ Kearney with a 10-0 record was third in the area rankings and two teams that had identical 10-1 records as O'Hara were ranked fifth (Rockhurst) and seventh (Raymore-Peculiar). _____ Undefeated teams with 5-0 records were Leavenworth (ranked fourth) and Olathe South (ranked sixth). _____ The other teams rounding out the top ten were #8 Raytown South 9-3, #9 Liberty 9-2, and #10 Blue Valley North 4-1.