LADY CELTICS ARE SECOND IN TOURNAMENT

In the championship game of the KA-MO Classic Girls Basketball Tournament, Aquinas was able to hold off a strong O'Hara Celtics team to win 46-36. _____ At the half, O'Hara was down by three points 21-18 and could not not catch up. They were down by four in the final quarter 40-36 but the remainder of the points were scored by Aquinas. ____ DaShawn Harden was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player scoring 10 points, and Melanie Siscos scored 15 points to lead all scorers. _____ For the Celtics, 32 of the O'Hara points were fairly evenly scored by Alex Smith, Hailey Houser, Cameron Randle, and Ashley Clark. _____ Aquinas' record went to 9-1. ____ Third place in the Tournament was Hickman Mills winner over Blue Valley North 37-28, the Consolation Championship went to Liberty who defeated Blue Springs South 62-45, and seventh place was won by Metro Academy 70-24 over Washington.