Nixa Tournament First Round Win for O'Hara

In the Nixa Invitational Tournament on January 28th the O'Hara Celtics beat Willow Springs 73-19 in the first round. _____ In addition to winning by 54 points and although only one player reached double figures with Josh Ruprecht scoring 10 points, nine different O'Hara players put in at least six points each. _____ Using their effective defense, the team limited their opponents to one free throw the entire third quarter and a total of only five second half points. _____ Twelve Celtics scored points as Coach Todd Magwire gave the entire squad playing time. ____ The Harrisonville Wildcats lost to the Willard Tigers 71-59 bringing up a game between the Tigers and the Celtics in the quarterfinals. _____ In the other bracket, the Nixa Eagles beat the Aurora Houn Dawgs 63-29 and the Mount Vernon Mountaineers edged the Park Hill Trojans 50-49 to move up in competition. _____ Only the game between Harrisonville and Willow Springs was played Friday due to the weather conditions: Harrisonville won 66-42. The remainder of the games are scheduled for the following day.