O'HARA CAGERS IN SEMIFINAL GAMES

On January 20, the Archbishop O'Hara High School girls basketball team moved to the Finals in the 2009 Blue Valley North Basketball Tournament by handing the host team a 57-41 loss while the boys' team in the Culver's Classic came up short 58-61 to Lee's Summit North and go on to play Rockhurst for third place. _____ _____ _____ In the boys game, the Celtics stayed with the Broncos for one quarter by scoring 20 points but had a low scoring second quarter to trail by halftime 30-25. The Broncos increased the lead to 48-39 before the Celtics rallied to outpoint the Broncos 19-13 in the final quarter, but it wasn't enough to catch up. _____ Josh Rupprecht poured in 17 points and JeVon Lyle chipped in 14 for O'Hara. _____ Rockhurst lost by one point to Lee's Summit 74-73 in a close wild game and will try to make up for an earlier loss to the Celtics when the two teams play for the third place trophy. _____ Hickman Mills having won 77-50 over Lee's Summit Community Christain will play Raytown for the Consolation championship; Raytown was the victor over Blue Springs South 64-47. _____ _____ _____ In the girls' game, the Celtics outpointed the Mustangs in every quarter, leading by three after the first quarter, by five after the second quarter, and by nine after three quarters. _____ Alex Smith had 16 and Ashley Clark had 14 for O'Hara in the game. _____ O'Hara plays Aquinas for the Championship on Friday at 7 PM. Aquinas had an easy time dropping Hickman Mills 44-17 to reach the Finals. _____