Friday, August 27, 2010

FOOTBALL:Grandview needs overtime to Win Over O'Hara 28-26

The Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtic football team displayed quite an arsenal to tie the Grandview Bulldogs 20-20 in regulation time in their season opener. _____ Using a safety, a field goal, a one-point kicked conversion, a two-point conversion, along with two touchdowns, the Celtics were able to total their twenty points. ______ The Bulldogs got their twenty via three touchdowns missing two attempted one-point conversions and scoring a two-point conversion on a run. ____ After the teams moved into overtime, the Bulldogs scored eight points on a 25 yard run and a two-point conversion, both by Darion Moore. _____ The Celtics tried to match this one-man performance with a Jake Fortin 25 yard pass to Brandon Dennis, but Raphael Spencer was stopped short on O'Hara's two-point conversion attempt. _____ _____ O'Hara scored first in the evening's game. Quarterback Ryan Lee was tackled in the end zone by Tanner Hull to give the Celtics a 2-0 lead which held up all the way until a minute before halftime. _____ An 18 yard pass from Ryan Lee to Romey Reaws gave the Bulldogs a 6-2 halftime advantage. _____ When O'Hara reached the 6 yard line in the third quarter, Julian Gidley brought the score to within one point with a field goal. _____ Following this the Bulldogs scored on an 80 yard drive; after seven running plays mostly by Darion Moore, Travis McMillan caught a 23 yard touchdown pass from Ryan Lee. ______ Jordan Hood's extra point kick was blocked by Jake Chickuk to hold the score at 12-5. _____ Bolstered by a 45 yard breakaway run by Brett Coatney and a 17 yard pass play from Jake Fortin to D. J. Griffin, the Celtics came up with their first TD of the day on a 3 yard plunge by Brett Coatney. ______Julian Gidley's extra point tied the score at 12-12. _____ The Bulldogs took an eight point lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter on a 3 yard run and a twopoint conversion by Darion Moore. ______ At the end of the fourth quarter, O'Hara came up with their own eight points on a 9 yard touchdown caught by D. J. Griffin and a two point conversion by Raphael Spencer.

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