CENTER TOPS O'HARA 49-32 IN HOMECOMING FOOTBALL CONTEST

In a wild scoring game between the O'Hara Celtics and the Center Yellowjackets, Center won 49-32. _____ It was Center's Homecoming game and insured a Co-Championship in the West Central Conference with Warrensburg, both teams with 4-1 records. _____ The Yellowjackets scored on a 12 yard pass play from Harold Mabin to Oren Lee. ______ After the Celtics moved the ball to midfield where they had to punt, the Yellowjackets moved the score to 14-0 on a 65 yard pass by Mabin and Lee. ______ For the remainder of the game, this margin of two touchdowns was maintained as each team would score five apiece. ______ On O'Hara's next possession, Ronnie Jackson punted to Center's 11 yard line. _____ However a penalty against O'Hara called for a rekick and instead of punting again, the Celtics sprung Raphael Spencer free around left end for a 36 yard TD run. _____ Before the first quarter ended, Alexander Taylor ran for a 35 yard TD to start the second quarter 21-7. _____ O'Hara mounted a drive from their own 26 yard line to eventually score on an 8 yard run by Raphael Spencer. _____ In the drive Jake Fortin completed passes to Brandon Dennis for 9 yards, to D. J. Griffin for 15 yards, and to Jimmy Clark for 9 yards; Fortin also scrambled for 14 yards to keep the drive alive. _____ A 40 yard touchdown pass from Mabin to Evan Hancock increased the Yellowjackets' lead to 28-14, and during the Celtics' next drive, a fumble recovery by Ronnie Hill set up another Center score. _____ Again it was Mabin to Lee, this time covering 36 yards and providing the Homecoming team with a 35-14 halftime advantage. _____ In the third quarter, Center was on the board first with a Mabin to Lee 15 yard pass and a large 42-14 score. _____ O'Hara got some points back when Jake Fortin completed a pass to Brandon Dennis in a TD play that consumed 41 yards. _____ Before the third quarter came to a close, the Celtics stopped the Yellowjackets at midfield where the ball was given up on downs. _____ The Celtics marched down for a touchdown at the first part of the fourth quarter with Raphael Spencer taking it in from 16 yards out to bring the score to 42-26. _____ Center's final touchdown was after a 15 yard run by Hector Arrebota brought the ball to the goal line and fumbled and recovered by Jay Carter in the end zone. _____ With five minues remaining in the game, O'Hara scored its final touchdown on a 10 yard run by Raphael Spencer. _____ Kilvert Martinez was successful on all seven of his extra points for the Yellowjackets while Julian Gidley made two, had two blocked, and the Celtics failed in their two-point attempt. _____ Center built up a 35-14 halftime score, but the Celtics outpointed the Yellowjackets 18-14 during the second half of the game. ______ Both teams had over 425 total net yards but O'Hara had 22 first downs to Center's 18. _____ Raphael Spencer gained 186 yards on 22 carries for an 8.5 yard average per run. _____ Jake Fortin completed half of his 16 pass attempts for 215 yards. _____D. J. Griffin caught six passes for 68 yards and Brandon Dennis caught four for 65 yards. _____ Raphael Spencer's four touchdowns boosted his total for the year to eleven and he has scored 74 of O'Hara's total 146 points this season. _____ He is third in O'Hara's school record in career rushing with 2,644 yards (J. R. Brown 1980-1982 is presently in second place with 2,805 yards). _____ Julian Gidley's two extra point conversions places him in 9th place with 42 (John Cosentino 1981-1983 is presently in 8th place with 43).