O'HARA WINS FOOTBALL DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP

The Archbishop O'Hara Celtics won the Class 3 District 13 Championship on October 28th by a score of 50-8 over the Central Blue Eagles. _____ After taking a six point lead in the first quarter on a 32 yard run by Raphael Spencer, the Celtics exploded for 32 points in the second quarter. _____ On the very first play of the second quarter, Jake Fortin completed a pass to Brandon Dennis for a 65 yard touchdown. ______ Raphael Spencer ran for a two-point conversion to make the score 14-0. _____ O'Hara surprised Central with an onside kick and Tony Darling recovered for O'Hara to set up a scoring drive. _____ Taking eleven plays, the Celtics upped the score to 22-0 on a 9 yard catch by Jimmy Clark and a two-point conversion catch by Raphael Spencer. _____ The Eagles drove down to the O'Hara 4 yard line before yielding the ball on owns. _____ Two long passes resulted in O'Hara's next TD, Jake Fortin completed a pass for 62 yards to Jimmy Clark and a 34 yard touchdown pass to Brandon Dennis. ____ Tanner Hull ran in a two-pointer to make the score 28-0. _____ The Celtic defense backed the Eagles from their 21 yard line to the 8 yard line to develop a punting situation. _____ However, the punt never materialized when a bad snap resulted in a two point safety, the ball going out of the endzone. _____ Before the quarter came to an end, both teams suffered fumbles, but with time running out for the first half, Jake Fortin again completed a pass to Brandon Dennis and this one covered 77 yards for O'Hara's 38th point of the game. _____ _____ The second half of the game was played with a running clock since the margin of the score was over 35. _____ Raphael Spencer broke away for a 26 yard touchdown run to end the third quarter at 44-0. _____ Both teams scored fourth quarter touchdowns, O'Hara getting theirs on a 13 yard run by Brett Coatney and Central getting eight points on a 72 yard pass play from Antonio Canaday to Trey Jensen with Richard Smith running for the two-point conversion. _____ O'Hara had 465 net yards to Central's 149. _____ Raphael Spencer gained 129 yards rushing and Brandon Dennis gained 192 yards on four pass receptions. _____ Jake Fortin completed half of his fourteen pass attempts for 262 yards and moved into the top ten O'Hara passers for a single season to 8th place with a total of 902 yards, accomplishing this feat in just nine games since the Westport game was cancelled. _____ Brandon Dennis reached a three-way tie for 11th place among the top ten pass receivers in a single season with 21 receptions. _____ In addition, with 194 yards, he surpassed the school record of 174 yards by a pass receiver in a single game set by Matt Morrison and tied the school record of scoring three touchdowns as a pass receiver in a single game. _____ Jake Fortin also tied the school record set by T. J. White for throwing four TD passes in a single game._____ The Celtics enter the post season with a 3-6 record and will host Lincoln Prep in the first game of the Sectionals on Wednesday, November 3rd. _____ In District 14, Lincoln Prep won a 36-6 game with East on Thursday.