O'HARA WINS HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME 42-30

A 90 yard touchdown run from scrimmage highlighted the O'Hara Homecoming victory 42-30 on October 1st. _____ And the run was by Raphael Spencer who, at halftime, was announced as the Homecoming King along with Homecoming Queen Alex Moran. _____ The first quarter belonged to the University Academy Griffins as the Celtics were shut out 12-0. _____ Quarterback Dimonic McKinzy scrambled for a 10 yard TD and D'montai Clarkson ran for a 5 yard score while the Celtics waited for the second quarter to score their first points. _____ Raphael's 90 yarder was the only touchdown scored within the second quarter. _____ Julian Gidley's first of six conversions made the score 12-7 at the half. _____ The Celtics' offense woke up to three third quarter touchdowns while yielding one to the Griffins. _____ Jake Fortin passed 44 yards to Brandon Dennis to put O'Hara ahead for the first time 14-12. _____ Raphael Spencer scored on a 30 yard run to extend the Celtic lead to 21-12. _____ Dimonic McKinzy's 29 yard pass to Brandon Bowden narrowed the score to 21-18, but Raphael Spencer answered with a 3 yard TD run to bring the end of the third quarter to a ten point margin 28-18. ______ Both squads scored twice in the fourth quarter, but as in the earlier scoring, O'Hara was successful on all of their kicked extra points while the Griffins failed in each of their attempts. _____ The Griffins got their two TD's of the fourth quarter on passes, first to Bryson Winfrey for 10 yards and then to Kalib Gilmore for a lengthy 58 yard gain. _____ The Celtics' scores of the final quarter were on a 38 yard run by Brett Coatney and a 13 yard run by Raphael Spencer. _____ The win for O'Hara was their first of the season. _____ Raphael Spencer gained over 240 yards rushing in the game which was among the top five reported in the Kansas City area.