FRESHMEN BASKETBALL EDGED BY SMITHVILLE

The O'Hara freshman boys basketball team lost a close game to Smithville 45-42 after a magnificent first quarter wherein the Celtics led by nine 15-6 and at the half by six 31-25. _____ The team began the fourth quarter three points ahead until finally the Warriors inched into the lead. _____ O'Hara had four three-pointers in the first quarter and three in the second ending the day with a total of eight. _____ Alex Wagner connected on four of them and Alex Higinbotham had two. _____ Michael Words and Montel Caruthers had the remaining two. _____ A three-point attempt was made at the final buzzer by Montel Caruthers to try to tie the game but it missed. ______ Prior to the game, the O'Hara freshman girls basketball team with only eight players lost by ten 42-32.