O'HARA IS SECOND IN THE WILLIAM JEWELL HOLIDAY CLASSIC

In the Cardinal Division of the 31st annual BANK MIDWEST/WILLIAM JEWELL HOLIDAY BASKETBALL CLASSIC, on December 30th, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics won the second place trophy to the Kickapoo Chiefs 71-64. _______ The Chiefs are without a loss in eleven games while the Celtics moved to 8-1 for the season. _____ Except for a run of ten unanswered points by the Chiefs at the start of the third quarter, the two teams matched quite well. ______ Two O'Hara players made the All Tournament Team: DJ Jackson and Jevon Lyle. ______ For the victorious Chiefs, Ryan Rippee was named the most valuable player and Tyler Hall made the All Tournament Team. _____ O'Hara had a four point lead within the first quarter of play but Kickapoo moved to within one point by the end of the period when the score was 18-17. _____ The second quarter wasn't much different ending in a 32-32 tie. _____ In the deciding third quarter, the Chiefs outscored the Celtics 18-11 after which both teams poured in 21 points apiece in the fourth quarter. ______ With 18 seconds remaining in the game, O'Hara was down by five 69-62 but couldn't come up with a miraculous finish. _____ Four Celtics reached double figures. _______ DJ Jackson had 26, Daniel Hurtt had 13, and both Jevon Lyle and Josh Rupprecht had 10. _______ ________ ________ _______ On December 29, the Celtics won their semifinal game 47-46 with the Park Hill South Panthers taking the loss. ______ Daniel Hurtt got the winning basket with ten seconds on the clock. _____ Just before the deciding two-pointer, Jevon Lyle made a steal and layup to bring O'Hara to within one point. _____ Christain Hildebrandt who led all scorers with 16, attempted a shot from three point range for the Panthers but was unable to score. _____ The only other double figures player for the Panthers was Rocky Benson who had 13. _____ At the end of each quarter of the game the two teams either were tied or had only two points of separation. ______ In the first quarter, the Celtics led by five at 7-2 until the Panthers caught up to tie it at 11-11. _____ Again in the second quarter O'Hara went up by five at 19-14 only to have the Panthers rally to within two for 23-21 at halftime. _____ In the third quarter, the Celtics owned a seven point advantage at 26-21 and the Panthers clawed back to tie the game at 35-35. _____ Near the end of the contest the Panthers finally managed to go ahead 44-43 and then increase the score to 46-43 after which Lyle and Hurtt stepped up to win the game. _____ The Panthers never had more than a three point lead in the entire game. _____ Daniel Hurtt and DJ Jackson led the O'Hara scorers with 13 apiece in the low scoring game while Jevon Lyle added ten points. _____ ______ ______ ______ On December 28, the Celtics handed the Kearney Bulldogs a 61-49 set back to advance to the semifinals. _____ The Celtics built up a six point lead in the first quarter with Jevon Lyle pouring in a dozen points, nine of which were three-pointers. _____ He led the O'Hara attack for the evening with a total of 16 points. _____ DJ Jackson finished the day with 15 points; all but two points came in the second half of the game. _____ Josh Rupprecht added 14 points, eight of which materialized in the third quarter.