O'Hara Faces Hogan for District Championship

In Class 3/District 14, the O'Hara boys basketball team moved into the Championship game against Hogan Prep by handing the Barstow Knights a 66-58 setback. ______ Hogan meanwhile had little difficulty getting past Imagine Renaissance Academy 75-40. _____ The Celtics had won easily 76-41 in their first round game with the Cristo Rey Pumas on February 28. _____ In that game the Celtics scored the game's first fifteen points eventually building up a 19-4 first quarter score. _____ By halftime the score rose to 46-15 and the Celtics eased up providing playing time for their entire squad. _____ Josh Rupprecht and Daniel Hurtt combined for a total of 37 of O'Hara's total in the game. ______ Spreading the scoring among the other players, Tanner Hull had 9, Josh Madden had 8, Brandon Dennis had 7, and Rayshaun McDonald had 7. _____ _____ In the semifinal game against Barstow, four O'Hara players were in double figures while the Knights depended on only two to reach that level. _____ Josh Rupprecht poured in 23 points for O'Hara with Daniel Hurtt accounting for 14, DJ Jackson 13, and Kyle Baker 12 (on four three-point shots). _____ O'Hara dominated the first half and led at halftime 38-26, but the Knights rallied for a productive third quarter before the Celtics outpointed them 20-10 in the fourth. _____ For Barstow freshman Cole Childers had 20 points and Lawrence Brown scored 11. _____ _______Barstow had won their game with Pembroke Hill 59-50 to set up the O'Hara-Barstow match. _____ In the other bracket Saint Pius was eliminated by Hogan Prep 69-42 and Imagine Renaissance Academy had advanced with a close 75-74 victory over University Academy Charter.

DISTRICT PLAY BEGINS FOR #2 RANKED O'HARA CELTICS

In a 3-A State ranking that came out of February 23, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics Boys team landed in second place behind a team from Hamilton, Missouri. _____ The next four spots were taken by Cameron, Cardinal Ritter, Blair Oaks, and Stafford. ______ Rounding out the top ten are Hogan Prep, Charleston, Willow Springs, and Kennett. _______ District competition begins during the first week in March.

Sunrise Academy Buffaloes Are Too Much for Celtics

The O'Hara High School Celtics basketball team hosted the Sunrise Academy Buffaloes and had their hands full losing 84-58. _______ Even though DJ Jackson poured in 26 points for O'Hara and Josh Rupprecht tagged on 15, the visitors scored 39 of their points on thirteen three-pointers. _____ The game was played on Monday, February 21.

UNDEFEATED CELTICS ARE WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE BASKETBALL CHAMPS IN 2011

On February 18, the Archbishop O'Hara High School basketball team won its 10th West Central Conference game of the 2010-2011 season defeating second place Center by a score of 80-66. _____ The game was close until nearing the end of the second quarter when the two teams were tied at 32-32. _____ The Celtics then went on a nine point run to close out the first half ahead 41-32. _____Josh Rupprecht dominated under the boards and emerged the Celtics' top scorer with 27 points. _______ Although doing most of his scoring in the fourth quarter, DJ Jackson had 20 points. _____ He was followed by Kyle Baker's 12 points on four three-point shots and Daniel Hurtt's steady contribution with 11 points. _____ The 6-4 Center Yellowjackets had lost to O'Hara 61-51 in their previous outing. _____ ______ Earlier in the week, O'Hara was a 76-62 winner over Sedalia Smith-Cotton. ______ ______Following the boys varsity game with Center, the girls varsity took a 42-31 victory over the Yellowjackets. _____ The Lady Celtics had to come from five points behind in the first quarter and only managed to narrow the margin to two points at halftime trailing 18-16. _____ The game was pretty much decided in the third quarter wherein Center was held to three tallies while O'Hara put up eleven. ______ The top three scorers for the Celtics were Marli Bartlett with 11 and Alex Fennesy and Amanda Hull each with 9.

District Brackets for O'Hara Basketball

BOYS: On February 28, O'Hara is scheduled to play the winner of the Don Bosco-Cristo Rey game. _____ The winner of this game faces the winner of the Barstow-Pembroke Hill contest to be played on March 2. _____ Teams from the other bracket are University Academy, Hogan, Saint Pius, and Imagine. ______ ______ GIRLS: O'Hara plays University Academy on March 1. _____ The winner of this game faces the team that survives from Don Bosco, Saint Pius, and Imagine to be played on March 3. _____ Teams from the other bracket are Barstow,Hogan, Cristo Rey, and Pembroke Hill.

O'HARA WIN WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE

On February 11 O'Hara hosted the girls and boys basketball teams from Warrensburg and won both games. ____ The boys game ended with a 60-49 score while the girls game went into overtime until the Lady Celtics emerged a 47-42 winner. _____ Along with Sedalia's 56-51 win over Center on the same night, the Celtics are guaranteed the Championship in the West Central Conference with a record of 8-0 with two remaining games to be played. ____ Center, O'Hara's closest rival, went to 6-3 with their loss. _____ _____ In the boys O'Hara-Warrensburg contest, the Tigers came out strong at the start and went ahead 15-4. _____ However, the Celtics worked their way back to complete the first quarter down by just four points at 15-11. _____ By halftime the margin was two points 26-24 but throughout the first half O'Hara never took the lead. _____ The fast-paced Celtics opened the third quarter with a 10-2 run behind baskets by Daniel Hurtt and Jevon Lyle, and the Celtics never trailed again. _____ 19 points were scored in the game by DJ Jackson while Daniel Hurtt was good for 15 and Jevon Lyle came through with 11. _____ The top point producer in the game was TJ Cutler who had 24 points, 18 of which were three-pointers but he was the only Tiger player that was in double figures. _____ _____ In the girls varsity game, the Tigers owned a one-point lead 22-21 at the half and the Celtics were ahead 33-32 after three quarters. _____ The teams were knotted at 39-39 at the end of regulation time after the Celtics missed on their last five free throws in the fourth quarter. _____ Momentarily the Tigers had a slim lead of 41-39 at the beginning of overtime but only managed one additional point while the O'Hara players were constantly being sent to the free throw line. _____ Remarkably the O'Hara players missed on eleven free throws in the overtime period alone. ____ They did cash in on six however which was more than enough for the win.

Celtics Take Control in WCC Basketball

With Daniel Hurtt pouring in 22 points, the Archbishop O'Hara High School boys basketball team took control of the West Central Conference standings with a win over Center 61-51 on February 9. _____ The Celtics remained undefeated in Conference play with a 7-0 record and the Yellowjackets, O'Hara's closest rival, went to 6-2. _____ Others in the Conference are Saint Pius 3-5, Smith-Cotton 2-4, Warrensburg 2-5, and Clinton 1-5. _____ The big difference in the O'Hara-Center game was the 26 points scored by the Celtic squad in the second quarter holding Center to 14 points. _____ At the half the score was 35-22. _____ O'Hara guards Jevon Lyle and DJ Jackson put pressure on the Yellowjackets on defense and scored 17 and 12 points respectively on offense.

VOLLEYBALL CONGRATULATIONS

Victoria Hurtt was name to the PREP VOLLEYBALL ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM and Lindsey Hanaway was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American. ______ Also Annie Mahlberg, Lindsey Hanaway, Michala Boehm, and Madison Clark were named to the MISSOURI VOLLEYBALL ALL-STATE ACADEMIC TEAM.

Celtics in Belton Wrestling Tourney

Jeremy Ambrose was 6th in the Belton Tournament on February 5 while Ethan Ambrose, Eero Johnson and Miles Womack were 7th. _______ In the pool competition Jeremy Ambrose pinned two opponents from Belton and Adrian. ________Also in the pool competition, Miles Womack won with a pin against a Winnetonka wrestler and so did Eero Johnson against a Raytown wrestler. ______Ethan Ambrose in the pool round won a 4-1 decision with a Higginsville athlete. _____ _____ On February 8 Ethan Ambrose added to his list of wins by pinning a wrestler from Sherwood.

ANOTHER CONFERENCE WIN FOR CELTICS

Following several cancelling snow days, the O'Hara boys varsity basketball team resumed play with an 80-68 victory with the Clinton Cardinals on February 4. ______ Jumping to a nine point lead in the first quarter 25-16, the Celtics were well in charge by halftime when the score reached 49-35. _____ DJ Jackson led all scorers with 26 points. _____ Ample support was provided by Jevon Lyle's 17, Josh Rupprecht's 15, and Daniel Hurtt's 12. _____ The Celtics are the only undefeated team in the West Central Conference at this time.

O'Hara Volleyball State Champs Honored

On February 4th, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Volleyball team was honored for their 2010 State Championship. _____ The program was a brunch sponsored by WIN for KC Women's Sports Awards Ceremony and was held at the Hyatt Regency. _____ Special recognition was given to Head Coach Lori Hanaway along with her eleven member team. ______ The players are Lindsay Beachner, Michala Boehm, Madison Clark, Lindsey Hanaway, Amanda Hull, Victoria Hurtt, Janell Jordan, Annie Mahlberg, McKenzie Roberts, Emily Tyler, and Tricia Wankum.