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.