Kyle Quirk Wins for O'Hara in Tennis

The Warrensburg Tigers beat O'Hara Celtics tennis team 8-1 on March 30 but Kyle Quirk was able to win the #1 singles by a close 9-8 score. ____ The team of Kyle Quirk and Matt Shelton weren't able to win the #1 doubles however, falling by a 3-8 score.

Conference Win for Girls Soccer

With Sydney White scoring two goals and Andi Davis scoring one, the Archbishop O'Hara High School girls soccer team improved their early season record to 2-0 with a 3-2 victory against Warrensburg on March 29.

O'HARA GOLF TEAM OPENS SEASON WITH A WIN

Led by Jack Caywood's 39, the Archbishop O'Hara's High School's golf team scored a victory at the Shiloh Springs Golf Course against Platte County 188-198 on a cold and windy March 28th. _____The four other team members contributing to the Celtics' win were Ryan Wald 45, Amere Tayloer 52, and Tanner Branbridge 52. ______ Joe Schramp is O'Hara's golf coach. _______ Par for the Course was 37.

Saint Peter's Grade School Takes First Place in O'Hara Math Contest

In the 2011 O'Hara Math Contest on March 25, Saint Peter's Grade School outpointed Saint Elizabeth's 646 to 605 to win First Place. _____ Presentation took third place with 553 points. _____ Making the top five in each grade level for Saint Peter's were Liam Bryson, Brady Bird, and Maggie Hutchinson in grade 8, Alex Tangen and Daniel Stanley in grade 7, and Madi Winfield, Sam Nulton, and Harris Bryson in grade 6. _____ For Saint Elizabeth's, Manion Kuhm was among the top five in grade 8, Maggie Mannebach and Jimmy Ludwikowski in grade 7, and Becca Lauschen and Brandon Odrowski in grade 6. _____ C. J. Naudet made the top five in grade 7 for Presentation while Nick McCracken was in the top five in grade 8 for Nativity.

CELTICS OPEN BASEBALL SEASON IN RAYTOWN TOURNAMENT

The O'Hara Celtics began the 2011 baseball season on March 21 winning a 4-2 game with the Raytown Bluejays in the Raytown Schools Varsity Baseball Tournament in the Blue Pool at Robinson Field. _____ Jake Slocum was O'Hara's starting pitcher with Cullen Rowland picking up the save. _____ Three of the Celtics' runs crossed the plate in the fifth inning as O'Hara went up 4-0 at that time. _____ Of the team's seven hits in the game, five were doubles. _____ _____ The Oak Grove Panthers won the next day 11-1 in a five inning contest, jumping to a 7-0 lead in the first two innings. _____ Austin Pearcy was O'Hara's starter while Logan Halil and Jacob Chichuk pitched the final three. _____ The Celtics' five singles were by Austin Pearcy, Sam Janet, Cullen Rowland, Jake Slocum, and Eric Sullentrup who got O'Hara's lone RBI. _____ _____ On the third day of the tournament, the Van Horn Falcons were unable to push a run across with Logan Halil pitching a complete game for the Celtics. _____ The big hit for O'Hara was a triple by Preston Kralicek as the Celtics scored four runs in the game.______ _____ On the last day of the tournament, the Celtics tied for third place in the eight-team tournament with the Cardinals from Raytown South 4-4 while Oak Grove won first palce with a 15-8 decision over the Liberty North Eagles.

O'Hara's Talent Show Winners

Pianist Jae Won Choi won First Place in the recent Talent Show held at Archbishop O'Hara High School. _____ Tying for Second place were singers Brianna Griffin and Judith Becker. _____ The eight other performers were Audry Burdett, Ciru Franklin, Christina Lee, Patrick Berney, Alex Moran, Josh Snow, Cynthia Ononye, and the duet of Sam Morrison & Ben Janet. _____ Judging the talents were Sue Martin, Terri Colombatto, and Joanne Perkins.

CELTICS ON ALL-CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TEAMS

Undefeated in the West Central Conference, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics boys team landed the following on the All Conference Team. _____ D.J. Jackson was voted the player of the year and made the First Team All Conference. _____ Josh Rupprecht and Daniel Hurtt both made the First Team as well. _____ For the girls' team, Amanda Hull was a unanimous selection in making the First Team All-Conference. _____ Cyndee Reese was a Second Team member while Madison Clark and Lindsey Hanaway were Honorable Mentions. _____

FYI Who Were O'Hara's Seven Principals?

Brother Bernard LoCoco was the first principal at Archbishop O'Hara High School and served from 1965 to 1969. Although Brother Stephen O'Malley was selected for the position in 1968 and did sign one letter to parents as principal, he declined to take on the job. Brother Richard Geimer was the principal for one year, 1969-1970. He was succeeded by Brother Timothy McNary for a few years and was followed by Brother Norbert Roseberry for nine years. Stu Bitner and Walter Bowman each were principal for fifteen years each, and the last two years the position was held by Dr. Jim Redd. Brothers Stephen O'Malley, Timothy McNary, and Norbert Roseberry have passed away.

The eighth principal is John O'Connor who succeeded Dr. Redd's two years.

UMC MATH RELAYS WON BY O'HARA

The Archbishop O'Hara High School Math Team won their division at the University of Central Missouri on March 5. _____ Of the ten team members who contributed to the O'Hara victory, sophomore Ethan Ambrose led the way. _____ He placed in all five of the categories he entered. _____ He had firsts in Algebra, Geometry, and Probability, and fifth in Number & Set Theory. _______ Ben Kirse was the Top overall freshman with a first in Algebra and fifth in Geometry. _____ Nick Hanaway and Mike Wulff won first place as a Math Proofs Team, while Wulff also was third in Probability, fourth in Graphing Calculators, and fifth in Geometry. _____ Two seconds were achieved by Jacob Duerr in Algebra and Number & Set Theory. _____ Three students each placed in two categories: Jason Jarquio in Trigonometry (2nd) and Algebra (4th), Sarah Rupp in Trigonometry (4th) and Algebra (5th), and Joseph Locasio in Geometry (4th) and Algebra (5th). _____ Freshman Alex Higginbotham was third in Algebra and sophomore Eric Sullentrup was fifth in Algebra. _____ Finally the following scored high enough to place in the four Teams. _____ Ben Kirse and Alex Higginbotham for first place for the 9th Grade Team, Jacob Duerr and Sarah Rupp for third place for the 11th Grade Team, Jason Jarquio and Joseph Locasio for third place for the 12th Grade Team, and Ethan Ambrose and Eric Sullentrup for fourth place for the 10th Grade Team. ______ Ten schools were represented in Division III.

Three-Way Tie in Academic Knowledge Bowl

The Archbishop O'Hara High School varsity team of Josh Bonello, Andy Meyer, Kiera Jackson, Jake Fortin, Jeff Best, and George Morejon won two out of three games in the March 5th West Central Conference Academic Knowledge Bowl. ______ Both teams from Smith-Cotton and Saint Pius did the same to form a three-way tie. _____ First place was awarded in the tie-breaker based on total points to Saint Pius. _____ Smith-Cotton won the head-to-head competition to land in second place. _____ Warrensburg took fourth place and the teams from Center and Clinton did not compete even though Center will host the event next year and Clinton the following year. ____ This year's competition was in Warrensburg. _____ The Celtics lost 100-140 to Smith-Cotton, but were winners over Saint Pius 210-170 and Warrensburg 150-70. _____ _____ O'Hara brought two JV teams to the event. _____ The team consisting of Jeremy Ambrose, Thaddeus Green, Cynthia Oneye, Hailey Jordan, and Joshus Austin won 260-20 with Smith-Cotton. ______ The team made up of Tony Darling, Alex Countee, Bridget O'Shaughnessy, Annie Mahlberg, and Ronald Clark lost to Saint Pius 310-210. _____ Laura Eagle was the O'Hara coach this year.

O'HARA HAS TO SETTLE FOR RUNNER-UP IN DISTRICT

The O'Hara Celtics boys team were off to a good start in the Championship basketball game for Class 3 District 14 with Hogan, but a sluggish second half let the Rams surge ahead to win 59-41 on March 4. _____ The Celtics jumped to a 5-0 beginning and never trailed throughout the entire first half of the game, leading at one time by seven points. _____ At halftime O'Hara was only ahead by two at 26-24. ______ The tide turned in the third quarter when Maurice Mason went on a nine point spree and helped put the Rams up by six to start the last quarter. ______ Every strategy the Celtics used fell short including three-point attempts and half court presses. ______ Finally the Rams capitalized on their height under the basket for a 21 point burst in the fourth quarter which the Celtics couldn't come close to matching. _____ O'Hara's top scoring duet was Josh Rupprecht with 14 and Daniel Hurtt with 12.