Cyndee Reese is STATE CHAMPION in discus

Cydnee Reese from Archbishop O'Hara High School won the girls' Championship in the discus at the Missouri State Track Meet! _____ Her 134'8" effort was four feet better than the second place toss. ______ _______ Dakota Waggerman won All State Honors also by reaching 8th place in girls' pole vaulting. ______ Tanner Hull in boys' pole vaulting and Jasper Greeson in boys' 400 meter just missed, both coming in 9th in their events. ______ Skyler Young was unable to get to the finals in shotput and was 10th in the event._____ Her best throw was 34'9".

CLINTON OUTLASTS CELTICS IN SECTIONAL BASEBALL GAME 2-1

The Clinton Cardinals won the Sectional baseball game with the O'Hara Celtics 2-1 pushing across an extra inning run after an evening pitchers' duel. _____ O'Hara scored their only run in the first inning by loading the bases with no outs, but managed the lone tally on an RBI fielder's choice. _____ The Cardinals tied the game with a walk and two singles and that was the only scoring until the eighth inning. _____ In the fifth inning, O'Hara again loaded the bases with no outs but came up empty-handed. _____ In five of the eight innings the Celtics left a runner stranded on third base as the offense could not come up with clutch hits. _____ Jake Slocum and Logan Halil pitched well for the Celtics but Tayler Ross and Tylor Hankins did the same for the Cardinals. _____ Slocum and Halil had nine strike outs between them. _____ Cullen Rowland had the defensive play of the day when he dove for and caught a tricky pop up for a third out when there were runners on second and third. _____

Six Celtics Named to All-District Soccer Teams

Defender Lindsay Beachner, Mid-fielder Mary Pat Brage, Forward Andi Davis, and Midfielder/Forward Sydney White from Arhbishop O'Hara High School's runner-up District soccer team were named to the First Team All-District. _____ Goalkeeper Derrianna White and Midfielder/Forward Katie Brage made the Second Team All-District.

FIVE CELTICS QUALIFY FOR STATE IN TRACK

Every O'Hara athlete that qualified from the Track District and went on to the Sectionals advanced on Saturday May 21 to compete in the State Meet! _______ The five were Cydnee Reese (discus), Skyler Young (shotput), Jasper Greeson (400 meters), Tanner Hull (pole vault), and Dakota Waggerman (pole vault)._____ Reese was First in her event with a throw of 122'3.5". _____ Greeson and Hull took third places and Young and Waggerman had fourths. _____ The State Meet is scheduled for May 28 & 29 in Jefferson City.

O'Hara Beats Oak Grove For District Baseball Championship

On May 18, the Archbishop O'Hara High School baseball team won a close 4-3 game with Oak Grove for the Class 3 District 14 Championship. _____ Logan Halil pitched for the winning Celtics striking out eight in the game. _____ O'Hara came from behind scoring two runs in their half of the last inning. _______ The key hit was a triple by Cullen Rowland. _____ Ben Janet was three for four at bat and Caleb Schmitt made a diving catch to end the game with the tying run on base. _____ Coach William Mayle commented, "Our team went up in the third inning with two outs and a triple by Ben Janet. This was followed up by another triple by Caleb Schmitt. Moments later Caleb stole home to put the Celtics up 2-0." _____ In the fourth inning, a two run homer tied up the game. Oak Grove added a run in the fifth to take the lead. _____ "The magic started in the seventh inning," Coach Mayle said, "after two outs, Cullen Rowland hit his triple over the left fielder's head scoring Jacob Chichuk. Ben Janet came up huge with the game winning hit and RBI." _____ "Logan Halil Pitched through seven complete innings registering eight strike outs and issuing no walks. The defense was spectacular and had no errors." _____ Then he added, "the defense played errorless ball and had fantastic plays from Eric Sullentrup, Alex Higinbotham, and Preston Kralicek." _____The next game for the Celtics will be with Clinton on May 24. ______ O'Hara reached the final round with a 3-2 win with Odessa and Oak Grove advanced to the championship game on an 8-2 decision over Pembroke Hill. _____ In their semi-final game, Cullen Rowland pitched for the Celtics. ______ In earlier rounds O'Hara won a game with Southwest 13-2 and Pembroke Hill defeated Center 21-0.

O'HARA'S JACK CAYWOOD AT STATE GOLF

Jack Caywood from Achbishop O'Hara High School had an individual score of 172 strokes at the State Class 3 Golf Tournament. _______ After a first round of 90, he rallied for an 82 to finish 59th in the State among 91 participants. ____ The competition was at Silo Ridge Golf Course in Bolivar, Missouri.

Eagle Owl Award won by O'Hara Alum

Caitlin Vorbeck, who graduated from Archbishop O'Hara High School in 2007, was the recipient of the Eagle Owl Award at Jacksonville State for her excellence in volleyball and academics. _______ This award which was established in 1994 is given to an athlete who excels not only in her sport, but is also a positive role model for others. ______Caitlin was an outside hitter and middle blocker for the Gamecock volleyball team.___ She was a First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection for the second year in a row. ____ She led the team and was ranked #6 in kills per set. _____ With a GPA of 3.28 in her nursing program, she was a leader in seeing her team to the NCAA Tournament. _____ In the first round, the team beat Flordida A&M. _____She had 10 career double-doubles and is fourth all-time in kills with 1,352 for her school.

O'HARA'S SCHOLAR ATHLETE IS LINDSEY HANAWAY

With eleven varsity letters within three sports (volleyball, soccer, and basketball), Lindsey Hanaway with a 3.9 GPA was selected as the Archbishop O'Hara High School's Scholar-Athlete for 2011. _____ Runners-up were Allison Seck and Andy Meyer. _____ Lindsey was the setter for the State Champion volleyball teams and won All-State honors in the sport. ______ She is a member of the O'Hara Chapter of the National Honor Society, the Student Council, and the Peer Mentor Program.

Five Celtics Qualify for Sectional Track

In the Class 3 District 7 District competition at Oak Grove on May 14, five O'Hara track athletes qualified for Sectionals by placing among the top four of their events. _____Cyndee Reese won the girls' discus and Dakota Waggerman was the champion in pole vaulting. ______ Reese's 134'9" throw was well ahead of the second place heave of 125'. _____ Waggerman cleared 10' to the runner-up's 9'6". _____ The other three who qualified were Jasper Greeson in the 400 meter run which was good enough for a second place, Tanner Hull in the pole vault who tied for 3rd, and Skyler Young in shotput which also was a third place finish. _____ Grandview won the boys championship with the Celtics finishing 10th of 13 teams, and Lincoln Prep won the girls with the Celtics in 7th among 14 schools.

O'HARA BACCALAUREATE CEREMONY

For the 97 graduates of Archbishop O'Hara High School, the valedictorian, the salutatorian, and the Saint LaSalle awards were announced at a baccalaureate ceremony on May 13th at Saint John Francis Regis Church. _____ Erin Lynch is the school's 2011 valedictorian who gave her address at the Sunday graduation exercises om May 15. ____ Following the baccalaureate liturgy, Carson Burns gave the salutatorian address. _____ The prodigious Saint LaSalle Award went to Allison Seck and the Tyler Jones Award for dedication, spirit, and perseverence was announced to be Kyle Quirk. ______ Senior projects by Shannon Young, Natalya Washington, Alyssa McKee, MacKenzie Magwire, and Adriane Barry were recognized as projects of merit while those by Allison Seck, Josh Bonello, Halea Coulter, and Liz Loree were deemed superior projects.

O'Hara Soccer Team Takes 2nd Place With 2 Wins

The Archbishop O'Hara High School girls soccer team took second place in the West Central Conference by winning two days in a row by 2-1 scores. ______ First they faced Saint Pius X and Elaina Hagan & Katie Hayes got the goals, and then they met Warrensburg with Angela Fenani & Katie Beachner scoring. _____ The game with Warrensburg was senior night. _____ Lindsey Hanaway, Adriane Barry, Katie Brage, and Natalie Berigan played in their final O'Hara home game. _____

TWO AWARDS FOR MAX STORMS

Max Storms, an Archbishop O'Hara High School alumnus, was the recipient to the University of Missouri's JOE MARKS AWARD and the DERRICK PETERSON AWARD. ______ The Joe Marks Award is given to the outstanding cross country runner whose life demonstrates a commitment to excellence. _____ The Derrick Peterson Award is annually given for the most outstanding performer on the men's track and field team for achievements throughout the season. _____ Max Storms was also elected to be one of the captains for the 2011-2012 season.

O'Hara Girls Track Team are Runners-up in WCC

With top scoring by Marli Bartlett (long jump), Dakota Waggerman (pole vault), Skyler Young (shotput), and Cyndee Reese (discus), the Archbishop O'Hara girls track team were Runners-up in the West Central Conference Championships. _____ Whitney Nelson was 2nd in the high jump. ______ Finishing in third places were Arniecia Johnson in the 300 meter hurdles, Amanda Hull in the high jump, and Cydnee Reese in shotput. _____ ALSO: the girls placed in the top three in all the sprint relays. _____ In boys competition the O'Hara team came in third place. _____ Tanner Hull (pole vault and long jump) and Jasper Greeson (400 meters) were West Central Conference Champions. _______ Jasper Greeson took second place in the 200 meter dash. ______ More details are forthcoming.

O'HARA GOLF IS SIXTH IN SECTIONALS

As a team, the Archbishop O'Hara High School golfers did not qualify for the Sectional play as one of their District's top two teams, but four of the athletes did qualify to compete as individuals. ______ The foursome however came in 6th in the Class 3 Sectionals anyway when their four scores combined for 373 strokes! _____ That was a better team showing than two teams that did qualify from their Districts, namely Harrisonville 384 and Pleasant Hill 386. _____ Warrensburg, Pembroke Hill, Kearney, Excelsior Springs, and Marshall were the top five schools in the Sectional competition. _____ O'Hara's Jack Caywood who shot an 81 had the fifth best score among the top twelve outside the top two teams going on to State competition and he will compete as an individual. ______ The best individual score turned in was a 76 by Ryan Zech from Kearney.