Two From O'Hara Qualify for Golf Sectionals

Olivia Wright and Kylee Bosworth were among the top fifteen not on the qualifying teams in girls golf that qualified to compete at Sectionals. ______ The O'Hara team took 6th place in the Class 1 District 5 District Meet held at Paradise Pointe with Pembroke Hill and Barstow qualifying as teams for Sectionals. ______ Overall, Wright was tied for 9th with a 111 score and Bosworth was 21st with 124 strokes. ______

O'HARA WINS 2-1 SOCCER GAME WITH SAINT PIUS

The two goals that Archbishop O'Hara High School had in the 2-1 win with Saint Pius X were kicked by Julian Gidley on September 26. ______ Gidley kicked his first one in the first half on a direct kick following a penalty. _______ After the Warriors tied up the Celtics, Amory Gunter dribbled the distance to the goal and passed to Gidley who got he deciding score.

Celtics Are WCC Football Champs

With O'Hara's 48-17 win with Saint Pius X and Center's 14-22 loss to Warrensburg, the Archbishop O'Hara High School football team is guaranteed FIRST PLACE in the West Central Conference. _______ With their 4-0 record, the Celtics are the only Conference team without two losses. _____ O'Hara and Center have yet to play each other. ______ The Conference standings as of September 23 are O'Hara 4-0, Saint Pius 2-2, Clinton 2-2, Warrensburg 1-2, Center 1-2, and Smith-Cotton 1-3._____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Ronnie Sailer averaged 7.2 yards per carry in the game with Saint Pius, having gained 110 yards carrying the ball 15 times. _____ Jake Fortin completed 15 passes in 21 attempts for 269 yards and four touchdowns. His total yardage via passing was fourth best in the KC area. _____ Brandon Dennis caught eight passes, two of which were for touchdowns, for a total of 117 yards. _____ Tanner Hull and Peter Briggs got O'Hara's two quarterback sacks in the game. Both players also led the team in unassisted tackles. _____ ______ _____ IN THE TOP TEN FOR O'HARA: In passing, Jake Fortin is #2 in career completions (134), yards acquired (2,361), and touchdowns (24). For the first five games played in this season, he has already reached the #4 spot for a single season performance in completions and yards gained. _____ Brandon Dennis is already O'Hara's #1 pass receiver for a single season with 37 catches and total yards, and has the #2 spot for career total yards. _____ In addition to his 85 career extra point kicks (#2), Julian Gidley took over first place in career kickoff yardage with 6,102 yards, ahead of Kevin Furey's 6067 yards set back in 1992. Gidley also is in second place for kickoffs within the 20 yard line (he has 82 just behind Furey's record of 86). _____On the defense, George Belcher with 422 points is in second place to William Lanning who had 465 back in the year 2000.

O'HARA WINS HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME 48-17

An explosive 21 point third quarter made a big difference in Archbishop O'Hara's 48-17 homecoming football win over the Saint Pius X Warriors on Septemer 23. _____ The Celtics scored the first of their seven touchdowns in their first series on a 19 yard pass play from Jake Fortin to D.J. Griffin. ______ In the five plays of the scoring drive, Griffin also hauled in a pass for a 26 yard gain. _______ The Warriors tied up the score at the start of the second quarter on a 29 yard pass from Grant Gavin to Jake Hamerle. _______ The Celtics answered with a nine play drive finished off with a line plunge by Jake Fortin, and Julian Gidley's extra point kick made the score 14-7. ______ Jake Hamerle put a halt on the Celtics' next drive with an interceptions, but when O'Hara got the ball back, they drove in for their third TD. _____ Passes of 30 yards to Brandon Dennis and 26 yards to Brett Coatney were followed by a touchdown catch of 8 yards by Brandon Dennis. ______ The extra point was blocked but the Celtics were up 20-7. ______ Saint Pius attempted to get points before halftime and had to settle for a 27 yard field goal by L.J. Lipari with one second on the clock and a score of 20-10 at the break. ________ O'Hara went to work right away in the third quarter with Ronnie Sailer breaking away for a 56 yard TD. _______ Brett Coatney took a 22 yard pass from Jake Fortin for the next six-pointer. ______ After the Warriors failed on a fourth down gamble, O'Hara'w third touchdown came from a 9 yard quarterback keeper by Jake Fortin. ________ At the beginning of the fourth quarter Saint Pius declined punting and gave up the ball on incompleted passes providing good field position for the Celtics to put their last TD on the scoreboard. _______ This came on a 25 yard pass to Brandon Dennis from Jake Fortin. ______With the score at 48-10, the game was played with a running clock until the Warriors were able to add any points. _______ The Warriors got their final points of the game on a 6 yard pass completion from Grant Gavin to David Kepus.

Celtics Rally to Volleyball Win

After taking the first game 25-19 with the Warrensburg Tigers, the O'Hara volleyball team was edged out 25-22 to force a third encounter. ______ The young squad came through with a strong finish 25-10 to move up in the West Central Conference.

O'HARA WINS A O-O SOCCER GAME

When the time elapsed between the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics soccer team and the Smith-Cotton Tigers, neither team produced a goal. ______ In the shootout, the Celtics converted on three out of five shots while the Tigers came up with only two. _____ Pat Berney, Julian Gidley, and John Allen were successful giving goalie Jeff Best credit for the shutout.

O'Hara Cross Country Results from Smithville

Blake Hudon(18:10)placed 9th in the Smithville Cross Country Invitational. Claire Becker (24th) and Katelyn Gutteridge (32nd) were O'Hara's top girls.

FOUR CELTICS ALEADY IN FOOTBALL TOP TEN

The undefeated Archbishop O'Hara High School football team, just four games into the 2011 season, has four players among the school's top ten records. ______ _____ Quarterback JAKE FORTIN moved into second place in career total yards gained by passing (2,092)and third place in total number of completed passes (119). _____ T.J. White has the school record of 4,587 yards on 240 completions and Joe Holder is in second in completions with 126. _____ Last year Fortin reached fifth place for a single season with 1,092 yards on 66 completions, and already has moved into the sixth place slot in just four games with 978 yards on 52 passes. _____ _____ BRANDON DENNIS vaulted into second place in career pass receptions attaining 1,166 yards on 54 catches. _____ He is closing in on Joe Pepple's school record of 1,259 yards on 68 receptions. _____ Last year Dennis caught 25 passes for 556 yards and this year has surpassed that mark with 29 receptions for 610 yards coming in fourth best for an individual season. ______ _____ JULIAN GIDLEY added six extra point conversions to his total in the 42-35 victory with Smith-Cotton and holds the second place career record with 79. _____ He reached this level in 25 games, whereas Bryce Scovil who is in first place, has 128 in 41 games. _______ _____ Finally GEORGE BELCHER moved up to third place on career defensive points amassing 404 points. ______ These points are awarded for various defensive stats involving tackles, fumble recoveries, interceptions, quarterback sacks, and blocked kicks. _____ William Lambing is O'Hara's career leader in this category with 465 total points followed by Derek Willis with 413 points.

Celtics Tied For Third in Volleyball

Competing with an unusually young team, Archbishop O'Hara High School's head coach Jenny Nurrenbern has the Celtics volleyball team tied for third place with Smith-Cotton with 1-1 records early in the season. _____ O'Hara was successful in their 25-13 and 25-23 with the Tigers from Sedalia, but earlier in the year they lost to Saint Pius X 17-25 and 16-25. ______ There are no seniors on the O'Hara varsity and only three players are from the junior class: Tricia Wankum, Madison Clark, and Annie Mahlberg. ______ Except for freshmen Peyton Podschwit and Katie Tyler, the remaining athletes are sophomores: Amanda Hull, Gabriella Rizzi, and McKenzie Roberts. _____ Saint Pius X with two wins and Warrensburg with one win are the only two schools undefeated at this time. _____Clinton has lost twice and Center has lost once and both teams are looking toward their first win of the year.

HOMECOMING CANDIDATES AT O'HARA

The four candidates for Archbishop O'Hara High School's 2011 Homecoming Queen are Kylee Bosworth, Molly Dowd, Alex Fennesy, and Katie Hayes. _____ The King candidates are Pat Berney, Justin Chang, Brandon Dennis, and Chase Scott.

Football Score: O'Hara 42 Smith-Cotton 35

Quarterback Jake Fortin scored the deciding touchdown with 24 seconds left in the game between the O'Hara Celtics and the Smith-Cotton Tigers on September 16. _____ All eleven touchdowns in the game were followed by successful kicked extra points, six by Julian Gidley for the victorious O'Hara team and five by Timmy Lor for the Tigers. ______ The final score was O'Hara 42 and Smith-Cotton 35, and both teams had led at various stages of the game. _____ The Tigers held the ball for every offensive play throughout the first quarter except one, but that one was an 87 yard TD run by Ronnie Sailer and gave the Celtics a 7-0 lead going into the second quarter. _____ O'Hara nearly had another six points when D. J. Griffin interepted Connor Moriarity's pass and returned the ball to the endzone; however it was nullified by a penalty. _____ The Tigers tied and then took the lead in the second quarter on two one-yard TD's by Darian Weeks and Connor Morierity. _____ The Tigers appeared to be knocking at the door for a third touchdown when they advanced the ball to the 10 yard line with 1:23 remaining in the first half. _____ Brandon Dennis intercepted to stop the drive and the Celtics reached the goal at the other end of the field on three nifty consecutive pass plays. _____ Jake Fortin completed passes to D. J. Griffin for 15 yards, to Brandon Dennis for 26 yards, and a touchdown pass to Brett Coatney covering 44 yards. ______ Halftime score was 14-14. _____ The Celtics regained their lead in their first series of the third quarter. _____ Aided by a 40 yard pass completion to Brandon Dennis and a 28 yard run by Ronnie Sailer, O'Hara got the touchdown on a 12 yard run by Ronnie Sailer. ______ The Tigers then tied the score at 21-21 when Josh Hesseltime scored on an 11 yard run. _____ A while later, the visitors jumped ahead of the Celtics with a 68 yard pass play from Connor Moriarty to Shae Buckner. ______ This lead was short lived inasmuch as Jake Fortin was able to loft a pass to Brandon Dennis for an 80 yard strike. _____ The two teams entered the fourth quarter tied at 28-28. _____ In the final quarter, the Tigers struck first with Shae Buckner gathering in a 29 yard pass from Connor Moriarty. _______ To knot the game at 35-35, the Celtics called upon D. J. Griffin to haul in a long pass from Jake Fortin, a play covering 55 yards. ______ The Tigers played ball control in their next series and managed to approach the 18 yard line before yielding the ball on downs. ______ Although a fairly long way to go, the Celtics methodically advanced the ball in relatively small increments to the 2 yard line where Jake Fortin was able to score. ______ The final 24 seconds were taken up by four incomplete pass attempts by the Tigers. ______ Jake Fortin completed 11 passes in 16 attempts for 310 total yards and Brandon Dennis caught six for 181 total yards. ____ These were among the area's best for the weekend.

SOME CROSS COUNTRY UPDATES

Six cross country runners from Archbishop O'Hara High School registered their personal bests at the recent Platte County Meet. ______ The runners along with their times are Blake Hudon (17:50), Corbett McKinney (20:06), Jeremy Ambrose (22:54), Thaddeus Green (23:08), Ronald Clark (23:20), and Katelyn Gutteridge (23:46). ______ Blake Hudon took a medal for 18th place; in the previous Meet hald at Oak Grove, Blake won the 8th place medal.

O'Hara Soccer Team Wins 8-1 vs Holden

Pat Berney and John Allard kicked two goals apiece in Archbishop O'Hara High School's 8-1 victory hosting the Holden Eagles on September 13. ______ The Celtics also had individual points from Colton Ludwick, Kevin Henderson, Ryan Wald, and Sam Allen.

UNDEFEATED O'HARA LEADS IN WCC FOOTBALL

On September 9, the Archbishop O'Hara High School football team took sole possession of first place in the WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE when they won their game with Warrensburg while Saint Pius X lost an overtime contest with Clinton. _____ The Celtics' 2-0 Conference record places them ahead of second place Saint Pius X whose record became 2-1. _____ Tied for third place with 1-1 records are Clinton and Smith-Cotton. ______ Yet to win a Conference game are Center (0-1) and Warrensburg (0-2). _______ ________ _________Ronnie Sailer became the Celtics' leading scorer with 26 points on four touchdowns and a two-point conversion. _____ Brandon Dennis has 18 points on three touchdowns and is followed by Julian Gidley with 14 points on eleven extra points and a field goal. ______D. J. Griffin and Brett Coatney each scored two touchdowns and Jake Fortin and Tanner Hull each have one. _____ _____ ______ On September 12th, the underclassmen played in a rather novel arrangement. _____ The two frehman squads played for the first two quarters and the JY teams played for the third and fourth quarters. ______ The Celtics won the combined contest 27-14.

O'Hara Celtics 28 Warrensburg Tigers 7

The Archbishop O'Hara High School football team trailed the Warrensburg Tigers until there were six minutes remaining in the third quarter, and then went on to post a 28-7 victory on September 9. ______ The Tigers scored on their first possession with a 94 yard scoring drive._____ The touchdown was on a 25 yard pass from Sam White to T. J. Cutler and Ram Hoyer added the extra point. ______ The Tigers did not score again in the game, but had a 7-0 lead going into the second quarter._______ The Celtics got six points on a two yard run by Ronnie Sailer in the second quarter, the big play in the drive was a 32 yard gain on a Jake Fortin to D. J. Griffin pass. _____ A bad snap prevented an extra point kick and the Celtics were down 7-6. _____ Just before the half, the Celtics appeared to get a touchdown with 45 seconds remaining in the second quarter, but a catch by Brandon Dennis in the corner of the end zone was ruled incomplete. _____ Julian Gidley tried a field goal with 25 seconds left to the half, but it went wide to the right. _____ In the third quarter, the turning point of the game was an interception by D. J. Griffin along with a return for 46 yards! _____ Six plays later, Brett Coatney caught an eight yard pass for a touchdown for O'Hara's first lead of the game at 12-7. ______ Ronnie Sailer was able to run for a 2 point conversion and bring the score to 14-7 by the end of the quarter. _____ In the final quarter, the Tigers gambled on a fourth down at midfield but had to give up the ball on downs. ______ O'Hara marched down to the 21 yard line where Ronnie Sailer broke through to boost the O'Hara advantage to 21-7. _____ A successful on-side kick returned the ball to the Celtics and set up a drive for the last points of the contest. _____ Having field position at the 34 yard line, the offense used eight plays to reach pay dirt. _____A 21 yard pass completion from Jake Fortin to Tanner Hull kept the drive alive as well as a fourth down short run by Jake Fortin. ______Ronnie Sailer ran in from one yard away for the TD. _____ The Tigers tried to get something going via passing but gave up the ball on incomplete tosses. ______ O'Hara cranked out yards all the way down to the one yard line and then let the time run out.

O'HARA OPENS CROSS COUNTRY SEASON

On Saturday, September 3, the Archbishop O'Hara High School cross country team opened their season at the Saint Mary's Invitational. _____ The meet consisted of three races, one for boys, one for girls, and a first year run. _____ In the boys division, the Celtics were 10th of 12 teams and Blake Hudon was O'Hara's only medalist finishing in fifth place. _____ The four others making up the team were Dakota Defreece, Corbett McKinney, Thaddeus Green, and Ronald Clark. _____ O'Hara did not field a complete team in the girls division but had two medalists in Claire Becker (13th) and Katelyn Gutteridge (29th). _____ In the race for first year runners, O'Hara had four who earned medals. ______ J. D. Meyer was 4th, Aidan Eckart came in 8th, Sean Christianson was 10th, and Jeremy Ambrose finished 13th.

O'Hara Takes a 28-14 Football Win Over Clinton

O'Hara pass receiver Brandon Dennis scored three of the Celtics' touchdowns along the way to a 28-14 West Central Conference win at Clinton on September 2nd. _____ Tanner Hull accounted for O'Hara's final TD and Julian Gidley provided all four extra points. _____ A 42 yard pass play from Jake Fortin to Brandon Dennis put O'Hara ahead 7-0 in the first quarter. _____ In the second period, Fortin connected with Brandon Dennis for a 74 yard TD and a 14-0 halftime advantage. ______ The Clinton Cardinals, relying mostly on their running game, kept a drive alive in the third quarter to eventuallyscore on a 3 yard run by quarterback Chris Sidfrid; Gabe Suthoff's extra point was good to bring the score to 14-7 to start the fourth quarter. _____ With six minutes remaining in the game, Brandon Dennis made an oustanding catch in the endzone giving the Celtics some breathing room with a score of 21-7. _____ Adding to that with less than a full minute left in the game, Tanner Hull scored on a 1 yard run. ______ But the game did not end at 28-7. Following a kickoff that went out of bounds, Tanner Perry carried for the cardinals 65 yards as the clock ran out of time and the home team got their second TD. _____ Gabe Suthoff had 107 yards rushing for Clinton and Ronnie Sailer had 105 yards for the Celtics. _____ Jake Fortin had 12 completions, ten of which were to Brandon Dennis. _____ With his three receptions in this game, Brandon Dennis is in 4th place among O'Hara receivers, one catch behind Danny Hernandez. ____Jake Fortin passed for 212 yards in this contest. _____ Chris Sidfrid wasn't so successful for the Cardinals completing one pass in four attempts and was intercepted twice (by jorge Belcher and Ronnie Sailer). ______ In O'Hara's two games this season, they haven't given up any points in the second quarter. _____ _____ ______ On Monday, the O'Hara JV, with Cardell Miller quarterbacking, beat the Cardinals 32-14. _______ The game was played as a part of a doubleheader following the O'Hara freshman team's 19-14 win against Oak Grove. ______ It was the freshman squad's second game of the season having lost a close 21-20 game with Saint Thomas Aquinas earlier in the young season.