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.