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.