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.