SCHOOL RECORD HOLDERS FOR O'HARA FOOTBALL

Members of this year's Archbishop O'Hara High School football team that hold the school records at the conclusion of the regular season (with post season games still to play) are as follows. _____ JAKE FORTIN: most completions for a single season 110 [2nd place: T. J. White with 92 in 2008], most yards gained via passing in a single season 2,067 yards [2nd place: T.J. White with 1,919 yards in 2008], most attempted passes in a single season 187 [2nd place tie: T.J.White in 2009 and Ryan McNamara in 1998 both with 181], most yards by passing per game in a single season 229.7 [2nd place: T.J. White 174.5 yards in 2008], best completion percentage in a single season 58.8% [2nd place: T.J. White with 58.2% in 2008],best career completion percentage 53.5% [2nd place T.J. White with 50.5%], and most career yards per game 144.6 yards [2nd place: T. J. White 124.0 yards]. _____ BRANDON DENNIS: most receptions in a season 59 [2nd place: D.J. Griffin 37 in the present season], most yards for a single season 1,135 yards [2nd place: Matt Morrison with 807 yards in 1998], most touchdowns in a single season 10 [ties Matt Morrison from 1998], most yards per game 126.1 [2nd place: Tokie Aromona 81.9 in 2006], most career receptions with 84 [2nd place: Joe Pepple with 68],most career total yards with 1,691 yards [2nd place: Joe Pepple with 1,259 yards] most career yards per game with 80.5 [2nd place: Tokie Aromona with 67.1], and most career touchdowns with 19 [2nd place: Tokie Aromona with 14]. _____ JULIAN GIDLEY: most career kickoffs with 177 [2nd place: Bryce Scovall with 170], most career yards in kickoffs 6,837 yards [2nd place: Kevin Furey with 6,067 yards],most career kickoffs within the 20 yard line with 86 which ties Kevin Furey], and most extra points per game for a single season with 4.6 [2nd place: Bryce Scovill with 3.7 in 2008]. _____ JORGE BELCHER: most defensive miscellaneous career points with 498 [2nd place: William Lanning with 465 points], and most career unassisted tackles with 108 [2nd place: Chuck Preston with 88]. _____ Two others that are among O'Hara's top ten in addition to these three players are D.J. Griffin (in pass receptions), Brett Coatney (in kick returns), and Julian Gidley (in kicked extra points).

O'Hara Cross Country District Results

In the Swope Park Starlight Theatre Course, the Archbishop O'Hara High School team came in 8th among 11 schools in Class 2 District 8. _____ Senior Blake Hudon qualified for State by taking 6th place in the boys competition while senior Claire Becker was 16th in the girls race. _____ They are the only two runners who will be lost via graduation for next year's squad. _____ Personal best times were run by five Celtics: Blake Hudon 17:30, Dakota Defreece 18.50, Corbett McKinney 19:46, Thaddeus Green 20:41, and Ronald Clark 23:13. _____ The top three schools were Saint Pius, Richmond, and Pembroke Hill. ______ O'Hara beat out Barstow, Summit Christian Academy, and Bishop LeBlond.

CELTICS ARE DISTRICT FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS

Scoring 55 points while holding the Central Blue Eagles to 6, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics won their Class 3 District on October 27. _____ The O'Hara team gave up a touchdown on the first kickoff of the game on an 89 yard return by Toiyonte Hunt but more than made up for it by scoring three times in the first quarter and four times in he second. ______ Their first six points came on a quarterback sneak by Jake Fortin following in the wake of two long pass completions, a 39 yarder from Jake Fortin to Brandon Dennis and a 33 yard gain to D.J. Griffin. ______ Ronnie Sailer scored O'Hara' next two touchdowns within the first quarter, the first one on an 11 yard run and the second on a pass reception from Jake Fortin for 30 yards. _____ Setting up O'Hara's first score in the second quarter, Peyton Franklin recovered a fumble on Central's 20 yard line, and Gabe Spencer brought the ball into the endzone on a running play. _____ A bit later, Brandon Dennis hauled in a pass from Jake Fortin for a 37 yard score. _____ O'Hara's next scoring was by Tanner Hull who brought the ball down to the one yard line on a 40 yard run and on the following play plunged across for the points. _____ Brett Coatney intercepted a pass to provide good field position for the Celtics, and D.J. Griffin scored a TD on a 22 yard pass. _____ At halftime, the score was 48-6 and the second half was played with a running clock. _____ The only scoring in the second half was a 6 yard run by Gabe Spencer on the last play of the third quarter. Julian Gidley connected on 7 out of 8 attempts for the extra points in the game.

CELTICS ARE DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS

The Archbishop O'Hara High School volleyball team beat Pembroke Hill on October 26 to capture the MSHSAA Class 3 District 13 Volleyball Championship! _____ The scores were 25-20 and 25-21. _____ The following Athletes were named to the All District First Team: Madison Clark (outside hitter), Amanda Hull (outside hitter), McKenzie Roberts (outside hitter), and Katie Tyler (setter). _____ Making the Second Team were Tricia Wankum (middle hitter) and Annie Mahlberg (libero). ______ Two players that received Honorable Mentions were Gabriella Rizzi and Peyton Podschwit. _____ _____ O'Hara went on to meet Saint Pius X on October 29 at 4:30 at Sectionals in Grain Valley, losing 25-21 and 25-21 in the first round. _______ None of this year's team members will be lost via graduation for next year's squad.

O'Hara Soccer Team Wins Its Sixth Game

On October 25, the Archbishop O'Hara High School soccer team won a West Central Conference shutout game 2-0 with Center. ______ Jeff West was the Celtic goalkeeper. _____ The two O'Hara goals were kicked by Kevin Henderson and Anthony Scassalletti. ____ O'Hara's overall record improved to 6-12 while Center went to 5-13.______ As O'Hara goes into District competition on November 1, they realize that eight of their losses were each by just one goal.

Celtics Play for District Championship in Volleyball

The Archbishop O'Hara High School volleyball team will play Pembroke Hill for the Class 3, District 13 District Campionship. ____ The Celtics won their semifinal game with Lincoln Prep 25-13 and 25-8 while Pembroke Hill won over Center 25-8 and 25-11 on October 25. ____ The O'Hara team beat Southwest 25-6 and 25-4 on October 24. ____ The other teams in the first round of District had the following results: Center defeated Cristo Rey 25-14 and 25-17 while Lincoln Prep was a winner with Central 25-13 and 25-21.

THREE CELTICS MAKE ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM IN VOLLEYBALL

Even without seniors on the Archbishop O'Hara High School volleyball team, three Celtics won First Team All West Central Conference Honors. _____ O'Hara took both outside hitters places and the lone setter selection. ______ Junior Madison Clark and sophomore McKenzie Roberts were the outside hitters and freshman Katie Tyler was the setter. ______ Saint Pius won the West Central Conference title and had four on the First Team. _____ Trisha Wamkum was selected to the Second Team All Conference. _____ Libero Annie Mahlberg and outside hitter Amanda Hull were Honorable Mention.

Blake Hudon Sixth in WWC Cross Country Meet

Named to the Second Team All West Central Conference, Blake Hudon from Archbishop O'Hara High School had a personal best time of 17:34 on October 18. ______ He won the medal for sixth place. _______ Corbett McKinney completed the course in 26th place with his own personal best time of 20:01. _____ The rest of the Celtic team were Dakota Defreece (28th), Thaddeus Green (31st), and Jeremy Ambrose (32nd). ______ Claire Becker had O'Hara's best showing in the girls race coming in 14th. _____ _____ _____ On October 22, at the Saint Mary's II Invitational held at LaBenite Park, three O'Hara cross country runners won medals. _____ Taking 8th place in the girls competition was Katelyn Gutteridge (timed at 23:29), and in the boys division, Dakota Defreece was 19th (20:13) and Corbett McKinney was 23rd (20:41). _____ Running his best time of 21:55 was Thaddeus Green finishing in 27th place.

LATEST O'HARA SWIM REPORT

In the Smith-Cotton High School Tiger Invitational, O'Hara's New Best Times were: in the 200 Yard Medley Relay consisting of Kamradt, A. McCracken, N. McCracken, Myers: 200 Yard Freestyle by Sam Bogert, 7 seconds; Jacob Kamradt, 10 seconds; 200 Yard IM Nick McCracken, 16 seconds. _______ Brian Mahan came in first in his heat for the 50Yard Freestyle. ______ In the 100 Yard Butterfly, Nick McCracken, 7 seconds; in the 100 Yard Freestyle Nate Bertrand, 5 seconds and Chris Scott, 1 second; in the 500 Yard Freestyle A.J. McCracken 16 seconds and Jacob Kamradt 6 seconds.

Davis and Bachkora Selected to First Team All-Conference Softball

Refecting four years of experience, seniors Andi Davis and Kellie Bachkora were named to the First Team All West Central Conference Softball Team. _____ Both athletes were chosen as infielders.

O'HARA WINS DISTRICT FOOTBALL GAME

The Archbishop O'Hara High School football team opened District play on October 14 with a 37-21 win. _____ The Pembroke Hill Raiders trailed throughout the contest but kept the score close until the fourth quarter when the Celtics had two unanswered touchdowns. ______ The game's first scoring was in the first quarter on a fourth down play on a pass from the 20 yard line to Brandon Dennis from Jake Fortin. ______ A long pass play to D.J. Griffin brought the ball to the one-yard line at the start of the second quarter, but the Raiders kept the O'Hara team out of the endzone on three plays. ______ Julian Gidley, who kicked four of the five O'Hara extra points in the game, connected on a 21 yard field goal to increase the Celtic lead to 10-0. ______ Then the Raiders gambled on a fourth down situation around midfield and came up short. _______ It took just one long pass play for the Celtics to bring the score to 16-0, a pass play from Jake Fortin to Brandon Dennis. _______ Patrick Freitag put the Raiders on the scoreboard by breaking away with a 50 yard run and Ben Gallagher passed to Charlie Mueller for a two-pointer to bring the visiting team to within eight points. _______ With less than ten seconds before halftime, the Raiders got a TD by Jak Kittoe who caught a three yard pass from Ben Gallagher. _____ However, the Raiders were not able to tie up the score with a two-point attempt for their extra point. _______ O'Hara scored first in the third quarter on a 17 yard run by Ronnie Sailer to make the score 23-14. _____Pembroke Hill answered with a five yard TD run by Patrick Freitag and again only two points separated the two teams. ______ On the very first play of the fourth quarter, Jake Fortin completed a 32 yard touchdown pass to D.J. Griffin, and near the end of the game D.J. Griffin picked up a Raider fumble and returned the ball 12 yards for the final score of the game.

O'Hara football school records this year

The Archbishop O'Hara High School football team, winner of the West Central Conference, has SIX school team records for this year. _____ They are (1) most passing attempts[36] in the game with Center, (2) most completions in a game [18] with Grandview [18], (3) most net yards in a game [310] with Smith-Cotton, (4)most completions [94] in a season, (5) highest average yards per game via passing [12.8] with Saint Pius X, and (6) highest average yards per game [236.6] in the season. ______ _____ Quarterback Jake Fortin holds SIX school records: (1) most passes completed passes in a game [18] with Grandview, (2) highest percentage of pass completions [55.4%] in a season, (3)most yards gained via passing [310] in a game with Smith-Cotton, (4) most yards per attempt [12.8] in a game with Saint Pius X,(5) most yards per completion [28.2] in a game with Smith-Cotton, and (6) most yards gained via rushing and passing [323] in a game with Smith-Cotton.______ _____ Brandon Dennis has FIVE school records aa a pass receiver: (1) most passes caught [11] in a game with Grandview, (2) most passes caught [47] in a season,(3) most passing yards [201] in a game with Clinton, (4) most yeards gained by pass receptions [866] in a season, and (5) most yards per reception [30.2] in a game with Smith-Cotton.

HOW CC RUNNERS DID AT HELIAS INVITATIONAL

Claire Becker won a medal for 27th place (timed at 23:57) and Blake Hudon with his personal best time of 17:45 won a medal for 10th place at the Helias Cross Country Invitational at Jefferson City on October 8. _____ Personal bests were run by Dakota Defreece (20:13) who came in 58th and Thaddeus Greer (22:36) who was 75th. _____ Corbett McKinney was 60th with a time of 20:30.

Final Football Standings for West Central Conference

Archbishop O'Hara High School won the West Central Conference in football with a 4-1 record with Saint Pius X coming in second with a record of 3-2. _____ All four of the other Conference teams had 2-3 records: Warrensburg, Clinton, Center, and Smith-Cotton. _____ O'Hara's only loss was to Center and Saint Pius' two losses were to O'Hara and Clinton. _____The Celtics amassed 152 points in Conference play yielding 97.

CENTER HUMBLES WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

The Center Yellowjackets surprised the West Central Conference Champions from O'Hara with a 24-6 win on October 7. ______ The O'Hara Celtics for the first time in seven games failed to score 28 or more points which would have been enough to win this game, and may be without their starting quarterback Jake Fortin who had to leave the game with an injury. _____ O'Hara's only touchdown was a 19 yard pass from freshman quarterback Michael Briggs to Brandon Dennis, but the extra point following the TD was blocked. _____Meanwhile, the Yellowjackets scored twice in the second quarter after a scoreless first quarter. _____ Center's two first half touchdowns were on a fourth down one-yard run by Anthony Eskridge and a 26 yard breakaway by Gage King. _____ The fourth quarter began with the score at 14-6 but Anthony Eskridge got the insurance TD for the Yellowjackets on a 4 yard run and before the contest was over, Kilvert Martinez converted a 38 yard field goal._____ After Fortin left the game junior Cardell Miller and freshman Michael Briggs shared the quarterbacking. ______ The only exciting play of the evening was a 96 Yard touchdown pass play from Jake Fortin to Brandon Dennis which was called back due to an overeager blocking penalty that was not part of the play. ______ The Celtics had won the West Central Conference two weeks prior to the game when they were undefeated and every other Conference team had two or more losses. _____ As a result, O'Hara has the Conference's best record at 4-1 while Center ended their Conference play at 2-3 along with Clinton, Warrensburg, and Smith-Cotton with identical records. ______ Saint Pius took second place in the Conference with a 3-2 Conference record.

Volleyball Team Conference Report

O'Hara has won games with Smith-Cotton (25-13; 25-23), Center (25-8; 25-3),Clinton (25-19; 22-25; 25-10), and Warrensburg (25-7; 25-23) but lost twice to Saint Pius (11-25; 16-25) and (20-25; 19-25) so far this season.

SOCCER TEAM GOES TO 3-3 IN WCC

Backed by goals from Julian Gidley, Justin Chang, and Pat Berney, the Archbishop O'Hara High School soccer team evened up their West Central Conference record to 3-3 by handing Clinton a 3-1 defeat on October 4th.

Olivia Wright Qualifies for State in Golf

Shooting 99 in the Class 1 Sectional 3 Golf tournament at Shirkey Golf Course in Richmond, Olivia Wright from Archbishop O'Hara High School tied for 12th and qualified for State competition. ______ The Sectionals were played on October 5th and par for the course was 74. ______Teams that advanced to State were Pembroke Hill and Barstow._____ The State competition is in Bolivar on the 17h and 18th.

BRANDON DENNIS' THREE O'HARA FOOTBALL RECORDS

As of October 1, 2011, Brandon Dennis acquired three Archbishop O'Hara High School football records in pass receptions. ______He caught 42 passes in the six games played during this season which is the most for any Celtic for an individual season. _____ He is the top career receiver for yards gained with 1,331 yards. _____ He scored 15 career touchdowns as a receiver to top the list in that category. _____ He is in second place for yards gained in a single season and should be able to take over first place in the next game or two. He also needs one more reception to tie for first in total career receptions.

New Best Times for Swimmers at O'Hara

At the Raytown Swim Meet on October 5, O'Hara swimmers had the following new best times: 200 Medley relay teams: Elliott, N. McCracken, Kamradt, Bertrand improved by 21 seconds and Bogart, Lillig, A. McCracken, Myers by 2 seconds. _____ The 400 Freestyle relay team (Bertrand, N. McCracken, Scott McDermott) by 5 seconds. _______ Individual improvemtnts included McDermott 200 Freestyle by 13 seconds and Lillig 500 Freestyle by 19 seconds. _____ ______ ______Earlier at the Eubanks Swim Meet, Friday, September 30, 2011 New Best Times: Jacob Lillig, 50 Freestyle _____ J.D. Meyers, 100 Freestyle _____ _____ _____ Sam Bogart 13 seconds off 200 Yard IM _____ Jacob Kamradt, 12 seconds off 200 Yard IM _____ Chris Scott, 9 seconds off 100 Yard Breastroke _____ Jacob Kamradt, 13 seconds off 500 Yard Freestyle _____ A.J. McCracken 3 seconds off 500 Yard Freestyle _____ Sam Bogart, 2 seconds off 100 Yard Backstroke _____ _____ _____ Relay Team: 7 seconds off 400 Yard Freestyle: team of Jacob Lillig, J.D. Meyers, A.J. McCracken, and Jacob Kamradt

CELTICS SCORE 33 BUT GIVE AWAY 61

In a high scoring game, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics lost a Saturday afternoon football game with the University Academy Gryphons 61-33. ______ The game was riddled with turnovers and the O'Hara defense failed to keep pace, but the team did continue to score 28 or more points in every game this season. ______ O'Hara fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter as Dimonic McKinsy scored on a line plunge and he passed to Brian Smith for a 3 yard TD. _____ O'Hara scored 14 points of their own in the second quarter, on a 35 Yard pass play from Jake Fortin to D.J. Griffin and a 2 yard run by Ronnie Sailer that came right after a 45 yard Fortin to Griffin pass. ______ But the Gryphons tallied 33 points in the second quarter to put the game well out of range. _____ These five touchdowns were: another line plunge by Dimonic McKinzy, a 27 yard pass to a wide open Bryson Winfrey, a long 63 yard bomb from McKinzy to Winfrey, a 25 yard pass from McKinzy to Brandon Bowden, and a run back with an intercepted pass by Brian Smith. _____ Halftime score was an overwhelming 47-14. _____ O'Hara scored the only third quarter touchdown. _____ It was on a 3 yard run by Ronnie Sailer and it came after an interception by Tanner Hull to stop a Gryphon drive. _____ Both teams added fourth quarter TD's. ______ Dimonic McKinzy threw two touchdown passes for Univerity Academy, a one-yarder to Kameron Gilmore and a long 49 yard strike to Bryon Winfrey. ______ O'Hara's two fourth quarter touchdowns were on a 9 yard run by Brett Coatney and a 5 yard run by backup quarterback Cardell Miller.