Monday, November 7, 2011

O'Hara Football Game Delayed by Lightning

The Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtic football team squared off with Renaissance Academy Warriors on November 7 but were unable to complete the game with O'Hara leading 7-0 partway into the second quarter. _______ Lightning delayed the game for a half hour just after the Celtics scored their points at the start of the second period. _____ Then with 7:24 left to half time, lightning again interupted the contest and continued until 9:05 when the decision was made to continue the game at 6:30 PM Tuesday. _____ The game had been played with a constant rain and neither team put any points on the scogre board in the first quarter. _____ The Celtics did get as close as the 23 yard line before giving up the ball on downs, but the Warriors never got closer than the 32 yard line. ______ The only scoring of the game thus far began with a Celtic drive starting from their own 30 yard line. _____ In this drive consisting of ten plays, Brett Coatney had an 11 yard pickup and Jake Fortin completed an 18 yard pass to D.J. Griffin. ______ On a fourth down play on the 23 yard line, Jake Fortin scrambled for 15 yards and Ronnie Sailer tagged on 7 more on the followin play. _____ Jake Fortin scored the touchdown on a one-yard keeper, and Julian Gidley kicked the extra point.

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