Lady Celtics Win Overtime Basketball Game

Things did not look too promising at the halfway mark of the Archbishop O'Hara High School girls basketball game with the Clinton Cardinals on February 3 when the score stood at 21-11. _____ However, the Celtics rallied to win the contest in overtime 35-34. _____ The Celtics were down 28-26 with six seconds on the clock when Cydnee Reese tied up the game to send it into overtime. ______ She came through again in the overtime period with seven seconds remaining to erase a one point advantage for the victory. _____ _____ The varsity boys game ended with a final score of 69-59. _____ Falling way behind in the initial quarter 28-15, the Celtics chipped away to narrow the margin to seven points at the half. ______ They virtually caught up midway through the third quarter, but had to enter the last quarter four points down. _____ Up to the last two minutes of play, they maintained this difference until letting the Cardinals pop in some late baskets. ______ Daniel Hurtt scored 11 of his 18 game points in the first quarter, but Kyle Baker took over to score all but two of his 29 points in the next three quarters. ____ He had six three-pointers.