O'Hara Opens Football Season with 14-28 Loss to Richmond

The Archbishop O'Hara High School football team lost their opening game of the season at Richmond 28-14. _____ The Celtics opened the game with a drive from their own 30 yard line ending on the Spartan 16. _____ A field goal attempt by Zack Drake was wide. _____ Peter Briggs pounced on a fumble a few plays later to set up The Celtics first scoring of the game. _____ Michael Briggs promptly completed a 24 yard TD pass to Cardell Miller, and Zach Drake's extra point gave the Celtics a 7-0 lead to end the first quarter. _____ The Spartans finally showed some offense in the second quarter and scored on a 3 yard run by Jimmy Hamm. _____ The Spartans had fairly good drives going during the second quarter but were  stopped by a sack by Peter Briggs, a fumble recovery by Austin Yancy, and an interception by Ronnie Sailer. _____ The Celtics advanced the ball to the 14 yard line where Zach Drake missed the second of this two field goal attempts in the first half. ______ Halftime score of the game was 7-7. _____ Richmond got the first touchdown in the third quarter to lead 13-7 when Jimmy Hamm's extra point kick bounced back from the goal post. _____ Hamm had scored the six-pointer on a 5 yard run.______ But the Spartans couldn't hold the lead through the end of the third quarter when freshman Brock Hughes scored from five yards out and Drake's extra point gained a one-point advantage as the two teams moved into the final quarter. _____  The O'Hara defense failed to prevent quarterback Quinton Maxwell from scoring on an 11 yard run and let Jimmy Hamm break away for a 34 yard TD run with two minutes remaining in the game. _____ The Spartans had 16 first downs in the game to the Celtics' 14. _____ In total yards, Richmond had a 335 to 282 advantage, but in the passing department, O'Hara garnered 106 yards to Richmond's 35. _____  Cardell Miller caught six passes for 82 yards.