OHARA 14 CLINTON 26

     The Clinton Cardinals went into the fourth quarter down 14-13 to the O'Hara Celtics but managed to pull ahead by five points 19-14 in the fourth quarter until there was only eight seconds left to the game.
     Then they scored an insurance TD and kicked the extra point to win the West Central Conference game 26-16.
     O'Hara was outplayed throughout the first quarter of the contest with Chris Sidfrid scoring on a 7 yard touchdown run and Sam Ahnamen-Cover plunging for a one yarder.
      Brian McCoy added an extra point but the Cardinals were held short on a two-point conversion attempt. They led 13-0 at the end of the quarter.
      With just over three minutes remaining before halftime,Michael Briggs completed a scoring pass to Hondo Pearcy for the Celtics and Zach Drake's extra point kick made the score 13-7.
     At the start of the second half, O'Hara took the lead and held onto a slim margin into the final quarter 14-13.   The Celtics' touchdown was on a 51 yard run by freshman Brock Hughes and Drake's extra point was good.
     Early in the fourth quarter Chris Sidfrid went 24 yards down the sideline for the Cardinals' 19th point, but again the O'Hara defense denied the two-point conversion attempt.
     As the game came to a close Chris Sidfrid crossed the goal line for the insurance TD and this time Brian McCoy kicked the one-point conversion

HERE IS A LONGER VERSION OF THE GAME:

  CLINTON RALLIES TO A 26-14 VICTORY OVER O’HARA
     The Archbishop O’Hara High School Celtics football team was ahead 14-13 after three quarters in their game with the Clinton Cardinals but could not hang on to the slim lead and fell 26-14 on September 21.
     It was the first West Central Conference football game played this season and O’Hara’s overall record dipped to 2-3.
     Clinton received the opening kickoff and scored in twelve plays, one of which was a fourth down gamble. Chris Sidfrid had the touchdown run for 7 yards and Brian McCoy kicked the extra point.
     O’Hara was unable to reach midfield on their first possession and Michael Briggs punted to the 22 yard line.
     A long breakaway run for 70 yards by Chris Sidfrid advanced the ball to the Celtic 13 yard line, and a few plays later, Sam Ahnamen-Cover plunged for the Cardinal’s second TD. An attempt for a two-point conversion failed and O’Hara was down 13-0.
     Clinton was kept scoreless for the next two quarters while the Celtics managed to move into the lead.
     Starting from deep in their own territory on the 7 yard line, the Celtics worked their way up to the 21 yard line and were forced to punt. The punt returner mishandled the ball on the 43 yard line and Reilly Sweeney recovered for O’Hara.
     Ronnie Sailer and Brock Hughes alternated carries to bring the ball up to the 13 yard line. O’Hara scored on a pass from Michael Briggs to Hondo Pearcy, and Zach Drake’s kick made the score 13-6 for halftime.
     During the halftime ceremonies, Matt Patterson from the class of 2002 was inducted in to the Lettermen’s Hall of Fame. He is O’Hara’s all-time rusher in yards with 5,396 yards, averaging 9.8 yards per carry, and scoring 346 points in his four years.
     Also inducted was Dennis Roehl in the Special Recognition category for his 30 years as the team’s football statistician.
     Early in the third quarter, Brock Hughes broke loose for a 51 yard touchdown run, and Zach Drake put O’Hara on top 14-13. In O’Hara’s five games this season, Drake has not missed an extra point kick except for the one that was blocked earlier in the year.
     The Celtics maintained the lead into the fourth quarter, but the Cardinals cashed in on a 24 yard run by Chris Sidfrid to pull ahead by five points 19-14.
     With 8 seconds remaining in the game Clinton scored again, this time on a short run by Sidfrid which was followed by McCoy’s extra point.