O'Hara 53 Clinton 49

    On January 3rd The Archbishop O'Hara High School boys basketball team won an exciting close game with the Clinton Cardinals 53-49. 
     The Celtics charged ahead in the first quarter 19-8 until Jordan Hall hit a three-pointer at the buzzer.  Within the second quarter, the Cardinals got hot and outscored the Celtics 11-2, but O'Hara held on and never trailed up to halftime, ahead by four at 27-23.  The Celtics nearly tagged on a three-pointer at the buzzer but the shot was ruled too late. 
     In the third quarter, the Cardinals got the lead for the first time on a pair of free throws by Joe Muehlberger.  They kept ahead through most of the quarter, at one time by as much as seven points when the score was 37-30.  Before the period was over however the Celtics managed a one point advantage thanks to six tallies by Kyle Baker and a basket by Nick Naudet. 
     Both teams pulled slightly ahead until C.J. Naudet tied up the game at 39-39 and a basket by Desmond McDaniel put O'Hara on top, and the home team never trailed again. 
     Only two Celtics reached double figures: Kyle Baker with 16 and Nick Naudet with 13.

     In the girls' game prior to the boys' contest, the two squads were running neck-and-neck into the fourth quarter.  O'Hara got six points ahead at 33-27 with just over three minutes remaining in the game.  Unfortunately for the Lady Celtics, Brooklyn Sisk buried a trey, and the Cardinals won the battle from the free throw line to eke out a 34-33 win. Amanda Hull led the Celtics with 12 points and Riley Cook had 10 for the Cardinals.