LADY CELTICS TAKE THIRD PLACE IN GRAIN VALLEY TOURNAMENT

GIRLS:
The #3 seeded O'Hara girls basketball team won their first round game in the Grain Valley Eagles Sonic Show Down defeating #6 seeded Lincoln Prep on January 21st by a score of 45-39.  Nearly all of the Celtics points were from Amanda Hull 19, Cydnee Reese 14, and Alexa Williams 9. The Lady Celtics continued play on January 23 playing Grain Valley who won their first round game with Oak Grove 57-26.

In the semifinals, in spite of an impresive 17 point third quarter, the Celtics were unable to catch up with Grain Valley who took an enormous first half lead and went on the win 63-35.  Amanda Hull scored 14 for O'Hara and Alexa Williams added 12 as the Celtics went on to play the Bulldogs of Odessa on Friday for third place; Odessa had lost to Pleasant Hill 54-33.

The Lady Celtics jumped to a first quarter 17-4 lead and went on to a 43-38 win over Odessa for third place in the Tournament.  Cydnee Reese had a great scoring day with 17 of O'Hara's points and only one of her baskets was a three-pointer.  The Celtic defense did the rest.  Amanda Hull and Alexa Williams were named to the All Tournament Team.

Grain Valley was the Tournament Champion winning their game with Pleasant Hill 41-36 while Raytown South took fifth place with a 43-35 win over Oak Grove.

-------------------------------------------------

BOYS:
The #3 seeded O'Hara boys won their initial game with #6 seeded Grain Valley on January 22nd by a score of 57-39.  Following a relatively routine first quarter that separated the teams by three points, the Celtica had a very strong second period pulling twelve more points ahead and at the half, led 32-17.  Kyle Baker had three three-pointers while both Luke McCarville and John Burton each had a couple.  Kyle Baker and Isaac Uche scored in double figures with 14 and 12 points.  The win qualified O'Hara to meet Pleasant Hill on the January 24th game.

Ten three-pointers were not enough for the Celtics to win with Pleasant Hill, and O'Hara dropped a 62-56 decision to move them to the game for third place in the Tournament to face Lincoln Prep who lost in overtime to Winnetonka 66-65.  Kyle Baker and Luke McCarville were O'Hara's leading scorers with 19 and 14 points, and they each had four successful treys in the game.  C.J. Naudet and Nick Naudet had the other three-pointers. 

In the game with Lincoln Prep scheduled for Saturday, the Celtics lost by five points 55-50 and had to settle for fourth place in the Tournament.  Kyle Baker and Luke McCarville were named to the All Tournament Team.

Winnetonka was the Tounament Champs with a 66-47 decision over Pleasant Hill.  Oak Grove won the Consolation bracket 47-38 with Odessa taking sith place.