Friday, September 27, 2013

O'Hara 27 Clinton 7

On September 27, the Archbishop O'Hara High School football team won their first West Central Conference game with the Clinton Cardinals 27-7.

Toward the end of the first quarter,Michael Briggs scored on a quarterback sneak and Zach Drake's kick gave the Celtics a 7-0 lead. Two completed passes for 25 yards apiece to Austin Evans and Brock Hughes brought the ball to the goal line.

The Cardinals tied the game in the second quarter on a 6 yard run by Tanner Perry and an extra point by Brian McCoy.

The Celtics drove down to the 4 yard line before the half where Zach Drake kicked the first of his two field goals of the game. Passes for 24 yards and for 20 yards to Austin Evans along with an 18 yard run by Gerard Harker set up the field goal.

The only scoring in the third quarter was a 13 yard pass from Michael Briggs to Zach Drake which came after a 20 yard completion to Jordan Supplee.

O'Hara scored twice more in the final quarter, first on a field goal, and later on another quarterback sneak by Michael Briggs. For the drive that placed the ball close enough for the field goal, a pass for 15 yards to Austin Evans and a pass for 12 yards to Zach Drake were the big plays. The last TD for the Celtics materialized following a Cardinal fumble deep in O'Hara territory.

Leading tacklers on defense were Larry Bosworth, Maverick Griffin, Robert Martin, and Stephen Conway. Martin and Conwqay each had three quarterback sacks. Austin Evans, Jacob Cheney, and Chris Beauchamp recovered fumbles and Michael Rowe had an interception along with a 48 yard return.

As the Celtics increased their record to 3-2,six players led the way in scoring: Brock Hughes 44 on seven touchdowns and a two-point conversion, Zach Drake on three touchdowns, two field goals, and 17 extra points, Michael Briggs 26 on four touchdowns and a two-point conversion, and 12 points each for Gerard Harker, Austin Evans,and Michael Rowe on two touchdownws apiece.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Volleyball Team Win First Two Conference Games

Hosting Center and Clinton on consecutive days, the Archbishop O'Hara High School volleyball team won West Central Conference games on September23 & 24.

Center scored 6 and 5 points and Clinton scored 20 and 12 points.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

O'Hara 7 Hogan 41

Hogan Defeats O’Hara 41-6 With Huge Third Quarter

The Hogan Rams scored 23 points in the third quarter of their Saturday afternoon football game with the O’Hara Celtics and won 41-6 on September 21st.

The first half saw one touchdown in each quarter by the Rams. A 16 yard TD run by Chriselle Lang and a 28 yard score by Edward Collins. The O’Hara defense stopped both two-point conversion attempts.

The first touchdown of the third quarter was a pass play from Isaih Baylis to Kareem Sanders for 39 yards, and Chriselle Lang ran for a two-point conversion.

After Brock Hughes ran for a 27 yard gain, the Celtics fumbled, and Hogan was on its way to a second TD in the quarter, a 9 yard run by Ke’Waun Riley, and quarterback Isaih Baylis tagged on two more extra points on a run.

Before the quarter ended, Ke’Waun Riley ran for a 5 yarder and also kicked the extra point.

With the score at 35-0, the game continued with a running clock.

In the fourth quarter, Horace McCallester intercepted a Michael Briggs’ pass and returned to ball to the end zone for the Rams’ 41st point. The attempt to run for the extra points failed.

Later from nearly 80 yards away, Gerard Harker outraced three Ram defenders for O’Hara’s lone touchdown for the day, and Zach Drake kicked the extra point putting a halt to the running clock.



Monday, September 16, 2013

How O'Hara Cross Country Runners Finished in the Holden Invitational

The cross country runners from Archbishop O'Hara High School ran well enough to take third place in the girls varsity and fourth place in the boys division.

Jennifer Gustin placed 11th and Anna Gutteridge was 13th.

Danny Meyers finished 4th, JD Meyers was 8th, and Stephen Gordon crossed the finish line at 15th.

Leah Eckert and McKenzie Torgerson were 4th and 5th in the girls JV.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Celtic Football Stats

After three games, O'Hara outpointed their opponents 113 to 63.

Of O'Hara's total points, Brock Hughes has 44, Zach Drake has 25, and Michael Briggs has 14.
Gerard Harker, Austin Evans, and Michael Rowe have each scored two touchdowns.

The leading tacklers in the game with Knob Noster were Brock Hughes,Maverick Griffin, Larry Bosworth, and Robert Martin.
Fumble recoveries were made by Gerard Harker (2), Maverick Griffin, Austin Evans, and Brian Downs.
Austin Evans had O'Hara's only interception and it is his third in three games.

O'Hara gained 422 yards to Knob Noster's 259. Michael Briggs was nine for twelve in passing.
Only six O'Hara quarterbacks have more career total yards passing than Michael Briggs.

Celtics Beat Panthers in Football

On September 13th, the Archbishop O’Hara High School football team got by the Knob Noster Panthers by a score of 42-14. It was the third game in a row for the Celtics in which they scored 35 points or more.

The Panthers received the opening kickoff and had to punt after three plays. Taking over on their own 39 yard line, O’Hara advanced all the way to the Panther 4 yard line where they relinquished the ball on a fumble recovered by Logan Lawber for the visitors.

The most impressive play in the Celtic drive was a 17 yard run by Michael Rowe.

Seven plays later, the Panthers punted from their 20 yard line to give the Celtics the ball on the O’Hara 43 yard line. Four advances of around fifteen yards each led to the first seven points of the game: a pass from Michael Briggs to Zach Drake, a 15 yard penalty, and runs by Austin Evans and Gerard Harker the latter of which scored the TD. Zach Drake kicked the extra point and would continue with five more before the game was over.

The Panthers tried to even the score with their possession and took the ball from their own 21 yard line to the O’Hara 39 yard line where they lost the ball on downs.

Quickly, the O’Hara offense took over. A Briggs to Drake pass picked up the first 18 yards,. Michael Briggs ran for 15 more, and then he passed to Austin Evans for a 35 yard touchdown.

Finally the Panthers had something to cheer about as Darryl Davis ran down the right sideline for a 72 yard touchdown. Kyle Thomas added the extra point.

O’Hara began their next scoring drive from their 35 yard line. Aided by two lengthy penalties, they scored on a Briggs to Drake 8 yard pass play.

After three unproductive plays, Kyle Thomas punted giving the O’Hara team the ball on the 40 yard line. Zach Drake caught a 9 yard pass and Austin Evans ran for a dozen yards before Michael Briggs completed a pass to Evans for a touchdown covering 30 yards.

At the time it appeared that the halftime score would stay at 28-8, but the Celtics executed an on-side kick to regain possession with just over a minute of playing time until the half.

Brock Hughes ran for an 18 yard gain, Michael Briggs completed a 15 yard pass to Jordan Supplee, and followed with a 15 yard touchdown pass to Michael Rowe.

At halftime the O’Hara Letterman’s Hall of Fame inducted former Principal Stu Bintner, softball standout pitcher Morgan McGinnis ’00, and the 1985 boys soccer team.

With score at 35-7, the Celtics began the third quarter with a time consuming drive. Gerard Harker took the kickoff back all the way to the 40 yard line for good field position. When the team got down to the 15 yard line, Dominic Brown intercepted for the Panthers.

Perhaps unwisely, the Panthers gambled on a fourth down deep in their own territory, and yielded the ball. O’Hara employed short runs to push across their final touchdown, a 4 yard carry by Brock Hughes.

Since the scoring spread was 35 points, the game went into a running clock situation.

The Celtic defense held the Panthers to short gains and topped it off with an interception by Austin Evans who made a lengthy return.

Four plays later, the Celtics gave up the ball on downs.

Logan Lawber, Darryl Davis, and Michael Williams alternated carries in the Panthers’ final drive for a touchdown. Williams scored on a 6 yard run.

Both teams brought on their remaining players to finish off the game.

Friday, September 13, 2013

O'HARA 42 KNOB NOSTER 14

Celtics score 28 points in the Second Quarter enroute to a 42-14 win

After a routine first quarter in which O’Hara pulled ahead with a 14 yard touchdown run by Gerard Harker, the Celtics scored four second quarter TD’s to beat the Knob Noster Panthers 42-14 on September 13th.

The Celtics went ahead by a score of 14-0 in the second period on a 35 yard pass play from Michael Briggs to Austin Evans.

Then the visitors scored their first half touchdown on a 72 yard run down the right sideline by Darryl Davis with Kyle Thomas adding the extra point.

Midway in the quarter, Michael Briggs passed to Zach Drake for an 8 yard touchdown.

With just over a minute remaining in the first half, O’Hara added to their lead with a 30 yard pass play from Michael Briggs to Austin Evans.

But the Celtics got the ball right back with a successful on-side kick. In the short time remaining, Brock Hughes ran for 18 yards, Michael Briggs passed to Jordan Supplee for 15 yards, and then passed to Michael Rowe for another 15 yards and the TD.

Well into the third quarter, Brock Hughes scored from four yards out and the two teams played with a running clock until the Panthers finally reached the end zone on a 6 yard touchdown by Michael Williams.

Zach Drake kicked all of O’Hara’s extra points. In the Celtics' first three games of the season they scored at least 35 points in every game.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

O'Hara Volleyball Team Gets Early Ranking

The Missouri High School Volleyball Class 3 Coaches Poll gave the Archbishop O'Hara High School volleyball team a State Ranking of 10th in early September.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

How O'Hara's Cross Country Runners Did in the Saint Mary's Invitational


In the girls Varsity race, Jennifer Gustin finished 7th, Erica Scassellati was 19th, and Melody Kimbrough was 24th. All three medaled.

Running in their First Year girls competition, the following were in the top ten: Anna Gutteridge (1), Sarah Kimbrell 3), and Mckenzie Torgerson (9). Leah Eckert, Pricila Avila, and Cariann Dureka also finished with scores earning medals.

Taking 3rd in the boys Varsity race was Danny Meyers. J D Meyers, Jordan Wilcoxson, Stephen Gordon and Corbett McKinney received medals also.

In the boys First Year race, Luke Scott was 6th while Heydon Decker, Jonathan Torgerson, and Austin Muelbach had scores low enough to medal.

Two got medals in the boys J V race: Jack Berney (12) and Matthew Gordon (16).

Saturday, September 7, 2013

O'HARA 35 LINCOLN PREP 7


Enroute to a 35-7 win with Lincoln Prep on September 6th, the Archbishop O’Hara Celtics were the visiting team on their own football field.
Lincoln received the initial kickoff from Zach Drake and advanced the ball from their own 29 yard line with five running plays to the 44 yard line, but on their first pass attempt, had the ball intercepted by Austin Evans.
Starting from their own 35 yard line, the Celtics mounted the game’s first scoring drive using eleven plays. The two big gainers were a 16 yard run by Gerard Harker and a 12 yarder by Brock Hughes. Quarterback Michael Briggs ran the final 3 yards on a keeper.
Following a punt by Lincoln, the Celtics began another TD drive from midfield. Aided along the way by a face mask penalty, Gerard Harker and Brock Hughes alternated carries until Hughes plunged for the last yard.
On the next series, Lincoln fumbled to give O’Hara good field position on the 31 yard line. Michael Rowe ran for 15 yards and Austin Evans tagged on 7 more. Brock Hughes scored from the 5 yard line. The extra point attempt was blocked.
Lincoln sustained a scoring drive consuming 13 plays to get on the score board. A 22 yard pass from Seth Fisher to Duane Oayton and a 16 yard run by Colandus Rucker brought the ball close enough for Seth Fisher to score on a 4 yard run. The extra point kick by Saleh Ali was their team’s last point of the contest.
The halftime score was 20-7.
The Celtics opened the second half with a scoring drive. Two pass plays, a 13 yarder caught by Gerard Harker and an 18 yarder by Brock Hughes was followed by a 10 yard run by Gerard Harker to bring the ball to the one yard line. Brock Hughes scored from there and Michael Briggs scored the extra points on a two-point conversion.
Austin Evans halted the ensuing Lincoln drive with his second interception of the game.
On O’Hara’s next possession starting on their own 22 yard line, team advanced all the way to Lincoln’s 18 yard line where a fumble stopped the progress. A screen pass from Michael Biggs to Brock Hughes covered most of the yardage on this drive.
As the third quarter drew to a close, Lincoln kicked a short punt to set up the last touchdown of the game.
Michael Rowe first ran for a 16 yard gain and then followed with a 38 yard scoring run.



Friday, September 6, 2013

OHara 35 Lincoln Prep 7 in Celtic's Second Football Game

With Brock Hughes and Michael Briggs scoring two touchdowns apiece, the Archbishop O’Hara High School Celtics won their game with Lincoln Prep 35-7 on September 6th.

Michael Rowe added a touchdown, Michael Briggs scored on a two-point conversion, Zack Drake kicked three extra points, and Austin Evans intercepted two passes in a game played on the O’Hara field wherein Lincoln was the home team

Rowe’s first interception at midfield set up the first Celtic TD.

Michael Briggs scored on a 3 yard keeper. For O’Hara’s second score in the first quarter, Brock Hughes went in from one yard out.

A fumble by the Blue Tigers on the 38 yard line set up O’Hara’s third six-pointer in the second quarter, a 5 yard run by Brock Hughes, but the ensuing extra point attempt was blocked.

Taking up thirteen plays, Lincoln Prep got their points before halftime Seth Fisher ran the ball in from the 4 yard line and Saleh Ali tagged on the extra point.

The only third quarter scoring was by Michael Briggs who plunged in on a quarterback sneak and also ran in the two-point conversion.

The last touchdown of the game came in the fourth quarter when Michael Rowe scampered for a 38 yard TD.


O'Hara had 398 total yards in the game, holding Linoln Prep to 145 yards.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Celtics Open Soccer Season With a 3-0 Shutout

Samuel Allen was credited with a shutout win for the Archbishop O'Hara High School soccer team in their first game of the 2013 season. Goals were scored by Noah Barrera, Noah Latendresse, and Nick Diaz in the game with Summit Christian.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

O'HARA VOLLEYBALL WIN TO START SEASON

At the METRO SPORTS VOLLEYBALL SLAM, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics team won their contest with Gardner Edgerton 25-20 and 25-14. The event was played on Saturday August 31st.