Saturday, September 27, 2014

Football Win O'Hara 42 Smith-Cotton 34

Although the Sedalia Smith-Cotton Tigers nearly caught up in the third quarter, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics held on to win their football game 42-34 on September 26

At one time in the second quarter the Celtics were well ahead 27-7. Sedalia got a one yard TD by Ricky Warren to close the gap a bit.

The Tigers scored three times in he second half to bring the score to 35-34 but failed on a two-point conversion attempt and did not take the lead. A 5 yard run by Noah Aziere, and two passes of 33 yards and 28 yards by Steven Archambault to Caleb Reed and Dalton Zarembra provided twenty points.

O'Hara scored one more touchdown, and with the help of an interception on the 12 yard line with less than a minute left in the game, the Celtics won by a margin of eight points.

For the Celtics, the leading rusher was Gerald Harker with 66 total yards and three touchdowns. The leading receiver was Zach Drake with 111 yards and one touchdown. Peyton Jones and Michael Rowe had interceptions while Jayden Hudson had a quarterback sack.

Austin Evans had a touchdown and Brock Hughes ran for 38 yards. Zach Drake kicked O'Hara's extra points and Michael Briggs was 7 for 13 in passing for 167 yards, throwing for two TD's and running for one two-point conversion.

O'Hara remained undefeated for the season and Sedalia went to 1-2 in the West Central Conference.

O'Hara's Homecoming game is with Saint Pius X this weekend.

Saturday, September 20, 2014

O'Hara Football Rank 8th in MO Class 3

After five games of the 2014 football season, the Celtics from Archbishop O'Hara High School are ranked 8th in 3A Missouri competition.

The top nine teams in the rankings are undefeated.

The seven schools ranked ahead of the Celtics are California, Reeds Spring, Hogan, Mountain Grove, Central from Park Hills, Maryville, and Soldan. Also undefeated but ranked behind O'Hara is Osage.

Football Win O'Hara 48 Central KC 6

The undefeated Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics won 48-6 on September 19 in a non-Conference game with the Central Blue Eagles. The win brought O'Hara's record to 5-0.

With two touchdowns in the first quarter, the Celtics jumped to a 14-0 advantage. They were on short runs by Michael Rowe and Gerard Harker.

By halftime, O'Hara built up a lead of 41 points so the second half was played with a running clock.

Zach Drake scored on two pass plays from Michael Briggs, one for 11 yards and one just before the half. The other two TD's were on a run by sophomore Jaylon Mosley and an an electrifying 51 yard pass caught by Jordan Supplee.

The home team added 7 points in the third quarter on a run by sophomore Peyton Jones and the Blue Eagles got on the scoreboard with 6 points in the last quarter of the game on a run by Cornelius Hampton.

Prior to the evening's contest, the Kansas City Star ranked the O'Hara team 4th among the area small schools. The top three squads were Miege, Kearney, and Piper. Center was named to the 5th spot.

For those interested, here are the scores of the other West Central Conference teams that played on September 19th:
Warrensburg 44 Clinton 6
Nevada 35 Smith-Cotton 26
Saint Pius 23 Center 13

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Football Win O'Hara 42 Nevada 7

The Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics football team won their fourth game of the season by beating the Nevada Tigers 42-7. The Celtics are 2-0 in the West Central Conference.

In the first half, Brock Hughes scored O'Hara's first two touchdowns on runs of 4 and 9 yards. Michael Briggs added another on a quarterback sneak.

In the third quarter, Zach Drake had a touchdown on a pass from Michael Briggs covering 24 yards. This was followed by the Tigers' only TD of the game, an 11 yard run by Chaden Brandt.

Two touchdowns, each for 30 yards, were picked up by the Celtics with a pass reception by Zach Drake and by a run by Gerard Harker.

Zack Drake hauled in a long 28 yard pass in the end zone for O'Hara's final tally, and the game continued with a running clock.

Going into the evening's contest, the Celtics were ranked 6th in MSHSAA Class 3 behind Blair Oaks, Raytown South, Willard, Miller Academy, and Blue Springs South. O'Hara was ranked just ahead of West Plains, Pattonville, Smithville, and Stafford. The only two teams that were not undefeated were Raytown South and Smithville. The rankings may be changing however inasmuch as Blair Oaks lost in their fourth game of the year.

Next game for the Celtics is with KC Central at O'Hara.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

O'Hara Freshman Awarded Hibernian Scholarship

Diana de la Cruz, a freshman at Archbishop O'Hara High School, was one of four who won scholarships at the Irish Cultural Center by the Ancient Order Of Hibernia last month.

The other three winners were students from Saint Pius X and Saint James Academy in Shawnee, Kansas.

The application for the scholarship included contact information, a brief biography, and a resume stating why the candidate is worthy of the award.

Service to school, church, and community along with school transcripts were submitted, and the process involved a 500 word essay on a topic related to the history of Ireland.

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Football Win O'Hara 44 Clinton 6

The Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics football team won their first West Central Conference game of the 2014 season by handing the Clinton Cardinals a 44-6 loss. O'Hara's record increased to 3-0, and they have outscored their opponents 124-50.

Two very short runs by Michael Briggs and Gerard Harker opened the evening's scoring, and the Celtics cashed in on a 73 yard pass play from Michael Briggs to Michael Rowe in the first quarter. O'Hara had a lead of 21-0.

The only points of the second quarter were by Gerard Harker on an eight yard run along with Zach Drakes's extra point to make the halftime score 28-0.

Zach Drake scored in the third quarter on a 30 yard pass and Austin Evans added a long 58 yard TD run. The Celtic defense did their part with a two-point safety by Maverick Griffin while Carter Halil and Derek Jordan each accounted for two quarterback sacks.

As the game closed, the Cardinals scored six points on a pass play from Jacob Goucher to Haydon Wilson, but no extra point was attempted.

The Celtics entered the game ranked 8th in 3A State competition after winning the game with Oak Grove who were ranked 9th. Maryville was ranked #1, followed by John Burroughs, Blair Oaks, California, Mountain Grove, Park Hill Central, and Ava.

As for 3A District 7, only Odessa and O'Hara have 3-0 records. Others in that District are Hogan Prep (2-0), Oak Grove (2-1), K C Central (1-1), Southwest Early (1-2), Clinton (0-3) and Pembroke Hill (0-3.

As for the West Central Conference, with four games having been played, O'Hara, Center, Saint Pius X and Smith-Cotton have 1-0 records, Warrensburg and Clinton are 0-1, and Nevada is 0-2.

Next game: Nevada.