Saturday, October 11, 2014

Football Loss O'Hara 9 Center 21

The Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics football team could not hold on to a 9-0 first quarter lead on October 10 with the Center Yellowjackets and yielded three touchdowns to drop a 21-9 decision.

Austin Evans opened the scoring on a 61 yard pass play from Michael Briggs but the extra point kick failed. Zach Drake did add a 22 yard field goal before the second period got under way.

Tony Caldwell, who had 138 yards on 21 carries, scored Center's first TD on a five yard run. The score at the half was 9-7 when Jay Stephenson's extra point kick was good.

A three yard touchdown later by Caldwell gave the Yellowjackets their lead to which they added an insurance TD by DeMarcus Burns.

O'Hara is now 7-1 for the season. Next up for the Celtics is at Warrensburg.

Center will be meeting Smith-Cotton and Clinton faces Nevada to close out the other West Central Conference games. Saint Pius is the only team to have completed this year's Conference games.

O'Hara is 4-1 in the Conference, followed by Saint Pius 4-2, Center 3-2, Warrensburg 3-2, Smith-Cotton 2-3, Nevada 1-4, and Clinton 0-5.

Even with the upset loss, the 7-1 Celtics are ranked third by MaxPreps for 3A Missouri schools. Leading the way are undefeated Maryville and California. The teams listed between #4 and #11 are Monett (6-2), Oak Grove (6-2), Burroughs (7-1), Park Hills Central (8-0), Blair Oaks (6-2), Mountain Grove (7-1), Ava (7-1), and Hogan (8-0).

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