O'Hara To Play Central for District Football Championship

The Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtic football team will play the Central Blue Eagles on a Thursday Evening game October 28th. _____ Having already won a 48-28 game with the Pembroke Hill Raiders and with Westport dropped from competition, the Celtics' game with Central will likely end with O'Hara on top in their District. _____ Pembroke Hill was the victor of a shutout over Central on Friday, October 22.

O'HARA UNDEFEATED IN WCC VOLLEYBALL

October 21st was senior night for the Archbishop O'Hara High School volleyball team as the Celtics completed their West Central Conference games undefeated, downing the Clinton Cardinals 25-7 and 25-10. _____ Five seniors playing in their season's final home game who were honored with the their parents were Tori Hurtt, Michala Boehm, Lindsey Hanaway, Janell Jordan, and Emily Tyler. _____ In the first game, the Celtics built up a 9-0 lead and coasted to an easy win. _____ After an early 3-3 tie, they widened the margin of the second game at a leisurely pace. ______ District games are scheduled for October 26 and 27 to be played at Center High School.

Two O'Hara Cross Country Runners Selected to All-Conference Team

By placing 6th and 8th in the West Central Conference Championship on October 19th, Jennifer Gustin and Claire Becker were named to the Second Team All-Conference. _____ Three runners on the boys varsity team registered their best running times: Andy Meyer (17:48, 12th place), Dakota Defreece (19:54, 26th place) and Alex Wagner (20:38, 28th place). _____ Also competing in the Meet were Amy Gaston (23rd) and Mackenzie Shelton (27th).

TWO MEDAL WINNERS IN SPEECH

At the Lee's Summit Varsity Speech Tournament on October 16th with seventeen schools competing, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Speech/Forensics Team had two medalists. _____ Johanna Kelly was 4th in Original Oratory and Brianna Wright was 5th in Storytelling. _____ Beth Vernon came close advancing to the semifinals in Poetry. _____ Also receiving some superior ballots were Kierra Jackson and Cynthia Ononye in their individual competitions.

O'Hara Wins First District Football Game 48-28

Six touchdowns (one for 53 yards in the fourth quarter) by Raphael Spencer was too much for Pembroke Hill as they lost to the O'Hara Celtics 48-28 on October 15th in the first round of District football games. _____ O'Hara's next District opponent was to be Westport but the game was cancelled after the school closed its doors this past summer. _____ The Celtics play on the following Thursday against Central. _____ _____A pass from Jake Fortin to Brandon Dennis for a 6 yard TD in the first quarter gave O'Hara an early lead; the Celtics covered 68 yards in ten plays for the only points scored in the first period. _____ A 32 yard pass from Jacob Gershon to David Kipke four minutes into the second quarter put the Raiders on the board, but David Kipke's extra point kick failed and the Celtics had a slim 7-6 lead. _____ Julian Gidley's extra point kick made the difference and he would continue to be successful in all but one of the remaining extra points of the game. _____ Two touchdowns were scored on runs of 15 yards and 8 yards by Raphael Spencer before halftime at which time the score became 21-6. _____ The Raiders were able to tie up the score at 21-21 at the beginning of the third quarter with two TD's, one was a 7 yard run by Marquelle Smith and the other a 3 yard pass from Gershon to Kipke. _____ Following this first touchdown Marquelle Smith ran in a two-point conversion and Kipke kicked the extra point after the second one. ______ Spencer went back to work to break the tie scoring on a 47 yard run before the third quarter was over, and adding an 18 yard TD run at the start of the fourth quarter. _____ Pembroke Hill narrowed the margin to 35-28 on a short 4 yard touchdown run by Dylen Sen, but that wes the end of the Raiders' scoring. _____ Spencer was in the endzone twice more on runs of 53 yards and 4 yards beore the game came to an end. _____ _____ Spencer was again among the area's rushing leaders with 294 yards to go with his six touchdowns. _____ O'HARA SCHOOL TOP TEN: Raphael Spencer has a career total of 2938 yards and is now in second place to Matt Patterson who hold the school record of 5396 yard. ______ Spencer is also second in career scoring with 301 with Patterson holding the #1 spot with 346. _____ Junior Julian Gidley is now tied with Shawn Geraghty for 6th place in most career extra points made with a total of 48.

TWO VOLLEYBALL WINS FOR CELTICS

On October 12th, the Archbishop O'Hara High School volleyball team were victorious when they hosted and won over the Shawnee Mission East Lancers 25-15 and 25-18. _____ On the following day, after taking the first match 25-6 with Center, the Celtics shut out the Yellowjackets 25-0 with Michala Boehm serving for all the O'Hara points.

Four Celtics Names to All-Conference Softball Team

Andi Davis and Kellie Bachkora were name to the First Team All West Central Conference as infielders. _____ Named to the Second Team were Allison Seck as a utility player and Natalie Berigan as an outfielder.