UNDEFEATED O'HARA LEADS IN WCC FOOTBALL

On September 9, the Archbishop O'Hara High School football team took sole possession of first place in the WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE when they won their game with Warrensburg while Saint Pius X lost an overtime contest with Clinton. _____ The Celtics' 2-0 Conference record places them ahead of second place Saint Pius X whose record became 2-1. _____ Tied for third place with 1-1 records are Clinton and Smith-Cotton. ______ Yet to win a Conference game are Center (0-1) and Warrensburg (0-2). _______ ________ _________Ronnie Sailer became the Celtics' leading scorer with 26 points on four touchdowns and a two-point conversion. _____ Brandon Dennis has 18 points on three touchdowns and is followed by Julian Gidley with 14 points on eleven extra points and a field goal. ______D. J. Griffin and Brett Coatney each scored two touchdowns and Jake Fortin and Tanner Hull each have one. _____ _____ ______ On September 12th, the underclassmen played in a rather novel arrangement. _____ The two frehman squads played for the first two quarters and the JY teams played for the third and fourth quarters. ______ The Celtics won the combined contest 27-14.

O'Hara Celtics 28 Warrensburg Tigers 7

The Archbishop O'Hara High School football team trailed the Warrensburg Tigers until there were six minutes remaining in the third quarter, and then went on to post a 28-7 victory on September 9. ______ The Tigers scored on their first possession with a 94 yard scoring drive._____ The touchdown was on a 25 yard pass from Sam White to T. J. Cutler and Ram Hoyer added the extra point. ______ The Tigers did not score again in the game, but had a 7-0 lead going into the second quarter._______ The Celtics got six points on a two yard run by Ronnie Sailer in the second quarter, the big play in the drive was a 32 yard gain on a Jake Fortin to D. J. Griffin pass. _____ A bad snap prevented an extra point kick and the Celtics were down 7-6. _____ Just before the half, the Celtics appeared to get a touchdown with 45 seconds remaining in the second quarter, but a catch by Brandon Dennis in the corner of the end zone was ruled incomplete. _____ Julian Gidley tried a field goal with 25 seconds left to the half, but it went wide to the right. _____ In the third quarter, the turning point of the game was an interception by D. J. Griffin along with a return for 46 yards! _____ Six plays later, Brett Coatney caught an eight yard pass for a touchdown for O'Hara's first lead of the game at 12-7. ______ Ronnie Sailer was able to run for a 2 point conversion and bring the score to 14-7 by the end of the quarter. _____ In the final quarter, the Tigers gambled on a fourth down at midfield but had to give up the ball on downs. ______ O'Hara marched down to the 21 yard line where Ronnie Sailer broke through to boost the O'Hara advantage to 21-7. _____ A successful on-side kick returned the ball to the Celtics and set up a drive for the last points of the contest. _____ Having field position at the 34 yard line, the offense used eight plays to reach pay dirt. _____A 21 yard pass completion from Jake Fortin to Tanner Hull kept the drive alive as well as a fourth down short run by Jake Fortin. ______Ronnie Sailer ran in from one yard away for the TD. _____ The Tigers tried to get something going via passing but gave up the ball on incomplete tosses. ______ O'Hara cranked out yards all the way down to the one yard line and then let the time run out.

O'HARA OPENS CROSS COUNTRY SEASON

On Saturday, September 3, the Archbishop O'Hara High School cross country team opened their season at the Saint Mary's Invitational. _____ The meet consisted of three races, one for boys, one for girls, and a first year run. _____ In the boys division, the Celtics were 10th of 12 teams and Blake Hudon was O'Hara's only medalist finishing in fifth place. _____ The four others making up the team were Dakota Defreece, Corbett McKinney, Thaddeus Green, and Ronald Clark. _____ O'Hara did not field a complete team in the girls division but had two medalists in Claire Becker (13th) and Katelyn Gutteridge (29th). _____ In the race for first year runners, O'Hara had four who earned medals. ______ J. D. Meyer was 4th, Aidan Eckart came in 8th, Sean Christianson was 10th, and Jeremy Ambrose finished 13th.

O'Hara Takes a 28-14 Football Win Over Clinton

O'Hara pass receiver Brandon Dennis scored three of the Celtics' touchdowns along the way to a 28-14 West Central Conference win at Clinton on September 2nd. _____ Tanner Hull accounted for O'Hara's final TD and Julian Gidley provided all four extra points. _____ A 42 yard pass play from Jake Fortin to Brandon Dennis put O'Hara ahead 7-0 in the first quarter. _____ In the second period, Fortin connected with Brandon Dennis for a 74 yard TD and a 14-0 halftime advantage. ______ The Clinton Cardinals, relying mostly on their running game, kept a drive alive in the third quarter to eventuallyscore on a 3 yard run by quarterback Chris Sidfrid; Gabe Suthoff's extra point was good to bring the score to 14-7 to start the fourth quarter. _____ With six minutes remaining in the game, Brandon Dennis made an oustanding catch in the endzone giving the Celtics some breathing room with a score of 21-7. _____ Adding to that with less than a full minute left in the game, Tanner Hull scored on a 1 yard run. ______ But the game did not end at 28-7. Following a kickoff that went out of bounds, Tanner Perry carried for the cardinals 65 yards as the clock ran out of time and the home team got their second TD. _____ Gabe Suthoff had 107 yards rushing for Clinton and Ronnie Sailer had 105 yards for the Celtics. _____ Jake Fortin had 12 completions, ten of which were to Brandon Dennis. _____ With his three receptions in this game, Brandon Dennis is in 4th place among O'Hara receivers, one catch behind Danny Hernandez. ____Jake Fortin passed for 212 yards in this contest. _____ Chris Sidfrid wasn't so successful for the Cardinals completing one pass in four attempts and was intercepted twice (by jorge Belcher and Ronnie Sailer). ______ In O'Hara's two games this season, they haven't given up any points in the second quarter. _____ _____ ______ On Monday, the O'Hara JV, with Cardell Miller quarterbacking, beat the Cardinals 32-14. _______ The game was played as a part of a doubleheader following the O'Hara freshman team's 19-14 win against Oak Grove. ______ It was the freshman squad's second game of the season having lost a close 21-20 game with Saint Thomas Aquinas earlier in the young season.

FORTIN QUARTERBACKS INTO LEADER LIST

As of the 38-14 football win with Grandview, Jake Fortin made his mark among the leading passers at Archbishop O'Hara High School. _____ He completed 18 in the game; T.J. White had held the O'Hara record with 17 since 2007. _____ Fortin matched Ryan McNamara for the most passes attempted in a game with 32; Ryan had set the record in 1998. _____ As for yards gained via passing in a single game, Fortin had 280 yards for third place (T. J. White had two games with 287 and 288 yards in 2008). _____ In the category of most yards per attempt in a game, Fortin moved into fourth place with a 10 yards per attempt. Only T. J. White, Jesse Thomas, and Kyle O'Neill topped him. _____ _____ _____ Jake Fortin's successes are reflective of the outstanding pass receiving of Brandon Dennis who also moved among O'Hara's top performers. _____ He caught 11 passes in the Grandview game to lead in most pass receptions in an individual game (the previous high was 9 by Matt Morrison in 1998). _____ Dennis already holds the record of 192 yards for most yards in a game established last year. In the Grandview game he also took over second place with 187 yards. _____

O'Hara Soccer Team Opens Season with 2-1 Victory

Colton Ludwig, a forward on the Archbishop O'Hara High School soccer team, provided the offensive scoring in the Celtics' 2-1 win with the Belton Pirates to open their season on August 29. _____ With an assist from Kevin Henderson, Ludwig gave the O'Hara team a 1-0 halftime advantage. ______ Belton tied the score at 1-1 getting a shot past goalie Jeff Best, but the Celtic defense wouldn't allow any further damage. ____ The deep defensive play of Nick Hanaway and John Tyler kept the ball away while not to be forgotten was the duo Jason Jarquio and Anthony Scassaletti who made sure the opponents remained midfield at best. _____ Connor Burke was fouled near the goal drawing a penalty kick and Colton Ludwig kicked in the winning goal.

GIDLEY MOVES UP IN KICKING STATS

With his five extra points kicked in Archbishop O'Hara High School's 38-14 football win over Grandview, senior Julian Gidley reached 62 to place him third in the Celtics' all time most extra points made by kicking. _____ Bryce Scovill (2005-2008) has the O'Hara record with 128 and Kevin Furey (1990-1992) is second with 72. ______ Prior to Friday's game Gidley was tied at 57 with Joe Palmer (1996-1998).