SCHEDULE OF 2009-2010 BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL

O’Hara 2009-2010 Boys Basketball Schedule : Tuesday, Dec 01 @ Smithville R-2 High School 7:00PM _____ Friday, Dec 04 @ Pembroke Hill School 7:00PM _____ Friday, Dec 11 @ St. James Academy 7:00PM _____ Monday, Dec 14 St. Pius X High School-Kansas City 7:00PM _____ Tuesday, Dec 15 @ Center Senior High School 7:00PM _____ Thursday, Dec 17 @ Smith-Cotton High School 7:00PM _____ Saturday, Dec 19 @ Hy-VEE Shoot Out (Miege) @ Avila 8:30PM _____ Tuesday, Dec 22 Warrensburg High School 7:00PM _____ Saturday, Dec 26 @ William Jewell TBA _____ Sunday, Dec 27 @ William Jewell TBA _____ Friday, Jan 08 @ Rockhurst High School 7:00PM _____ Tuesday, Jan 12 @ St. Pius X High School-Kansas City 7:00PM _____ Monday, Jan 18 @ Lee Summit Boys Basketball 1/18-1/22 TBA _____ Tuesday, Jan 26 Smith-Cotton High School 7:00PM _____ Thursday, Jan 28 @ Nixa Tournament TBA _____ Friday, Feb 05 @ Clinton High School 6:00PM _____ Monday, Feb 08 Hogan Preparatory Academy 7:00PM _____ Friday, Feb 12 @ Warrensburg High School 7:00PM _____ Wednesday, Feb 17 Clinton High School 7:00PM _____ Friday, Feb 19 Center Senior High School 7:00PM _____ Monday, Feb 22 Districts TBA

O'Hara Accomplishments in 2009 Football

Only two Missouri 3-A football teams surpassed the 12-2 O'Hara Celtics in 2009. _____ Undefeated Bowling Green topped Priory 20-7 to meet once-defeated Cassville who dropped the Celtics 23-7. They play next weekend for the State Championship. Priory ended their season with a 7-7 record. _____ SCHOOL RECORDS: Raphael Spencer led the Celtics during the season in rushing with 1,454 yards to advance to 5th place for a single season, and is presently in 8th place in career rushing yards with a total of 1,640 with another year to go. _____ Senior T. J. White completed 9 passes in the semifinal game to make this season his second best at O'Hara. He holds the season record of 1,919 yards on 92 completions done last year, and this year had 1,545 yards on 88 completions. From his sophomore year, he also holds down the 4th place behind Ryan McNamara '98. He finishes his O'Hara career passing top position with a grand total of 240 completions for 4,587 yards. _____ Senior Aaron Stubblefield caught three passes in the semifinal game which was enough to tie Matt Morrison '98 for #1 for a single season with 35 catches and Stubblefield finished his career at O'Hara in 2nd place among the school's best with 53 receptions for 1,254 yards. Only Joe Pepple from last year's squad had a better career total with 68 receptions for 1,259 yards. _____ Senior Joe Melchior caught two passes in the semifinal game. With this, he moved into 8th place in career receptions with 31, and only nine receivers topped his 22 catches for a single season. _____ Senior Louis Golden holds the #6 place in the top ten miscellaneous career points on defense. This included his 281 tackles,2 blocked kicks, 7.5 quarterback sacks, and 5 recovered fumbles. _____ Sophomore Julian Gidley tied Bryce Scovill '05 and Kevin Furey '90 for 6th place for a single season with his extra point conversion in the semifinal game; all three had 29 apiece. _____ In their fantastic season, the Celtics scored 32 or more points in all but three games, and only once did they fail to score at least 20 points. _____ The team had two shutouts and their only loss prior to the semifinal game was by 8 points to 4-A Smith-Cotton, the winner of the West Central Conference. _____ O'Hara scored a total of 502 points for an average of 35.86 per game. _____ Raphael Spencer was the team's leading scorer with 29 touchdowns and three 2-point conversons for 180 points. _____ T. J. White was second in scoring with 114 points on 18 touchdowns and three 2-point conversions. _____ The next four scorers were Aaron Stubblefield with 44 points, Terrell Johnson with 42 points, Joe Melchior with 35 points, and Louis Golden with 34 points.

O'HARA LOSES SEMIFINAL FOOTBALL GAME 23-7

For the first time in fourteen games, the O'Hara Celtic football team failed to score 20 points and at least three touchdowns as they lost 23-7 to the Cassville Wildcats on Saturday, November 21st. _____ Ending their season 12-2, the Celtics had outlasted 28 of the 32 teams that made postseason play in qualifying for the State's final four. _____ Entering the fourth quarter, O'Hara was down by only three points at 10-7, but Joseph Gouvion and Trevor Tanner scored on touchdown runs of 33 yards and 9 yards in the final quarter to seal the win. _____ At the start of the game the Wildcats scored first on a 21 yard run by Joseph Gouvion and Matt Angel kicked the extra point. _____ The Celtics came back with a breakaway run by Raphael Spencer for 31 yards and Julian Gidley kicked the extra point that tied up the game. _____ The score could have remained tied for half time, but an ill-advised O'Hara pass interception on a fourth down play gave the Celtics the ball on their own 8 yard line instead of the original line of scrimmage on the 27 yard line. ______ The Wildcats eventually profited from this gift because with just three seconds left to the half, they were close enough for Matt Angel to nail a field goal. _____ Neither team showed much spark in the third quarter as the game stayed close. _____ After the game was out of reach in the fourth quarter, the Celtics came alive starting from their own 24 yard line and got as close as the 11 yard line. _____ In this display of offensive comeback, T. J. White completed a 20 yard pass to Joe Melchior, ran for a 24 yard gain and a first down, and passed to Aaron Stubblefield for 15 yards. _____ _____ _____ ONE WEEK LATER CASSVILLE DEFEATED THE PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN BOWLING GREEN 24-7 WHICH LEAVES NO MISSOURI 3-A TEAM UNDEFEATED. O'HARA LOST BY A SLIGHTLY CLOSER SCORE TO CASSVILLE THAN BOWLING GREEN. PRIORY, THE FOURTH TEAM IN THE FINAL FOUR, LOST TO BOWLING GREEN. THUS O'HARA COULD BE CONSIDERED THIRD BEST IN THE STATE. . .

O'Hara's Wyatt and Huber Help Missouri win in MO/KAN Volleyball _____ Selected among the top twelve seniors in volleyball from Missouri, O'Hara's Katie Huber and Jordyn Wyatt played in the small school division of the November 15th MO/KAN All-Star Game at Avila College. _____ The Missouri squad lost the first set 20-25 but came back to take the second and third 25-18 and 25-12. _____ Both Celtic players had been named to their All-District First Team.

More O'Hara Football Stats after 13 games

Raphael Spencer ran for 280 yards against Pleasant Hill (averaging 17.5 yards per carry) and moved into 6th place among the O'Hara Top Ten Rushers for a season with a total of 1,391 yards. His career total at O'Hara over two seasons is 2,578 yards placing him in the 9th position. _____ Julian Gidley moved into a tie for 6th place for the most extra points made in a single season. In the Pleasant Hill game, he connected on six to increase to 29, tying him with Kevin Furey '90 and Bryce Scovill '05 just one shy of Ben Dollins '99. Gidley needs three more to tie Jason Jacob '02-'04 for 10th place in career extra points made (and could do it in a single season).

WOW: O'HARA 50 PLEASANT HILL 49

O'HARA REACHES FINAL FOUR IN STATE _____ At one time in the close State 3-A quarterfinal game between the O'Hara Celtics and the Pleasant Hill Roosters, O'Hara led 35-7. But Pleasant Hill chipped away until eventually leading 49-42 with 2:72 remaining in the game. _____ With 0:35 on the clock, the Celtics rallied to make the score 50-49, and their defense held on for the win. _____ So close was the contest that there were a number of parallels. _____ Both Raphael Spencer for O'Hara and Matt Hertzog for Pleasant Hill scored five touchdowns apiece. Louis Golden and Jake Warren scored on pass plays for their respective teams. _____ Justin Starks returned a punt to offset a touchdown catch by Aaron Stubblefield. _____ Raphael Spencer and Cody Todd ran in two-point conversions. _____ The difference ultimately was in the kicked extra points. Sophomore Julian Gidley won that battle succeeding with six while senior Jake Goosey missed one of his six attempts. _____ HOW THE 99 POINTS OCCURRED _____ At the beginning of the game, the Celtics scored on their third play of the game, a 65 yard TD run by Raphael Spencer [7-0]. _____ On the Roosters' sixth play, Raphael Spencer picked up a loose fumble and returned for a 58 yard score [14-0]. _____ In Six plays, the Roosters halved the score to 14-7 on Matt Hertzog's 11 yard run. _____ On the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Raphael Spencer broke free for a 72 yard TD run [21-7]. _____ The Celtics methodically advanced the ball from their own 22 yard line, and in eight plays increased the score to 28-7 on T. J. White's 21 yard pass to Louis Golden. _____ In O'Hara's next possession, Raphael Spencer had runs of 48 yards, 13 yards, and 21 yards, the last of which was for a touchdown [35-7]. _____ The momentum changed drastically from here on. The Roosters scored the next five TD's. ____ First was a 7 yard run by Matt Hertzog [35-14]. _____ Next was a punt run back by Justin Starks which made the half time score 35-21. _____ Cody Todd, on a fourth down play, connected with Jake Warren for a 29 yard touchdown [35-27] but the Roosters failed to cash in on an extra point. _____ Matt Hertzog added a 19 yard TD to tie the score at the end of the third quarter. _____ Putting the Roosters ahead for the first time in the game, Matt Hertzog scored from 16 yards out and the team benefitted by Cody Todd's two-point conversion [42-35]. _____ Eight plays later, Raphael Spencer ran for a 14 yard touchdown tying the score at 42-42. _____ It took the Roosters thirteen plays, but they managed to retake the lead 49-42 while eating up valuable time on the clock. The six point score was a 2 yarder by Matt Hertzog. _____ 2:12 remained in the game. Andre Jordan covered the on-side kick attempt on the 46 yard line. After two short passes to Aaron Stubblefield and and Joe Melchior, T. J. White completed a 19 yard touchdown pass to Aaron Stubblefield with 35 seconds on the clock. _____ With Spencer's two-point conversion, O'Hara moved back into the final lead 50-49. _____ The Roosters got to the 21 yard line with time running out and tried a long field goal, but Jake Goosey's kick was wide to the right.

O'Hara's Boehm Is Athlete of the Week

With four All-State volleyball players from the Archbishop O'Hara High School 3-A State Champions to choose from, Michala Boehm was named ATHLETE OF THE WEEK by the Kansas City Star on November 13th. _____ Her 17 kills in the State final was a strong boost in influencing the panel as the Celtics defeated Villa Duchesne 25-16 & 25-13 for the State Title. _____ Boehm had 47 kills as a middle hitter in the games against the other teams that made the final four. Her "kill efficiency" was .482 for the weekend. _____ Michala Boehm is a junior and was named First Team All State along with senior Katie Huber and juniors Tori Hurtt and Lindsey Hanaway.