Two From O'Hara to Play in MO-KAN ALL STAR BASKETBALL GAME

Seniors Alex Smith and Hailey Houser, who played on the O'Hara girls Third Place Team in State basketball, were selected on the Missouri squad for the MO-KAN ALL-STAR game scheduled for April 4th at the Independence Events Center at 2 PM. _____ Smith was a guard on the Celtics' team and was one of the team's top scorers and especially accurate with three-point shots. _____ Houser averaged over 13 points per game, had over 10 rebounds per game, and had an average of 3.5 blocks per game. She shot 63% from the filed and 78% for free throws.

SCORES FROM WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE BOWL

Archbishop O'Hara won the Championship in the West Central Conference Academic Knowledge Bowl on March 26th by winning all three round robin games. ______ First to fall was Saint Pius by a 180-140 score. _____Warrensburg was next scoring 200 points to the Celtics' 230 points. _____ In the final round O'Hara topped Smith-Cotton 220-150. _____ Clinton and Center did not field teams. ______ Warrensburg came in second defeating Smith-Cotton 300-120 and Saint Pius by a close 210-200 score. _____ Saint Pius was third winning over Smith-Cotton 250-60. _____ Mike Berney from O'Hara was the individual leader in the tournament with a total of 310 for an average of 10.33 per game. _____ The next two individuals were Antony Cherion from Saint Pius with 250 points with an average of 8.33 per game and Sean Reed from Warrensburg with 150 points averaging 5 points per game. _____ Mike Berney was the only senior on the Championship Team; the others on the team were juniors Josh Bonello and Andy Meyer and sophomore Kierra Jackson.

Celtics Win Twice to Open Baseball Season

In a five inning game with Cullen Rowland pitching the first three innings and Austin Pearcy finishing off a no-hitter, the O'Hara Celtics won the first game of their 2010 season 14-0 against Van Horn. _____ Rowland provided much of the offense with six RBI's on three hits and Alex Gaul-Pearson contributed two RBI's. _____ Raytown also fell to the Celtics in a 15-5 contest with Jake Solcum pitching a three hitter. He struck out eight batters. _____ With bases loaded, Aaron Mitchell homered. Sam Janet had three hits in the game and Logan Halil had two.

O'HARA WINS ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP

Archbishop O'Hara High School won the West Central Conference Academic Knowledge Bowl varsity championship on March 26th and took second place in the junior varsity division. _____ O'Hara had won the Conference Championship in 2005 and 2008; last year Saint Pius had won it. _____ None of the other teams fielded a freshman team to oppose the Celtics on that level so three O'Hara ninth graders were moved up to the junior varsity team. ____ Mike Berney, Andy Meyer, Josh Bonello, and Kierra Jackson each won varsity medals for winning the First Place plaque. _____ Sophomores Jake Fortin and Jeff Best were joined by freshmen Tony Darling, Claire Banderas, and Alex Coutree to make up a five-person JV squad. ______ Freshmen Maddie Champion, James Campo, and James Bradish who have been on the O'Hara Academic Bowl roster since January did not compete. _____ On Friday on the varsity level, the Celtics were 3-0 in round robin play with Saint Pius, Warrensburg, and the host team Smith-Cotton. _____ O'Hara's closest win of the evening was 230-200 against Warrensburg which went down to the final questions. _____ This year Saint Pius won the junior varsity division. _____ Center and Clinton declined to field any teams this year. ______ Next year's competition is scheduled for Warrensburg.

Newest Twist on Academic Knowledge Bowl

On March 22nd, word was received that the competition for the West Central Academic Knowledge Bowl will not start until 6:00 PM on March 26th. _____ It will take place at the Smith-Cotton Junior High with parking on Massachusetts Street in Sedala. _____ Competition is expected to go all the way to 9:00 which will return the O'Hara participants to Kansas City as late as 10:30 PM. _____ O'Hara has a varsity team plus a team that can either compete as a junior varsity team or as a freshman team since all the members are from the 9th grade. _____ It will be the first time the event is scheduled for a Friday instead of a Saturday, and the first time it will not be in the morning. _____ The Conference is supposed to have competition on the varsity level, junior varsity level, and freshman level, but last year at Saint Pius, there were no junior varsity nor freshman games. _____ For the past eleven years when Brother Richard replaced Lanus Setzer as the moderator, O'Hara has fielded all three teams even when the other schools failed to. _____ Prior to Brother Richard's time, there were three levels of competition as well.

O'Hara Wrestlers Honored

On March 21st, the 2010 Archbishop O'Hara High School wrestling team were honored at a ceremony in the school's Commons. _____ In addition to the top honors for Travis Peter for making Second in State in the 125 lb weight class, nine other wrestlers received recognition. Peter holds two school records, the most wins in a season and the most career wins. _____ Louis Golden, a senior who went to State by taking fourth in the District, was awarded the Most Valuable Wrestler Award. _____ Danijo Adams, the lone junior on the team, received a plaque for Most Improved. _____ The Rookie of the Year Award was presented to freshman Peyton Franklin and the Mat Rat Award was won by sophomore Jake Fortin. _____ Coach Greg Northern in presenting the awards spoke of perseverence. attitude, improvement, hope, skills, understanding, challenge, confidence, and getting experience.

TOP 4-A GIRLS BASKETBALL 2010

Webb City (30-1 and State Champs) and O'Hara (24-7 and Third in State) are the the only two 4-A girls Missouri teams to end their seasons with a win. Notre Dame Cape Girardeau (26-5) came in Second Place losing to Webb City and Saint Dominic (25-5) was Fourth losing to O'Hara 40-37.