ALUMNI GOLF TOURNEY WINNERS

At the Shamrock Golf Course in Lee's Summit, the Archbishop O'Hara High School alumni had their annual golf tournament on June 18. ______ The team of Jon Hiesberger '87, Amy Russell Hiesberger '91, Mike L. Hiesberger, and Mike A. Hiesberger won the A Flight First Place. Second Place was taken by Mark Wernsman '93, Bryan Snyder, Lisa Snyder, and Chad Snyder. _____In Flight B, first place was composed of the team of Dennis Sweeny '80, Chris Sweeny '85, Tom Garth '87, and John O'Connor '88. Taking second place was the trio of Kim Beachner '84, Dave Brage, and Danny Banderas. ______ For Flight C, Jim Monteil '84, Paul Monteil, Bob Boland, and Mark Madsen won first place while Ryan McInerney '02, Jim Edinger, Kevin Page, and Art O'Connor came in second. _____ Brian LeSage and Jim DeMarea '73 were the top two putters in the Rita Monteil Challenge. ______ Finally the results of the other five contests were Paul Bookmeyer in the 50/50 on hole #6, Ron Slepitza with the longest putt for hole #18, Chuck Norris hitting the longest drive on hole #7, Fred Geer coming closest to the pin on hole #4, and Jon Hiesberger '87 having closest to the pin on hole #16.

O'Hara Shortstop to Play in All Star Game

On June 21st, Aaron Stubblefield from Archbishop O'Hara High School will be a member of the Missouri squad in the KCMBCA ALL-STAR GAME. He will play the position of shortstop at the game scheduled for Kauffman Stadium.

STATE CHAMP SKYLER YOUNG IN SHOT PUT!

Improving each week, sophomore Skyler Young won the gold medal in the State Class 3 shot put on May 29th. ____ The Archbishop O'Hara High School athlete achieved the Championship with a distance of 41'4". _____ In the Sectionals, Young had a distance of 38'3.25" which was good enough for second place, and the previous week she took second in District with a 35'10" toss.

Football Metro Classic Kansas 26 Missouri 23

For the second year in a row, the margin in the score of the Greater Kansas City Football Coaches Association Metro Classic was three points as Kansas won over Missouri 26-23. _____ Last year Missouri won 10-7. ______ At first it looked like Missouri would come out on top, building up a 15-0 advantage, until Kansas answered with a touchdown before halftime. _____ However Kansas continued to score until reaching a 26-15 lead. _____ A touchdown followed by a two-point conversion by Missouri ended the scoring of the day. _____ _____ From the 2009 Archbishop O'Hara High School football team, Ted Dujakovich, was an offensive lineman on the Missouri roster for the game played on Thursday, June 17 at Shawnee Mission North. _____ The O'Hara Celtics had taken third in State in their Class. _____ Dujakovich had the jersey number 78 and is headed for Blue River Community College in the Fall. _____ _____ The GKCFCA Metro Classic was established in 1991 with top seniors of Missouri playing their counterparts from Kansas. _____ The Missouri team also had one of their assistant coaches, Mike Edinger, from O'Hara's coaching staff.

REESE IS FIFTH IN STATE DISCUS

Cydnee Reese from Archbishop O'Hara High School place fifth in State Class 3 in the discus event on May 28 with a distance of 125'6".

O'Hara Dance Team Members Announced

Melissa Wiehn announced the nine young ladies that will be making up the 2010-2011 O'Hara Celtics Dance Team. _____ They are Ellen Balentine, Kaitlyn Vinck, Candace Miller, Cameo Miller, Amelia Ernstmann, Apryl Denzer, Whitney Allen, Briana Rainey, and Ashley M. Jackson. _____ Among other performances, the Dance Team provide halftime entertainment during the school's home football and basketball games.

THREE CELTICS ON ALL DISTRICT BASEBALL TEAM

Senior Aaron Mitchell was named to the Class 3 District 15 All District Baseball Team along with juniors Cullen Rowland and Sam Janet. _____ Mitchell was an infielder and occasionally pitched for the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics. ______ Rowland and Janet were the pitcher and catcher combination for O'Hara. _____ A total of sixteen players were selected for All District honors. _____ O'Hara ended up in second place, losing an extra inning game to Pembroke Hill in the District Championship.