CELTICS COMPETING IN NIXA TOURNAMENT

O'HARA TOPS WILLARD FOR THIRD PLACE 80-74 while Hillcrest won the Consolation Championship beating Harrisonville 53-43 and Mount Vernon was the winner for seventh place over Aurora 66-44. ______ The game for the tournament championship was won by Hogan Prep who defeated Nixa 66-61._____ _____ _____The Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics won their first round game in the 2011 NIXA INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT on January 27 taking on the Mount Vernon Mountaineers by a score of 66-53. ______ Four O'Hara cagers led the way with Josh Rupprecht scoring 18 points and Daniel Hurtt getting 15, DJ Jackson had 13, and Jevon Lyle contributing 11. ______ Kaden Jones was the game's leading scorer with 21 points for Mount Vernon, but he was the only Mountaineer in double figures. _____The host team Nixa also advanced by winning over Harrisonville 62-45. ______ In the other bracket the scores were Willard 80 Aurora 49 and Hogan Prep 71 Hillcrest 65. ______ ______ _______ ______ O'Hara (ranked #1 in 3-A) lost to Nixa (ranked #4 in 5-A) 89-58 in the semifinal game of the tournament on the following day. _____ Five three-pointers in the first half for the Eagles helped give Nixa an advantage of 41-23 at the halfway mark and the Celtics could not rally over the large difference. _____ Leading the O'Hara offense was Josh Rupprecht who had 18 points; Jevon Lyle had a dozen. _____ Since Hogan Prep defeated Willard 81-73, they go to the Championship game to face Nixa. _____ Other second round scores were Harrisonville 66 Mount Vernon 39 and Hillcrest 53 Aurora 32. _____ ______ _______ ______ On the final day of the tournament, the Willard Tigers went ahead in the initial quarter 23-16, but the Celtics came through with a very strong second quarter pouring in 26 points while the defense held the Tigers to15. _____ Both squads had 36 points apiece in the second half. _____ DJ Jackson led all scorers with 26 points and Skyler Frazier had 24 for the Tigers. _______ In double figures for the Celtics, Daniel Hurtt had 20, Josh Rupprecht had 14, and Jevon Lyle had 10; just missing double figures Kyle Baker had 9. ______ Two other Tigers made it to double figures with Tim Huskisson getting 19 and Kyle Ruby getting 18.

Brackets for 2011 Nixa Basketball Tournament

On January 27, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics will take on Mount Vernon in the 2011 Nixa Invitational Tournament in a 4:30 PM game. _____ The winner will meet the winner of the Harrisonville-Nixa game. _____ Making up the other bracket are teams from Aurora, Hillcrest, Willard, and Hogan Prep.

CELTICS IN THE GRAIN VALLEY SONIC BASKETBALL SHOW DOWN

FIRST ROUND: Fifth seeded O'Hara Lady Celtics lost to fourth seeded Grain Valley in the first round of the 2011 Grain Valley Lady Eagles Sonic Show Down 41-28 on January 24th. _____ The game was close at the half with Grain Valley ahead by 13-12, but with 20 points scored by the Eagles in the 4th quarter, the Celtics moved into the Consolation bracket along with Center, Liberty North, and Oak Grove. _____ Pleasant Hill, Lincoln Prep, and Odessa moved into the winners' bracket. _____ Both Madison Clark and Amanda Hull had eight points in their game to lead the Celtic scoring. _____ _____ SECOND ROUND: On January 26th, the Lady Celtics qualified for the Consolation Championship game by getting by Center 48-25. _____ After the first quarter, O'Hara only led by one point but emphasizing defense, brought the halftime score to 22-15, and then followed with a 13-4 third quarter. ______ As a result, nine members of the O'Hara team scored points with Amanda Hull leading the way with 14 points. _____ Madison Clark got the game's only three-pointers cashing in on three of them for her 9 points. _____ To meet the Celtics for the Consolation Championship game on Friday, Oak Grove got past Liberty North 36-31. ______ Meanwhile Grain Valley outlasted Pleasant Hill 55-50 and Lincoln Prep coasted past Odessa 58-25 to set up the tournament's Championship. _____ _____ THIRD ROUND: On January 28th,Oak Grove with a strong fourth quarter, put down the Lady Celtics 40-34. _____ For three quarters, neither team could pull away. ______ At the half the score favored O'Hara 18-17 and at the end of three, the Celtics led 28-26. ______ Pressure from the Panthers paid its toll in the final period however. _____ The free throw line was significant in the contest wherein the Celtics cashed in on only 6 while the Panthers collected 14. _____ Kellie Bachkora and Madison Clark had the only three-point scores of the low scoring game and no one from either team reached double figures.

Some O'Hara Wrestling Results

At the wrestling dual meet at Adrian on January 24th, the brothers Ethan and Jeremy Ambrose won their matches by pinning their opponents. _______ Ethan won his in the 230 weight class and Jeremy took his in the 135 weight class._____ On January 27th, Eero Johnson pinned his heavyweight opponent from Savannah. On the same day, ______ Tyler Adams pinned his Savannah 140 lb opponent. ______ Finally in the 145 weight class Miles Womack won a 4-2 decision with a wrestler from Smithville.

O'HARA 37 WARD 35 IN GIRLS BASKETBALL

After losing in the first round of the KA-MO Classic, the O'Hara Lady Celtics won their game with Ward 37-35 to vault them in to the Consolation Championship game with Metro Academy._____ It was the third victory of the season for the young O'Hara squad. ______ However they lost to Metro Academy 60-26 while Ward went on to win their game for 7th place by beating Washington 55-22._____ The overall winner of the tournament was Blue Springs who defeated Liberty 55-36.

O'Hara Ranked #1 in 3-A Basketball

As of January 16, the Archbishop O'Hara High School team was ranked Number 1 in Missouri 3-A boys basketball having only two losses, one of which was to undefeated Kickapoo who are ranked #4 in 5-A. _____ Of the other 3-A ranked schools, only Cameron ranked #5 is undefeated, and both Marion Early (#3) and Hamilton (#6) have single losses. _____ The only area schools besides the Celtics in the top ten are Hogan (#2) and Maryville (#7). ______ The other schools in the rankings are #4 Willow Springs, #8 Kennett, #9 Dixon, and #10 Cardinal Ritter.

CELTICS IN CENTER WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

In their respective pools, the following three wrestlers from Archbishop O'Hara High School placed in the top four positions in the Center Wrestling Tournament . ______ Ethan Ambrose won second place, Eero Johnson took third place, and Jeremy Ambrose finished in fourth place.