O'HARA BEGINS CONFERENCE BASKETBALL WITH A WIN

In a game that was scheduled to be played at Saint Pius, the Archbishop O'Hara Celtics boys basketball team won handily 70-47 in the O'Hara gym. ______ The game had to move due to electrical problems. _____ Building up a six point lead in the first quarter, the Celtics surged ahead 35-20 by halftime. _____ Nine O'Hara players scored in the runaway contest with Daniel Hurtt leading the way with 21 points. _____ Nine free throws along with three baskets gave Rayshaun McDonald 15 tallies and Kyle Baker was in double figures with 12, half of which came from two three-point shots. _____ ______ The Warriors from Saint Pius won the preceding girls game 38-29, but the lead changed hands until midway through the third quarter when the Celtis were last ahead 24-23. _____ Cydnee Reese led the O'Hara scorers with 9 followed by Alexa Williams wih 7.

O'Hara Opens Basketball Season With A Win

The Archbishop O'Hara High School boys basketball team hosted the Renaisance Warriors on November 22 and won 82-67. ______ A trio of players accounted or the lion's share of the scoring. ______ Daniel Hurtt led the way with 29 points much of which was around the basket. ______ Kyle Baker had 25 points, 12 of which came from three-pointers in the third quarter. ______ Rayshaun McDonald not only served as playmaker and layup artist, but also put in 15 of the Celtics' points. _____ O'Hara led the entire game, but nearing the end of the first half, the Warriors had a 9-1 run to bring the contest to a close 38-36 score. _____ At halftime, the Celtics were ahead 41-36. _____ The Celtics then outscored the Warriors by ten points in the third quarter when Baker hit his four treys and McDonald added one of his own. _____ The final quarter started with a 66-51 score and both teams were held to 16 points for the rest of the game.______ Jamin Hill had 18 points and Jabbar had 11; they were the only two Warriors in double figures.

FIVE CELTICS ON ALL DISTRICT SOCCER TEAM

The Archbishop O'Hara High School soccer team had five members named to the Class 1, District 14 ALL DISTRICT TEAM. _____ They were goalkeeper Jeff Best, midfielders Pat Berney & Julian Gidley, and defenders John Tyler & Nick Hanaway. _____ Ten other athletes from KC Lutheran and Barstow were also named to the All District team.

O'Hara 7 Richmond 51 in Quarterfinals

O'HARA STOPPED AT QUARTERFINALS BY RICHMOND AGAIN For the second year in a row, the Archbishop O'Hara High School Celtics football team made it to the quarterfinals and were stopped by the Richmond Spartans. The score this year was 51-7. Last year Richmond went on to win the State Title. _____ Without the services of Ronnie Sailer, O'Hara's leading scorer with 80 points this season, the Celtics were not able to muster much offense until Jake Fortin completed a 20 yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to D. J. Griffin for their only points in the afternoon game. _____ The only first period scoring was a 34 yard pass from Kyle Caroll to Lendarius Pritchett on a fourth down play with the extra point kicked by by Trent Dial. _____ Three times the Spartens scored in the second period to bring the halftime score to 28-0. These were an 8 yard run by Jimmy Hamm, a 20 yard run by Gabe Vandiver, and another run by Jimmy Hamm for 15 yards. _____ Just befor halftime, Celtics advanced the ball from their own 22 yard line all the way as far as the 16 yard line but came up emptyhanded. _____ At the start of the third quarter, the Celtcs again advanced the ball from their own 20 as far as the 13 yard line before giving up possession on downs. In that drive D.J. Griffin ad a pass recption for 26 yards and Brett Coatney had one for 29 yards. _____ The Spartens added two third quarter touchdowns. A 14 yard pass to Luke Hook and a 29 yard pass to Jake Stafford from Kyle Carroll resulted in the game being played with a running clock. _____ The last 9 points for Richmond were on a 6 yard run by Caleb Dunwoodie and a safety caused by a bad snap. _____ Senior Julian Gidley kicked O'Hara's lone extra point of the game.

HONOR RECOGNITION FOR O'HARA ATHLETES

The following Archbishop O'Hara High School football players have been Named to an All West Central Conference Team for Football – Either first or second team: _____ DEFENSE: Brandon Dennis, Aiden Nice, Tanner Hull, Jorge Belcher, DJ Griffin, and Brett Coatney._____ OFFFENSE: Blake Hughes, Josh Snow, Jeremy Schaefer, Brandon Dennis, Jake Fortin, Ronnie Sailor, DJ Griffin, and Brett Coatney. _____ Kicker Julian Gidley _____ Punter Brandon Dennis _____ Jorge Belcher was Named Defensive Player of the Year WCC / Nominated for the Bobby Bell Award ( Metro Area Outstanding Linebacker )______ Brandon Dennis was Named Offensive Player of the year WCC. _____ Tanner Hull was named to the All Missouri Team at Full Back By Kansas Missouri Preps Magazine/ Nominated for Wendy’s Heisman Leadership Award. _____ Josh Snow was nominated for Wendy’s Heisman Leadership Award. _____ Jake Fortin Was a Kansas City Star Athlete of the week._____ _____ _____ In addition to—All Conference and District For Volleyball the following girls were nominated for the Evelyn Gates Award recognizing excellence in the Sport of Volleyball: Madison Clark, Amanda Hull, Gabby Rizzi, and Annie Malhberg

Some Random O'Hara Football Stats for this Year's Team

DID YOU KNOW: (1) In the eleven games played this year, O'Hara scored at least four touchdowns in ten of them, (2) Six O'Hara players scored more than 35 points [Ronnie Sailer 80,Brandon Dennis 72, D.J. Griffin 54, Julian Gidley 50,Jake Fortin 42, and Brett Coatney 36], (3) The team scored a total of 367 points, and (4) The team was the only West Central Conference team that did not lose two Conference games as they won the WCC Championship.

O'HARA REACHES QUARTERFINALS IN FOOTBALL

Continuing in their football game with Renaissance Academy from the previous day when play was interupted by lightning, the Archbishop O'Hara Celtics added three more touchdowns to win 27-6. _____ After the Warriors failed to generate any offense on their first possession when the game resumed, they punted with the score 7-0 in favor of the Celtics. _____ Four plays resulted in an O'Hara touchdown. ____ A pass from Jake Fortin to Brandon Dennis netted only six yards, but Brett Coatney ran for 17 and D. J. Griffin caught a 16 yard pass that resulted in O'Hara going up by 14-0 by half time. _____ Gabe Spencer stopped the Warriors' first drive of the third quarter by intercepting a Laron Cumming's pass at midfield. _______ After an exchange of punts, the Celtics got their third TD of the game. _____ Ronnie Sailer on two consecutive runs gained 21 and 18 yards, after which Brett Coatney scored on a 9 yard run. _______ The extra point kick was blocked but O'Hara had a 20-0 lead. _____ The Warriors held on to the ball for the next eleven plays, moving from their own 43 yard line to the 14 yard line where they turned over the ball on downs. _____ In the fourth quarter, O'Hara's drive came to an end when Jordan Beamon intercepted a pass, but Gabe Spencer came back with an interception for the Celtics. _____ O'Hara ran out of downs on the 33 yard line, but the Warriors did not keep the ball very long when Jorge Belcher intercepted. ______ On the very next play, Jake Fortin completed a pass to Brandon Dennis for a 38 yard touchdown. _____ Finally the Warriors got six points with Laron Cummings scrambling for a lenghthy 56 yard run.