Week 3 : O'Hara 31 Warrensburg 13

In a game notable for the weather, O'Hara defeated Warrensburg 31-13. A couple days of constant rain had left the game field soaked, and tornados and lightning had led to several area games being postponed, but our well crowned field drained well, the bermuda turf held up beautifully, and we were able to get the game in as scheduled.
The first quarter was played in a driving rain storm. Warrensburg nearly ran the opening kickoff back, but kicker Bryce Scovill made the first of his two touchdown saving tackles. James Tillman caused a Warrensburg fumble on the their first play from scrimmage, and it was recovered by Chuck Preston. O'Hara methodically worked the ball down the field with a mix of runs and passes, even overcoming a loss of several yards due to a mishandled shot gun snap. Tillman culminated the drive with a 1 yard plunge.
Warrensburg pulled even later in the quarter after blocking a punt deep in O'Hara territory.
In the second quarter the rain let up, and O'Hara regained the lead on a 4 yard run by Tillman. The halftime score was 14-7.
The ball became too slick to throw effectively, so O'Hara primarily ran the ball in the second half. Tillman, Preston, T.J. White, and Raphael Spencer all contributed several nice runs to the ground attack. After a scoreless 3rd quarter the Celtics broke the game open with 17 4th quarter points. Tillman scored his 3rd touchdown of the game on a 32 sweep around the right end. Preston started the next drive by recovering a fumble that was caused by Alex Rogers, and capped it with a 1 yard run. After a quick Warrensburg score cut the O'Hara lead to 28-13, the Celtics responded with a scoring drive that featured a couple nice runs by Spencer. After the drive bogged down at the Warrensburg 12, Scovill booted his first field goal fo the year, a 29 yarder. He also remained perfect for the year by making all 4 of the extra points.
The defense was led in tackles by Louis Golden, Preston, and Joey Tucker. The offense rolled up 288 yards rushing. Danny Hernandez was the leading reciever with 4 receptions.
O'Hara's record improves to 2-1, and we are now 2-0 in the West Central Conference. Next week O'Hara travels to Sedalia for a key conference game against the Smith-Cotton Tigers, who are 3-0 on the year with big wins over St. Pius X, Clinton, and Marshall. Sedalia features All State running back Solomon Watkins, who is one of the fastest players O'Hara has ever faced.