“…Made of real bits of Panther, so you know they're good!” - Anchorman

The Celtic Baseball team defeated the Oak Grove Panthers in an onslaught of hitting on Tuesday night by the score of 11-5. In the top of the first, Junior third baseman Aaron Mitchell pounded out a home run to give the Celtics an early 2-0 lead. After a rough first inning, the Celtics found themselves in a hole 5-2. However, in the top of the third the Celtics came to the plate looking for a new ballgame. Trailing 5-3 at this point, the Celtics rallied to take a 6-5 lead on four consecutive singles by Mitchell, Chuck Preston, Joey Tucker and Jake Slocum. After that they did not look back. Adding insurance runs in the top of the fourth was a two run Home Run by shortstop Aaron Stubblefield. Senior Vince Saviano relieved pitcher Jake Slocum in the second inning and provided stellar pitching with four shutout innings to preserve the win. Saviano also recorded six strikeouts over those four innings. The Celtics take on Ft. Osage at 3 pm this afternoon and look to advance to the championship round on Thursday.

Blue Jays fly over Celtics

The O'Hara Celtics fell to the Raytown Blue Jays 6-1 on Monday afternoon. Center fielder Chuck Preston scored the Celtics only run on a ground ball out from catcher Joey Tucker. Sophomore Cullen Rowland started the game allowing only one earned run over four innings. He also fanned six Raytown batters. Aaron Mitchell came in relief for the final two innings picking up three strikeouts. The Celtics look to rebound tonight at 5 pm vs. Oak Grove.

Raytown Baseball Tournament

Raytown Baseball Tournament:

Mon. 3/23 @ 3:00 PM @ Robinson Elementary 6707 Woodson Road: O'Hara vs. Raytown
Tues. 3/24 @ 5:00 PM @Robinson Elementary 6707 Woodson Road: O'Hara vs. Oak Grove
Wed. 3/25 @ 3:00 PM @ Robinson Elementary 6707 Woodson Road: O'Hara vs. Ft. Osage

Thurs. 3/26 if we place 1st in our pool we will play at 4:00 PM at Robinson, but if we place 2nd we will play at 4:00 PM at Raytown South.