Seventh Grade Football Advances To Championship
The seventh grade boy's flag football team advanced to the championship game with a last-second, come-from-behind, victory over Gompers Middle School on Tuesday, Dec 11th. With four seconds remaining and trailing by 7 points(13-6), O'Farrell had the ball on Gompers 10 yard line when Fatu Leao completed a touchdown pass to Sean Plousha to bring the Falcons within one point. With no time on the clock and daylight running out, O'Farrell elected to go for the two-point conversion and the win instead of a one-point conversion and the tie. Again, Leao was the hero and ran around the right end and squeaked into the end-zone with no time left on the clock to win the game 14-13 and propel O'Farrell to the championship game on Thursday Dec. 13th. at Monroe-Clark Middle School. Both teams are undefeated and have one tie which happened when they played each other two-weeks ago.
The eighth grade boy's flag football team completed their season yesterday with a 12-6 victory over Memorial Academy, raising their record to 4-2. The team's only two losses were to the league champion Monroe-Clark by the scores of 6-0 both meetings. The Falcons ended their first season in third place with the highlight being a victory over Horace Mann Middle school which hadn't lost a game in five years.
Girl's basketball remains undefeated at 7-0 and continues to win in dominant fashion. The lady Falcons played a double header on Wednesday the 12th and won by the scores of 84-13 and 103-5. Their playoff and championship run will continue Friday night (Dec. 14th) at the Jackie Robinson YMCA.
"Regardless of wins and losses, these young men and women are getting a chance to see what it means to be student-athletes. They understand that academics come first and have been competing with class. They have all represented O'Farrell and this community well." — Brian Schmidt — O'Farrell Sports Director
