Holy Trinity Temple Trinity Times

OCTOBER 2014

Trinity TimesThe Monthly Newspaper of Holy Trinity Catholic High School

Celtic Shorts 2Life and Arts 6Celtic Athletes 7

Volume 15, Issue 2

Searching for inspiration

IN-DEPTH Page 4

Cross Country takes second

at state

SPORTS Page 8

Mondays get a little sweeterby Collin GloriosoStaff writer

The school year is in full swing, and students are in-nocently going about their busy little lives, unaware

of the looming presence of their futures. It is time start preparing for college.

Counselor Cheryl Sand-ers offers some advice as to what each class should be

See “College” pg.2

College looms aheadby Jack PliskaStaff writer

It’s time to drop the books, go to the lunchroom, and get some candy. Holy Trinity students gather to-

gether during Sweet Mon-day to enjoy candy and baked goods.

Sweet Monday happens every last Monday of every month.

There, the students con-

gregate and partake in sweet snacks supplied by staff and parents.

School Principal Veron-ica Alonzo, proudly sup-ports Sweet Monday. See “Sweet Monday” pg. 3

Homecoming gives students a chance to glow

by Brittany ParksStaff writer

A new fundraiser that Student Council put on this year was a parking lot bid. The goal? To raise money for prom.

“Well it was kind of a new approach to raising money,” said the school’s counselor Cheryl Sanders on what her thoughts on the parking lot bid was. “Students who wanted

a parking space got a chance to have it.”

The Student Coun-cil selected the 4 closest parking spots to the east-ern side of the school. Any student driver was able to participate.

Sarah Baker won the first parking spot, Mi-kayla Medina won the second, Libby Nash won the third parking spot, and Mariah Rios won the fourth. “We raised more

money than I expected,” stated the President of the Student Council, Sar-ah Baker. “I guess it just goes to show that people are lazier than we think, including me because I bought a parking space too.”

As more students are beginning to drive, park-ing spaces are becom-ing scarce, and getting a parking space close to the school is even scarcer.

by Jack DowlingStaff writer

As it turns out, even a 2,000 year old cheesecake tastes good.

Latin Teacher Chris Mos-meyer’s Latin I class has recently finished one of its projects, which included both presentations on ancient life and a variety of foods prepared in the same way as they would have been during the Roman Empire.

Presentations ranged from

everything from music to Ro-man warfare to Roman archi-tecture as well as the pantheon of Roman gods and goddess-es.

Food included cheesecake, lamb and another dish which was prepared two whole days in advance.

“Since I taught Latin last, I am glad there are more teach-ing aids on the internet,” Mr. Mosmeyer said.

See “Latin” pg. 3

Latin returns to Sanctam TrinitatemStudents bid for parking spots

HT Homecoming 2K14

Above, Holy Trinity’s senior class poses for a picture at their last homecoming at the school. The dance was on Saturday, Oct. 11, and the theme was glow in the dark. Students enjoyed the blacklights, glow-sticks, and glow in the dark punch. (Photo by Kimi Cyr) Left, seniors Travis Blackburn and Sarah Baker, HT’s homecoming king and queen, bask in the glory of their crowning. (Photo by Keith Thompson)

PAGE 2 NEWS OCTOBER 2014

PSAT On Wednesday, October 15, the fresh-man, sophomores, and juniors took the PSAT. Good job everyone!

—Catherine Lowry, Staff writer

Trinity Classic Holy Trinity hosted its annual foren-

sics tournament on Saturday, October 18. There were 16 schools competing with a total of over 150 students. The tourna-ment raised over $2,300 after expenses.

—Rebecca Lindberg, Editor in Chief

Teachers change mid-stream

Just two months into the school year, two teachers have left Holy Trinity and have been replaced by three new ones.

Earlier this month, Spanish teacher Hannah Wangler announced her resigna-tion to take a job in Dallas. Ms. Wangler was employed for the first quarter as the Spanish I, II, and III teacher. She has moved to Dallas to pursue a career as a document specialist for an environ-mental firm. She has been replaced with Mrs. Alicia Concepcion, who worked at Holy Trinity about 10 years ago. Mrs. Concepcion’s son, Diego, was salutatorian of the class of 2004.

Molly Mikes left Holy Trinity on Oct. 15. Camille Robertson, a veteran teacher who taught at St. Mary’s Catholic School for eight years, has been hired to teach Algebra 1 and Geometry. Jacque Johnston has been hired to teach Algebra II and Precal. —Jack Dowling, Staff writer

Celtic Shorts

Trinity TimesThe official student newspaper of Holy Trinity Catholic High School

“Building the Christian Leaders of Tomorrow”Trinity Times is published in the middle of the month in October, December, March, and May,

and serves the community of Holy Trinity Catholic High School. Your comments, suggestions, and donations are welcome!

To contact Trinity Times, write to:Trinity Times

c/o Holy Trinity Catholic High School6608 West Adams Avenue

Temple, Texas 76502Telephone: (254) 771-0787

Fax: (254) 771-2285http://www.holytrinitychs.org

[email protected]

Faculty Adviser: Chris Mosmeyer

Editor in Chief: Rebecca Lindberg

Staff writers: Kamarqui Cedeno, Jack Dowling, Mel Gault, Colette Glorioso, Collin Glorioso, Julia Jones, Catherine

Lowry, Libby Nash, Brittany Parks, Jack Pliska

Student Council: necessary for survival?You know that thing

that we have, lurking in classrooms, that

gets on everyone’s nerves and no one has any idea what they are actually useful for, even though we voted said people into office?

No, not the presidency, it’s Student Council!

Although, a fairly repu-table shady guy I met in a parking lot says that 1) Student council actually does stuff, and organizes things, and actually makes life bet-ter, and 2) Student council will totally not harm me if I say otherwise.

In all seriousness, stu-dent council has been fairly productive, especially these past few weeks. Homecom-ing was great. The parking spot auction was a neat new thing.

Some may think Student Council doesn’t do anything, but, as it turns out, they’ve been doing a lot that we take for granted: selling you that

delicious pizza on Fridays, defending the school from CHUDS, preventing nuclear warfare by raising money for the DoD by selling home-coming tickets for three dol-lars more than they were last year, and a whole bunch of other stuff that they probably did but I can’t really remem-ber right now.

Anyway, the point is, stu-dent council is as vitally im-portant to HT as 30 percent of your liver. (Not that I’m suggesting we cut student council into thirds).

Either way, it’s fairly im-portant. Probably. Actually, now that I’m think about it (meaning my grade in Jour-nalism and my chances for survival), student council is a pretty cool idea.

For those of you previ-ously unenlightened, the idea behind Student Council is that each class has repre-sentatives that take the ideas from their peers, translate those ideas into something that won’t make the faculty shoot them down (at least, not immediately), and then actually present these ideas to the staff.

I know, I used to think they just took our ideas and edited them as well, just like how a newspaper editor does. You know, when they just cut and cut until there’s no resemblance of the origi-nal story left.

I like Student Council. I really do.

In fact, next term, there will be elections. Seeing as I am a totally unbiased, it’s to-tally sensible if you want to, you know, vote for someone totally unbiased.

In other words: vote for Jack.

doing to prepare.“For freshman and sopho-

more year, you should be fo-cusing on taking classes that are challenging,” Mrs. Sanders said. “As you are taking these courses, you should be focusing on maintaining your grades.”

Most importantly, she said, “take the PSAT.”

For juniors, Mrs. Sanders suggests listing 10 or so colleg-es you might be interested in. Talk with parents and teachers to help narrow this list down. Also, take the SAT and/or the

ACT.By senior year, students

should be preparing college applications. They should visit college campuses and talk with current students and faculty members at those schools. Stu-dents should use this informa-tion to continue to narrow down their list.

Mrs. Sanders offered one more bit of advice to all stu-dents.

“Get involved in extracurric-ulars,” she said. “Colleges want to see you’ve been involved. They want to see a well-round-

ed student.”Attending college fairs are

always a good suggestion. In September, representatives from many different colleges came to the Bell County Expo Center. Junior Kacey Dach was one of several Holy Trin-ity students who went.

“We went around to basical-ly all the colleges,” Kacey said. “The representatives from the colleges gave me a better un-derstanding of their particular college.”

College from page 1

College AcceptancesSeniors 2015

Rebecca Albers: Texas A&M UniversityNeyda Camarena: University of Mary

Hardin-BaylorAndrea Cyr: University of Mary Hardin-

BaylorKarson Kasberg: Texas State UniversityRebecca Lindberg: Texas State University,

Texas A&M University–Corpus ChristiPavia Ann Muringathuparambil: Univer-

sity of Texas–DallasZeyad Rabie: Texas Tech UniversityAndrea Reano: Texas Tech University, Uni-

versity of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Universi-ty of North Texas, Texas State University, Stephen F. Austin State University

Mariah Rios: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Stephen F. Austin State Univer-sity, Tarleton State University

Sophia Weisbruch: Benedictine College in Kansas, Franciscan University of Steu-benville

JackDowling

Columnist

PAGE 3OCTOBER 2014 NEWS

Sweet Mondayfrom page 1 “Sweet Monday is a great opportunity for students to gather and eat together,” Alonzo said. “There they meet and enjoy snacks while putting down the stress of life.”

Students and their families can help Holy Trinity dur-ing sweet Monday by bring-ing in goods of any kind: baked or bought. Families that do donate will receive one family volunteer hour for each sweet Monday sup-

ported.The next sweet Monday

will be moved to the fol-lowing Friday, Halloween, where the theme will be anything spookilicious.

Students now have the choice to use online pro-grams such as Sporcle to quiz themselves over any-thing Latin-related whether it be endings or vocab. These are all based on their course book, Wheelock’s Latin, which the students will use for the next two years.

The addition of a lan-guage is more than adding one class.

Holy Trinity students are

expected to get three years of a language and are required by minimum standards to have at least two years. That means, the school will add Latin II next year and Latin III in 2016.

The multi-year require-ment is why German has had a substantial change this year.

German teacher Julia Mendez announced she was leaving Holy Trinity last year. To finish the Ger-

man studies, she is teaching German through Skype and other online aids.

“The class isn’t as in-teractive as it could be,” German III student Joanna Fetherman said. “It’s hard because the teacher isn’t always there to help us, but we still have fun”

School officials said the diocese is watching Holy Trinity’s German class to see how similar things can be implemented elsewhere.

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Killian’s night gets frighteningby Mel Gault Staff writer

The ghouls came out early again this year.

Fright Night, a recent tradition at Holy Trinity, took place on Oct. 17.

The night included a mummy wrapping con-test, “Capture the Flag,” and scary movies.

“I really enjoyed it,” junior Davis Kurtin said. “I always look forward to Fright Night. It was a great time to get together with my peers, have fun, and get my spook on.”

Much of the evening was spent running around the main building and gym playing “Capture the Flag.”

“It was a blast,” junior Collin Glorioso said.

This is the fourth year Fright Night was run by Killian.

“The big attraction this year was the ‘Vampires vs. Werewolves’ Capture the Flag game,” Killian Family Head Zayne Clay-ton said

This event has been a Holy Trinity tradition for longer than some teachers can remember.

It was originally run by Aiden until a few years ago when it was passed on to Killian.

About 50 people at-tended the event, includ-ing some students from St. Mary’s and other schools.

Junior Thomas Mosmeyer and sophomore Mindy Hodges pose with their mummy, Samuel Mosmeyer, Thomas’ seventh-grade brother, after the toilet paper decorating game at Fright Night on Friday, Oct. 17 ( Photo by Mr. Chris Mosmeyer)

Where’s my Mummy?Sailing away from the Competition by Catherine Lowry Staff writer

At the beginning of this year, sophomore Alexandra Mares presented the idea of adding a sailing team to Holy Trinity’s list of extra-curriculars. Holy Trinity is on its way to having a suc-cessful sailing team and has high hopes for the future.

Holy Trinity was recently certified by the National Sailing Association as able to be recognized as a com-petitive team. Alex com-petes for Holy Trinity at high school competitions as an individual.

“I like competing for Holy Trinity!” said Alex.

Principal, Veronica

Alonzo, has been communi-cating with Alex and Yolan-da Mares, Alex’s mother. They have been busy work-ing out the kinks so that in the future it will be possible for other Holy Trinity stu-dents to compete as well.

“The hope is that in the future students from Holy Trinity can compete as in-dividuals and maybe even as doubles and teams.” said Dr. Alonzo.

The idea of having a sail-ing team at Holy Trinity caught the interest of some students.

Alex has been communi-cating with those students, working out the specifics. One of those students is ju-nior, Jennifer Kolessar .

“It’s a lot different than all the normal stuff they offer here. Last year, they were going to have swim-ming, but then they didn’t and I really wanted to do it. And this year she said sail-ing and I was like ‘oh cool something with water!’”

So why did Alex Mares want to start a sailing team at Holy Trinity?

“It’s a good way to get to know other people and it’s a good way to enjoy being on the water and not being scared of it.” said Alex.

In addition, Alex said that she hopes that everyone on the future team will be able to grow in sportsmanship as well as make long lasting friendships.

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Future Celtics visit Holy Trinity

Junior high students from St. Mary’s Catholic School attended Mass celebrated by St. Mary’s Pastor, Fr. Steven Sauser, on Thursday, Oct. 23. Eighth-grade students stayed after Mass for a tour of the campus. (Photo by Ahmari Simmons)

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WHAT INSPIreS you?

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r a t i o n cannot be

described by a simple

definition.I n s p i r a -

tion is that indescribable feeling, stir-ring inside us when we see, hear

about, or experi-

ence

some-t h i n g

amazing.F u r t h e r

than that, it is an instigator. Insp i ra t ion is the spark that ignites a flame to light our path. It is what causes

us to grit o u r

teeth, furrow our e y e b r o w s , and say, “I’m gonna do

this!”And when

the going gets tough, and we just want to quit, it is insp i ra t ion that keeps us on track. We look back at

those r e a s o n s we undertook our challeng-

es, and we are re-inspired.

Inspiration guides us, fills us with hope, makes us deter-mined, and e n c o u r -ages

us t o l i v e up to our full potential.

What is inspiration?

Holy Trinity grew out of the leadership of one inspiring manby Collin GloriosoStaff Writer

The inspiration for Holy Trinity stems from one man: Father Charles Davis, for whom our chapel is dedi-cated. Affectionately known as Father Charlie, he was directly involved in the formation of the school.

Holy Trinity’s business manager, Donna Reilly, has known Father Char-lie for years, and was involved in the school since its beginning.

In the mid-90’s, “a small group of men and women who were passionate about Catholic education approached him with their idea of a Catholic High School in the Temple area,” said Mrs. Reilly. “He knew the hurdles and hardships we would face, yet he said ‘yes.’”

Teacher and former principal Chris Mosmeyer was a very close friend of Father Charlie.

“He cared genuinely for the good

of the school,” Mr. Mosmeyer said. “There was something intangible he brought to the school--a calming pres-ence. He was wonderful.”

The whole school mourned when Father Charlie passed away on De-cember 18th, 2009, just before Christ-mas break.

Mrs. Reilly said, “Holy Trinity Catholic High School has truly been blessed to have been led by and to continue to be led by his love.”

Mr. Mosmeyer said, “He’s defi-nitely the inspiration for the school. I think about him regularly.” He fin-ished by saying, “He’s the reason I’m here. He’s the reason a lot of people are here. He’s definitely the reason the school is here.”

At right, teacher Chris Mosmeyer talks with

Fr. Charlie. during the campus groundbreaking

in November 2007.Below, students and

benefactors gather for the big moment during

the groundbreaking. (File Photos)

When I think about inspirational places or events, Disciple-

ship Week immediately comes to the forefront of my mind. I have attended D-week twice--every summer since the end of my freshman year.

Discipleship Week is a four day Catholic retreat put on by NET Ministries every summer. It is held is several different lo-cations across the United States, including Victoria, TX.

Every year, I sit in a van for four hours with other members of the St. Luke’s Keysis pro-gram. We drive to the Spiritual Renewal Center just outside of Victoria.

The Spiritual Renewal Center is an absolutely beautiful collec-tion of cabins and meeting places in the Texas coun-tryside. Everyone sleeps in small “dorms” in the cabins. I remem-ber waking up in the morning, seeing the mist outside, the sun-light glinting off

the dew, and feeling the beauty of God’s creation.

D-week has been, and con-tinues to be, very inspirational to me. The basic daily schedule of D-week consists of games, prayer, music, AMAZING food, talks, and daily Mass.

Students who go are broken into small groups, consisting of teens who are the same age and gender. I was blessed to be put into a fantastic small group, with some of my best friends and people I had never met before.

The members of my small group quickly became my prayer partners, confidants, and role models.

Several speakers led teenag-ers closer to God, including youth ministers, priests, and NETters, such as former HT student Nic Kwan.

My favorite memory from Discipleship Week every year is adoration. Held on the evening before the last day, all students gathered in the beautiful chapel for Eucharistic adoration. Doug Weisbruch, St. Luke’s youth minister (and former NET-ter) played music and led us in prayer.

Adoration was truly beautiful. Every year, I have been moved to tears, sitting in God’s grace and love, surrounded by amaz-ing people who were experienc-ing the same thing.

Overall, D-Week has been the most inspirational event of my life.

It changed my life.It inspired me to go on NET.And I am definitely going

back next year.

Inspiring events: Discipleship Week

CollinGloriosoColumnist

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experi-ences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.-Henry David Thoreau

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by Colette GloriosoStaff writer

Everyone has a role model, or someone who inspires them.

Although it is true that we are not living in a culture with many good heroes or people to really look up to.

A few Holy Trinity students, when asked about who inspires them, gave the following an-swers about the people in their lives.

Sophomore AraBelle West said that someone who is an in-spiration to her is Coach Janine Firment, the cheer coach here at Holy Trinity.

Coach Firment also works at Gabrielle’s Dynamic Plus as a coach. She came to Holy Trin-ity last year, shortly after the 2013-2014 school year kicked off.

“She works hard in whatever she does. She just inspires me to be a better cheerleader,” said AraBelle.

Faith Weisbruch, a freshman at HT, said that her dad inspires her.

Faith’s dad, Mr. Doug

Weisbruch, is the youth min-ister at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Temple.

OCTOBER 2014 IN-DEPTH PAGE 5

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Students share their inspirations

Holy Trinity grew out of the leadership of one inspiring manHT SpeaksHT students and faculty share thoughts about what inspires them

Cadafe WilliamsFreshman

“My inspiration starts with Jesus. I love play-ing soccer because it connects me with my culture.”

Ivan CruzSophomore

“I am inspired to do well in school and then to get a job in order to help my family.”

Davis KurtinJunior

“I want to get good grades for college, and in football I do not want to let my team down by not getting after it.”

Rebecca AlbersSenior

“I have a drive to sup-port the other volleyball girls and to be a part of something greater than me.”

Jennifer LaxtonFaculty/Staff

“I strive in my teach-ing because I want to make school better for kids like me, uninter-ested, which is more fun and engaging.”

by Collin GloriosoStaff Writer











“[My dad] is a very strong man in my life. He taught me to keep my head up, especially when things are difficult.” —Faith Weisbruch

-Collin GloriosoStaff Writer

Celtic cheerleaders Eugenie Fontaine, from left, Carolyn Weidenfeld, Andi Cyr, and AraBelle West lift Coach Jeannine Firment at the senior night foot-ball game on Oct. 24. (Photo by Collin Glorioso)

Celtic cheerleaders Eugenie Fontaine, left, Carolyn Wiedenfeld, Andi Cyr, and AraBelle West lift Coach Firment at Senior Night on Oct. 24 after the Dallas Lakehill game. (Photo by Collin Glorioso)

by Julia JonesStaff writer

Forensics has begun; vic-tory is inevitable.

Calling all interpers, de-baters, and test-takers (and you untalented majority):

Another year of forensics has officially begun with the Seventh Annual Hurricane Tournament.

The team has high hopes for the upcoming year, and going by the results of the first few tournaments, they may have their best year yet. Forensics Team Captain Jil-lian Lauver shares her out-look of this year’s team.

“I think we’ll have a smaller team this year com-pared to previous years,” Jillian said. “We have a lot of core people that we had last year. There are also people who have gone to this school for at least a year who are showing interest in

forensics this year.”The Holy Trinity Foren-

sics Team is separated into three branches: debate, in-terpretation (acting), and academics.

Debate Co-Captain Thomas Mosmeyer gives an update on the freshman de-baters.

“Our debaters came out strong at the first tourna-ment,” Thomas said. “We have strong freshmen that can debate very well.”

Other Debate Co-Captain Danielle Hallissey also has an optimistic outlook.

“This year is the most excited I’ve been for Foren-sics ever,” said Hallissey. “Everyone is working hard and helping each other. We talk about the team being a family a lot and I really see that this year.”

Jillian Lauver competes mostly in interpretation events such as humorous in-

terpretation, duo acting, and prose. She shares her opin-ion on the new interpers this year.

“I think the new interpers are eager to start, which has a big influence on the rest of the year. I think as long as they’re motivated to work they’ll do just as well as we have in the past,” said Jil-lian.

The academic team is also preparing for this new year under Academic Cap-tain Sarah Baker. She hopes that the academic team will expand this year.

“I’m hoping that this year, by having more prac-tices and meets scheduled,” Sarah said, “more students will feel welcome to join the academic team.”

The team will also be joining the Northeast Texas Debate Association.

Life and ArtsTrinity Times

PAGE 6 OCTOBER 2014

by Catherine LowryStaff writer

This year, the Drama De-partment will be holding their annual One Act Night on November 21st. Anyone can attend, and tickets will be in the $3-5 range.

Jennifer Laxton, the Dra-ma and English teacher, is in charge putting together One Act Night. She has been working with her two Drama classes on preparing for the big night.

“Everyone should have their piece memorized. Our next process is to make sure everyone is their best acting self,” said Mrs. Laxton.

So, what is One Act Night all about? One Act Night gives students an opportu-nity to test out new foren-sic pieces as well prepare themselves for the climax of Drama class, the play.

However, it is not limited to just Drama students. Oth-

ers can participate as well.“It is a night where we

showcase individual pieces we have been working on in drama,” said Mrs. Laxton.

Drama Student Mindy Hodges said she is excited for One Act Night. She has been busy helping Mrs. La-ton prepare.

“We are definitely going to have more acts. It’s going to be interesting with new people. You can see a lot of what new people can do,” said Mindy.

Mindy has also been busy memorizing her humorous monologue for One Act Night.

“It’s about a girl who wants a new job because she kind of messed up on her last job,” said Mindy.

Both Ms.Laxton and all the Drama students hope this year’s One Act Night will be even better than last year’s.

One Act Night is approaching

Forensics springs into success

Freshman Alyssa Erchinger works on her piece at the Godley tourna-ment on October 11. (Photo by Forensics Coach Chris Mosmeyer)

Freshmmen (from left to right: Car-los Garcia, Brenn Bar-kis, Lianne Quek, Han-nah Lieber, Blaise Mosmeyer)are pre-sented their NSDA membership degrees. (Photo by Mr. Chris Mosmeyer)

by Libby NashStaff writer

The freshman class has started out strong in Foren-sics with numerous students receiving their very first NSDA (National Speech and Debate Association) certificates.

To receive the first cer-tificate, students have to acquire a total of 25 points awarded in competition.

Points are earned for ev-ery round; in debate, win-ners earn six points while losing earns three.

In interpretation events, competitors earn points de-pending on how they do in each room, with first earn-ing six points and sixth earning one point.

Freshman Blaise Mos-meyer said that he began competing in forensic de-bates because of his strong

family ties having his older brother, junior Thomas Mosmeyer, as a strong competitor and his father being the coach.

“I began doing debate-and competitions in junior high, so I have a lot of experience,” said Blaise, who competes in numerous events such as LD Debate and Oratory.

Freshmen join forensics

PAGE 7OCTOBER 2014 SPORTS

Andi CyrHeight: 5’11”

Sports: Volleyball, Cross Country, CheerPositions: Middle blocker, runner,

backspot

Xavier Charles-WaltersHeight: 6’2” Weight: 245

Sports: FootballPositions: Center

Celtic Athletes of the Month

Celtic FootballAug. 29 Bulverde Bracken L 18-45Sept. 5 Founders Classical W 41-34 Sept. 19 Veritas Academy L 28-76 Sept. 26 Coolidge L 14-62 Oct. 3 Buckholts L 31-79Oct. 10 Liveoak L 0-59 Oct. 18 Tyler Street Christain L 14-64 Oct. 24 Dallas Lakehill L 71-26Oct. 31 Sunnybrook 7:30 pmNov. 7 Kerrville OLH 7:30 pm *district game bold- home game

hopefully reach the playoffs.Their first win of the season came

against Founders Classical by a score of 41-35.

District play began when the team played the Live Oak Eagles on home-coming. Unfortunantly, they lost.

Despite the fact that they have only won one game, the team is optimistic that they can still reach the playoffs if they work harder.

Coach Bounds emphasizes the fact that the boys have to “forget about the pre-season,” and that “everyone’s re-cord is 0-0”.

“If we win two of the next three we

are in the playoffs. but its up to you on what kind of legacy you want to leave after this year.” says Coach Bounds in the locker room before games and after practices.

This season, the Senior Running-back Karson Kasberg is leading the team in rushing yards. The leading receiver is Junior Xavier Charles-Walters.

The football team had their last last district home game October 24th against Lakehill Christian.

Though they tried their best, the Holy Trinity Catholic High School Six Man Football team lost.

by Jack PliskaStaff writer

Volleyball season is over– it’s time to lace up the basketball shoes, dribble down the court, and shoot some hoops.

Coach Doug Weis-bruch will be returning to coach the girls basket-ball team this year. Ath-letic director Jonathan Yosten will be coaching the boys team.

“I want all the guys to try their best,” said Coach Yosten, who has hopes of the team mak-ing playoffs.

The girls team looks like they are going to be a contender for the district championship in TAPPS 2A district 5.

The girls team still has all five returning starters from the team that made it to the Elite 8.

Both the boys and the girls team’s main prob-lem is lack of players. The boys have no seniors playing this year.

“I hope that the un-derclassmen will take the leadership position usually taken by the se-niors.” said Coach Yo-sten.

Another challenge for the boys team will be learning new systems and plays, and teaching these to new team mem-bers.

Though the practice for basketball hasn’t started yet, some of the players can’t contain themselves, and are al-ready practicing- stay-ing late after last class to shoot some hoops and practicing some plays.

Holy Trinity has its first game at Central Texas Christian School on November 18.

Basketball is on the horizon

Footballfrom pg. 8

Celtic Basketball

Volleyball from pg. 8

“If we give our best effort and hard work, we can match any team’s intensity level.”

The volleyball team went against TCA on Oct. 2. The team had to complete the game on Oct. 10 due to a power outage.

The girls won 3-0, with junior Francesca Weisbruch completing 10 assists and senior Sophia Weisbruch

with 10 digs.The volleyball team went against Austin

Hill Country on Oct. 13. They lost 0-3, with Junior Kimi Cyr completing 6 digs and senior Rebecca Albers with 3

When asked about the girl’s progression, Coach James Albers stated, “ I think the girls have done great, and I couldn’t be more proud of them. This is a great group of girls and a great team.”

Sept. 4 Parkview Christian-Waco (V) Sept. 6 @Waldorf-Austin (JV/V) Sept. 11 *CTCS (JV/V) Sept. 13 *Tx. Christian-Waco (JV/V)Sept. 17 *@ Hill Country-Austin (V) Sept. 20 *Round Rock ChristianSept. 21 *@ Concordia-Austin (JV/V) Sept. 25 Grace Academy (JV) Sept. 25 San Juan Diego-Austin (V) Sept. 27 Austin Royals (JV/V)

Oct. 2 *Waldorf-Austin (JV/V) Oct. 4 *@ CTCS (JV/V) Oct. 9 *@ Tx. Christian-Waco (JV/V)Oct. 11 *Hill Country-Austin (V)

Oct. 15 *@ Round Rock Christian (JV/V) Oct. 18 *Concordia- Austin (JV/V)

*district gamebold- home game

Junior Joanna Fetherman serves the ball as junior Kimi Cyr prepares for the volley. (Photo by Sue Fetherman)

Cross country wins at state Staff report

WACO—The girls cross country team took second place overall at the TAPPS 2A state meet on Saturday. The boys finished 10th as a team.

The girls were led by So-phia Weisbruch, who came in 10th individually, fol-lowed by Francesca Weis-bruch in 11th.

Overall, the girls had a score of 81, behind first place Shiner St. Paul with 43.

The runner-up finish was the best finish for a Holy Trinity cross country team. Last year, the girls took sixth.

The boys were led by John Escobedo who came in 25th as an individual.

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Volleyball one and doneby Brittany ParksStaff writer

The volleyball girls had a good year, but it came to a quick end in the first round of the playoffs.

Junior Jillian Lauver said she was pleased.

“I’m proud of how we did,” Jillian said. “We have been putting in effort and hard work. Even though our record isn’t perfect, I’ve en-joyed this season.”

The girls ended the regu-lar season in a third-place tie in district.

The team lost to Dallas Lakehill in the first round of the playoffs, but they remained confident to the end.

“We can play any team if we work for it,” Jillian said.

See “Volleyball” pg. 7

Cheerleaders having a fun yearby Rebecca LindbergEditor in chief

Holy Trinity cheer squad has increased by numbers and spirit. The 12 girl squad has 5 re-turning cheerleaders and 7 new girls.

The team got new uni-forms and pom-poms.

Coach Janine Firment coached the girls last year and is excited to be doing it again this year.

“I love it here, it is a second home. I spend a lot of time at Holy Trinity,” Coach Firment

said.The cheerleaders are

also able to travel to away games to support the football team. Trav-eling is dependent upon the girls’ participation in Forensics and volley-ball.

“Part of our group is learning to get along, there is less drama this year,” Coach Firment said.

“They have really pulled together, and the upperclassmen are help-ing out a lot.”

Football winding down, two games leftby Mel GaultStaff writer

Our Holy Trinity Celt-ic football team’s season has begun and with 7 games in the books, the season’s end is on the horizon. Head Football coach Ryan Bounds said, “With the talent we have, we can compete with any team in the district.”

The team was off to a rocky start losing six of the first seven hard season, but are look-ing to turn it around and

See “Football” pg. 7

Go! Fight! Win!

The Holy Trinity cheer squad performs at the home-coming game. (Photo by Keith Thompson)

Aug. 19 N Central TX Academy Aug. 21 CTCS Aug. 30 CTCS Waco Science Harmony Live Oak Sept. 2 Austin WaldorfSept. 4 Austin Veritas Sept. 9 TCASept. 11 Summit ChristianSept. 16 Waco Live OakSept. 18 Austin Hill CountrySept. 25 Austin Waldorf Sept. 30 Austin Veritas Oct. 2 TCA Oct. 6 Summit Christian Oct. 9 Waco Live OakOct. 13 Austin Hill Country

*district game

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Lady Celtic Volleyball

Number 17, senior Karson Kasberg, runs the ball against Live Oak at HT’s homecoming. (Photo by Keith Thompson)

Juniors Joanna Fetherman (20) and Jillian Lau-ver (12) block a spike attempt in a varsity game.(Photo by Sue Fetherman)

Girls second at CC state

Holy Trinity girls receive their second place plaque on the stage at the TAPPS 2A Cross Country meet in Waco Satur-day, Oct. 25. Pictured above are Assistant Coach John Esc-obedo, from left, Hannah Lieber, Zayne Clayton, Catherine Lowry, Coach John Warnes. Not pictured, Sophia Weisbruch, Faith Weisbruch, Francesca Weisbruch, Kimi Cyr, and Andi Cyr. (Photo by Veronica Alonzo) See story page 7.

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