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Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Temple TX publishes on online newspaper quarterly. Here is the first one of the 2014-2015 school year.
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Drama starts new year
with one acts
Life and Arts Page 6
Back to six-man,
football kicks off
SPORTS Page 8
Trinity Times
Celtic Shorts 2
In-Depth 4
Life and Arts 6
Sports 8
Volume 15, Issue 1 The Official Newspaper of Holy Trinity Catholic High School SEPTEMBER 2014
New faces come to Holy Trinity Staff brings
new enthusiasm
by Jack Pliska
Staff writer
Along with the start of a
new school year, Holy
Trinity has several new
staff members.
“I am excited to have our
new teachers because they
will bring fresh new ideas
to the classroom,” school
principal Veronica Alonzo
said. “I am confident that
See “Staff” page 3
Forensics showed well in Kansas
By Brittany Parks
Staff writer
Catherine Lowry is a sophomore
here at HT. One thing most stu-
dents may not know about her is
that she does equestrian vaulting,
or flips on horses.
This past summer, Catherine
attended the USEF (United States
Equestrian Federation) recognized
AVA (American Vaulting Associ-
ation) Nationals Competition. It
was there she won three major
awards: Overall One Star Compul-
sories, Overall Freestyle Champi-
on, and Grand Champion Wom-
en’s Copper AVA USEF National
Championship.
“I have been riding horses and
doing gymnastics since I was
born,” Catherine replied when
See “Lowry” page 3
Lowry rides to nationals Success comes with good study habits
Population growth brings issues
By Julia Jones
Staff writer
As the 2014-2015 school
year begins, the school
population continues to
grow.
Student enrollment is
currently at 97-- the largest
number of students since
2007, when enrollment
was at 99. Principal Veron-
ica Alonzo shed some light
on the reason for this in-
crease.
“We--the students, fac-
ulty, and staff--are doing
the right things. We have
to be confident that what
we say and what we do gets
done,” Dr. Alonzo said.
Teacher Chris Mosmey-
er offers another reason for
the school’s growth.
“Enrollment in Catholic
schools fluctuates in the
diocese,” said Mr.
Mosmeyer. “In past years,
we’ve held steady at 80 or
so students. The Austin-
Round Rock area is one of
See “ Population” page 4
by Catherine Lowry
Staff writer
It’s a new year and many stu-
dents are wondering how they
can improve their grades upon
last year’s. One thing that can
help improve grades is to have
good study habits.
Holy Trinity requires much
more in-depth studying and par-
ticipation than most high
schools, so keeping up with as
signments can sometimes be dif-
ficult.
English and Cornerstone
teacher, Pam Oman, says that
writing down assignments is
very important. As for studying
itself, Mrs. Oman said spreading
it out is the key.
Sometimes, students have a
problem with studying an entire
See “Study” page 3
New teacher
Deborah Beran
works a problem at
the board for her
Pre-Calculus class.
Ms. Beran is one of
two teachers and five
staff members new to
Holy Trinity this
year.
(Photo by Collin
Glorioso)
Left , members of the Forensics
teams pose as they enter into Kan-
sas. Above, the top 60 in the nation
are posted in US Extemporaneous
Speaking. Alumni Anthony Doak,
number 103, is the first listed.
For more information, see story
page 2. Contributed Photo
New students
become Celtics by Kamarqui Cedeno
Staff Writer
Holy Trinity has opened its
doors to the newly arrived stu-
dents.
There are 32 new students this
year. New to Holy Trinity are 26
freshmen, 2 sophomores, 3 jun-
iors, and 1 senior.
“We have received a great
amount of new students,” Princi-
pal Veronica Alonzo said.
See “Students” page 5
PAGE 2 NEWS SEPTEMBER 2014
College Acceptances
It’s the start of the year, and already students are be-
ing accepted to colleges.
Mariah Rios was accepted to UMHB.
Andrea Reano was accepted to Texas Tech, UMHB,
and the University of North Texas.
Stay in touch with Trinity Times to keep up to date
with more college acceptances.
—Brittany Parks, Staff Writer
Student Council hosts parking spot war
Student Council sponsored a chance to buy your way
closer to the door. The organization auctioned off four
of the closest parking spots to the East side building en-
trance.
Bidding began Wednesday September 17 and ended
Friday Sept. 19 at noon.
The bids started at $20 and increased in increments of
$5.
“The parking lot fundraiser was a great way to raise
money so that we can have more social events during
the year,” Sarah Baker, senior and Student Council pres-
ident, said.
Money raised will go toward the Homecoming dance
in October.
—Rebecca Lindberg, Editor in Chief
New prayer service gets underway
A new prayer service, Praise, Worship, Prayer (PWP),
started at the beginning of this school year.
Every Tuesday, students gather in the chapel to sing
two songs. One of these is a fast-moving, upbeat song- a
praise song. The other is a worship song– a slower, more
prayerful tune.
“It is my favorite prayer service; it is a combination of
fun and moving experience,” senior Rebecca Albers
said.
The music is led by Collin Glorioso, Julia Jones, and
Francesca Weisbruch.
After the slower song, seven students lead prayer in-
Celtic Shorts
To contact the Trinity Times, write to:
Trinity Times
c/o Holy Trinity Catholic High School
6608 West Adams Avenue
Temple, Texas 76502
Telephone: (254)771-0787
Fax: (254) 771-2285
http://www.holytrinitychs.org
Faculty Adviser: Chris Mosmeyer
Editor in Chief: Rebecca Lindberg
Staff Writers: Kamarqui Cedeno,
Jack Dowling, Colette Glorioso,
Collin Glorioso, Julia Jones,
Catherine Lowry, Libby Nash,
Brittany Parks, Jack Pliska
Trinity Times The official student newspaper of Holy Trinity Catholic High School
“Building the Christian Leaders of Tomorrow”
Your comments, suggestions, and donations are welcome!
Ah, riding the bus...
T he HT bus system is a service that
has been with Holy Trinity for
many years, which allows trans-
portation for students living in far away
cities such as Killeen or Harker Heights.
The bus picks up students as early as 6:30
in the morning. In light of this of this won-
drous discovery, I want to talk to our read-
ers about the wonderful, magical journey
that is the really long bus ride.
Now, many readers may think: “Can’t
we have an article on global economics,
and how they impact the number of signs
we have?” Well, the truth is that this is a
fairly serious matter.
We need to take a moment of silence
and think about the people that have to
wake up at 5:30, like me, while you won-
derful, lazy, happy people are still cozy
and asleep.
That’s just the boys though. I can’t even
begin to imagine what ungodly hour the
girls wake up at just to do their hair. Per-
haps they don’t even sleep. Maybe they
feel that sleep is overrated.
On the other hand, there are those who
are fortunate enough to live in Belton or
Temple, who wake up at 7:45, who live
near enough to the school that they could
simply live in the attic. Those fellows will
never know the joy of driving an hour to
school.
Not that I’m bitter in the least, quite the
opposite in fact, I think that this shows the
injustice and inequality of our country.
Not that I’m angry about this.
In all seriousness, the bus system is a
pretty nifty idea, almost on par with the
invention of competitive Ping-Pong. The
bus staff works tirelessly to provide us
with a good, reliable, air-conditioned and
relatively inexpensive form of transport.
Mrs. Villella, our bus driver each morn-
ing, makes sure that the bus is a place free
from loud noises, distractions, and both
feet in the aisles. However, she may not be
the only bus driver until the end of time.
I’m happy that she is in charge of keeping
us safe.
Both Dr. Alonzo and Mr. Mosmeyer
have mentioned that they have thought
about driving the bus. Although the former
driving gives rise to some questions and
the latter driving gives rise to some very
strange questions, such as, “If a speech
coach drives the bus, is there a sound?” I
think we’ll stick with Mrs. Villela.
Finally, I would like to encourage those
who are still reading this column to take
the bus, and offer them a few scraps of
advice.
First, do not take the seat directly under
the AC vent. If it is directly above you, it
will make you long for those wonderful
warm days in January.
Second, should you feel the urge to
sleep, make sure that there is someone to
wake you up at the appropriate stop, lest
you find yourself back at the school, won-
dering why you haven’t left yet.
Finally, should you begin to smell syr-
up, be sure to notify your local bus driver,
though they will probably already be look-
ing for a foggy, muddy, zombie-infested
field to stop in. That’s for those of you on
last year’s Forensics trip to Brenham that
made a not-so-brief stop a quarter of a
mile away from the school.
I have to go now, I’m getting called to
the front seat.
Jack Dowling
Columnist
Every trip to nationals for the Forensics Team is
better than the one before, Coach Chris Mosmeyer
said.
“We really have been progressing,” Mr.
Mosmeyer said.
This year, five students represented Holy Trinity
at the National Speech and Debate Association na-
tional tournament in Indianapolis in June. For the
second year in a row, Anthony Doak was in the top
60 of 250 competitors in U.S. Extemporaneous
Speaking.
Additionally, Doak and Thomas Mosmeyer were
in the top 64 of more than 550 competitors in Ex-
temporaneous Debate, and Jillian Lauver made it to
NEWS PAGE 3 SEPTEMBER 2014
by Collin Glorioso
Staff Writer
At Holy Trinity, more
and more students are driv-
ing to school, but soon,
some of those students
might be parking farther
from their lockers than they
would like to be.
One of the two designat-
ed student parking areas is
quickly filling up.
“I can see it being hard
for people getting to school
late to find a parking spot,”
senior Sarah Baker said.
Sarah is one of about 25
students who drive to
school every day.
There are actually plenty
of parking spaces, but
school parking policy re-
stricts students to parking
on either the east or west
side of the building.
In addition to the regular
parking around the school,
handicap parking is availa-
ble in front of the main
building, next to the cafeto-
rium, and behind the gym.
Most student drivers are
juniors and seniors, whose
lockers are in the east wing.
As a result, parking on the
east side of the building is
nearly full on a daily basis.
Of 29 spots, only three or
four are usually left empty.
“I don’t like coming late
when all the good spots are
taken,” senior Pavia
Muringathuparambil said.
While parking spaces on
the east wing are often full,
the west wing parking is a
different story. Only five of
the twenty non-handicap
parking spaces are full on a
typical school day.
School Principal Veroni-
ca Alonzo announced the
parking policy on the first
day, emphasizing that stu-
dents should not park be-
hind the gym or in the front
of the school.
Dr. Alonzo said the front
of the school is reserved
primarily for visitors and
some faculty. She cited
safety concerns as to why
students are not allowed to
park behind the gym.
The teachers are also ex-
periencing trouble. Holy
Trinity’s staff has designat-
ed spots at the front of the
building, near the sides.
However, those spots are
filling up as well.
“It is a little crowded,
there’s not enough of those
spaces,” teacher Jennifer
Laxton said.
Parking isn’t the only
problem at Holy Trinity.
“Because we have a very
large campus, students must
travel between buildings to
get to class. Slower speeds
will prevent accidents,’ said
Dr. Alonzo, regarding safe-
ty concerns on campus.
Other safety measures
around campus will be put
in place over time. The con-
struction of a Super Wal-
Mart across the street will
include a stoplight in front
of the school. Accidents
have happened in the
past at Holy Trinity’s
entrance.
“I feel like it would be
helpful to have the
light.” said senior Re-
becca Albers.
Parking lots filling up quickly
The east wing parking lot, with
only 3 spaces left open. (Photo
by Collin Glorioso)
by Colette Glorioso
Staff Writer
A new bandwagon, the
ALS ice bucket challenge,
has become very popular
on many social media
sites. Many Holy Trinity
students have taken it.
According to The Golf
Channel, the fad started
with professional golfer
Chris Kennedy’s trainer,
James Whatmore.
Whatmore made the
video of himself pouring
ice water on his own head
and assigning other people
to take the challenge.
Those who he
“nominated” had twenty-
four hours to complete the
challenge.
According to Forbes,
the original idea for the
challenge was that when
you were nominated, you
would either dump a
bucket of ice cold water
on your head, or donate
$100 to the ALS Associa-
tion.
The ice bucket chal-
lenge has created a lot of
awareness for the disease.
The campaign has raised
$22.9 million for the ALS
Association so far, accord-
ing to Indianapolis Star.
Rebecca Lindberg, a
senior at Holy Trinity,
says, “I have participated,
and it seems very neat. All
of my social media feeds
are filled up with it. I just
hope everyone keeps the
right intention.”
ALS, amyotrophic lat-
eral sclerosis, also known
as Lou Gehrig’s disease,
is a fatal disease that af-
fects nerve cells in the
brain and spinal cord, ac-
cording to the ALS Asso-
ciation.
Symptoms of ALS in-
clude difficulty walking,
weakness in legs or feet,
hand weakness, among
others.
Students get iced
for ALS Association
Staff from page 1
they will do well and we
will help them as they ad-
just to the Holy Trinity
lifestyle.”
The new teachers ex-
press their excitement as
well. Connie Rivera, the
new Administrative Assis-
tant, came from Indianapo-
lis after working for the
Aveda Fredric's Institute.
She came to Holy Trinity
for its Catholic-based envi-
ronment and overall Chris-
tian mission.
“I feel very welcome
here,” Mrs. Rivera said, “I
feel inspired to work here.
It feels like home.”
Jonathan Yosten is the
new coach and athletic di-
rector. He came from Im-
maculate Conception Mid-
dle School in Denton, Tex-
as, where he coached mid-
dle school athletics. Coach
Yosten came to Holy Trin-
ity so he could
coach high school
while still coaching in the
familiar Catholic environ-
ment.
“I love it so far,” Yosten
said. “The faculty is great
to work with and the kids
are well behaved.”
Hannah Wangler is the
new Spanish teacher for
Holy Trinity. Ms. Wran-
gler comes from Chile
where she taught English
at Liceo Federico Albert
Faup school.
“This is an amazing
school,” Mrs. Wangler
said. “I did not expect it to
be so united.”
Lindsay Fredenburg,
new Director of Advance-
ment and Admissions, di-
rects fund-raising and
school admissions. She
comes from the University
of Mary Hardin Baylor
where she worked at a sim-
ilar job.
Study
from page 1
chapter or two in one
night, or better known as
cramming.
“Spread it out. Study
some Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, etc…” Mrs.
Oman said.
The school’s counselor,
Cheryl Sanders, says that
putting distractions away
can greatly benefit you as
well. She also says that
setting aside a time for
studying can too.
Lowry from page 1
asked about equestrian
vaulting. “Three years ago,
I saw this sport at a horse
expo and I knew I was go-
ing to do it.”
Catherine trains roughly
eighteen hours a week, and
since there is not a vaulting
club in Texas, she gets to
travel to places like New
Mexico, California, Colo-
rado, and Kentucky, where
they have competitions.
“It’s very impressive for
her to have received those
awards,” Dr. Alonzo stated
when asked about Cathe-
rine’s success at Nationals.
“She is a very good stu
dent who works very hard
to meet school deadlines
nd also her extracurricular
activity.
So, why does Catherine
compete in equestrian
vaulting? “I don’t know,”
Catherine replied. “Some
people do soccer, others do
forensics, and I flip on
horses.”
Seniors spend their free time studying in the library. (Photo
by Collin Glorioso)
NEWS PAGE 4 SEPTEMBER 2014
by Colette Glorioso Staff Writer
Many students have said
they feel that it is too over-
crowded at Mass and prayer
services.
At almost every prayer ser-
vice, some students have to sit
outside the chapel.
An important part of the
future construction on the Ho-
ly Trinity campus is the chapel
in the center of the school and
how administrators are plan-
ning to fix it.
“I think right now it
works,” Principal Veronica
Alonzo said. “As we continue
to grow, we will have to con-
sider a larger space.”
She said that, if we had to
move out of the chapel, our
other option would be to have
Mass and prayer service in the
cafetorium.
Sophia Weisbruch, a sen-
ior, said, she notices a differ-
ence this year.
“Compared to last year, it is
really tight, but it still works,”
Sophia said. “If we get more
students, I don’t know what
we are going to do.”
Andi Cyr, also a senior said
she thought the chapel was too
crowded.
“I think it is because the
chairs are too big, and every-
one sits one to a chair. Since
we are growing, we can’t do
that.”
The original plans for the
school included the possibility
of an open space in the middle
that would be both a chapel
and a cafeteria. Fomer princi-
pal Chris Mosmeyer said there
were no plans for a cafetorium
or a gym, so we would use the
chapel space for those uses.
“The original plan was to
have the chapel as an open
multipurpose room with es-
sentially no walls,” he said.
However, it has grown
from the previous idea, into a
place of worship, both person-
al and for the whole school,
and perhaps it will grow
again.
The future is uncertain,
but one thing is for sure:
Holy Trinity is gaining
students, and the chapel is
quickly running out of
room.
Growth affects space in chapel
from page 1 the fastest growing in the
nation. Being near this area
plays a part in our growth
as a school.”
When asked about how a
larger school will affect the
student body, senior Re-
becca Albers shares her
thoughts.
“Once the population
grows a lot, we’ll lose
some of the sense of a
small community, and we
won’t know everyone as
well, but we’ll still retain
the close family atmos-
phere by the small classes
and through our families,”
Rebecca said.
Our student body cur-
rently consists of 25 fresh-
men, 25 sophomores, 23
juniors, and 24 seniors.
One of the limiting fac-
tors on the student popula-
tion may be lockers. Cur-
rently, there are 226 lock-
ers, and each student gets
two.
As long as the popula-
tion stays under 113, eve-
ryone can have two.
Population growth good but poses challenges
Your serve?
The master plan for Holy Trinity, located in the John Paul II
Conference Room, show three tennis courts (top right corner).
However, there are no immediate plans to put in the courts.
Photo by Collin Glorioso
Students process through the Communion line at a recent Holy Trinity Mass. Extra chairs are brought
in during Mass and placed in the center aisle creating a very narrow row for communion . Even with
the extra chairs, students and faculty outnumber the available seating in the chapel. Photo by Colette
Glorioso
Science portable
gets a make-over
The science portable received a new air conditioner, new lighting,
and a paint job this summer. Renovations such as these are one way
Holy Trinity is making use of its current facility without having to
build new buildings. Photo by Collin Glorioso
NEWS SEPTEMBER 2014 PAGE 5
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Starting a new year can
be rather nerve-wracking,
but Holy Trinity seems to
take those thoughts away
by starting the year with
several traditions.
For example, the year
started with the Trinity
Days. The Trinity Days
were the first two days of
school this year, during
which students gathered
and met each other
through games and other
bonding activities.
The students were also
instructed on the rules and
regulations for the school
year.
Even with these formal
efforts, Counselor Cheryl
Sanders said making stu-
dents feel welcome is
something that everyone
needs to do.
"We need to be more
accommodating for the
students,” she said. “If we
see a new student sitting
alone at the lunch table,
students should invite
them into their group."
Holy Trinity is an invit-
ing environment. New stu-
dents say they are enjoying
the new year.
“It is nice to be able to
get to know people outside
of classes and actually get
closer to them,” junior Da-
vis Kurtin said.
Students
Freshmen girls go to their locker in the west hall during a passing period. There are 32 stu-
dents new to Holy Trinity this year. (Photo by Collin Glorioso)
Each issue will be published about the middle of the month.
Trinity Times
Life and Arts PAGE 6
SEPTEMBER 2014
TAPPS changes fine arts competitions by Catherine Lowry
Staff writer
TAPPS has recently
made some substantial
changes to their fine arts
competitions. These new
rules will affect the aca-
demics and speech team,
instrumental music team,
and the vocal music team.
One of the major rule
changes is that it is no
longer necessary to qualify
at a district or regional
tournament to compete at
the state tournament.
“I’m disappointed,” said
Christopher Mosmeyer,
head of the forensics team.
“I thought there was a lot
of value to those district
meets. It also gives less
value to the tournaments.”
Also, they have limited
the number of entries per
event to two per school.
Some students, such as
tenth grader Laura Wil-
liams, are not very happy
with this new rule.
“It’s really constricting
and bad for the team. Mr.
Mosmeyer is going to have
to make some tough de-
cisions,” said Laura.
Mr. Mosmeyer said he
was very displeased with
this new rule.
“It makes it
much harder to
train the up and
coming. Our
team is getting
bigger and big-
ger and TAPPS
is getting small-
er, which makes
it challenging.”
said Mr.
Mosmeyer.
In addition, TAPPS has
also made it to where a sin-
gle person can compete in
an unlimited number of
events. Some students said
they were happy with this
rule change, like team
member Brittany Parks.
”I don’t know how that
will affect other teams, but
I feel like if you want to do
that many events you
should be able to,” said
Brittany.
These rule changes are
now in effect and since it is
their first year being prac-
ticed, many are question-
ing how effective they will
be.
“It is more likely they
will make adjustments. I
really hope they expand
the number of entries,”
said Mr. Mosmeyer.
These rule changes have
occurred because the ad-
ministrators did not want
students involved in foren-
sic tournaments to miss
extra days of school. In
addition, there were con-
flicts with sports events.
by Julia Jones
Staff writer
For the new school year,
the Holy Trinity choir has
experienced some changes.
Bella Sona has recently
moved from the chapel to
the music portable for re-
hearsals. Over the summer,
Principal Veronica Alonzo
and other volunteers helped
to clean out the new room.
Choir Teacher Pam Fette
expresses her excitement
about having a less public
space to practice.
“It is awesome,” Mrs.
Fette said. “I have a white-
board now, so I can teach
theory easier. Now no one
has to hear all of our
‘learning.’”
While many people en-
joy listening to Bella Sona
concerts, their practicing in
the middle of the school
caused disruption in neigh-
boring classrooms. The
move from the chapel was
mainly to fix this issue.
Band class takes place in
the same portable building
as choir, but at different
times so that neither class
interferes with the other.
Band Teacher Jennie Mil-
ler shares her opinion.
“I think it’s great that
we’re finally using that as
classroom space,” said Ms.
Miller.
The choir portable used
to be used to store cos-
tumes and props for drama
class. Drama Teacher Jen-
nifer Laxton was initially
concerned about how this
would work out.
“At first I was nervous
about sharing,” said Ms.
Laxton, “but Mrs. Fette is
very generous. It worked
out fine.”
Bella Sona’s first con-
cert of the year will be
Sunday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.
at Christ the King.
Bella Sona sings in the new year Drama begins another year of acting
by Jack Dowling
Staff writer
The Drama class centers
on teaching and polishing
acting skills, and with the
upcoming “One Act
Night,” the class has been
working doubly hard.
The Drama class is cur-
rently taught, and has been
for the last two years, by
Ms. Jennifer Laxton. She
says that it’s too early to
say if the “One Act Night”
will be the best ever, but
she admits that it will cer-
tainly be the most varied
yet.
“The best thing about
drama is that it’s for all
grades,” says junior Zayne
Clayton.
And it’s true, students
from freshman to senior
seek to hone their acting
skills in this elective class
The class does many
exercises and games, all
designed to enhance acting
skills, including one where
students are given an ob-
ject and must describe its
shape, smell, taste, sound,
and what it looks like to
their peers.
Drama is also home to
many actors on the Foren-
sics speech and debate
team, where they strive to
develop their acting skills
and make it to the national
tournament in the summer.
The Drama class will
also be hosting and per-
forming their annual
spring play. This year they
will be producing “Elvis
People” by Doug Grissom.
The show will be per-
formed in Spring 2015.
Above, students have some fun with an acting game in Drama
class. Right: Juniors Jillian Lauver and Zayne Clayton prac-
tice their forensics piece during Drama class. (Photos by Col-
lin Glorioso)
Mrs. Fette
instructs her
choir class
in their new
classroom.
(Photo by
Julia Jones)
Sophomore
Nathan
Bryant
performs
his snare
drum solo
from the
TAPPS
competition
last year.
SPORTS PAGE 7 SEPTEMBER 2014
Date Opponent Time / Score
08/29/14 Bulverde Bracken Christion School L 45-18
09/05/14 Founders Classic Academy W 41-35
09/19/14 Austin Veritas Academy L 76-28
09/26/14 Coolidge 7:30
10/03/14 Buckholts 7:30
10/10/14 Waco Live Oak 7:30
10/18/14 Tyler Christian Streets 2:00
10/24/14 Dallas Lake Hill Prep 7:00
11/01/14 Greenville Christian 2:00
CELTIC FOOTBALL
Junior Davis Kurtin kicks off in the second half
Date Opponent Score / Time (JV/V)
08/19/14 N Central TX Academy 3-1
08/21/14 CTCS 1-3
08/30/14 CTCS Tourney 2-1
09/02/14 Austin Waldorf 2-3
09/04/14 Austin Veritas 3-0
09/09/14 TCA 3-0
09/11/14 Summit Christian 3-0
09/16/14 Waco Live Oak 0-3
09/18/14 Austin Hill Country 3-1
09/22/14 CenTex Chargers 5:30 (JV)
09/27/14 Austin Waldorf (12:00/1:00)
09/29/14 Austin Veritas (5:30 / 6:30)
10/02/14 TCA (5:00/ 6:00)
10/06/14 Summit Christian (5:30 (JV)
10/09/14 Waco Live Oak (5:30/ 6:30)
10/13/14 Austin Hill Country (5:30/6:30)
2014 CELTIC VOLLEYBALL
CELTIC ATHLETES OF THE MONTH
Name: Sophia Weisbruch
Height: 5’2”
Sports: volleyball, cross country,
basketball, track
Positions: libero, shooting guard
Name: Andrew Doak
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 166
Sports: football, soccer
Positions: quarterback, defensive
FOOTBALL TAPPS DISTRICT 2-II
Team District W-L Overall W-L
Dallas Tyler Street Chr 0-0 3-0
Waco Live Oak 0-0 3-0
Dallas Lakehill 0-0 2-1
Holy Trinity CHS 0-0 1-1
Greenville Christian 0-0 0-2
VOLLEYBALL TAPPS DISTRICT 3-2A
Team District W-L Overall W-L
Waco Live Oak 5-0 21-0
Austin Hill Country 4-1 14-2
Austin Waldorf 3-2 8-6
Holy Trinity CHS 3-3 6-5
Austin Veritas 2-3 5-6
Waco Texas Christian 1-4 2-7
Cedar Park Summit Chr 0-5 0-6
Trinity Times
Sports PAGE 8 SEPTEMBER 2014
by Libby Nash
Staff Writer
The 2014 football sea-
son started with Holy
Trinity’s (status of
game).
This is the first season
of 6 man football after
two years of 11 man. With only 14 players last
season for an 11 man
game, the transfer from
an 11 to a 6 man team.
“It was a good move
for the school” said Head
Coach Ryan Bounds.
Even with the 20 play-
ers this season, Bounds
still calls it a good move
and is proud of the effort
made by all players.
“The team is working
extremely hard at practic-
es” said Bounds.
The team will play
school such as Bulverde
Bracken Christian, who
have been playing 6 man
for multiple years.
Bounds expects the
new 6 man team to rise to
the occasion when com-
peting against favored
schools and to give
110%.
by Brittany Parks
Staff Writer
The 2014 Volleyball
season is in full swing!
Junior Mikayla Medina
stated that the season has
been going great.
“It’s going great. We’ve
really become closer.
We’ve worked together,
lost together, won togeth-
er, and strived for suc-
cess.”
In the past years, the
Celtic Volleyball team
have made it to the
playoffs twice. To ensure
that they get a spot at
playoffs again, they’ve
been doing different drills
and techniques during
practices.
“We’ve done more
drills that help us in our
games, such as hitting
squares against the wall,
and running a lot,” Mikay-
la stated. “It’s more hands
on, and Coach Albers is
really helpful for telling us
what we can improve on.”
Coach Albers has ex-
pectations for this year’s
team.
“I hope so,” Coach Al-
bers stated when asked if
he had high expectations
for this year’s team, espe-
cially since they made it to
playoffs two years in a
row. “Our district got
tougher, but I hope they
can do it.”
Coach Albers added,
“It’s not Lady Celtics. It’s
Celtic Volleyball. They
don’t need a modifier.”
Football returns to small field
Strong early season for Volleyball, third in district now
Celtic Cross Country runs into state meet by Jack Pliska
Staff Writer
Along with a new year for
cross country, the runners are
bringing their new personal
records.
“Everyone's doing much bet-
ter than last year, I have high
expectations. We will continue
to train hard and get better,”
Coach John Warnes said
The girls team is back from a
sixth-place finish at state last
year. Leading the girls team is
Francesca and Sophia Weis-
bruch, who commonly finish in
the top ten placement each
race.
Leading the men’s team
is Jack Butler and John Es-
cobedo.
The Cross Country team
continues to train in the
mornings before school.
They will compete in five
invitational meets before
competing at state in Waco
on October 25.
Number 18, Davis
Kurtin dodges the
opposing team
with help from
number 12, An-
drew Doak.
Andi and Kimi Cyr, Andrea Reano, and Sophia and Francesca
Weisbruch prepare for the next set. (Photo by Collin Glorioso)
Date Event Site
08/22/14 Temple Invitational Lions Park, Temple
08/28/14 Belton Invitational Wildflower Country Club, Temple
09/13/14 St. Andrew’s Invitational St. Andrew’s , Austin
10/04/14 Roger’s Invitational Rogers High School, Rogers
10/25/14 TAPPS State Cross Country TBD, Waco
CELTIC CROSS COUNTRY