Holy Trinity Temple Trinity Times May 2015

by Jack PliskaCo-Sports Editor

Although school has stopped during the Sum-mer break in Holy Trinity, many school activities shall still carry on. Teachers and coaches alike are excited to teach the students through-out the break.

Athletics will have sum-mer workouts from June 8 to July 21. They will be hosting workouts on Mon-days through Thursdays and there will be two sessions a day from 9-10:30am and 5-

6:30 pm. The summer workouts are

optional, however coaches are highly encouraging stu-dents to attend at least once a day.

The exercises are wel-come to any incoming Holy Trinity students from fresh-men to seniors.

The exercises will consist of a weightlifting course to be followed by an agil-ity course such as running and circuits. The summer workouts will consist of more weightlifting than the

See “Summer” pg. 3

MAY 2015

Trinity TimesThe Monthly Newspaper of Holy Trinity Catholic High SchoolVolume 15, Issue 8

HT says goodbye to seniors

IN DEPTH Page 6-7

Sports year inreview

SPORTS Page 8

Celebrating

15Years of Publishing

2000-2015

by Sarah BakerStaff writer

The biggest worry on the mind of most upperclass-men are AP exams. And yet, freshmen and sophomores do not cringe when they hear those two words.

So the question arises for underclassmen: what are AP exams and why should they be feared?

Mrs. Laxton, teacher of AP English Language and Composition, says that “AP Exams are a test for credit in college. They try to be a test of your skill level [that test] a wide range in that course.”

The test scores range from a 1 to a 5. A score of 1 and 2 do not earn any col-lege credit. A score of 3, 4, and 5 usually receive at least some college credit.

“Most upper level col-lege’s only take 4’s and 5’s. Some colleges will give you more credits, the higher the score is,” Mrs. Laxton said.

This year marks a tran-sition for the Advanced Placement Board. The AP

US History has changed its structure to include mul-tiple choice questions based on excerpts from historical documents. Also instead of writing a Document Based Question and two 35 minute free-responses, there were four short answer questions (50 minutes total), a DBQ, and 1 free write.

The course will be fo-cusing more thematic that knowledge-based. Students do not need to focus on facts and individuals rather than trends in history.

So is the change in the course beneficial or harm-ful?

AP U.S. History teacher, Mrs. Kacir, argues that the change in the course will be detrimental to student’s education.

“It is distressing to me as a teacher [that students will not be taught] the great ac-complishments that America has brought to the world,” Mrs. Kacir says adding that, “students will not score well if they do not see the USA in the negative light that the AP is trying to present it.”

Students take AP examsProm 2015

This year’s prom was held on Sat. Apr. 25 at the Wildflower Country Club. The theme was James Bond and the venue was filled with James Bond-themed decor. Students from freshmen to seniors attended the event as well as many teacher chaperones. The prom king and queen were Michael Mercado and Andrea Reano (bottom right). Dessert foods were served including s’mores and ice cream. Each student was given a souvenir glass as a memento of the event (bottom left). (Photos by Faith Weisbruch, Jack Dowling, and Veronica Alonzo)

Students to spend summer on campus

Staff report

The senior class of 2015 will be attending 15 differ-ent colleges next fall, and they made their choices “official” last week.

Holy Trinity held its first ever “Senior Showcase” on Wed., May 20, to high-light the college choices of the seniors. Students were introduced by representa-tives, alums, or current stu-dents of the schools.

See “Showcase” pg. 9

Senior showcase heldNew event highlights college plans

Seniors officially announced their college choices at Holy Trinity’s first Senior Showcase. This year’s class will be attending 15 differ-ent colleges. (Photo by Lindsay Fredenberg)

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AP Exams

AP Exams for juniors and seniors in AP class-es were held the week of May 4 and May 11.

The AP English Literature exam was on Wednesday, May 6. T

he AP U.S. History and AP European History exams were held on Friday, May 8.

AP Government and Politics, a class taken in the first semester by seniors, was taken May 12, with AP Spanish in the afternoon.

AP English Language was taken on May 13.

—Colette Glorioso, Staff writer

Interact host senior water balloon throw

Interact hosted a senior water balloon event on May 20.

Students purchase water balloons three for $1. Seniors lined up outside the cafetorium during lunch and students were able to throw the bal-loons at them.

The money goes to support a child the Interact club sponsors in Sierra Leone that is funded through the summer.

—Rebecca Lindberg, Editor-In-Chief

Academic Awards to honor students

Holy Trinity hosted the Academic Awards ceremony on May 26 at 6pm.

Students are awarded class awards for top honors in all academic and fine arts areas.

Also named at the event were Holy Trinity’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian, the top two aca-demic GPAs in the senior class.

As well as the Paul E. Ogden Christian Leadership Award.


Sports Banquet recognizes top athletes

The Celtic Athletic Banquet was on May 22 in the school Gymnasium.

Tickets cost $15 for adults and $20 at the door, siblings are $10. All athletes were free.

Dinner was catered by Mungia’s BBQ and dessert was provided by “Let Them Eat Cake.”

The guest speaker was Rob Snyder, a 1984 Notre Dame Graduate with a degree in govern-ment. He was a mergers and acquisitions attor-ney by trade, the founder and CEO of the Largest Direct Selling Energy Company in the ‘World’, and he has retired twice by the age of 50.


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

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Faculty Adviser: Chris Mosmeyer Editor in Chief: Rebecca Lindberg

News Editor: Julia Jones Life and Arts Editor: Catherine Lowry

In-Depth Editor: Collin GloriosoCopy Editor: Sarah Baker

co-Sports Editor: Brittany Parksco-Sports Editor: Jack Pliska

Staff writers: Colette Glorioso, Kamarqui Cedeno, Jack Dowling,

Elizabeth Nash

Holy Trinity welcomes new studentsby Kamarqui CedenoStaff writer

This year Holy Trinity is receiving 13 new students: 12 freshmen and one sopho-more. There will be 24 re-turning sophomore students, 22 juniors, and 22 seniors who have registered for this school year.

That is a good start and has all the potential for im-provement.

Hopefully with the com-mercial businesses flourish-

ing in the area it may give more visibility to Holy Trin-ity and increase registration.

“As a parent of two stu-dents that have gone through the Holy Trinity school sys-tem, I believe that the Chris-tian values are self evident and the school should put to the public more emphasis on their recent achievements such as Forensics, sports, and Academics in order to increase registration,” parent Marcelo Cedeno said.

Holy Trinity is a school

that prides itself on Edu-cational success on its stu-dents.

“The amount of eighth grade students we’ve got-ten over the years is about the same amount. This year we have 26 freshmen,” said Counselor Cheryl Sanders.

Many of the new fresh-men previously spent a day at Holy Trinity to find out about the classes and atmo-sphere.

The first day of school for the 2015-2016 is Aug. 13.

Cow patty bingo raises moneyby Collin Glorioso In-Depth Editor

For the past few years, Holy Trinity has had a tra-dition of hosting the Cow Patty Bingo, and this year was no different.

Cow Patty Bingo is an event held on HT’s Matous field. The goal is to raise money for the athletic de-partment.

“Cow Patty Bingo is a fun way to spend time with our Holy Trinity CHS Family,” said Bruce Matous, who is aiding in the organization of Cow Patty Bingo. “All pro-ceeds benefit our student athletes.”

In the month leading up to the event, students were responsible for selling tick-ets to Cow Patty Bingo. The tickets sold for 100 dollars each.

For the game, the field is painted with 100 equal spaces. A cow is then let loose on the field. The clock is set, and every quarter, the square the animal is stand-

ing on wins a small prize. When the cow “drops,” that square wins a larger prize.

“There was lots of great food and entertainment. We also had country and west-ern music, a Punt, Pass, and Kick contest, and other side events going while the cow decided our prize winners,” said Mr. Matous.

“We raised about 10,000 dollars,” said Coach Yo-sten, HT’s Athletic Direc-tor. “That money will go to-wards uniforms, balls, and other athletic equipment.”

Several of the upper-classmen have been going to Cow Patty Bingo for the past few years.

“I thought it was really fun. It’s a creative way to raise funds for the school,” senior Rebecca Albers said, who also attended the event last year. “It was good to just hang out with people.”

In years past, Cow Patty Bingo has been an enor-mously successful event, and it looks as though that will remain the case for years to come.

Senior Andi Cyr excorts her milk cow Ginger around the field during Cow patty bingo on May 16 at the Matous Field. The events raised money for atheltics.

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standard in-school workout where lifting happened al-most weekly.

“I believe that these sum-mer workouts will be a great opportunity for athletes and coaches alike” said Jona-than Yosten, Holy Trinity’s Athletic Director. “We will be able to advance to a high-er level of play with sports. All the coaches are excited and eager to take advantage of the extra conditioning time.”

Forensics will also be continuing during the sum-mer break and Holy Trini-ty’s Forensics Coach, Chris Mosmeyer, is enthusiastic for the summer time prac-tice.

“We have not decided what we are going to do yet. We are going to have the plan for forensics by late July or early August,” said Mosmeyer. “We need to get started as early as possible . It is great that we will be

able to practice during the summer.”

The forensics team has heavily considered host-ing a forensics camp. Many individual members of the forensics team will also be attending debate camps at various universities.

A used clothing and book sale will occur on July 25. There students and their families will be selling school books and clothing to other Holy Trinity stu-

dents looking for a good bargain.

The cafeteria will be open for one hour from 10 to 11am.

Holy Trinity will be host-ing a Trivia Night on Aug 1 at 6 pm. At the Trivia Night, parents clash in a Trivial Pursuit-style friendly com-petition of wits and knowl-edge.

“The Trivia Night will have multiple rounds of questions with several cate-

gories of information,” said Veronica Alonzo, Principal. “We will have a lot of fun and the parents will get to know each other.”

On Jun. 2 Ms. Laxton and a group of students will be flying over to London for a week.There the students and teachers will go to several museums and go to see a play at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. The trip will last from June 2 to June 11.

HT girls learn self-defenseby Rebecca LindbergEditor-in-Chief

Holy Trinity offered a self defense class to female students.

The classes were on Apr. 27 and 30 as well as May 4 and 6 during the athletics period.

Jennifer Fouke, the in-structor, is a 4th degree black belt in Taekwondo with Bird Martial Arts in Belton, TX.

“All women should know about protecting them-selves,” Jennifer Fouke said, “in our world it is more important than ever for women to learn.”

She started by taking a self defense class with the police.

Master Fouke then want-ed to teach women, espe-cially older women, the vital points on another person.

“Parents asked for us to offer the class,” Principal Dr. Veronica Alonzo said. “It is an invaluable skills to

carry for the rest of the girls life.”

“I wanted to take self defense because I’m go-ing to college in two years and I want to be prepared for anything bad that could happen,” junior Kacey Dach said.

“The classes were really educational and informa-tive.” she added.

Students paid $12 and Holy Trinity sponsored an-other $2 per student to de-fray from the cost of atten-dance.

The girls finished the class on May 6 by getting attacked by two volunteers and having to defend them-selves.

These volunteers were Keith Erchinger and Nathan Powers.

After this final test, they received a certificate of completion and a small stick to help defend them-selves.

A similar class was of-fered for all high school girls last year as well.

NHS welcomes guest speaker Dr. Donald Boudreauxby Colette GloriosoStaff writer

On Apr. 24, Holy Trinity welcomed Dr. Donald Bou-dreaux, an economist and professor at George Ma-son University in Virginia to discuss economic issues with the students. The guest presentation was held in the cafetorium at the start of what would normally be prayer service, and went until lunch.

After lunch, Dr. Bou-dreaux stayed to have a round table discussion with the National Honor Society and any other students who wanted to participate.

Holy Trinity parent, Dr. David Fontaine, helped to coordinate Dr. Boudreaux’s visit and paid for his trip.

The National Honor Soci-ety previously talked about trying to coordinate a visit from a guest speaker.

“We wanted someone who portrayed goals that reflected what NHS stands for; someone who would talk about important issues and speak from an educa-tional perspective,” said Mrs. Karen Kacir, National Honor Society faculty ad-viser. “Eugenie’s dad asked him to come,” she said.

The round table discus-sion was held during fifth and sixth periods that same day. Many students went to the cafetorium to partici-pate.

Freshman Hannah Lieber wards off volunteer attacker sophomore Keith Erchinger on the last day of self-defense. (Photo by Mrs. Brink)

Dr. Donald Boudreaux speaks to the student body about econom-ics (Photo by Ahmari Simmons).

Summerfrom pg. 1

German class to end in a yearby Jack DowlingPhoto Editor

Toss out your German textbooks, because next year will be the last time German is offered at Holy Trinity.

German II and III is cur-rently taught by Julia Men-dez who instructs the class using a hybrid technique. She teaches partly by using skype to instruct the stu-dents, and partly by sending emails detailing homework. She periodically attends the class personally and in-structs the students, aiding them with their language work.

Junior Kacey Dach en-

joys Mrs. Mendez’s teach-ing, however she isn’t too fond of the hybrid program.

“Yeah, I think that [Mrs. Mendez] is a good teacher, but the problem I have with the hybrid is that it’s just hard to get help when she’s not here. We do the work from the emails and we skype, but it’s just not the same,” Kacey said.

The phasing out of ger-man class began this year, when students were no longer allowed to join the course and were moved to Latin. German II and III students will still finish their years, and german II will advance to a third year. However, because a majori-

ty of the german III students have shown a lack of inter-est, there will be no german IV next year.

Dr. Veronica Alonzo, principal, has told the news staff that she plans to con-tinue phasing out the Ger-man class, but will certainly not turn down an acceptable teacher.

“We had several candi-dates, however none of them were really what we were looking for,” said Principal Alonzo, “we are still open for the position of German teacher; however until such time as a suitable candidate arrives, we will continue the phasing out of German.”

Junior pinning ceremony

The graduating senior class of 2015 pins the new senior class of 2016 on May 15 during mass at St. Mary’s. (Photo by Faith Weisbruch)

by Kamarqui CedenoStaff writer

Holy Trinity’s Choir has been a platform in assisting students in building their self confidence.

“As a 9th grader, I’m so proud and amazed at how music in the choir has build my self confidence.” fresh-men Choir member Elisa Brown said.

The choir is also a tool,

which prepares students for other classes such as Eng-lish and Math.

The Choir has proven to be very successful in TAPPS. This year most of the Choir members have re-

ceived several of awards on their solos.

“Wow, I still can’t be-lieve it! My first year in the Choir and I have already re-ceived a TAPPS solo award for state!” freshmen Choir

member Duyen Nguyen. The Choir has filled a lot

of chairs on their concerts and has impressed many Faculty members, students, friends, and family.

The Choir’s daily re-hearsals continue to pay off. Each guest who has watched the Choir has been mesmerized by how ravish-ing they sound.

“The choir is magnifi-cent. Whenever they per-form, I get chills and can actually tell how much work they put into their performance,” said English teacher Ms. Laxton.

The Choir’s Spring Con-cert will be on May 8. There will be many seniors show-ing off their skills and hard work with solos they have selected.

Life and ArtsTrinity Times

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Forensics wraps up a successful seasonby Catherine LowryLife and Arts Editor

The Foresnics team has wrapped up their season with a total of 309 awards, and five members of the team are still preparing for nationals.

“I think it was a great season. What we see every year is that we have a lot of talented students and a lot of new students trying to learn these events, and a bunch that really excelled in it,” Head Coach Chris Mos-meyer, who recently earned his second diamond, said.

Last year, the team won

a total of 335 awards, 26 more than this year.

“At first glance, it looks like we didn’t do as well, but we didn’t go to TAPPS District this year, and that accounts for almost all of those awards,” Mosmeyer said.

Currently, Holy Trinity is in the top four percent in the nation and state for the NSDA chapter. This means that Holy Trinity has one of the highest numbers of degrees among all schools, public and private.

“We had a mostly under-classmen team , and we did surprisingly well. I think it

was a great season overall,” junior Zayne Clayton, who competes mostly in acting, said.

This year, Nationals will be in Dallas at the Shera-ton Hotel. It will be held on 14-19. The NSDA National Tournament will be the larg-est academic competition in the world.

“We had some students that just crushed it this year. I can’t say I’m dissappoint-ed in anybody,” Mosmeyer said.

The team wrapped up the year with a showcase on May 15. The dedicated members of forensics pose with all of the awards that

they have won this year. (Photo by Chris Mosmeyer)

Bella Sona proudly finishes their year

Band finishes with high hopes for next school yearRight to left, top row: Julia Jones, Simon Pinkston, Carlos Cortes, An-drew Bochat, Jacob Andrews, Nathan Bryant, Ivan Cruz, and Zach Garcia. Bottom: Francesca Weisbruch, Rebecca Albers, Jahandar Farrokhnejad, Hannah Lieber, Sophia Weisbruch, and Mariah Rios. (Photo by Joe Fe-therman)

by Julia JonesNews Editor

The Holy Trinity band faced a year full of change, challenge, and most of all, music during the 2014-2015 school year.

Their achievements this year include three concerts, the TAPPS state competi-tion, and fundraisers such as the hot chocolate sale. Band Director Jennie Miller feels that although the band expe-rienced some setbacks this

year, it turned out to be fine in the long run.

“We lost five people from last year because David Weisbruch graduated and four people moved, but we got two freshmen and two new students,” Ms. Miller said. “Not having a region solo and ensemble com-petition didn’t give us the benchmark that we needed to succeed at state to the level of my expectation.”

See “Band” pg. 9

Carolyn Wieden-field, Eugenie Fontaine, Rebecca Al-bers, Elisa Brown, Kamarqui Cedeno and Marianna Cruz all pose with their roses after the choir con-cert. (Photo by Mrs. Hallissey)

MAY 2015

Trinity TimesThe Monthly Newspaper of Holy Trinity Catholic High SchoolVolume 15, Issue 8

SPECIAL EDITION: The Year in Review

Forensics wins ninth state titleby Catherine LowryLife and Arts Editor

Holy Trinity recently won the TAPPS State Aca-demic 2A Championship for the fourth time in a row and ninth time overall.

“I’m very excited with how we did,” Head Coach Chris Mosmeyer said. “I think it seems like ’yeah, we do [win] all the time’ but ev-ery year it’s hard. We start-ed working on this last April and we are already working on next year. So, really, it’s a year round effort,” Mr. Mosmeyer said.

Nineteen students com-peted in seven speech events, eleven academic testing events and year-book. Fifteen out of the nineteen students placed in the top eight and Holy Trin-ity placed first in seven out of the nineteen events.

Placing for the Celtics include Jillian Lauver with three golds and one silver, Thomas Mosmeyer with three golds, Neyda Camer-ena with one gold, Danielle Hallissey with one silver and one bronze, Zayne Clay-ton with one silver and one bronze, Travis Blackburn with one silver, and Alberto Dueñes with one bronze.

“I feel so proud of Holy Trinity. It feels awesome to know that all of the hard work and hours spent prac-ticing have paid off,” com-petitor Colin Rockwood said.

Holy Trinity won with a total of 143 points, 101.5 from speech events alone. Ten points are awarded for every first place, eight for every second place, six for every third place, and so on. Holy Trinity won by 55.5 points, and beat thirty-two

other schools.Since 2004, Holy Trinity

has never been below sec-ond place. Last year, they won by 32 points and this year they won by 55, mak-ing this their second highest margin of victory ever. This year, Holy Trinity earned its highest number of points yet, even with fewer en-

tries.Although this brings the

close of forensic tourna-ments for this school year, those students who quali-fied for the NSDA National Tournament will travel to Dallas and compete there. Those who qualified are Julia Jones and Collin in Duo Interpretation, Thom-

as Mosmeyer and Danielle Hallissey in Public Forum Debate, and Jillian Lauver in Humorous Interpretation.

The forensics team also plans to hold a practice week over the summer to help incoming speakers and to refresh returning mem-bers of the team.

The Holy Trinity State Forensics Team poses for a photo with their state championship awards. (Photo by Ahmari Sim-mons)

New teachers arriveby Jack PliskaCo-Sports Editor

Along with the start of a new school year, Holy Trin-ity has several new staff members.

“I am excited to have our new teachers because they will bring fresh new ideas to the classroom,” Principal Veronica Alonzo said.

“I am confident that they will do well and we will help them as they adjust to the Holy Trinity lifestyle.”

The new teachers express their excitement as well. Connie Rivera, the new Administrative Assis-tant, came from Indianapo-lis af-ter working for the Aveda Fredric’s Institute. She came to Holy Trinity for its Catho-lic-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 Immaculate Conception Middle School in Denton, Texas, where he coached middle school ath-letics. Coach Yosten came to Holy Trinity so he could coach high school while still coaching in the familiar Catholic environment.

“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. Wangler comes from Chile where she taught English at Liceo Fed-erico Albert Faup school.

“This is an amazing school,” Mrs. Wangler said. “I did not expect it to be so united.”

Lindsay Fredenburg, the new Director of Advance-ment and Admissions, comes from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor where she worked at a similar job.

Homecoming

PromThe prom king and queen for 2015 were Michael Mercado and Andrea Reano (right). This year’s prom was held on Sat. Apr. 25 at Wildflower Country Club and the theme was James Bond. Student council decorated and prepared for the event. Snacks included s’mores, icecream, and punch. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Alonzo)

The homecoming king and queen for 2015 were Travis Blackburn and Sarah Baker (left). The dance was on Sat. Oct. 11 in the cafetori-um and the theme was glow in the dark. Students enjoyed the black-lights, glowsticks, and glow in the dark punch. The student council was in charge of the event. (Photo by Keith Thompson)

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Senior class of 2015...Rebecca Albers

Texas A&MUniversity

John Escobedo

Texas A&MUniversity

Pavia Muringathuparambil

University of Texas

Elizabeth Nash

Blinn Team, Texas A&M University

Karson Kasberg

Texas TechUniversity

Sarah Baker

University of Dallas

Simon Pinkston

Tarleton StateUniversity

Rebecca Lindberg

Texas StateUniversity

Travis Blackburn

University of Texas San Antonio

Alberto Dueñes Ibarra

University of Texas El Paso

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The Holy Trinity Senior Class of 2015 pose for a photo wearing their caps and gowns. (File photo)

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University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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Mariah Rios

Tarleton StateUniversity

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by Jack PliskaSports Editor

Boys athletics experi-enced a year of transition in 2014-15.

The fall 2014 football sea-son was an important, if not disappointing, part of Holy Trinity history. This marked the first year the team re-turned to six man football, and it was a challenge.

The team struggled with a small coaching staff and a lack of experience. The team lost nine of their ten games, winning only one.

But things are looking up for the team. Spring foot-ball has started recently, and players have already made huge improvements.

Holy Trinity football players high hopes for the upcoming season. Andrew Doak, football player and soon-to-be-senior, has good expectations on how the year will go.

“I think football is go-

ing to be a lot more fun this year,” Doak said. “I think we will be better this year and the overall attitude of the team is becoming more positive.”

Another old sport re-turned to Holy Trinity this year as baseball resumed af-ter a three-year break. This was the first year the team played on Lynch Field at

Holy Trinity’s campus.The team did not win

any games, but with a large number of freshmen and sophomores, the future looks bright.

The basketball team strug-gled through their season as well, but that team also features several underclass-men. The team is losing one student to transfer--Xavier

Charles-Walters--but Coach Yosten expects everyone else back.

There were some high-lights for the boys. John Escobedo placed seventh at the state meet 800 meter dash.

The golf team advanced

to regionals and Zach Moore placed eighth in the state golf competition.

The work on next year has already begun. Strength and conditioning workouts will begin June 8. Spring foot-ball wrapped up last week with a six-on-six game.

by Jack PliskaSports Editor

The Lady Celtics had an exciting year with state finishes and playoff ap-pearances in every sport.The runners got the year off right.

The girls cross coun-try team took second place overall at the TAPPS 2A state meet. The girls were led by Sophia Weisbruch, who came in 10th individu-ally, followed by Francesca Weisbruch in 11th.

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

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

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.

The girls’ basketball once again made playoffs and ad-vanced to the Sweet 16.

After the defeat of Austin Hill Country on Feb. 10, the HT girls basketball team so-lidified their place for 2nd place in district.

The girls defeated Longview Trinity 55-43 in the first round of the play-offs, but fell to Lubbock Christ the King in the sec-ond round round, 54-36.

The girls athletic year ended with the state track meet. Seniors Sophia Weis-bruch and Andi Cyr both came home with silver med-als.

Sophia placed second in the 800 and seventh in the mile.

Andi got second in shot put and seventh in discus.

Trinity Times

Sports MAY 2015PAGE 8

SPECIAL EDITION: The Year in Review

Lady Celtics post strong yearCross Country second in state; Volleyball and Basketball make playoffs

Left, the girls basketball team poses for a picture before one of their home games. The girls made it to the top 16 in the state this year. Below, left, the state runner up cross country team. Below, right, the volleyball team receives serve during an away game.

Boys sports see year of transition

Holy Trinity’s baseball team, above, took the diamond for the first time on HT soil. (Photo by Rebecca Lindberg). Zachary Moore, right, with his 8th place state golf medal.

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BandDespite these challenges,

however, five members of the band were able to earn a one at state, the highest rank-ing, for their solos, and seven others received a two.

Principal Veronica Alonzo feels that the TAPPS solos could be improved within the next few years.

“I would like to see the band be able to have perfor-mances that showcase differ-ent talents and more pieces with solos,” Dr. Alonzo said. “I believe that could trans-late to better performance at TAPPS.”

In addition to competi-tions, the band performed three concerts at the school: the fall concert in October, the Christmas concert in De-cember, and the spring con-cert on May 14.

Each concert was free to attend, however donations were requested to fund new music and equipment.

Jahandar Farrokhnejad, a junior in band, feels that the band has improved at concert performance from previous years.

“Our band was pretty good. We’ve played well over the years, and I believe we’ll continue to get better,” Jahandar said.

Concerts were not the only way that the band raised money this year.

Band students also sold hot chocolate during midterms and throughout the winter for 50 cents a cup.

Ms. Miller is hopeful that in the next few years the school will receive enough

funding to build a fine arts building for band and choir classes.

“It’d be nice to see a per-manent, adequate-sized fa-cility for fine arts instead of the portable buildings we currently have,” Ms. Miller said.

Most fine arts complexes include soundproof walls, which would be beneficial to the choir and band as well as the students and teachers in other classes while practice is in session.

The choir had to relocate from the chapel to the drama storage room due to com-plaints about the music by other teachers.

Dr. Alonzo is interested in many new programs for the band such as a trip to Disney World to perform at Festival Disney, a competition open to all bands to work on their skills and to learn from es-teemed musicians.

Another thing she would like to see is a marching band, something that the school has never had before.

“I would like to see a marching band at the foot-ball games and for the band to grow to do so,” Dr. Alonzo said.

She is also interested in organizing a summer band class in August so that the band can better prepare for next school year.

The band may be much smaller next year as two se-niors are graduating and oth-er students have scheduling conflicts with the band class.

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“I’m excited to have started a new Celtic tradi-tion,” Holy Trinity Principal Veronica Alonzo said. “This is a great way to recognize our seniors.”

The event was held af-ter first period in the audi-torium. Each student was recognized and offered the opportunity to explain why they are attending the col-lege.

Hannah Gokingco, who graduated from Holy Trin-ity last year, attends Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida, and introduced se-nior Andi Cyr, who will be joining her next year.

“I wanted a mid-sized Catholic college that of-fered a variety of majors and experiences,” Cyr said. “It’s perfect for me.”

Senior Sophia Weisbruch will be attending St. Greg-ory’s University in Okla-homa.

“The atmosphere feels like Holy Trinity,” Weis-bruch said. “It’s a good Catholic atmosphere, and it’s small so I will get to know people better and grow in my faith.”

There were some light moments and good-natured ribbing of schools.

John Blankenship, a

graduate of Michigan State University, gave Nathan Powers a warning.

“In about eight months, you’re going to be wishing that global warming would get a move on,” he said.

Nathan, who will be a Spartan in the fall, assured Mr. Blankenship that he was ready for the winter.

Holy Trinity Counselor Cheryl Sanders said that students had praised the hills and river of Texas State University, noting that Tex-as A&M was “just flat.”

Kris Mathis, an admis-sions counselor represent-ing A&M said that the Bra-

zos is not far away, and Seth Tracy, a representative of Texas Tech, said Lubbock was pretty despite not hav-ing hills or a river.

“I like how it’s flat and you can see all the build-ings,” added senior Andrea Reano, who will be attend-ing Texas Tech in the fall.

Teacher Chris Mosmeyer, a graduate of the University of Dallas, said that like the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, UD has the mascot of the “Crusaders” and has also been recognized for its athletics.

“We once were on the cover of Sports Illustrated

for the longest losing streak in college basketball--0 and 86,” Mr. Mosmeyer said.

Senior Sarah Baker as-sured everyone that she did not pick the University of Dallas for its athletics, but for its “core curriculum” and Rome program.

Dr. Alonzo added that the new event is also a way to make the school’s under-classmen aware of some schools to consider.

“It’s a great way to bring to their attention the possi-bility that awaits them,” Dr. Alonzo said.

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Celtic FootballAug. 3 Practice Begins

Aug. 14 New Braunfels Chr (Scrimmage) 5:30 p.m.

Aug. 21 Austin Wilco 5:30 p.m.

Aug. 28 @ Bulverde Bracken Christian 7:30 p.m.

Sep. 4 Centex Homeschool 7:30 p.m.

Sep. 11 @ Waco Parkview 7:30 p.m.

Sep. 18 Waco Vanguard 7:30 p.m.

Sep. 25 @ Brownwood Victory Life 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 @ Prairie Lea 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 #Athens Prep 7 p.m.

Oct. 16 *Tyler Street Christian 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 23 *@ Dallas Lakehill Prep 7 p.m.

Nov. 6 *@ Waco Live Oak 7:30 p.m.

*district game bold- home game #Homecoming

2015-2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTSATTENTION ATHLETES!

PHYSICALS ARE HELD ON JUNE 1SUMMER WORKOUTS BEGIN JUNE 8

CONTACT COACH YOSTEN FOR MORE INFORMATION

Celtic VolleyballAug. 3 Practice BeginsAug. 18 @ Austin San Juan Diego 6 p.m.Aug. 20 Waco Vanguard 5 p.m.Aug. 25 CTCS 5 p.m.Sep. 3 *Austin Waldorf 5:30 p.m.Sep. 8 *@ Austin Veritas 5 p.m.Sep. 10 *@ Waco TCA 5 p.m.Sep. 12 @ CTCS Tournament Sep. 14 Centex Chargers JV GAME 4:30 p.m.Sep. 14 Summit Christian 5:30 p.m.Sep. 17 Waco Live Oak 5:30 p.m.Sep. 21 *@ Austin Hill Country 5:30 p.m.Sep. 28 *@ Austin Waldorf 5:30 p.m.Oct. 1 *Austin Veritas 5 p.m.Oct. 6 *Waco TCA 5 p.m.Oct. 13 *@ Waco Live Oak 5:30 p.m.Oct. 15 *Austin Hill Country 5:30 p.m.Oct. 19 Oglesby 5 p.m.Oct. 22 Centex 5 p.m.*district game bold- home game

Celtic BasketballNov. 12 Oglesby 5 p.m.Nov. 17 @CTCS 5 p.m.Nov. 19-21 @Oglesby TournamentNov. 23 @Granger 5 p.m.Dec. 3-5 Holy Trinity basketball tournamentDec. 8 Abbott 5 p.m.Dec. 15 *Austin Waldorf 5 p.m.Dec. 18 *Austin Veritas 1:30 p.m.Jan. 2 @CTCS tournament (Girls only)Jan. 5 *@Waco TCA 6 p.m.Jan. 7 *Cedar Park Summit 5 p.m.Jan. 12 *Waco Live Oak 5 p.m.Jan. 14 *Austin Hill Country 5 p.m.Jan. 22 *@Austin Waldorf 5 p.m.Jan. 26 *@Austin Veritas 6:30 p.m.Jan. 28 *Waco TCA 5 p.m.Feb. 2 *@Summit Christian 5 p.m.Feb. 4 *@Waco Live Oak 5 p.m.Feb. 9 *@Austin Hill Country 6 p.m.

*district game bold- home game

Celtic Cross CountryAug. 3 Practice Begins

Sep. 12 Jarrell Cross Country Meet

Oct. 31 TAPPS Cross Country State Meet

Other meets to be announced

Keep up with all of the Celtics in 2015-2016

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Rebecca AlbersHeight: 6”0

Sports: VolleyballPositions: Middle Blocker

Michael MercadoHeight: 5”11

Sports: Soccer, TrackPositions: Midfield, Relay

Celtic Athletes of the Month Baseballfrom pg. 12

with practices, sched-ule scrimmages, a few non-district games,” said Coach Esqueda. “This will definitely help us gain that experience that was need-ed before our first district game.”

For any student that is the least bit interested in joining baseball team next year, start practicing now. “If they have determination,

commitment and willing to learn baseball and apply what he has been coached they will be successful,” said Coach Esqueda.

Coach Esqueda hopes that in the coming years the boys baseball team will continue to grow in size. Hopefully with new incom-ing students a larger team will be occuring in the near future.

Powderfrom pg. 12

in third and Finnian came in last.

In the first game Killian played against Finnian and Aidan went against Colum-ba.

During the second game Killian played against Aidan and Finnian played against Columba.

Kristina Kelley, who was one of the main supervisors of Powderpuff believed that the games went well.

“Powderpuff was very successful; each family made a great effort to do well. Everyone seemed to be having a fun time,” said Kelley.

The Killian family in the Holy Trinity community

won the Powder puff games, Jennifer Laxton, one of Killian’s leaders, was very happy with the results.

“I liked the games. It was really fun and everyone had a great time.

“I love to see the kids talking and coming togeth-er.Powder Puff is really great for the community” Laxton said.

Even though the Powder Puff games provided a lot of fun for the school and many believe that it was a success, leaders are still looking forward to the fu-ture Powder Puff.

“There were some ques-tionable moves so we will probably be modifying the

rules in the future.We will also be improving the lo-gistics for water as well as providing team vests,” Mrs. Kelley said.

“I believe that we need some more referee control next year. I believe with some more specific rules the individual teams would have more fun,” Laxton said.

Many of the Holy Trinity leaders have encouraging words for future Holy Trin-ity Powder Puff players.

“I would tell all the girls to have a lot of fun,” Kelley said. “They should put in all their effort, be competitive, try new things and have fun.”

Golffrom pg. 12

Freehill shot 116, senior John Esc-obedo shot 119, and Zach Moore shot 79. Zach Moore qualified for state.

Coach Escobedo is proud of this year’s team. “The team surpassed my expectations,” said Coach Esc-obedo. “I am really proud of the young men that represented the school, not only as athletes but as young men also.”

The team is also very proud of their accomplishments. “We did good this year,” said Zach. “I mean, we only had four players this year. It’s pretty good that we even quali-fied for regionals.”

This year’s team was comprised of three seniors out of total of four.

If they do not get enough mem-

bers next year, there will not be a golf team next school year.

“... we are really needing to spark some interest in the students that have considered playing or we will not be able to field a boys nor girls team,” said Coach Escobedo. “As a small school, the students have many other commitments and that takes away from the knowledge that coaches would like to pass on to their athletes.”

Anyone who is planning on play-ing golf should practice all year round. Just like with anything else, in order to perfect a skill, Coach Escobedo says they should all keep practicing.

“Even as a beginner, the local golf courses offer very inexpensive

group lessons over the summer,” said Coach Escobedo. “If you are a bit more seasoned player, there are leagues such as STPGA (South Tex-as Junior PGA) that offer to get your competitiveness going.”

“Golf is a great sport that you can

play into your older years and meet some interesting people while doing so,” said Coach Escobedo. “Please consider coming out for the golf team next year. The tournaments are played with people of your skill level.”

Trackfrom pg.12

TAPPS regional meet on May 30.

In order to qualify for the meet, competitors on both track and field placed either first or second at the district

meet. Any competitors that

placed either first or sec-ond at the regional meet ad-vanced to state.

Senior Andi Cyr ex-

pressed her success at the regional meet by saying, “I’m proud to have come so far in two years. I’ve loved competing for Holy Trinity, and will really miss it.”

Zach-ary Moore placed eighth at this year’s state competi-tion. (Photo courtesy by Mrs. Pam Oman)

Mercado sprints in triathalonby Elizabeth NashStaff Writer

One sport just isn’t enough for some students, and senior Michael Mer-cado is a living testament to that.

Michael recently com-peted in not his first but his second triathlon on April 12.

The triathlon consisted of a 1500M swim, a 25 mile bike ride, and a 6 mile run to top it all off.

“My dad did them [tri-athlons] so I wanted to try it,” Michael noted about the extremely athletic com-petition.

Triathlons can range from simple 5K charity rac-es to the Iron Man which is a 140.6 mile race. While a full Iron Man race is not in the near future for Michael,

he is looking forward to his next race

“I got a pretty bad wet-suit burn, but other than that, it was a good race” Michael stated when asked about the hardest part of the race.

Triathlons are consid-ered one of the most stren-uous and difficult physical activities. The different muscles each activity re-quires makes shifting from one activity to another ex-tremely difficult for the athlete and requires intense training.

Michael finished 256th out of 580 competitors. Not too shabby for his second triathlon. Michael received a finishers medal along with personal accomplish-ment and the motivation to complete another race.

by Sarah BakerCopy Editor

The Holy Trinity Track team has seen a successful year, culminating in three out of the four students competing at state placing second in their events

Overall, Coach John Warnes was pleased with the outcome, and with the athletes’ hard work and dedication.

“We had some highs and some lows this year, but overall I’m very proud of the track team for all their hard work,” Coach Warnes said.

Sophia Weisbruch placed second in the 800 meter race, and seventh in the mile. John Escobedo placed sev-enth in the 800 meter race.

Andi Cyr placed sec-ond in shot put, seventh in discus. Junior Fran-cesca Weis-bruch placed seventh in the hurdles, and ninth in the 400 me-ter dash.

S o p h i a Weisbruch has received a scholarship for her suc-cess in track (as well as other sports) will go on to compete on her college track team.

Track Coach John Warnes was excited about the team’s

success at regionals as well.“I am very proud of these

kids, and the hard work they put in,” Coach Warnes said, “as a whole, they ran their

hearts out, and I’m re-ally pleased with the result.”

The Holy Trinity track

team competed in the See “Track” pg. 11

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Powder Puff gets brutalby Jack PliskaCo-Sports Editor

Holy Trinity hosted its Powder Puff football games on May 1. The foot-ball season started off with a twist as it saw a little role reversal with boys acting as cheerleaders and the girls playing football.

The games occurred on Friday from 3:30-5 pm. Each Holy Trinity family had female players faced off in a six on six game.

Each family played in a game of football. Killian came in first, Aidan came in second, Columba came

See “Powder” pg. 11

Killian won this year’s Powder Puff game held on May 1 starting during athletics going till 5:30. This is the third year Killian has won. Mrs. Laxton poses with her family. (Photo courtesy of Eliza-beth Nash).

Baseball ends with a losing streakby Brittany ParksCo-Sports Editor

The baseball season has recently ended, with a score of 0-10. This was the first time in three years HT has had a baseball team.

The boys played against Live Oak on April 10. They lost 14-3.

The Celtics played against Summit Christian on April 21. They lost 8-3.

Coach Richard Esqueda says that he is very proud of this year’s team. He knows that they will only progress from here.

“I am glad to have had a team this year if it wasn’t for the fearlessness of the students who never played to come out and try base-ball we might not of had a team,” said Coach Esqueda. “I encourage all students who wish to try out to come out next season or con-tact me to get a jump start on fundamental baseball. The season was a learning process and everyday we learned and improved.”

They lost against Texas Christian 18-0 on April 24. It was the same story on

April 25, where they lost against Austin Veritas 13-0. Their last game was on April 27, where they lost 14-0 against Hill Country.

Even though they lost all their games this season, this does not feel like a lost to the team. “I don’t feel like we’re failures,” said fresh-man Jack Butler. “This was the first time Holy Trinity has had a baseball team in three years. We will only get better.”

Though the season has ended, Coach Esqueda does want them to practice off season. “I would like for all ball players to improve in there throwing accura-cy, foot work and building strength in their throwing arms to make longer and ac-curate throws,” said Coach Esqueda. “Of course hand eye coordination with hit-ting the baseball will defi-nitely help.”

The team’s goal for next year is to practice as much as possible. The earlier they start practicing, the better the team itself will be.

“Next year, I would like to start as early as possible

See “Baseball” pg. 11

Golfer advances to eighth in stateby Brittany ParksCo-Sports Editor

The golf team has wrapped up their season. They end their season with senior Zachary Moore placing 8th at the state tournament in Waco on April 27 and 28.

“I feel like I could have done better,” said Zach Moore. “It’s ok though. I am happy with just placing

at all.”Zach Moore shot 82 on

the first day and was tied for ninth. On the second day, the tournament was called for a halt after it started raining badly.

“The weather was the main obstacle for the day,” said Coach John Esc-obedo. “It was very cold, and rained so much that the course was unplayable because of the amount of

water that had collected on the course and had to be closed.”

Zach ended up placing 8th, and he is part of the 2A all State Golf team.

The regional tourna-ment took place in Allen on April 20. Senior Alber-to Duenes shot 115, sopho-more Jacob

See “Golf” pg. 11

Weisbruch, Cyr grab silver

(Above) Andi Cyr displays her second place shot put medal in front of the Baylor Bear in Waco. (Right) Sophia Weisbruch poses by a friendlier Baylor Bear, wearing her second place medal for the 800 meter race. (Photos courtesy of John Warnes)

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