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NOVEMBER 2014 Trinity Times The Monthly Newspaper of Holy Trinity Catholic High School Celtic Shorts 2 In- Depth 4-5 Schedules 7 Celtic Athletes 7 Volume 15, Issue 3 The many mascots of Texas IN DEPTH Pages 4-5 Winter sports start up SPORTS Page 8 Students support life by Julia Jones News Editor November is National Respect Life Month, so it’s time to break out the purple ribbons and support life! The Holy Trinity Pro- Life Club has been active- ly supporting the Pro-Life movement by holding a do- nation drive for baby items, hosting a prayer blanket workshop to make blankets for the elderly in nursing homes, and giving every student and faculty member a purple ribbon to wear as a reminder to respect all life. Pro-Life Club Supervi- sor Pam Fette tells why they have so many opportuni- ties to support the pro-life movement. “Our organization is huge; over one fourth of the student body is in the Pro- Life Club. That many stu- dents are willing to go out of their way to support life,” Mrs. Fette said. The baby items donation drive was fairly successful this year. Many students brought in items or a mone- tary donation. Every student who brought something re- ceived two community ser- vice hours. Pro-Life Club See “Life” pg. 3 by Kamarqui Cedeno Staff writer The midterm election would have been quite an experience for some stu- dents at Holy Trinity, but most decided to sit on the side lines. Because the law states that the appropriate age for voting is 18, only a few students would be eligible to vote for their preferred representative. There were five seniors eligible to vote, but only one took the initiative to cast a vote. “Well, now I have the right to complain and now I will be seen as an adult and not just a high school student,” senior Nathan Powers said. “I voted for the Republicans and I’m happy that they won.” States vary in their qualifications for vot- ing. In Texas, to vote you must be a registered voter, at least 18 years old, and have some form of State ID (voter ID). For current seniors, it should be their responsi- bility to find out what is really going on in their government, and/or state. “I don’t think it’s impor- tant for any senior to vote; only if they are well aware of the candidates and polit- ical issues. It is part of our political process and citi- zenship to vote, but only if the individual has an intel- lectual opinion,” History Teacher Karen Kacir said. For most seniors, Gov- ernment class has been a great preparation for the election year. “We are able to under- stand briefly what’s going See “Voting” pg. 3 Halloween brings variety Interact interacts by Julia Jones News Editor Jesus told us to love oth- ers as we love ourselves, and that’s exactly what Holy Trinity’s Interact Club in- tends to do. The Interact Club focuses on serving the community through service projects. This year, the club is plan- ning their most active year yet, with more frequent ser- vice projects and fundrais- ers. Interact Secretary Franc- esca Weisbruch is counting on a busy year. “Our president Rebecca Lindberg has a lot of ideas and plans that can make our Interact Club more involved in the community,” Franc- esca said. Since the beginning of this year, they have already had a “Candygram” fundraiser for Halloween and various ser- vice projects such as work- ing with the Temple Rotary Club to team up with Kids Against Hunger. They packaging food to be sent to children in Haiti. Junior Jennifer Kolessar helped out at this event. “I liked it. It was fun,” Jen- nifer said. “At the end when he told us we were able to feed so many kids after only three hours of work, it felt good to know I made a dif- ference.” At this particular event, Temple Rotary, Temple High School Interact, and Holy Trinity Interact teamed up and formed conveyer belts to fill bags with all of the necessary nutrients for a few healthy meals for kids without a sufficient amount of food. Together, they were able to package over 15,000 meals for children in need. Another aspect of Inter- act Club is fundraising, and they’ve had an early start this year with the sale of Hallow- een “Candygrams,” or bags of candy that can be sent to the person of one’s choice. Junior Kimi Cyr, who partic- ipated in the sales, explains just how they work. “We asked members to go out and purchase bags of candy or donate money to our president Rebecca Lind- berg so she could buy candy See “Interact” pg. 3 Junior Collin Glorioso plays guitar and leads Theology Teacher Pam Fette’s costumed Theology III class in an impromptu praise and worship session in preparation for prayer servuce. (Photo by Ahmari Simmons.) by Jack Dowling Photo Editor On Halloween, many of the students dressed up for the costume contest that was held during lunch. The contest was broken down into five categories: best freshman boy and girl, best sophomore boy and girl, best junior boy and girl, and best senior boy and girl. There was also an award given to the best group. Best freshmen boy went to John Castro as a penguin while best freshman girl went to Faith Weisbruch as a fifties girl. Best sophomore boy was given to Logan Hancock, a monk, and best sophomore girl to AraBelle West as Mary Poppins. Winning juniors were Ahmari Simmons as Presi- dent Obama and Zayne Clayton as a pig. The winning seniors were Mariah as Red from “Orange is the New Black,” and Travis Blackburn as America. The best group award went to Collin Glorio- so, Julia Jones, and Jack Dowling for their Mariachi band. The trio performed a Mariachi-style rendition of the school song. Each winner received a Halloween-themed cup filled with candy. Seniors opt out of the vote

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Trinity TimesThe Monthly Newspaper of Holy Trinity Catholic High School

Celtic Shorts 2In- Depth 4 -5 Schedules 7 Celtic Athletes 7

Volume 15, Issue 3

The many mascots of Texas

IN DEPTH Pages 4-5

Winter sports start up

SPORTS Page 8

Students support lifeby Julia JonesNews Editor

November is National Respect Life Month, so it’s time to break out the purple ribbons and support life!

The Holy Trinity Pro-Life Club has been active-ly supporting the Pro-Life movement by holding a do-nation drive for baby items, hosting a prayer blanket workshop to make blankets for the elderly in nursing homes, and giving every student and faculty member a purple ribbon to wear as a reminder to respect all life.

Pro-Life Club Supervi-

sor Pam Fette tells why they have so many opportuni-ties to support the pro-life movement.

“Our organization is huge; over one fourth of the student body is in the Pro-Life Club. That many stu-dents are willing to go out of their way to support life,” Mrs. Fette said.

The baby items donation drive was fairly successful this year. Many students brought in items or a mone-tary donation. Every student who brought something re-ceived two community ser-vice hours. Pro-Life Club

See “Life” pg. 3

by Kamarqui CedenoStaff writer

The midterm election would have been quite an experience for some stu-dents at Holy Trinity, but most decided to sit on the side lines.

Because the law states that the appropriate age for voting is 18, only a few students would be eligible to vote for their preferred representative.

There were five seniors eligible to vote, but only one took the initiative to cast a vote.

“Well, now I have the right to complain and now I will be seen as an adult and not just a high school student,” senior Nathan Powers said. “I voted for the Republicans and I’m happy that they won.”

States vary in their qualifications for vot-ing. In Texas, to vote you must be a registered voter, at least 18 years old, and have some form of State ID (voter ID).

For current seniors, it should be their responsi-bility to find out what is really going on in their

government, and/or state.“I don’t think it’s impor-

tant for any senior to vote; only if they are well aware of the candidates and polit-ical issues. It is part of our political process and citi-zenship to vote, but only if the individual has an intel-lectual opinion,” History Teacher Karen Kacir said.

For most seniors, Gov-ernment class has been a great preparation for the election year.

“We are able to under-stand briefly what’s going

See “Voting” pg. 3

Halloween brings variety Interact interactsby Julia JonesNews Editor

Jesus told us to love oth-ers as we love ourselves, and that’s exactly what Holy Trinity’s Interact Club in-tends to do.

The Interact Club focuses on serving the community through service projects. This year, the club is plan-ning their most active year yet, with more frequent ser-vice projects and fundrais-ers.

Interact Secretary Franc-esca Weisbruch is counting on a busy year.

“Our president Rebecca Lindberg has a lot of ideas and plans that can make our Interact Club more involved in the community,” Franc-esca said.

Since the beginning of this year, they have already had a “Candygram” fundraiser for Halloween and various ser-vice projects such as work-ing with the Temple Rotary Club to team up with Kids Against Hunger.

They packaging food to be sent to children in Haiti. Junior Jennifer Kolessar

helped out at this event.“I liked it. It was fun,” Jen-

nifer said. “At the end when he told us we were able to feed so many kids after only three hours of work, it felt good to know I made a dif-ference.”

At this particular event, Temple Rotary, Temple High School Interact, and Holy Trinity Interact teamed up and formed conveyer belts to fill bags with all of the necessary nutrients for a few healthy meals for kids without a sufficient amount of food. Together, they were able to package over 15,000 meals for children in need.

Another aspect of Inter-act Club is fundraising, and they’ve had an early start this year with the sale of Hallow-een “Candygrams,” or bags of candy that can be sent to the person of one’s choice. Junior Kimi Cyr, who partic-ipated in the sales, explains just how they work.

“We asked members to go out and purchase bags of candy or donate money to our president Rebecca Lind-berg so she could buy candy

See “Interact” pg. 3

Junior Collin Glorioso plays guitar and leads Theology Teacher Pam Fette’s costumed Theology III class in an impromptu praise and worship session in preparation for prayer servuce. (Photo by Ahmari Simmons.)

by Jack DowlingPhoto Editor

On Halloween, many of the students dressed up for the costume contest that was held during lunch.

The contest was broken down into five categories: best freshman boy and girl, best sophomore boy and girl, best junior boy and girl, and best senior boy and girl.

There was also an award

given to the best group.Best freshmen boy went

to John Castro as a penguin while best freshman girl went to Faith Weisbruch as a fifties girl.

Best sophomore boy was given to Logan Hancock, a monk, and best sophomore girl to AraBelle West as Mary Poppins.

Winning juniors were Ahmari Simmons as Presi-dent Obama and Zayne Clayton as a pig.

The winning seniors were Mariah as Red from “Orange is the New Black,” and Travis Blackburn as America.

The best group award went to Collin Glorio-so, Julia Jones, and Jack Dowling for their Mariachi band. The trio performed a Mariachi-style rendition of the school song.

Each winner received a Halloween-themed cup filled with candy.

Seniors opt out of the vote

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Food For Families

Holy Trinity’s annual Food for Families food drive is underway. As in previous years, there is a competition between the upperclassmen and lowerclassmen to see which group can bring in the most non-perishable food items. The winners of this competition will receive a mystery prize from the Student Council. Items will be accepted up until Friday November 21, when they will be weighed to find out which team wins. Thank you to all who are willing to donate and to help end the fight

against hunger!

–Julia Jones, Staff writer

Thanksgiving Lunch

Are you hungry? Holy Trinity High School will be hosting a Thanksgiving lunch on November 26. All Holy Trinity students and their families are invited to the meal which will extend to an hour and a half . The Lunch is a potluck meal, so

donations are much appreciated.

–Jack Pliska, Staff writer

Scholarship

Senior Sarah Baker was recently accept-ed to the University of Dallas and The Franciscan University of Steubenville where she received a total scholarship amount of $116,000. With a four year scholarship worth $88,000 for University of Dallas and a $28,000 four year scholar-

ship for Franciscan University.

–Libby Nash, Staff writer

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Faculty Adviser: Chris Mosmeyer Editor in Chief: Rebecca Lindberg

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co- Sports Editor: Brittany ParksStaff writers: Colette Glorioso, Kamarqui

Cedeno, Libby Nash, Jack Dowling

Can’t I just get a band-aid!? Today, my dear readers, I

seek to answer that question which has been plaguing our school’s highest intellects for at least my freshman year.

Today, I wish to solve that quandary of really bigness. This question is whether or not our school has a nurse. I know, you would never have thought that we would bring this discussion to the fore-front of the school, but this enigma must be solved.

We will begin our hunt for what is at the very least as mythical as the Loch-Ness Monster by reviewing the ev-idence that we have in favor of there being a nurse.

When I first began attend-ing Holy Trinity in my na-scent years I was assured re-peatedly that there is, indeed, a nurse.

Joanna Fetherman contests that she sees her at football games all the time.

That’s about it.When you really think

about it, when is the last time you actually saw the school nurse? We always hear about

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it in campfire stories and in passing periods, on Foren-sic trips and in the locker room, but we have never ac-tually seen the nurse.

Well, a somewhat repu-table guy I met on a Foren-sic trip (the shady man in the parking lot had some...busi-ness to attend to) claims that the nurse exists. The same man also drinks also Diet Coke, causing him to lose a bit of credibility (as happens to all who drink of the vile substance).

Putting aside the war on Coke, the fact is that even on Trinity Days, the nurse was never actually formally intro-duced, which tells me one of two things: either the nurse is nonexistent, or she is a conspiracy developed by the school to help promote edu-cation. Kacey Dach admits

that she has never actually seen the nurse.

On the second point, I am of course referring to the classic standby of every stu-dent, which is to fabricate the appearance of ill health in or-der to skip such healthy and wholesome activities as quiz-zes, tests, and group projects. This invariably leads to a de-crease in student knowledge, as they are not present for these quizzes and other such thingymajigs. Therefore, by following this logic, we can easily see that our lack of a nurse is actually promoting our attending classes and be-ing a powerful, beneficial re-source to the school and not, as some might think,bad.

By the way, we do actually have a nurse. Her name is Selena Mercado and she han-dles records with a full-time job at Seton Hospital, and while she does not actually practice live at Holy Trin-ity, she does act as a medical resource. So now we can do wheelies off the school roof with peace of mind.

Letterman jackets sign of school prideby Catherine Lowry Staff writer

It’s that time of the year again when Holy Trinity places its letterman jacket order. But amidst all the hoopla many stu-dents are wondering who can purchase a jacket, why people purchase them, and what makes a Holy Trinity letterman jacket so special.

Traditionally, in most public schools, only those who play a varsity sport are eligible to pur-chase a letterman jacket. This

was true of English and Cor-nerstone teacher Pam Oman, who is starting her 7th year teaching at Holy Trinity.

“I was not a varsity football player, and they were the peo-ple that got them.” Mrs. Oman said.

At Holy Trinity everyone is eligible to purchase a jacket, and those who play a varsity sport are eligible for special patches. Coach Yosten gives the company a list of students and what patches they are eligible for, and students are

welcome to purchase generic patches for themselves.

So, why does Holy Trinity give students this opportunity?

“To show school pride. I don’t think it should just be for those who play sports, [the people in extracurriculars] work just as hard, if not harder. The School even pays for the Academic Bishop’s Honor Roll patch, which is one of the big-gest honors.” Dr. Alonzo said.

College AcceptancesSeniors 2015

Rebecca Albers: Texas A&M UniversitySarah Baker: University of Dallas, Franciscan

University of SteubenvilleNeyda Camarena: University of Mary Hardin-

BaylorAndrea Cyr: University of Mary Hardin-Bay-

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

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

of Texas–Dallas, University of Texas–SAZeyad Rabie: Texas Tech UniversityAndrea Reano: Texas Tech University, Uni-

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

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

Sophia Weisbruch: Benedictine College in Kansas, Franciscan University of Steuben-ville

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Lifefrom pg. 1Vice President Thomas Mosmeyer is happy with the turnout.

“The baby item drive did very well and the items are going towards a great cause,” Thomas said.

All of the baby items from the drive are to be de-livered to Our Lady of the Angels Maternity Shelter.

Another tradition of the club is to team up with St. Mary’s to make prayer blankets. Prayer blankets are made out of fleece and with great care. With every knot tied, the blanket-mak-er says a prayer for the man

or woman that will receive the blanket. Thomas Mos-meyer has been making prayer blankets with the Pro-Life Club since he at-tended St. Mary’s.

The workshop was from 4-6 p.m. on Fri. Nov. 14.

“The blanket workshop is designed for the elderly. The Pro-Life Club pro-motes natural conception to natural death, ergo the blanket drive,” Thomas said. “It shows our great respect for the elderly, and it is really fulfilling to see the joyful looks on their faces when we give them

the blankets.”Mrs. Fette says the rea-

son for the prayer blankets is not only for the extra warmth.

“The giving of prayer blankets is more about the love going into the prayer blankets,” Mrs. Fette said.

The Pro-Life Club also held a Pro-Life prayer ser-vice to inform students and faculty about the move-ment. In the service, they discussed what the Pro-Life movement is all about, and led everyone in a spe-cial prayer for the unborn and for the elderly.

Votingfrom pg. 1on with our current political issues before voting on any candidate,” senior Jaclyn Otabachian said.

Texas went republican with Greg Abbott, where he won with 59.3% of the votes; GOP represen-tative Louie Gohmert showed that he was more than just a contender, with a landslide victory over Dem-

ocratic Shirley Mckeller, winning 77.48% to 22%; and GOP Senator John Cornyn easily won his third term, with 61.57% of the votes.

“Though I did not participate in casting a vote because of not hav-ing an ID, I was really satisfied with the election results,” said se-nior John Escobedo.

candy for the purpose of the fundraiser,” Kimi said.

“We met during several lunch periods to assemble the goodie bags, and during lunch we also sent a few club representatives to the cafetorium to sell the candy bags to whoever wanted to buy them.”

The Interact Club sold over 100 bags of candy for $2 a piece.

Profits from the fund-raisers go to a young girl

named Marie Conteh from Sierra Leone and who the club has been funding for several years now.

Other service projects in-clude a coat drive in Janu-ary, and the annual Easter Egg Hunt.

The club is hoping to join with the Temple and Harker Heights Interact Clubs this year to make an even bigger difference in the community.

Members of the Interact Club help at the Kids Against Hunger event packaging meals on Oct. 23. The group worked together with Rotary of Temple South and Temple High. (Photo courtesy of Kids Against Hunger)

Interactfrom pg. 1

Fabric for prayer blankets waits in the office for the prayer blanket work-shop on Friday, Nov. 14. Once made, these blankets will be distributed to residents at a local nursing home. (Photo by Catherine Lowry)

Happy THanksgiving!!from the staff of

Trinity Times H3News

Senior Nathan Powers holds his

voter ID card and his gov-

ernment book. Five seniors

were elligible to vote based

on age (18) and citizenry yet only

Nathan voted this year. (Phtoto

by Kamarqui Cedeno)

Keep your eye on the Tube...

Look for November’s broadcast of H3News, Nov. 21

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M-A-S-C-O-T-SWhose Mascot is the Best?

Why do we have mascots?by Colette GloriosoStaff Writer

All over America, schools from elementa-ry to college-level have mascots, whether it be a bird, bug, or bobcat. But where did we get the idea that animals, or any other sort of figure, should represent our school?

“It was their sports teams that started to use animals as extra enter-tainment for the specta-

tors,” said the Interna-tional University Sports Federation. At first, teams even brought real animals to the games, attempting to scare their opponents.

The University of Wisconsin’s school pa-per, The Pointer, said, “a good mascot provides laughs and lightheart-ed distraction between plays.”

Essentially, the guy in the costume running around at football games

is really just meant to get the crowd excited.

The idea of the “sports mascot” quickly evolved into that of the “school mascot.”

For example, the Holy Trinity Celtics began as just the team name. Now, however, the HT students and fac-ulty are considered “the Celtics.”

Principal Dr. Veron-ica Alonzo said that, to her, a mascot is “a visu-al representation of the

school that should em-body school spirit and good sportsmanship.”

The mascot is now known as something that represents a group of people.

Throughout their his-tory, mascots have en-riched sporting events and schools by their very presence, and will continue to do so for years to come.

HT Celtic suit: past, present, and future

by Collin GloriosoIn-Depth Editor

Holy Trinity stu-dents have been the Celtics for nearly 17 years. We see school mascots on the side-lines, cheering on sports teams in high school, college, and even professional leagues.

But where has our Celtic been?

In the past, former Celtic Shelby Moeller

wore a Celtic costume at games. For four years, seventh grad-er and future Celtic Samuel Mosmeyer has dressed up in a vest, hat, and beard to cheer at football games.

Samuel has been taking on the persona of “Larry the Lepra-chaun.”

He said his favorite part was being able to “just go along with whatever happens.”

Samuel did not dress up as Larry this year. “My dad (Chris Mosmeyer) and I both thought I had done it enough, and I wanted to give others a chance to do it,” he said.

But what are our plans for the future?

“Right now, there is no future plan,” Dr. Alonzo said, laugh-ing. “I haven’t even thought about it.”

“Larry the Leprechaun,” personified by Samuel Mosmeyer, has cheered on the Celtics for four years. (File photo)

Most Popular High School Mascots in Texas Public Schools Private Schools Catholic Schools

Wildcats: 46

Panthers: 39

Tigers: 46

Eagles: 37

Warriors: 10

Lions: 18

Eagles: 3

Crusaders: 2

Knights: 3

Celtics: One!Holy Trinity Catholic High School is the only high school in the state of Texas whose mascot is the Celtics.

M-A-S-C-O-T-SWhose Mascot is the Best?

Most Popular High School Mascots in Texas Public Schools Private Schools Catholic Schools

Wildcats: 46

Panthers: 39

Tigers: 46

Eagles: 37

Warriors: 10

Lions: 18

Eagles: 3

Crusaders: 2

Knights: 3

Celtics: One!Holy Trinity Catholic High School is the only high school in the state of Texas whose mascot is the Celtics.

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M-A-S-C-O-T-SWhose Mascot is the Best?

Most Popular High School Mascots in Texas Public Schools Private Schools Catholic Schools

Wildcats: 46

Panthers: 39

Tigers: 46

Eagles: 37

Warriors: 10

Lions: 18

Eagles: 3

Crusaders: 2

Knights: 3

Celtics: One!Holy Trinity Catholic High School is the only high school in the state of Texas whose mascot is the Celtics.

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M-A-S-C-O-T-SWhose Mascot is the Best?

Why are we the Celtics?by Rebecca LindbergEditor-in-Chief

The Celtic mascot was set in place at the founding of Holy Trin-ity. Father Charles Da-vis, one of the school’s founders, wanted to honor Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish. HT is the only high school in Tex-as to have a Celtic as its mascot.

Mary Lynch was a teacher at Holy Trinity from 2000-2003. She

taught junior and senior theology and organized service with Fr. Charlie.

“That first graduation class didn’t have tradi-tions, so the first 4-6 years really established traditions,” Mary Lynch said.

Many traditions start-ed with the first gradu-ating class, like passing the baton from the se-niors to the juniors.

The Celtic mascot was already in place when Mary Lynch start-

ed teaching. The new traditions all went along the theme of the Celt-ics and their Irish back-ground. The melody for the alma mater is Irish along with the Irish saints that name the four families.

The Celts were a Eu-ropean group emerg-ing 7th and 8th century B.C. They were barbar-ians and from a warrior culture. The shamrock and the harp are com-mon symbols for Celtic

groups. Celtic art was known for its interlac-ing patterns, spirals, and color.

When going into battle, Celtics would paint their bodies blue and gold to appear more fierce. This is where Holy Trinity got its school colors.

The Celtic has a rich history with Holy Trin-ity, and will continue to establish itself as a key part of this school.

Most Popular High School Mascots in Texas Public Schools Private Schools Catholic Schools

Wildcats: 46

Panthers: 39

Tigers: 46

Eagles: 37

Warriors: 10

Lions: 18

Eagles: 3

Crusaders: 2

Knights: 3

Celtics: One!Holy Trinity Catholic High School is the only high school in the state of Texas whose mascot is the Celtics.

HT SpeaksMy favorite mascot is...

Jacob AndrewsFreshman

Notre Dame Fighting Irish“I like the Notre Dame Fighting Irish because

they’re unique.”

Karen KacirTeacher

Marine Corps Bulldog“The Marine Corps mascot,

the little bulldog, Chesty. He’s so cute!”

Zachary GarciaSophomore

Miami Dolphins“My favorite mascot is the Miami Dolphin. He’s funny

looking.”

Jackie OtabachianSenior

Denver Broncos“The Broncos, because I am very good friends with the lady that rides the horse.”

Xavier Charles-WaltersJunior

Florida State SeminolesI like the Florida State

Seminoles because they rep-resent a really good team.”

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Finnian’s annual book drive is right around the corner. The students and staff members in Finnian will collect as many books as possible to take to pris-oners at the Gatesville Pris-on.

The drive started on Nov. 5. There are a few prefer-ences in book choices that Theology teacher Pam Fette sent to all the students.

Mrs. Fette’s sister, Amy Lang, works at the prison library. Mrs. Lang and Mrs. Fette are the head behind the book drive.

“It doesn’t cost anything but us bringing in books,”

Mrs. Fette said. “The act of bringing in books will give hope to the prisoners over the holidays.”

Many students do not just participate in the drive because they have to. There are many students who do it for the sheer bliss they get from it.

“I love the feeling of making someone else hap-py,” Alex said. “Reading books gives people the op-portunity to escape into an-other world.”

This is Finnian’s quar-terly service project. It will end Dec. 4.

Finnian hosts book drive for the imprisoned by Bruittany Parks Sports Editor

Forensics Team still going strong

At Holy trinity, the pur-pose for the FACT team is to develop good speaking habits and prepare stu-dents for business situa-tions in the future. How-ever, it seems that one category, Lincoln Douglas Debate, or LD, is moving in the opposite direction.

“I am deeply disturbed at the state of Lincoln Douglas Debate today,” Head Coach Chris Mos-meyer said, “It’s abso-lutely moving away from what it should be.”

Lincoln Douglas De-bate is moving away from its traditional purpose and what it actually should be. Instead of practicing good speech skills, many de-baters are talking as fast as they can to get as much evidence in before their allotted time is up.

“The problem is that this type of debate puts us out of the competition, not because we can’t do it, but because I refuse to teach it,” Mr. Mosmeyer said.

This year, Holy Trinity joined a newer associa-tion, the Northeast Texas Debate Association.

“I like this organiza-tion because it promotes a style of debate that I like. It’s a more traditional style that relies more on persuasive speaking skills and less on evidence,” Mr. Mosmeyer said.

However, all of the debacle about Lincoln Douglas Debate has not stopped Holy Trinity’s success. So far they have been busy, and they have already won 130 awards.

“[We] went back to

Pflugerville this year and did well, we got 10 awards. This time of the year is the busy part of the schedule. There were only two weekends in October without tournaments,” Mr. Mosmeyer said.

Two students have al-ready qualified for the NTDA state tournament. Thomas Mosmeyer quali-fied in persuasive speak-ing and Jillian Lauver qualified in Prose.

“We would like to win state again this year, but obviously it’s going to be very different since we didn’t have district,” Mr. Mosmeyer said.

Holy Trinity will be at-tending four more tour-nament this semester, in-cluding Yoe (Cameron) and Bay City.

Students pose with awards after the Vanguard Tournament. (photo by Tristan mosmeyer.)

One Act Night is quickly approachingOn Wednesday, Nov. 12, Colin Rockwood and Natile Lauver

performed a preview for

their duo piece that they will

again perfom on Nov. 22 at One

Act Night (photo by Kimberly

Gil).

One Act Night gives stu-dents a chance to take center stage.

It will be at 7 p.m. Fri. Nov. 21 in the cafetorium.

“I am proud, it’s been dif-ficult because of less experi-enced actors,” drama teach-er Jennifer Laxton said, “but they are coming along well.”

Tickets are $5 in advanced

and $7 at the door, 5 and un-der are free.

The drama students per-formed a preview during prayer service on Nov. 12 in the cafetorium.

“It is the fourth year for One Act Night and it is my third to be a part of,” junior Zayne Clayton said, “it is my favorite night and it is neat to see everyone act.”

by Rebecca LindbergEditor in Cheif

Sending up Prayers during PWP

Freshman Duyen Nguyen speaks a petetion for the benefactore of the school during PWP (photo by AraBelle West).

by Catherine LowryLife and Arts Editor

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PAGE 7NOVEMBER 2014 SPORTS

Faith WeisbruchHeight: 5’ 4’’

Sports: Basketball,Volleyball ,Cross Country

Positions: Setter , Outside Hitter , Gaurd

Zeyad RabieHeight: 6’

Weight: 195 lbs.Sports: Football,Track

Positions: Fullback,Tight End,

Celtic Athletes of the Month Boys from pg. 8gained Live Oak.

Last year, the boys final score in district was 5-5. Live Oak’s boys basket-ball team’s final score was 12-15. With the losses and additions to the district, the boys are trying to put their heads together for a vic-tory.

“From looking at the dis-trict we have, we should have a good chance at mak-ing it to playoffs, even with

gaining Live Oak,” Coach Yosten stated.

The season kicks off on Tues. Nov. 18 against the cross-town rivals, Central Texas Chrsitian School. Tip off for the varsity will be at 7:30 p.m.

The girls will be playing right before them at 6 p.m.

Coach Yosten said he hopes that Holy Trinity has a large home crowd to greet the CTCS Lions.

Lady Celtic Basketball

*district gamebold- home game

Nov. 18Nov. 25Dec. 2Dec. 4Dec. 9Dec. 19Jan 1-2Jan. 6Jan. 8Jan. 13Jan. 16Jan. 23Jan. 26Jan. 27Feb. 3Feb. 5Feb. 10Feb. 17

CTCSBryan St. JosephBuckholtsSan Juan DiegoAustin Waldorf*Austin Veritas*CTCS TournamentTCA*Cedar Park Summit*Waco Live Oak*Austin Hill Country*Austin Waldorf*TCA*Austin Veritas*Cedar Park Summit*Waco Live Oak*Austin Hill Country*Allen Academy

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Celtic Basketball

*district gamebold- home game

Nov. 18Nov. 25Dec. 2Dec. 4Dec. 9Dec. 19Jan. 6Jan. 8Jan. 13Jan. 16Jan. 23Jan. 26Jan. 27Feb. 3Feb. 5Feb. 10Feb. 17

CTCSBryan St. Joseph@ BuckholtsSan Juan Diego@ Austin Waldorf*@ Austin Veritas*TCA*@ Cedar Park Summit*@ Waco Live Oak*@ Austin Hill Country*Austin Waldorf*@ TCA*Austin Veritas*Cedar Park Summit*Waco Live Oak*Austin Hill Country*@ Allen Academy

6:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.5:30 p.m.6:00 p.m.5:15 p.m.5:30 p.m.5:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.5:15 p.m.5:00 p.m.5:15 p.m.6:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.

Girlsfrom page 8

Senior So-phia Weis-bruch drives to the basket during a game against San Juan Diego last year.(File photo)

to play or not.The soccer schedule has not

been written up yet, however games will begin in January.

The Celtics are coming off of a rough season. Last year, the Celtics were 1-9 with a lone victory against Vanguard Col-lege Prep.

There is some good news, however. District champion Brentwood Christian is no lon-ger in the Celtics district. They have been replaced by Austin Hill Country, playing soccer for the first time.

But, the Celtics will have some work to do. They lost sev-eral players off of last year’s team.

The team lost now-graduates Anthony Doak, Angele Cou-villon and Chris Hodges. Alex Jacobs, Chris Breaux and Liz Hernandez transferred to other schools.

The first game is scheduled for Jan. 6.

Date Opponent

Jan. 6 Bryan St. JosephJan. 8 @Bryan BrazosJan. 12 @San Juan DiegoJan. 15 Austin Hill CountryJan. 20 Waco VanguardJan. 22 @Bryan St. JosephJan. 26 Bryan BrazosFeb. 2 @Austin Hill CountryFeb. 5 @Waco VanguardFeb. 6 San Juan Diego

Feb. 5 game is at 4 p.m. All oth-ers are at 5 p.m.

Soccerfrom page 8 CELTIC SOCCER

TAPPS DISTRICT III-3

Austin Hill CountryAustin San Juan DiegoBryan Brazos ChristianBryan St. JosephTemple Holy TrinityWaco Vanguard

in district,’ Weisbruch said. “We’ll have to expect to play teams we’ve never played before.We must pre-pare for the unexpected.”

Senior basketball player Sophia Weisbruch also has high hopes for the team.

“We’re going to do awesome this year,” Sophia said.

She says she likes working with her two siblings, Faith and Fran-cesca, who are also playing for

the team and also working with their father, Doug Weisbruch , the coach.

“We all push each other to play harder,” Sophia said.

Practice started on Oct. 29. The first game is against Central

Texas Christian School on Nov. 18.

District play will begin in Aus-tin on Dec. 9 with a game against Waldorf.

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Trinity Times

Sports NOVEMBER 2014PAGE 8

Football finishes tough season

by Jack Pliskaco-Sports Editor

With football season

over it’s time to analyse the season . The team did not make district which was not unusual compared to past

years. Overall the team had a

1-9 win loss record for this year. Holy Trinity Catholic High School ranks 17 of

19 in the TAPPS Division II with only one game won this season.

The Football team this year restarted using the 6 man playing system.Holy Trinity retired the 6 man system for two years last being in 2011. Football player, Andrew Bochat credits the hard year to the new system.

“This was a tough year, “ Andrew said “ but this is also our first years on a six man system. We are a still developing team and we’ll do really good next year.”

Coach Ryan Bounds says the team “ showed flashes of becoming a solid six man team” . He plans the team (“to get better in the offsea-

son) and we will with spring practice, seven on seven, and summer workouts” in order to have a better foot-ball season next year.

On the eighth week of the football season ,Holy Trin-ity played off against Dallas Tyler Street School . The team traveled to play the game at the opponents field. The game was on 10/18/14 and The score was 18-60.

On week nine of the foot-ball season, Holy trinity played against Dallas Lake-hill school . The game was on Holy Trinity Grounds . The game was on 10/24/ 14 and the score was 26-71.

On week 10 the football team played against

See “Football” pg. 7

Girls basketball takes off in search of playoffsBoys basketball starts

Soccer practice kicks off

by Jack Pliskaco-Sports Editor

With the end of football season Girls basketball season has recently started up. Coach Doug Weisbruch will be coaching the team.

Coach Weisbruch has been coaching girls bas-ketball for three years. This year is his fourth year coaching basketball at Holy Trinity.

Coach Weisbruch has optimistic expectations saying that “the last Few years have yielded great seasons.” He expects the team to “do well at district and go far into playoffs.”

He expects the biggest challenges for this basket-ball season to be changing

districts. “With the new changes See “Girls” pg. 7

Above, Francesca Weisbruch passes the ball to Rebecca Lindberg dur-ing a game against San Juan Diego last year. The Celtics are hoping for another trip the playoffs after finishing in the top eight in the state last year. (File Photo)

by Brittany Parks co-Sports Editor

Basketball season is set to commence. The boys have started practicing with Basketball Coach Jonathan Yosten.

In the past, the boys have made playoffs, however they lost the first round 52-28. This year, they are prac-ticing different drills to help them get to the next level.

“We are working on fun-damentals,” Coach Yosten stated. “Basically, making sure small things are done correctly.”

Given the history of the boys’ basketball team, many

guys on the team are look-ing forward to the season, and hopefully later on, play-offs. This year, they are fo-cusing more as a team than individuals.

“I feel like the players have grown and learned a lot,” junior John Dao stated. “We all have goals as a team to make it further than last year.”

Waco Vanguard College Prep and Marble Falls Faith Academy were the two lead-ing schools in the boys’ dis-trict last year.

This year, Vanguard and Marble Falls are out of the district, but they have

See “Boys” pg. 7

Soccer season has begun, and many students are excit-ed for it. This year, we have a new head soccer instruc-tor, Coach Chad Doyle.

In an e-mail to players, Coach Jonathan Yosten talked a bit about the new soccer coach. He specified his current employment, and his passion for soccer.

“Coach Doyle currently works at Belton Christian Youth Center,” Coach Yo-sten said. “He has extensive knowledge and love for the game of soccer.”

Many students this year are excited for the soccer season, including sopho-more Arabelle West.

“I’m really excited to play,” sophomore Arabelle West said. “My hopes are high for this year. I hope the new coach will help us on our skills, and that this sea-son will be fun.”

The first soccer practice will take place on Mon., Nov. 17, however many stu-dents are still trying to make up their minds on whether

See “Soccer” pg. 7

John Escobedo runs after the ball during a game against Waco Van-guard College Prep last year. The soccer season kicks off with practice starting Monday, Nov. 17. The Celt-ics look to rebound after last year’s last place finish in district. (File photo)

by Brittany Parks co-Sports Editor

Above, Andrew Doak runs against Buckholts on Oct. 3. Right, Davis Kurtin makes a tackle behind the line against Buckholts. (Photos by Dr. Keith Thompson)