Here’s a compilation of images from the 2018 State Class 1A Volleyball championship match Friday night at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids featuring the 2018 State Runner-Up Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders! – Photos [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – A storybook season came to an end Friday amidst the tears and anguish of a Goliath that David couldn’t slay. Janesville sent the Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders [Read More…]
Holy Trinity Catholic Schools released the first quarter student honor rolls for the 2018-19 school year. Pen City Current congratulations all the students are their accomplishments. 4.0 Honor Roll 7th Grade: Mary Bendlage, Taegan Denning, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – A two-point error in favor of the Holy Trinity girls volleyball team was the catalyst for a return trip to the Class 1A state championship. The Crusaders, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – After a first set that left Holy Trinity Catholic fans on their seats, the Crusaders settled in to cruise to a three-set win over Montezuma to advance [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Been there – done that. Head Coach Melissa Freesmeier, if you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know yet, is taking the Holy Trinity Crusaders to [Read More…]
DANVILLE – The Holy Trinity girls junior high basketball squad swept Danville in two games Monday night and are now 4-0 on the year. In the 8th grade game, Mary Hellige put up seven points [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT DODGE – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Matt Hellige was all smiles after improving almost 32 spots over his 2017 performance at Saturday’s State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge. Hellige, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BLOOMFIELD – It was deja vu all over again Thursday night for the Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders. The girls in blue put up 25-9, 25-9, 25-9 wins over Seymour to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After a hiccup in the second set, the Holy Trinity volleyball team moved on to the Region 8 Class 1A semifinals with a win over WACO at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – What started out with flowers and laughter ended with frustration and disbelief as Holy Trinity suffered it’s first home loss in more than a year Tuesday night. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Holy Trinity Crusaders breezed to a four-match sweep at the Mt. Pleasant Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday. HTC senior Emily Box dominated at the net in the tournament with [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Seniors Taylor Boeding and Emily Box combined for 28 kills as Holy Trinity swept visiting West Burlington Thursday night in Southeast Iowa Superconference action. Boeding had one [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WAYLAND – The Lady Crusaders have won 46 straight sets since the start of the season including three more Thursday night on the road at WACO. The 46-set win streak [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FARMINGTON – The Holy Trinity cross country team earned second place at the Indian Lakes Cross Country Invitational Tuesday night at Farmington. Junior Matt Hellige continues to lead the Crusaders at invitational [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – Holy Trinity Catholic junior runner Matt Hellige took first place in the small class 5K at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday evening. Hellige’s 18:05.62 was the best time of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The beat goes on….and the beat goes on. The Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball team is marching to a steady tempo of wins, stacking up five more in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity volleyball team battled through a tough 2nd set against 11th-ranked Class 2A Van Buren at Shottenkirk Gym Thursday. The Crusaders, still ranked #4 in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – They had a couple days to put it together, but the Timm Lamb Invitational Cross Country Meet went off without a hitch after being moved from its [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball team has yet to lose a set this season as they rolled over Burlington-Notre Dame 25-17, 25-19, 25-5 on the road Monday night. That record [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The 4th-ranked HTC Crusaders fought off the tenacious defense of New London in a three-set sweep Monday night in girls volleyball action. The Crusaders were coming off [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – They say it’s good to think outside the box, but Holy Trinity Catholic will keep the Box right where it is thank you very much. Senior Emily [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR NEW LONDON – The Burlington Notre Dame Nikes held HTC to just one hit in a 4-2 loss Tuesday ending the Crusaders’ season. The twos team played for the third [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The HTC junior high softball girls played their final two games this past week against New London and Van Buren. HTC finished with a record of 12-10. On Tuesday, June 19th, the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A six-run fourth inning that started with a hit-batsman and two errors gave the Fort Madison Bloodhounds what they needed to down Holy Trinity 6-1 on Wednesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – West Burlington jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead and went on to a 13-7 win over Holy Trinity Tuesday night. Jason Thurman went 2-for-3 with three [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders continue to get great pitching, but couldn’t get going at the plate in a 3-0 loss to 9th-ranked New London Tuesday night on [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Catholic junior high softball team dropped four of its last six games in three doubleheaders. On June 7, the Crusaders lost to Van Buren 11-1 and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Junior hurler Waylon Weirather pitched a complete game shut out Monday night for Central Lee as the Hawks rolled over Holy Trinity 6-0. It was shaping up to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A dramatic ninth inning including three straight singles by Holy Trinity Catholic gave the Crusaders a 4-3 win over hot Cardinal of Eldon Monday night at South [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – HTC’s junior high softball team split a pair of games on June 1st, with Cardinal in West Point. In the first game, the Crusaders won 13-9. Paige Wasielewski went [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity junior high softball team split a pair of games at New London Thursday night. In game one, New London edged the Crusaders 12-11 with Anna Sobczak [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LONE TREE – Back to back singles by Collin Thornton and Vasin Thurman with two outs in the top of the eighth inning set the stage for Zander Schweiss’ two-run [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – It’s another very young team for head coach Albert Schinstock’s Holy Trinity Catholic baseball squad. Five freshman and two sophomores help anchor a team that includes two juniors and [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Holy Trinity girls soccer team is ending the season on an uptick winning four of their last five including a 6-2 win over Keokuk Monday night. Elle Rashid and [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Brody Rung scored on assists from Austin Sexton and Gavin Ransdell with about four minutes left in the game to lift the Fort Madison Bloodhounds over Holy Trinity 2-1 [Read More…]
WEST POINT – Five different Crusaders scored Tuesday as the Holy Trinity Catholic upended Keokuk 5-2 in high school boys soccer action. Junior Audrea Vincent scored and had an assist. Sophomores Reed Fehseke and Wyatt [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WINFIELD – Holy Trinity Catholic senior Collin Thornton is playing some of his best golf of the year at the perfect time. The three-sport athlete qualified for state district golf action with [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity girls junior high track team competed at three meets over the past week. Individual and relay results are listed below. At Lone Tree Junior High meet, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF COLUMBUS JUNCTION – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team got four goals from Elle Rashid en route to a 4-2 win over Columbus Junction on the road. Rashid was assisted on [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic boys soccer team dropped two games to start the week after cold weather wreaked havoc on high school sports schedules last week. On Monday, Adam [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – HTC senior Collin Thornton paced the Crusaders with a 44 at a par-36 nine-hole match against New London Thursday night, but the Crusaders fell 169-194 for the second straight [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity boys soccer team is getting in their conditioning early this year. For the second time in three matches, the Crusaders found themselves in overtime, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound boys soccer team outscored three opponents 11-7 in Saturday’s FMHS Invitational, but came away with just one win. Sophomore Austin Sexton scored four [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ PCC HTC INTERN FORT MADISON – Follow the Yellow Brick Road on down to the Shottenkirk Gymnasium next weekend to see Holy Trinity Catholic High School’s musical production of The Wizard of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KALONA – Holy Trinity’s boys basketball team ended their season after giving 18-3 Iowa Mennonite all they could handle Thursday in Kalona, but faltered in the final :30 and fell [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WINFIELD – Sometimes you just can’t make sense of it, but whatever, what matters is the Holy Trinity Catholic girls basketball team advanced to the Region 5 semifinals with a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders got 17 points from sophomore Quentin Schneider and advanced in Class 1A, District 9 sectionals with a 60-50 win over Winfield-Mt. Union at [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF Holy Trinity Catholic Schools has announced its 2nd quarter honor rolls for its middle and high school students for the 2017-2018 school year. Pen City Current and our family of advertisers congratulate [Read More…]
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