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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity got another strong performance from junior Taylor Boeding as they rolled over Burlington Notre Dame 49-16 in the first round of Iowa High School girls [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – A sluggish 6-point first quarter was enough to keep the Holy Trinity Catholic boys basketball team at bay Tuesday night in a 57-42 loss at Burlington Notre Dame in boys [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WAPELLO – Junior Taylor Boeding fired in 22, including four 3-pointers, but Holy Trinity couldn’t hold off a late Highland rally and fell 62-57 in the Southeast Iowa Superconference Shoot-out Friday at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity boys basketball team had upset on its mind Thursday night when the 14-4 New London Tigers came calling. But the Crusaders gave up too [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Seniors Brett Schnieder and Madison Mohrfeld each scored in double figures in Holy Trinity’s win over New London Thursday in girls Southeast Iowa Superconference basketball action. Schneider [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WAPELLO – The Wapello Indians kept Holy Trinity scoreless through the first five minutes of play and rolled to a 90-57 win in boys basketball action Tuesday night. Wapello’s Trenton Massner put [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DANVILLE – Junior Taylor Boeding had 15 points and sophomore Ashlyn Haas scored 12 for the HTC Crusaders in a 54-61 loss to Danville in Southeast Iowa Superconference South division girls basketball [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DANVILLE – The patience and steady growth of a young HTC team was rewarded Friday night as the Holy Trinity boys basketball team knocked off Danville 82-73 on the road [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Central Lee boys got 17 points from senior Evan Doyle in a 72-42 win over Holy Trinity Catholic Friday at Shottenkirk Gymnasium. The Hawks rushed to a 14-7 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was about this time last year when Head Coach Tony Johnson’s Holy Trinity Crusaders went down to Central Lee and became the talk of the town [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s girls basketball team pressed Fort Madison almost the entire game Saturday as the Crusaders evened their season at 8-8 with a 55-24 win over [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was a crosstown rival hoops contest served with a lot of hoops and some cake and ice cream. The Fort Madison Bloodhounds won their eighth game [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF ELDON – Holy Trinity Catholic had five boys in double figures as they handed Cardinal of Eldon a 69-52 loss in southeast Iowa boys high school basketball action Friday night. Junior Brant [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was a room of red and blue Wednesday as the Fort Madison Elks Lodge put on a full spaghetti dinner for members of the Fort Madison [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – West Burlington had four players score in double figures and had nine different players get in the score book in a 75-41 win over host Holy Trinity Catholic on Tuesday night. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A 25-3 fourth quarter run by the West Burlington Falcons ruined a chance for Holy Trinity Catholic to even out its season on Tuesday night. The Falcons [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Despite getting 17 points from sophomore Quentin Schneider, the Holy Trinity boys basketball team lost its seventh game in a row, with Friday’s 64-52 loss to WACO on homecoming. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The young Holy Trinity boys basketball team continues to take its lumps, but Head Coach John Hellige says the focus is on having fun, learning, and gaining [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Van Buren Warriors threw 6’3′ sophomore Taryn Scheuermann repeatedly at Holy Trinity Tuesday night and took a second win of the season from the Crusaders 45-32. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A 31-4 second quarter blowout by Burlington Notre Dame sent Holy Trinity to their eighth loss of the season as the Nikes downed the Crusaders 62-45 in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A scoreless stretch of about 11 minutes by Burlington Notre Dame gave Holy Trinity Catholic their second straight win 69-25 over the Nikes to highlight girls high [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A late rally by Holy Trinity came up just short as Wapello downed the Lady Crusaders 47-45 in Tuesday girls basketball action. A 3-pointer from the left baseline by [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Head Coach John Hellige said the Holy Trinity boys basketball team would have a season of learning and some growing pains. And Tuesday’s 70-41 loss at the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Holy Trinity’s very young team came and gave Central Lee’s senior dominated squad a scare Tuesday night… but just a little one. The Hawks varsity boys basketball team [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls basketball team were able to slow down undefeated Central Lee through the first half, but a tough third quarter allowed the hosts to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Sophomore Reed Fehseke wears the same jersey as 2016 senior standout Cory Hopper and he’s starting to shoot like the former Southeast Iowa Superconference co-mvp. Fehseke poured [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity girls rolled to an easy win over Cardinal of Eldon 62-20 Friday night in their first home game of the season. Senior Brett Schneider [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – Holy Trinity used speed and a bit “craftiness” to hang around with West Burlington on Tuesday night at the Falcon’s gym. However, the Crusaders got caught up [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MEDIAPOLIS – Holy Trinity had three girls score in double figures, but fell to the hot shooting 3-0 Mediapolis Bullettes on Saturday night 76-54 to highlight girls high school basketball action. Emily [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MEDIAPOLIS – The Holy Trinity Crusaders boys basketball team had three players score in double figures as they rolled to the first win of the season 58-55 over Mediapolis on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – With Santa and some elves on hand for the state volleyball tournament send off at Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary school Wednesday afternoon, the Crusaders were looking for [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With a run of eight straight appearances at the state volleyball tournament in their hip pockets, the Holy Trinity Crusaders are navigating familiar surroundings. With names like [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR OTTUMWA – The cylinders were all firing and so was junior Emily Box Tuesday night as Holy Trinity advanced to the state volleyball tournament with a three-game win over Southeast [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT DODGE – Fort Madison High School sent three senior runners to the state meet in Fort Dodge Saturday with goals of medaling and Holy Trinity sent a sophomore who [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR NEW LONDON – It’s a shame that two of the best teams in the state were pitted against each other in a regional semifinal matchup, but it was as good [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Well…two of the best volleyball teams in the state in Class 1A are going to meet in a regional semifinal Thursday. No. 5-ranked Holy Trinity Catholic made [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF PEKIN – Matt Hellige punched his ticket for the state cross country meet with an 8th-place finish at the Class 1A meet in Pekin Thursday night. Hellige finished the 5K in 18:02 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – If teamwork cresting at the end of the season is an indication of how a team will do in the playoffs, the 5th-ranked HTC girls got off [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MEDIAPOLIS – The 7th-ranked Holy Trinity Crusaders got revenge on the Fort Madison Bloodhounds Thursday night at the Mediapolis Invite with a 26-24, 25-23 win. The Hounds downed HTC at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Catholic Lady Crusaders are hitting their stride at the right time. HTC’s 7th-ranked volleyball team has won eight matches in a row including a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – On the side of any picture of the Holy Trinity Girls volleyball team for the past 25 years has been Melissa Freesmeier. And a lot of the [Read More…]
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