PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Girls basketball team swept a junior high matchup with Van Buren on Tuesday night. In the 8th grade game, Brooke Mueller scored 15 as the Crusaders went [Read More…]
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…]
Pen City Current Photos by Chuck Vandenberg
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…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic hosted an induction ceremony for the newest members of National Honor Society on Wednesday. The students newly inducted include: Taylor Boeding, Connor Holvoet, Yulu Zhang (honorary), [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR OTTUMWA – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Mya Lawlor spent most of the last season and part of this season in a knee brace. She said nothing was going to stop her [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Hundreds of area residents packed into Shottenkirk Gymnasium Sunday morning for the second day of God’s Portion Day, Holy Family Parish’s largest fundraiser of the year. Not [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 FORT MADISON – A 16-year old Holy Trinity Catholic student rubbed elbows with some of the brightest agriculture minds in the world as part of the Global Youth Institute in [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 MEDIAPOLIS – It took 30 points to avoid a tiebreaker third set, but Holy Trinity Catholic was able to find that point Thursday night on a Taylor Boeding kill to [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 PCC STAFF URBANDALE – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls volleyball team went into heavy waters Saturday at the Class 5A dominated Urbandale Invite and came away with a four-match split. The No. 3 Class [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WINFIELD – Holy Trinity junior Matt Hellige set the pace at the Winfield-Mt.Union Cross Country meet Thursday evening. Hellige’s time of 17:14.50 was best at the meet by 5.5 seconds. Danville-New London’s [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 PCC STAFF PEKIN – Holy Trinity’s Matt Hellige took 2nd place in the boys 11th grade run at the Pekin Cross-Country Grade races in Fairfield Saturday. Hellige’s time of 17:21 in the 5K run [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 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 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 – 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 EDITOR KEOSAUQUA – Van Buren’s Jacob Plecker went 4-for 4 with three doubles and two RBIs to lead Van Buren to 11-7 win over a heartbroken Holy Trinity boys baseball team. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Cole Thornton threw four innings of shutout baseball giving up just one hit as HTC unleashed a 16-0 rout of Burlington Notre Dame Thursday [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 WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic boys baseball team ended a heavy week of baseball on a good note After a five-game stretch that started Monday, the Crusaders downed [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 CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders need to find a way to get a third out. The boys had upset on their minds again Tuesday night in West Burlington [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DAVENPORT – If Holy Trinity Head Coach Michael Sheerin had his way, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union would just give automatic bids to the top two girls soccer [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital Foundation and the FMCH Auxiliary award annual scholarships to area students who are pursuing healthcare careers. Congratulations to the following 2018 recipients: Kathleen Canella Family Scholarship [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 PCC STAFF WEST POINT – Holy Trinity will make the trek to Davenport Assumption Monday night to face the No. 1 Class 1A team in the state after knocking of Mediapolis in the semifinals [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity wrapped up its regular girls soccer season with a 9-2 win over Mid-Prairie Wellman in a sweltering game Thursday night on the road. Senior Maya Rashid pulled [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…]
FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Raquel Schneider captured second place in the 800-meter run at the Southeast Iowa Superconference junior high track meet on May 8th and the Crusaders garnered six top five finishes. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Senior Taylor Shannan put up four more goals on Friday as the Bloodhounds fell to Holy Trinity Catholic 5-4 at the Baxter Sports Complex. Dezire Kline had two assists [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Three of five of the Fort Madison Bloodhounds participating in the Iowa girls and boys high school state track meet are looking to improve on last year’s [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – They were born on July 30, 2003…both of them and 15 years later they’re headed to the Iowa High School boys state tennis tournament on May 25 [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 WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team slipped to 5-8 on the season with a 6-2 loss to Burlington on Friday at South Park. Senior Maya Rashid, a large [Read More…]
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