BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Senior Emily Box was held scoreless for three and a half quarters Tuesday night, but the Holy Trinity girls basketball team rallied for a 29-26 win over [Read More…]
DES MOINES – The Holy Trinity Catholic Debate Team had great success at the State Debate Tournament on January 4th and 5th. Every student from HTC earned awards. Sam Pothitakis received the award for Top [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders got five three-pointers from senior Taylor Boeding in the second half, but couldn’t catch up to Central Lee, falling 50-46 Friday night at home. Boeding, who [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic 8th grade girls finished the season even at 6-6 with a 29-27 loss to WACO at home Thursday before the holiday break. Mary Hellige led [Read More…]
PCC STAFF ELDON – It wasn’t wrapped in a bow, but Holy Trinity packaged up a nifty second half to help snap an eight-game skid with a 68-52 win over Cardinal of Eldon on the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The West Burlington Lady Falcons have a curse on the Holy Trinity girls basketball team. In the past two years, the Crusaders have held leads in the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WAYLAND – HTC Head Coach John Hellige is hoping the fourth quarter of Friday’s loss to WACO is sign of things to come. HTC has struggled from the field for most of the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WAYLAND – The Holy Trinity Crusaders girls basketball team held off a wild last minute rally from WACO to hold off for a 42-37 win Friday night on the road. The Lady Crusaders [Read More…]
NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity Junior varsity boys basketball team knocked off New London at New London last Thursday behind 12 points from Chandler Rung. Rung converted four field goals and went 4-of-6 from [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Van Buren junior Taryn Scheuermann has already committed to the University of Northern Iowa and she lived up to the hype on Tuesday at Shottenkirk Gym. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After playing some of their best basketball of the year, the Holy Trinity Crusaders went almost silent in the second half as Van Buren pulled out a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – The Nikes put up 81 points for the second time this season in an 81-48 win over Holy Trinity Catholic on Homecoming Night Friday in Southeast Iowa Superconference [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity girls continue to get balanced scoring and strong inside defense to help keep them in the win column. The Crusaders held off a third quarter [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity’s young basketball season seemed to be taking shape for the boys in the first half Saturday night, but somebody put a lid on the Crusaders’ [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity wiped out a six point deficit at the end of the third quarter but fell just :04 seconds short of knocking off visiting Mediapolis Saturday [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF RIVERSIDE – The Highland Huskies baffled the Holy Trinity Catholic boys in the first half rushing out to a 44-7 lead after two periods enroute to a 65-35 win in Southeast Iowa [Read More…]
PCC STAFF RIVERSIDE – Holy Trinity Catholic senior Taylor Boeding found her long distance range connecting on six 3-pointers ias the Crusaders downed Highland of Riverside 56-51 to highlight girls basketball action Thursday night. The [Read More…]
PCC STAFF DANVILLE – Junior Matt Hellige scored 14 to lead the Holy Trinity Catholic boys basketball team in a 68-51 loss to Danville Monday night to open regular season play for both teams. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – HTC boys head basketball coach John Hellige must have put something in the water bottles at Holy Trinity Catholic last year as his Crusaders have seen a [Read More…]
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…]
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