Oct 272010
 

HOLY CROSS STUDENTS DONATE FUNDS RAISED TO AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

Holy Cross National Honor Society and Volleyball Team members presented a check in the amount of $1,114.95 to the American Cancer Society for cancer education, research and awareness.  Ms. Ana Melissa Cavazos, Director of Development for the Southwest Region of the American Cancer Society, accepted the check on the organization’s behalf on Oct. 27.  NHS and Volleyball team members raised the funds during the month of October which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  The school held a “Pink Out Day” where all students wore a pink t-shirt in solidarity with cancer survivors.

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 Posted by at 7:15 pm
Oct 272010
 

Our boys soccer team will be participating in the 31st Anniversary of the Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner for the second year.  This dinner will take place on Thursday, November 25, 2010 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

The Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner provides 25,000 senior citizens and less fortunate a place to enjoy a hot and nutritious turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving Day, inviting them to celebrate the holiday with their peers, and enjoy live music and entertainment.

Anyone interested in attending this event with the Boys Soccer team can contact Coach Gabriel Serda III @ gserdaiii@yahoo.com.

 Posted by at 3:50 pm
Oct 102010
 

Printable Football Schedule

Varsity

Day     Date         Opponent                  Site                        Time

Sat    August 14          Rocksprings (S)              Kerrville                          10:00am

Fri     August 20          Harlandale (S)                Harlandale Stadium          7:00pm

Fri     August 27          Somerset                         Somerset                      7:30pm

Fri     September 3      TMI                                  TMI                               7:30pm

Fri     September 10    Southside                        Southside                      7:30pm

Fri     September 17    Lytle                                Lytle                             7:30pm

Sat    September 25    Brownsville St. Joseph *  St. Joseph                      3:00pm

Sat    October 2          Victoria St. Joseph *       Harlandale Memorial Stadium      7:00pm

Sat    October 9           St. Anthony *                  Holy Cross                    3:00pm

Fri    October 15          OPEN

Sat   October 23          Austin St. Michael’s *      Harlandale Memorial Stadium       7:00pm

Fri    October 29          Antonian *                       Antonian                       7:30pm

Fri   November 5          Central Catholic *            Central Catholic              7:30pm

Freshman

Day     Date         Opponent                  Site                        Time

Thur    August 26      Somerset                      Holy Cross                         5:00pm

Thur    September 2  TMI                               Holy Cross                         5:00pm

Thur    September 9   Southside                     Holy Cross                         4:30pm

Thur    September 16  Lytle                            Holy Cross                         4:00pm

Thur    September 23  St. Anthony                 St. Anthony                        4:00pm

Thur    September 30  Central Catholic          Holy Cross                           5:00pm

Thur    October 7         OPEN

Thur    October 14       Antonian                     Antonian                            5:00pm

Thur    October 21       St. Michael’s               Austin                                5:00pm

 Posted by at 5:03 pm
Oct 072010
 

Today the students wore pink shirts and pink ribbons to raise awareness for breast cancer. The NHS will donate the money collected from the sale of t-shirts and ribbons to breast cancer research.

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 Posted by at 7:39 pm
Oct 072010
 

The volleyball games on Wednesday 10/13/10 will honor the senior members of the team and also be used to support breast cancer awareness. The games are in the new gym @ 5:00, 6:15 and 7:30.  There will be a donation box at the door and all proceeds will go to Breast Cancer Research.

The theme is “Think Pink” so wear pink in support of the cause.

 Posted by at 3:52 pm
Oct 062010
 

The football team beat The St. Joseph Flyers 43-7 in a district game to improve to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in district. The defense played a superb game limiting the Flyers to 5 first downs and 123 total yards. Raymond Hickson blocked a punt that was returned for a TD by Erik Bonenberger. The offense, meanwhile,  rolled up 533 yards and is 2nd in the San Antonio area in total offense.

JD Hernandez completed 12 of 21 passes for 193 yards and 1 TD. He also ran the ball 5 times for 80 yards and a TD. JD is 3rd in the area in passing yards with 1,259 yards. He’s thrown 13 TD’s on the season. James Stark has caught 22 of those passes for 522 yards and 6 TD’s. James is 5th in the area in receiving yards.

Mark Hernandez scored on a 20 yard reception.

Tyler Cardenas took advantage of some excellent blocking by rushing 19 times for 182 yards and 3 TD’s. He has 14 TD’s so far this season.

Next game is Saturday, October 9 at 3:00pm against St. Anthony. It’s our homecoming game and will be played here at the school.

Tyler scores one of his TD's.

In the trenches.

The defense shuts down another offense.

Check out the cool trail of flying rubber pellets.

 Posted by at 5:03 pm