Students exceeded expectations as usual during the fall blood drive. 62 units of blood were collected.
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
Exercise trails along Zarzamora and Apache creeks are becoming the West Side’s newest park. Student volunteers spent Saturday morning helping to prepare for the November dedication. Another tangible way of “Letting Our Light Shine.”
Thanks to Mr. Don Marengo for organizing the effort.
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.
The dance team members are:
Elena Garza, Jenna Perez, Fernanda Hernandez, Kirsten Garcia, Celeste Martinez, Yuvisela Salazar, Serena Balderrama, Danielle Gonzalez, and Tina Marie Martinez.
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Golden Knights Dance Team
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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.
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Tyler scores one of his TD's.
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In the trenches.
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The defense shuts down another offense.
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Check out the cool trail of flying rubber pellets.
Homecoming Spirit Week will be from October 4 to October 9. Our home game against St. Anthony will be played here at Holy Cross on Saturday at 3:00pm.
The Spirit Week Theme Days Are:
Monday
- Twin Day
Tuesday
- Country & Western Day
Wednesday
- 60’s, 70’s, 80’s Day – Tie-dyed shirts, Bell Bottoms, and Parachute Pants (yikes)!
Thursday
- Pink Out for Breast Cancer Day – Bring $1 to support breast cancer research.
Friday
- Blue & Gold Spirit Day
- Pep Rally
Saturday
- Football Game vs St. Anthony, 3:00pm @ Holy Cross
- Homecoming Dance