Awesome Week in HN Sports!

Golf: This week was critical for the Holy Name golf team as we won all three

of our matches, putting us at a 7-3 record for the season. We won our
Home vs. Home match against Millbury High School at Clearview Country
Club on Monday, September 20th. On Tuesday, we beat our rival St.
Peter Marian at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club. Senior medalist Nick Smarra
came in with an outstanding 38 2-over par to secure our team with an
impressive overall score of 207. We then won Thursday against
Doherty-South at Greenhill Municipal Golf Course in Worcester. Senior
Katie Nelson medaled with a 2-over par 38.
(written by Senior Katie Nelson)

Field Hockey: The field hockey girls had a busy and successful week this week. This included three games one of which was their first away game. On Monday the Girls field hockey team played a tough game against Saint Bernard’s at home resulting in a 1-1 tie. On Wednesday the team played a rewarding game against Leicester at Holy Name. This was the teams’ first win with the final score of 4-1. On Friday the girls finally left the grounds of Holy Name and played South on their home field. The girls worked together and this allowed them to achieve a 4-1 victory.
(written by Senior Elizabeth Holland)

Boy’s Soccer: As they approach the halfway point of their season the boys soccer team
has been faced with much frustration. Playing with many injuries the
boys are fighting to hang onto their goal of making districts. Early
last week the boys opened up for the girls in a rough game against
Millbury. They lost 3-0 being shutout the entire game. Later in the
week they faced South and took another loss for their record. The final
score was 4-1 with holy name giving up many unnecessary goals. Hun Jun
scored the only goal off a direct kick for holy name. The boys current
record is 1-6 and they are continuing to work hard trying to turn this
season around as they are anxiously awaiting their biggest opponent of
the year, St. Johns.
(written by Junior Matt Curtis)

Girl’s Soccer: The girls started off their week with a night game at Millbury. Up until this point, they had been struggling to find a groove and play together. Even though they ended up falling 3-0 to Millbury, they played one of their best games yet. They carried their momentum into Wednesday’s game against rivals, St. Peter Marian. Bridget O’Sullivan had the first 2 goals, as Hannah Owen and Tay Boucher both contributed goals in their 4-1 victory. 30 seconds into the start of their game on Friday, Westboro scored off of a miscommunication on a corner kick. The girls were able to hold Westboro to that one goal for the rest of the game, but were not able to finish themselves. Multiple injuries plagued the team, as it was a rough game. The next morning the team was up bright and early running a car wash to contribute to their uniforms and a donation to the Susan B. Komen foundation. Thank you to all who came to support us. The girls hope to come out stronger than ever at Burncoat on Tuesday.

Football: Last Saturday Holy Name took on the Leominster Blue Devils at Assumption College. The Naps (2-1) edged out Leominster (1-2) in a 21 to 14 ballgame. The Naps jumped out to an early six nothing lead as they drove the ball seventy yards on their opening possession capped by a Quron Wright two yard run. Leominster responded with a touchdown of their own on their first possession and the extra point made it a 7-6 game. Holy Name used their running game to their advantage as they ended an eighty yard drive with another Wright TD from short yardage. The score at halftime was 14-7. Leominster again rebounded as they scored on their first possession in the second half. After a Blue Devil turnover, senior fullback Kevin Donohue put the Naps up again with a touchdown and the extra point added on by Victor Aguedelo. The Naps defense tightened and held on to its seven point lead to win the game. While running backs, Wright, Donohue, and Qevin Todd racked up over 300 yards rushing, it was the offensive and defensive lines that kept the Naps in it, led by Jugert Bango, Evan Charbonneau, Bassit Dennis, David Ginisi, and Nick Capuano. Holy Name will look to keep their momentum as they prepare for Nashoba next Friday night.
(written by Senior Nick Fritz)
Cross Country: This week the Holy Name Boy's and Girl's Cross Country team had a fairly good week. On Monday, 9/20, the team had a home meet against Abbey Kelly. Both the Boy's and the Girl's teams won which was very exciting since it was our first win of the season. Then on Thursday, 9/23, the team had an away meet against Doherty at Doherty High School. Sadly, both the Boy's and Girl's teams lost. However, this week we have another meet coming up again on Thursday, 9/30, against Abbey Kelly at their school! We're hoping for another victory! Go NAPS!
(written by Senior Ryan Moran)
*Thank you to everyone who contributed to this weeks blog. I am hoping to get team photos and full rosters posted this week. We had another great week in HN sports, congratulations to all of our athletes! You will find new photos of games, injuries, and activities that our athletes participated in this week. If anyone has any pictures and would like to see them posted, please send them to osullivanb1401@hotmail.com.
*Our golf team is currently playing without uniforms. There may be a bake sale this week to raise money for them to purchase them on their own. Hopefully they will make the districts and we’d like them well outfitted. Please support the bake sale and help them raise money!
Go Naps!
-Bridget