The end is near, but for some.. its just the beginning!

Field Hockey: The girls field hockey team played in two games this week. They faced SPM on Tuesday for their last home game of the regular season. The Naps scored early in the first half. However SPM regained the lead by scoring two goals in both the first and second halves. Leaving the final score as 2-1 SPM. Friday was the last regular season game against Burncoat at Burncoat High. Holy Name pulled out successfully with a 2-1 victory. The girls will play their first district game on Wednesday (11/3).
-Elizabeth Holland

Football: The boys clinched their spot in the playoffs by winning their league on Saturday. They beat Doherty 26-7. Sean Mahoney had an exceptional game passing, one of his passes resulted in Ron Anthony's first touchdown since his freshman year. The other touchdowns were scored by Quran Write. The boys face Burncoat at Anna Maria on Friday! They are hoping to keep their winning streak going!

Girl's Soccer: The girls started off their week with a hard faught match against Sutton. Although many chances came along, they were not able to put the ball in the back of the net. This game resulted in a 0-0 tie, which was good enough to clinch their spot in the district tournament. On Thursday night, however, the girls brought their A game, and beat SPM at Bowden Field in Sutton. The support from the boys soccer team, the football team and all the other fans helped the girls march toward their 4-0 victory. Thanks to the very strong Holy Name defenders (Renee Bousquet, Bea Bowden, Hannah Owen, Kelli Breeden) and the goal keeper (Corrie Derosier) the girl were able to post two shutouts for the week. Their senior game will be on Tuesday at Holy Name vs. St. Bernard's. A win at this game will make the girls league champs and undefeated in the league. With districts starting next weekend, the girls are in full swing!

It's Getting Colder and We're Getting Closer!

Field Hockey: The girl’s field hockey team played a total of two games this week. On Tuesday the team headed up to Dudley to play Shepherd Hill Regional High School. The game ended in a 4-3 defeat of the Naps. On Thursday, the Holy Name girls played at Foley Stadium. They faced Doherty. The final score was 7-0 Holy Name. This game gave the Napoleons the final points to qualify them for districts. The girls have their final two games of the regular season this week. They play SPM on Tuesday(10/26) at home, and Burncoat on Friday(10/29) at Burncoat.

Football: The Holy Name boy's football team played at Foley Stadium yesterday at 1pm. They faced off ina  league game against North. The final score was 40-0 with touchdowns scored by Anthony Hodges, Kevin Donohue, Quran Wright, and Seamus O'Sullivan. This is the boy's 6th straight win, bringing their current record to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in their league. They play Doherty at Holy Name next Saturday at 1pm. This game will hopefully clinch their spot in the playoffs.

Girl's Soccer: With two wins this week over North and Doherty,  the girl's soccer team has some serious momentum going into their last few games of the season. They play against Sutton tomorrow at 3:30pm at Holy Name. A win in this game will clinch their spot in the District Tournament. They have another big game on Thursday night where they will be playing St. Peter Marian at Bowden Field in Sutton at 6:00pm. Show your support and come cheer the girls on as they march closer and closer to their ultimate goal of back to back Division II District Champions!

Mixed Emotions Present This Week In Sports..

Boy's Soccer: Last Wednesday after the final whistle blew at the boys game, the field was filled with silence from the players knowing that their dream of going to districts was postponed for once again another year. They played North High at their home field. They started off strong scoring the first goal of the game by junior captain John Soltys off an assist by Matt Curtis. Then the boys let up and gave the game away with a 4-1 loss and walked away with quite a few injuries. Now the boys soccer team is practicing hard to make the best of the rest of their season. Their next game is Tuesday at 3:30 where they will be playing Doherty at Foley Stadium.


Cross Country: This past week the Holy Name Cross - Country Team had a tri-meet at HN with the boys from South and the girls from Notre Dame. HN's boys beat South but the girls did not beat Notre Dame. Thanks to all of those who came out to the meet to cheer us on. This week, cross-country has a meet against North at North High School! Hope to see some people there cheering us on. GO NAPS!
This week was exceptionally good for the Holy Name Cross- Country Team. On Thursday, Oct. 14, The Boy's and Girl's teams faced University Park at their course in Crystal Park. Both the Boy's and Girl's teams won in the meet! This week there is a home meet this Thursday, Oct. 21, against Burncoat. Be sure to come out and support HN XC. GO NAPS!

Golf: The golf team and their district match today, and unfortunately it did not go as well as they had planned. Their dreams of moving on to states were crushed as the harsh weather conditions and the tough course seemed to prohibit the golfers from shooting the low scores we all know are possible. Even the winning team, St. John's, did not play as well as they have in the past. The golf team did, however, finish their season with one of the best records Holy Name golf has ever seen. Best of luck to all the players next year!

Girl's Soccer: Last week, the girls had two games. The first, was only their second home game of the year and it was against Tantasqua. The game ended in a 0-0 tie. On Thursday the girls had a night game at Wachusett. The last time the team played there was when they won the Division 2 District Championship last season. Unfortunately, this game did not have the same results as the District Finals. The girls ended up falling 1-0. Wachusett scored their goal with only a few minutes left in the game. The girls fought hard all game and were disappointed at coming away with the loss. Tonight, the girls faced off against one of the best Division 1 teams in the Central Mass Conference. They traveled to Nashoba Regional High School in hopes of an upset. This was not the outcome, but the girls did have another hard fought game. The score was tied at 0-0
 at the end of the first half. In the second half, Nashoba took a 2-0 lead, but the Lady Naps did not give up. Senior Captain, Kelli Breeden, who usually plays sweeper (the last defender on the field) was moved up to the center midfield in hopes of turning the game around. She ended up scoring a goal with only 4 minutes left in the game. Although this did put the girls back in it, they were not able to score again, and in turn fell to Nashoba 2-1. This brings the girl's soccer team's record to 5-5-1. They play North, home at 3:30 on Wednesday, and Doherty home at 3:30 on Friday. As the girls are still fighting to make the tournament, we wish them luck.

Football: This past weekend was Holy Name's Homecoming. At the football game on Saturday, the boys played St. Peter Marian. Although some may say the game was quite sloppy, with multiple turnovers from both teams, Holy Name was able to get the job done and come away with an 18-6 win. This brings their record to 5-1 and they will face North this Saturday at 1pm.

This Week in HN Sports

Golf: The Holy Name golf team clinched their spot in the 2010 Division 2 Districts Tournament this past Monday October 4th against Burncoat at Clearview Country Club. With a few cancellations this week due to rain, the team then played a tri-match at Clearview on Friday October 8th against rivals St. Peter Marian and St. Bernard's. Senior Katie Nelson medaled the match against St. Peter's with a 36. Recognition is due to senior Josh Loell who, coming in with an impressive 39 in the last group, won the St. Bernard's match for his team. With all three wins this week, the Holy Name golf team stands with a record of 10-5, the best record this team has held for many years.

(Katie Nelson)
Girl’s Soccer: The girls only had one game this week, due to another rescheduling of their game versus Sutton. They faced Doherty at Foley Stadium in Worcester and came away with another win. Melissa Andersen had the first goal for Holy Name, and Ana Bowden contributed 4 points (2 goals and 2 assists). Bridget O’Sullivan also had a goal and an assist for the lady naps. This win brings the girl’s record to 5-3.

Football: The football team took on Westboro this past Saturday. By the looks of the first half, it seemed like it was going to be a close game, but th Naps pulled away in the end and came out with a 28-12 victory, their 4th in a row, bringing their overall record to 4-1.

Boy’s Soccer: This week was a bit of a disappointment for the boys soccer team. With their game being postponed on Wednesday, the boys played South High School on Thursday. HN's John Soltys was the first to put away a goal near the end of the half but then they soon lost the lead after.giving up two penalty kicks. It turned into an ugly game once that happened. South scored 3 more goals and unfortunately the boys could only put two more in before the final whistle. Rob Foley and Hun Jun scored for Holy Name, making the final score 5-3.
(Matt Curtis)

Rain may have slowed us down, but it didn't stop us!

Football: The football team pulled off a hard fought 12-7 victory up at Nashoba on Saturday night. Nashoba tried to use the excuse of wind and rain on Friday night to push back the inevitable. Nashoba scored an early touchdown but were held to that for the rest of the game. Holy Name was able to score two 4th quarter touchdowns to earn the victory in a hard fought, physical game. The boys return home this Saturday for a 2pm game against Westboro. Hope to see everybody there.
Field Hockey: Although this past week was rainy, our team pulled through with two big wins! Monday we beat Burncoat High School in the pouring rain 2-1, and Wednesday we beat our rivals SPM 2-0. Along with our game Friday vs. Doherty all of our practices this week got rained out, but we still played hard. This puts our record at 4-2-2. We have two games this upcoming week: on Tuesday we play Doherty at home at 3:30 PM, and Wednesday we are traveling to Fitchburg to play Saint Bernard's at 3:30 PM. Wish us luck!
(written by Senior Ellyn Gloshinski)

Golf: This week was tough for the golf team as our two toughest matches of
the year were placed in one week. In all of the rain that we had last
week, we played Wachussett on Monday at Holden Hills and St. John’s on
Wednesday at Clearview Country Club. Even though we had two losses,
the team played well overall. We’re looking forward to clinching
districts with our next win!
(written by Senior Katie Nelson)

Boy’s Soccer: Although their record might not show it, the boys soccer team is finally starting to come together as a team. Earlier in the week, Holy Name's biggest rival, St. Johns, came to our home field to face off against our boys. The visiting pioneers were not expecting a difficult game, but that's exactly what we gave them. Although we did not win, the boys kept the score close the entire game. The final score was 1-0 which is the closest they have kept it in years. The boys came to play and they have shown that they are not a team to be taken lightly. In a way, the boys soccer team had a win that day. Their next game is on Wednesday at Foley Stadium where they will be playing South High.
(written by Junior Matt Curtis)

Girl’s Soccer: The girls soccer team had an easy week this week. Because of all of the rain, they only had one game, with Thursday’s against Sutton being postponed. They played on Tuesday at Burncoat High School. Bridget O’Sullivan put the first goal away for Holy Name as she scored on a corner kick 8 minutes in. She had another goal in the first half, making the score 2-0 at halftime. O’Sullivan scored her third goal in the second half, giving her the hat trick. Tay Boucher and Ana Bowden also contributed late 2nd half goals to Holy Name’s 5-0 victory.