Ms. Trachim: Behind the piano and calculator

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Volume 2 Issue 7
The newspaper of Trinity High School
May / June 2010
Ms. Trachim: Behind the piano and calculator
By Mark Natale
Pioneer Staff
It’s been 32 years at Trinity High
School. Thirty-two classes have come
and gone. But it’s this one that will
make a big difference for Ms. Carolyn
Trachim.
With her daughter, Nancy, graduating on June 8 with the rest of the Class
of 2010, Ms. Trachim will find herself
with both children in college come
fall—Jon, a junior at Keene State, and
Nancy, a freshman at UNH.
“But neither one is going to be
much more than an hour away, which
is good,” said Ms. Trachim.
Trachim, a graduate (on a full scholarship) of Keene State herself, a double
major in elementary education and
secondary math education, graduated
from Laconia High School, where her
love for music was really developed.
Taking piano lessons since second
grade, Trachim first began to accompany a chorus in junior high, and
has been playing alongside choirs
since. During lunches in high school,
Trachim and a friend would go to the
band room and practice playing different instruments instead of sitting in
the cafeteria.
“One day we would play cello
duets, and another day we would play
trumpet duets,” said Trachim.
Trachim, who has a particular
fondness for the cello, would also play
the string bass in band, as needed, and
any other part that needed filling in.
Now the accompanist for Trinity and her church, Trachim has two
completely different roles at church
and at school.
“At school, I am following the
leader, whereas at church, I’m it—others are under me. I call the shots, and I
set the pace,” said Trachim.
Mr. Maurier and Ms. Tachim have
been working together since Trachim
first arrived on the scene at Trinity,
Maurier as the director and Trachim as
the accompanist.
Trachim’s all-time favorite piece
at Trinity is “Pacem,” but her favorite
at church is “Ave Maria” by Vince
Ambrosetti.
“[Ambrosetti’s] music is just ab-
Pioneer Staff Photo
Above: Ms. Trachim plays piano for Trinity’s chorus during the Thanksgiving Mass in
2009. Below Left: Ms. Trachim teaching during her first year at Trinity in 1978. Below
Right: Ms. Trachim today.
Trinity High School file photo
solutely gorgeous—I love his music,”
said Trachim.
Trachim’s whole life at Trinity
hasn’t been all about music—starting
off teaching freshman and sophomores, Trachim still found that age
and experience made it tough to
handle the first few years.
“It was a lot of work,” said
Trachim. “To have everything be new
was a tremendous amount of work.”
Without an established reputation,
Trachim said that it takes around three
years to really become a good teacher.
“She was awesome,” said senior
Pioneer Staff Photo
Leah Wesolaski. “She’s just one of
those teachers that everybody takes
seriously. She doesn’t have to get
mad at everybody because people just
respect her.”
Now, with an established reputation,
Trachim has become not only one of
the well-loved teachers at school but
also one of the most respected.
“[She’s] able, qualified, dedicated,
loyal. I think her concern is Trinity—to be here for that period of time,
I think it has to be,” said Mr. Gorski.
While at Trinity, Trachim has
developed some close relationships
THS at a glance...
Inside this issue:
Ms. Byron goes to China
See what Ms. Byron was up
to on her two week trip to China
this past April!
See page 3
FIRST at the nationals
Check out how the FIRST
team did at their national competitions in Atlanta, Georgia and
Dallas, Texas. See page 3
A year in photos
Check out photos from the
past year taken by Pioneer staff.
See Page 4
with fellow faculty members. Along
with Mr. Maurier, Ms. Trachim is
also extremely close with Ms. Kudrick, Mr. Gorski and Mrs. Belushko,
whom she makes a point to see every
day and give a hug to before starting
the day.
Kudrick, though, has been one
whom Trachim has found a particular
connection with. When Kudrick was
head of the department, she really
took Trachim under her wing, giving
her advice and pointers for the classroom.
“I started out like a mentor for her.
It’s very nice for me to have someone,
a person I can always go to,” said
Kudrick.
The two also tend to put their cooking skills to use over the year, often
having baked pot-lucks with the rest
of the department. Trachim would
make the Chinese pie or the corn
chowder, while Kudrick would bake.
But the relationship between the
two really grew when both friends’
parents were dying.
“We both shared in each other’s
grief as our parents passed. The night
her mom passed, I stayed over her
house so she wasn’t alone. You don’t
do that for just anybody. There’s that
kind of bond,” said Trachim.
For Trachim, seeing teacher Natalie
Brankin and others who have graduated come back to Trinity to teach math,
was a nice bonus for her efforts.
“It’s like, hmmm, maybe we did
something right,” said Trachim.
“There’s a desire to help them along,
to help them succeed.”
No matter what, Trachim makes
sure that everyone she cares for is
taken care of.
“At least twice a year, she’ll bring
a can [of chocolate covered pretzels]
for me and my daughter,” said Gorski.
Ms. Trachim has touched the hearts
of countless students at Trinity, loved
by almost all.
“Whether it’s me with my decisions, being there for support, or making chocolate chip muffins-- which
happen to be the greatest muffins ever
made-- she’s always been there,” said
senior Nick Sauvan. “Ms. Trachim is
an angel, to put it lightly.”
Senior goodbyes
Read the final opinions from a
few of the members of this year’s
Pioneer staff.
See page 2
Summer preview
Sarah Ruggiero previews
summer movie releases.
See page 5
The Importance of Being
Earnest
Mari-Briege Dunn reviews the
drama club’s latest performance
of the classic by Oscar Wilde.
See page 5
SPORTS
Athletes of the year
Pioneer sports editors offer
their selections of the Trinity’s
boys’ and girls’ athletes of the
year.
See page 6
Baseball and softball playoff
preview
Read all about the Trinity
baseball and softball teams as
they enter their postseasons.
See page 7
5/26 - Senior Farewell Liturgy
5/27 - Last day of classes for Seniors
5/27 - Senior Farewell Assembly
5/28 - Senior Retreat
5/28 - Noon Dismissal
5/28 - Junior/Senior Prom - 7 to 11 PM
5/29 - Memorial Day - No Classes
6/1 - Senior Exams: H & G; Junior Retreat
6/2 - Senior Exams: F & E
6/3 - Senior Exams: D & C
6/4 - Senior Exams: B & A
6/4 - Theology Fair
6/7 - Baccalaureate Practice: 9:30 - 11:30 AM
6/7 - Baccalaureate Liturgy: 7 PM
6/8 - Commencement Practice: 9 AM
6/8 - Commencement Practice: 7 PM
6/8 - Underclassmen Exams: H & G
6/9 - Underclassmen Exams: F & E
6/10 - Underclassmen Exams: D & C
6/11 - Underclassmen Exams: B & A
6/14 - Underclassmen Exames: make-up day
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The Pioneer
Opinion/Editorial
May / June 2010
Graduates, a bit of
High school is ending, but the
Trinity goes with you memories will last a lifetime
As senior graduation
an end to everything we’ve
draws closer and closer, I
known since we started The
look back at the year and
Pioneer. Relative to many
think about all that has hapother schools’ papers, ours is
pened, and I can’t
fairly young.
Joe Walsh
help but wonder
The people
if I would have
whose names are
changed anylisted just below
Opinion
thing.
mine on this page
We’ve all
have, for the most
faced hurdles these
part, been the ones to
past few months, and
take the paper from
from this perspective,
nothing to what it is
things have definitely
today.
been a challenge.
We have all
As a junior, I look
worked together to
at our senior class
try and deliver to you
and the impact they
a paper that we think
have on the school
you would enjoy, and
as a whole. Maybe it’s easier
we’d like to think we’ve sucfrom the perspective of some- ceeded for the most part.
one outside of that group of
True, we’ve had our issues,
people to realize it, but when
but they were our issues, and
they graduate, they’ll take
we dealt with them as a group,
a huge part of Trinity with
and we’ve come a long way.
them.
So here we are looking
It’s hard to imagine a
ahead, and we’re facing huge
school without this year’s
changes. Though we have
senior line-up. Maybe even
visions and dreams for next
more for me, because these
year, Trinity will be a comare the people who have been pletely different place come
my elders, for lack of a better fall without the class of 2010.
term, since I got here.
It’s important that we
They have taught me the
remember all we have learned
importance of humility and
from the senior class. We
being able to laugh at my own hope that they, in turn, never
problems and mistakes.
forget us.
Without their guidance, my
Class of 2010, take the
own class would not be what
pride, spirit, and tradition that
it is today.
you have found in these halls
Yet even more than that,
and hopefully in these pages,
from a newspaper perspective, and use them, whatever Septhis year’s graduation marks
tember may bring for you.
The Pioneer
Co-Editors-in-Chief
Joe Walsh
Alexa Serrecchia
News Editor
Mari-Briege Dunn
Sports Editors
Ryan Mitchell
Mark Natale
A&E Editors
Emma Pratte
Sarah Ruggiero
Staff Writer
Nicole Fell
Advisory
Mrs. Terri Greene Henning, adviser
Mr. Denis Mailloux, principal
Mr. Steven Gadecki, assistant principal
Mr. Patrick Smith, dean of students
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Wow, it’s been a long four
years together. 720 days of
classes, sporting events, and
liturgies. For some, it has
been a roller coaster ride.
Others have gotten by with
ease.
We’ve seen students
come and go throughout the
years. Only 95 remain, the
smallest class with the most
potential Trinity has seen in
years.
Many students will stay
as local as UNH, Keene,
and Plymouth, while others
will journey as far as Texas,
Florida, and Ireland.
Big Bird, Greek gods
and goddesses, underwater creatures, and firemen
have graced our bleachers
at homecoming pep rallies.
We have not only matured
each year but learned how to
properly decorate our section
of the gym.
Freshman year was the
year of skinny jeans, polka
dots, Justin Timberlake,
Crocs, Nintendo Wii, and the
death of Steve Irwin.
Sophomore year we saw
the iPhone, the rise of Facebook, the Red Sox winning
the World Series and the
Patriots choking at the
Mari-Briege Dunn
Alexa Serrecchia
Opinion
Superbowl, the Beijing Summer Olympics, Gossip Girl,
and Rock Band.
Junior year we witnessed
the first Black president,
going green, the Celtics
winning the NBA Championships, Twilight madness, The
Dark Knight, Taylor Swift,
and the death of Michael
Jackson.
This year we have become obsessed with animal
bracelets, plaid shirts, Avatar, Dunkin Donuts, Arnold
Palmer iced tea, Mr. Gorski,
and college.
We have lost some
beloved teachers and mentors, and gained new ones
that have already made their
mark on Trinity. Mr. Nelson
left after our sophomore year
to go into the seminary. Mrs.
Raczka passed away, a huge
loss for Trinity, but our class
became a support system for
those in need.
As far as sports go,
we’ve had our fair share
of losses and upsets during championship games.
However, we have seen a
school of 400 overcome
schools with twice as many
students. We have witnessed
a basketball championship
and an undefeated football
season.
Everything we have
experienced in the last four
years has brought us together
as a class and made us who
we are today. We have gone
from obnoxious little freshmen, to wise fools, to slacker
juniors, to mighty seniors.
Collectively, we have
applied to 156 different
colleges, and received more
than 8 million dollars of
merit money. Pretty good
for such a small class. While
some of us will be together
next year, most of us will
be going our separate ways.
No matter what, we will
always have the wonderful
memories of our time here at
Trinity.
Emma Pratte’s photo album
We’re all prepared for it: the sappy cards, the akward hugs, the crying parents, the graduation parties, the caps, the gowns – the thing that I don’t think we are prepared for is coming to
the sad realization that we may never see each other again. I want to remember and preserve
this time we’ve had together as best I can: through photos.
May / June 2010
The Pioneer
News
Trinity’s FIRST
goes national
By Mark Natale
Pioneer Staff
Photos Courtesy of Ms. Byron
Above Left:Ms. Byron poses at the Great Wall of China. Above Right:Chinese soliders passing in Tianamen Square.
Ms. Byron visits China in
educational trip of lifetime
By Nicole Fell
Pioneer Staff
Five cities. Ten days. One
woman.
Ms. Byron, Trinity High
School’s world history
teacher, recently took a
10 day trip to the opposite
side of the world, China.
While on the trip Ms.
Byron kept Trinity High
School students informed
through her blog on Blogger.
Ms. Byron departed from
Boston on April 15 with the
Five College Center for East
Asian Studies, who selected
Ms. Byron because of her
great work and effort she put
forth in their. Going into the
trip, Ms. Byron was a little
skeptical.
“I didn’t know that to expect. I talked to a number of
people who has gone before,”
she said.”I was expecting to
see a lot more villages and
small towns we were in big
cities,” she added.
Ms. Byron visited five
cities, including Beijing,
Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou,
Shanghai over the course of
the 10 days.
Ms.Byron’s trip began
in the city of Beijing. Her
first stop was the Temple of
Heaven. According to Ms.
Byron’s blog, The Temple
of Heaven was almost like a
public garden. “There were
many older people there singing, dancing, doing Tai Chi,
and other activities,” wrote
Ms. Byron in her blog.
moments of the trip occurred
while on the way to visit and
have dinner at a local tea farm.
“We couldn’t find the
house, then the bus broke
down, then huge thunderstorms came,” said Byron.
The horrible day didn’t stop
there though, unfortunately.
“We ran third of a mile
to the house from the bus
in the pouring rain,” said
Byron.
When asked, Ms. Byron
said she would definitely.
“The people were nice and
helpful,” she added.
Before Ms. Byron goes
back, she said there are a few
more things she would have
to do. “I would try to do more
research. The guides were
good but I would have liked to
know more background,” said
Ms. Byron.”I would also learn
some Chinese, only the young
speak English,” she added.
Ms. Byron’s trip seemed
to be a thoroughly enjoyable one. She kept the school
updated on her adventures and
had an amazing time halfway across the world. Ms.
Byron came back to America
with many Chinese souvenirs
including books, guides, candies, dried fruit.
All in all, Ms. Byron
enjoyed her time. “I would
go back in a heartbeat,” said
Byron.
“I would go back in a
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-- Ms. Byron, of her
trip to China
Her next stop was to the
Hong Quin Pearl Market,
which according to the blog,
was like a giant flea market.
After that, she went to two of
the most historic sites in all of
China, Tianamen Square and
the Forbidden City. Tianamen Square is the site of the
1989 massacre dealing with
the Chinese government. The
Forrbidden City which was
the palace.
During her trip, Ms. Byron
visited monuments such as the
Great Wall of China, Nanjing
Massacre Memorial, Yangtzee
River Bridge, and many other
small places.
Ms. Byron shared that the
Nanjing Massacre Memorial
was probably her favorite site
to visit. “Most people don’t
know about it. It was very
emotional, like the Holocaust,”
said Byron.
One of Byron’s funniest
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It’s been six years in
a row with no championship. Again, the Trinity
robotics team, Checkmate
40, couldn’t bring home a
national title at the end of
the FRC season.
Beginning the year with
high hopes for winning the
first national championship
ever for Trinity, Checkmate
40 arrived in Atlanta with
some serious doubts.
Missing mentors from
sponsor Intelitek, Trinity wasn’t sure how their
autonomous program would
work throughout the competition.
“Last year we had Karin
and Adam, who are a huge
part in the pit, and this year
we [didn’t] have either one
of them,” said senior Alex
Gadecki.
The Pioneers started off
the competition, 0-3, on
Thursday Apr. 15, the first
day of elimination matches,
but improved on Friday Apr.
16 to an overall record of
3-5, thanks to some bigscoring games from their
autonomous program.
Because of the advancements the robot had made,
including a hanging bar for
a hanging bonus, Trinity
had largely become a defensive robot, pinning other
robots to the side of the
field and keeping them from
scoring their balls.
The highlight of the
tournament for Trinity came
against teams 1114, 3145
“the game breaker” and
1676. During this qualifying
match, Trinity’s main goal
was to simply keep Team
1114, the best offensive robot in the tournament, from
scoring.
Restricting 1114 to just
one successful shot, Trinity
did its job and moved itself
into the spotlight for teams
looking for a strong defensive robot in the elimination
matches.
Wrapping up the weekend with a 3-7 record in 51st
place, Checkmate 40 was entirely dependent on another
team to pick them to play
in the elimination matches.
Being selected as the tenth
overall pick, Trinity landed
in the seventh-seeded alliance along with teams 2775
and 3234.
Following 7-5 and 14-12
losses, respectively, Trinity
was eliminated from the rest
of the FIRST FRC Championship in Atlanta. Their
alliances weren’t strong
enough to compete with the
other teams in the competition.
The week following the
FIRST Championship in Atlanta, Mr. Joe Pouliot, along
with Gadecki and junior Nic
Dziemian travelled to Dallas
to compete at the National
VEX Championship in Dallas, Tex.
Struggling from an
engineering difficulty, Trinity could only muster a 4-4
record, finishing the tournament in the middle of the
pack.
In an off-season event,
Worcester Polytechnic
Institute’s Battlecry, Trinity
was finally able to seal the
deal on winning an event,
nabbing the championship
against some extremely
strong teams.
Paired with Team 78
again (a great relationship
exists between both teams),
Trinity was able to finally
use its ability as a defensive
robot to its alliance’s advantage.
As Trinity shined as a
stellar defensive “bot,” 78
was able to score plenty of
balls into the net, ensuring a
championship at the end of
the day.
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The Pioneer
May / June 2010
A Year in Pictures
Amy Hollingworth, Trinity’s athletic trainer,
looks on during a football game this past fall.
Seniors Maddy Walsh and
Katherine Marineau.
Senior Gordon Duffley gets ready for the basketball game
against Central.
Mr. Mailloux at a THS assembly.
Soccer goalie Leah Sherr and Abby
Mitchell walk off the field together.
Junior Ryan Mitchell
plays musical chairs.
Senior leaders prepare for the freshman class at orientation.
THS welcomes the class of 2013.
Mr. Maurier adresses the school.
The senior class shows its spirit at the
homecoming pep rally.
Senior Connor Lyons runs to second base
during a game this spring.
Senior girls pose with Ms. Kudrick before the
fashion show.
Senior chorus members
smile before Mass.
Trinity’s football team runs out onto the field at a game.
Thanksgiving baskets line the lawn.
Senior Jake Castricone and junior Dave
Gagnon fight for the last chair.
Senior Nick Nalette and sophomore
Jake Hamel visit with Santa.
Junior Krista Palmer gets her feet washed by
Mr. Smith at the Stations of the Cross service.
Simone Veillette flags
graves at the cemetery.
All photos taken by Trinity Newspaper Staff
Jason Evert picks up Gideon
Nyakundi at an assembly on chastity.
The varsity football team celebrates their
Division V championship.
Trinity students pose with the bishop at the
March for Life in Washington, D.C.
May / June 2010
The Pioneer
Arts & Entertainment
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A&E: What to see
and do this summer
Sarah Ruggiero / Pioneer Staff
Trinity cast members perform Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest.
Trinity drama club’s spring
production done in ‘Earnest’
By Mari-Briege Dunn
Pioneer Editor
Six seniors from the drama
club graced the stage for the
last time in their four years
at Trinity as they performed
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance
of Being Earnest, [a trivial
comedy for serious people].
“We adore Oscar Wilde
and really wanted to do a
show we would definitely
love for our last show ever at
Trinity,” said Jessica Parent,
senior and assistant director.
This comedy is about
two men, played by seniors
Andres Peschera and Ben
Gibbons, who have multiple identities to get away
from their lives and live
completely different ones at
times. They both pretend to
be Earnest Worthing in order
to win over two girls but find
themselves in a pickle that
ends with a twist.
The rest of the cast included seniors Mark Natale
and Allison Parent, juniors
Amanda Jenks and Natalie
Kfoury, sophomores Pat
Dolan and Mo Gibbons, and
freshman Emilee Thompson.
“I thought the show went
swimmingly and that it was
certainly one of the better
shows I have been a part of
at Trinity, at any rate. I was
proud to direct it, and I think
it was a great show to see the
seniors off with,” said Manning, senior and director of
the show. “I was quite content
with directing,” he said.
For Jessica Parent, the importance was the audience’s
view of the show.
“I was very pleased with
the outcome of the show.
We got a lot of laughs from
the audience-- especially the
second night, and that was
really all we could ask for.
As long as the audience was
having fun for the most part,
we were happy.”
Sarah Tarr, a stagehand
for the show, said the mood
backstage was very mellow.
“We didn’t lose any props,
and no one fainted. It was
a small cast, so there were
less people running around.
We were eating the props
backstage. The muffins were
terrible.”
Emilee Thompson, the
only freshman in the show,
was happy with the performance. “Everyone worked so
hard these last few weeks. So
much effort was put into this
show by every single person
in the cast from set design,
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to line memorization, to the
little finishing touches. I was
so privileged to work with
this amazing cast, and in the
end, I had a great time.”
The show didn’t have as
big of a crowd as the fall
musical, according to Jessica
Parent.
“We like having a more
personal feel with our audiences instead of a full stand
of screaming ninnies,” said
Parent.
At the end of the show, the
directors were given a gift-the last cucumber sandwich,
a snack that was constantly
missing in the show. The
seniors were then recognized for their hard work and
dedication to the drama club
and were each given flowers
and one final standing ovation
from the audience.
Yearbooks are
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It’s not too late to buy
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Movies
Tim Allen.
Prince of Persia (PG-13)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Opens May 28. Action/
(Not yet rated) Opens
Adventure. Starring Jake
June 30. Fantasy. Starring
Gyllenhaal.
Robert Pattinson, Kristen
Killers (PG-13) Opens
June 4. Romantic comedy. Stewart and Taylor
Lautner.
Starring Katherine Heigl
Despicable Me (PG)
and Ashton Kutcher.
Opens July 9. Animated.
The Karate Kid (PG)
Starring Steve Carell and
Opens June 11. Action.
Russell Brand.
Starring Jaden Smith and
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Jackie Chan.
Toy Story 3 (Not yet rated) (PG-13) Opens August 13.
Opens June 18. Animated. Action/Comedy. Starring
Michael Cera.
Starring Tom Hanks and
Touring musicians and music festivals
Backstreet Boys
American Idol Live!
Lady Gaga
Goo Goo Dolls
Cake
Christina Aguilera
O.A.R.
Modest Mouse
Green Day with AFI
MGMT
The Black Keys
Barenaked Ladies
Sugarland
Dave Matthews Band
Jack Johnson
John Mayer
Rascal Flatts
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Weird Al Yankovic
Maroon 5
Paramore
Vans Warped Tour 2010
Summer Jam 2010
Tim McGraw with Lady
Antebellum
Bamboozle Roadshow
Brooks & Dunn
The Offspring with 311
Rihanna with Ke$ha
Jonas Brothers with Demi
Lovato
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Boys’ athlete of
the year
Connor Lyons, a senior,
has already committed to
Northeastern for next year
to play baseball as a Husky.
Lyons will be playing with his
older brother Sean, who just
finished his freshman year as
a member of the team.
“I’ve played baseball with
[Connor], three years on the
varsity team. He’s always
been a standout player in the
league. He’s easily the best
outfielder I’ve ever seen. It
helps me to know he’s out
there. He’s a great captain,
a great leader,” said senior
Nick Nalette, a co-captain and
catcher for the team.
Lyons, an outfielder, not
only excels on the baseball
diamond but also as a goto player on the football
team. Lyons filled in for the
championship team on the
offensive side of the ball in
just about every position,
from running back to wide
receiver.
Lyons earned first team Division V honors as a running
back in football, and received
second team all-state honors
as an outfielder in baseball
last year.
With possibly as much
athleticism and versatility
that Trinity has seen, Lyons
can seemingly do it all. It
Lyons
should come as no surprise
to anybody that Lyons, the
athlete of the fall season and
for the month of October, has
again won top honors.
Lyons will surely leave
behind a legacy at Trinity
of athletic performance and
ability that will not soon be
forgotten.
Honorable Mentions
David Madol: Madol, a junior
forward, tore up the basketball courts game by game
this season, earning first team
All-State honors and Union
Leader Player of the Year
honors.
Jake Castricone: Castricone,
a senior, helped lead the boys’
football team to its triumphant
Division V championship as
a captain and quarterback this
fall. Castricone also starts as
shortstop for the baseball team.
Castricone will be attending
UNH in the fall.
Girls’ athlete of
the year
Abby Mitchell, a junior,
tries to do it all. To list the
sports she participates in
becomes exhausting. Mitchell
is a varsity member of the
cross country team, indoor
track team, swimming team,
outdoor track team, and soccer team, the last of which she
captains.
Mitchell has made it to
the Meet of Champions as
a miler in outdoor track,
received honorable mention
honors as a varsity soccer
player and has made it to
the state meet for swimming
since her freshman year,
placing third in the 100-meter
breastroke in the state meet,
first for the same event at the
Division II state meet.
“I’ve done so many sports
along the way, I just loved all
of them, I’ve never wanted
to quit any of them,” said
Mitchell.
“I like taking on the new
tasks,” she said.
Mitchell says that she
doesn’t know what sport she
will end up doing in college,
but it will probably fall between running and soccer.
“I enjoy the team aspect of
soccer, but in running, your
destiny is decided by you,”
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Sports
Pioneer Sports Log
Girls‘ Tennis
The girls’ tennis squad (2-7), led by sophomore
Katie Razzaboni and senior captains
Kaitlyn Telge, Amelia Nugent, and junior
captain Ashley Cavignano, though not off
to a stellar start, is remaining positive.
“It’s definitely a learning year
because we haven’t had a consistent coach for
the four years I’ve been playing, and we
have some underclassmen with really
good potential,” said senior Alexa
Serrecchia.
The girls’ new coach, Mary Wargo, a
Trinity alumna, competed for Catholic
University of America, and with her
knowledge of the game and high level
of experience, she represents possible
stability for a team that has seen four
head coaches in the past four years.
Boys‘ Tennis
After finishing last season as the number two seed
in the NHIAA tournament and losing all
but two members of the team, Trinity knew that this season would be tough to do well in.
Trinity, at 4-8 in the season, is nowhere near the
powerhouse team that it was last year, but has still put
forth a strong effort with the lack of experienced
players on the team.
Senior Adonios Papanikalou led the team to a 3-4
record to start the season, and kept the team close
throughout the entire year. With an 8-0 record in the
season, Papanikalou was undefeated until suffering an ankle sprain that put him out for the rest of
his high school career.
Senior Adam Golding has stepped up his game to try to fill the void the team’s #1 left
behind, but the team is going to struggle throughout the rest of the season, but strong wins
might give the team momentum heading into the next year.
Track
The outdoor track season seems to be coming together fairly well at this point for Coach
Bob Leonard and the boys’ and girls’ track squads.
On the girl’s side, Class L qualifiers include Abby Mitchell in the 800 (2:26) and in the
1600 (5:34), KJ Schelling in the high jump (5’ 4”), and Chelsey Serrano in the 1600 (5:30).
For the boys, qualifiers include Mike Giberti in the 1600 (4:29.9), Pete Kimball in the
1600 (4:37.9) and in the 3200 (9:54.9), Ryan Mitchell in the 1600 (4:34.3) and in the 3200
(9:58.7), Andrew Lauderdale in the shot put (41.02 feet), and Dylan Lafond in the high jump
(5’10”). The length of this list, makes it the largest number of boy’s qualifiers in years for the
Class L meet. Mitchell, Kimball, and Giberti have also smashed unofficial school records in
their recent mile and two-mile performances.
Both teams are looking forward to having a very competitive showing at the City Championships, at Manchester Memorial High School on Saturday, May 22 after impressive individual performances at Spaulding’s Seacoast Invitational on Friday, May 14.
On the boys’ side, the team is confident going into the city meet.
“I feel that we have a good shot at winnning the city meet. We have a solid team, led by
the distance guys who could go unbeaten on Saturday,” said Kimball.
As things get going, the boys’ and girls’ squads look forward to a successful season ahead.
Mitchell
said Mitchell.
“Playing sports with Abby
is really fun. She’s really
funny and she jokes around a
lot, but at the same time, she’s
really athletic and is basically
good at any sport she does,”
said Adriana Jodoin, a junior
outdoor track member and
soccer team co-captain.
Whatever Mitchell tries as
an athlete, she seems to succeed in, and this is why she is
The Pioneer’s athlete of the
year for 2010-2011.
Honorable Mention
Jasmine Theroux: Theroux,
a junior, averaged more than
16 points a game for the girls’
basketball team this winter,
leading them as their captain
and as an offensive production machine. Theroux won
second team all-state honors.
May / June 2010
Lacrosse
With the Lacrosse
struggles to make
the playoffs, but
behind
lost to anyone,” said
With a little luck,
direction for the guys.
“We’ve had our ups
we play as a team, we
season well under way, the Trinity squad (1-7)
headway in ever-present hopes of making with the hardest part of their schedule them, things are looking much better.
Captains Andrew Hall, a senior, Evan
Bergeron, a senior, and Eric Werner, a junior, led the team this year. Hall, a forward
also leads the team in goals.
Aside from their regular season victory, a 6-3 defeat
over Stevens, the squad demolished Manchester West in
a tournament game 12-2.
“Our season so far has been challenging facing most of the top
teams in our league,” said Werner.
Though trinity has played some tough teams, they’re looking to win in upcoming games against John Stark, Milford, and Gilford.
“The games scheduled for the rest of the season can all be won if we put in one hundred percent effort, we played Lebanon today and they are tied for 2nd place and we
them in overtime 7-6, so that shows anyone can beat
Werner.
and some optimism, things could take a turn in the right
and downs,” said junior Robby Hoaglund. “But when
can win.”
May / June 2010
Spring sports log
Softball
Fourteenth in the NHIAA standings, the Trinity softball
team is looking for the final stretch of the season to solidify
a playoff spot and vault it into contention to win games in
the Class L tournament.
Starting off the season with a 2-1 record, Trinity had
its hopes up for a
successful season. Since,
Trinity has hit a
skid since losing in extra
innings to Merrimack. With just one win
(Manchester West,
12-6) since, Trinity has
lost seven games
due to an unproductive
offense.
Junior
Alyssa Attar and
freshman
Nicole Stephen
took control over pitching
duties
after freshman
Kelleigh
Murtagh received
a back
injury in the
middle of
the season.
Murtagh is planning to
return to the
mound
to
close the
season
and
push the team
to a higher seed in the
playoffs.
Plagued by injuries, the
Pioneers
have been hurting to put
together
a good series of wins.
“We need to start winning
again [to stay in the playoffs],”
said senior captain Gill
Gravel.
A solid infield has kept
scores
close with a dominant left
side
including Gravel and fellow
senior Nicole Connolly.
The Pioneers need
solid
pitching and run production to
finish the season strong
and
push deep into the
playoffs.
Baseball
With just one week left in the regular season, the Trinity
baseball team is about to face its toughest part of the season,
nearing important games against Bishop Guertin
and
Central.
A
9-5 record has impressed many who thought
that
Trinity would be a basement dweller this
season. Starting off strong,
Trinity,
winning four of its first five games, was
riding
atop the
NHIAA standings
early.
Now
sixth in the standings, Trinity
is looking for a
strong final
push to give the
team a higher
seed for the Class
L tournament. Some
strong wins
throughout the season, including
wins over Concord
and Winnacunnet, the Pioneers
have proven
that big bats can
carry a team
throughout the season.
“We need
to finish strong
and get a good seed
in the playoffs if
we want
to go far,” said
senior left fielder
Jim O’Connor.
In a
field where most teams
are nearly
equal, Trinity has a chance to
surprise
the rest of Class L, including
Goffstown
and Nashua North and South.
“We really seem to resemble the ‘07 team that went to
the championship as a 13 seed, and hopefully with some
luck on our side, we’ll be able to make it to the [championship] again,” said senior captain Connor Lyons.
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Sports
Trinity Spring Sports Schedules
Date
4/14
4/16
4/19
4/21
4/23
4/28
4/30
5/3
5/5
5/7
5/12
5/14
5/17
5/20
Baseball
Away
Home Trinity
Concord
Timberlane
Trinity
Trinity Nashua South
Pinkerton
Trinity
Spaulding Trinity Trinity Exeter
Merrimack Trinity
Trinity
Dover
Goffstown Trinity
Trinity
Winnacunnet
West
Trinity
Trinity
Londonderry
Nashua North Trinity
Trinity Salem
Keene
Trinity
Trinity Bishop Guertin
Memorial
Trinity
Alvirne
Trinity
Trinity
Central
Boys’ Tennis
Away
Home
Trinity
Central
Timberlane
Trinity
Trinity
Nashua South
Pinkerton
Trinity
Trinity
Spaulding
Merrimack
Trinity
Trinity
Dover
Goffstown
Trinity
Trinity
Winnacunnet
West
Trinity
Nashua North
Trinity
Trinity
Salem
Keene
Trinity
Trinity
Memorial
Date
4/14
4/15
4/16
4/20
4/21
4/23
Lacrosse
Away
Home
Score
Trinity
Derryfield
4-20
Trinity
Memorial (D1) --Gilford Trinity
--Trinity
West (D1)
--Trinity
Laconia
4-13
Kingswood
Trinity
14-3
Date
4/13
4/20
Track
Location
Merrimack, Nashua South
Bishop Guertin, Memorial
Date
4/14
4/16
4/19
4/21
4/23
4/26
4/28
4/30
5/3
5/5
5/7
5/10
5/12
5/14
5/17
5/19
5/20
5/24
5/26
Score
14-2
6-7
4-2
13-2
0-4
0-8
3-4
14-11
8-0
9-0
0-3
6-2
11-0
1-4
------ -----
Date
4/14
4/16
4/19
4/21
4/23
4/26
4/28
4/30
5/3
5/5
5/7
5/10
5/12
5/14
5/17
5/19
5/20
5/24
5/26
Score
0-9
5-4
4-5
8-1
6-3
4-5
2-7
7-2
5-4
7-2
9-0
0-9
-----
Date
4/14
4/19
4/20
4/21
4/23
4/30
5/3
5/5
5/7
5/11
5/12
5/14
5/17
5/20
Time
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
4/28
4/30
5/5
5/7
5/12
5/14
5/18
5/21
Date
5/4
5/11
5/18
Softball
Away
Home
Concord
Trinity
Trinity
Timberlane
Nashua South Trinity
Trinity
Pinkerton
Trinity
Spaulding
Exeter
Trinity
Trinity
Merrimack
Dover
Trinity
Trinity
Goffstown
Winnacunnet
Trinity
Trinity
West
Londonderry
Trinity
Trinity
Nashua North
Salem
Trinity
Trinity
Keene
Bishop Guertin Trinity
Trinity
Memorial Trinity
Alvirne
Central
Trinity
Girls’ Tennis
Away
Home
Central
Trinity
Nashua South
Trinity
Trinity
Pinkerton
Spaulding
Trinity
Trinity
Merrimack
Dover
Trinity
Trinity
Goffstown
Winnacunnet
Trinity
Trinity
West
Trinity
Merrimack
Trinity
Nashua North
Salem
Trinity
Trinity
Keene
Memorial
Trinity
Trinity Trinity
Trinity
Stevens Trinity
Trinity
Trinity
Milford
Score
0-7
9-13
5-3
0-5
0-9
0-7
3-4
5-3
0-4
6-2
12-6
13-0
0-4
13-1
----------Score
9-0
9-0
8-0
0-9
9-0
8-1
1-8
6-3
9-0
2-7
3-6
6-3
-----
Pelham
2-9
Plymouth
2-14
Monadnock
3-19
Trinity
3-5
Lebanon
6-7
Hollis/Brookline 2-13
John Stark
--Trinity
---
Location
Keene, Nashua North
Concord, Alvirne
Dover, West
Time
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Trinity Spring Sports Standings
Baseball
School
W
L
T
Goffstown
12
2
0
Nashua North 11
3
0
Nashua South 10
3
0
Londonderry 10
4
0
Keene
11
5
0
Trinity
9
5
0
Salem
8
6
0
Spaulding
8
6
0
Memorial
7
6
0
Dover
7
7
0
Alvirne
6
8
0
Concord
6
8
0
Exeter
6
8
0
Timberlane
6
8
0
Pinkerton
5
9
0
Bishop Guertin 4
8
0
Central
4
9
0
Merrimack
4
10
0
West
3
11
0
Winnacunnet 1
12
0
Boys’ Tennis
School
W
L
T
Exeter
12
0
0
Bishop Guertin 11
1
0
Londonderry 11
1
0
Goffstown
10
2
0
Pinkerton
10
2
0
Concord
9
3
0
Salem 8
4
0
Central
7
4
0
Dover
7
5
0
Timberlane
6
6
0
Memorial
5
6
0
Alvirne
4
7
0
Nashua North 4
7
0
Nashua South 4
7
0
Trinity
4
8
0
Spaulding
3
9
0
Keene
2
10
0
Merrimack
1
11
0
Winnacunnet 0
11
0
West
0
12
0
School
W
Kingswood
11
Derryfield
9
Kearsarge
8
Pelham
8
Lebanon
7
Monadnock
7
Holl.-Brookline 6
Hopkinton
5
Lacrosse
L
T
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
3
0
Points Rating
12.00 .8571
11.00 .7857
10.00 .7692
10.00 .7143
11.00 .6875
9.00 .6429
8.00 .5714
8.00 .5714
7.00 .5385
7.00 .5000
6.00 .4286
6.00 .4286
6.00 .4286
6.00 .4286
5.00 .3571
4.00 .3333
4.00 .3077
4.00 .2857
3.00 .2143
1.00 .0769
Points Rating
12.00 1.0000
11.00
.9167
11.00
.9167
10.00
.8333
10.00
.8333
9.00
.7500
8.00
.6667
7.00
.6364
7.00
.5833
6.00
.5000
5.00
.4545
4.00
.3636
4.00
.3636
4.00
.3636
4.00
.3333
3.00
.2500
2.00
.1667
1.00
.0833
0.00
.0000
0.00
.0000
Points Rating
11.00 1.0000
9.00 1.0000
8.00 .8889
8.00 .8000
7.00 .7778
7.00 .7778
6.00 .6667
5.00 .6250
School
Concord
Alvirne
Salem
Londonderry
Dover
Nashua North
Spaulding
Merrimack
Winnacunnet
Nashua South
Central
Pinkerton
Timberlane
Bishop Guertin
Trinity
Keene
Memorial
Goffstown
Exeter
West
W
14
13
12
11
11
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
Softball
L
T
0
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
4
0
5
0
6
0
6
0
6
0
7
0
7
0
8
0
10
0
10
0
11
0
10
0
11
0
12
0
14
0
Girls’ Tennis
School
W
L
T
Bishop Guertin 12
0
0
Exeter
12
0
0
Central
11
1
0
Londonderry
8
3
0
Salem
8
3
0
Alvirne
7
4
0
Memorial
7
4
0
Concord
6
5
0
Goffstown
6
5
0
Spaulding
6
5
0
Pinkerton
5
6
0
Nashua South 4
6
0
Dover
4
7
0
Nashua North 4
7
0
Merrimack
4
8
0
Keene
3
8
0
Winnacunnet
2
9
0
Trinity
2 10
0
Timberlane
1
10
0
West
0
11
0
Gilford
Laconia
Merr. Valley
Plymouth
John Stark
Trinity
Kennet
Stevens
Pembroke
Milford
5
5
5
4
2
1
1
1
0
0
4
4
5
6
8
8
9
9
9
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Points Rating
14.00 1.0000
13.00 .8667
12.00 .8571
11.00 .7857
11.00 .7333
8.00 .6667
8.00 .6154
8.00 .5714
8.00 .5714
7.00 .5385
7.00 .5000
7.00 .5000
6.00 .4286
4.00 .2857
4.00 .2857
4.00 .2667
3.00 .2308
3.00 .2143
2.00 .1429
0.00 .0000
Points Rating
12.00 1.0000
12.00 1.0000
11.00 .9167
8.00 .7273
8.00 .7273
7.00 .6364
7.00 .6364
6.00 .5455
6.00 .5455
6.00 .5455
5.00 .4545
4.00 .4000
4.00 .3636
4.00 .3636
4.00 .3333
3.00 .2727
2.00 .1818
2.00 .1667
1.00 .0909
0.00 .0000
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
.5556
.5556
.5000
.4000
.2000
.1111
.1000
.1000
.0000
.0000
Staff Note: schedules and standings are current as of
May 16. Trinity’s results and standings are in bold.
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Michelle Amiet New Hampshire Technical Institute
Mike Banfield Saint Anselm College
Evan Bergeron Keene State College
Hayley Brown Providence College
Alyssa Cassidy University of New Hampshire
Jake Castricone University of New Hampshire
Elizabeth Chiesa Southern New Hampshire
University
CJ Clark Norwich University
Caitlin Collins Duquesne University
Nicole Connolly Husson University
Richard Corning American International College
Callan Danielson Fairfield University
Phil Dion University of New Hampshire
Gordon Duffley McGill University
Erin Duffy Keene State College
John Duffy Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Alex Gadecki University of Connecticut
Patricia Gaudet Elms College
Ben Gibbons University of New Hampshire
Mike Giberti Southern New Hampshire University
Audrey Gladu Southern New Hampshire University
Adam Golding University of New Hampshire
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Andrew Hall Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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Connor Lyons Northeastern University
Christine Maksymowych Culinary Institute of
America
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Hilary Manning Regis College
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Laura Martel Saint Michael’s College
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James Strampfer Northwestern University
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Pharmacy & Health Sciences
This month’s recipe:
Emma’s summer smoothie
Ingredients:
1/2 cup frozen mango
3/4 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup soy or skim milk
1/2 french vanilla yogurt
*add a dash of sugar if the fruit is too tart
Directions:
Put all the ingredients in a blender and mix.
If consistency too thick add small amounts of water,
juice or milk until desired consistency.
If you don’t like a strawberry/mango combination,
any frozen fruit will work.
Summer Staff Picks
Read below to find out what your Pioneer staffers
are obssesed with and can’t get enough of in the summer.
Alexa loves chocolate
sprinkles on her ice cream
cone, aviator sunglasses,
playing frisbee, Old Orchard Beach and summer
blockbusters.
Mari-Briege loves
Biddeford Pool, country
music, bare feet, the John
Mayer concert on August
6th, mini-golfing, lifeguarding.
Nicole loves Jamn 94.5
Summer Jam 2010, going
to the beach, summer
clothes, getting tan and
cheer camp.
Mark loves raspberry
truffle ice cream, ODD
and Regionals, Mud
Camp, 2010 World Cup
and AU’s freshman day
on Aug. 14.
Joe loves McDonald’s
sweet tea, air conditioning, the beach, the John
Mayer concert on August
6th, Ray Bans and swagger.
Emma loves fresh snap
peas, camping, the sea,
bike riding, going barefoot and Ellen reruns.
Ryan loves no school
work, the great outdoors
seeing Modest Mouse
July 25th, lifeguarding
with Mari-Briege and
swimming in ponds,
pools, lakes and oceans.
Sarah loves picnics,
concerts, Canobie Lake
Park, thunderstorms, and
spending the day on her
porch.
Trinity Week 2010
Mark Natale and Nancy
Trachim put eachother to sleep.
Nate Provencher styles
Ryan Mitchell’s hair with
shaving cream.
SHOWOFF Jonathan Burns
shows off his Trinity spirit.
Sarah Sherr places a bean
bag in the bungee run.
Mari-Briege Dunn and Nick
Sauvan as Mr. and Ms. Trinity.
The softball team accompanies Gillian Gravel in a
performance of Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles.”
A group of Trinity students Callan Leonard jumps
plays condiment twister.
a hurdle in the obstacle
course.
Emilee Thompson sings “Don’t
Rain on my Parade.”
Chris Pellerin peforms in the
talent show.
Mrs. Henning creams Ms.
Byrne during a bouncy
house boxing match.
Nicole Connolly and Nicole Viens laugh at hypnotist
Paul Ramsay’s hilarious pink handkerchief.
*All photos by Emma Pratte and Mark Natale
Alyssa Cassidy dances as Lady
Gaga while hypnotized.
Josh Hughes fronts the
Rita Pratte gets slapped in
sophomore tug-of-war line. the face with piece of fish
with Betsy Tamulonis.
Tom Horn throws a ball in the
dodgeball tournament.
Joey Libby sings an original
song at the talent show.