Holy Cross Secondary School (St. Catharines)

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Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School
Address
460 Linwell Road. St. Catharines, Ontario, L2M 2P9, Canada
Information
School board	Niagara Catholic District School Board
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Superintendent	Lee Ann Forsyth-Sells
Area trustee	Maurice Charbonneau
Principal	Joseph Zaroda
Vice principal	Mario Geremia and Dawn Merlino
School type	Secondary School
Grades	9-12
Language	English, French Immersion
Motto	Spes Unica
Mascot	Angus
Team name	Raiders
Colours	Green, Silver, White
Founded	1985
Enrollment	880
Homepage	Official site

Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario. The school is administered by the Niagara Catholic District School Board.

Contents 1 History 2 Sports 2.1 Lacrosse 2.2 Rowing 3 External links

[edit] History

Holy Cross was founded in 1985. Originally known as P.K. Kerwin (named after an area lawyer who had donated the property the school was constructed on), it was built at 541 Lake Street, as a senior elementary school, serving only grades seven and eight. Grades nine and ten were later added, but in 1984, grade 11 classes were offered under the name of Dennis Morris, Kerwin Campus. In September of 1985, re-christened as Holy Cross Secondary School, the facility now offered grade twelve classes as well, while grades seven and eight had been eliminated. In 1993, due to overcrowding, Holy Cross relocated to the former Grantham High School building, which was shut down by the District School Board of Niagara that same year. The former Holy Cross building would become St. Francis Catholic Secondary School.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Lacrosse

Holy Cross has a very successful lacrosse team, a team which has become one of the most dominant high school lacrosse teams in Canada. They have had just two losses in SOSSA play since 1996. Current NLL player Mike Accursi teaches at the school and coaches the team on a regular basis.

Championships:

• Ten Niagara Region/Southern Ontario AAA/AAAA championships: 1997-2001, 2003, 2005-2008.
• Three OFSAA championships:
• Gold - 1999, 2001, 2005.
• Silver - 2000, 2003, 2006.
• Bronze - 1998, 2007, 2008.
• Fourth - 1997.

Notable players:

• Sean Greenhalgh, Buffalo Bandits and Los Angeles Riptide. Class of 2000.
• Matt Vinc, New York Titans and Six Nations Chiefs. Also a member of the gold medal winning Canadian lacrosse team at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. Class of 2000.
• Billy Dee Smith, Buffalo Bandits and Six Nations Chiefs. Also a member of the gold medal winning Canadian lacrosse team at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. Class of 2000.
• Craig Conn, Buffalo Bandits and New Westminster Salmonbellies. Class of 2001.
• Andrew Potter, Rochester Knighthawks. Class of 2006.

Many recent graduates of Holy Cross are currently playing college lacrosse in the United States, players include such as:

• Matt Hajek, Canisius College lacrosse. Class of 1998.
• Michael Howe, Cornell University lacrosse. Class of 2005.
• Corey Small, University of Albany lacrosse. Class of 2005.

[edit] Rowing

Holy Cross has also had a successful rowing program.

Notable rowers:

• Buffy-Lynne Williams (Class of 1995)
• Matthew Swick (Class of 1996)

They both represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Williams won the bronze medal in the Women's 8.

[edit] External links

• Official site