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Saturday, January 24 Perfect Assist By: TODD MCHALECAMDEN — There’s a lot more to life than just winning games. A day after the Holy Cross High School varsity basketball team suffered its third overtime loss of the year, coach Barry Harper’s plan was to bring the teenagers together for a trip to Camden. But this trip wasn’t for a game. It was for the team and managers to serve the needy at a Camden soup kitchen. “This is a life lesson for the kids,” Harper said. “It helps them to put their lives in perspective. It demonstrates to the kids how fortunate they are. “We are 10 minutes away and we’re in a situation where’s there’s a lot of misfortune,” Harper said as hundreds of people started to make their way in the door of the Cathedral Kitchen. The Cathedral Kitchen is a Camden-based nonprofit organization that serves meals to the homeless and needy people in the area. Harper said trips to the soup kitchen give the students a chance to serve those in need and a grim look at reality. “For so many at the soup kitchen, self-esteem and hope are gone,” he said. “They never had any opportunities to get out of their situation.”
Regardless, Harper believes in community service and has brought the basketball and track teams to the soup kitchen about six times a year for more
Alan Bacho, 18, of Cinnaminson said he’s volunteered at the soup kitchen three “I’m all for it. I love doing it,” said Bacho, a forward on the Lancers basketball team. “I like looking into people’s eyes after I serve them, knowing I did a good job helping out.”
Another forward on the team, Joe Innaurato, 18, of Mount Laurel said he enjoys
volunteering.
“It just feels good to help out those who didn’t catch a break once in their life,” Cathedral Kitchen coordinator Theresa Jones said the nonprofit couldn’t do what it does without the assistance from volunteers. And she agrees with Harper on the importance of serving the community. “It teaches them a chance to see what’s going on in the world,” Jones said. “We’re all just one step away from going to a soup kitchen.” Basketball team manager Karley Kolankiewicz, 18, of Southampton said the trip to Camden was eye opening.
“It makes you thankful for what you have and reminds you to help out others,” Harper couldn’t have been anymore happier to see the team and managers get the message. “Service is what we’re for,” Harper said. As for the team, he said he remains hopeful that it will bounce back from its 2-9 record to start the season. But even if the season doesn’t end with a championship, the players can still consider themselves successful. “There’s more to life than winning basketball games,” Harper said. Email: tmchale@phillyBurbs.com Friday, January 16 Harper back doing what he loves By: TOM RIMBACK
Burlington County Times
A bit over a year ago, there was every reason to believe that Holy Cross coach Barry Harper had seen, much less coached, his last high school basketball game. An aneurysm in his abdomen in the days before the Lancers holiday tournament appearance in Wildwood left him in a hospital bed, literally fighting for his life. Several surgeries and the most talented surgeons at both Lourdes Hospital of Burlington County and the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center brought Harper back from the brink. These days, Harper is back, still fighting, but for traveling calls and fouls that may or may not have been missed by the referees. He's a little lighter and pays better attention to what he eats and drinks, but by every other measure, not much has changed. "Harp is still Harp," senior Chris Keating said. "He brings the same amount of energy he's always brought. It's great to have him back. He's helping us out a lot." The Lancers started the season at 0-6 but Harper insists that three of those losses were winnable. The Lancers have won the last two, over Medford Tech and in overtime against Delran. In the second win, a county assistant who was scouting the game claimed that Harper willed his team to victory. Of course, Harper wouldn't dream of crowing about his role in any win but he is clear on one thing, it's good to be back. "This is heaven," Harper said. "I can't even put into words what it's felt like to be back with these kids. Last year as hurting as I was, it helped me heal just being around the students here. I didn't have the time to dwell on the pain I was in or dwell on any fears I might have had. It's great to be back coaching. I don't know if I'm doing the best job but I just got another clean bill of health so maybe I can turn it back up another notch." His players don't feel that they're being short-changed in any way despite Harper's standard for his own performance. Heck, it's tough to notice any change in his game day demeanor at all. Monday, January 12 Holy Cross stuns Medford Tech By: TOM RIMBACK Burlington County ... Monday, December 29 Recap Varsity Games 1 -3 MONDAY, DEC. 28 Tuesday, December 9 Team Mass and Communion Breakfast UPCOMING EVENT: This Sunday (12/14) we will hold our Team Communion Breakfast for all 3 boys teams. All players are to meet at St. Peter Church on Bridgeboro St. in Riverside at 9:30 am for the 10 o'clock Mass. Immediately after Mass we will return to the Holy Cross Cafeteria (11am) for our breakfast gathering. Everyone must turn in their reservations ASAP so that we can have an accurate count for the caterer. Cost is $15.00 per person attending. If you have any questions, you can contact John or Maria Keating. (If you don't have their email address, feel free to email me on here and I will let them know) Also, in keeping with the Christmas spirit, we are asking that every family bring to the breakfast a new unwrapped (unused) TOY that we are going to donate to Children in need. Tuesday, December 2 2007-2008 Recap From Main Web Page Site Justin Swidowski named 1st team All Burlington County. Mark Singer named 3rd team. See team news. 2007-2008 Holy Cross Boys’ Basketball Banquet Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008Time: 5:00 PM Place: Holy Cross High School Dining Hall See Handouts section for info. CYO Tournament Updates -- Click on link (on left) to take you to current updates which includes results and upcoming games. Click on Team News (on left) to see all of the articles written about Holy Cross during the current basketball season or go to Scores and Schedules and click on a game to see the published article. 2/16/2008 --- Congratulations Justin on getting your 1000th point in leading Cross over Cherokee....Click on game above for details or go to team news. Kevin Kane scores a career high (26) in leading HC over Delran. 2/15/08 --- Click on the Delran game or go to Team News for article on game. 2/5/2008 -- Holy Cross CYO Tournament info will be posted sunday 2/10/08 in the Handout Section. They will be subject to change if necessary so check back often. 1/28/2008 -- Hoagie handout can be found in the Handouts section to the left. This is one of our fundraisers so everyone needs to participate. Justin Swidowski scores a career high (31) in leading HC over Ewing HS in the Jeff Coney Invitational at RVHS. 1/17/08 A great day for the Harper and Holy Cross Families ..... Barry is HOME ...... See Team News for details.
Click the 'Handouts' link to the left to view the Snack Shack List as well as other informational documents. 12/30/07 ---'Cross' wins Wildwood Tournament .......... (See Team News or go to Tournament Site) http://www.bbclassic.net/2007BoysSchedule.html 2007-2008 Season Varsity Jr. Varsity Freshman
Division Record 8-4 Division Record 8-4 Division Record 10-1
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Volunteer Coordinators Team Photographers -- Ken Brembs and Alan Baccho
Team Parents Champions St. Mary of the Lakes (V) and Our Lady of Good Counsel (JV) Tuesday, December 2 Previous Years To view previous years, click on Team News Archive above. Sunday, December 28 Snack Shack Sign-Ups If you haven't signed up yet for the Snack Shack. Please review the word document below and email Hank (heskies@juno.com) and Joe (jiobrien@tcnj.edu) with the games that you will cover. It will be added to the schedule. You can also stop by the Snack Shack at our next home game to sign up. Remember, everyone needs to contribute. Thanks. |
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