From the Newspaper Archives

This afternoon, I happened upon my small collection of newspapers and clippings, mostly kept for watershed world events or important sports milestones. It's pretty subjective, but there are some HC stories in the pile. I scanned in some of the winning Holy Cross headlines.

From the March 13, 2003 Telegram & Gazette. Maggie Fontana pours in 23 points as the HC women's team defeats Army 78-65 to win the PL championship. They advanced to face Penn State, getting crushed on Penn State's home floor (a beautiful arena, by the way.)


From the March 15, 2003 T&G. Big Pat scores 21 points and pulls down 8 boards as the Crusaders beat a steady club from American U., 72-64. American started Draughn, Cresnik, Stokes, Miles and Rodriguez, all very good PL players.


From the March 10, 2005 T&G. Seniors Caitlin Agostinacchio, Lisa Andrews and Maggie Fontana lead Holy Cross to a 79-70 victory over Colgate, capturing the Crusaders' tenth PL title and netting a 16th 20-win season for Coach Bill Gibbons.


Thanks to Non Alum Dave for providing me with this March 16, 2005 copy of the South Bend Tribune, featuring Holy Cross's most recent postseason victory, a 78-73 win over Notre Dame in the first round of the 2005 NIT. Great headline, too.

I loved the Holy Cross coverage in the South Bend Tribune that day, but there's something else that caught my attention. You know those mini-headlines, the one listed in smaller print above the name of the newspaper at the very top of the front page? Usually it says something like, "Weather: Storm Brewing Offshore /Back Page" or "Towns cry foul over budget process: B1." Well the one on the front page of this edition says, "Local: Beach Boys Surf Into Town on May 22 / B2."

Don't get me wrong. I love the Beach Boys. One of my all-time favorite groups. But things must be awfully quiet in South Bend if a Wilson-less Beach Boys tour date, two months away, gets that mini-headline on the front page!