The Trojan News

The Pittsburgh Penguins won their first game back from the Olympics beating the Sabres 3-2. The Penguins have made a trade with the Florida Panthers giving away a second round draft pick for Jordan Leopold. He is a new defenseman for the Penguins playing in number 4.

At the end of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the United States had 37 medals. Those medals were: 9 Gold, 15 Silver, and 13 Bronze. Germany followed with 30 and Canada with 26.

The last event of the 2010 Vancouver was probably the most anticipated of them all. The USA men’s hockey team faced off against the Canadian men’s hockey team. Going in to the 2010 games, power house Canada was the favorite to win the gold medal. In the preliminary games, team USA went 5-0, beating Canada. [...]

The Boy’s varsity and junior varsity teams have both advanced in the playoffs. The varsity team plays Saturday, March 6th, against MQA at 4:00, at Greensburg Central Catholic. MQA has beaten the varsity team twice this year. The junior varsity black team plays Friday March 5th, against Aquinas Academy, starting time: 6:30, at Geibel.

The Pitt Panthers have gone 3-1 since February 12th.  Their wins coming against Marquette, third ranked Villanova, and St. John’s. The Panthers only loss came against Notre Dame. They have two games left until the Big East Tournament. They play against Providence on March 3rd and Rutgers on March 6th.

The Pittsburgh Pirates started spring training today, facing the New York Yankees. Hopefully the Pirates can get off to a good start against the Yanks. The Pirates are very optimistic about this season coming in with good players. Hopefully the Pirates do well.

Its time for the book fair, so bring some money and buy some books. The book fair features adventure, drama, history, and mystery books. You will be sure to find a book of your interest at the book fair. Today Mr. Mouse walked around to visit the younger kids during there lunch.

The Bishop is coming this Friday to visit our school. The 5th and 6th grade and  the chorus are going to be singing with the Bishop, also he will be eating lunch with a student from each grade. So, be on your best behavior and use your manners. We all want to impress the Bishop!!!!

Jump Rope for Heart started this week. This year’s different jump rope activities are:

Single Rope (Jumping with one rope)
Double Rope (Jumping with two ropes)
Long Jump
Hula-Hoop
Lay-Ups & Jump-roping
Dribbling & Jump-roping

Long Jump and Single Rope were for a record.  Do you think your class can raise the most money?

The first Spring Training game is only days away to get baseball back into action. The teams will have practice games all the way up until April 4.That is when opening day is. The Yankees might do it again with there very good team they have this year. Teams like the Pirates or Nationals might [...]