HCC celebrates new football team

Andrea Roberts
Times Intern

 

The newly formed Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks football team hosted a jamboree on May 28 at the school’s field to commemorate the end of their spring camp.
Three other school teams from Breton, Brooks and Red Water came out to take part in the challenge. A jamboree is a series of mini practice games against different opponents before the start of the next season.
“We got a lot of students who never played football before,” said coach Michael Annicchiarico. “But it has been a lot of fun and we are hosting this jamboree and gaining a lot of experience for the fall.”
The spring camp proved successful but highlighted where players could improve.
The Hawks lost their first game of the day to Brooks, but defeated the team from Breton in their second game.
However, Coach Annicchiarico was rather proud of the team and how they had managed to play competitively throughout the event.
The team will start their inaugural season in the six-on-six man league in the fall. The league has a mixture of experienced and newly-formed teams, and Annicchiarico said they are unsure of what to expect from their upcoming league. However, their main goal is to grow the football program and be competitive.
“We are excited,” he said. “We are growing and we appreciate the support from the community. It’s been awesome.”