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GCC announces 2019 Homecoming Court
Anne DeForest, a senior at Greensburg Central Catholic, and her escort, Zachary Kuvinka, react to her being crowned 2019 homecoming queen Oct. 11 at halftime of the football game against Jeannette High School. The homecoming court is: seated, left to right, Ashley McWilliams, Brenna Springer, Lanie Coddington and Sophia Watt; standing, left to right, Andrew Daoud, Nate Ward, Kuvinka, DeForest, Alexa Sebek, Ben LaCarte, Isaac Kuhns and Owen Beer. They are all seniors.
Bret Colbert named head football coach at Greensburg Central Catholic
GREENSBURG — Bret Colbert, who has 15 years of college and high school football coaching experience with the previous two years as an assistant at Greensburg Central Catholic, is in his first year as head coach at GCC. He accepted the position earlier this year after Aaron Smetanka was named coach at Saint Vincent College. Colbert served as wide receivers coach at GCC the past two seasons under Smetanka. The Centurions were 7-3 last year and are 2-1 this season. “I am pleased and excited Bret has accepted the head football coaching position at Greensburg Central Catholic,” Mahoney said. “His
Greensburg Central Catholic High School celebrates 60 years with three generations of graduates at prayer service
By Jennifer Miele Chief Communications Officer GREENSBURG — Greensburg Central Catholic High School opened its 60th anniversary celebration with a morning prayer service and ribbon cutting Sept. 9 at the school. Three generations of the Alfery family helped with the ribbon cutting in front of the doors to the school, celebrating 60 years of excellence in Catholic education and marking the beginning of another 60 years for the school and generations of graduates to come. Greensburg Central Catholic opened its doors Sept. 8, 1959, graduating its first senior class of 213 students in 1963. Since then, more than 10,000 Centurions
Greensburg Central Catholic Graduates, Class of ’19
Greensburg Central Catholic awarded diplomas to 60 students May 29. Bishop Edward C. Malesic celebrated the baccalaureate Mass for GCC May 28 at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg. Recipients of the top awards follow. GCC Principal Awards The following students (their parishes are listed where provided) earned a minimum 4.2 GPA Jacinta Jolly, St. Vincent Basilica, Latrobe Krisha Mehta Lucas Mort, Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg Sara Orndoff, Holy Cross, Youngwood Madeleine Panahandeh, Mother of Sorrows, Murrysville Sarah Poklembo, St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Bradenville Gabrielle Rodriguez, St. Vincent Basilica, Latrobe Alesandra Sheffler, St. Rita, Connellsville Anna Vitale, St. Paul Parish
GCC holds prayer service for fellow Centurion
Greensburg – More than 100 people attended a prayer service outside Greensburg Central Catholic High School June 14 to remember Brendan McGowan, who graduated from GCC May 29, and his friend Kaitlyn Rosensteel, a former GCC student who had just graduated from Ringgold High School. The pair were victims of a fatal lightning strike June 13. Many of McGowan’s classmates attended the service along with their parents. Several students spoke about their intense friendships and fond memories. The prayer service was led by Father Eric J. Dinga, who encouraged students to stay close to God because he knows how to
Former GCC graduate, Mikayla Bisignani, receives awards
GREENSBURG – Mikayla Bisignani, a Greensburg Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School graduate and a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, received the Elite 90 award for the 2019 NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship and also earned first-team All-America honors at the meet held March 20-24 in Greensboro, N.C. Bisignani has a 4.00 cumulative grade point average as a double major in molecular and cellular biology and psychology at the university. At the meet, she earned All-America honors as a member of the university’s 200-yard freestyle relay team that finished fourth. Johns Hopkins finished 13th in the 40-team
Two to receive Distinguished Centurion honors at GCC’s annual auction Feb. 22, 2019
GREENSBURG — Greensburg Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School will honor two people — a member of the Class of 1979 and a former member of the school administration and faculty — at the school’s annual auction, “Follow the Yellow Brick Road,” Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. at Stratigos Banquet Centre, North Huntingdon. Timothy Dugan of McMurray will receive the Distinguished Centurion Award for outstanding professional achievement and community involvement, and James Farrell of Greensburg will be honored for having positively impacted the GCC community through devotion of time, effort or talent. Dugan, a 1979 graduate of GCC, has had a
Making space for technology and collaborative learning at GCC
By Val Rodell Contributing Writer GREENSBURG — Greensburg Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School students are learning the critical thinking skills needed to succeed in today’s high-tech world in the school’s Maker Space. GCC installed the Maker Space — a collaborative work space designed for making, learning, exploring and sharing using high-tech and “no-tech” tools — in 2016. In the coming year, students will be able to hone those skills even further as the school develops an enhanced Maker Space. GCC received a $10,000 Innovation Grant at the Celebration of Catholic Schools Breakfast in October to help support the project. “Students