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The student news site of Richardson High School

The Talon

The student news site of Richardson High School

The Talon

Varsity Basketball Player Signs With Paris Junior College

Varsity Basketball Player Signs With Paris Junior College

April 8, 2013

Senior Brandon Scott entered the gymnasium foyer smiling to all the people waiting for his arrival. He set his backpack and sweater on the table next to the Spalding brand basketball on the table displayed...

Female Wrestling Team Formed for First time in School History

February 28, 2013

The freshman Richardson wrestler stepped on the mat, clueless, nervous, frozen in place. After just three weeks of practice, Frances “Avery” Parsons was about to compete in the first wrestling...

Epic Victory for Boys Basketball

Epic Victory for Boys Basketball

February 23, 2013

With one and a half seconds left in the second round of the basketball playoffs, the score was 48 to 47 in favor of the Mesquite Skeeters. That’s when junior Nylan Yancy caught a rebound from...

Breaststroke-For-A-Cure raises $3,833 for Cancer Research

Breaststroke-For-A-Cure raises $3,833 for Cancer Research

December 12, 2012

Senior Will Crawford glides faster each second, sweeping his hands out to a Y position, then sculls his hands directly back toward the front, lifts his head to breathe and dives forward again. But he...

by Patricia Sundara

Powderpuff Showdown

December 7, 2012

Two rows of girls approached the line of scrimmage to run the play. Juniors were on defense, seniors on offense. Senior Katie Oehlerts bent over, readying the ball to hike to her quarterback Amanda Brown....

Fighting for the Playoffs

Fighting for the Playoffs

December 3, 2012

Head Football Coach Brian Chandler called for the team to take a knee and listen up. Only moments away from entering the field, he wanted to have the team's undivided attention when he told the team how...

photo by Jackson Durbin

“Meet the Eagles Night” Provides Sneak-Peak into Basketball Season

November 12, 2012

Senior Eric Johnson faced the crowd and flexed his muscles when he beat his teammates in the three-point shoot out at the second annual "Meet the Eagles Night" last Friday. "Meet the Eagles Night" gives...

Both the girls and boys cross country teams qualified for Regionals. "We've all been working hard since day one," Shazaib Salem said. "I'm glad it's paying off for all of us."  Photo by Jackson Durbin

Cross Country Advances to Regionals

October 31, 2012

By Talia Richman When cross country coach Elizabeth Brown took over the team, there were 11 members. Not even enough to make up a full varsity or jv team for boys or girls. Five years later,...

Shutout Win Tainted by Fighting

Shutout Win Tainted by Fighting

October 5, 2012
Head football coach Brian Chandler is still unsure of what exactly happened during the last 59 seconds of Thursday’s football game against Sunset High School. He knows one of his players intercepted a Sunset pass. He knows one of his players was punched. He knows an additional eight to ten of his players – along with the entire Sunset team – flooded the end-zone to join the fight.
photo by Katherine Ingram

The New Era

April 29, 2011
The purple and gold bleachers of the large gym are usually filled with screaming students cheering on their team. On March 8, when head football coach Brent Whitson gathered his football team to let them know he was leaving for South Grand Prairie High School, the only thing felt in the stands was despair.
Homecoming heartbreak

Homecoming heartbreak

October 29, 2010

Jesuit’s high powered offense proved to be too much for the Eagles, as they lost Friday night 31-16 in front of Richardson’s homecoming crowd. Andrew Buckmeier’s 43-yard field goal put the...

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