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The Talon

The student news site of Richardson High School

The Talon

Senior Winnie Goodson holds up the Bi-District championship trophy while celebrating with teammates. Talon photo by Henry Fair

Varsity Soccer Seniors Make Playoffs for Fourth Year in a Row

Cameron Neal March 21, 2025

The stands were dead silent and tensions rose as everyone focused on the pitch. Suddenly, the crowd erupted into cheers as the ball hit the back of the net. As the team broke out into celebration, head...

Senior varsity basketball captains Tristan Aldridge and Averie Farrell are brought to tears in post-game huddle in their final Senior Night game against Lake Highlands High School. Talon photo by Hudson Morris.

Girls Varsity Basketball Goes Undefeated for First Time in 10 Years

Bailey Spence March 6, 2025

Senior varsity basketball captains Tristan Aldridge and Averie Farrell promised each other that they would both score 1,000 points by the end of their season. As Aldridge assisted Farrell in scoring her...

Sophomore guard Cason Wallace slashes to the basket during first half action. The Eagles lost to a Permian team who was on fire from three and were able to hold Richardson's two top scorers to a combined 22 points. Photo by Leila Saidane

Varsity Basketball Makes it to Regional Tournament for first time in 33 years

Henry Patton March 6, 2020

When the entire the Richardson student section rushed the floor after beating number one Duncanville, the team knew what they were capable of. They then proved it by making it to the regional tournament...

Baseball Playoff Streak Broken

Baseball Playoff Streak Broken

Chad Byrd April 29, 2018

After advancing to the playoffs two years in row, the baseball team fell to Coppell in the last game of the season narrowly missing post season action. After tie game through five innings, the Cowboys...

Taking 1st place in both the long jump and triple jump, senior Dowdy Elazarig will move on to the Regional Track Meet in Waco. Talon Photo by Ken Osadon

Track Sends 6 Athletes to Area Meet

Alex Nowak April 20, 2018

Track will send six athletes to compete in the 6A Region II Track Meet on the Baylor campus April 27. Senior Dowdy Elazarig was a top performer taking first place in the long jump and triple jump yesterday...

Senior Xavier Elam gets hugged and congratulated on a great season by a South Garland opponent after losing 70-56 first round playoff loss. Photo by Chad Byrd

Boys Basketball Falls to South Garland in Round One

Caeden Sargent March 6, 2018

As the boys basketball team tried to leave the court in disappointment, South Garland players chased them down to give them a quick embrace and let them know they played a great game.Drawing the number...

Junior Shooting Nikyla Green fights through two defender for a layup in the second half of the second round playoff loss agianst Tyler Lee
. Photo by Chad Byrd

Girls Basketball Falls to Unranked Tyler Lee

Chad Byrd March 1, 2018

After rising to number four in the state, the girls basketball team fell in the second round to unranked Tyler Lee in over time, 60-57. "I was really just in shock because the whole time I wasn’t...

Senior Jalen Patterson celebrates after putting in a last second bucket for the win in overtime over Rowlett

Playoffs Hinge on Win Against W.T. White Tonight

Caeden Sargent February 13, 2018

With the 23-point loss against Jesuit, the push to make the playoffs got much harder for varsity basketball. While tied with Lake Highlands for the 4th spot in district 10-6A, a win against W.T White,...

Freshman Luke Mulvey came in at the top of the fifth inning with two outs, losing 5-0. Photo by Chad Byrd

Baseball Clinches Playoff Berth

April 28, 2017

By Jacob Richman On the same night the baseball players suffered a 5-0 loss to Coppell, they clinched the final playoff spot in district 9-6A with WT White falling to Lake Highlands. After the Eagles...

Junior Shiko Kimyanjui swims the freestyle race during the mesquite swim meet at dusk

Swim Season Ends With a Wave of Good News

March 10, 2017

By Kazi Nassif The swimming season came to an end at regionals late last month, but the season marked significant progress for the program, with 18 swimmers advancing to regionals. Senior Jose...

The Eagles finished their 2016-2017 season with an overall record of 19-12 and a district record of 9-5. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in a 74-57 loss to South Garland. Richardson stands as the only team to have beaten state qualifiers, Skyline. Photo by Madi Staggenborg

Eagles Drop Out of Playoffs Despite Encouraging Season

March 7, 2017

By Jacob Richman     With a victory over the number one team in 6A, the second highest scoring 6A player and a third place finish in district, the varsity basketball team made an...

The Eagles finished the 2016-2017 campaign with a 70-57 playoff loss to Lakeview Centennial in the first round of the playoffs to end with a 10-2 record in district and 15-16 overall. They were led by their three sophomore captains: Nikyla Green, Skye Dugan, and Noelle Yancy, who combined for 1,354 of the Eagles points this year. Photo by Madi Staggenborg

Early Finish at Playoffs for Lady Eagles

March 7, 2017

By Jacob RichmanOne season after the Lady Eagles made their run to the regional quarterfinal, the team looked very different. With a new coach and almost entirely new team with the exception of their three...

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