The Seventh Grade Play
Ava Grace Haggard, Staff Writer
May 14, 2019
The MCA seventh grade drama class performed the One-Act play Oz, on April 26th and 27th. It was the first play to only be performed by the seventh-grade theater class. Director and drama teacher, Julie Tucker said, "I chose the play Oz due to its iconic characters as well as its entertaining plot line and dia...
MCA Competes at the TAPPS Competitions
Ava Grace Haggard, Staff Writer
April 18, 2019
During the first week in April, McKinney Christian Academy went to the TAPPS academic competition. Students went to compete in many different subjects such as math, English, speech, spelling, and Spanish. Overall, the team scored a 95.5 and brought home 20 medals: three for 1st place, three for 2nd place,...
Sophomore College Tour
Ava Grace Haggard, Staff Writer
April 15, 2019
For Missions Week, the McKinney Christian Sophomores toured nine colleges around Texas and Oklahoma. The first stop was at LeTourneau, a D3 school that partners with MCA for their dual credit classes. The second stop was the University of Texas at Tyler. After Tyler, the sophomores traveled to Stephen...
Mustang Baseball Plays at Pantego
Ava Grace Haggard, staff writer
March 1, 2019
On Monday, February 25, the MCA Baseball team traveled to Pantego for a game. Mustangs fell behind quickly in the first inning as Pantego scores on two double runs, a triple, and a single. Junior, Ford Dossey started off pitching for the Mustangs. He pitched one-third of an inning. Sophomore Ryan Radtke...
The Final Game for Our Girls Basketball
Ava Grace Haggard, Staff Writer
February 25, 2019
On Wednesday, February 13, the Lady Mustangs played a game against Prince of Peace. The game was to determine who would get to go to playoffs. The Mustangs started off slow in the first quarter with a score of 10-2. They started pressuring the defense and got Prince of Peace to foul seven times, getting...
The New Teacher
Ava Grace Haggard, Waverly Frisbie, and Sarah Suastegui, staff writer
January 15, 2019
New teacher, Mr. Jacob Yonan, moved to Texas from Los Angeles to become the world church history and apologetics teacher to replace Mr. Key who left to teach abroad. Yonan had planned to move to Texas after he got married. When asked, why he chose to come to MCA prior to his marriage, Yonan said, "I wan...
Girls Mustang Basketball vs Dallas Thunder
Ava Grace Haggard, staff writer
December 5, 2018
Tuesday, November 28 the varsity girls basketball team played the homeschool team Dallas Thunder in their home gym. The Mustangs put up a good fight but were outnumbered by the homeschool team. In the first quarter, the Mustangs played great defense but struggled to get the ball to the basket. The...
A Historic Election: Beto vs Cruz
Ava Grace Haggard, staff writer
November 8, 2018
On November 6, record numbers of voters turned out to cast their vote for their congressional representatives. These midterm elections have made history in that 16% of voters were first-time voters. Also, an estimated 113 million people participated in this years’ elections, making this the first midterm...
Final Game for Mustang Volleyball
Ava Grace Haggard, staff writer
November 1, 2018
On Saturday, October 27 the Lady Mustangs traveled to Austin for the first round of playoffs to play Austin St. Michaels Catholic School. The game lasted three sets and ended in a devastating loss for the Mustangs. The first set was fairly close ending 25-21. The second set was not quite as close with...
Tie Breaker Game Against Prince of Peace
Ava Grace Haggard, staff writer
October 25, 2018
On Tuesday October 23 the McKinney Christian volleyball team played Prince of Peace, their district rival, in a tie-breaking match at Dallas Lutheran. The game lasted four sets. In the first set, Mustangs were down 13-18 before they came back fighting and ended the game with a win of 26-28. In the...
Mustang Volleyball vs. Brighter Horizons and Rockwall
Ava Grace Haggard, staff writer
October 22, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, the Lady Mustangs traveled to Brighter Horizons for their final district game. The match lasted three sets ending in a Mustang victory. The first set ended with a score of 25-10. The second set finished the same, the score 25-10. The third and final set was 25-6. Mustangs won...
Last Week in Mustang Volleyball
Ava Grace Haggard, staff writer
October 17, 2018
On Tuesday, October 8 the Lady Mustangs played in an intense match against district rival Prince of Peace on their home court. The Mustangs were fighting for district champs, for Prince of Peace they were fighting for co-district champs. The Spirit Squad had followed the team to Carrollton and were ready to cheer on their Lady Mustangs. The game lasted f...
