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the September 2008 ManeEditionMcKinney Christian Academy Volume 7 Issue 1 Inside this Faith Issue Fight Finish story on page Varsity volleyball leaving hoof prints in 3 district. story on page Are you ready to rock? Big day coming soon. 4 Starting the school year with a charge story on page Will this sequel live up to its name? 6 story on page 5 photo by laura smith Contact info: MCA Upper School 3601 Bois D’ Arc Rd. McKinney, TX 75071 Phone: (214) 544-2658. Please submit comments, questions, editorial responses to: [email protected] 2 sports September 2008 After the opening scrimmage teams were tied at 20 - 20. The Mustangs Mustangs will stomp all over you against Prince of Peace Lutheran and anxiously ended the first overtime, still tied Lutheran Christian, the varsity football at 20 – 20. At the beginning of the second A season in the making coach, Kevin Sutton, stated “Technically overtime, the audiences of both schools were BY MATT BARBER this isn’t a win since this was a scrimmage.” stomping on the bleachers, clapping their However, this didn’t stop the football team hands, and screaming as loud as they could. from celebrating the accomplishment of The overtime continued and freshman Keith touchdowns on offense. Defense dominated, Fields scored a touchdown for the Mustangs. not letting the opponents score a single point, By pure skill and determination, the extra and topping it off with a few interceptions. point was made to add to the score. Watauga Play after play, the opposing teams could not Harvest retaliated with a touchdown. The take the crushing tackles from the defense stands went quiet as the 2-point play began. and the breathtaking blows from the offense. The play went into action and MCA fans “That’s how we hit!” said freshman Trent went wild as a mob of Mustangs tackled the Stinchcomb and junior Garrett Stinchcomb. opposing running back one yard away from With great plays made by both the defense the end zone, leaving the score for the MCA and the offense, the scrimmage was an Mustangs: 27, Watauga Harvest: 26. In the amazing game that brought hope to the MCA end, the Mustangs had outlasted, outsmarted, fans for a great season. It has also given and dominated the Saints all the way, and a excitement and determination to the team to fierce new team was born! bring in another win. “That’s how we crush The Mustangs continued to play with them!” said senior Austin Puckett. “Our intensity and fierceness through four more defense was amazing out there.” said Coach games, which led to 2 wins and 2 losses. The Sutton. second game was a loss against Ponder High The first “real” game of the School with a score of 0 - 26. It was a tragic season was against Watauga Harvest. The defeat, but the Mustangs stood strong and rumors were that MCA would lose to the worked hard for their next victories. In the Harvest Christian Academy Saints by third game against Lake Country Christian, two touchdowns. Led by captains Garrett the Mustangs won 24-14, and had their fun photo by ellie kimball Stinchcomb, and sophomores Tanner and excitement winning against A+ Academy Sophomore co-captain Tanner Purdum and junior co-captain Garrett Purdum and Jake Gattuso, when the team with a score of 35-15. Stinchcomb led their team through the pre-game banner made by the cheer- came on the field, surprise was on the Saints’ Sadly, Garland Christian Academy leaders in the varsity Mustangs’ game against the Watauga Harvest Saints. faces as the Mustangs dominated the field was too much for the Mustangs and defeated After two overtime periods, the Mustangs proved to be too much for the with tackles, hits, and smashes. “This is MCA at Homecoming. The Mustangs have our time! This is our game!” said the whole put the past behind them, and are currently Saints and were victorious. MCA team, both on the field and those on training hard for the remainder of their the sidelines. During the first quarter of the season. They play Rockwall Christian away, Starting the season with a shout game, freshman Keith Fields connected with Irving Highlands away, Frisco Legacy at junior Ryan Haltom for the first touchdown home and Richardson Canyon Creek away. Varsity cheer makes some noise carrying over into the season. of the season. The touchdowns continued and by the end of the fourth quarter, the BY ELLIE KIMBALL Our very own MCA cheerleaders went to the NCA, National Cheerleaders Association, cheer camp in Waco, Texas this summer and received many awards. They received 1st place for the Game Day Award, an award given for crowd involvement, the most spirit, and tight motions. They also won the Spot Award, for stunting and safety. The Spirit Stick was earned for teamwork, safety and positive attitudes, and a Team Bid for Nationals. Alec Overn was nominated twice for the All American Team Award. The 2008-2009 cheer squad earning these awards consist of sophomore and captain Alec Overn, sophomore and co-captain Avery Jones, freshman and co-captain Kaitlyn Sparks, senior Meg Reese, sophomores Bekah Holle and Caleigh Franzmeier, freshmen Nicki Noruk, Charis Orr, Amanda Kidwell and Jossie Ho. Our junior high cheerleaders consist of eighth grader and captain Bekah Parker, eighth grader and co-captain Mandy Moore, eighth graders Kayla Farr, Miranda Owens and Sarah Beach, and sixth grader Alexandra Harper. Over the summer, the junior high girls worked hard at the FCC, Fellowship of Christian Cheerleaders, cheer camp they attended in Waxahachie, Texas. “At camp, the girls learned new stunts, worked on jumps, and learned new sideline dances and cheers. We received ribbons for good effort, improvement, and enthusiasm,” said coach Amanda Tutwiler. The girls also received the spirit stick and safety award. After all the hard work over the summer, the varsity and junior high cheerleaders started school with enthusiasm which has been demonstrated through all the locker decorations and signs they made. Coach Jerri Sparks summed up cheerleading this way, “I want cheer to be fun, promote school spirit, and for the girls to have faith and unity in the Lord and each other.” photo by laura smith Mustang cheerleaders fire up the student body at the first pep rally of the year. The award win- ning varsity cheer squad, along with special guests, senior Jason DeVore and freshman Chad Fess, led both campuses in a cheer to promote school spirit. The squad also performed at the lower school Jog-A-Thon rally held at the end of August. September 2008 sports 3 Varsity Mustang volleyball leaves hoof prints in district Girls are better, faster, stronger and stand 17-9 in the season BY PRISCILLA MELTON From an ace to a kill, the Lady Anna McWilliams. The team has the same Dossey, Karoline Fields, Madison Jones, Mustang volleyball teams have been doing motivation as the varsity. “We are all trying Elizabeth Kuykendall, Rylee Robinson, and a fantastic job so far this season! The varsity to get better at the game of volleyball, every Kayce Zanetell. The B Gold team consists is now 17-9 overall and 5-1 in district play. practice we do different types of techniques of: co captain Hannah Chappell, Alanna The junior varsity is now 11-4. The varsity to increase our leg muscles to where it is easy Curry, Lexi Hernandez, McKenna Hubert, consists of: seniors Savannah Brock, Kristen for us to jump high and smash the ball into Kylie Madry, Hanna Marshall, Emily Rajala, Eastland, Alex Nameth, and Paige Nelson, the ground,” says sophomore Taylor Brock. Maddy Vonhagel, captain Emily Warren, juniors Aly Collins, Lauren Fess, Jessica Both teams participated in the Hope Windsor, and Hannah Yates. The A Stives, and Spencer Wood. The varsity also StoneGate Christian Academy varsity team consist of: captain Kelly Sims, co consists of two sophomores, Taylor Brock and tournament on August 22nd through the captain Jessica Windsor, Leah Buckner, Anna McWilliams. Captains on the varsity 23rd. The varsity ended playing in the Hannah Chappell, Candace Kuehn, Kaitlynn team are seniors Savannah Brock and Kristen championship game but, unfortunately, came McAdams, Chelby Puckett, Allyson Richey, Eastland. These ladies will do whatever they up a little short and got second place. The Haley Rogers. can to make their team stronger, faster, and junior varsity team was the only JV team in “The Lady Mustangs are playing better on defense. the tournament and took fourth place. “We some pretty exciting volleyball,” said The junior varsity is also having dominated in the tournament. We knew that associate athletic director and head coach a great season. The team consists of: we were the only JV team through half of the Judy Collins, “You really need to come and sophomores Taylor Brock, Priscilla Melton, tournament and we were still sure that we see all four teams play.” Anna McWilliams, and Lauren Snead, were going to do fantastic,” said freshmen The next matches will be against freshmen: Kayli Bollinger, Callie Barfield, Haley Yates and Chloe Geoghegan. Texoma Christian at home, Greenville photo by laura smith Sarah Hamilton, Michal Smith, Haley Yates, Volleyball at MCA has been Christian away and the varsity has clinched Junior Emily Crombar tips the ball, Ellen Taylor, Taylor Buckaloo, and Chloe exciting this season with our junior high a TAPPS AA playoff spot! Let’s go out and with junior Aly Collins and senior Kristen Geoghegan. The captains for the junior teams having winning records as well. The support our volleyball teams as they round up Eastland defending the tip, during a recent varsity team are Kayli Bollinger and B Blue team consists of: Carly Curran, Madi a season of success.