Wildcat Tales

The School Newspaper of Plano Senior High School

Baseball game against West ends in defeat

Plano played West in their second two-game series of the season on Saturday, April 20. West never trailed after scoring three runs in the fifth inning. Senior Ryan Thomas was the starting pitcher of the game. He started off with a quick strikeout of the first West batter. At the bottom of the first inning, [...]

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Baseball team’s first loss

The weekend for the baseball team ended with their first district losses, in a two-game series against Plano West on Friday April 5 and Saturday April 6. Junior Kenneth Tabor threw the first ball of the Friday game. He went three and three and he threw nine strike outs. Straight off the top, the bases [...]

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Winning streak continues for boys’ baseball

After their 13-inning win against Plano East on Tuesday, March 26, the team faced East for a second time at home on Thursday, March 28. The seven-inning game ended in another win for Plano – the final score was 5-3. Junior Kenneth Tabor was the starting pitcher for the game. The first batter to take [...]

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Batter up: America’s pastime begins

Temperatures slowly rise and winter turns to spring as the baseball team kicks off a new season. Pitchers, catchers, infielders and outfielders reported for their first home game on Tuesday, March 12 beating McKinney High School, five to one. Senior Ryan Thomas threw the first pitch of the game to the catcher, senior Michael Crawford. [...]

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‘The 85th Annual Oscars’ review

The 2013 Oscars flashed back with an ode to music in film, honoring not only today’s top celebrities, but the stars of yesteryear. The evening’s host, creator of “Family Guy” Seth MacFarlane, had the audience on the edge of their seats with numerous jabs and offending comments. The show kicked off with a total of [...]

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Final game of the season: Boys’ hockey loses to Allen Eagles

The season came to an end on Thursday Feb. 28. The boys played Allen at the Dr. Pepper StarCenter McKinney at Craig Ranch. Supporters of the boys filled the stands holding everything from vuvuzelas to megaphones; it was the rowdiest game of the year. Plano’s starting players were seniors Luke Wodka, Michael Sax and Andrew [...]

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Girls’ soccer ties East on Feb. 19

The team played Plano East on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at Clark. It was a high-energy game with many highs and lows. At the starting kick-off, Plano established dominance by gaining possession immediately. The ball was passed to senior Katie Huff who then attempted to score. However, the ball was deflected just barely by the East [...]

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Boys’ soccer loses to McKinney Boyd

On Friday, Feb. 15 the boys played McKinney Boyd in their first district game at Clark Stadium. Pre-season games and tournaments began on Jan. 4 with a scrimmage against Duncanville. They have had five non-district losses. It was a slow start to the game. Both teams’ defenses were strong and did not allow any goals [...]

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Hockey team attacks Arlington Attack

The hockey team faced off against the Arlington Attack on Thursday, Jan. 24 at Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Plano. It was an action-packed game, bringing the team their ninth win of the season. The puck dropped and was passed to junior Zach Van Compernolle, who drove it down the ice and scored only 20 seconds [...]

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Boy’s basketball defeated by East

On Friday, Jan. 11, the boys’ basketball team faced off with Plano East on our home court. Both sides of stands were packed with students, parents and faculty in support of the boys. This game was the most rowdy basketball game of the season so far. As the teams took to the court, Plano fans [...]

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