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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

Winter Sports Preview

Winter Sports Preview

Sarah Bass December 4, 2016

BY ELLA MORGAN AND SARAH BASS [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he swim team has started the season strong with a team of 39 members trying out for places on varsity or JV. The boys and girls’ varsity teams will...

Upgraded Roster Leaves Rockets Fans Hopeful

Upgraded Roster Leaves Rockets Fans Hopeful

Kirk Hachigian October 28, 2016

[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ames Harden sliced through the Warriors defense, spun off Andre Iguodala, and stepped back, draining a midrange jumper to win Game Three and cut the Warriors lead to 2-1 in the series....

Bold Predictions for the 2016 NBA Playoffs

Bold Predictions for the 2016 NBA Playoffs

Kirk Hachigian April 16, 2016

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he NBA regular season ended in spectacular fashion with the Golden State Warriors breaking the record for the most wins in season, the Rockets locking up a playoff berth, and Kobe Bryant...

Heisman Trophy Race Heats Up

Heisman Trophy Race Heats Up

Kirk Hachigian October 23, 2015

Photo courtesy of fansided.com.   [dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter a crazy week of college football that saw Michigan lose to Michigan State on the final play of the game, and LSU take down Florida...

Undressing the Dress Code

Undressing the Dress Code

Julia Davis September 24, 2015

[dropcap]Three[/dropcap] days after school began, 14 fall sport team captains received an email from the Dean of Students, Mr. Josh Ramey. The email was about “spirit dress” for athletic teams, which...

Fantasy Football Draft Guide

Fantasy Football Draft Guide

Kirk Hachigian September 5, 2015

[dropcap]Since[/dropcap] the start of August, millions of sports fanatics have been spotted congregating for meetings that many consider the most important of their week. With them, they bring cases full...

A Game of Numbers

A Game of Numbers

Marshall Oelman April 21, 2015

[dropcap]“[/dropcap]Analytics don’t work at all. It’s just some crap some people who are really smart made up to try to get in the game because they had no talent. I’ve always believed analytics...

Elevate and Celebrate: Kinkaid Baseball ready to take on SPC

Elevate and Celebrate: Kinkaid Baseball ready to take on SPC

Ella Morgan April 17, 2015

Pictured above: Davis Sheffield (11) pitches against St. Pius X. Picture by David Shutts.   [dropcap]“Elevate and celebrate”[/dropcap] was just one of many encouraging phrases the varsity...

Ali Jamal, Rockets Superfan

Ali Jamal, Rockets Superfan

Kirk Hachigian April 10, 2015

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]e raises his arms and lets out a mighty roar. Dwight Howard, also known as Superman, has just thrown down a crazy alley-oop dunk and the Rockets fans erupt. As the game goes on, he...

Falcon pride runs deeper than football

Falcon pride runs deeper than football

Faraz Virani March 26, 2015

[dropcap]Before[/dropcap] you read the title of this article and already consider me a hypocrite, hear me out. I love football. I go to all the Kinkaid football games, I am a Houston Texans fan, and...

Boys Basketball Rebounds After Slow Start

Boys Basketball Rebounds After Slow Start

Kirk Hachigian December 5, 2014

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the winter season underway, the gyms are now filled with the sounds of sneakers, whistles, and the pounding of basketballs. The boy’s varsity basketball team has been putting...

Boys Cross Country Race Towards SPC Title

Boys Cross Country Race Towards SPC Title

Kirk Hachigian September 25, 2014

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom Worst to First. That was the motto of the Boston Red Sox as they came back from finishing last in their division to win the World Series last year. For every team, the comeback...

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