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This week, as part of their study of the birds of North Texas, US Field Ecology students were treated to a presentation on birds of prey by the volunteer director of the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center in Allen, Texas. The volunteers brought several live birds to the classroom - an American Kestrel, two color phases of Screech Owls, a Barred Owl, a Mississippi Kite, a Red-Shouldered Hawk and a Red-Tailed Hawk. The program was both highly entertaining and very informative. The students had a chance to get up close and personal with the birds and learn of their valuable roles as predators in an ecosystem.
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Girls Varsity Soccer
The Lady Trojans soccer team continue to improve, and came away with a hard-fought 2-2 tie against nationally-ranked Ft. Worth Nolan. Nolan, currently ranked 29th in the nation by ESPN’s POWERADE FAB 50 Rankings, found themselves on their heals near the end of the second-half as the Trojan defense smothered their three forwards and attacked repeatedly down both sides of the field. The Trojans scored first with a right-footed smash by senior captain Annie Wells to go ahead 1-0. Nolan answered in the second half capitalizing on a miscue by the TCA backline and then on a beautiful header off of a perfectly executed corner kick. The Trojans never backed down as freshman midfielder Madison Mueller received a pass from junior forward Logan Landry and lifted a 25-yard shot just over the outstretched hands of the Nolan goalkeeper to even the score with less than ten minutes remaining in the game. Despite multiple opportunities by both teams in the two golden goal overtime periods, neither team could score again and the game ended in a 2-2 draw.
The Trojans look to continue their strong play as they host Prestonwood for Senior Night on Thursday, January 19 at 7 p.m.
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TCA Wrestlers Participate in Grapevine Duals
The Trojan Wrestling Team participated in the highly-competitive Grapevine Duals on January 6-7. At the competition, the Trojans had nine dual matches. The TCA wrestlers won three of the dual matches and lost six dual matches. The Trojans defeated Richardson High School by a score of 34-33; defeated Fort Worth Dunbar by a score of 64-12; and defeated Flower Mound by a score of 45-36.
Winning all of his individual matches for the Trojans was senior Tyler Nagle-Perkins. Winning even matches was sophomore Ross Lopez. Winning six matches were junior Will Turner and junior Jake Walker. Winning five matches were freshman Kahler Martin and sophomore Sam Moore. Winning four matches were junior Stathi Pakes and sophomore Wyatt Stein. Winning three matches was freshman John Shirley. Winning two matches was freshman Gunnar Lopez. Winning one match were freshman Andrew McBride and freshman Joey Tkach. Senior Graham Bell was unable to participate due to illness.
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