Knights win revenge rematch with Raiders
Thanks to Werkenthin’s marksmanship and team’s aggressive play, Mac turns tables to tie Reagan for third place in District 25-5A
As the Knight bench erupts after another of his 3-pointers, Sam Werkenthin trots back to play defense. Werkenthin scored 20 points and shot six of eight from downtown as Mac rolled to a key victory over Reagan that left the teams tied for third place.
January 27, 2019
Before a large and energetic crowd in the Don Caldwell Gymnasium on Friday night, the boys varsity basketball team ambushed the Reagan Raiders, avenging a Jan. 2 loss and then some with a 70-44 victory that left the teams tied for third place in District 25-5A.
Rather than avoiding the tallest player on the court, Takai Satberry challenged him, leaping high to shoot over 6-8 center Josiyah Thorn.
Guard Sam Werkenthin was the player of the game, leading the team in scoring with 20, a total he arrived at by nailing six of eight 3-point attempts (plus a couple of made free throws). Every made 3-pointer felt like an explosion as the large crowd and the Knight bench rose to its feet to cheer loudly every time Werkenthin’s long-range shot touched nothing but net. The junior sharpshooter made three 3-pointers in the team’s 25-point first quarter and another in a 17-point second stanza as the Knights built an unassailable 18-point halftime margin.
While Werkenthin was dangerous from downtown, the Knights’ interior players were also effective. They did not shy away from the Raiders’ big man in the middle: 6-8 center Josiyah Thorn. Rather, the Knight players drove right at the big man on several possessions in the first half, creating open looks for teammates or drawing contact and resulting free throws.
The team also benefited from a great night on defense thanks in large part to the hustle and energy provided by defensive stalwarts Darius Lewis and Jeremiah Ashton.
The Knights extended their lead by six points in the second half for a 26-point margin of victory.
The Raiders routed the Knights by almost the exact same margin, 70-42, on Jan. 2, in a game where the Knights were short-handed.
McCallum’s next test is on the road at Travis on Tuesday. The Knights won the first round between the traditional rivals, 65-56, on Jan. 4.
Shout out to Emmett Sweeney for his continued help with the stats.
![A PRIDE-FUL WEEK OF CELEBRATION:
As part of AISDs week-long celebration of PRIDE, students of the McCallum Spectrum Club worked to create a week full of activities, prizes and helping hands to support the schools LGBTQ+ community. The club is widely available for anyone to join, and specializes in creating a safe space for students to share and give advice. While Pride month itself isn’t until June, AISD designates one week in March to celebrate and commemorate the importance of this part of the student body.
As part of the week of festivities, the club held a booth in the front hall handing out pride stickers, pins and merch to passers by. For junior Zane Joly, the booth idea was brought up as a way for students to engage with one another, and connect with the community.
“I call out to people in the halls, ‘hey, do you want stickers?’” Joly said. “We just give out free pride stickers and sometimes other free pride merch to the students of Macallum because everybody likes pride stickers.”
While the week itself is packed with a variety of different activities, the overall goal is to bring students closer together and create a safer environment for self expression at McCallum.
“The idea for the student panel largely came from the black [history] student panel that is done during Black History Month,” Joly said. “And the idea for giving out free stuff was developed at Spectrum last year.”
Joly is not only a member of the Spectrum club, but also holds a leadership position giving them a more hands-on role with the projects and Pride Week activities.
“McCallum has a very high queer population,” Joly said. “I think Its nice that we get a chance to celebrate Pride because Pride Month is during the summer, and I think its just a nice thing for the community and getting to just celebrate it.”
While the merch table at lunch was only a small part of the numerous parts of McCallum’s Pride week, for Joly this small impact made all the difference.
“The purpose of Pride is to make people not feel alone and to make them feel safe,” Joly said. “The goal is [to make people] happy about a part of themselves that theyre often conditioned to not feel good about.”
Caption by Chloe Lewcock. Photo by Shila Gill.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53597258192_6e7168d8ae_o-1-600x338.jpg)
![BACKGROUND IN THE BUSINESS: Dressed by junior designer Kaitlyn Gerrie, senior Chamila Muñoz took to the “Dreamland” runway this past weekend. While it was her first time participating in the McCallum fashion show, Muñoz isn’t new to the modeling world.
I modeled here and there when I was a lot younger, maybe five or six [years old] for some jewelry brands and small businesses, but not much in recent years,” Muñoz said.
Muñoz had hoped to participate in last year’s show but couldn’t due to scheduling conflicts. For her senior year, though, she couldn’t let the opportunity pass her by.
“It’s [modeling] something I haven’t done in a while so I was excited to step out of my comfort zone in a way,” Muñoz said. “I always love trying new things and being able to show off designs of my schoolmates is such an honor.”
The preparation process for the show was hectic, leaving the final reveal of Gerrie’s design until days before the show, but the moment Muñoz tried on the outfit, all the stress for both designer and model melted away.
“I didn’t get to try on my outfit until the day before, but the look on Kaitlyn’s face when she saw what she had worked so hard to make actually on a model was just so special,” Muñoz said. “I know it meant so much to her. But then she handed me a blindfold and told me I’d be walking with it on, so that was pretty wild.”
Caption by Francie Wilhelm.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53535098892_130167352f_o-600x400.jpg)
