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More than half the squad earned a postseason honor of some kind, either Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State for classroom excellence or All-District 17-5A honors for on-the-pitch excellence.

10 boys varsity soccer players earn All-District honors

Thomas Melina Raab
April 13, 2021
BEAT THE DRUM: The black drum that junior Nicholas Rivera caught appears to be the largest catch of the whole virtual tournament. He said he caught the massive fish in Port Lavaca using crab as bait.

These are real fish stories

Grace Nugent, online co-editor in chief
April 6, 2021
WEE THE PEOPLE: Junior Amethyst Mellberg-Smith holds up a sign during a Urinetown scene involving a protest for the right to “pee for free.” Mellberg-Smith thinks that the show is a commentary on the current political climate. “It’s totally political satire,” Mellberg-Smith said. “It’s making fun of serious situations that are somewhat similar to things happening now, but in such a comedic and absurd way it really shows how messy politics and fighting for what’s right can be.” Mellberg-Smith said that while being on stage for the first time in a year was a rewarding experience, her favorite part of the production was spending time with her friends. “Finally seeing people every day made all of the hard work feel effortless,” Mellberg-Smith said, “and I can’t wait to do it again!” Reporting by Samantha Powers.

One last visit to ‘Urinetown’

Marley Angle, Ellen Fox, Sophie Leung-Lieu, Lucy Marco, Madelynn Niles, Samantha Powers, Lydia Reedy, Bella Russo, Lanie Sepehri, Alice Scott, Alysa Spiro, Kennedy Weatherby, and Tallulah Wilson
March 30, 2021
FULL CIRCLE: For seniors like co-captain Addie Seckar-Martinez, shown here performing in the large ensemble contemporary dance for which the team won a Best in Class award, the site of the Central Texas Dance Festival at Georgetown’s East View High School offered an opportunity to come full circle.  East View was the site of the first competition the seniors entered as freshman four years ago. “We have had a lot of events get canceled this year due to COVID and weather inconveniences, but being able to be out there dancing to an audience with my Blue Brigade family meant so much to me,” Seckar-Martinez said. “I always tell the team to go out there and just have fun and that’s exactly what we did.” Reporting by Zazie Bryant.

Blue Brigade competes, wins both in person, virtually

Zazie Bryant, Harper Cummings, Mia Gomez, Carly Johnson, Anna McClellan, Madelynn Niles, Liliana Rodriguez, and Anna Schlett
March 23, 2021
Bella Russo's photo of the 2020 LBJ Fire Academy propane exercise was one of 17 Macjournalism Best of Show winners in the 2021 SIPA Visual Contest.

Shield Online earns Scroggins Award as Southern Interscholastic Press Association’s top website

March 16, 2021

A virtual VASE gallery of MAC state finalists

Evie Barnard, Kate Boyle, Josie Bradsby, Olivia Capochiano, Ellen Fox, Evelyn Griffin, Lucy Marco, Anna McClellan, Samantha Powers, Sofia Ramon, Lydia Reedy, Bella Russo, and Alice Scott
March 10, 2021
The Mac Class of '21 achieved a lot in its four years on the floor. As freshmen, the Class of 2021 tied for the district title under Coach Carlin Shaw. The varsity team made the playoffs when these players were sophomore and won the Marble Falls and Hays tournaments when they were juniors. In their senior year, this year, the Knights were Bi-District Champions and won the program's first playoff game in 15 years, which was also win No. 100 for head coach Daniel Fuentes.

A trading card salute to the boys basketball seniors

Kennedy Weatherby, staff reporter
March 2, 2021
Icicles and snow cover the corners of the building site of the outdoor stage. The winter storm caused the first weekend run of Urinetown, the school musical, to be canceled. Urinetown will resume rehearsals this week and will now debut March 4.

Winter storm leads to systemic power, water outages

Ellen Fox and Grace Nugent
February 24, 2021
The region champions in the 200-yard medley relay race and their coach pose with their gold medals and championship plaque after the race. Senior Kyle Larson (backstroke), senior Izak Zaplatar (breaststroke), sophomore Luke Gordon (butterfly), senior Jack Hester (freestyle) and head coach Jeff Rudy.

Mac swimmers qualify for state in six events

Lucy Marco and Dave Winter
February 16, 2021
Neither clones nor polar opposites, River and Raven Rutledge are their own people. Both fine arts majors, River is a songwriter drawn to bright colors while Raven is a visual artist who prefers softer colors.

Meet the multiple multiples of McCallum

Lily Prather, Kate Boyle, Ellen Fox, and Elisha Scott
February 10, 2021
EMPTY HALLS: Although there were visitors at the Blanton, there was a very small percentage of the number of patrons who would typically be there on a Saturday afternoon in a non-COVID world. The empty bench is in one of the European exhibit’s few rooms at noon on a Saturday, one hour before the end of the morning session. The lack of visitors is affecting museums all over the world during the pandemic. “As a nonprofit, the Blanton depends heavily on admissions, membership, donations, and other income,

Perusing paintings in a pandemic

Lissa Castro, Mac photojournalism
February 2, 2021

Dear Mr. President and Madam Vice President,

Alice Scott, Sophie Leung-Lieu, Poppy Grimsley-Ridenour, Grace Vitale, Shea Wiedenmeyer, Naomi Di-Capua, Mary Ellen Sanders, and more future McCallum voters
January 26, 2021
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