Sofia Saucedo, social media specialist
Sofia Saucedo is a junior and is a second-year Shield staffer. She is this year’s social media specialist and is very excited to post daily and cover events. Aside from The Shield, she is a part of Link Crew and is on the soccer team. She loves how these programs have given her a community and legitimate role at McCallum. When she is not at school she can be found taking pictures at volleyball games. Overall, she loves that McCallum offers something for everyone and is so excited to be a part of The Shield staff.
![A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER: Early in the fourth quarter, Senior Quarterback Luke Dunham drops in the pocket, going through his progressions to complete a pass downfield. Dunham said the varsity boys gave it everything they had, especially the seniors for their final Taco Shack Bowl.
“We played decently, we executed well enough but we have things to improve on throughout the season,” Dunham said. “[Senior] Mark Sanchez was our leader, making plays on both sides of the ball and you could see that he wanted it, which made other guys follow.”
The Knights found themselves trailing the entirety of the game, but every time Anderson struck, Dunham and the Knights had an answer. After senior Devon Robinson took a kickoff return to the house, Dunham said the bench was electric.
“All of the seniors, AJ Woolf, Mark, Devon Robinson, Jaiden Booe, myself, Joaquin Reynolds, Isaiah Panaigua, you could see it all around that the seniors were bringing the energy,” Dunham said.
When Dunham wasn’t getting it done in the air, he was getting it done with his feet, including a 62-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
“My blockers opened up the field, so I hit the open alley and took it home,” Dunham said.
Dunham finished the game with over 300 passing yards and 450+ all-purpose yards.
The Knights found themselves trailing 43-20 at half but took halftime to regroup. The team came out and responded to being down 23 points by scoring on back-to-back drives to open the third quarter.
“The mindset was that this game wasn’t out of reach,” Dunham said. “We had worked all offseason and we just decided to take some shots. The plan was to go down the field, score, get the ball back, score again and we went out and did it.”
Throughout the game, Dunham found himself scrambling when no receivers were open, but he gives all credit to the boys on the offensive line.
“The whole offensive line has been hearing it from a lot of people that they’re lacking, but they went out and proved themselves and were keeping protection nice for me. It allowed us to make a lot of plays on offense,” Dunham said.
Caption by Fletcher Vandegrift.](https://macshieldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/luke-dunham-1200x673.jpg)
