• FRIDAY FINALE: The Lady Knights varsity softball team finished its season off strong Friday afternoon with a 22-6 win over the Lanier Vikings. The team's seniors were honored before the game and played a large part in the win. Senior Julia Crofut blasted two homers over the outfield fence, and senior Diamante Diaz struck out five Vikings while only allowing one walk to earn the victory. This team really has given me a sense of family, Diaz said. These coaches have been people I could always turn to, and these girls have come out to be like sisters in every way. We’re there for each other on and off the field and especially when it’s unexpected. Its been an honor watching these girls grow in the one season I’ve been here. We’ve grown as players as well as closer to one another. I care so much for them and couldn’t be more excited for even the smallest accomplishments within this program. Reporting and photos by Caleb Melville. #macsoftball #knighttime #classof2019 #txhssoftball #hssoftball
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    FRIDAY FINALE: The Lady Knights varsity softball team finished its season off strong Friday afternoon with a 22-6 win over the Lanier Vikings. The team's seniors were honored before the game and played a large part in the win. Senior Julia Crofut blasted two homers over the outfield fence, and senior Diamante Diaz struck out five Vikings while only allowing one walk to earn the victory. This team really has given me a sense of family, Diaz said. These coaches have been people I could always turn to, and these girls have come out to be like sisters in every way. We’re there for each other on and off the field and especially when it’s unexpected. Its been an honor watching these girls grow in the one season I’ve been here. We’ve grown as players as well as closer to one another. I care so much for them and couldn’t be more excited for even the smallest accomplishments within this program. Reporting and photos by Caleb Melville. #macsoftball #knighttime #classof2019 #txhssoftball #hssoftball
  • BOYS LACROSSE ENDS SEASON WITH CLOSE LOSS TO BOWIE: The Knights lacrosse team lost 9-6 against the visiting Bowie Bulldogs at Lamar Middle School today. The game was the team's senior appreciation day and fittingly two seniors scored goals. Gregory James opened up the scoring for the Knights after the bulldogs rolled off six unanswered. The Knights scored again when Griffin sophomore Tobe Chanow scored on a rebound shot. This made the score 6-2 going into halftime. After the half the Knights let in two more goals before Chanow scored again off an assist by James and LASA senior Jonathan Yu started the fourth quarter with a goal on a fast break. Chanow and Yu both scored again with senior Ivan Del Rio assisting Chanow’s goal. The Knights finish the season 1-13 and see six seniors graduating, who they honored at the end of the game. Photos by Elly Schottman and Anna Bausman #dayinthelifeatmac #txhslacrosse
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    BOYS LACROSSE ENDS SEASON WITH CLOSE LOSS TO BOWIE: The Knights lacrosse team lost 9-6 against the visiting Bowie Bulldogs at Lamar Middle School today. The game was the team's senior appreciation day and fittingly two seniors scored goals. Gregory James opened up the scoring for the Knights after the bulldogs rolled off six unanswered. The Knights scored again when Griffin sophomore Tobe Chanow scored on a rebound shot. This made the score 6-2 going into halftime. After the half the Knights let in two more goals before Chanow scored again off an assist by James and LASA senior Jonathan Yu started the fourth quarter with a goal on a fast break. Chanow and Yu both scored again with senior Ivan Del Rio assisting Chanow’s goal. The Knights finish the season 1-13 and see six seniors graduating, who they honored at the end of the game. Photos by Elly Schottman and Anna Bausman #dayinthelifeatmac #txhslacrosse
  • SOFTBALL SENIOR CELEBRATION: The softball team honored the program's seniors before dismantling Lanier, 22-6, in the team's final game of the season Friday afternoon at Noack. Congrats to the team's seniors: Julia Crofut, Sierra Alvarez, Lorna Rosales, Elesia Zarzoza, Diamante Diaz and Melany Reese. A post about the game itself will be up in a few minutes. Photos by Caleb Melville. #MACsoftball #Knighttime
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    SOFTBALL SENIOR CELEBRATION: The softball team honored the program's seniors before dismantling Lanier, 22-6, in the team's final game of the season Friday afternoon at Noack. Congrats to the team's seniors: Julia Crofut, Sierra Alvarez, Lorna Rosales, Elesia Zarzoza, Diamante Diaz and Melany Reese. A post about the game itself will be up in a few minutes. Photos by Caleb Melville. #MACsoftball #Knighttime
  • CARTER NABS DISTRICT MVP AWARD: Congrats to MacJournalism's own Delaney Carter who earlier this week was named the District 25-5A Most Valuable Player by the district's coaches. Carter was a co-captain on a squad that won a co-district championship and advanced to the second round of the 5A state playoffs. Her coach, Stephanie Watson, who was also named this week as the District Co-Coach of the Year, explained Carter's value to her team. On the field, Delaney leads by example. She gives 100 percent at practices, during warmups, and at games, and she expects her teammates to do the same, Watson said. She encourages them to give everything they have every time they step on the field. Delaney is a team player in every sense of the word. For the last two seasons, she has played center defender because that's where we needed her to be even though it's not her regular position. She never complained or asked to be moved: she just did what was best for her team. This year she played defense but also moved to play midfielder when we needed her to. This example of a leader who will set aside her own ego and her own preferences for the good of the whole team is what a captain needs to be, and that's what Delaney has been for us. Her cleats will be impossible to fill, both on and off the field. As you might imagine, the soccer teams were well-represented in the end-of-season district awards. We will be recognizing all of the winners from this very special year for #MACsoccer over the next few days. File photos by Risa Darlington-Horta, Anna Bausman, Anna Schlett, Annabel Winter and Dave Winter. #MACsoccer #KnightTime
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    CARTER NABS DISTRICT MVP AWARD: Congrats to MacJournalism's own Delaney Carter who earlier this week was named the District 25-5A Most Valuable Player by the district's coaches. Carter was a co-captain on a squad that won a co-district championship and advanced to the second round of the 5A state playoffs. Her coach, Stephanie Watson, who was also named this week as the District Co-Coach of the Year, explained Carter's value to her team. On the field, Delaney leads by example. She gives 100 percent at practices, during warmups, and at games, and she expects her teammates to do the same, Watson said. She encourages them to give everything they have every time they step on the field. Delaney is a team player in every sense of the word. For the last two seasons, she has played center defender because that's where we needed her to be even though it's not her regular position. She never complained or asked to be moved: she just did what was best for her team. This year she played defense but also moved to play midfielder when we needed her to. This example of a leader who will set aside her own ego and her own preferences for the good of the whole team is what a captain needs to be, and that's what Delaney has been for us. Her cleats will be impossible to fill, both on and off the field. As you might imagine, the soccer teams were well-represented in the end-of-season district awards. We will be recognizing all of the winners from this very special year for #MACsoccer over the next few days. File photos by Risa Darlington-Horta, Anna Bausman, Anna Schlett, Annabel Winter and Dave Winter. #MACsoccer #KnightTime
  • SHE'S SO SHUTTER FLY: Freshman Anna McClellan today became the second #MACphotoj student to earn two #BestofSNO awards this school year when her photo essay, Surveying South Congress, earned the honor. In the essay, Anna takes you on a visual and verbal tour of the iconic avenue that leads straight to the Capitol. Click the link in our bio to see the whole essay and meet local street artist Rob Cook, a.k.a. the Washboard Tie guy. After traveling across the country from East to West, Cook and his wife ended up in Austin a couple years ago, and have been here ever since. “I’ve been street performing for a while and I’ve played stages big and small, but the street will always be it's own thing,” Cook said. “There’s no stage between you and the audience, it’s very one on one, very personal.” #dayinthelifeatmac #southcongress #atx #austintx #austintexas #photojournalism @snosites
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    SHE'S SO SHUTTER FLY: Freshman Anna McClellan today became the second #MACphotoj student to earn two #BestofSNO awards this school year when her photo essay, Surveying South Congress, earned the honor. In the essay, Anna takes you on a visual and verbal tour of the iconic avenue that leads straight to the Capitol. Click the link in our bio to see the whole essay and meet local street artist Rob Cook, a.k.a. the Washboard Tie guy. After traveling across the country from East to West, Cook and his wife ended up in Austin a couple years ago, and have been here ever since. “I’ve been street performing for a while and I’ve played stages big and small, but the street will always be it's own thing,” Cook said. “There’s no stage between you and the audience, it’s very one on one, very personal.” #dayinthelifeatmac #southcongress #atx #austintx #austintexas #photojournalism @snosites
  • IT WAS A BANNER YEAR: The @mccallumcolorguard raised its regional championship banner on Wednesday in the band room. The banner will serve as a permanent reminder of the landmark 2019 season. “It was the best season in [school] history, senior Claire Rudy said. We won four out of the five competitions, and we won our area contest. In our division we can't go higher than an area competition, so winning it was major.” Rudy said she was unsure whether she would continue participating in color guard when she attends the University of Texas in the fall. “I don't  know what my college will have for sure, but I’m interested in marching band and possible drum corps.” Photos by Risa Darlington-Horta and Jorge Lara Diaz. Reporting by Tristen Tugmon. #maccolorguard #macwinterguard
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    IT WAS A BANNER YEAR: The @mccallumcolorguard raised its regional championship banner on Wednesday in the band room. The banner will serve as a permanent reminder of the landmark 2019 season. “It was the best season in [school] history, senior Claire Rudy said. We won four out of the five competitions, and we won our area contest. In our division we can't go higher than an area competition, so winning it was major.” Rudy said she was unsure whether she would continue participating in color guard when she attends the University of Texas in the fall. “I don't  know what my college will have for sure, but I’m interested in marching band and possible drum corps.” Photos by Risa Darlington-Horta and Jorge Lara Diaz. Reporting by Tristen Tugmon. #maccolorguard #macwinterguard
  • HOOPS FOR HISTORY: After taking their final reading quiz of the year, Mr. Stanchos' second period spent the second half of class yesterday reviewing for the U.S. History AP exam. The class split into two sides with three sub-groups on each team. The small groups took turns answering history questions, and if they got them right, had the opportunity to score points by shooting a crumpled-up issue of the Shield into a trashcan. If they answered incorrectly, however, the question was passed onto the other team. Though the class assumed making baskets would be the easy part, only junior Henry Winter was able to earn points for his team. The class will continue to play more review games at the end of the period up until their test in May. #dayinthelifeatmac
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    HOOPS FOR HISTORY: After taking their final reading quiz of the year, Mr. Stanchos' second period spent the second half of class yesterday reviewing for the U.S. History AP exam. The class split into two sides with three sub-groups on each team. The small groups took turns answering history questions, and if they got them right, had the opportunity to score points by shooting a crumpled-up issue of the Shield into a trashcan. If they answered incorrectly, however, the question was passed onto the other team. Though the class assumed making baskets would be the easy part, only junior Henry Winter was able to earn points for his team. The class will continue to play more review games at the end of the period up until their test in May. #dayinthelifeatmac
  • Senior Steven Tibbetts lost his semifinal match two sets to one. He is guaranteed another match today where he will play off for third place. However, if the student who beat Tibbetts wins in the finals, he will have another shot to play back for second place. File photo by Elisha Scott. UPDATE: Senior Steven Tibbetts won his third-place match today against an opponent from LBJ. The victory avenged a loss to the same player at the district tournament. Unfortunately, there was no play-back opportunity because the player who beat Tibbetts in the seminal lost in the finals.
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    Senior Steven Tibbetts lost his semifinal match two sets to one. He is guaranteed another match today where he will play off for third place. However, if the student who beat Tibbetts wins in the finals, he will have another shot to play back for second place. File photo by Elisha Scott. UPDATE: Senior Steven Tibbetts won his third-place match today against an opponent from LBJ. The victory avenged a loss to the same player at the district tournament. Unfortunately, there was no play-back opportunity because the player who beat Tibbetts in the seminal lost in the finals.
  • Thousands of actors and technicians gathered at the Long Center last night to witness the greatest awards show since the Tony's: the Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards, or GAHSMTA.Out of nine nominations, MacTheatre had the honor of winning two: Best Choreography and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Toshaan Arora). It was awesome, he said. When I [heard my name], I was frozen in my tracks for a second... it was really just incredible to get an award. First two photos courtesy of Natalie Uehara. Last photo by Dashel Beckett. Reporting by Bela Tapperson and Viv Osterweil. #mactheatre @mactheatremfaa #gahsmta #gahsmta19
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    Thousands of actors and technicians gathered at the Long Center last night to witness the greatest awards show since the Tony's: the Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards, or GAHSMTA.Out of nine nominations, MacTheatre had the honor of winning two: Best Choreography and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Toshaan Arora). It was awesome, he said. When I [heard my name], I was frozen in my tracks for a second... it was really just incredible to get an award. First two photos courtesy of Natalie Uehara. Last photo by Dashel Beckett. Reporting by Bela Tapperson and Viv Osterweil. #mactheatre @mactheatremfaa #gahsmta #gahsmta19