When the McCallum defense tacked on the final two points of McCallum’s 71-51 victory over Pinkston with a safety, it brought the Knights’ total scoring output for its three non-district games to a gaudy 153 points over three games. That’s an average of 51 points per game. After the Knights’ qualified for the 7-on-7 state tournament and then played well enough in group play to advance to the knockout stage, there was reason for optimism that the 2024 team might be something special, but we doubt anyone expected this level of scoring output. Next week, the Knights begin play in the newly reconfigured District 11-5A-2. The Knights’ first five district opponents are all new district foes—Elgin, Bastrop, Pflugerville, Connally and Liberty Hill. With LASA’s decision to cancel its varsity football schedule, only season-ending games against Navarro and Crockett provide opponents that were on McCallum’s district schedule a year ago. Can the high-powered offense withstand this more difficult...