![Walking through the tunnel created by the cheerleaders and Celebrities, senior Frances Tran smiles as the soccer team is sent off during DEN for their playoff game against Rouse tonight. Tran said the wins against Smithson Valley and Alamo Heights gave the team a morale boost to take on the Raiders tonight. “I know we were not 100% confident in those games,” Tran said. “But, Rouse is a big opponent for sure. We’re definitely going into tonight with a lot of morale [because of the previous wins].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frances-tran.jpg)
![Holding a bucket of materials in one hand and a roll of tape in another, anatomy and biology teacher Tyler Terry prepares for a lab. Terry said his proudest moments are when his students are happy to see him. “When I take my wife to a football game or something and a bunch of students want to say hi to me or they like to smile and wave and it just makes me feel good that the students are really kind and supportive of me,” Terry said. “[I’m also] proud when I see students perform really well in their extracurriculars because I can see how hard they’re working in my classes, [so] when I see that they’re also working so hard in other things. Like they’re winning band competitions or they’re getting awards for their theater productions, or I see them put on their choir shows, that’s like, wow, you guys are incredible.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rags-6.png)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901.jpg)
Meet and Greet: New CP coaches
October 6, 2015
This year, Cedar Park High school welcomed a flood of new teachers and coaches. In order to get to know these new member of the Timberwolf family the WolfPack staff asked them some corky Q&As.
Pecos McDaniel (pronounced Pay-cus Mc-dan-e-ls)
Teaching world history and coaching both football and boys basketball, McDaniel has been teaching for 28 years. He graduated from Dripping Springs as valedictorian, and later went UT Austin.
Q: If you could be any animal, what animal would you be?
A: An eagle, they’re very regal and they can fly.
Q: If you could have any superpower, what superpower would you have?
A: Superman’s powers, to fly, I’m fascinated with flying.
Q: What’s your favorite thing about CP?
A: The culture and excellence in all areas, academic, fine arts, and athletic.
Stefany Austin
Austin is the newest trainer to Cedar Park. She graduated from Texas Tech University and has a passion for action movies.
Q: Where did you go to college?
A: Texas Tech.
Q: If you could be any animal, what animal would you be?
A: A monkey, it would be fun to climb trees.
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: “White House Down”, it’s a good action movie.
Q: How do you say caramel?
A: “car-mel”
Jason James
James works as a special ed teacher and P.E coach for Cedar Park.
Q: If you could have any superpower, what superpower would you have?
A: Flying.
Q: What’s your must have item for teaching?
A: A whistle and humor.
Q: Android or iphone?
A: Android.
Nick Rogers
Rogers works as an AVID and a health teacher, along with coaching both football and baseball. He graduated from Midwestern State.
Q: What college did you go to?
A: I went to Midwestern State University because it was a good school that was affordable.
Q: What extracurricular activities were you involved in in high school?
A: I mainly just played sports. I played football, basketball, and baseball.
Q: What’s your must have item for teaching?
A: A computer or laptop because it makes it much easier to incorporate technology into the classroom.
Q: Android or iphone?
A: Iphone.
![Holding her dog, Nova, senior Ariana Balakrishnan poses for her senior pictures while Nova wears a bandana with her college decision. Balakrishnan applied to 18 colleges in total, but she decided on Columbia in the end. “Right before I clicked the button to open Columbia’s letter, I literally looked at the camera and go ‘This is just gonna really suck because I wanted it so bad,’ and I clicked it and all of a sudden you hear trumpets,” Balakrishnan said. “There’s a video that plays when you open it and I actually didn’t watch the video, I just watched the screen go black, because every day of December before ED [Early Decision] I would go on YouTube and watch the acceptance video to manifest it, so immediately when the screen went black, I started screaming and jumping up and down. And my parents in the video are like ‘What are you doing, where’s the letter,’ and I was just screaming ‘I got in, I got in.” I just started crying, and it just felt like everything in the world came together.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ariana-2-300x217.jpg)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901-600x400.jpg)
