![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)
Basketball Season Comes to an End
Varsity Members Reflect on Their Performance
Point guard Gisella Maul dribbles and runs towards the net while playing against members of Cibolo Steel. Although the Nov. 13 game ended in a loss 54 – 56, the girl’s varsity team proceeded to win every game in the season afterwards. Maul owes the team’s victories to their teamwork and coaching. “I’m proud of my team for always sticking and working together. Most of the credit goes to their efforts and to Coach Ott for always keeping us in top shape,” Maul said.
February 26, 2021
Both the girls and the boys have achievements to be proud of this season. The girl’s varsity team is topping all other competition, including Georgetown and Glenn, with a win-loss ratio of 21-1 in their overall season.
The boys, although with a win-loss ratio of 3-10 in the district leagues, scored some well-needed victories against schools like Vandegrift and Marble Falls. And, according to senior shooting guard Parker Forbes, there was also definite progress made for each team member.
“Despite our sub-par performance this year, I’m extremely proud to be a part of this team,” Forbes said. “We knew we had to work extra hard in practice and in the weight room to be better than our opponents.”
As the year progressed, it became apparent that the boys were improving, scoring some wins against the schools mentioned earlier. Meanwhile, the girls are leading with victory after victory against Rouse, Georgetown and Liberty Hill – the reason that the girl’s varsity team is ranked top 20 in Texas, according to MaxPreps.
“I think that our team has performed outstandingly this year,” junior shooting guard Megan Woods said. “Our team as a whole puts in hard work every single practice and pushes each other to be the team that we know we can be. We owe our success to our coaching staff who put in countless hours to help prepare us for each upcoming game.”
Despite several games being canceled because of COVID, the girl’s basketball team still had favorite moments from the games they did have.
“My favorite game from this year would be the second time we played Georgetown,” Woods said. “We defeated them to win the district championship.”
The girls finished the regular season as district champions and will continue their season in the playoffs. The girls are heading to the regional semifinals tomorrow against Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial. The boys team fell short of the playoffs, however, now that improvement has been seen in the team, Forbes has a positive outlook on the future.
“We all worked extremely hard to lay a solid foundation and I have no doubt they will be a great team next year,” Forbes said. “I’m excited to see what the future holds, especially with so many returning varsity members.”
![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)
