![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)
CPFB Season Comes to Heartbreaking Close
Timberwolves fall to Manor, 17-14, in the third round of the playoffs, ending the 2019 campaign.
Junior QB Ryder Hernandez rushes for a first down in the game against Manor on Nov. 8. The second time around against Manor, the Mustangs got their revenge on the T-Wolves. “We couldn’t move the ball and finish drives,” junior QB Ryder Hernandez said.
December 2, 2019
Three weeks after defeating Manor on senior night, the Timberwolves had to face a Mustangs team hungry for revenge. The Mustangs got their revenge in a 17-14 victory, advancing them to round four to play Shadow Creek, a squad who knocked Cedar Park out of the playoffs last season.
Offensively, the Wolves were only able to generate one scoring-drive, a rushing TD by junior WR Josh Cameron. The other TD was scored by the defense via scoop n’ score. Turnovers and penalties also killed numerous drives for the offense.
“We couldn’t move the ball and finish drives,” junior QB Ryder Hernandez said.
The defense played a great game; in the first half, the offense repeatedly put them in poor position by giving the Manor the ball near midfield, but the Black Rain held up nicely, and even generated a few turnover-on-downs. Senior DE Ben Bell had a scoop n’ score off a Manor fumble in the second half. All season long, the defense was the strength of the team and kept the T-Wolves in games when the offense struggled.
“[We] trust each other, execute the game plan and make plays when we need to,” senior S Tammer Alzer said.
Fortunately for Cedar Park, they won’t have to wait long to have a shot at revenge against Manor; since Manor is an in-district opponent, the Wolves will see them next season.
“Obviously we gotta go grind this offseason so we don’t have this feeling again,” Hernandez said.
Though it was a heartbreaking finish, seeing Manor kick a chip-shot FG to clinch the game, it was not a season that will soon be forgotten. The Wolves took back the district title, which was one of the biggest goals coming into this season, and finished with an 11-2 record.
This was the last time the seniors took field, and though it was emotional at first, looking back on the season as a whole, it’s hard to hang their heads after seeing all the success.
“All our success this season as a team was unbelievable in how we came together and fought until the end,” senior RB Jonathan Stockwell said. “In every close game, we played as a team and lifted each other up. This year, we weren’t [just] teammates; we were a family. On and off the field we will always be a family.”
The 2019 campaign is one to remember forever, especially for class of 2020.
![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)
