![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)
T-Wolves End Regular Season With a Bang
The T-Wolves hoist the district champions trophy after officially clinching the outright title. The Wolves “Took It Back” this season and will now head to the playoffs. “Our goal was to take it back and we did just that,” QB Hernandez said.
November 11, 2019
The Timberwolves closed out their 2019 regular season on Nov. 8 with a huge win over the Manor Mustangs, 49-24. The starters only had to play the first half, as the team led 35-10 at halftime.
The Hernandez-Abseck duo continues to be deadly to opposing defenses, as junior QB Ryder Hernandez connected with junior WR Gunnar Abseck on a couple of touchdown passes in the first half.
“I caught the ball and just ran,” Abseck said. “I knew the defense would be rallying to the ball so I just took off. The key to our success was just to play our game and that’s what we did tonight.”
The Black Rain defense had another great showing, as the first-team defense only allowed 10 first-half points. All season long the defense was stout and played a ball-hawking defense that generated a lot of turnovers.
“Everyone is flying to the ball trying to be a play maker,” senior DE Ben Bell said. “All year we’ve focused on the little things and our effort to the ball.”
The win gives the Timberwolves the outright district title. All year, the goal was to “Take it Back,” meaning take back the district title.
“Our goal was to take it back and we did just that,” QB Hernandez said.
The real season begins now as the Timberwolves head to the playoffs. Their first playoff game will take place on Thursday at Gupton vs. McCallum.
![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)
