![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)
![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)
On Sept. 29 CPHS choir hosted and competed in the district level of All-State Auditions. The choir dominated. Out of over 600 other choir students, T-wolves earned 26 of the possible 40 individual spots on the District Choir.
First year choir member sophomore Lennie Oas was anxious for her first ever district audition.
“Auditions are pretty nerve racking,” Oas said. “After you do group warm ups, there isn’t really more time to sing until your audition, so that’s hard.”
During a solo audition, there is a partition concealing the judges. The judges cannot see the contestants and only identify them by their assigned number. The only thing they can judge is the sound. Second year choir member sophomore Chai Murthy knows what judges expect.
“Judges look for good musicality,” Murthy said. “Being able to stay on tempo is key.”
This year marks Murthy’s second district audition. The Seasons choir member attributes her very first win to lots of practice.
“We actually got work on the music in class, which is helpful,” she said.
Murthy and the rest of the choir will be practicing even more for regional auditions on Oct. 30 at Westwood High School. The choir will be learning the four audition pieces in class and at sectionals before and after school two days a week. Murthy appreciates all the extra practice, because regionals won’t be easy.
“There’s going to be a lot of tough competition,” Murthy said. “Especially since this is my first year competing, and for some girls it’s their fourth.”
Choir Members competing at Regionals:
- Leslie Bonordon
- Ryan Cave
- Matthew Cloward
- Julian Combs
- Meg Groves
- Sarah Hines
- Ethan How
- Victoria Hutchings
- Ben Jackson
- Kevin Kenny
- Heidi Klein
- Sally Kwon
- Alex Langois
- Meagan Marwitz
- Marcus McCrae
- Chai Murthy
- Lauren Parks
- Bradley Ronk
- Paige Seuthe
- Donelvan Thigpen
- Christian Vargas
- Chris Washington
- India Westenhaver
- Lydia Williamson
- Dayton Young
- Joseph Yuen
