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The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

Smiling with her dog Hari for her commitment to the University of Texas at Austin in the fall, senior Aashna Ravi poses at her home. Ravi plans to major in Health and Society, an interdisciplinary program within the College of Liberal Arts. “As an aspiring healthcare professional, being able to get that higher understanding of how people are affected by the background they come from will be especially helpful as I go forward into a career that is very people oriented,” Ravi said. “Going forward I hope that there’s a lot more growth in terms of accessible healthcare.”

All for the Patient

Anthony Whiting, Reporter May 10, 2022

Her future is extensive. Learning about the variety of healthcare practices in the world within the classrooms at UT, traveling abroad to a spanish-speaking country to see community medicine first-hand,...

Cheering for their teammate, the girls varsity basketball team rallies around senior Megan Woods before they begin a game. Throughout Woods high school career, she said she made many relationships and friendships through basketball, volleyball and track. “I have built a lot of connections, especially at this school,” Woods said. “I have met some lifelong friends, who I will continue to adore for the rest of my life.

The Meg

Penny Moreno, Reporter May 9, 2022

Her mind moves one hundred miles a minute anticipating the ball being passed or set to her. She glides up in the air as the ball is set to her and swings toward the ground using all her power to maximize...

Posing with her steer, senior Emma Janysek smiles at an FFA competition. Janysek has participated in FFA since sophomore year and this was her final year she contributed for the school. “I’d get to the barn, then I’d have to feed my cow and my pig,” Janysek said. “They’re both gone now sadly, but then I went to school and typically, if I had Robotics that day, which I normally did, I’d go to my off period to get Chick-fil-a, come back then have to do Robotics for three hours. Then I’d leave the Robotics team to go back to the barn, feed my steer again, and walk him for thirty minutes. Because you know how you walk a dog? You kind of have to do that with a cow, just to get them used to walking. So when you take him to the show they know how to walk in the ring and don’t freak out. But raising a steer was really cool. Not a lot of people do that and it’s a lot of work. But I think it paid off.”

From the Stables to STEM

Madison Shields, Reporter May 6, 2022

Waking up just as the sun begins to rise, driving to the ag barn, going through a full school day, then coming back to manage three hours of Robotics club. Her schedule doesn’t end there. After finishing...

With a look of concentration, senior Max Villarreal tests out his tattoo needle with a stencil. Villarreal has had a passion for art for a while, and has decided to pursue tattoo art as a future activity. “I like art in general, [but] I don’t think I would just do [art] as a career,” Villarreal said. “It’s not enough fun for me, and I feel like I need to constantly come up with new ideas and hoping people are paying attention to me. From a young age, I had been exposed to the art of tattooing, and it’s just something that has stuck with me. That’s something my mom wanted too, she wanted me to be a tattoo artist.”

Inked Dreams

Ruchi Sankolli, Assistant Editor May 5, 2022

Hours and hours spent on precise illustrations, fine-tuning skills and gathering inspiration. He sits at his desk, poring over sample designs and practicing, trying to perfect the strokes of the tattoo...

Senior Sabrina Blount poses for her soccer picture for Purdue. Blount said that she has always wanted to pursue soccer as a profession, and Purdue is the perfect place for that. “I fell in love with Purdue because of how nice people are, and I love the agriculture program, which is what I am majoring in,” Blount said.

Here’s the Kicker

Rachana Kommineni, Reporter May 4, 2022

For most of the year, she would go to the barn at 5:30 a.m. and feed, water and clean up her lambs' pen. Then she would head to school, then to soccer practice and then straight home. She completed most...

Senior Kellen Cao has enjoyed his time debating for CPHS and is gearing up for his college career at Princeton. He said he intends on continuing his piano career and combine his passions into something beautiful. “When I was first waiting for my decisions over the break, I wasnt sure If I was going to have tears of joy or sadness, Cao said. So lets just say I was more than excited to find out the news [about Princeton]. Stem is an area of my life that I really appreciate and is one of my passions. but no matter what I do, I hope  to integrate music into it as well.

There’s No Rebuttal In This Debate

Isaiah Prophet, Reporter May 3, 2022

 He wraps his papers and begins to speak, carefully meticulating words into notes to be played against his opponent. He had practiced this duel at home with his piano thousands of times, but now he was...

Sprinting down the court, senior Shelby Hayes looks to score against the Frisco Memorial Warriors. The Lady Timberwolves faced double overtime against the Warriors for the 5A State Championship on March 5 and won 45-40. “Playing in the Alamodome was an amazing experience,” Hayes said. “All the lights, how big it was and everything about the environment was so cool.”

She’s Always in the Hoop

Ally JohnPress, Editor-in-Chief May 2, 2022

Four time District Champion. Four time Academic All-District. Four time All-Region. Academic All-State. Three time All-State. McDonald’s Invitational All-Tournament team. Texas Association of Basketball...

Sophomore Bowie Wu takes a photo in front of a Honors Performance Series Poster in New York City. Wu qualified out of nearly 10,000 contestants to become one out of around 100 young musicians to perform at Carnegie Hall under director Kirt Mosier. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the email notifying me that I was accepted into the program,” Wu said. “I don’t remember too much about the etudes or the essay we had to write about ourselves, but I recall not thinking much of it. Experiences like playing at Carnegie Hall will stick with me forever as I continue to develop my playing.” 

From Cedar Park to New York City

Jaden Kolenbrander, Reporter April 5, 2022

He’s not in the school band, but sophomore Bowie Wu has made the most out of his bassoon talents and used it to achieve what few in the state, or even the world, could claim by winning a spot to perform...

Playing the euphonium, sophomore Adalia Stiglich marches in the 5A UIL Area marching competition on Oct. 23. Stiglich, who has been playing the euphonium since middle school, also plays the harp and piano. “I think I’m putting harp aside for the next two years to do something with euphonium,” Stiglich said. “I would like to try to make State with euphonium, but thats a lot harder than harp, so we’ll see what happens.”

Don’t Pluck My Strings

Ally JohnPress, Editor-in-Chief March 2, 2022

The auditorium goes silent as the spotlight shines on a stage full of instruments. As the lights dim, the classical music produced by the combination of wind, brass, string and percussion instruments fills...

Coaching the Cedar Park Bulldogs, a youth football team, senior Eric Skinner discusses the plays with the team. As part of his training company, Skinner Elite Training, Skinner develops the skills of the next generation of football players. “‘Next play’ mentality means if you make a mistake that’s okay,” Skinner said. “The play is over and move on. It’s not about if you make a mistake or not, it’s about how you react and recover from that one mistake.”

My Turf is Yours

Rachana Kommineni, Reporter January 5, 2022

Playing sports from fifth grade through his freshmen year, senior Eric Skinner has gained a lot of real world experience to become a coach, ultimately leading up to the creation of his company Skinner...

Unyielding to the opposing team, junior shooting and point guard Gisella Maul dribbles down the court. On Nov. 30, the varsity girls won their non-conference, home game against Waco University 59-29, adding to their overall 17-0 ranking but not contributing to district. “I feel like we’ve had a pretty tough schedule and they are all really good teams that we’ve played,” Maul said. “If anything the focus is more real [this year]. We still have something to prove and so we’ve been more focused and more determined because we know that we’re not just satisfied with winning one state championship, we have bigger goals in mind.”

Game on Fire

Anthony Whiting, Reporter December 16, 2021

Attention focused during the final quarter, she dribbles the ball to shoot from the three-point line. With double the responsibility of the normal player, she maintains a close watch on her teammates’...

Showing off his gold medal, senior Riley Pritzlaff poses for a picture alongside fellow UIL competitors and seniors Vyacheslav Adrianov and Aiden Seibel. Pritzlaff placed second in the UIL Congress Meet and will be advancing to the next round at the Texas State Capitol in January. “The first kind of debate that I got into when I first joined the Speech and Debate team was Congress,” Pritzlaff said. “So, making it to state my senior year is kind of a full circle for me, and owning my speech skills, learning this kind of thing, and having the opportunity and experience to debate all of these different ideas [with] these different people has been really cool.”

The ‘States’ Are High

Ruchi Sankolli, Assistant Editor December 9, 2021

After competing in the UIL Regional Congress Meet, senior Riley Pritzlaff, who won second place at the meet, will be advancing to the State tournament at the Texas State Capitol in January. Seniors Aiden...

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