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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

The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

Opening their backpack, a student puts away their phone. The Texas state legislature passed House Bill 1481 this fall, which banned phones in public schools. "Hopefully we'll see more engagement and instruction in the classroom and more consistent engagement throughout the lesson,” Dean of Instruction Jennifer Colman said. “People defaulted to using their phones, so hopefully it'll be more consistent in engagement, less distraction. And I think it's good for all of us to take breaks from our phones.”

Silenced Screens

Safiye Yumusak, Reporter September 19, 2025

Phones being hurriedly stuffed into backpacks as teachers walk by, secret trips to the bathroom to text friends, or the loophole of having a MacBook -- whatever it may be, many students have been asserting...

As he sprints with the ball, senior running back Trae Hill breaks a tackle during Friday’s 35-14 loss against the Vandegrift Vipers. Hill ran for 135 yards and two touchdowns during the game. “[Scoring] was electric,” Hill said. “It always feels good to score, but the O-line did everything.”

Battle of the Bite

Skyler King, Assistant Editor September 8, 2025

The varsity football team lost to the Vandegrift Vipers in a 35-14 game Friday night at Monroe Stadium.  “Everyone wants to beat Vandegrift,” senior running back Trae Hill said. “They’re our...

After making a catch, junior receiver Brayden Jahns runs towards the end zone, dodging defenders at the football game against Harker Heights on Friday. Jahns scored a touchdown in the game, which the Timberwolves lost 52-35. “It was during crunch time,” Jahns said. “We needed a score, so I made sure I got to the end zone.”

A Knight to Remember

Skyler King, Assistant Editor September 2, 2025

The football team opened the season with a loss to Harker Heights, 52-35 at home Friday night. The Timberwolves started off strong with a touchdown less than two minutes into the first quarter. By the...

Posing with their UIL State Trophy, the Robolobos Van Halen Team beams with excitement after their win. “It was a team effort,” junior Noah Vo said. “I was happy because something happened in the first match and the match was also really close. So [when] they finally revealed it, I was pretty happy.” Photo courtesy of Amy Lovelace

Drive to Success

Mia Morneault, Reporter May 22, 2025

Sweat dripping off their forehead down to the controller, weaving in and out of obstacles and stacking cones onto one another, the timer ends, and the FTC Robotics team erupts in joy. On May 11  the Robolobos...

Smiling at the camera, sophomores Audree Hearnsburger, Haley Evans, Emma McDougal, and junior Lucy Wigert pose for a picture after qualifying for state CDEs in their first year as a team. The girls competed on May 3 and placed 38th overall out of over 80 schools. “Making it to state was such a game changer,” sophomore Haley Evans said. “I’m so proud of us. I’ve never made it to state for anything, so I was really proud of both me and the girls. No matter how we did, I’m just super proud of us for making it to state.” 
Photo courtesy of CPHS FFA

The Judge of Excellence

Alyssa Fox, Reporter May 19, 2025

With clipboard in hand, the girls go their separate ways as a bundle of nerves sets differently in each of their bodies. They finally take a deep breath. They know it’s time to make all the hours of...

Broadcast, yearbook and newspaper combined for 66 Interscholastic League Press Conference awards this year. Yearbook won 43, newspaper won 14 and broadcast took home nine. “I think [the ILPC awards] are a great way to give the kids some acknowledgement for all of their hard work,” newspaper and yearbook adviser Paige Hert said. “They typically spend the year covering everyone else’s big moments, so it’s really cool for them to be celebrated so many times and in so many different ways.”

In The Headlines

Skyler King, Reporter May 15, 2025

Whether they’re writing, designing or producing content, the journalism program works hard all year capturing the most important moments for everyone to look back on. Broadcast, newspaper and yearbook...

The Tracks Yearbook staff has finished making this year’s yearbook. The theme for this year’s book is “Bigger & Better,” and is organized on a weekly basis. “It was something new that we’ve never done before,” junior assistant editor Addison LoSurdo said. “I think we really delivered on how we did it and worked together to create each spread. The amount of new content, clubs and people that we were able to show on these spreads was a lot more than last year, so I think we should just be really proud of ourselves.” Graphic by Julia Seiden

Turning a New Page

Julia Seiden, Reporter April 28, 2025

It’s almost everyone’s favorite day of the school year...yearbook distribution day. The day that everyone excitedly trades yearbooks with all their friends. Colorful pens and markers litter the desks...

Walking students through an in-class rat dissection lab, Anatomy and Physiology teacher Tyler Terry helps them connect rat anatomy to a human’s. Terry also teaches Medical Microbiology, Practicum in Health Science: Pharmacy Technician and is the HOSA sponsor. He expects district-proposed budget cuts to negatively impact class sizes in the coming school years. “It’s going to be a real challenge to try to reduce the number of teachers and squeeze the same number of students into fewer classes,” Terry said. “Classroom management is going to become more difficult for teachers, and students are probably going to feel even more cramped. It’s really hard to give individual one-on-one attention to every student who needs it when the class gets that big.” Photo by Allie Tseng

Budget Deficit to Cause Staffing Cuts

Kacey Miller, Editor-in-Chief April 9, 2025

After six years of no state funding increases for Texas public schools, unfunded state mandates and inflation rates, the district is facing a $21.2 million deficit as they plan the 2025-26 school year...

Lining the center of the room, several printing presses make copies of Community Impact’s latest newspaper. Junior Skyler King shadowed at Community Impact for her Career Investigation Day where she got a tour of the printing press and spoke with several employees including one of the head editors and a designer. “I really think [my favorite part] was talking to the designer,” King said. “Before I thought I really wanted to focus on just pure writing with journalism, but I thought what she did was maybe even cooler and it really made me rethink what I want to do, like if I want to do social media design, or graphic design or something like that.”

A Day in the Life

Kaydence Wilkinson, Assistant Editor April 5, 2025

Doctor or Nurse? Architect or Interior Designer? Police Officer or Firefighter? With so many career options to choose from, it can be challenging and stressful for students to decide which path they’d...

Coyote Chaos

Mia Morneault, Reporter April 4, 2025

Over the past couple of months, several locals in the Twin Creeks area on social media are claiming that coyote sightings have only increased in recent days. This has caused many members in the community...

Driving towards the net, senior captain and striker Meredith Koltz scores the game winning goal to send the T-Wolves to State Semis. The team will face Barbers Hill Friday to attempt to make it back to the State Championship for the first time since 2001. “There’s nothing we can’t do together,” Koltz said. “If I make a mistake it’s not like ‘oh do this better’ it’s more like ‘hey, we got this, we can stick together’ and we’re working for each other. Not a single person wanted this goal by themselves, we’re all with each other and we’re just a big perfect family.” 
Photo by Alyssa Fox

Final Four Frenzy

Alyssa Fox, Reporter April 2, 2025

After a 1-0 win over Pieper High School last night, the varsity girls soccer team will face Barbers Hill Friday in the UIL State Semi-Final game at College Station High School. A win on Friday will send...

Celebrating a goal, senior defender and captain William Gray poses for the camera. The team finished second in district with a 9-2-3 record. “I am, of course, very proud of this team,” Gray said. “But, we aren’t satisfied. We want to keep winning and go as far as we know we can in the playoffs.”

A Goal-don Season

Alyssa Fox, Reporter March 25, 2025

The varsity boys soccer team will take on the Harlandale Indians at 7:00 p.m. tonight in New Braunfels in the second round of the playoffs. The team was crowned Bi-District Champs after a 5-1 victory over...

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