![Musical theatre class runs through “Footloose” during their dress rehearsal. Senior student director Mia Morneault says how much she’s enjoyed working with the cast and crew. “I am very proud of all the cast and crew who worked as hard on it as I have. A lot of people care about [this show],” Morneault said. “I have a lot of friends on the cast and on the crew, but I’ve also grown and gained friendships through the show, even as director where I may be a little more stricter than normal. And I am very grateful for everyone I’ve gotten to work with.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_0657-1200x800.jpg)
![Sitting in a line of artwork, senior art student Kaemon Kato’s painting titled “Right Side of History” is displayed for attendees of the district’s art showcase. Kato’s painting is a political piece inspired by a photo of elementary schoolers in the street protesting against ICE. “I think it's also symbolic because they're surrounded by snow, which can represent ICE, and they are still marching,” Kato said. “[The kids] are not stopping until equality or justice is served, which I think is really important to represent and show.” Photo by John Pinion](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-03-26-114740.png)
![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.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/edited-ILPC.jpg)
![Holding up the bi-district champions trophy, junior shortstop Hudson Cuevas cheers alongside his team. The varsity baseball team played in the bi-district round of playoffs against the Boerne Greyhounds April 30-May 2, where they won Game 1 6-4, lost Game 2 2-1 and won the last game 5-2, allowing them to advance to area. “Honestly, [my favorite] big moment that wasn't even part of my moment was Dom's grand slam,” Cuevas said. “That was a big game changer in Game 1 of round one that ultimately helped us win that game and even move on. It set the tone for the games after and has really impacted and sparked this whole playoff run.” Photo by Allie Tseng](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/allie-boerne00159-1200x800.jpg)
![After he takes the handoff, senior running back Trae Hill runs down the field in search of a first down. Hill rushed for three touchdowns in the 43-36 loss against Frisco Wakeland last Friday, but the Timberwolves were eliminated from playoff contention. “[I’m] just happy I got to experience the game with my brothers,” Hill said. “I’m going to remember how close and how enjoyable everything was with these guys. They are my brothers for life. Just waking up and grinding together, and proving the naysayers wrong [was my favorite part].”
Photo by Kyra Cox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/trae-hill-wakeland.jpg)
Celebrities Make Their Way to Nationals
The Celebrities on multiple awards at their Competition in Waco and are headed to Nationals.
March 2, 2017
After two successful weekends of competition, the Celebrities will head to Nationals in Galveston on Mar. 24-26. Their preceding dance meets were located in Waco and at Vandegrift High School, where the team won an abundance of awards.
“This season has been so rewarding,” senior Celebrities captain Hannah McQueen said. “We put in so much work into 2-3 minute routines, so it’s great to see all the hours of before and after school work pay off.”
The Celebrity officers won first in each of their dances in Waco and also had multiple finalists and first place winners, while at Vandegrift, the team’s ensembles took first, second and third.
“We did super awesome at both of our competitions,” junior line officer Gracie Walker said. “We still have nationals at the end of March, but our two competitions were very successful.”
To prepare for Nationals, the Celebrities are using their scores and feedback from regional contests to tweak their routines to improve their future scores and remain competitive.
“With these changes and addition of new routines to compete, the next month will be filled with a lot of ‘polishing’ practices,” McQueen said. “For the non-dancers out there, polishing is how we practice dancing at the same time and in the same way.”
Normally following competition season, the team goes straight into Spring Show and starts working on routines, but since they’re going to Nationals, that is their main focus right now.
“We’re jumping into this season with a little more on our plate but also with more energy in anticipation of the upcoming events this spring,” McQueen said.
Right after football season ended, the Celebs started learning more routines, and for the past couple of months they have had several after school practices and morning practices on top of their class period in order to get them ready for competition.
“The highlight of the competition was hanging out and performing with the team,” senior first lieutenant Claire Dunne said. “It’s so rewarding to see all our hard work pay off each time we perform.”
Being able to juggle school and practice together can be a challenge, but Dunne said she made it work.
“Sometimes it was hard to manage the extra practices on top of school work, but I really enjoyed it because competition season is one of my favorite times of year,” Dunn said.
The team dedicated a dance to their director, Stacy Danielson, who was diagnosed with colon cancer, and received a WOW award for their performance. The WOW award is a special award only given to very few recipients whose performances stuck out.
“I was so happy that we got to [perform the dance] again for everyone to see our passion and our purpose behind dancing,” Walker said.
