![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)
FCA: A Growing Community in CP
Seniors Dalton Hayek, Mason Brooks, and Allen Grones pray together before the first football game of the season Sept. 1.
September 14, 2017
Over 25 members from all over campus come to Fellowship of Christian Athletes to discuss the news about the Bible, and how this can help them in their everyday life.
“FCA helped me be less stressed with school,” junior Garrett Uranga said after the Sept. 7 meeting.
Senior Hunter Howe has been elected by sponsor Cami Jenschke and club members to lead the meetings. The meetings will consist of doughnuts and many life lessons from people with active lives.
FCA sponsors 5th quarter, an annual event that will happen after the homecoming game Friday at Gupton starting at 11p.m. This will be an opportunity for the students of CP to come together and celebrate the greatness of God. The event will also include ultimate frisbee, multiple games, free pizza and a lesson from youth pastor, Dusty Brewer, about being student athletes and being in the Word.
“5th quarter has been an exciting event for all of the students to come together and have a better connection with God,” Howe said.
It’s not just students that come to an FCA meeting, it is some of the teachers on campus, too. Teaching English I and II, with a Master’s degree in Religious Education, Mr. David King loves to come to all of the FCA meetings and talk with the students about life lessons based off of the Bible.
“FCA had a big impact on my life,” junior Matthew Villarreal said. “It helped me find a new view on Christ and helped me open up.”
FCA meetings occur every Thursday in the Lecture Hall starting at 8 a.m.
![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)
