![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)
Speech/Debate places high in practice UIL Meets
January 15, 2014
**Update** Feb. 26, 2014
The CPHS Speech/Debate Team attended the A&M Consolidated UIL Meet Feb 21-22. Here are the results:
Informative Speaking
Annie Hooper – 5th place
Persuasive Speaking
Isaac Jochemson-1st Place
Poetry Interpretation
Maddy King-5th place
Prose Interpretation
Caitlin Orr-4th place
Abby Bevers-1st place
Current Issues
Isaac Jochemson-4th Place
2nd Place Team-Isaac Jochemson, Jake Herrick, Nate Smith, Claire Cantrell, Olivia Waide
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Ben Baldazo, broke to Octo Finals
Blake Rice and York Westenhaven broke to Quarter Finals
Evan Grosch-1st Place
Cedar Park High School Speech/Debate Team took 1st Place Speech Sweepstakes.
As Academic UIL gets into full swing, the speech and debate team make their mark at the Blanco UIL meet on Sat. Jan 11. Results are as follows:
Evan Grosch- second place Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
Eunice Lee- tied for third place in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate. This was Lee’s first time competing.
Donghee Han- made it to quarter finals in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
Eddie De La Garza- sixth place in Persuasive Speaking.
The team will continue their competitions througout Jan, Feb and March, with the ultimate goal to advance to the State meet at the University of Texas on May 19-21.
![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)
