![Senior Jett Mckinney stores all the clothes in his own room, with half of it stored in his closet along with his personal clothes, and the rest taking up space in his room.
“There’s been times [when] there’s so much clothing stored here and it gets overwhelming, so I end up having to sleep somewhere else in the house,” Mckinney said.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DSC_0951-1200x800.jpg)
![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)
![Looking down at his racket, junior Hasun Nguyen hits the green tennis ball. Hasun has played tennis since he was 9 years old, and he is on the varsity team. "I feel like it’s not really appreciated in America as much, but [tennis] is a really competitive and mentally challenging sport,” Nguyen said. “I’m really level-headed and can keep my cool during a match, and that helps me play a bit better under pressure.” Photo by Kyra Cox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hasun.jpg)
![Bringing her arm over her head and taking a quick breath, junior Lauren Lucas swims the final laps of the 500 freestyle at the regionals swimming competition on date. Lucas broke the school’s 18-year-old record for the 500 freestyle at regionals and again at state with a time of 4:58.63. “I’d had my eye on that 500 record since my freshman year, so I was really excited to see if I could get it at regionals or districts,” Lucas said. “ State is always a really fun experience and medaling for the first time was really great. It was a very very tight race, [so] I was a bit surprised [that I medaled]. [There were] a lot of fast girls at the meet in general, [and] it was like a dogfight back and forth, back and forth.” Photo by Kaydence Wilkinson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kaydence-2.7-23-edit-2.jpg)
![As her hair blows in the wind, senior Brianna Grandow runs the varsity girls 5K at the cross country district meet last Thursday. Grandow finished fourth in the event and led the varsity girls to regionals with a third place placement as a team. “I’m very excited [to go to regionals],” Grandow said. “I’m excited to race in Corpus Christi, and we get to go to the beach, so that’s really awesome.” Photo by Addison Bruce](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/brianna.jpg)
ACL in a nutshell; music-lovers gather ‘round
Standing in front of the entrance at the 2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival, sophomore Vanessa Martinez takes a picture with her friend. “ACL was really great this year,” Martinez said. “I had a lot of fun.”
October 20, 2014
This year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival took place at Zilker Park Oct. 3-5 and 10-12.
Performers ranged from Eminem and Iggy Azalea to Lana Del Rey and Pearl Jam.
Music lovers from all over come to Austin to see the ACL performances, and many famous and soon-to-be famous artists display their talents in front of thousands of people.
One of those people is junior Sophia Ranous, who enjoyed the concert immensely.
“My time at ACL was amazing and I’ll probably remember it forever,” Ranous said. “It was my second time going and I loved it both times. My favorite performers were Lana Del Rey, Rebelution and Eminem. I cried during Jhene Aiko’s performance. I’ll definitely be going again next year.”
Music lover senior Savannah Sencenbaugh, has been to ACL each year and enjoyed every second of it.
“It was an amazing experience this year, there was great weather, and amazing people,” Sencenbaugh said. “I got to see bands I’ve been wanting to see for years, my favorite performers were Eminem, Outkast, Paolo Nutini, Lana Del Rey, Iggy Azalea and Nikki Lane. ACL is getting better each year, and now that it’s two weekends I can see the people I loved from the first weekend again the next.”
Someone else who enjoyed the different varieties of music genres was sophomore Savannah Duran.
“I enjoyed ACL very much this year, it was my first time going,” Duran said. “I definitely enjoyed Childish Gambino, Eminem, and Calvin Harris. I’d love to go again next year.”
Another fan of rap who had a good time is sophomore Vannesa Martinez.
“It was super fun and it was really great to discover new artists as well as listening to some of my favorite ones,” Martinez said. “My favorite performers were Lana Del Rey and Childish Gambino. I’ll definitely be going next year.”
Another first-timer is senior Evan Rosenthal, who will also be returning next year.
“It was a good experience, and the first time I’d ever been for all three days so it was really fun and packed,” Rosenthal said. “I went for the first weekend. My favorite performers were Skrillex and Fitz and the Tantrums. The Head and the Heart was a really great performance that everyone should go see, and I plan on returning next year.”
![Holding a microphone, baseball booster club president Chris Cuevas announces the beginning of the annual cornhole tournament. The event has been held for the past two years and is designed to raise money for the baseball program in a fun way. “We’re a baseball team, so people love to compete,” Cuevas said. “So we figured we better do something that gets [their] attention. They want to compete. It’s not a hard sport to do, and we have all different [skill] levels [of participants].” Photo by Henry Mueller](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Henry-715-1200x900.jpg)
