![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)
Celebrating the Life of Jay Sevier; Educator, Baseball Coach and Soldier
Courtesy of Brenda and Ron Sevier
When Jay Sevier joined the Army, his goal was to become an Army Special Forces “Green Beret.” Jay was only 2 months away from accomplishing his goal when he passed away in 2009.
September 9, 2016
The seventh annual “JayDay” will be at Zilker Park on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 11:30 a.m. Hosted in honor of former Cedar Park baseball coach, Jay Sevier, the event’s proceeds are to be used toward the Jay Sevier Memorial Fund, a scholarship awarded to selected students.
“JayDay is a wonderful time for all Jay’s friends and family to honor Jay and memorialize his life,” Sevier’s mother, Brenda Sevier, said. “Approximately 100+ attend each year to share memories about Jay. It is a time for all to honor this great man, our son that so many loved. Jay will never be forgotten, he will always be in our hearts.”
Sevier graduated from McNeil High School in 1999, then continued his education at Concordia University, with a Bachelor of Arts- Multidisciplinary Studies degree. Upon graduating, Sevier coached and taught at Cedar Park High School for a year until he joined the Army in 2007. Sevier completed Army Basic Training, Advanced Individual Training and Airborne School. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion 1st Special Warfare Training Group when he passed away on Sept. 19, 2009. On Oct. 1, 2009, Jay was awarded Posthumous Honorary Member of the Special Forces Regiment “Green Beret.” This honor was granted by the Secretary of the Army and is a very rare award.
“Jay was an incredible young man, he loved teaching and coaching,” administrative assistant, Linda Paris, said. “He left for the Army because he felt it was his calling to serve his country and fight for our freedom.”
His parents, Brenda and Ron, wanted to give back to Cedar Park by providing an annual scholarship to students. This grant is awarded by the baseball boosters to multiple Cedar Park seniors, regardless if they’re athletes or not. Potential candidates must fill out an application form and write an essay to be considered. The 2014 recipients include: Nick Gutierrez, Max Don, and Blake Bouffard, who now are attending in-state universities. The purpose of this grant is to aid graduates in paying for college tuition and expenses.
The JayDay festivities include Rudy’s BBQ, a washer tournament, a silent auction and raffle prize drawings. Registration is only $15 per person, and kids under 10 years old eat free.
“We are truly humbled and honored by the continued support from Cedar Park High School, friends and family,” B. Sevier said. “Jay’s memory will continue to touch the lives of Cedar Park High School students and staff.”
![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)
