![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)
![As senior Zane Claybrook catches the ball, the fans see the results of hours of practice and work. On and off the field, Claybrook has received help and motivation from people, along with all the work he put in. “Coach Hudson's always pushing me to be a better person, so that's helped [me become] better in football and better at life,” Claybrook said. “[My parents] made sure I got up when I needed to get up [and that] I wasn't late for anything. They’ve always pushed me to be the best person I could be.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zanec.jpg)
From Austin to Odessa, from green and black to orange and blue, from high school to college. With all of these transitions coming up for senior Zane Claybrook, there is at least one thing staying the same: football.
Claybrook has been on the varsity football team since his sophomore year, and he will continue his journey in college, after signing with The University of Texas Permian Basin, UTPB.
“[I’ve played football] since I was in first grade,” Claybrook said. “My family already did football, and I just always enjoyed watching it, so I tried it out.”
Claybrook said he has had many opportunities to grow on and off the field.
“I’ve grown a lot, [and I’m] just more mature than I was freshman year,” Claybrook said. “I’ve grown as a person overall, [and during my time on the football team] I’ve made good friendships and bonds with all the people around me. Even the underclassmen, I got to know them, [and I] got to know a lot more people.
Because of the strong relationships he has built, Claybrook said he has a lot he will be leaving behind once he leaves for college.
“[I will] definitely [miss] my friends [the most],” Claybrook said. “I’m going to college in Odessa so it’s going to be far, [and] I’m going to miss my friends.”
Although he will miss several things, Claybrook said he is looking forward to many opportunities and experiences at UTPB.
“[It felt] pretty good [when I found out I would be playing for UTPB],” Claybrook said. “I always knew I was going to play, but finding a home was a relief. They have a great football program [and] a great environment for me to grow [in]. They have a great community, [and I want to] make an impact there.”
Looking back on how far he has come, Claybrook said he has many people to thank for helping him along the way.
“Coach Hudson’s always pushing me to be a better person, so that’s helped [me become] better in football and better at life,” Claybrook said. “[My parents] made sure I got up when I needed to get up [and that] I wasn’t late for anything. They’ve always pushed me to be the best person I could be.”
