![The cross country team poses for the camera after finishing the district meet. The varsity boys, JV boys and JV girls all placed third and the varsity girls placed fourth. “Coach put in the right training for us for this season, so I think we will be peaking this week and the next couple of weeks,” varsity runner and junior Nathan Kukla said. “The chances of making it to state are very high, but we don’t settle for the lowest and there is always going to be that chance, so [we] race for the best.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Heidi-831-1200x900.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, Author Ehigbor Okosun, members of Page Turners, and other students reflect on the author's visit. “I thought the visit was great,” Senior Amia De Leon said. “It was interesting talking to her and [getting to know] her process and her thoughts and books in general. But I think the reason it went well [was that] people got to ask questions. I'm glad that she said so much in response to the questions and it wasn't just one and done. [The author’s responses] felt very articulate.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sebastian-5-1200x800.jpg)
![Standing in front of the field at a freshman football game, cheerleader freshman Jacob Gaudreau along with teammate freshman Bella Gibson pose for a photo during halftime of game. “[Cheer has] definitely given me a much more outgoing personality,” Gaudreau said. “I used to be very introverted, so it's definitely made me more extroverted towards people.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ingrid-204-1200x800.jpg)
![Holding a wooden pizza toy, senior Taylor Peterson plays with small children in Bucaramanga, Colombia. During the summer, Peterson traveled to Colombia to help build an elementary school that only had two classrooms but five or six grades with one teacher. “We add[ed] two more classrooms,” Peterson said. “It’s kind of hard when you have two or three grades in one classroom and you only have one teacher. It’s very hard to actually get some beneficial learning. [The extra classrooms will give the students] a better quality of education because they’ll actually have a place specific for their learning.” Photo by Taylor Peterson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-P.png)
![Swinging with his arm extended, senior Nolan Park hits the ball smoothly over the net and to the opponent’s side. Park is one of four varsity tennis captains and helped the team win district championships. “Winning district champs was a pretty awesome feeling,” Park said. “We had lost to Liberty Hill a couple of weeks before, but when we played them [again], we came out and really took care of business. We took them out and it was just a really awesome night.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kassidy-419.jpg)
![Standing proud, varsity senior athletes Rafael Escobar, Griffin Jacobs, Jakob Martin, and juniors Jackson Springer and Jack Morris pose with their newly earned medals. The varsity team finished third out of 14 teams on Sept. 25. “The team's primary goal is to win the district championship,” head coach Cody Price said. "We're confident that with our action plan in place, we can accomplish this mission. [For the next tournament], our preparation involves assessing our strengths and weaknesses, celebrating milestones and creating individual development plans." Photo courtesy of Cody Price](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/golf.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, the Varsity Tennis team celebrates winning districts. They played against Liberty Hill on Tuesday night and won with a final score of 10- 5. “We improved a lot even from the last game,” senior Blake Hillis said. “We lost against them the last time we played [Liberty Hill], but it was really close. It was just really important for us to win this match since it was the district finals. [When we won I felt] overwhelmingly happy, especially being there with my teammates and it being my senior year. It was just really great. It [felt] like a community.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tennis-Districts-e1728060882260.png)
Drumline Steals Third Place for Second Year in a Row
CPHS Drumline came in third place in their competition Dripping Springs that took place on Sept. 17. “We were competing with other very competitive drumlines and I was happy we could place as well as last year,” senior marimba player Courtney Fielding said. “I was most content with our level of execution without performance, and had no regrets, as I believed we played our hearts out and that we had one of the best run-throughs out there.”
September 30, 2016
For the second year in a row, the Cedar Park High School drumline placed third in their competition in Dripping Springs on Sept. 17 with a performance they have been working on for months. Vandegrift took first place, while Cedar Ridge came in second.
“I was very excited to win the outstanding front ensemble caption,” senior marimba player Courtney Fielding said. “It was a goal of mine to repeat our success we had last year, so I pushed my section to work toward it.”
The CPHS drumline excels in their craft because of practice, according to junior snare drum player Jacob Lewis. The group rehearses three times a week for about two and a half hours each rehearsal.
“We practice every morning and most afternoons and usually work on the weakest parts of the show,” Lewis said. “The rehearsal will continue to change to adapt to the parts that need most work. We will continue to build the ensemble in listening and playing together and work on technique and chops during the offseason.”
The 35 drumline members are a close knit group, and after their performance, the group got together to celebrate and were joined by previous drumline members who graduated.
“We had a BBQ cookout after our performance that the parents and family organized,” Fielding said. “It was nice to sit back and relax with friends and see old alumni who came to support us.”
Out of 20 high school drum lines in Texas, third place is a privilege, according to senior snare drum player Matt Johnson.
“I was pretty pleased with the results,” Johnson said. “We gave it our all, and there were just some groups who were better than us. They had older kids which is always a big factor, but I was pleasantly surprised to hear that we even placed. There were so many good groups there and to know that we were one of them even though three fourths of the drumline is freshmen and sophomores, I thought that was pretty cool.”
Check out Go Pro video from senior Nick Hedges.
