![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)
Senior Spotlight: Mak Sexton
May 9, 2018
“How does he throw that far?”
“Who is that?”
“Oohs” and “Aahs” can be heard from the crowd as Quarterback Mak Sexton throws 70-yard passes in his pregame routine.
Over the course of his three-year varsity football team tenure, Sexton threw for 4,759 yards and 53 touchdowns. While these numbers are unheard of for a high school QB, they could’ve been much bigger. In the 2017-18 season, Sexton’s career with the Timberwolves came to halt mid-season due to injury.
Sexton broke his femur bone in an October game against the Georgetown Eagles at Gupton Stadium. Sexton said that while this injury affected his high school football career, it will not stop him from playing this sport in college.
“[The injury] didn’t really affect my [college decision] at all,” Sexton said. “I definitely had concerns about whether colleges would still want me to come play at their school, but every school I’ve talked to said that injuries are a part of the game. I broke a big bone so it’s going to grow back even stronger.”
The former high school star will be attending Pittsburg State University in Kansas this upcoming fall to pursue football. The discipline that I learned from the winning culture here at Cedar Park and from all the coaches and relationships that I’ve built here at Cedar Park, and I think I’ll remember it for the rest of my life. — Mak Sexton
“I went on five college visits and sat down [with my parents] and really boiled it down to two,” Sexton said. “I really like the coaching staff [at Pittsburg State]. They have a new offensive coordinator that I like a lot and I think it’ll be a good experience for me.”
Through his high school career, Sexton played on the varsity team for three seasons, and started for two. He said that the things he has learned in the past few years will travel with him into college.
“[These three years] meant everything to me,” Sexton said. “The discipline that I learned from the winning culture here at Cedar Park and from all the coaches and relationships that I’ve built here at Cedar Park, and I think I’ll remember it for the rest of my life.”
![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)
Justin Ballou • May 30, 2018 at 9:31 am
Thank you? I wish him all the best in college! Forever CPFB!
Jill Sexton • May 10, 2018 at 6:04 am
What a wonderful article! I wpuld like to thank the Wolfpack team, and all of the Cedar Park, LISD community, and countless other opposing schools, players, coaches, and fans, for their support of Mak. We were overwhelmed, by the out pouring of cards, and well wishes, after he was injured. But even before his injury we would often be approached, by opposing team fans, telling us how they were impressed with his althletic ability, and his character. We know that the CPHS family helped build that character! Mak doesn’t have a brother, so his teammates filled that role. They battled together, for four years, and we know that he NEVER forget his Timberwolves family!!! #alwaysatimberwolvesfamilyatheart