![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)
On the sidelines, where whistles blow and crowds erupt, a different team works quietly but tirelessly. Dressed in polos instead of pads, sports medicine moves with purpose, taping ankles before kickoff, hauling coolers across turf, and scanning the field for signs of trouble.
At sports games, the athletes aren’t the only ones putting in hours of hard work. From setting up benches and water stations to running into the field when an injury occurs, sports medicine handles every detail of preparation for athletes’ health and safety. They are assigned specific roles, follow strict rules during games and practices and keep athletes hydrated and cared for.
“During games, we each have a specific role and responsibility to prevent, treat and run to help injuries,” junior sports medicine student Naomi Acuna said. “It is common knowledge that we are not supposed to make conversation with anyone else but the trainers or someone who needs our help.”
The daily schedule for the program is also demanding, according to Acuna. Students are expected to arrive at the training room by 4:45 a.m. to begin treatments, and late arrivals are not tolerated.
“Our coach says that if we are early, that is okay, but if you are on time, you are late, and if you are late, do not show up,” Acuna said.
During practice, students watch their assigned position groups while standing for nearly two hours. They monitor athletes, prevent injuries and provide water breaks under strict rules that forbid distractions.
“We must stay standing the entire time, and we cannot, [under] any circumstance, use our phone or get distracted,” Acuna said.
Beyond football, the program serves other sports as well. Different class periods take turns setting up drills, handing out water and completing assigned projects.
“Sometimes, I even get to class late because there are no real breaks,” Acuna said.
Even with the challenges, many students remain motivated by their goal for the season. Some aim to sharpen taping skills, while others hope to guide new members of the program.
“I am really hoping to fully learn how to tape everything more efficiently and more neatly, such as ankle wrapping,” sophomore sports medicine student Anthony Hernandez said.
For many, the best part of the program is the relationships formed throughout work.
“My favorite part of the program is just simply interacting with the players and getting to know them,” Hernandez said.
