![Musical theatre class runs through “Footloose” during their dress rehearsal. Senior student director Mia Morneault says how much she’s enjoyed working with the cast and crew. “I am very proud of all the cast and crew who worked as hard on it as I have. A lot of people care about [this show],” Morneault said. “I have a lot of friends on the cast and on the crew, but I’ve also grown and gained friendships through the show, even as director where I may be a little more stricter than normal. And I am very grateful for everyone I’ve gotten to work with.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_0657-1200x800.jpg)
![Sitting in a line of artwork, senior art student Kaemon Kato’s painting titled “Right Side of History” is displayed for attendees of the district’s art showcase. Kato’s painting is a political piece inspired by a photo of elementary schoolers in the street protesting against ICE. “I think it's also symbolic because they're surrounded by snow, which can represent ICE, and they are still marching,” Kato said. “[The kids] are not stopping until equality or justice is served, which I think is really important to represent and show.” Photo by John Pinion](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-03-26-114740.png)
![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)
![Holding up the bi-district champions trophy, junior shortstop Hudson Cuevas cheers alongside his team. The varsity baseball team played in the bi-district round of playoffs against the Boerne Greyhounds April 30-May 2, where they won Game 1 6-4, lost Game 2 2-1 and won the last game 5-2, allowing them to advance to area. “Honestly, [my favorite] big moment that wasn't even part of my moment was Dom's grand slam,” Cuevas said. “That was a big game changer in Game 1 of round one that ultimately helped us win that game and even move on. It set the tone for the games after and has really impacted and sparked this whole playoff run.” Photo by Allie Tseng](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/allie-boerne00159-1200x800.jpg)
![After he takes the handoff, senior running back Trae Hill runs down the field in search of a first down. Hill rushed for three touchdowns in the 43-36 loss against Frisco Wakeland last Friday, but the Timberwolves were eliminated from playoff contention. “[I’m] just happy I got to experience the game with my brothers,” Hill said. “I’m going to remember how close and how enjoyable everything was with these guys. They are my brothers for life. Just waking up and grinding together, and proving the naysayers wrong [was my favorite part].”
Photo by Kyra Cox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/trae-hill-wakeland.jpg)
![Posing with their trophy, the varsity cheer team takes a picture following their sixth place performance at the Universal Cheerleading Associtation’s National High School Cheerleading Competition. This was the highest the team has placed in school history. “[Breaking the record] is like more than I could ask for, so I’m really proud of them,” Head Cheer Coach Nadira King said. “It’s so exciting because now they have the confidence and they’ve had a little taste of something good. I think that will be good for our future as a program.” Photo Courtesy of CPHS Cheer](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cheer.jpg)
The dim lights cast a shadow over the girls as the announcer’s voice booms over the speaker, school after school being announced in placement order. The team locks hands, some of them biting their lips out of nerves. Finally, they hear the words “Cedar Park” float throughout the arena, euphoria filling their bodies as they realize the feat they’ve accomplished.
Over the course of Feb. 7-10, the cheer team competed at the Universal Cheerleader Association National High School Cheerleading Competition. The squad earned 6th place overall in the Varsity Coed Division I Non Tumbling Game Day Division, the highest the team has placed in school history with a raw score of 91.2.
“I am so unbelievably proud,” Head Cheer Coach Nadira King said. “We have a very young team, so that was a little scary. It was kind of like a start-over year, but they just really stepped it up and they just got better and better with every competition that we went to.”
Throughout the three days of performances, the divisions are cut down to the final seven teams in the nation. Competing in a new division, the team placed 2nd in the prelims run, which senior backspot Kate Bremer said gave them the initial confidence needed for the historic run.
“Prelims was a shock to us because no one was expecting it,” Bremer said. “I think it did make us feel more confident about the next two days, so it wasn’t as much of a surprise that we made it to finals. It was so reassuring.”
The squad advanced to nationals after receiving a bid at UCA Regionals in November. However, they fell short of finals at the state competition this year, and experienced venue technical difficulties at UCA Nationals last year that halted their run in the semi-finals. Junior Captain Sophia Struve said the team used the setbacks as motivation throughout the entire competition.
“We really just wanted redemption going into nationals,” Struve said. “[Making it to finals] was very exciting and it just felt like a weight was lifted off our shoulders. We were just so happy to be there at finals for the first time in a few years.”
With only seven seniors on the team, Struve said the motivation to do well for them was important for the team before their finals performance, which would also be the final performance on a cheer team for several of the seniors.
“Being backstage before our last time [performing], and knowing that it was our last time especially with the seniors, we had nothing to lose,” Struve said. “We were just going to go out there and do what we’ve trained to do. We all just kind of pump each other up.”
Bremer said the seniors feel very proud to leave a legacy of their squad having the school record of 6th place overall in their division.
“It just almost validates our hard work, but also just makes us proud because we did it as a team,” Bremer said. “I think in every performance that we did, we just gave everything that we had, so that we could be proud of ourselves.”
With only a few seniors graduating, King said the future is very bright for the cheer squad.
“[Breaking the record] is more than I could ask for, so I’m really proud of the [team],” King said. “It’s so exciting because now they have the confidence and they’ve had a little taste of something good. I think that will be good for our future as a program.”
