![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)
Five days of Holiday fun
December 3, 2015
Looking for a fun winter date, or just something to do with friends? Enjoy the best of the holiday season with these five fun events!
1) Trail of Lights
2100 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704
Dec. 8-22, 7pm-10pm, free Mon-Fri, $3 Sat-Sun
Austin’s famed trail of lights will be open for its 50th year! Enjoy taking a festive stroll through the beautifully lit Zilker park with a special someone, or a group of good friends! The 1.25 mile trail will be decked out with fun lights, festive sculptures, live music, and food!
2) Ice Skating at Whole Foods
525 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
Nov. 29 – Jan. 11, 10am-9pm, $10 Sun-Fri
Enjoy a Texas rarity- ice skating! In true holiday spirit, Whole Foods has transformed the rooftop of their downtown location into an ice rink! For $10 you can snag yourself a pair of skates and day full of frosty fun!
3) Mozart’s Coffee Shop Light Show
3825 Lake Austin Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
Dec. 1 – Jan. 1, 6pm-1am (most nights), Free Sun-Fri
Enjoy a nice cup of hot cocoa while watching Mozart’s beloved light show. Playing tunes from the “Texas Fight Song”, all the way to “Wizards of Winter”, the show is sure to impress.
4) Chinati Court lights
Chinati Court, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Nov. 21 – Dec. 25, Free (donations to Brown Santa welcome)
A tradition special to Cedar Park, the Chinati cul de sac puts on a spectacular light show that includes a retelling of “The Night Before Christmas.” While the a stroll or drive through the lights won’t cost you anything, the residents will be taking donations to Brown Santa.
5) 360 Tree Decorating
360 Loop, Austin, TX 78703
All Holiday Season, Free (aside from the cost of decorations)
Get a group together a decorate your own little tree! In true Austin tradition, gather your friends and some cheap decorations to put a festive touch on the trees of 360! Remember to be safe on the hike up, and to come back to your tree after the holiday season to clean it up!
![Holding a microphone, baseball booster club president Chris Cuevas announces the beginning of the annual cornhole tournament. The event has been held for the past two years and is designed to raise money for the baseball program in a fun way. “We’re a baseball team, so people love to compete,” Cuevas said. “So we figured we better do something that gets [their] attention. They want to compete. It’s not a hard sport to do, and we have all different [skill] levels [of participants].” Photo by Henry Mueller](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Henry-715-1200x900.jpg)
