![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 fun ways to spend the day of love
January 29, 2016
Looking for a fun unique way to celebrate the day of love? Whether you’re celebrating with your significant other, or just some fine friends, these fun Austin experiences are sure to make the day of love one to remember.
The Blanton
200 E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Austin, TX 78701
Open from 1-5 p.m. on Sundays $5
What’s more romantic than a peaceful stroll through an art museum? Located on the UT campus, the Blanton art museum offers a wide array of art from renaissance classics to modern contemporaries that are sure to make you fall in love.
Zilker Gardens Picnic
2220 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78746
Open from 9-5 p.m. free
Whether you chose to go with your sweetheart, or just a Gal-entines group, a picnic in Zilker’s stunning botanical gardens will make a lovely use of your day. What more could one want than to be surrounded by good food and stunning topography.
Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive In Movie Theatre
1901 E 51st St, Austin, TX 78723
Show times vary $5
Possibly the most classic Valentine’s day idea on the list, Blue Starlite will be sure to please any classic movie fanatic’s Valentine’s day desires. On Valentine’s, the Drive In will be showing a few romantic classics: The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally and Moulin Rouge.
Restaurant Hop
Austin has a booming food scene. While a simple dinner may sound like a V-day cliche, doing a restaurant hop may change things up. By visiting several restaurants in one night you get your fill and an entertaining evening, order an appetizer here, a dessert there, and you’ve managed to get in a full meal and explore the city.
Main Event
13301 U.S. 183, Austin, TX 78750
Open 11 a.m. -12 a.m.
While it may sound a bit juvenile, spending your Valentine’s day at Main Event offers much fun to be had. Playing a game of mini golf, or bowling takes away the classic stress brought on by the day and leads to a lot of potential carefree fun.
Whether you’re stressing about your sweetheart, or just looking for a fun way to spend the day with friends, these Valentine’s day ideas are sure to lead to a fun filled day.
![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)
