![The cross country team poses for the camera after finishing the district meet. The varsity boys, JV boys and JV girls all placed third and the varsity girls placed fourth. “Coach put in the right training for us for this season, so I think we will be peaking this week and the next couple of weeks,” varsity runner and junior Nathan Kukla said. “The chances of making it to state are very high, but we don’t settle for the lowest and there is always going to be that chance, so [we] race for the best.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Heidi-831-1200x900.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, Author Ehigbor Okosun, members of Page Turners, and other students reflect on the author's visit. “I thought the visit was great,” Senior Amia De Leon said. “It was interesting talking to her and [getting to know] her process and her thoughts and books in general. But I think the reason it went well [was that] people got to ask questions. I'm glad that she said so much in response to the questions and it wasn't just one and done. [The author’s responses] felt very articulate.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sebastian-5-1200x800.jpg)
![Standing in front of the field at a freshman football game, cheerleader freshman Jacob Gaudreau along with teammate freshman Bella Gibson pose for a photo during halftime of game. “[Cheer has] definitely given me a much more outgoing personality,” Gaudreau said. “I used to be very introverted, so it's definitely made me more extroverted towards people.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ingrid-204-1200x800.jpg)
![Holding a wooden pizza toy, senior Taylor Peterson plays with small children in Bucaramanga, Colombia. During the summer, Peterson traveled to Colombia to help build an elementary school that only had two classrooms but five or six grades with one teacher. “We add[ed] two more classrooms,” Peterson said. “It’s kind of hard when you have two or three grades in one classroom and you only have one teacher. It’s very hard to actually get some beneficial learning. [The extra classrooms will give the students] a better quality of education because they’ll actually have a place specific for their learning.” Photo by Taylor Peterson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-P.png)
![Swinging with his arm extended, senior Nolan Park hits the ball smoothly over the net and to the opponent’s side. Park is one of four varsity tennis captains and helped the team win district championships. “Winning district champs was a pretty awesome feeling,” Park said. “We had lost to Liberty Hill a couple of weeks before, but when we played them [again], we came out and really took care of business. We took them out and it was just a really awesome night.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kassidy-419.jpg)
![Standing proud, varsity senior athletes Rafael Escobar, Griffin Jacobs, Jakob Martin, and juniors Jackson Springer and Jack Morris pose with their newly earned medals. The varsity team finished third out of 14 teams on Sept. 25. “The team's primary goal is to win the district championship,” head coach Cody Price said. "We're confident that with our action plan in place, we can accomplish this mission. [For the next tournament], our preparation involves assessing our strengths and weaknesses, celebrating milestones and creating individual development plans." Photo courtesy of Cody Price](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/golf.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, the Varsity Tennis team celebrates winning districts. They played against Liberty Hill on Tuesday night and won with a final score of 10- 5. “We improved a lot even from the last game,” senior Blake Hillis said. “We lost against them the last time we played [Liberty Hill], but it was really close. It was just really important for us to win this match since it was the district finals. [When we won I felt] overwhelmingly happy, especially being there with my teammates and it being my senior year. It was just really great. It [felt] like a community.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tennis-Districts-e1728060882260.png)
What to Look Forward to in the World of Music
January 26, 2018
2017 was an interesting year for music: hip-hop/rap music passed rock as the most popular music genre for the first time in history, marking a shift in the music consumer culture in the U.S.
As further assurance that hip-hop has shifted to the role of the most prominent music genre in America, these artists dominated the top music albums of the year with seven appearances in the top 10 list. Pop music also performed well in the charts during 2017 with Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift leading the way, securing two spots in the top 10 music albums list. This shift in the popular music vote from rock to hip-hop/rap signifies the start of a new era of music, and 2017 was just the beginning.
Keeping that in mind, here are a few highly-anticipated music albums to look forward to in 2018:
- “Culture II” – Migos
Although this one has already released in late January, I’m still going to include it in this list due to its massive popularity. Quavo, Offset and Takeoff release the highly-anticipated sequel to their 2017 album “Culture,” which was nominated for best rap album of the year for the 2017 Grammy Awards. Many fans of the trio can’t wait to get their hands on this album, so be sure to check it out to see why many rap fans are calling Migos one of the best in the genre.
- “Man of the Woods” – Justin Timberlake
Switching to a well-known pop artist who has been making chart-topping hits since 2002, a new Timberlake album is always something to look forward to if you’re a pop music fan. Following up 2016’s “The Book of Love” original motion picture soundtrack collaboration with Mitchell Owens, “Man of the Woods” is sure to be a pleasant gift to start off the year for any fans of Justin Timberlake.
- “Little Dark Age” – MGMT
An EDM/electronic pop-rock superpower, MGMT is finally releasing another album after fans had to endure the long wait from 2013’s self-titled “MGMT” album. Despite their well-known hits and widespread success across the globe, MGMT is a fairly young band with “Little Dark Age” being only their fifth full-length studio album. This factor makes me excited to see what they have in store for fans in their 2018 release because of the unpredictability of where the band will go with their music next.
- “Always Ascending” – Franz Ferdinand
Last but definitely not least on this list are rockers Franz Ferdinand (whose name is based off of the historical Hungarian Archduke of the same name). Coming out swinging with the iconic 2004 hit “Take Me Out,” on their self-titled debut album, Franz Ferdinand has been producing major rock hits since their beginning. Similar to MGMT, Franz Ferdinand has also kept its fans waiting on a new album since their 2013 release “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action,” so finally receiving a new album from this group is highly anticipated among fans of the band.
In no way is this list complete, nor did I cover every major future album release of 2018, but these were just a few albums that are coming up in the new year that might be worth checking out. Many artists have yet to announce the future release of an album in 2018 and many more have yet to put release dates on said album releases as well, so be sure to keep and eye out for your favorite artist in 2018. Hopefully this list made you aware of upcoming albums in 2018 and gave you a few options as to who you might want to listen to in the new year.
