![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)
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.
![The fire department came to the school after students were evacuated when smoke started coming from the ceiling of a classroom. All students and staff are safe. “All of my friends left their stuff too, so we couldn’t contact our parents, and it was stressful,” senior Brynn Fowler said. “It was scary because I didn’t know [what was going on], and I couldn’t find anyone because it was a big crowd.” Photo by Anthony Garcia](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/firetruck-300x200.jpg)
