![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)
If you are in the eyes of relevant media, you have probably seen the TikTok trend of AI turning a picture of you into a beach model with a spray tan, followed by asking the internet if you look like a “Kook or a Pogue.” For those who have no idea what this means, they are talking about a series known as “Outer Banks,” where Kooks are the rich and the Pogues are poor, yet both groups are attempting to get more money through treasure hunting. Since season one, I have always been rooting for the Pogues; this new season is no different. It got me even more excited for the uprising of Poguelandia.
On Oct. 10, Netflix introduced the first part of season four of “Outer Banks,” hinting at what twists and turns co-creators Shannon Burke, Josh Pate and Jonas Pate have in mind. This season is filled with mystery as the team of Pogues return home with the treasure from El Dorado, finally settling down…or not.
The rivalry between Pogues and Kooks has recurred throughout the series. The Pogues continue to search for treasure because they are done with the Kooks’ mistreatment. The Pogues include characters John B. Routledge, JJ Maybank, Kiara Carrera, Pope Heyward, Sarah Cameron and Cleo Anderson. Season four is not short of this rivalry, even more so after Ward Cameron’s death in the previous season.
Unexpectedly, we see some character development from Rafe Cameron, who, in the previous season, showed signs of intense jealousy and hatred toward his sister. Could it be because of his lover Sofia, or is he finally done with his lifelong feud with his sister Sarah? Even Topper, another territorial Kook, seems to feel sympathy for the Pogues even after the betrayal from his ex-girlfriend Sarah, who surprisingly joined the Pogues after season one when she fell in love with John B.
As the characters get older, they face more mature challenges as they continue on their same old adventures. The Pogues meet old enemies turned allies, and each faces dire circumstances as the first part of season four ends. How will Josh Pate and the other directors finish this story where the Pogues come out on top? What exciting challenges will they face, and how will the audience cling to their seat in anticipation of part two, which comes out on Nov. 7?
I truly enjoyed part one of the new season, especially the sibling dynamic between the group of Pogues. If I were to give it a rating based on a five-star scale, I would give it a 4.5/5 because the directors gave an excellent build-up to what part two would be about. I finished part one on the edge of my seat, expecting more, waiting for more, only to be left with the cliffhanger of the decade. I expect part two to be even better, hoping they will show more character development and alliances. I recommend watching the other seasons first, but hurry and watch because once you get to season four, that cliffhanger only makes you more thrilled for the next part.
