![Throwing the ball, sophomore shortstop and third baseman Hudson Cuevas completes a play to first base at the scrimmage against Round Rock on Feb. 4. Installation of new turf on the fields has relocatedthe team to practicing on the grass fields and at a batting cage center off of Lakeline called D-Bat. “Our players have attacked this challenge,” Head Coach Ben Huffman said. “We’re just having to shift locations from a day to day basis. [But], the boys come out and wherever and whatever we’re doing they just try to get better every day.” Photo by Alyssa Fox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hudson-1200x800.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, sophomore Olivia Mahlmeister and seniors Samantha Jameson, Adhit Eswaramoorthi and Justin Khadavi celebrate completing first chamber in the Congress Meet. All four students advanced to the final chamber. “Out of the 20 kids in the final chamber, we had a seventh, ninth, 11th and 13th, and they took the top four to move on to state,” AP US History and Debate teacher Josh Marsh said. “[Even though] we didn't make state this year, all four of them moving on [and] placing is phenomenal.” Photo courtesy of Josh Marsh](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-Regional-Congress-Team.jpg)
![Standing in front of a small audience, senior Kimberley Walters shares a social criticism poem titled “Pity the Nation” by Lawrence Felinghetti. Every month, sponsored by the poetry club, the library hosts a poetry reading. “I never thought I would be interested in [poetry readings] because I’m not the biggest poetry fan,” Walters said. “I think poetry is a very succinct way to express feelings and get a story across. Whereas lots of books have a span of a whole story, but it’s put in a lot of words. The power of poetry is that you can be so succinct within, and there’s a lot of power within the words that are used.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KIM-1200x800.jpg)
![Posing with their trophy, the varsity cheer team takes a picture following their sixth place performance at the Universal Cheerleading Associtation’s National High School Cheerleading Competition. This was the highest the team has placed in school history. “[Breaking the record] is like more than I could ask for, so I’m really proud of them,” Head Cheer Coach Nadira King said. “It’s so exciting because now they have the confidence and they’ve had a little taste of something good. I think that will be good for our future as a program.” Photo Courtesy of CPHS Cheer](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cheer.jpg)
![As the support team sits and poses for a photo in the cafeteria with the counseling team they eagerly wait to start their day. "We [all] seem to be a team, I get up every day and there's days where I don't want to go to work today, but I'm thankful that I have a job and I'm blessed to have what I have," Christopherson said. Photo Courtesy of Julie Weltens.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AF9E8470-10D7-4C91-BF28-EC8F86BAB66C-1200x852.jpeg)
![Officer Stephanie Cash is in her second year as an SRO at CPHS. “Seeing [students] grow over the years has been kind of cool,” Officer Cash said. “Freshmen that [are] all over the place and then in the next couple of years get a little more squared away and go to class and do work and start thinking about the future. Being a part of a student's growth is the best way to measure my success as an SRO.” Photo Courtesy of Cedar Park Police Department's PIO, Alicia Gallagher.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CPHS-SRO-900x1200.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)
![Taking a breath, senior Parker Huang cuts through the water while swimming the 100 breaststroke at the district meet on Jan. 23. Huang advanced to the regional meet in the 100 fly, 100 breast and 200 medley relay. “It’s been really exciting to see everyone make it [to regionals],” Huang said. “There’s been a lot more people who have been advancing than last year, so it’s really awesome to see that.”
Photo by Skyler King](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/skyler-swim-district.jpg)
Buc-ee’s gas stations are known for a lot of things; their stunning bathrooms, their famous red-cap-wearing beaver mascot and their vast amount of fudge, roadside snacks and barbeque. On top of that, Buc-ee’s, located in Katy, Texas, has the longest car wash in the world. My family visited this car wash a couple of weeks ago to see if it was really as cool as people online said it was.
When I first saw the car wash I thought to myself, “huh, it doesn’t really look that long.” Honestly, I don’t think many people are competing to have the longest car wash in the world because, while it’s 255 feet in length, it just looks like any old car wash. However, I told myself that while it didn’t look very long, it would probably feel like a long car wash.
When we entered the car wash, the first thing I noticed was that it felt very bright. Usually, when I go into car washes, they are kind of dark, but this car wash had a lot of natural light streaming in from the windows. There was also this fun little arch at the beginning that said “Here we go!” and “We got you covered!” The natural light and words of encouragement from the entrance sign definitely gave this car wash a happier feel than other car washes.
Besides its size, another thing that sets the car wash apart is its use of color. From the blue and red washers to all the banners hanging up, there were lots of different vibrant colors used. However, nothing was as colorful as the foam Buc-ee’s used to clean the cars. Ranging from purple to yellow to green to blue, it was like a rainbow rained down from the sky onto our car during this car wash. It was very exciting to see the colors cover all the windows until we were trapped in a pinkish-purpleish foam.
On our adventure though this car wash, my family took our large 12-passenger van with us. Unfortunately, the big side door on our van is broken right now, so it doesn’t close all the way. So, we got to experience the multi-colored foam on the outside of the car as well as on the inside of the car.
We weren’t long into the five-minute wash before the colorful soap started to ooze through the opening of the door and into the van’s interior. All of us started screaming for no reason as we rushed to find the paper towels. Luckily, the foam was only dripping on the well of the car, so none of the seats got wet. Strangely enough, my family decided that this added excitement made the carwash a lot more fun and it definitely made it a memorable experience.
Overall, it just felt like going through a carwash three times. I think I now know why there isn’t much competition to be the world’s longest car wash, because why would a car wash even need to be long? All it needs to do is clean the car and make it shiny. It doesn’t take 255 feet to do that. But, if you’re ever in Katy, Texas, I would still recommend checking it out because while it wasn’t as “wow” as I wanted it to be, it was still a fun experience.
