![Jumping off the ground, senior linebacker Bennett Patton snatches the ball out of the air for an interception at Thursday’s game against Chaparral. Patton had two interceptions in the 56-14 victory, tying the school record for interceptions in a game. “I was just playing the game,” Patton said. “[I’m] going to go into next week, forget about it and stay humble.” Photo by Harper Chapman](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/bennett-interception.jpg)
![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.jpg)
![As he sprints with the ball, senior running back Trae Hill breaks a tackle during Friday’s 35-14 loss against the Vandegrift Vipers. Hill ran for 135 yards and two touchdowns during the game. “[Scoring] was electric,” Hill said. “It always feels good to score, but the O-line did everything.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_0795allie.varfb_-1200x799.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)
![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)
![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 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)
![Clutching the ball to his chest, senior running back Trae Hill takes a handoff from junior quarterback David Cooper in last year’s 49-46 victory against Vandegrift. This year, Cedar Park plays Vandegrift Friday at Monroe Stadium, with both teams entering the game at 0-1. “[There were] a lot of good things but also some bad things that we could work on,” Cooper said after last week’s loss. “Our offense is going to keep on working and so is our defense. We’re going to be a different team next week.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Addie-24-1200x801.jpg)
The varsity football team prevailed over the Chaparral Bobcats, 57-14, on Thursday night in the first game of district play.
“I thought we did great,” senior running back Trae Hill said. “We fought to the nail.”
Cedar Park started off strong with two touchdowns and a field goal in the first quarter. By midway through the second quarter, they had scored 23 unanswered points.
The Bobcats responded with a touchdown, the first of two in the game, then failed to convert on a two-point attempt, before Cedar Park scored a field goal to end the half.
“We played hard in the first half,” head football coach Michael Quintero said. “There’s a lot of mistakes that have to be corrected [though]. I thought we had a better second half.”
The Timberwolves scored 31 points in the second half, while Chaparral scored 7. The victory was anchored by a strong defensive performance, with three interceptions and a fumble recovery.
“I thought we played physical,” Quintero said. “Our tackling was a lot better. [We] had that ‘bend but don’t break’ mentality.”
Senior linebacker Bennett Patton had two interceptions, tying the school record for interceptions in a game.
“I was just playing the game,” Patton said. “[I’m] going to go into next week, forget about it and stay humble.”
Sophomore defensive back CJ Rogers also intercepted a pass in the victory. It was his first interception playing on the varsity team.
“It felt great [to get an interception],” Rogers said. “I manifested it all week. I was like ‘I know I’m going to get one’, so when I saw it in the air, it was just a blessing.”
Other notable performances included Hill with 220 rushing yards and five touchdowns, junior quarterback David Cooper with 206 yards and 2 passing touchdowns and senior receiver Jamal Porter with 81 yards on six receptions and a touchdown.
The win was the team’s first home victory of the season, after losing to Harker Heights in the season opener and playing the next two games away from Gupton.
“It felt pretty good [to win at home],” Patton said. “We had a boost of energy.”
The win brought the Timberwolves to 2-2 on the season and 1-0 in district play, heading into next week’s win against Rouse.
“It’s just another game, another roadblock that we have to get over and through if we want a district championship,” Quintero said. “We just need to keep preparing like we are and keep moving forward.”
