![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)
![Sucking in a breath of air, freshman Lily Pope competes in the 200 yard individual medley. On Oct. 25, the swim team competed in the AISD Swim Invitational. Overall, the girls team took second place and the boys team came in eleventh. “My favorite stroke is butterfly because I do the best in that stroke,” Pope said. “I feel like [butterfly] can test how [your ability] to convince yourself to keep going. The hardest part of swimming is convincing yourself to stay strong and keep pushing during a hard race [when] everything is tired.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/POPE-1200x804.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)
This Friday the Cedar Park Timberwolves hosted the Stony Point Tigers. Cedar Park was looking to continue their district streak and improve to 5-0. Cedar Park had their hands full as Stony Point was 47th in the nation and 4th in state. Going into the Timberwolves and the Tigers were tied for first spot in district 16-5A play. A win for either team would boost them to the only remaining undefeated team in the standings.
As Cedar Park took the field, everyone looked in the huddle to see if quarterback standout Nathan Thornhill would be there. Nobody found him. In the Vista Ridge game, Thornhill got injured and he wasn’t able to play in the Stony Point game. Due to Thornhill sticking to the sidelines the whole game, Sophomore Brian Hogan, and Junior Matt Posey took the snaps. For the both of them it was their first career start. Hogan led the team with 161 rushing yards, and nabbed three touchdowns. The sophomore also had Cedar Park’s game winning touchdown; a one yard drive with 1:31 left remaining in the 4th quarter. Cedar Park star, Holmes Onwukaife picked up a fumble in the third quarter to set up the Cedar Park offense inside the Tiger 15 yard line. To close out the first half, cornerback Ryan Roberts caught an interception. During the fourth quarter Onwukaife recovered a fumble near midfield. That fumble eventually led to Hogan’s game winning score.
Cedar Park’s black rain defense completely denied Stony Point’s running backs, holding the tigers to just 166 yards on the ground. With leading passer Aaryn Sharp out for the Tigers, Gus Barrera had to take the reins. Barrera was pushed to his limits and out of his comfort zone throwing for only 120 yards.
This 28-21 win was a huge momentum builder for Cedar Park. Going into the Cedar Park game, Stony Point was ranked 4th in state, and hadn’t lost a game since 2007. That loss ironically was given to them by Cedar Park as well. With this win Cedar Park is the only undefeated remaining in the district 16-5A standings, and moved up to the 17th spot in state. The Timberwolves also gained national recognition as USA today recognized their achievements with information on the game included on their website.
Cedar Park had a great game against the tigers but, they’re not out of the woods just yet. This Friday, Cedar Park will travel to the Palace and face the Westwood Warriors and their star running back, Princeton Collins. We wish the Timberwolves good luck as they continue their hunt for a district title. Go Cedar Park.
