![Holding up T-wolves, the tour group poses for a picture in the Chinese classroom. Sophomore Lydia Ou, junior Phu Trung and senior Yushan Pan gave a tour to Taiwanese diplomat Andrea Yang on Nov. 8. “I was so excited when I heard I would get to give the tour because it’s a big deal,” Ou said. “She’s from the US embassy for Taiwan, so she’s really important. I’m so privileged [to get this opportunity] and I’m so excited.” Photo by Skyler King](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Main-Taiwan.jpg)
![Students drew chalk art in honor of Veterans day. This is just one of many things the school does to show appreciation to veterans, and the art will remain in the courtyard as a reminder of all of the veterans who served their country. “On veteran’s day, I think it’s a great thing we do at school to honor people that served [who are] at our school or family members,” English teacher and cheer coach Nadira King said. “It makes me feel proud, and it makes me remember the [veterans].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Capture.png)
![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)
![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)
Cedar Park Eliminates Biggest District Threat
Wolves defeat Hippos in Nail Biter; 20-16 Win for CPFB
Photo courtesy of CPHS Football Smugmug
Showing their American Pride, CPFB enters the field before their match up against Hutto on Oct. 20. The Wolves beat the hippos 20-16 in a close game. “The atmosphere was awesome,” Hernandez said. “Our student section was out there loud and proud and they definitely had an effect on the game.”
October 22, 2019
On Oct. 19, 2018, the Cedar Park Timberwolves were fighting back from an 0-2 start, looking to win their sixth game in a row against who was eventually named the District Champion: the Hutto Hippos. The game on that night was cold, wet and rainy, and the Wolves ended up taking their third loss of the season, 65-21 against the Hippos.
Last Friday, when the two top teams in the district met in FOX Sports’ Game of the Week, Hutto with a 6-0 record, and Cedar Park sitting at 6-1, the weather was better, with fall temperatures finally coming to central Texas, but the intensity was the same. This time though, a turnover on downs in the last minute of the game gave the Wolves a 20-16 win over unbeaten Hutto.
“Playing a really big game in front of a lot of fans and media made it exciting for the whole team,” junior WR Preston Scott said.
Hutto has been rolling over teams this year, and although the Hippo offense has a strong running and receiving core, the black rain was able to hold the Hippos to 16 points, 10 in the first half and six in the second. Hutto has a breakout player that plays on both sides of the ball named Dajon Harrison. Harrison was the biggest test for the black rain to shut down so far this season, and sure enough, the secondary held him to only three catches, despite his average of 35.7 yards per reception, according to MaxPreps.
“There was a lot of hype about him,” junior LB Javion Mays said. “We had a game plan and our job was to execute it. We took it like any other team, and we came out and held [Hutto] to the least amount of points this year.”
The game started off slow, as both defenses showed that they had what it took to put up a fight. The score after the first quarter was 7-3 with Hutto in the lead, and the Timberwolves were held on offense without scoring until the very end of the first half, as junior QB Ryder Hernandez connected with Scott after he got around the corner and put up a 62-yard touchdown to tie the game at 10-10 going into halftime.
One of the biggest stories from the game was the fact that Hernandez was sick during the game. He was hooked up on IV’s all night on Thursday, as he was throwing up a ton, according to head coach Carl Abseck’s interview with KVUE. Hernandez continued to push through and he played hard all game, as he converted on a 16-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
“I just made sure that I had a lot of fluids,” Hernandez said. “Also, just seeing my teammates out there fighting with me gave me that extra energy that I needed to be able to make it through the game.”
After conquering their biggest test of the season so far, CPFB looks to win out in the regular season and earn a spot in the UIL 5A State Playoffs, beginning with a matchup against Pflugerville on Nov. 1.
“To the outside, [beating Hutto] may say something,” Hernandez said. “But as a team, we’ve known what we have since spring ball. We know the kind of team that we have and nothing that anybody says can change that.”
![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-300x201.jpg)
