![Senior Jett Mckinney stores all the clothes in his own room, with half of it stored in his closet along with his personal clothes, and the rest taking up space in his room.
“There’s been times [when] there’s so much clothing stored here and it gets overwhelming, so I end up having to sleep somewhere else in the house,” Mckinney said.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DSC_0951-1200x800.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)
![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)
CPFB Falls to 0-2
Sophomore QB Ryder Hernandez rolls out to pass 8/31 vs Vandegrift. Hernandez will start at quarterback on Sept. 14 against San Angelo Central.
September 11, 2018
The Timberwolves took on the Cedar Ridge Raiders Friday night, after the original game was postponed due to rain. Though the Raiders came away victorious 34-28, there were some positive aspects that Cedar Park can take away.
QBs, senior Ryan Fiala and sophomore Ryder Hernandez, tossed for three combined touchdowns. Senior WR Carson Neel seemed to be Fiala’s favorite red-zone target, so the Fiala-Neel connection will be a dynamic duo to watch this season. Fiala suffered a concussion in the second half against Cedar Ridge, according to Max Preps. Hernandez said he will start in his place on Friday, opening the door to new combinations.
“I’m working with the [starters],” Hernandez said. “But that’s the only thing that has changed. Everyone can piece it all together this week and we can all buy in.”
The black rain defense had an up-and-down game, but continues to make plays in high leverage situations. DE Jacob Muñoz had 8.5 tackles, four of which were tackles for loss, according to Max Preps. DE Jesiah Whittington added three tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble. Hutson Mcgaughan also had a pick six of his own in the third quarter, which tied the game at 21.
“The key [to the game] was knowing that the guy beside would do anything for you and to trust in them,” Whittington said. “We finally bought into that idea and sold out for each other.”
The Timberwolves fell in the final seconds, after the offense couldn’t convert a fourth and goal. Junior Safety Tammer Alzer said he was satisfied with the team’s effort, despite the final outcome.
“The team never gave up,” Alzer said. “Even though we were down most of the game, we never put our heads down, we never blamed each other; we just came out and played to the very best of our ability.”
The road ahead doesn’t get any easier, as the 2-0 San Angelo Central Bobcats come to Gupton Sept. 14, followed by a road contest at Katy Cinco Ranch before starting district play.
“We have already improved on playing together and communicating as a team,” senior OL Luke Shafer said. “Everyone had a ‘next play mentality.’ I’m looking forward to seeing all of our hard work pay off next week.”
![Holding a microphone, baseball booster club president Chris Cuevas announces the beginning of the annual cornhole tournament. The event has been held for the past two years and is designed to raise money for the baseball program in a fun way. “We’re a baseball team, so people love to compete,” Cuevas said. “So we figured we better do something that gets [their] attention. They want to compete. It’s not a hard sport to do, and we have all different [skill] levels [of participants].” Photo by Henry Mueller](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Henry-715-1200x900.jpg)
