![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)
CPFB Season Comes to Heartbreaking Close
Timberwolves fall to Manor, 17-14, in the third round of the playoffs, ending the 2019 campaign.
Junior QB Ryder Hernandez rushes for a first down in the game against Manor on Nov. 8. The second time around against Manor, the Mustangs got their revenge on the T-Wolves. “We couldn’t move the ball and finish drives,” junior QB Ryder Hernandez said.
December 2, 2019
Three weeks after defeating Manor on senior night, the Timberwolves had to face a Mustangs team hungry for revenge. The Mustangs got their revenge in a 17-14 victory, advancing them to round four to play Shadow Creek, a squad who knocked Cedar Park out of the playoffs last season.
Offensively, the Wolves were only able to generate one scoring-drive, a rushing TD by junior WR Josh Cameron. The other TD was scored by the defense via scoop n’ score. Turnovers and penalties also killed numerous drives for the offense.
“We couldn’t move the ball and finish drives,” junior QB Ryder Hernandez said.
The defense played a great game; in the first half, the offense repeatedly put them in poor position by giving the Manor the ball near midfield, but the Black Rain held up nicely, and even generated a few turnover-on-downs. Senior DE Ben Bell had a scoop n’ score off a Manor fumble in the second half. All season long, the defense was the strength of the team and kept the T-Wolves in games when the offense struggled.
“[We] trust each other, execute the game plan and make plays when we need to,” senior S Tammer Alzer said.
Fortunately for Cedar Park, they won’t have to wait long to have a shot at revenge against Manor; since Manor is an in-district opponent, the Wolves will see them next season.
“Obviously we gotta go grind this offseason so we don’t have this feeling again,” Hernandez said.
Though it was a heartbreaking finish, seeing Manor kick a chip-shot FG to clinch the game, it was not a season that will soon be forgotten. The Wolves took back the district title, which was one of the biggest goals coming into this season, and finished with an 11-2 record.
This was the last time the seniors took field, and though it was emotional at first, looking back on the season as a whole, it’s hard to hang their heads after seeing all the success.
“All our success this season as a team was unbelievable in how we came together and fought until the end,” senior RB Jonathan Stockwell said. “In every close game, we played as a team and lifted each other up. This year, we weren’t [just] teammates; we were a family. On and off the field we will always be a family.”
The 2019 campaign is one to remember forever, especially for class of 2020.
