![Taking a breath as he raises his arm up and out of the water, sophomore Kaden Padilla swims the 500 freestyle at the UIL state meet on Feb. 21-22. Padilla placed 10th overall and second in the consolation final in the event, dropping two seconds. “My family was there, so being able to drop time for them was really special,” Padilla said. “It was awesome [finding out I advanced to the consolation finals]. I wasn’t expecting it, and I was very surprised. My parents being there definitely made me a lot happier knowing they got to see me swim in finals.” Photo by Skyler King.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/kaden-padilla.jpg)
![Meeting together on the field, the girls celebrate their victory after beating Liberty Hill in the first round of districts. They won 2-0, continuing their undefeated streak. “Playing soccer just takes all of your stress away, [and]
it's a good mental break from school and family,” Pack said. “I go and I forget literally everything that's going on because I'm only focused on soccer, so I continue to play because it's a good outlet.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/soccer.jpg)
![Standing over the Backwash Holding Tanks, a LISD apprentice clenches onto the fire hose to clean off built-up debris. She is currently an apprentice at the Water Treatment Plant, supervised under Zeke Gil. “Our intern has been good,” Gil said. “She's come in and picked up our labs and our day to day operations pretty well. So I think [the apprenticeship] is a good thing.” Photo Courtesy of Eddie Aguilar](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/water-1-1200x800.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, sophomore Olivia Mahlmeister and seniors Samantha Jameson, Adhit Eswaramoorthi and Justin Khadavi celebrate completing first chamber in the Congress Meet. All four students advanced to the final chamber. “Out of the 20 kids in the final chamber, we had a seventh, ninth, 11th and 13th, and they took the top four to move on to state,” AP US History and Debate teacher Josh Marsh said. “[Even though] we didn't make state this year, all four of them moving on [and] placing is phenomenal.” Photo courtesy of Josh Marsh](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-Regional-Congress-Team.jpg)
![Lined up along the wall, the class banners from previous graduating classes are displayed in the library. The banners will be moved to the cafeteria, but librarian Keri Burns said she enjoyed the school spirit they brought to the library. “For visitors and non-students, [the banners] are just a nice glimpse to get a little piece of what it was like at that time or what was important to them,” Burns said. “It's like a little visual time capsule.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/banners.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)
![Three defenders try to stop senior point guard Hope Edwards before the ball leaves her hands. The girls basketball team faced Liberty Hill on Feb 21, losing 58-40. “[My season was] definitely bittersweet,” Edwards said. It's definitely sad [because] I'm gonna miss all my teammates, my coaches and just the whole CP environment.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/julia-128-1200x800.jpg)
After a 1-0 win over Pieper High School last night, the varsity girls soccer team will face Barbers Hill Friday in the UIL State Semi-Final game at College Station High School. A win on Friday will send the T-Wolves to the State Championship Game for the first time since 2001.
“I knew we had the talent and to finally show it and see the girls believe in themselves, I’m just super proud of them,” Head Coach Winston Pool said. “We’re going to celebrate, but we’ll be back to work to prepare [for Friday]”.
Senior captain and striker Meredith Koltz scored the lone goal in the second half of the game with senior defender Sofia Peters coming up with the lone assist.
“It was so surreal [when I scored the goal], I think I screamed really, really loud,” Koltz said. “It was just very rewarding because I know how hard our team has worked. We worked our absolute butts off and it gave a result. We could have definitely scored more, but to be the person that scored the goal to send us to state for the first time in forever, it felt so special.”
A strong performance from sophomore goalie Jemma Hart and the T-Wolves defense led to another shutout on the season. The team has yet to have an opponent score a goal on them in the playoffs.
“[The team helps me on the field] because everybody keeps really high energy and celebrates every good thing that happens,” Hart said. “We just make sure everyone stays with everyone and stays on top of everything even if you don’t excel at it. Everyone’s just staying very motivated on and off the field.”
After ending the first half 0-0, Pool said the team made minor adjustments to ensure business was settled in the second half.
“I told the girls we can have it zero zero by halftime, that’s a win for us,” Pool said. “We just moved some people in and out of positions to close the game. It was a phenomenal performance from the girls on the field.”
The T-Wolves have a statistically close matchup ahead of them as Barbers Hill is coming in with a 24-3-2 record and .248 goals against average. However, the Lady T-Wolves sport their own .386 GAA and a 23-2-1 record. Koltz said this year’s team is different, as the practice and preparation is not what brings the wins, but rather the dynamic they have fostered on the team.
“There’s nothing we can’t do together,” Koltz said. “If I make a mistake it’s not like ‘oh do this better’ it’s more like ‘hey, we got this, we can stick together’ and we’re working for each other. Not a single person wanted this goal by themselves, we’re all with each other and we’re just a big perfect family.”
