![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)
Lady Wolves Earn Championship at First Tournament
Varsity Girls Basketball Start Season with Wins Over 6A Teams
The Lady Wolves Varsity basketball team poses for a picture at the Austin Bowie Be-YOU-Tiful Tournament. The team plans to continue their success at the McDonald’s Invitational Tournament this weekend. “We’re ready to compete against ranked 6A teams and get better for the bigger picture which is winning state,” senior player Donya Yazdi said.
November 21, 2019
The Lady Timberwolves varsity basketball team attended the Austin Bowie Be-YOU-Tiful Classic tournament on Nov. 14-16. This was the team’s first official tournament of the upcoming season, and even though they had only a few players, the Wolves took away a championship and had two players named on the all-tournament team.
“We didn’t have a lot of preparation before the games, but we were able to adjust on-the-fly to the competition,” senior player Megan Pish said. “That ability will help during the upcoming tournaments when we have very little time to watch the film and study up on the opposing teams. Since we returned eight to varsity this year, we have a lot of experience, but the younger girls are still raw players who need experience. The tournaments will expose the girls to higher levels of varsity play before district games.”
During the Bowie tournament, only eight players from the Cedar Park girls varsity basketball team were healthy enough to play in the games. Seniors Megan Pish and Takara Holst, and freshman Shelby Hayes were unable to play due to injuries that prohibited them from stepping onto the court during the tournament. On Thursday, the first official day of the tournament, the Lady Wolves played the 2018 state champions in the 6A division, Judson High School, and won 46-36. In their next game of the day, the team played their rivals from last season, Laredo United.
“Laredo is a very short team, but extremely scrappy to play against,” senior player Nicole Leff said. Nevertheless, the Lady Wolves emerged victorious with a final score of 76-55, setting a precedent for their upcoming season to conquer past challenges on the court.
On Friday, the team faced their only loss of the tournament against Plano East High School and lost by seven points.
“We were down 14 points at the end of the third quarter, but the thing about our team is we don’t give up, and we got the lead down to five, but they kept making free throws and we ended up losing the game 48-55,” said Leff.
The Lady Wolves pushed forward despite their loss, and ended up winning the championship in the silver division of the tournament. Their first game of the day was against O’Connor High School.
“It was a close game until the fourth quarter and we pulled away after struggling from foul trouble from all five starters,” Leff said. After that win, the team faced McKinney High School in the championship game and won by just three points, the final score of the game was 57-54.
Following the games of the tournament, Leff and freshman position Giselle Maul made the all-tournament team, which means that they were voted as the best players out of all the teams at the tournament.
“It felt great knowing that I impressed the people well enough to where they considered me one of the best players in the tournament,” Maul said. “I think I did my role on the team, nothing too extra, I just played well throughout the tournament,”
On Nov. 21-23, the team attends their first invitational tournament, the McDonald’s Texas Invitational Tournament, and hopes to continue their win streak in Pasadena.
“It’s a blessing to be invited to the best tournament in the state, considering we are 5A,” senior Takara Holst said. “We’re looking forward to the competition and the experience as a whole.”
