![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)
Playoffs End For Girls’ and Boys’ Varsity Soccer
Boys’ and Girl’s Varsity Soccer Both Knocked Out Before State Semifinals
Junior Sabrina Blount attempts to take the ball from the Dripping Springs team. Despite their loss in the game, Blount thinks the team performed well this year. “What inspired us to get this far was the constant practice and encouragement that came from Coach Pollard and the support from each team member,” Blount said.
May 6, 2021
During the Class 5A Region IV championship match on April 9, the girls varsity soccer team lost to Dripping Springs 2-0 in a game that would have ensured their advancement to the State semifinals.
The loss came after a string of victories against schools like Alamo Heights, Southwest, Boerne-Champion and McAllen, in a performance that placed them as top-tier competition in State UIL.
“It was so unfortunate after the good results of our playoffs,” girls’ team captain, senior Breland Mungia, said. “The team tried to coordinate against Dripping Springs’ defense, but we just couldn’t break through the line. After their penalty kick and the intermission, all momentum went towards Dripping Springs.”
Despite this loss, the girls team still has wins under their belt over their tenure in the playoffs. Regarding a 7-0 win against Southwest on March 30, five team members scored goals in a victorious game whose point margin was only third to Foster’s win against Wisdom at 12-0 and Boerne-Champion’s win against Floresville at 11-0. Their win against McAllen was also a highlight, as the 4-0 result meant they were only one step from State semifinals.
“The team did really well this year,” defense and junior Sabrina Blount said. “What inspired us to get this far was the constant practice and encouragement that came from Coach Pollard and the support from each team member.”
The boys varsity team had high hopes earlier this year as well, but their playoff journey ended after a 1-0 loss to Southwest on April 2. One new addition to the team this year came in the form of midfielder and senior Parker Forbes, who joined last October and became their leading goal-scorer.
“I think we built a solid foundation and they will continue to work hard and develop into a great team next year,” Forbes said. “Southwest scored an unfortunate goal in the first half and then after that, they played really defensively. Of course, it’s easy to say we could have prepared more and played harder looking back, but I’m happy with our performance.”
