![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)
Reminiscing In Memories at Season’s End
Basketball Players Share their Feelings Toward Weekend of Losses
Photo Courtesy of @CPLadyWolves on Twitter
Cedar Park Lady Timberwolves basketball team poses after first place success in the McDonald’s Invitational Tournament. The team finished 33-4 overall and broke school history by competing in the Regional Finals for the first time. “We had a lot of success this season, and shout out to our coaches for all the preparation they did to help us succeed the way we did,” senior guard Donya Yazdi said.
March 12, 2020
The basketball season for both girls and boys Timberwolf teams has come to a close. The boys team traveled to Hearane on Feb. 28 to compete against Lake Creek High School for the area title and fell short while battling for the Area title, with a final score of 44-52. The next day, on Feb. 29, the Lady Timberwolves went to Houston to play in the Regional Tournament but got defeated by College Station High School 50-54. Although both team’s seasons came to a swift end on the same weekend, they still remain positive.
The Lady Timberwolves players took the loss with a grain of salt, reflecting on the efforts that were given to make the team’s legacy a lasting one. The girls went farther this season than any Lady Wolves team in the history of Cedar Park, making it as far as the second game in the Regional Tournament that allows the top teams from the region to compete for a chance to advance to the state tournament.
“The loss hurt a lot because we had a huge chance to compete in state and win,” senior guard Donya Yazdi said. “But we played for each other and we gave our 110% every practice and every game and at the end of the day, that’s what matters.”
Similar thoughts about team effort were felt throughout the entire team.
“The loss hurt differently this year since we lost in the game that could’ve taken us to the state tournament,” junior forward Alisa Knight said. “I don’t have any regrets toward this season because something we always talked about is working our hardest on the floor to where even if we don’t like our outcome we know we played our hardest.”
The girls saw the end of the season as an opportunity to be thankful for the time spent together on the court and sharing the bond of teammates.
“This season meant a lot to me because these seniors I have grown up playing basketball with and the team chemistry allowed us to be so successful this season,” Knight said. “I hope our team chemistry remains intact despite the loss of our team leaders, the seniors.”
The boys team had similar feelings about the end of the season, reflecting back on the success of reaching the Area tournament and accomplishing a lot for the bond of the team.
“I’m not excited about losing in the second round, but overall we had a great season and it matured everyone on the team,” senior forward Luke Ferguson said. “I will cherish the memories I’ve made on the basketball court till the day I die; my teammates have grown to become my brothers and we have helped shape each other through the last four years.”
The Cedar Park Timberwolf boys varsity eats team dinner before their Area game. The boys finished 27-6 overall in the season and continue to set presidents for future timberwolf teams. “I’m not excited about losing in the second round, but overall we had a great season and it matured everyone on the team,” said senior forward Luke Ferguson.
Timberwolf players feel as though this season amplified connections between the players.
“This season was better because the whole team was close and we were all friends on and off the basketball court,” senior guard Jake Hester said.
Both teams value the importance of deep relationships among the players and believe that the key to success is through the trust and friendship that is rooted in an overall team effort.
“I want to tell future players to remember the importance of playing with and for one another,” Yazdi said. “Don’t bicker or fight because we’re a team. It’s us against everyone else. Give each other your best in everything you do and you’ll see results.”
