![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)
![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)
![Smiling at the camera, the Varsity Tennis team celebrates winning districts. They played against Liberty Hill on Tuesday night and won with a final score of 10- 5. “We improved a lot even from the last game,” senior Blake Hillis said. “We lost against them the last time we played [Liberty Hill], but it was really close. It was just really important for us to win this match since it was the district finals. [When we won I felt] overwhelmingly happy, especially being there with my teammates and it being my senior year. It was just really great. It [felt] like a community.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tennis-Districts-e1728060882260.png)
Softball Looks to the Future as Current Season Concludes
Sophomore Mackenna Raby winds up for a pitch on Mar. 9 against Cedar Creek. The Timberwolves won the game 11-1.
April 18, 2017
As their season begins to wind to a close, the softball team is looking to gain momentum heading into next season. Well represented by all four classes, the Lady Wolves head into their final three games looking to pick up big wins to help roll into next season. This year has been a little disappointing for the girls, but that doesn’t change their mindset for the future.
“What we don’t have in experience we make up for in heart,” senior Lindsey Buggi said. “Everyone gets a chance to show what they’re made of and that’s what I like about coach Jenschke. You’ll always have chances to prove you’re worth playing. That says a lot because you’re going to make mistakes, but what matters is what you do after them.”
A theme of the season has been the dominant presence of underclassmen. With the majority of the lineup composed by freshmen or sophomores, the T-Wolves look to be a team which will compete for a district championship in the near future.
“The impact on the team has come from the younger players,” head coach Cami Jenschke said. “We are a very young team, and have been starting three freshman and three sophomores, only 2 of which started last year.”
In district play, the Wolves have shown the potential to be a contender, and the tendency has been to win big. In six district wins, the ladies have outscored their opponents 57-11, usually winning their games comfortably. This signals the possibility of a bright future for the girls.
“Knowing that we are a young team just gives us a lot of hope for the future because we have more opportunities to foster our potential and work into better players,” sophomore Kate Marshall said. “It’s also cool because, even though we have bonded right off the bat, we get more seasons to bond as a team and learn to trust each other more. I think we have a really good foundation of talented girls to get better for the future.”
As this season draws to a close, the Lady Wolves are looking to finish strong and gain momentum heading into the off-season. They have two games left, one of them being at home. The last chance to see them in Cedar Park is Tuesday, Apr. 18, as the Timberwolves take on Hutto. First pitch of the varsity game is at 7 p.m., with the JV game happening before it. Cedar Park will welcome the Lady Hippos at Cedar Park’s softball field.
