![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)
With Friday Night Football fading, CPHS is making the transition to basketball season in a big way. With the revamp of the SRO, or Standing Room Only, section, basketball games could be as huge as football.
The student section will offer free food and drinks to students at select games sponsored by Maggiore’s, Shake’s, and Cover 2. Also, people in the SRO section will have the opportunity to play games and win prizes at halftime at all the home games.
The sole purpose of the SRO section is to fire up the crowd and our varsity basketball players. Most players say it improves their game play, including junior point-guard Cole Price.
“If we score a basket and the crowd goes wild it motivates us,” Price said.
The SRO is more than a section; it’s a club. Like all other clubs, it counts on a college application as student involvement. Every club needs a captain, and the SRO club is no exception. It is the captain’s responsibility to rally the stands and encourage the team as much as possible.
Sophomore guard Trey Knight says every bit counts during the game when it comes to team spirit.
“It’s easier to play when there are people cheering for you,” Knight said. “It’s more fun.”
The captain position is open for all students, including underclassmen. The captain will be elected by the students based on school spirit and creativity. Once elected, the captain will be required to attend all home games and preferably attend away games as well. The SRO captain should lead chants and start crowd pleasers like “The Wave” and “The Rollercoaster.”
Anyone interested in trying out to be the SRO captain can apply through twitter @cp_basketball.
