![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)
Boys and Girls Track team place at State
Senior Javelin Guidry runs at the Hutto Relays on March 3. After Regionals he progressed to State where he won gold in the boys 100 meter dash. “Before the race I fix my start, give glory to God,” Guidry said. “At the State meet, it felt like I had to win.”
May 25, 2016
On Thursday May 12 and Friday May 13, two CPHS seniors won gold in the State Track meet in Austin. Senior Kiki Onwukaife took first in shot put, her farthest throw being 45’4.52.” For Onwukaife, this was her fourth time going to State for shot put and her second time winning gold.
“I had made it a goal of mine at the beginning of the year, it was the last meet of my high school career and I wanted to make it count,” said Onwukaife.
Javelin Guidry competed in the boys 100-meter dash and finished in first with a time of 10.41 seconds.
“I was a little nervous when we started, but I was confident that I was going to win,” Guidry said. “When I was running I kept thinking ‘relax, relax, relax.’ After the race, when I went to see my time, I was so excited and happy to see how well I had done.”
Nine members of the track team went to Regionals in late April, including juniors Chika Onyia and Holly Ruckle. Onyia competed in two track and two field events, the field events were the long jump and high jump, the track events were the 4×1 and 4×2 relays. Onyia placed fourth in both the high jump and long jump, and the team placed sixth in the 4×1 relay.
“It was awesome to get to Regionals, but since I’d gone both freshman and sophomore year I really wanted to work hard and go to State,” said Onyia. “I was really sad that I didn’t qualify, but in high jump I jumped higher than I ever had before.”
Ruckle competed in the 4×400 meter relay and the team ran their fastest time all year at 4.00.07 and came in third. Ruckle ran a 59 second 400 meters.
“Going into the event I was very focused, I really wanted to help my team, but I was also pretty nervous since I had decided to switch which leg I ran from first to second right before,” Ruckle said. “When I went to Regionals I was excited to know my season wasn’t over, especially since last year I only made it to Districts,” it was disappointing that I didn’t make it to state, but I’m still so proud of myself and the team.”
