![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)
![Sitting with her friend senior Sohpia Struve at last year’s Austin City Limits Festival, senior Ava Zuniga poses for a picture under a pavilion. They are frequent attendees at ACL, an annual music festival at Zilker Park. “I would recommend seeing a bunch of people,” Zuniga said. “This past year, we camped out for Chappell [Roan] for a really long time. I think the whole point of ACL, [which] is a lot of fun, is that you can go see so many different people, even if you don’t know them. So by camping by one person, it really limits yourself from being able to go see a bunch of people.” Photo courtesy of Ava Zuniga](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/EE9E9484-FE6F-4AA0-B5F5-0C177AB32841-1200x857.jpeg)
![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 the support team sits and poses for a photo in the cafeteria with the counseling team they eagerly wait to start their day. "We [all] seem to be a team, I get up every day and there's days where I don't want to go to work today, but I'm thankful that I have a job and I'm blessed to have what I have," Christopherson said. Photo Courtesy of Julie Weltens.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AF9E8470-10D7-4C91-BF28-EC8F86BAB66C-1200x852.jpeg)
![Jumping off the ground, senior linebacker Bennett Patton snatches the ball out of the air for an interception at Thursday’s game against Chaparral. Patton had two interceptions in the 56-14 victory, tying the school record for interceptions in a game. “I was just playing the game,” Patton said. “[I’m] going to go into next week, forget about it and stay humble.” Photo by Harper Chapman](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/bennett-interception.jpg)
The varsity football team lost their homecoming game to the East View Patriots 42-38 last Friday. The defeat was the Timberwolves’ first loss in their homecoming game since 2005, when they lost 38-27 to the Pflugerville Panthers.
“We just made too many mistakes,” head football coach Michael Quintero, or Coach Q, said. “There were too many missed opportunities that we didn’t capitalize on and they did, so that’s the outcome.”
In the first quarter, senior running back Trae Hill scored on the first drive of the game before the Timberwolves immediately gave up a big kick off return and a subsequent 65 yard touchdown on the next play. The first quarter ended with a score of 7-7.
Early in the second quarter, junior quarterback David Cooper rushed for a touchdown, bringing the score to 14-7.
“I thought I played pretty well,” Cooper said. “There’s always room for improvement, and [I’m giving] all the glory to God.”
On East View’s next drive, sophomore defensive back CJ Rogers picked off the Patriots’ quarterback, setting up a passing touchdown by Cooper.
“Man, it felt great [to get an interception],” Rogers said. “It was my second one of the season, and I knew it was going to help our team out.”
The Timberwolves scored a field goal and East View scored two more touchdowns before halftime, ending the half with a score of 24-21, Cedar Park.
“I thought we played really well at times, and then we were just too inconsistent tonight,” Coach Q said. “We [would get] them behind the chains then we would give up a big play. We’ve got to start eliminating big plays.”
Neither team scored in the third quarter, but by the last minute of the game, the score had been brought up to 38-35, Cedar Park, courtesy of two rushing touchdowns by Hill.
Down by three points with less than a minute left in the game, East View began to drive down the field. With two seconds left to play, the Patriots were in the red zone and scored a walk-off touchdown to win the game.
“I thought we played very well,” Rogers said. “There’s just little details. Coach talked about it all week. You’ve just got to fix those little things, and we’ll be a great football team.”
Notable performances in the loss included Rogers who had eight tackles and an interception and Hill who had 206 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Cooper had 112 passing yards and a touchdown, in addition to 53 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.
The loss brought the Timberwolves to 3-3 on the season and 2-1 in district play, third in the district behind Georgetown and East View which are both undefeated in district play. Next week, the team plays Glenn, which is currently 0-3 in district play and won none of its non-district games.
“We’ve got to prepare, just like everyone else,” Coach Q said. “We’ve got to come in and give a great week of work so we have an opportunity to win next week.”
