![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)
Varsity football clenched their sixth consecutive win against classic rival Leander in the annual Crosstown Showdown game. In the district opener on Sept. 27 at Bible Stadium, the Timberwolves won 30-17 in overtime with a touchdown by junior Joey Carter and an interception and touchdown by senior Lane Waller.
With 2:34 left and the Timberwolves down in the fourth quarter, a climactic 34-yard field goal by senior Zach Hancock tied the score to 17-17 and extended the game into overtime.
“Before the field goal I was focusing on only the kick and zoning everything out,” Hancock said. “After the kick, I was still focused because I knew there might be another kick.”
Cedar Park had possession of the ball first, and Carter made a 5-yard touchdown run.
“I’m thankful I was able to get the opportunity to score,” Carter said. “I also thank the offensive line because I’m unable to do it without them.”
On Leander’s possession, Waller caught an interception and ran 85 yards for a touchdown. His “pick 6” ended the game with a final score of 30-17.
“I felt relieved after scoring, and gracious that I was able to make a play and help my team win,” Waller said. “I didn’t know it was going to happen when I made the pick. I was just focused on getting one more stop.”
The team faces Marble Falls in their next game on Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Gupton Stadium. During halftime, the Homecoming game will feature the announcement of Senior King and Queen. The football team has the same mindset of every week.
“We do what we do and we’ll come out on top of this next game,” Waller said.
