![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)
The Varsity Lady T-Wolves are headed to the playoffs after beating Rouse and Marble Falls for the second time. Their 9-8 victory against Rouse on Mar. 28 has knocked Rouse out of the playoffs. On Apr. 9 they won a pivotal game against Marble Falls 1-0, putting them in third place, and sent Marble Falls to fourth place going into the playoffs.
According to senior left fielder Chase Kavcak, the most recent games against Rouse and Marble Falls were the most important of the season.
“We needed to win those games to secure our spot in the playoffs,” Kavcak said. “They were also some of the most exciting games of the season.”
The predominately senior team, with a district record of 6-4, is striving to win the playoffs for their last season, according to senior short stop Abigail Shade.
“It makes me want to push myself to work harder knowing it could be my last chance to step on the field as a Lady Timberwolf,” Schade said.
Schade’s teammate, senior second basemen Claudia Golden is also especially excited for playoffs.
“Being a senior doesn’t make me play or perform better for playoffs,” Golden said. “But it definitely makes me care a little bit more because this is our last chance to prove what we can do.”
The girls aren’t ready to part ways yet and hope to play as many games together as possible, according to Schade, who will be playing softball for Temple College.
“I will miss being surrounded by such a great group of girls,” Schade said. “I’ve never been so close to any team, we are all sisters and work really well together.”
According to Kavcak, her softball memories will follow her when she graduates.
“We have an extremely special bond this year,” Kavcak said. “And that’s something I’ll cherish for years to come.”
Photo by Martin Driskill
Their first playoff game will be Thur. April 25 at home versus the LBJ Jaguars at 7:00 PM.
