![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)
![Sucking in a breath of air, freshman Lily Pope competes in the 200 yard individual medley. On Oct. 25, the swim team competed in the AISD Swim Invitational. Overall, the girls team took second place and the boys team came in eleventh. “My favorite stroke is butterfly because I do the best in that stroke,” Pope said. “I feel like [butterfly] can test how [your ability] to convince yourself to keep going. The hardest part of swimming is convincing yourself to stay strong and keep pushing during a hard race [when] everything is tired.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/POPE-1200x804.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)
With Districts Looming, Wrestlers Reflect on Season
Junior Ben Bell takes down his 285 lb. competitor on Jan. 23 vs. Leander in the Backyard Brawl. “I have to use speed and explosiveness to my advantage,” Bell said. “I mostly wrestle kids that are bigger than me, so I can’t just rely on muscle.”
February 1, 2019
Varsity wrestlers junior Ben Bell and seniors Corey Lensing and Hampton Jenschke helped CP win first in the Top Gun Tournament on Jan. 26 in Corpus Christi. Now, the wrestling team looks to head into the district matches Feb. 7 with more confidence.
Bell, at around 245 lbs, typically wrestles kids that are much bigger than him. He had to beat a 285 pounder in the finals of the Top Gun Tournament.
“It motivated me to want to win,” Bell said.
The T-Wolves wrestling team is currently ranked number 11 in the state for duals, and also have four state qualifiers in seniors Ethan Forbes, Jenschke, Jacob Muñoz and junior Bell.
Muñoz, who is currently ranked number eight in Texas, said that the team has a good mix this year of young and older people who all have a great amount of wrestling experience.
“It’s looking to be a great year for us as we head into district with a good handful of state-ranked wrestlers,” Muñoz said. “Hopefully [we are] going to take home the district title as a team, and possibly regionals as well.”
For Muñoz, he said it’s been a great year of learning and growing himself as a wrestler, now that it is his primary focus.
“In the past, I’ve had football to always worry about,” Muñoz said. “But now that football is over for me, I’m able to learn and apply stuff in wrestling that I previously have struggled with due to juggling multiple sports. I’m excited to see how far I can advance this season.”
The wrestling team practices for two hours every day, including a one-hour lift session in the weight room. Junior JV wrestler Andrew McCloud said that most of the team’s success comes from being mentally tough.
“Wrestling is a tough sport,” McCloud said. “Even when we win, it still hurts. In order to be successful, you have to be able to take a beating and still get back up. That’s what a lot of wrestling is.”
Junior JV wrestler Sam Nart said wrestling helps him stay in shape, in and out of the mat room.
“Being in wrestling has not only built up my mentality, but also my physicality as well,” Nart said.
Junior Faith Elliott, who wrestles on varsity, said that wrestling is challenging because it’s a dangerous sport that requires a lot of time and dedication in order to excel at it.
“I like [wrestling] because of the challenges it provides,” Elliott said. “And because it’s fun to beat on people. I look forward to improving and learning every day in practice.”
