![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)
Wolves Fall to Vipers for Second Straight Year
DLs Hunter Hewitt (95) and Ben Bell (99) rush Vandegrift QB Dru Dawson on Aug. 31. Bell led the way for the defensive line, finishing with a sack, three QB hurries and around 10 tackles. “We were just playing for each other trying to get the ball in the offense’s hands,” Bell said.
September 3, 2019
The Timberwolves opened their 2019 season on Friday, Aug. 31 at Monroe Stadium, home of the rival Vandegrift Vipers. The Vipers shut out the Wolves and ultimately came away with a 17-0 victory.
“It felt great to get back on the field,” Senior Safety Tammer Alzer said. “It’s a new season and a new team. We just need to fix our mistakes and we’ll be great this year.”
Junior QB Ryder Hernandez and the offense as a whole had a rough night; the majority of the drives ended in three-and-outs. The flags were flying all night long on the Wolves, killing any momentum they might have had.
“We just need to keep our heads up and keep grinding it out,” Hernandez said. “We know we have a good squad.”
On the defensive side of the ball, the Black Rain was lights out. Senior LB Will Lovell picked off a pass at midfield in the fourth quarter that swung the momentum Cedar Park’s way, as the defense busted out their “Turnover Belt” for the first time this season. The defensive line was able to generate pressure all night long, led by Senior DE Ben Bell, who said he finished with one sack, three QB hurries and around 10 tackles.
“The atmosphere was really fun,” Bell said. “We were just playing for each other, trying to get the ball in the offense’s hands.”
Vandegrift Quarterback Dru Dawson connected with Wide Reciever Trey Mongauzy for a 59-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Other than that play, the defense was as good as it could’ve been.
One of the highlights from the game was a fake punt, similar to the one run in last year’s playoffs. Senior Punter Tammer Alzer connected with Senior TE Brock Johnson on a huge play on fourth down, again giving the offense favorable field position.
“[Vandy] knew it was coming, but I tried to expand the play and found Johnson wide open for a first down,” Alzer said. “We feel it was a momentum changer but we [ultimately] fell short.”
Moving forward, Cedar Ridge comes to town Sept. 6 followed by an away game at San Angelo Central and then a home matchup with Katy Cinco Ranch. In week five, the games really start to matter as district play begins.
“We just need to fix some things and put the pieces together,” Hernandez said. “When that happens, we’ll be dangerous.”
