![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)
Flipping To Fame
May 31, 2019
Tik Tok is a social media app that most know, and since March 1, senior Aydon Holley’s name is getting to be more known across the app.
After starting up his account, Holley began creating and posting short, three to 15-second videos of him doing flips. After posting a certain video, Holley started to gain more followers to his account, which led to his 874.3k follower count today.
“I did a double backflip off of a swing,” Holley said. “That’s what really blew up. My reaction was just amazed by how many people saw my video.”
Holley has even had a meet and greet at Six Flags Fiesta Texas where he was able to interact with his fans, as well as fellow video creators like himself. According to Holley, being Tik Tok famous is fun because he gets to meet a lot of cool and interesting creators.
“My first meet and greet was awesome,” Holley said. “I met so many creative people and tons of fans. It’s really awesome to know that I have all of this support while creating content.”
He said that being a Tik Tok persona consists of hard work such as creating daily videos and editing to keep fans entertained.
“My favorite part of being a Tik Tok persona is just being able to have the opportunities that have been given to me and meeting new people,” Holley said. “I make a video every day to try and keep my viewers entertained. I try to make my content as original as possible by doing stunts and flips in almost all of them.”
While Holley has surely made himself a spot on the viral Tik Tok app, Holley said that he started making videos as a joke.
“I started the video as I joke, I never really thought anything of it,” Holley said. “It just looked like something fun and something that I could do on my own free time. Being Tik Tok Famous has impacted me to put myself out there and be more confident with myself.”
After high school, Holley plans on attending Austin Community College to get his basic courses done and see where Tik Tok takes him.
“After Austin Community College I’ll be transferring to Texas Tech,” Holley said. “I’ll study social media marketing as well as many film and editing classes.”
