![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)
Point Guard Shoots for Finance Degree
District MVP Basketball Player to Attend Texas State
After years of basketball, senior point guard Karson Cater is going to Texas State to study finance.
May 14, 2019
The 5A Region III district 17 holds seven varsity boys basketball teams. In the 2018-19 season, Cedar Park came out on top, thanks to the help of senior point guard Karson Cater.
Cater proved over the past season that he has what it takes to play at the next level, earning the “District MVP” award as a nice touch to end his basketball career, according to Cater.
“Whenever I received [District MVP], it was an incredible feeling to know that all of my hard work wasn’t a waste,” Cater said. “To have won that award with my teammates and coaches right by my side made it that much sweeter.”
With the countless hours that have been put into the sport, Cater said that he learned very early that basketball had a special place in his heart.
“I’ve been playing basketball ever since I could remember,” Cater said. “I’ve always loved the game, and all of the time spent at the rec center and the [high school] gym was put in so I could be the best I could possibly be.”
In his junior year, Cater earned first team all-district and said that it was just the beginning of his achievement.
“That was a cool experience because I knew I still had one more year to one-up that,” Cater said. “Winning District MVP did just that. I received my all-region and all-state selections in both basketball and academics this past year.”
Cater said that this final season was unforgettable. The team reached the third round of the UIL State 5A Basketball Playoffs after winning the district title with an 11-1 district record. They finished the regular season with a 26-5 record, ready to jump into the playoffs. Cater said they had amazing performances against East View, winning 87-74 in overtime, and A&M Consolidated, winning 59-43, before the basketball season came to a close when they lost to Manor, 46-41.
Cater is going to Texas State in the fall to study finance in hopes to become a financial manager after college. He said that his time at Cedar Park has been a once in a lifetime opportunity and he wouldn’t give up anything for his experience playing on the basketball team.
“Cedar Park has become a home for me and I’m going to miss it a lot,” Cater said. “My high school experience is one that I will never forget, from basketball, to social events. I feel good about my decision to stop playing basketball and pursue what I had in mind at Texas State.”
![The fire department came to the school after students were evacuated when smoke started coming from the ceiling of a classroom. All students and staff are safe. “All of my friends left their stuff too, so we couldn’t contact our parents, and it was stressful,” senior Brynn Fowler said. “It was scary because I didn’t know [what was going on], and I couldn’t find anyone because it was a big crowd.” Photo by Anthony Garcia](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/firetruck-300x200.jpg)
