![Walking through the tunnel created by the cheerleaders and Celebrities, senior Frances Tran smiles as the soccer team is sent off during DEN for their playoff game against Rouse tonight. Tran said the wins against Smithson Valley and Alamo Heights gave the team a morale boost to take on the Raiders tonight. “I know we were not 100% confident in those games,” Tran said. “But, Rouse is a big opponent for sure. We’re definitely going into tonight with a lot of morale [because of the previous wins].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frances-tran.jpg)
![Holding a bucket of materials in one hand and a roll of tape in another, anatomy and biology teacher Tyler Terry prepares for a lab. Terry said his proudest moments are when his students are happy to see him. “When I take my wife to a football game or something and a bunch of students want to say hi to me or they like to smile and wave and it just makes me feel good that the students are really kind and supportive of me,” Terry said. “[I’m also] proud when I see students perform really well in their extracurriculars because I can see how hard they’re working in my classes, [so] when I see that they’re also working so hard in other things. Like they’re winning band competitions or they’re getting awards for their theater productions, or I see them put on their choir shows, that’s like, wow, you guys are incredible.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rags-6.png)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901.jpg)
Blast from the Past: The Ultimate CP Christmas List
December 8, 2016
We asked many Cedar Park students what their favorite past Christmas gift was…
Senior Rodrigo Ruiz “really enjoyed some iTunes gift cards.”
Junior Clayton Langseth “got some pretty cool toothbrushes.”
Junior Tabby Farr said her favorite was her “pet cat, Scooter.”
Senior Sarah Ray enjoyed receiving a PlayStation.
Junior Kaitlynn Brown traditionally gets “a handmade maple scented rag doll.” She has a windowsill full of them.
Sophomore Olivia Cantrell got a my little pony castle, which, according to her, was her “jam.”
Senior Easton Jenkins’s favorite gift was “definitely Lego Skywars.”
Sophomore Liva Jensen got “a Nintendo DS when [she] was like six years old.” She particularly enjoyed playing Nintendogs.
Junior Ricky Rosario got “a new bike when [he] was in fourth grade.”
Sophomore Alec Peal’s favorite past gift is his dog.
Junior Ben Gilmer enjoyed a magic set.
Junior Julie Nyznik loved her dreidel.
Senior Bryce Bush said his favorite was a Red Ryder BB Gun.
Junior Ishav Shukla picked out his PlayStation 3 as his best Christmas gift.
Sophomore Zach Harper’s favorite “would have to be a bike” he got when he was young.
Senior Savannah Lundin’s favorite past gift was a “fake miniature horse that was life size. It was sitting there with a big red bow and it was the coolest thing as a kid.”
Senior Kristen Perron simply enjoyed getting her phone for Christmas.
Freshman Jonathan Khadivi’s favorite was his Xbox.
Senior Olivia Walter received a mini book from her best friend, entitled “Why You’re My Best Friend,” which contained hand written notes from the friend, describing little things that made them best friends.
Senior Luke Williamson got a cool bike in second grade.
Freshman Brynne Wardell once got a vacation to North Carolina for Christmas.
![Holding her dog, Nova, senior Ariana Balakrishnan poses for her senior pictures while Nova wears a bandana with her college decision. Balakrishnan applied to 18 colleges in total, but she decided on Columbia in the end. “Right before I clicked the button to open Columbia’s letter, I literally looked at the camera and go ‘This is just gonna really suck because I wanted it so bad,’ and I clicked it and all of a sudden you hear trumpets,” Balakrishnan said. “There’s a video that plays when you open it and I actually didn’t watch the video, I just watched the screen go black, because every day of December before ED [Early Decision] I would go on YouTube and watch the acceptance video to manifest it, so immediately when the screen went black, I started screaming and jumping up and down. And my parents in the video are like ‘What are you doing, where’s the letter,’ and I was just screaming ‘I got in, I got in.” I just started crying, and it just felt like everything in the world came together.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ariana-2-300x217.jpg)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901-600x400.jpg)
