![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)
There’s no doubt that walking into a home belonging to sports lovers from April 22 to April 25, that one would find them glued to the television. During these long April days, the 2010 National Football League Draft takes place and the fate of teams, players and fans everywhere is decided.
These three days are some of the most crucial in the entire football season as they determine both a player’s and a team’s future. If teams select the right bundle of players for their organization, it could mean a trip to the playoffs for the first time in six years. On the other hand, if a team isn’t careful who they accept into their team it could mean disaster once the season begins.
Like every other draft, hundreds of universities and high school’s are represented through the players who are invited to attend, and the player’s who are in fact good enough to be drafted. One of those lucky schools represented in the 2010 NFL draft, was our very own Cedar Park High School.
Tim Knicky graduated from Cedar Park in 2006.While at Cedar Park he went All-District in his senior year, and today he still holds the Cedar Park record for sacks in a single game and in a season. After graduation, Knicky moved on to Stephen F. Austin University (SFA) where he played college football. During his time at SFA, he received the honor of All Southland Conference (the conference SFA belongs to) in his senior year, and within his college career, started 28 out of 33 games.
Fast forward to the draft, once all seven rounds were completed, there were still players known as “free agents” awaiting a team to call them with an offer. It was Knicky’s lucky day when the Green Bay Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy called him, offering him a contract as a defensive end (details of the contract were not available at this time). Green Bay is an amazing opportunity for Knicky. So much history lies within the gates at Lambeau Field. Vince Lombardi, who coached the Packers from 1959-1967, guided them to two Super Bowl victories, and had the Super Bowl trophy named after him. The team was also the long-time home of number four, Brett Favre. Favre was the Packers quarterback from 1992-2008, and led them to a Super Bowl XXXI win.
Knicky has had a great start to his career with an impressive team, and we look forward to seeing what he brings to Lambeau Field in 2010.
