![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)
![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)
Even though the football season has ended, the Cedar Park Celebrities still have a lot of events coming up. The Spring Show, competitions, and lots of practices are on their calendars.
The Celebrities will be performing at all major girls’ and boys’ basketball games, as well as the pep rally along with their other endeavors.
Also coming up for the girls is their performance and the Winter Guard Contest on Saturday, Feb. 2, here at CPHS. Their dance competitions start in February as well, and they will be performing at competitions in San Antonio on the 15 and 16 of February and at Vandergrift High School on Feb. 23. These contests have participants from schools all over the district and even some from across the state.
“I think the girls will do really well at both competitions,” dance teacher Stacy Danielson said. “I’m confident that we will get Division 1, which means we win.”
The celebrities will be performing multiple dances, including the team novelty kick, which will include a modern dance and the kick style combination. Some of the other dances that the celebrities will be performing are their company routine, with hip hop, jazz, and contemporary dances, as well as the officer dance, which will have a jazz, contemporary theme, and will also include a novelty dance.
“The competitions are really rigorous,” social officer Leah Herrington said. “But I think that we will do really well. We just need to believe in ourselves, and not get discouraged by other teams.”
The dancers also have their annual Spring Show which will be held on April 11-13 in the PAC, and feature the Celebrities, Emeralds, the dance classes and the Cedar Park Middle School Crimson Cadets.
