![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)
![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)
![Smiling at the camera, the Varsity Tennis team celebrates winning districts. They played against Liberty Hill on Tuesday night and won with a final score of 10- 5. “We improved a lot even from the last game,” senior Blake Hillis said. “We lost against them the last time we played [Liberty Hill], but it was really close. It was just really important for us to win this match since it was the district finals. [When we won I felt] overwhelmingly happy, especially being there with my teammates and it being my senior year. It was just really great. It [felt] like a community.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tennis-Districts-e1728060882260.png)
Timberwolves pursued their “Family, Focus, Finish” motto on and off the field as they supported honorary Timberwolf, Joshua Edmondson, at the Micro-Marathon sponsored by Champions-4-Children. The event was held on Sunday, Sept. 23 at the Hill Country Galleria Amphitheater.
According to senior Sean Angle, working with Edmondson has really helped them as a team to understand how lucky they are to have the chance to play football, especially since Joshua will never be able to participate in any contact sports.
“It has really opened our eyes to not take things for granted because you never know what play might be your last,” Angle said. “It’s made us work harder and come together as a team and a family.”
Edmondson is ten years old living with a rare bone marrow disease, as well as JRA and auto-immune problems. Less than one in a million are affected by this rare disease. According to Edmondson’s Facebook support page, his disease causes lesions or tumors inside of his bones. The disease brings him lots of pain, and sometimes makes it hard to walk. Recently, Edmondson has been notified that he has the pre markers of Crohns Disease which also has no cure.
Edmondson is part of the Champions-4-Children foundation which forms a support system for children who have rare diseases or conditions. The ambassadors of the foundation strive to inspire each child, and help them regain their childhood as much as possible. The rare diseases that these children have don’t allow them to run or play since they are constantly in pain, in turn the ambassadors run to the finish line for them.
Many Cedar Park football players encouraged Edmondson at the Micro-Marathon. Senior, Blake Bouffard, was one who got the chance to support Edmondson as he raced across the finish line.
“Joshua has been a phenomenal supporter for all of Cedar Park,” Bouffard said. “It was a day to celebrate everything that he has accomplished.”
To support Edmondson and his family you can like the Support Joshua Facebook page. Listed on the support page is an account number to donate money to help with his medical expenses. To find out more about how you can help kids like Edmondson, visit the champions4children website.
- Joshua walks with the CP football team on to the field as an honorary team member. Photo courtesy of the Support Joshua facebook page.
