![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)
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.
