![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)
Parade honors Band and Football’s State achievements
The crowd raises up their T-wolves while mayor Matt Powell takes a picture from the stage.
February 11, 2016
On Saturday Jan. 23 a parade was held in honor of both football and band winning State Championships this year, an unprecedented achievement in the state of Texas. The event was from 2-3:30 p.m. and after the short procession from the middle school to the high school, there were booths, concessions and a live music performance by the Zach Willard Band on the front lawn of the school. Speeches were given to honor those who made this feat possible, and both the football team and the band were praised by the speakers and the crowd.
“It felt great [to have the parade in our honor],” said junior fullback and linebacker Tyler Lavine. “We have a great community here in Cedar Park and it’s nice to know we have their support. I liked getting to be with my friends out in the community.”
The band marched along and played familiar songs such as Metal Shop as the parade progressed. Band member sophomore Claire Sears enjoyed getting to march with the band again.
“I was looking forward to it for about a week before it actually happened,” Sears said. “It was sort of our last chance to all play together as one marching band before the seniors leave. It was really fun to hang out with all the band members I don’t get to see during concert season.”
Though the choir did not get the chance to sing at the state game, they were given the opportunity to sing the national anthem after the parade. Freshmen choir member Kara Bonorden enjoyed the recognition and support.
“It’s always fun to be able to show the community what you’re working on and show them sorta ‘this is what we do everyday,’” Bonorden said. “It’s really cool how the whole community comes together and even the little elementary school kids came out to enjoy the parade.”
The parade gave the opportunity to recognize football, band and the teachers that lead them to excellence.
“I’m really grateful we go to a school that chose to honor us along with football team because that kind of equal support doesn’t happen at a lot of other schools,” Sears said. “It felt great to be recognized for the hard work we put in everyday since band camp back in August.”
The band played at the parade on Jan. 23 to commemorate their state win earlier this year. Marching season favorites such as Metal Shop were played as the parade progressed. “It was a little weird to play stand tunes and march again after all the time off marching season, ” sophomore Claire Sears said. “But it was really fun to get to hang out with the band members I don’t get to see during concert season.”
![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)
