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The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

New 12-team playoff format good for college football

KD Layton, Staff reporter November 22, 2024

This year in college football there will be a new playoff format. The difference between this one from the last college football playoffs is this one has 12 teams competing for a National Championship...

Junior Christian Park winds up to shoot.

Drizzles and Droughts

Jonah Yi, Staff reporter November 22, 2024

Full of highs and lows, the boys water polo season has come to an end. Finishing third, the team failed to reach their goal of winning district. However, with a playoff appearance, thrilling five-game...

Ava Cantu

Road to recovery

Jessica Sinclair, Editor in chief November 22, 2024

Ready to start preseason of last year, senior Ava Cantu, forward on the women’s varsity soccer team, tore her ACL for the second time in her life. A regular season game quickly changed the course of...

Darien Rogers

A star is born

Jonah Yi, Staff reporter November 22, 2024

Trembling, his heart pounded as he began his count. “READY, READY, SET…” he said. Being the starting quarterback for the varsity football team wasn’t a dream anymore; it was on his fingertips. Junior...

The football team leads the alma mater.

Sports briefs

Jonah Yi, Staff writer November 22, 2024

Golden Era The Wildcats’ football team sits near the top of the district after starting the season off with seven straight wins, the best start in school history. In the first game of the season,...

Competing in Codewars

Evie Henderson, Online Editor May 17, 2024

The Codewars competition challenges teams of three computer science students to solve as many problems as possible in three hours. This March, Cypress Woods High School competed at the Codewars competition...

Going Hard but Wanting  to go Home

Going Hard but Wanting to go Home

Jessica Sinclair, Staff Reporter May 17, 2024

According to USA Today, by the age of 13, around 70 percent of kids drop out of their sport. Athletic burnout can be defined as a condition where athletes lose interest and love for their sport from a...

Putting in the work

Putting in the work

Evie Henderson, Online Editor May 17, 2024

Last year, the Cy Woods baseball team advanced to the UIL State Baseball Tournament, leaving those on the team with memories and inspiration to set new goals for themselves for the upcoming year. All team...

Golf in full swing

Golf in full swing

Holly Neighbors, Editor-in-Chief March 8, 2024

With the Cy Woods golf team only just having their first tournament Jan. 2,there is still so much to look forward to for both the women's and the men's teams. With one of the best golf teams in Cypress-Fairbanks...

Breaking the norm

Breaking the norm

Jessica Sinclair, Staff Reporter December 15, 2023

Being a freshman on a varsity team is a huge accomplishment, but achieving this with little experience is an anomaly. Jada Luke played basketball for just one year before earning a spot on the Cy Woods...

Team of the issue: Volleyball

Team of the issue: Volleyball

Jessica Sinclair, Staff Reporter November 17, 2023

The women’s varsity volleyball team places high in district play and brings home wins consistently. Despite this, due to the timing of their season, volleyball is oftentimes overshadowed by the hustle...

Players stand at attention to the pre game coin toss

All gas no breaks

Hunter Mancuso, Copy Editor January 5, 2022

All gas no breaks. That's the motto to live by when starting something new. Hit the ground running. An entire highschool football team had to live by that when going through something they hadn't seen...

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