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The Pony Express

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The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

Senior captain Zach Knox leads the Ponies with the knowledge and wisdom he gained as an underclassman. “Sophomore year, I was playing with upperclassmen,” said Knox. “Now it’s weird seeing sophomores and juniors look up to me.”

Senior Knox leads as football captain

Matt Brown, Social Media Editor October 2, 2014

Three-time Varsity Football player, senior Zach Knox, is one of the new team captains and is now taking up the leadership role and portraying it on the 2014 Varsity Football Team. Although the football...

Sailing Team looking for members and possible school support

Lars Stannard, Photographer October 1, 2014

It is not well known, but some students are currently participating on a sailing team which is stationed and operated by the Saint Croix Sailing School (SCSS) in Hudson, WI. It is a small team consisting...

A look at the Ponies 2014 football season

Matt Salmi, Social Media Editor September 30, 2014

The Ponies football team has started the year off on the right foot as they are 3-0!  The first few games on the Ponies schedule were anticipated to be wins and they won them in convincing fashion.  While...

Seniors Eric Bromback and Mark Houle are improving their health in the weight room. "We are trying to find places either before school, or after school and during P.E. time. to get the most minutes of physical activity a student can have," said Deb Van Klei.

Moving towards healthy habits

Megan Warbalow May 29, 2014

More and more people in this country are becoming lazy and overweight. To solve this issue people are taking initiative to make more people, especially kids, interested in being active. The HealthyMOVES (Meaningful...

 Senior Mark Houle ready to fire and Jenna Jahnke patiently watches the shot. “Together, we worked with Stillwater’s athletic director to get a club formed at the school,” said Jahnke.

Trap shooting team rapidly growing

Zach Campbell, Video Team Editor May 23, 2014

The bright orange clay pigeon flies over their heads as senior Jenna Jahnke is at the ready to take fire with her 12-gauge shot gun. BOOM! Jahnke has a direct hit with the clay pigeon which shatters...

Hard-working softball captains get rewarded

Ahnika Kroll May 21, 2014

Article written by: Raelynn Heintz Just because it is their last season playing for the Stillwater Area High School softball team, does not mean that seniors Lauren Jordan and Sidnee Ronsberg are taking...

Intramural bowling keeps on rolling

Nick Brevitz May 20, 2014

Intramural sports at Stillwater Area High School are always a huge hit and bowling is no exception. Bonding students together and enabling friends to compete and have fun without taking up too much...

Gauger lands job at Target Field

Lucien Lemanski May 20, 2014

The smell of fresh cut grass permeates the air then all of a sudden senior Colton Gauger hears the griddle start to fire up for todays game. He walks out from the shop to take a look at the empty Twins'...

Photo by Dan Justesen

Tennis team rejuvenated by captain Murphy

Sydney Kuball May 19, 2014

Senior, Ryan Murphy, or as most know him "Murph," has been on the tennis team since the seventh grade and he absolutely loves it. He is a guy with talent and a good sense of humor that everybody loves....

Baseball is back in Minnesota

Travis Johnson May 8, 2014

The Minnesota Twins have started yet another season, and it has been a rough start for the hometown team. The Twins started their season with a 3-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox. The Twins next game was...

 Junior Emily Donner has takes aim at a clay target during trap team practice in early May. The Stillwater Trap team shoots every Sunday and Monday at the Hudson Rod and Gun Club located in North Hudson, Wisconsin. When the trap shooting season is over, Donner, along with her teammates, will take part in a service project at the Hudson Rod and Gun Club to clean up the Club’s grounds.

Donner continues trap shooting career

Olivia Flicker May 5, 2014

Five shooters standing in a line with guns ready to fire. Each of them getting ready to shoot as it gets nearer to their turn. With few girls lined up, one of them takes aim and fires at the blaze orange...


Junior Ethan Stanley has been playing varsity baseball since he was a sophomore. “It’s really relaxing, and when you’re training a lot and active a lot, those types of things can be really nice,” said junior Arthur Seeb.

Baseball season on deck

Ahnika Kroll April 16, 2014

Eyes focused on the pitcher, knuckles white from gripping the bat, clothes dirty from sliding into home plate last inning, junior Sam Kruse hits a single at one of the baseball practices at the high school. Kruse...

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