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The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express


The new mountain bike team is already very popular with students.

Mountain bike team starts strong

Lexie Sherrick October 18, 2013

This fall there is a mountain biking team at Stillwater Area High School, offering a new activity for students to participate in. As of now only 29 teams are participating in the Minnesota High School...


Despite his injury Olson still plays a prominent role in football at the high school. He even served as a coach for the girl’s powderpuff team.

Jake Olson is still a leader despite his injury

Ellie Anderson October 18, 2013

Senior year of sports is supposed to be the year that counts the most: college recruiters watching for potential college scholarships and the last year playing with childhood friends. Senior Captain Jake...


The boy’s cross country team continues to do well despite losing many valuable runners from last year.

Cross country boys strive to retain title

Fiona Montie October 16, 2013

Finishing with the lead they started with, the cross country boys team managed to pull through the race with a win once again. Standing amongst the crowd of proud parents, teammates and other curious supporters...


The tennis team has been successful this year, showing that perhaps having sisters on the team makes working together easier.

Sisters take over the tennis court

Ross Stickler October 16, 2013

Jenna and Lexie, Hannah and Lizzy, and Aliza and Kelia. All of these girls have very different lives, but they do share one thing in common: they are all pairs of sisters playing on the girl’s varsity...


Natalie wins a ribbon despite her asthma.

Natalie Harrison runs toward her goals

Megan Aller October 16, 2013

Senior Natalie Harrison, who has ran cross country since 6th grade, expresses what it is like to be dedicated to such a challenging sport. Harrison discovered that she was a skilled runner at the Rutherford...

This year varsity girl’s soccer has needed to stand together in order to overcome the injuries sustained by many team members.

Girls soccer team has many injured players

Melissa Reis October 16, 2013

This fall the Stillwater girls varsity soccer team has had quite a few senior players that are injured. In the past years the soccer team has been very good so these girls have had intense games and aggressive...


Through donations from the community, as well as athletic organizations, coaches were able to purchase new equipment and update the weight room.

Weight room now provides athletes current equipment and facility

October 15, 2013

The weight room has a different look these days. New bench press, leg press systems and many other pieces of equipment all to help out our athletes and other weight lifters. Paid for mostly by boosters...

 For the first time in history, the Stillwater Ponies played live on ESPN against Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders. Even though they were placed under the spotlight, the Ponies remained focused and triumphed to win 21-7 over Cretin.

ESPN’s focus shifts to Stillwater

September 19, 2013

On the Sept. 13 the Stillwater football team took on the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders in a game featured by ESPN2.  The Ponies had lost to the Raiders for the past two years and were looking for revenge. Jashon...

Mission: Ski Yellowstone

January 14, 2013

Family trips are always something to look forward to, but the nordic team has redefined what it is to go on a family trip. The ski team has traveled to Yellowstone National Park and they were abundant...

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