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The Pony Express

The trap shoot team had success being the Class 4A Conference Champions, members who competed in Minnesota State High School Clay Target League are pictured above. From left:  Justin Thomas, coach Eric Wahlstrom, Calvin Doyle, Eric Stack, John Stack, Emma Germundson, Danny LaQua, Cole Wahlstrom, Luke Simcik, Mathias Hoefferle, Alexis Wahlstrom, Jake Simcik, coach Matt Simcik.

Trap Team shoots through successful season

Mikayla Erf, Photographer April 5, 2016

Trap shooting, not a sport most have heard about, but in fact is an extremely popular sport across the state, country and world. Trap shooting is a World Championship sport and an Olympic sport...

Nine month attendance mandatory for stress relief

Nine month attendance mandatory for stress relief

Lauren Feldkamp, Online Editor April 5, 2016

Having less stress is an admirable goal; for students this can be made possible in a nine month school year. Within a nine month school year, there is the opportunity for a three month summer break...

Physics Club fixes penny melting mirror

James Thomson, Read and Watch Camera Editor April 3, 2016

Based on the designs of the famous ancient Greek inventor Archimedes, Physics Club is fixing their large parabolic mirror that can reflect and concentrate light to melt pennies. The story goes that...

 An example of the living conditions that one of the families we worked next to had to live in. Stray dogs were commonplace in the homes visited on the trip. “The families that were living in the worst conditions stood out the most to me, and seeing how happy they were after we helped was very satisfying,” Paulson says.

Students extend community service to Mexico

Michael Skelton, Podcast Editor April 3, 2016

Every year, many students from Stillwater Area High School and many other schools travel to Mexico for Trinity Lutheran church’s Mexico mission trip in mid March. The main goal of the trip is to...

Press photo courtesy of Mashable.com. The Damn Daniel vine has gained popularity very quickly across media, Daniel Lara, filmed by Joshua Holz started the trend of white Vans.

‘Damn Daniel’ and modern internet culture

Daniel Onufer, In Studio Video Editor March 15, 2016

In the span of 1 week, the internet was raving over Damn Daniel, a series of videos in which a child filming a boy wearing white Vans shouts "Damn, Daniel! Back at it again with the white Vans!" There's...

sports story

March 9, 2016

Volleyball, a very competitive sport for both men and women of all ages to bump, set and spike the ball over the net. Junior Amanda Kretman a very well known volleyball player for stillwater jumps into...

Gerry Brine, co owner of Brines Bar and Restruant begins the day of bocce ball tournaments by filling out the starting sore board. This outlines who will play who in this double elimination game. He says, "Its kind of annoying but they come up with some pretty funny names."

Annual Brine’s bocce ball tournament continues within community

Sam Gater, Photographer February 25, 2016

New Years Day, 8 a.m., Main Street in downtown Stillwater is lined with teams of four that have been waiting for hours for the doors to open. All in hopes of receiving a ticket hopefully numbered something...

Game break time for commercials

Game break time for commercials

Adam Sutcliffe, In-Studio Director February 25, 2016

Every year, an obscene number of people watch America's biggest sporting event: the Super Bowl. While a total of 111.9 million people watched the Superbowl this year, a significant amount of them had tuned...

Chris Shaffer turns goals into reality

Dylan Cook, Visual Arts Media Editor February 23, 2016

Goals can push people to accomplish enormous tasks. Chris Shaffer has had a goal since he was a young boy. He wanted to be a meteorologist. Weather has played a part in Chris’s life since he was...

The Oscars, Showcasing 2015’s Finest Films

February 16, 2016

2015 was a year of acclaimed film, with many awaited films making it to the silver screen. From the Revenant to The Martian, films shook theaters and broke records for months on end, with critical approval...

Augmented reality surges in popularity

Augmented reality surges in popularity

Andrew Weigel, Photographer February 11, 2016

Augmented and virtual reality headsets are the new trend in video gaming. One of the ground-breakers is the Occulus Rift headset, and is expected to be available for sale very soon. Many Stillwater...

Noah Schraut, Daniel Meyer and Ace Oubaha (left to right) are on the stage awaiting their awards.  "Our team received runner up in the first tournament which is fantastic," junior Greta McClellan says.

Speech team kicks off their season

Cole Lebourgeois, Copy Editor February 9, 2016

Every school has a variety of different and unique clubs and activities that students can choose to participate in.  But not many clubs, if any, allows for someone to speak their mind on what they believe....

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