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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

Athlete interviews are useless

Athlete interviews are useless

Hunter Hippel, Online Editor February 14, 2017

"That was horse (explicit).  He shouldn't even be able to work at Foot Locker," Chiefs' tight end Travis Kelce said after a holding call effectively ended the Chiefs' season against the Pittsburgh...

Junior Aidan Steeves going to the max by not only doing push ups with his own weight but with heavy chains on his back. Preparing him to put the team on his back in times of need for the upcoming football season. “The goal is to build strength in the off-season for any athlete through the use of free weights, speed drills, and core endurance," coach Mike Weiss said.

Stillwater athletes on Pony Power

Matt Johnson, Social Media Editor December 4, 2015

When people think of high school, they usually think first of academic rigor--the challenges of classes and the daily grind.  While that usually is how the high school day begins, it often ends, for...

Pictured here is another adaptive football athlete.  The kids were taught the basic of football like catching throwing and scoring touchdowns. Football Coach Beau Labore said, "Our program started in 2006 to basically spread the joy of football making the connection that we do have some adaptive sports but we don't have adaptive football."

Football players assist in adaptive football game

Grace Donner, Visual Arts Managing Editor October 15, 2015

On Sept. 19 a football game was held in the Miller stadium but it was different than the average one. In this game kids with special needs got to work with the football team and play their own game. This...

Minnesota State High School League accepts transgender athlete policy

Minnesota State High School League accepts transgender athlete policy

Stephanie Nielsen, Photographer February 16, 2015

After months of debate, the Minnesota State High School League made a decision that will change the lives of many transgender athletes. The decision to let transgender students join the sports team...

Photo by Rachel Steil
In the last few years sports reporting has changed drastically.  Social media is the main cause of this change. 
“What social media has done to reporters has sped us up,” Michael Rand said. “It’s made me think how we cover things now and what access we have to resources nonstop. Sure, it’s a lot more action filled but it is a lot more exciting.”

Rand: role of sports reporting evolving image of athletes

Emily Lodahl, Layout Editor February 1, 2015

The sports reporting world has taken a curve ball the past couple years according to Star Tribune’s digital sports editor, Michael Rand. The rise of social media has impacted how sports and athletes...

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