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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

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So far in the season, Raleigh has one assist which he got on the Dec. 17 game vs Park.  "I knew making the varsity team would be a challenge game by game." says Raleigh.

Raleigh accepted on varsity hockey team

Ellie Speedling, Social Media Reporter January 8, 2017

  Sophomore Joe Raleigh’s passion for hockey began with watching professional and college teams. Using a stick and a tennis ball as a makeshift puck,  Raleigh practiced what he saw the players...

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David Vannort receives the puck at the red line hoping he can score a goal as Woodbury Royal's defender tries to stop him. Vanort hopes he will be doing this on varsity but says, "The seniors have played together since peewees and have such good chemistry," and that will make it hard for him to get time on the ice.

Juniors fight for spot on varsity hockey team

Ryan Shepard, Editorial Cartoonist December 1, 2016

The boys' varsity hockey team is almost always made up of all seniors this year. There will be a handful of juniors that could be receiving time on the ice. Last season, the team was amazing without...

Noah Cates #11, Jackson Cates #12 and Andrew Hoy #19 minutes before Noah's game winning goal against Hill-Murray Pioneers. "I was excited for everything that was going to come from this," Noah says.

Noah Cates: scoring his way to the top

Taylor Johnston, Social Media Reporter May 7, 2016

Holland passes the puck to Cates. Cates’ skates graze across the ice as he spins around Hill-Murray's defense man.  The buzzer goes off sounding through out the arena. Junior Noah Cates made the...

Stillwater made it to the third place game at the state tournament against Wayzata who later won state the following day. "The whole tournament was a blast to be at. Although the boys didn't win first place, it was still fun to have the school and community cheering them on," senior Mathias Hoefferle said.

The ride to The Tourney

Justin Hannasch, Print Editor-in-Chief March 16, 2016

In a sellout crowd at Aldrich Arena, fans packed wall to wall and the student section screaming, the boys hockey is heading into overtime versus their rival, Hill Murray. After Stillwater kills off...

Boys hockey slams previous state champs

Bennett Friedrich, Sports Layout Editor December 22, 2015

The 4-0 varsity hockey team got out to an amazing start with a huge win 6-5 over Lakeville North, the defending state champions. The team has a solid offensive structure, clearly demonstrated against Lakeville....

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