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Girls swimming and diving: Ponies overwhelm Forest Lake
With perhaps its biggest Suburban East Conference test quickly approaching, the Stillwater girls swimming and diving team cruised past Forest Lake 93-83 in a conference dual meet on Thursday, Aug. 31 at Stillwater Middle School. Stillwater (1-0 SEC, 1-0), which also won its half of the Suburban East Conference Relays to open the season, swept all 11 swimming events against the Rangers, including 1-2-3 finishes in the 200 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle and 500 freestyle. ...
Girls cross-country: Stillwater lands seventh in season opener
ROSEMOUNT — The Stillwater girls cross-country team opened its season with a seventh-place showing in the season-opening Rosemount Irish Invitational on Friday, Sept. 1 at Rosemount High School. Defending Class AA state champion St. Paul Highland Park place five among the top 19 to finish with 53 points and a six-point victory over Prior Lake in the 3,200-meter race. Mounds View placed third with 106 points. The Ponies, who graduated...
Football: Balanced Panthers cruise past Stillwater
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — There were familiar story lines based on the previous encounter, but the Ponies and Lakeville North switched roles and strengths as the Panthers powered their way to a 35-14 nonconference football victory on Thursday, Aug. 31 at Stillwater Area High School. A then-seasoned Stillwater squad eliminated the Panthers 42-7 in the postseason a year ago to claim its first section championship in 16 years, but this time it was North that had the stronger hand while prevailing in the season opener. ...
10 years ago this week...
This is a look back at some of the people and teams making news in the St. Croix Valley 10 years ago, as reported in the Stillwater Gazette. Football — Junior running back Zach Knox rushes 36 times for 171 yards and four touchdowns to help send Stillwater to a 26-7 Suburban East Conference football victory over Park at Wolfpack Stadium. It was the season opener for the Ponies, who scored 26 unanswered points after Park jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first...
Biathlon: Peterson on target at Summer Nationals
Stillwater Area High School senior Carson Peterson landed on the podium twice while competing in the United States Biathlon Summer National Championships on Aug. 4-6 at Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vt. Peterson, who lives in Lake Elmo, was one of three athletes from Minnesota’s Bluff Country Biathlon club that competed in the event, a list that also included Jack Cashman of Red Wing and Eric Anderson of Lake City. ...
Boys soccer: Stillwater improves to 3-0 with win over Lightning
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — Despite conceding its first goal of the season, the Stillwater boys soccer team responded with a strong second half to dispatch Eastview 5-1 in a nonconference game on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at Stillwater Area High School. It was the third straight victory to start the season for the Ponies (3-0), who will face a stern test while beginning conference play against highly regarded Woodbury on Sept. 7. ...
Girls soccer: Hornets storm back to upend top-ranked Stillwater
EDINA — A fast start wasn’t enough to overcome a lackluster second half as the top-ranked Stillwater girls soccer team faded in a 4-3 nonconference loss to Edina on Tuesday, Aug. 29 at the Edina Community Center. The Ponies (1-1) scored three times in the first 20 minutes of play to build a comfortable, but not quite safe enough, lead against the sixth-ranked Hornets (3-0). Edina senior midfielder Izzy Engle...
Girls tennis: Ponies top Centennial
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — The Stillwater girls tennis improved to 5-0 with a 7-0 nonconference victory over Centennial on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at Stillwater Area High School. The Ponies did not drop a set on the way to the sweep. Karina Fischer, Taylor Erickson, Jazzy Kruse and Olivia McLaughlin each cruised to singles victories to pace Stillwater. ...
Sports briefs: SAHS athletics passes available for purchase
SAHS athletic passes available for purchase Passes for all regular season home athletic contests for Stillwater Area High School teams are now available for purchase. The passes provide admittance for fall, winter, and spring sports — except for hockey games at the St. Croix Valley Rec Center. The passes — electronic only, no physical pass will be issued — can only be purchased online at hometownticketing.com. The all-sports passes are...
10 years ago this week..
This is a look back at some of the people and teams making news in the St. Croix Valley 10 years ago, as reported in the Stillwater Gazette. Girls swimming and diving — With victories in three of the last four events, including a first-place finish by Tiffany Vang, Megan Weaver, Olivia Bloomquist and Sophia Bisch in the 200 breastroke relay, the Stillwater girls swimming and diving team pulls away for a victory over Mounds View and the rest of the field in the SEC...
Girls tennis: Ponies prevail at McGuire Invitational
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — The Stillwater girls tennis team kicked off its season with an impressive victory in the eight-team McGuire Invitational on Friday, Aug. 18 at Stillwater Area High School. The Ponies cruised past Tartan in the tourney opener before advancing to the finals with a 4-3 victory over Rochester Lourdes. Then in the finals, Stillwater (3-0) turned back Mahtomedi 5-2 to claim the title. “It was a great...
10 years ago....
This is a look back at some of the people and teams making news in the St. Croix Valley 10 years ago, as reported in the Stillwater Gazette. Fall sports — The Stillwater Ponies kick off the start of the fall sports season with two new head coaches leading their teams. Bob Fisher enters his first season leading the Stillwater volleyball team while Jake Smothers takes over a boys soccer program after 32 years under hall-of-fame coach Phil Johnson. ...
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