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Boys basketball: Central pulls away from Ponies in section quarterfinals
ST. PAUL — Success in the lane paved the way to St. Paul Central’s 64-46 victory over Stillwater in the quarterfinals of the Section 4AAAA boys basketball tournament on Wednesday, March 6 at St. Paul Central High School. The fourth-seeded Minutemen (20-6) outscored the Ponies 30-19 in the second half to pull away, ending Stillwater’s season with a 13-14 record. Central advances to face top-seeded Cretin-Derham Hall in the semifinals...
Biederman and Sorensen are SAHS Athletes of the Week
Ava Biederman Gymnastics One of four seniors among Stillwater’s five qualifiers for the state gymnastics meet, Ava Biederman represented the Ponies well in the vault and floor exercise on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. Biederman placed 20th in the vault with a score of 9.35 and added a 45th-place finish...
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. Wrestling — Seniors Grant Wohlwend, Hauden Hausken and Peter Palecek advance to the state tournament following the Section 4AAA individual tournament at North St. Paul High School. Wohlwend finishes with a 3-0 record to capture the title at 170 pounds while Hausken and Palecek advance as the runner-ups at 220 and 285 pounds. ...
Girls basketball: Stillwater cruises past Titans
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — After opening the season with a comfortable victory over Tartan, the Stillwater girls basketball kicked off its postseason campaign with a 74-26 victory over the Titans in the Section 4AAAA quarterfinals on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at Stillwater Area High School. The third-seeded Ponies (20-7) travel to second seeded East Ridge (19-8) for a semifinal contest on Saturday, March 2. The other semifinal will feature top-seeded White Bear Lake (19-7) hosting Woodbury (14-13). ...
Gymnastics: Quast places fourth at state in vault
ST. PAUL — Shut out of the state team competition for just the second time in the past eight seasons, Stillwater gymnastics contributed to a strong showing for Suburban East Conference teams in the Class AA individual state meet on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Roy Wilkins Auditorium. The Ponies qualified all five individuals from the section team for state in at least one event and Liberty Quast returned to the medal stand for the second year in a row. ...
Boys hockey: Fast start carries Bears past Stillwater
MAPLEWOOD — After sharing the Suburban East Conference title, it was White Bear Lake that prevailed in the more pressing match-up in the Section 4AA semifinals. The second-seeded Bears started quickly with three first-period goals and held off third-seeded Stillwater 5-1 on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at Aldrich Arena. Stillwater finishes the season with a 15-10-2 record while the Bears (19-7-1) advance to face top-seeded Hill-Murray in the finals on Friday,...
Adapted floor hockey: Stillwater/Mahtomedi advance to state
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — Mason Mora-Clark and Gabriel King led the offense and Chase McCann totaled 18 saves to help send the Stillwater/Mahtomedi adapted floor hockey team to the state tournament with a 16-4 victory over St. Michael-Albertville/Buffalo/Monticello in their playoff game on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at Stillwater Area High School. Mora-Clark delivered six goals and two assists while King notched five goals and an assist for Stillwater/Mahtomedi, which qualified for the state CI Division state tournament on March 8-9 at Coon Rapids High School. ...
Boys basketball: C-DH turns back Ponies
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — Clinching at least a share of the Suburban East Conference championship in the process, Cretin-Derham Hall held off the Ponies for a 70-53 boys basketball victory on Friday, Feb. 23 at Stillwater Area High School. The Raiders (16-1 SEC, 21-4) can clinch the conference title outright with a victory at Forest Lake to close out the regular season on Feb. 29. East Ridge (15-2, 17-7), which has won 12 straight conference games since losing to Stillwater on Jan. 3, can still...
Boys swimming and diving: Ponies place third at section meet
It was a record-setting day for Stillwater junior Jackson Kogler, who set two meet records and contributed to two state-qualifying relays for the Ponies in the Section 4AA finals on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Stillwater Middle School. Kogler was named Section 4AA Swimmer of the Year and senior Tate Sorensen was honored as the Section 4AA Diver of the Year. They provided the biggest highlights for the Ponies, who scored...
Wrestling: Stillwater qualifies nine for individual state tourney
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — After having its aspirations for the state team tournament dashed by Mounds View in the section finals, nine members of the Stillwater wrestling team extended their season by qualifying for state after competition in the Section 4AAA individual tournament on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Stillwater Area High School. Mounds View, which ended Stillwater’s seven-year reign as the section team champion, totaled eight section champions and gained 11 individual entries for state, which is reserved for the top two finishers in each...
Powell and Reedy are SAHS Athletes of the Week
Stella Powell Girls Nordic skiing In a season that offered little snow, there were still plenty of achievements for Stella Powell and the Stillwater girls Nordic skiing team, which placed seventh in the state meet on Feb. 14-15 at Giants Ridge. The junior earned all-state honors after finishing 20th overall and 16th for purposes of...
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. Nordic skiing — Megan Weaver and Vessa Pearsall place 18th and 22nd in the individual standings to help lift the Stillwater girls Nordic skiing team to a third-place finish behind Wayzata and Robbinsdale Armstrong in the state meet at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. In the boys competition, Sam Hanson and Quentin Ikuta finish 27th and 28th to...
Boys basketball: Ponies turn back White Bear Lake
WHITE BEAR LAKE — Thomas Cusciotta exploded for 37 points to lead White Bear Lake, but Stillwater relied on a more balanced attack to prevail 72-58 in a Suburban East Conference boys basketball game on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at White Bear Lake High School. Henry Zollar delivered 23 points and Brett Hilde added 14 as the Ponies (6-10 SEC, 12-12) snapped a two-game losing streak. Joe Fredkove chipped in with 12 points and Joe Hoheisel notched a season-high 11 for Stillwater, which jumped out to...
Girls basketball: Stillwater upends SEC champs
OAK PARK HEIGHTS — White Bear Lake already wrapped up the Suburban East Conference championship, but the Stillwater girls basketball team completed a conference sweep of the Bears with a 60-55 triumph to close out the regular season on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at Stillwater Area High School. It was the seventh victory in eight games down the stretch for the Ponies (13-5 SEC, 19-7), who finished third in the SEC standings behind White Bear Lake (15-3, 19-7) and runner-up East Ridge (14-4, 18-8). ...
Boys swimming and diving: Ponies win JV conference meet
COTTAGE GROVE — It was a strong showing for the Stillwater boys swimming and diving team while claiming the title in the Suburban East Conference JV Meet on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Oltman Middle School. The Ponies, who placed first in two relays and added two individual victories, held off East Ridge 396-368 for the top spot while Woodbury followed in third with 294 points. Stillwater and East Ridge each...
Wrestling: Mounds View tops Ponies for section title
ARDEN HILLS — After closing the gap a year ago, Mounds View finally broke through to end Stillwater’s seven-year state tournament streak with a 32-16 victory in the finals of the Section 4AAA wrestling team tournament on Friday, Feb. 16 at Mounds View High School. The top-ranked and undefeated Mustangs (28-0) survived an early surge from Stillwater in the lower weights with victories in each of the last seven matches to pull away for their first section championship since 2007 and third trip to state...
Gymnastics: Cretin-Derham Hall upends Ponies for section title
ROSEVILLE — Stillwater’s entire gymnastics lineup qualified for the state meet, just not the team competition. The Ponies will be represented by five individuals, but were denied an opportunity to compete at team state after placing second behind Cretin-Derham Hall in the Section 4AA Meet on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Roseville Area High School. The Raiders, who also defeated Stillwater in a Suburban East Conference dual meet earlier this season,...
Diggins makes the most of homecoming
It’s not the Olympics. It’s not the World Championships. But for Jessie Diggins, a 2010 Stillwater Area High School graduate, skiing at last weekend’s Stifel Loppet Cup at Theodore Wirth Park in Golden Valley was a career highlight. The Afton native said she could “retire happy now,” but quickly clarified “I’m not retiring. But when I do, I’ll be happy because I feel like this was the last thing that...
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