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2014 Winter Newsletter

By Admin 03/15/2014, 11:30am CDT

A Year of Transitions

2014 has been a year of transitions in the making. There are some coaching adjustments, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade football program are getting an overhaul, and our weight room had a transformation.

Read about all that and more in Coach LaBore's winter newsletter.

Part of phase three included replacing all dumbbells and racks

Mission Accomplished!

By Admin 03/14/2014, 2:30pm CDT

Stillwater Area High School weight room project is finished

In the spring of 2013, Head Football Coach Beau LaBore set out to transform the weight room.  With the help of lead strength and condition coach Mike Weiss, a three-phase plan was established.

The first phase, delivered in May 2013, included five multipurpose racks, dozens of medicine balls, strength bands, plyo jump sets, weighted accessories, and much more.  This phase was paid for with Stillwater Area High School donations, several high school athletic teams, and Pony Power and Performance (PPP).  The cost was $43,610.

Midway through the summer, the Ponies Touchdown Club (PTC) ordered phase two.  This included five more multipurpose racks, 15 swivel bars, badly needed bumper plates for 15 stations, and five power clean platforms.  This phase costs $49,500.

Over the winter the PTC, with some assistance from the Activities Office, ordered an amended version of phase three.  This allowed us to replace dated and in some cases mismatched dumbbells, dumbbell racks, all of our weights, and 10 multipurpose bars.  The original cost was $22,918.  However, after letting go of a few items, the purchase was $15,673.

Not only did most of the resources change in our space, but physical changes took place in the space as well.  Performed by our building and grounds staff and custodians, the room was painted, both doors were replaced, and some basic maintenance was completed.

On behalf of the PTC, which contributed well over half of the almost $109,000, and all those who contributed or donated generously, we can say mission accomplished!  This drastic improvement to our weight room gives our students, athletes, and teams a significant opportunity to get bigger, stronger, faster, and seek a healthy lifestyle.

Our next task will be to bring together our stakeholders to customize the look of the weight room.  This will include achievement boards and posters.  We hope to see this change before PPP 2014!

To see the original article, click Weight Room

2014 Football Schedule

By Admin 02/17/2014, 9:30am CST

Mark Your Calendars

The Ponies 2014 football schedule is out and there are a couple of familiar opponents missing. Hastings is no longer in the Suburban East Conference, having joined the Metro East. In an effort to accommodate the nine teams remaining in the SEC, East Ridge was dropped from our schedule and replaced with St. Paul Central (non-conference). The only team that plays all nine conference opponents in Cretin-Derham Hall. The Ponies last faced the Minutemen in 1930. Stillwater will battle CDH for Homecoming. In most cases, the JV will play the same opponent at the same location the following day. In all cases, the sophomore team will play the same opponent the night before the varsity game at the opposite location.

2014 Schedule        

Aug. 28        at Roseville
Sept. 5         St. Paul Central (Parent Night)       
Sept. 12       at Forest Lake
Sept. 19       Park (SCVAA Hall of Fame Night)
Sept. 26       at White Bear Lake
Oct. 3          Cretin-Derham Hall (Homecoming) 
Oct. 10        at Woodbury
Oct. 15        Mounds View (Senior Night) 

*All games at 7:00 p.m.

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