The Ponies Touchdown Club (PTC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization intended to support the Stillwater football program.  The PTC has done a great job of executing immediately while planning the long term future of the program under the direction of Coach LaBore.  The group has organized initiatives to bring stakeholders together.  Finally, significant promotions and fundraising have helped the program make necessary improvements.  The following are highlights from the third year under Coach LaBore with the assistance of the PTC in year two:

• Purchased enough new Riddell Revo Speed and Riddell 360 (five star) helmets so all 10-12 grade players wear one.
• Built an impressive 580 square-foot equipment garage with electricity on our practice fields to connect to the fields.
• Led SAHS to a three phase weight room initiative to make a $109,000 capital improvement.  The PTC contributed more than half of this effort to give all SAHS students-athletes an opportunity to get bigger, stronger, and faster.
• Continued agreement with Adidas for low cost cleats and apparel for our football players and families.
• Continued use of Hudl game film software.
• Funded junior high programs by adding one coach to each grade (7-9) at each school.
• Funded additional 10th-12th grade football coaches.
• Assist with use of www.poniesfootball.com website and maintained a Facebook page, You Tube channel, Twitter account, and Scoop It news feed.
• Annual purchase of footballs, decals, and miscellaneous equipment.
• Supported coaching staff with some education resources and clinics.
• Rewarded 2014 Stillwater graduate Jake Olson with the inaugural Ponies Touchdown Club Scholarship worth $1,000.
• Increased the Ponies Game Day Program to 44 pages and added four Ponies All American Sponsors.
• Assisted the program with day to day costs which essentially “nickel and dime” our program.
• Created gatherings after most home games to build community within football supporters.
• Continued nutrition partnership meetings with Lakeview Hospital and PowerUp. Meetings include presentation and healthy snacks for the players.
• Finance game day ops, which includes professional mascot, press box scripting and music coordinated with the pep band, the Dick Enberg voice over entrance, and the stampede of the horse and cowgirl.

In short, the PTC seeks to continue our strong tradition as well as improve the Stillwater Ponies Football Program now and into the future.  The safety and performance of our players is of the utmost importance to the football staff and the PTC board.  We are striving to help Stillwater Ponies football become the most-respected program in Minnesota.