Page 6 Stillwater Ponies Football Preview • Friday , August 23 , 2024
OUTLOOK
( Continued from page 5 )
Last season was the first time these teams have met since 2014 .
Park returns quarterback Miskir Esayas , but graduated its leading rusher Brett Salmonson and top receiver Skyler Morgan .
The Ponies would like to keep their sub-district winning streak going , but are taking a focused approach to preparing each week .
“ It took some fourth-quarter comebacks and some extraordinary moments to keep that streak alive ,” LaBore said . “ How would they not embrace and appreciate that they ’ re part of this streak , some as players or soon-to-be on this year ’ s team .
“ That doesn ’ t need to be foremost in their mind , because they need to focus on what made those games possible and that ’ s preparation and work in the weight room and having the proper attitude and belief that we ’ re going to make things happen and overcoming adversity . Those are the reasons we ’ ve been able to be successful . This team needs to be hungry .”
Starting with Centennial in the 2019 playoffs , each of Stillwater ’ s last 11 losses have come against teams that advanced to the state tournament in the season they played ( or won a section title in 2020 when the rest of the season was cut short ).
“ We have played tough teams and we have won games against some really high-end opponents , but our losses have come against state tournament teams ,” LaBore said . “ This is a group that wants to come out on top in those games and they want to find a way to be successful in that .”
Contact Stuart Groskreutz at stuart . groskreutz @ apgecm . com
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Suburban East Conference |
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Year |
Team ( s ) |
Record |
2001 |
Hastings |
6-1 |
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Mounds View |
6-1 |
2002 |
Hastings |
6-1 |
|
Mounds View |
6-1 |
2003 |
Stillwater |
6-1 |
2004 |
White Bear Lake |
7-0 |
2005 |
Stillwater |
7-0 |
2006 |
C-D Hall |
7-0 |
2007 |
C-D Hall |
8-0 |
2008 |
C-D Hall |
8-0 |
2009 |
Stillwater |
8-0 |
2010 |
Stillwater |
7-1 |
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Mounds View |
7-1 |
|
C-D Hall |
7-1 |
2011 |
C-D Hall |
8-0 |
2012 |
Stillwater |
7-1 |
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Mounds View |
7-1 |
2013 |
Roseville |
7-1 |
2014 |
Mounds View |
7-0 |
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East Metro Blue Sub-District |
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2015 |
East Ridge |
7-0 |
2016 |
East Ridge |
6-1 |
2017 |
Cretin-Derham Hall |
6-0 |
2018 |
Woodbury |
5-1 |
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Metro East Sub-District |
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2019 |
Woodbury |
5-1 |
2020 |
Stillwater |
5-1 |
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East Ridge |
2-1 |
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Roseville |
2-1 |
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Maroon North Sub-District |
|
2021 |
Stillwater |
5-0 |
2022 |
Stillwater |
5-0 |
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Metro East Sub-District |
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2023 |
Stillwater |
5-0 |
Stillwater conference and sub-district title seasons ( 26 ) — 1929 , 1935 , 1943 , 1953 , 1975 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1982 , 1983 , 1985 , 1986 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 2003 , 2005 , 2009 , 2010 , 2012 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 and 2023 .
2023 Stillwater football statistics
Plays |
Stillwater Opponent |
Plays ................................. 603 |
599 |
First downs ........................ 187 |
158 |
Yards rushing .................... 992 |
1,504 |
Yards passing ................... 2,690 |
1,698 |
Total yards ....................... 3,682 |
3,202 |
Fumbles .............................. 9 |
12 |
Fumbles lost ........................ 2 |
8 |
Interceptions thrown ............ 6 |
7 |
Punts .................................. 32 |
37 |
Punt yards ........................ 1,002 |
1,122 |
Penalties ............................. 44 |
43 |
Penalty yards ..................... 430 |
476 |
Average yards / play ............. 6.4 |
5.1 |
Per game totals |
Stillwater Opponent |
Points ................................ 32.0 |
18.9 |
Plays ................................. 53.9 |
53.6 |
Rushing yards ................... 132.5 |
134.0 |
Passing yards ................... 213.7 |
137.4 |
Total yards ....................... 346.2 |
271.4 |
First downs ........................ 19.7 |
11.8 |
Scoring |
TD FG XPT XPT2 Total |
Tanner Schmidt ...... 13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
78 |
Emilio Matias .......... 11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
66 |
|
Joseph Hoheisel ...... 8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Landon Huber .......... 0 |
1 |
39 |
0 |
42 |
Jackson Kramer ...... 4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Nick Kinsey .............. 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Conor McGlynn ........ 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Brett Hilde ............... 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Henry Thury ............. 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Cameron Winters ..... 0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
Samuel Young ......... 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Ephram Lanz ........... 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Riley Runk ............... 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Patrick Lundgren ..... 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Shawn Stephens ...... 0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Totals |
Stillwater ................ 48 |
1 |
48 |
0 |
339 |
Passing
Comp Att Yds TD Int Nick Kinsey ............ 164 285 2,268 24 4 Conor McGlynn ....... 26 37 387 3 4 E . Rosario Matias ..... 1 1 35 1 0 Totals Stillwater ............... 191 323 2,351 27 6 Opponent ............... 127 252 1,511 9 7
Rushing No . |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Emilio Rosario Matias 123 707 |
5.7 |
9 |
Samuel Young ........... 58 |
186 |
3.2 |
1 |
|
Jackson Kramer ........ 16 |
74 |
4.6 |
3 |
Broden Hitzeman ....... 7 |
51 |
7.3 |
0 |
Isaac Johnston ........... 8 |
44 |
5.8 |
0 |
Ephram Lanz .............. 3 |
30 |
10.0 |
0 |
Chase Edstrom ........... 5 |
7 |
1.4 |
0 |
Connor Finn ................ 1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
Conor McGlynn ........... 8 |
1 |
0.1 |
2 |
Gus Gregg .................. 1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
Nick Kinsey .............. 43 |
-110 |
-2.6 |
2 |
Totals Stillwater .................. 280 |
992 |
3.5 |
17 |
Opponent .................. 347 1,504 |
4.3 |
11 |
Receptions |
No . |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Tanner Schmidt ......... 51 |
847 |
16.6 |
12 |
Joseph Hoheisel ........ 56 |
776 |
13.9 |
8 |
Ephram Lanz ............. 24 |
318 |
13.3 |
1 |
Brett Hilde ................. 19 |
284 |
14.9 |
2 |
Emilio Rosario Matias 20 |
256 |
12.8 |
2 |
Samuel Young ............ 9 |
80 |
8.9 |
0 |
Jackson Kramer ......... 7 |
66 |
9.4 |
1 |
Henry Thury ................ 5 |
63 |
12.6 |
2 |
Totals |
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Stillwater .................. 191 2,690 |
14.1 |
28 |
Opponent .................. 127 1,698 |
13.4 |
20 |
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Punting No . |
Yds |
Avg |
Ephram Lanz .................. 34 |
1,137 |
33.4 |
Wyatt Wells ..................... 6 |
163 |
27.2 |
Totals Stillwater ........................ 41 |
1,300 |
31.7 |
Opponent ........................ 50 |
1,682 |
33.6 |
Punt return |
No . |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Tanner Schmidt ........ 10 |
130 |
13.0 |
1 |
Riley Runk ................. 6 |
107 |
17.8 |
1 |
Totals Stillwater .................. 16 |
237 |
14.8 |
2 |
Opponent .................. 14 |
48 |
3.4 |
1 |
Kick return |
No . |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Emilio Rosario Matias 8 |
171 |
21.4 |
0 |
Samuel Young ........... 9 |
162 |
18.0 |
0 |
Riley Runk ................. 6 |
124 |
20.7 |
0 |
Daniel Belonio ........... 6 |
109 |
18.2 |
0 |
Jerrian Xiong ............. 1 |
40 |
40.0 |
0 |
Soel Riser .................. 1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
Ryan Silbernagel ........ 2 |
3 |
1.5 |
0 |
Totals Stillwater .................. 33 |
617 |
18.7 |
0 |
Opponent .................. 54 |
695 |
12.9 |
0 |
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