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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

TIP-IN. Sophomore Miles Vogenthaler tips the ball while jumping up.

Boys basketball emerges victorious over Nova in evenly-matched section quarterfinal

Audrey Peltier, RubicOnline March 9, 2025
On Thursday night, boys basketball took on the Nova Classical Academy Knights in a fast-paced, back-and-forth battle that ended with a Spartan win.
CONGRATS. Senior Inga Wing and Junior Maren Overgaard are congratulated after they finish their race. Photo submitted by Maren Overgaard.

Champions. Overgaard and Wing win Nordic relay at state meet

Audrey Jansen, RubicOnline March 4, 2025
Overgaard and Wing emerged victorious at the state level for their relay.
GLIDE. Townley tucks to gain speed on a downhill portion of the course. Photo submitted by Helen Townley.

Dartmouth commit Helen Townley reflects on a childhood shaped by Nordic skiing

Lucy Thomas, RubicOnline March 3, 2025
SPA senior and Dartmouth-ski commit Helen Townley raced her first 29k this past weekend. In the last months of winter, Townley will be traveling to Utah to race in at Junior Nationals, and this event marks the end of her high school ski career.
DANGLES. Freshman Max George takes the puck down the ice around a Johnson player.

Spartan hockey and St. Paul Johnson Governors collaborate to support leukemia patient

Audrey Peltier, RubicOnline February 19, 2025
Fans packed the cold arena bringing money for donations for the final game of the regular season.
WALK. Spectators walking through the park trying to find the perfect spot to watch the racers.

Nordic slides from sections to state

Andrew Lipinsky, RubicOnline February 13, 2025
On an extremely cold and bitter Tuesday afternoon, the Nordic team put on an impressive performance at section competitions. Both the girls and boys teams showed up and left everything on the track.
BATTLE. Liam Huddleston battles a Highland Player for the puck.

Spartan hockey defeats chief rival Scots yet again

Murphy Miltner, RubicOnline February 6, 2025
The game was a nail-biter until the very end.
IT'S ABOUT DRIVE. Junior Clare Ryan-Bradley drives the ball around Avail Academy and down the court to the net.

Girls basketball secures victory with grit and defense

Zimo Xie, Creative Design Manager February 6, 2025
By harnessing their defensive abilities, girls basketball emerged victorious over the Avail Valors with a final score of 52-37.
HEAD DOWN, ARMS OUT. Trojans swimmer competes in a fast 100-yard butterfly.

Boys swim and dive win St. Paul Conference title in exhilarating rivalry matchup with Central

Audrey Peltier, RubicOnline February 3, 2025
The overall score was 96-90, the Trojans victorious, and they secured the title of St. Paul Conference Champions for the first time since 2020.
BATTLE READY. Bond uses her long history on the ice to get ready to battle it out on the rink for the Blake Bears Girls Hockey team. Photo Submitted by Ella Bond

Oldest? Youngest? On hockey team, Bond is both

Wynter Feiner, The Rubicon January 20, 2025
As the sole US SPA student on the varsity hockey team, Bond is in a unique position as she simultaneously represents SPA's youngest and oldest player.
HUDDLE OF CELEBRATION. Blake players come together to celebrate and congratulate junior Ella Bond for tying up the game, making the score 1-1.

Girls hockey battles into overtime in an intense match versus Breck

Audrey Peltier, RubicOnline January 19, 2025
After being tied 1-1 the entire match, the conference rivals went into overtime and both fought hard to clinch victory. Ultimately, girls hockey fell to Breck for a second time this season.
SNAP IN. Sophomore Isla Collins snaps into her skis before starting to slip the course with her team.

Boys and girls alpine teams win third at second conference scoring race

Audrey Jansen, RubicOnline January 17, 2025
In an eventful second conference race, the girls team scored 481 points, earning third place overall, and the boys team scored 470 points, also finishing third.
BRIGHT FUTURE. Drake Arena manager Dave Olund was a rink assistant manager for five years before taking on the role of manager at St. Thomas Academy ice arena. Olund is excited to be apart of the SPA community working with SPA Athletics.

Olund’s hockey roots help in new manager role

Juan Miguel Adams, The Rubicon January 17, 2025
Dave Olund’s life has always revolved around the ice rink. From playing high school hockey to managing arenas, Olund has consistently found himself near the ice. Olund’s journey across Minnesota’s ice rinks has taught him the importance of connection and cooperation.
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