Central has hired a new head football coach, Brandon Colpitts. The Pine Needle sat down and asked him what his goals were for the team and how he planned to reach them. Continue reading The Philosophy of the New Head Football Coach at Central High School
Rapid City’s new indoor football team has begun play at The Monument and entertainment is the name of the game. Continue reading Indoor Football Debuts in Rapid City
News has swirled around the NFL about players developing CTE. Yet research suggests such brain injuries are possible even for Cobblers who never played beyond high school. Continue reading CTE a Concern Even for High School Athletes
The Cobbler football team surprised the entire state with a big win over second-ranked Sioux Falls Roosevelt. Continue reading Cobblers Football Surprises Roosevelt
The Cobblers’ football team earned their first victory of the season at the Rushmore Bowl. Continue reading Cobblers Earn First Win at Rushmore Bowl
What’s with all these football players wearing ties . . . on Tuesdays? Continue reading Football Players Dress with Class
For most young athletes, their senior season of high school is their last opportunity to play the sport they love. Continue reading The End of an Athlete
This season hasn’t gone as expected for the 2015-16 Central Cobblers’ football team, starting off the season with an 0-4 record, but the coaching staff and players are optimistic and are working very hard to change things. It’s homecoming week but the Cobblers aren’t preparing for this game any differently than the rest of the season, according to Coach Rob Sales. We asked him, with … Continue reading Football Hosts Washington for Homecoming
By Sydney Engesser Most students spent their summer sleeping in and relaxing; for Cobbler athletes those were luxuries. They traded their pillows and blankets for dumbbells and squat racks three days a week at 6 AM, and if you were a football player you were on the field the other two days of the week. “We had a really good turnout, and all of our … Continue reading Athletes Set to Reap Benefits of Summer Lifting
Thursday night’s football game against Stevens leaves the Cobblers with good news and bad news. We’ll start with the bad news. The bad news Stevens beat Central 35-7 in the annual regular season football match-up, snapping the Cobblers’ five year winning streak. The Stevens cheerleaders won the cheerleader relay (“They were all track runners!” pointed out one Cobbler cheerleader.) The Stevens marching band won the … Continue reading Cobblers Football Gets Another Try
With the cancellation of the Cobbler/Raider sophomore football game, Central’s coaches chose to begin a new tradition to end the season for the underclassmen: a freshmen vs. sophomore football game called The Cobbler Clash. In anticipation of the event, The Pine Needle asked each team for its predictions (and taunts), all in the name of fun. Whatever the case, Cobblers fans will want to attend … Continue reading Freshmen & Sophomores Exchange Words Before Cobbler Clash
by: Asher P., Brock M., and Mr. Sheehy You read that headline correctly. Jake Sharp is back, and just in time. The Cobblers’ football team closes its regular season at 7:00PM Thursday at O’Hara Stadium with a big game against the in-town rival Stevens Raiders. The Stevens game has been particularly good for the Cobblers lately, as they have won the last five match-ups. While … Continue reading Sharp Returns as Cobblers Look for Six in a Row Against Raiders
The Cobblers freshman and sophomore football teams snagged a pair of close victories from the Stevens Raiders Thursday evening, starting what they hope will be a fantastic weekend for Cobbler football. The sophomores won 21-20 and the freshmen won 14-13. The freshmen game was particularly dramatic, as the team fell behind 13-6 at the close of the third quarter. After the defense stopped Stevens from … Continue reading 9th & 10th Football: Cobblers Knock Down Raiders
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