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The Staples-Motley wrestling team had four Section 7A champions and one second place finisher, so they will be sending five wrestlers to the state tournament.
Section champions were Gage Bjerga at 106 pounds, Caden Kramer at 114, Colbe Tappe at 152 and Luke Bjerga at 189. Eli Greenwald was second...
Golfers make a statement
The Staples-Motley boys golf team established themselves as one of the top section teams, winning the Section 6AA Pre-Section meet on May 12. This meet gives the section teams a chance to preview the course where the section meet will be played, BlackBerry Ridge in Sartell...
The Staples-Motley baseball team has now rattled off eight straight wins to run their record to 11-6. The Cardinals beat Ashby 10-0 on May 13 and eked out a 3-2 win over Hawley that went into extra innings. The Cardinals scored a run in the eighth to win it.
The winning streak has moved them into...
Turner Beachy cleared 15 feet in the pole vault event, setting a new Staples-Motley school record, topping his father Arden Beachy, who had cleared 14’9” in 1989.
Beachy’s historic vault easily won the Heart O’ Lakes Conference meet held May 13 at Barnesville.
Other Cardinals who were conference...
The Staples-Motley boys team placed second at the 6A True Team Section meet on May 6. Only the top team qualifies for the true team state meet, but second place put them into the running for a wild card spot, but they were not one of the four teams to qualify by their scores.
The girls team placed...
The Staples-Motley baseball team didn’t let a steady rain dampen their ability to hit, pitch and catch, defeating Breckenridge 14-4 on May 1.
A light to steady rain fell during all five innings and the Cardinals scored in each of the five innings.
Silas Claussen had a big offensive game with two...
Livi Lorber stretches to make the catch at first base, narrowly beating the runner for an out. (Staples World photo by Mark Anderson)
The Staples-Motley baseball team lost four games during the week of April 22-25, dropping their record to 3-6.
They dropped both games of a double-header at Perham on April 22, 10-1 and 11-1. In the first game, the only run was a home run by Colbe Tappe. In the second game, Hayden Rutherford...
Numerous personal bests were achieved by the Staples-Motley track and field teams at the Heartland Invitational at Park Rapids on April 22. The Cardinal boys were second out of 11 teams, while the girls were 9th out of 10 teams
Notable girls performances included Suhaila Mikhaeil running her fastst...
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