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Avandre Brandt and Noah Larson hit milestones as they led the Staples-Motley boys basketball team to a 65-55 win against Perham on Jan. 27. Brandt scored 29 to reach 1,000 career points and Larson had nine rebounds to reach 500 for his career. The win moved the Cardinals into third place in the...
The Staples-Motley boys wrestling team won a battle of defending state champions on Jan. 29, with a 38-26 win at Watertown-Mayer/Mayer Lutheran, last year’s Class AA state champion team.
On Jan. 30, the Cardinals won the Heart O Lakes Conference tournament, with six individual champions out of the...
The Staples-Motley girls basketball team played well in two losses, a 61-57 game against Upsala on Jan. 19 and 49-32 loss at Wadena-Deer Creek on Jan. 20.
Against Upsala, the Cardinals had a one point lead at halftime, but one of the Upsala players scored 25 points in the second half to put them...
The Staples-Motley boys basketball team went inside to Josiah Burton, who scored 25 points in a 90-77 win at Hawley on Jan. 20. This was the only game of the week because of weather cancellations.
Burton made nine of 11 shots and added seven out of nine free throws as Hawley struggled to stop him...
Chloe Larson scored 32 points and Pam Lawrence had 17, leading the Staples-Motley girls basketball team to a 76-62 win over Swanville on Jan. 2. They traveled to Pelican Rapids the next day and came back with a 99-36 loss.
Against Swanville, Larson started the team off on the right foot, hitting a...
With three weight bracket champions, the Staples-Motley girls wrestling team placed second at the Fergus Falls Invite on Jan. 3. Kana Reese, Leah Greenwaldt and Anika Tureson were the champions. All three dominated their bracket, Greenwaldt with three pins, and two pins each for Reese and Tureson....
The Staples-Motley girls basketball team struggled against a 7-1 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton team who is in first place in the Heart Of Lakes Conference.
Guards Chloe Larson and Sophia Luna did a good job of handling the ball, but the Cardinals struggled in finishing shots against a taller team.
Team...
The Staples-Motley boys basketball team jumped out to a lead against Dilworth-Glyndon Felton on Dec. 22 and never let them back into the game, maintaining a 10 point lead after the first few minutes of the game. The final score was 73-60.
DGF had won three Heart Of Lakes Conference games coming...
Staples-Motley cheerleaders show some new moves before a basketball game. (Staples World photo by Mark Anderson)
The Staples-Motley boys basketball team had two nailbiter losses before coming back to win a game going away.
They fell 57-55 to Aitkin on Dec. 16, traveled to Perham and had one point loss, 55-54 on Dec. 19, then returned home on Dec. 20 to beat Hawley 69-53.
Against Aitkin, the Cardinals had a...
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