Sports
If you were to pick one month out of the twelve that seems more forbidding than the others – perhaps even dangerous – November would be a good choice. November ushers in a harsh changeover from a time that’s warm, comfortable and benign, to a time increasingly inhospitable to creatures wild and...
The Staples-Motley eighth grade football team completed a second consecutive undefeated season for a cumulative record of 12-0. They had wins over the following teams: Long Prairie Grey Eagle, Wadena Deer Creek, UNC, Crosby Ironton, OTC and Park Rapids. The team also scrimmaged Pillager, Pequot...
The Staples-Motley girls basketball team had their first official practice on Nov. 13 and will play their first game on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Boys basketball and wrestling start with their first official practices on Monday, Nov. 20. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
The Staples-Motley volleyball team handed out letters and special awards at their season ending banquet. Pictured, team letterwinners, front, Tori Jenkins, Bella Martin; back row from left, Tabetha Allen, Mackenna Bjerga, Alex Davis, Camryn Banaka, Alix Peterson, Kiera Dumpprope and Kiara Storry....
Tennis players at their season ending awards ceremony, from left, Jenna Dvorak, Claire Wolhowe, Katie Johnson and Kelsi Peterson. Wolhowe was named the team’s Most Valuable Player and also was voted Best Teammate. Peterson and Wolhowe tied for most wins during the season and were both Mid-State...
Nov. 9, 2017
1. Mason Bros. 4-0
2. Ted and Gen’s 4-0
3. Staples Vet Clinic 3-1
4. Lefty’s 1-3
5. Spectrum Marketing 0-4
6. Ghost Team 0-4
High Team Series-
Ted and Gen’s 1,717
High Team Game-
Ted and Gen’s 625
High Ind. Series/ high games
Tia Freitag 532 211-194
Sadie Bendson 515 215-159...
The Staples-Motley girls swim team came through with their best performances in the section competition, Nov. 9 and 11 at the University of Minnesota-Morris pool. Many Cardinal swimmers set personal bests against some of the best swimmers in the state. The Cardinals placed 10th out of 11 teams in...
Minnesota firearms hunters registered 70,724 deer during the first two days of deer season, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Preliminary numbers from opening weekend show that the number of deer registered was essentially the same as 2016. Of the deer harvested, 57 percent were...
When the deer season that has just begun concludes, it is widely expected to signal a return to better times and greater hunter success. Perhaps as high as 40 percent of the state’s 500,000 deer hunters could be stocking their freezers with venison steaks, chops, and sausage this year. One of the...
I’ve been a deer hunter since I was sixteen years old. One of the reasons I always hunted is that I really do enjoy eating venison. Most of the hunters I know have an affinity for eating venison, but now real concerns are being raised about the safety and wisdom of eating deer, elk, caribou and...
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