It couldn’t have been much closer in the finals of the Staples tennis tournament as Kelsi Peterson beat Lexi Johnson 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 for the singles title in the initial year of the tournament.
In division 2, for non-varsity players, two Staples Motley players advanced to the semi-finals. Rose Han...
Andrew Israelson, was named Mr. Minnesota Golf, for the top male high school golfer. Israelson was among eight boys nominated by a statewide selection committee of coaches and golf leaders and was chosen the winner in the first year of the award. He received the award at the Windsong Farm Golf...
The Vintage golf course at Staples will host their annual Father’s Day Tournament, Sunday, June 19. Registration at 8:15 a.m., play starts at 9 a.m. Entry fee includes lunch and prizes for winning teams.
The tournament will be played according to best ball rules. Players do not have to have a...
The state golf meet had rain issues on the first day of competition June 14.
Staples Motley golfers Hailey Koenig and Olivia Klefsaas teed off in the morning and nearly completed 18 holes, but were called off the course due to rain and lightning.
The boys golfers, who were scheduled to tee off in...
The week before the walleye opener I was driving to our family cabin on Leech Lake and passed through Walker. The temperature gauge on my truck read 91 degrees. Wow, I thought, what an opener this was going to be. Finally, some real nice weather with a good bite. I should have known better.
The...
The ladies golf league at The Vintage golf course began June 6, with 13 ladies forming teams for a fun scramble event.
Dinner was served after play in the clubhouse. Prizes were awarded to the team with the least string used to help lower their team’s score, which went to; Beth Gedde, Mary Fitcher...
Andrew Israelson was the Section 6AA champion for boys golf, Olivia Klefsaas placed second for the girls and Hailey Koenig also advanced to girls state with a seventh place finish at Blackberry Golf Course in Sartell on June 6 and 7. All three will compete in the state meet at Sand Creek in Jordan...
The Staples Motley girls and boys track and field teams had a successful Section 6A meet on June 2, with Millie Klefsaas qualifying for the state meet in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles and pole vault.
For the boys team, Max Giza qualified in the pole vault and just missed in the hurdles, finishing...
Five girls and ten boys from the Staples Motley track and field team will compete in the Section 6A meet on Thursday, June 2, at Minnesota State University Moorhead, after qualifying at the sub section 23 meet at Long Prairie on May 26.
The top five individuals and top two relays advance, plus...
Former Staples Motley track athlete Brian Huber placed fifth in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 26, earning All-American honors for the Minnesota State University Moorhead sophomore.
At the meet at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla, Huber jumped 25 feet, 1/2 inch on...