Sports
The Staples-Motley wrestling team had two champions and two second place finishers in the Wadena-Deer Creek wrestling tournament on Dec. 3. Elijah Greenwaldt and Colbe Tappe won their weight brackets while Gage Bjerga and Turner Beachy were both second.
The Cardinals placed seventh out of nine...
Audrey Brownell placed fourth in the Girls Rising Stars division of the Nike Cross Regionals Heartland race in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Nov. 13, with a time of 18:41 for the 5K race.
The Heartland Regional has top cross country runners from Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota...
The Staples-Motley girls cross country team brought home the third place trophy and the boys were sixth at the Minnesota State Cross Country Meet on Nov. 5 at St. Olaf College in Northfield.
Both teams ran extremely well to finish the top half of the state. The weather was cold and misty but most...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley girls tennis team lost their two matches in the state tournament, 5-2 against Litchfield and 5-2 against St. James.
The Cardinals also had two players in the individual state tournament. Lauren Rutten won her first two matches but lost to the...
The Staples-Motley volleyball team lost in the first round of the Section 6AA playoffs on Oct. 27, 3-0 at Melrose.
The Cardinals finished the season with a 16-11 record.
Team results
Staples-Motley 0, Melrose 3; 15-25, 12-25, 19-25
Maggie Claussen: aces-2, assist-1, digs-19
Emilya Case: kills-2,...
The Staples-Motley football team lost 52-12 against Wadena-Deer Creek in the opening round of the Class 6AA playoffs on Oct. 25.
The Cardinals finished the season without a win, but were competitive in several games. The team played a lot of ninth and tenth graders, against teams that had mostly...
Staples-Motley earned two Section 6A cross country titles on their home course on Oct. 28, with both the boys and girls teams running their best races of the season to outpace the competition.
The Cardinal boys competed hard throughout the race and won some crucial battles down the stretch to...
The Staples-Motley volleyball team ended the regular season with a 3-2 win at Pelican Rapids on Oct. 17. The Cardinals finished the season with a 16-10 record.
Against Pelican Rapids, the Cardinals won the first set, but fell behind after losing the next two. Staples-Motley then won the next two to...
The Staples-Motley cross country teams ran fast times at the Mid State Conference meet at Long Prairie on Oct. 18, with the girls team winning the conference title and the boys finishing second.
Most of the runners on the team ran personal best times, as a result of being in great shape late in the...
The Staples-Motley 5th and 6th grade red and white youth football teams recently finished their season undefeated at 13-0, with wins over area teams from; Pequot Lakes, Pillager, Crosby-Ironton, Browerville and Aitkin.
Pictured, front, from left, Jayden Rodgers, Ethan Bounds, Brennen Sonnenstahl,...
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