Sports
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley boys wrestling team had seven section champions and four second place finishers, qualifying 11 wrestlers for the state tournament. Two wrestlers did not make state, one placed third and the other pulled out because of illness.
The Section 7A...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley girls basketball team finished the regular season with a win and a good showing against a top team in the conference.
The win set them up as the 10th seed for playoffs this year, with their first game on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Pierz.
The Cardinals...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Conner Kuhns made a basket and free throw for a three point play in the last minute, providing the winning points for a 78-77 win over Breckenridge on Feb. 19. Right before that, Eli Rutten made a contested three point shot from the corner and scored on a drive to...
The Staples-Motley wrestling team finished their regular season with two shutouts and a commanding performance in a home quadrangular meet on Feb. 5. The Cardinals beat Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena 78-0, Pillager 77-0 and Bemidji 54-12.
Against Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena, Staples-Motley won by falls or...
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....
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