Sports
The Staples-Motley Summer Recreation program started with T-Ball on June 5, with the area’s smallest athletes learning to throw, hit and run, and making impressive plays while doing it. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
Uselman leads golfers to top four team finish
Mallory Uselman is heading to state golf for the third year in a row, leading another amazing accomplishment, the Staples-Motley girls team making the cut to play on day two of the Section 6AA golf meet.
The girls team had a slow start to the season...
The Staples-Motley track and field team qualified six athletes for the Minnesota State Track and Field meet, two of them in multiple events. The Section 6A meet was May 30 at Pillager.
Girls athletes heading to state are Audrey Brownell in the 800 and 1,600 meter runs, and Kyanna Burton in the 3,...
The Staples-Motley track and field team advanced multiple athletes and relay teams to the section meet, competing in the sub-section meet on May 23 at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle.
In the boys meet, Avandre Brandt won three events, the 200, high jump and long jump. Other boys winners were Logan Robben...
The Staples-Motley golf team racked up a slew of birdies in winning the Eagle’s Invite at Eagles Landing Golf Club at Fort Ripley on May 22.
Grant Bestland recorded an incredible eight birdies in 18 holes, but had one double bogey and a couple of bogeys to finish two under par.
Carter White shot...
The Staples-Motley boys golf team shot their best score of the year with four golfers in the 70s at their home conference meet on May 14. The team score of 299 is their first time scoring under 300 in a long time and shows they are capable of great golf as a team.
Grant Bestland, Carter White,...
Mallory Uselman shot a a three on the par five 13th hole at The Vintage golf course in Staples, scoring an eagle on the 393 yard hole. The Cardinals were third at the Mid State Conference meet on May 14, with some young and improving players filling out the rest of the varsity roster.
Uselman shot...
The Staples-Motley track/field teams unleased a swarm of killer B’s on the Mid State Conference, with four of their five conference champions having last names starting with B.
Avandre Brandt and Audrey Brownell are double conference champions, each winning two events at the Mid State Conference...
The Staples-Motley softball team lost 15-5 against Pequot Lakes on May 16. Above, Ellie Lange hammers a bases loaded triple over the head of the center fielder. Below, she scores a run on a passed ball, accounting for 4 of the 5 Cardinal runs. The team had two closer games during the week, a 10-8...
Kristofer Taylor hit a seventh inning double and came around to score on a head-first dive to give the Staples-Motley baseball team a 3-2 walk-off win over Osakis on May 3.
The Cardinals also had an 8-1 win against Detroit Lakes on April 30 and lost to Hawley 8-2 on May 2.
Against Osakis, Staples-...
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