Sports
The Staples-Motley football team used big plays on both offense and defense to beat Pine River-Backus 60-0 on Sept. 29.
Alex Schultz caught two long touchdown passes from Eli Rutten, for 85 and 42 yards, both bombs down the right sideline.
Blake Neelan busted a long run early on before finishing...
The Staples-Motley volleyball team won their biggest match of the year, 3-1 against Wadena-Deer Creek on Sept. 26. They lost to Detroit Lakes 3-0 on Sept. 28 and won at Pine River-Backus 3-2 on Sept. 29.
The Cardinals didn’t back down against a hard-hitting W-DC team. They came out playing well,...
The Staples-Motley tennis team beat another ranked team, a 4-3 win against Osakis on Sept. 26. The Cardinals went into the match ranked fourth in the state while Osakis was seventh.
This time they did it without a win from number one singles player Lauren Rutten, who had her first loss of the year...
Kyanna Burton set a meet record at the Little Falls Lucky Lindy cross country race, kicking past the number two ranked runner in Class AA for the win.
Issiah Tabatt was the top runner for the boys team, finishing in 20th place in a race with some of the top runners in Class AA and Class A.
In the...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley football team remained undefeated at 3-0 with a 53-14 win against Walker-Hackensack-Akely on Sept. 15. The Cardinals had everything working for them as they scored on offense, special teams and defense.
“We really came to play again,” said Coach...
The Staples-Motley girls tennis team won competitive matches against two section opponents, 5-2 against Wadena-Deer Creek on Sept. 12 and 7-0 against Perham on Sept. 15.
Wadena-Deer Creek had two excellent doubles teams to produce their wins, but the Cardinals cruised in the rest of the matchups....
The Staples-Motley volleyball team won in a five set match, a four set match, and then played in a 12 team tournament in a span of five days. The Cardinals won at Frazee 3-2 on Sept. 12, winning the final set 15-9. They outscored Park Rapids 3-1 on Sept. 14. They won one of three matches at the...
The Staples-Motley volleyball team got back on track with two wins last week, 3-0 against Bertha-Hewitt on Sept. 5 and 3-0 against Aitkin on Sept. 7.
“They’re a hardworking group with a lot of talent so it’s a matter of putting all the pieces together and that started to happen this week,” said...
The Staples-Motley football team won with an overtime touchdown by Blake Neelan and the extra point kicked by Peyton Mithun to beat Breckenridge 28-27 on Sept. 8.
Colbe Tappe scored a touchdown on a 17 yard pass from Eli Rutten in the first quarter. Ben Tyrrell scored a running touchdown in the...
Audrey Brownell and Kyanna Burton both raced past the Staples-Motley school 5,000 meter cross country record, placing second and third in the Moorhead Dragon Twilight meet on Sept. 8.
Brownell and Burton were exceptional, running 18:09 and 18:19. The previous school record had been 18:38, run by...
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