Sports
As wondrous as Nature is, some of its processes become so familiar that we begin to take them for granted. Some species of birds migrate thousands of miles from where they’re born to where they spend the winter. Worm-like caterpillars transform miraculously into the most strikingly beautiful...
The second year of the Staples Alumni Basketball Tournament brought more players and fans, resulting in a lot of competitive action. “There was a ton of quality basketball,” said tournament organizer Colton Thompson. “We will be doing it again in 2018.” (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
Travis Maciej was the top Staples-Motley competitor at the Minnesota High School Clay Target League Trap Shooting Championship, held June 12-22 at Alexandria Shooting Park.
Maciej shot 91 out of 112 targets to place 41st in the competition.
Nearly 7,500 students representing 343 Minnesota high...
A pitchers dual lived up to expectations as the Staples Lumberbats’ Jalen Busker dueled with Midway Snurbirds starting pitcher Jake Lund July 7 in Menahga.
In the end, Busker was on the short end as the Lumberbat offense squandered a couple of scoring chances. In the third inning, the Lumberbats...
The Staples-Motley Cardinal Basketball Alumni Tournament will start around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 14, and and continue with games starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 15, at the Staples-Motley High School gym.
The tournament will be a fundraiser for Staples-Motley Booster Clubs, with a donation...
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon when my brother-in-law Tim Gilbert and I decided we should run over to a neat little lake in Central Cass County to see if we could pick up a few largemouth bass. We knew it wasn’t the greatest afternoon for landing big bass with little wind and clear blue skies,...
It’s human nature to want to control events and circumstances in our lives. We don’t like unpleasant surprises. We try to be “on top of our game” as much as possible to avoid failures. But sometimes our best efforts and intentions come up short. Sometimes we have to live with the unforeseen, and –...
Boys and girls in the Staples-Motley Community Education summer leagues practice their hitting, catching and throwing skills. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
