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After falling behind 18-7 in the first half, the Staples-Motley football team shut out United North Central in the second half and won the game 21-18 in the fourth quarter with a 23 yard touchdown pass from Josh Lombard to Mason Nyhus. Each team scored three touchdowns in the game, but the...
Tanner Robben and Hunter Klimek work together.
The Staples-Motley cross country teams had some good finishes at the Pelican Rapids Invite on Sept. 28. The boys team finished in first place and the girls had some great races against good competition. Emmet Anderson won the boys race, while Hunter Klimek and Tanner Robben outkicked their...
The Staples-Motley volleyball team fell to a very good Park Rapids team 3-0 on Sept. 28.  Cardinal statistics included: Alix Peterson; digs-4, assist-1, kills-2 Bella Martin; ace-1, digs-8, kills-1 Kiera Dumpprope; digs-1, blocks-3 Tabetha Allen; kills-4, blocks-1 Camryn Banaka; digs-26, assist-1...
The Staples-Motley girls tennis team picked up two wins against Wadena-Deer Creek and Crosby-Ironton on Sept. 19, then met some stiff competition at the Litchfield tournament on Sept. 23. Haley Dietman, Jenna Dvorak and Rose Han each had two wins against WDC and CI. In the Litchfield tournament,...
Dalton Holmberg (2) and Luke Schmieg (55) stack up an OTC runner on a fourth down play. (Staples World photo by Mark Anderson)
The Staples-Motley football team threw a scare into the eighth ranked Ottertail Central team by taking a 14-0 lead on two touchdown passes and stifling defense in the first half. But in the second half the Cardinals suffered from poor field position, mistakes, and trouble with the OTC running game...
Staples-Motley cross country runner Emmet Anderson beat four other ranked runners to win the Class 1A race at the Milaca Mega Meet on Sept. 23. It was a good day for the boys team, as they finished fourth out of 37 teams. The mega meet has four varsity races, with Class 1A the race for the smaller...
Alex Davis reaches out for a return while Camryn Banaka and Ashley Vasquez await the next shot
The Staples-Motley volleyball team staged an intense five set match against Pillager on Sept. 19, but ended up losing 3-2. After a loss at Pequot Lakes on Sept. 21, they won their pool at the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley tournament on Sept. 23, to reach the top tier of the tournament, then lost to the...
The Staples-Motley girls swimming team competed against Fosston-Bagley on Sept. 19 and had a home meet against Holdingford Sept. 21. We had some good races, and some swam in a meet for their first time, which is a huge accomplishment,” said Coach Amanda Olson. “We are getting the girls outside of...
The Staples-Motley girls swimming team competed well against Morris on Sept. 14, then had some big performances at a multi-team meet at Park Rapids. “We’ve had a couple of really rough weeks, with tough practices and sickness, but the girls really have been troopers and they’re pulling through now...

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