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The Staples-Motley girls tennis team won Park Rapids 4-2 on Oct. 1, with the final match undecided due to darkness.
This was the final regular season match before the Cardinals enter the Section 8A tournament starting Thursday, Oct. 10.
Against Park Rapids, the top two singles players were...
The Staples-Motley girls tennis team started getting back into form with a competitive match against one of the top big school teams in the area and a win against a ranked team as Corinne Olson led three singles wins in a 4-3 win.
The Cardinals lost 6-1 against Bemidji on Sept. 24, but the team was...
Staples-Motley made a big splash at the Roy Griak cross country meet at the University of Minnesota on Sept. 20. Two former Cardinals finished 11th and 12th in the Division I race out of 184 runners. Emmet Anderson was the top runner for the Minnesota Gophers and Hunter Klimek led the North Dakota...
The Staples-Motley football team cruised to a 50-0 win against Pine River-Backus in their homecoming game on Sept. 27. Colbe Tappe ran for 94 yards and two scores. The Cardinal team rushed for 270 yards, with 16 different players getting a chance to carry the ball and eight players catching passes...
The Staples-Motley cross country teams competed in the biggest meet in the midwest, the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota, against teams from at ten states, including many of the top teams and top runners in the country.
The girls team ran in the championship race. Audrey...
The Staples-Motley volleyball team mixed it up with two high level teams, winning in five sets against Wadena-Deer Creek on Sept. 17 and losing 3-1 on Sept. 19 against Breckenridge.
Against W-DC, the teams went back and forth in the first four sets, setting up a fifth set, which the Cardinals won...
Cardinals take off at Griak. From left, Blaine Plattner, Gage Bjerga and Logan Robben.
The Staples-Motley volleyball team lost their momentum in a 3-2 loss to Perham on Sept. 12, then went 2-2 in a tournament at Crosby-Ironton on Sept. 14, beating Crosby-Ironton and Verndale, but falling to Swanville and White Bear Lake.
Against Perham, Annie Schlosser reached 1,000 career set...
The Staples-Motley girls tennis team beat Wadena-Deer Creek 6-1 on Sept. 10, but then were missing a couple of starters in a 6-1 loss to Perham on Sept. 12.
Against WDC, Mia Pesta and Charlie Noska got a big win at number three doubles, while Natalie Hanson and Sarah Kroll won a close match at...
The Staples-Motley football team had their third clear win to start the season 3-0, beating Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 40-0 on Sept. 13.
This win sets up a battle of the unbeatens, as 3-0 Pillager comes to Staples-Motley on Friday, Sept. 20 for a game that likely will determine the top seed for the...
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