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The Staples-Motley boys basketball team started the conference season with a 66-48 loss against Park Rapids on Jan. 18.
The Cardinals started out behind by 11 points at halftime. A 16 point second half by Isaiah Schultz helped them get closer but they couldn’t make up the deficit that started in...
The Staples-Motley wrestling team defeated Mille Lacs 41-39 on Jan. 13.
The Cardinals have been boosted by their young lower weights all season but when they suffered two early losses, they needed some support in the upper weights. That started when Jason Trantina won with a third period pin at 145...
Sivert Klefsaas scored his 1,000th career point on a three point shot with the score tied against Browerville on Jan. 11.
Klefsaas started the game by being a distributor more than a scorer. He took the point position on offense and kept the ball moving, or drove to the basket and passed out to...
The Staples-Motley girls basketball team earned their second win of the season by beating Hinckley-Finlayson 45-38 on Jan. 10, led by 18 points by Lauren Rutten. The Cardinals then lost 61-35 against Park Rapids on Jan. 14.
It was the team’s first recent meeting against Hinckley-Finlayson, a new...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Colbe Tappe was the 132 pound champion and six other Cardinals placed in the Gerry Bakke Buffalo Invitational Tournament held Jan. 8. The Cardinals also wrestled well in a home triangular meet held Jan. 4, with a win over Wadena-Deer Creek 65-18 before falling to...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley boys basketball team had three straight games where they took off in the second half. Two of those games were in the win column. On Jan. 4, at Long Prairie 77-43 and on Jan.8, at home against Wadena-Deer Creek a 62-54 win. On Jan. 6, their...
The Staples-Motley girls basketball team lost 65-35, against Pillager on Jan. 6 and lost 67-40, against Wadena-Deer Creek on Jan. 8.
Against Pillager, the Cardinals fell behind 15-0 to open the game, before Addison Lorber hit a three pointer. The team got the score back within ten points in the...
“Be careful what you wish for” is familiar advice. Those of us who welcome a good old fashioned snowstorm had our wish granted just after Christmas. Snowfall totals for that event in Central and Northern Minnesota ranged upwards of 10 to 15 inches, even more in some places. The counterpoint to its...
The Staples-Motley boys basketball team lost their first game in a holiday tournament at Walker, but came back the next day to win their second game.
The Cardinals lost 70-56 against Warren-Alvarado-Oslo in the opening round on Dec. 29. On Dec. 30, they beat Hill City 76-50.
Against Hill City, the...
The Staples-Motley boys basketball team came back from an 11 point deficit to move ahead late in the game against Royalton on Dec. 21, but they ended up losing in overtime 58-53.
The game started out with both teams playing great defense. Eight minutes into the game, the score was tied 4-4. The...
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