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The Staples-Motley girls tennis team won the Highway 10 Tennis Tournament, finishing five points ahead of Rocori, who loaded up their doubles teams but didn’t have the same firepower in singles. The tournament on Aug. 25 had doubles matches played at Staples-Motley and singles matches at Wadena-...
The Staples-Motley volleyball team opened their season with three wins at the Royalton tournament on  Aug. 27. Team results Staples-Motley 0, Foley 2; 17-25, 19-25 Leah Bestland: Set Assists-16, Digs-5 Bo Erholtz: Kills-1, Blocks-1, Digs-1 Morgan Becker: Assists-1, Kills-5, Digs-14 Jayce Kobliska...
A lower turnout in the Railroad Days 5K fun run didn’t diminish the exciting finishes as people raced to get to the line. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)  
The Staples-Motley Cardinals baseball team stood for the National Anthem prior to the start of their game against New London-Spicer Aug. 14, at Pine Grove Park in Staples. The Cards defeated the Wildcats 5-4 at the second annual Pat and Carolyn Held Youth Baseball Tournament, taking home the...
Staples Motley beat New London Spicer 5-4 to claim the championship of the 2nd annual Pat and Carolyn Held youth baseball tournament.  The Cardinals reached the finals by going 3 and 0 in pool play with wins over Pillager 9 to 4, Long Prairie 11 to 1 and 2 to 0 over last years champion Motevideo...
Nominations are now open for the Staples Motley Athletic Hall of Fame. Nomination period is Aug. 1-Dec. 1, 2021. Nomination forms can be accessed on the hall of fame web page. Nominees must be graduated or have left or retired as a coach from the Staples or Motley district for seven years. All...
The Railroad Days 5K run/jog/walk will take place Saturday, Aug. 21, at 8:30 a.m. Registration can be completed online at eventbrite.com, or on the day of the race at Staples Alliance Church. Registration ends at 8:15 a.m. the day of the race. Following the 5K, the Junior Run will start around 9:30...
Minnesota high school fall sports teams started practice Aug. 16. The Minnesota State High School League has redrawn sports sections for the 2021-2022 school year, with two of the fall sports adding a class. Here are some of the changes the Staples-Motley teams will see in postseason play. Girls...
From the Minnesota Golf Association (mngolf.org)   The Israelson family secured two more Birchmont titles on Saturday -- Nos. 9 and 10 -- as Andrew Israelson defeated Nate Adams 1 up, and his sister Emily Israelson beat Morgan Hetletved 3&1. Neither of them ever trailed in the finals. Andrew...
The community is invited to join the family of Darlene Palmer, a pioneer in local women’s sports, for a celebration of life at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 7 in the Central Lakes College Brainerd campus gym. The program will begin at 2:30 p.m. Coach Palmer was honored for her work including being an...

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