Sports
All Staples-Motley sports teams will be competing in the Heart of Lakes Conference this year, except football, where divisions are determined by the MSHSL.
The 2024-25 Heart of Lakes Conference is made up of:
Barnesville
Breckenridge
Dilworth-Glynden-Felton
Frazee
Hawley
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids...
Staples-Motley Community Education tumbling classes started in July, with local girls and boys learning skills and strengthening their bodies for gymnastics events. A second session of tumbling starts Aug. 19. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
Action photo from the Staples Lumberbats town team game against Perham on July 14. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
Audrey Brownell shows the two new numbers she is putting up on the Cardinal Pride sign on Highway 10 in Staples, showing the number of athletic state champions who have come out of the Staples-Motley school district. Brownell won the state track and field 800 and 1,600 meter titles in June, the...
The 14U Bronco League baseball team played their games this summer with every player changing positions every inning, each of them getting a chance at catching, pitching, fielding and hitting. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
Staples-Motley graduate Emmet Anderson, center running with former Minnesota Gopher teammate Matt Wilkinson, left. Wilkinson qualified for the Olympics in the 3,000 meter steeplechase by placing second in the U.S. Championships in June. The Olympic Games start July 26 in Paris, France, with the...
Action from the grades 5 and 6 Bronco League summer recreation team. (Staples World photosby Mark Anderson)
The Staples-Motley trap team participated in the Minnesota Clay Target League Trap Shooting Championship on June 11 at Alexandria.
Ronnie Noska placed 16th in the girls varsity division with a score of 84.
In junior varsity shooting, Amy Rollins was fifth and Abby Brichacek placed 11th.
Alex Leach...
The Staples-Motley summer softball league had so many girls sign up, they divided the 14& program into two teams this year. Pictured, Cardinal athletes from both teams pictured in action on June 11. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
Four Staples-Motley track and field athletes changed the top ten listings for the school’s all-time records in six events this season. Audrey Brownell set school records in the 800 and 1,600 meter runs. Avandre Brandt moved up to a tie for second in the long jump and sixth in the high jump. Sawyer...
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