Marion Girls Basketball

Kamryn Finley wins Metro Spotlight Award

Linn-Mar freshman Kamryn Finley is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Finley helped the Linn-Mar girls basketball team win all three of its games last week with victories over Kennedy (62-49), Cedar Falls (54-51) and Marion (52-48). She averaged 14.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in those contests as the fifth-ranked Lions raised their record to 9-1.

Finley scored 19 points in a sharp overall performance against Kennedy. She hit four 3-pointers, went 7-for-8 from the field, grabbed five rebounds, came up with four steals and had an assist.

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Ollinger helps Lions escape Indians

For a while Saturday night, it looked like the age-old (but sometimes interrupted) rivalry between the Linn-Mar and Marion girls was going to be more of the same.

The traditionally dominant Lions charged out to a 19-8 lead on the big stage at the U.S. Cellular Center while the freshman-laden Indians appeared to have a case of the jitters.

Marion senior workhorse Amanda Sahm took charge, however, and even coaxed her young teammates into the lead before finally falling 52-48.

As was bound to happen sooner or later, new Linn-Mar star Amanda Ollinger (with help from her former AAU pal Niki Sharma) celebrated a second half coming-out party that proved too tough for the undersized Marion girls to handle.

In her third game since transferring from Jefferson at mid-season, the 6-foot-1 all-stater pumped in 15 of her game-high 17 points after halftime. She also collected a team-high nine rebounds along with three crucial steals and two blocks.

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Marion girls throttle Raiders 41-17

WILLIAMSBURG – Chloe Rice had 11 points and Caitlyn Smith added nine as the Marion girls basketball team cruised passed Williamsburg 41-17.

After a 4-4 first-quarter tie, the Indians pulled away with a 15-2 run in the second quarter.

Marion improved to 9-3, while Williamsburg fell to 1-10.

MARION (41): Fuller 0 0-0 0. Peyton 0 0-0 0, Rice 4 0-0 11, Smith 3 0-0 9, Cannoy 0 0-0 0, Sahm 1 3-7 5, Dunne 1 0-0 2, Mohr 2 1-2 5, Laube 3 0-0 6, Steepleton 0 0-0 0, Kelly 0 0-0 0, Sade 1 1-2 3, Jordan 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 4-11 41.

WILLIAMSBURG (17): Dellamuth 0 0-0 0, Schulte 1 0-0 2, Kuesel 0 0-0 0, Schlabaugh 0 2-2 2, Berkland 1 1-2 3, Miller 0 0-1 0, Widmer 1 0-0 2, Eichhorn 0 0-0 0, Hollensbe 2 0-0 4, Doehrmann 2 0-0 4, Annis 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 3-5 17.

Halftime – Marion 19, Williamsburg 6. 3-point goals – Marion 6 (Rice 3, Smith 3), Williamsburg 0.

Marion rallies for win

The Marion girls basketball team came back from a first-half deficit to beat West Delaware 54-37 Tuesday at Manchester.

The Indians led 14-9 after the first quarter, but trailed 23-21 at halftime before opening the second half with a 19-9 run to take control.

Mia Laube had 12 points for Marion (8-2), Amanda Sahm had 11 points, and Chloe Rice had 10 points.

Kasey Palmer had 12 points for West Delaware (6-3).

MARION (54): Fuller 0 0-0 0, Peyton 1 0-0 2, Rice 3 4-4 10, Smith 2 0-0 6, Cannoy 0 0-0 0, Sahm 4 2-2 11, Dunne 0 0-0 0, Mohr 5 0-0 10, Laube 5 2-3 12, Steepleton 0 0-0 0, Kelly 0 0-0 0, Redmond 0 0-0 0, Sade 1 1-2 3. Totals 21 9-11 54.

WEST DELAWARE (37): Lyness 1 0-0 2, Schrader 0 1-2 1, Moorman 1 1-2 3, Wegmann 3 0-0 7, Gaffney 1 0-0 2, Twole 1 3-4 5, Morrison 0 0-0 0, Boies 2 1-2 5, Palmer 5 1-3 12, Eilers 0 0-1 0, Reth 0 0-0 0, Cassutt 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 7-14 37.

Halftime – West Delaware 23, Marion 21. 3-point goals – Marion 3 (Smith 2, Sahm), West Delaware 2 (Wegmann, Palmer).