Marion Football

Marion mauls Mount Pleasant, 70-7

MOUNT PLEASANT - The Marion Indians were not happy last year when they finished with a 4-5 record and failed to make the playoffs.

The Indians have vowed to make amends this season and made the Mount Pleasant Panthers their first victim Friday night.

Marion exploded for 44 points in the second quarter and trounced the Panthers, 70-7, in a Class 3A non-district game in Mount Pleasant.

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Xavier, Marion make Register football poll

The Xavier Saints and Marion Indians had modest records during the 2011 football season, but the Des Moines Register thinks they'll be two of the strongest teams in their respective classes this year.

The Saints, who finished 5-5 last season, were ranked No. 7 in Class 4A in the Register's preseason poll announced Sunday.

The Indians, who finished 4-5 last year, were ranked No. 8 in Class 3A.

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Marion Indians looking for strong rebound

Some of the preseason high school football polls have been released and the Marion Indians don't see their names anywhere.

That's OK with Coach Tony Perkins, who knows how these things work, but it's not OK with some of his players.

"That's huge motivation," senior Ethan Herren remarked. "Everybody is doubting us now. All these preseason rankings ... Marion is nothing now. We're nothing to nobody.

"We have a lot to prove."

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Bender tabbed for IHSAA Hall of Fame

Former Marion High School football star Carey Bender will be inducted into the IHSAA Hall of Fame on Nov. 16 during the Class 4A football playoffs in Cedar Falls.

Bender rushed for 1,748 yards and scored 28 touchdowns as a senior at Marion in 1989 and ran for 296 yards in a single game.

He became an NCAA Division III All-American at Coe College, where he set 18 NCAA D-3 records and seven all-division records. He accumulated 7,970 all-purpose yards at Coe and scored 528 points during his career.

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