INDEPENDENCE - Mikayla Goemaat drove in two runs and was the winning pitcher Monday as the Marion Indians trimmed Independence, 7-6, in the first game of a Wamac Conference doubleheader in Independence.

Independence won the second game, 10-4.

Paige Perkins went 3-for-4 for Marion (21-14, 8-9) in the opener.

Michalyn Mohr had two hits for the Indians in the second game. Amber Fiser drove in two runs. Mahlia Brown, an eighth grader recently promoted to the varsity, went 2-for-3 and scored two runs.


GAME ONE

MARION (7)
Scott, rf, 3 2 0 1, Vanourney, 2b/1b, 3 0 0 0, Knapp, 1b, 2 1 1 0, Mohr, ss, 4 0 1 1, Fiser, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Goemaat, p, 3 0 1 2, Perkins, c, 4 0 3 1, Whitney, dp/2b, 3 0 0 0, Fuller, lf, 3 1 1 0, Nathem, flex/cf, 0 0 0 0, Brown, 1b, 1 0 0 0. Totals 29 7 7 5.

INDEPENDENCE (6)
McMillan, p, 3 2 1 0, M.Ratchford, cf, 4 0 1 0, K.Ratchford, c, 4 0 3 4, Fuller, 2b, 3 0 0 1, McCardle, 3b, 4 0 1 0, Crawford, rf, 3 0 0 0, Wegmuller, ss, 3 1 2 0, S.Wegmuller, dh, 4 1 0 0, Goedken, lf, 2 2 1 1, Nabholz, 1b, 0 0 0 0. Totals 30 6 9 6.

Marion               420 100 0 - 7 7
Independence    101 004 0 - 6 9

W - Goemaat. L - McMillan. 2B - Goemaat, Fuller, K.Ratchford.

GAME TWO

MARION (4)
Scott, rf, 4 1 1 1, Vanourney, 3b, 2 0 0 0, Brown, 1b, 3 2 2 0, Mohr, ss, 3 1 2 1, Fiser, p, 3 0 1 2, Goemaat, dp, 3 0 1 0, Perkins, c, 2 0 1 0, Whitney, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Fuller, lf, 3 0 0 0, Nathem, cf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 25 4 8 4.

INDEPENDENCE (10)
McMillan, 1b, 1 2 0 2, M.Ratchford, cf, 4 1 0 1, K.Ratchford, c, 4 1 1 3, Fuller, 2b, 2 0 1 2, McCardle, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Crawford, p, 2 2 0 0, S.Wegmuller, ss, 2 1 0 0, Niedert, dh, 2 1 1 1, Goedken, lf, 2 2 0 1, Nabholz, rf, 2 2 0 1. Totals 24 10 3 10.

Marion               200 002 0 -  4  8
Independence    130 006 x - 10 3

W - Crawford. L - Fiser. 2B - Brown, Mohr (2), Fiser, Perkins, K.Ratchford.