Marion Softball

Marion girls win 3 games at Marshalltown tourney

MARSHALLTOWN - The Marion High School softball team compiled a 3-1 record at the Marshalltown tournament this past weekend.

The Indians (14-15) defeated South Hardin, South Tama and East Marshall in the two-day event Friday and Saturday. They suffered their only loss to Colfax-Mingo.

Game 1

MARION (2)
Smith, ss, 3 0 1 0, Scott, rf, 3 0 2 0, Knapp, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Perkins, c, 3 1 1 1, Mohr, 1b, 3 0 0 0, Rausch, cf, 3 1 0 0, Nathem, lf, 2 0 0 0, Vanourney, 2b, 3 0 2 1, Goemaat, p, 2 0 0 0. Totals 25 2 7 2.

SOUTH HARDIN (1)
Rewoldf, c, 3 0 1 0, Mildenhall, cf, 2 0 0 0, Hillman, lf, 3 0 1 0, Mairs, 1b, 3 1 1 1, Shindler, dp, 3 0 1 0, Mazurik, ss, 3 0 0 0, Crosser, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Rielmeier, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Lake, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 22 1 4 1.

W - Goemaat. L - Lake.

Game 2

MARION (6)
Smith, ss, 4 0 1 2, Scott, rf, 3 0 1 0, Knapp, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Perkins, c, 1 1 1 1, Mohr, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Rausch, cf, 1 1 1 0, Vanourney, 2b, 2 1 1 0, Nathem, lf, 2 1 1 2, Goemaat, p, 3 1 1 1, Banes, c, 1 0 0 0, Iehl, rf, 1 0 0 0. Totals 24 6 9 6.

SOUTH TAMA (1)
Behouneck, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Crown, c, 4 0 1 1, Smith, 2b, 4 0 2 0, Maus, p, 3 0 0 0, Holtz, lf, 3 0 1 0, Weiss, ss, 3 0 2 0, Rohach, rf, 2 0 0 0, Magpie, dp, 3 0 1 0, Walz, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Applegate, 0 0 0 0. Totals 28 1 9 1.

W - Goemaat. L - Maus.

Game 3

MARION (10)
Smith, ss, 1 2 0 0, Scott, cf, 3 2 1 0, Knapp, 3b, 3 0 1 2, Mohr, 1b, 3 2 0 3, Rausch, 2b, 4 2 1 1, Nathem, lf, 3 0 1 1, Bacon, rf, 3 1 2 1, Banes, c, 2 0 2 2, Vanourney, p, 2 0 0 0. Totals 24 10 8 10.

COLFAX-MINGO (11)
Parks, rf, 4 1 1 2, Trainor, ss, 3 0 0 1, Schmidt, 3b, 4 2 3 0, Buehrer, 1b, 3 2 1 2, Tahrney, c, 4 2 3 4, Ginther, 2b, 2 1 0 0, Earles, lf, 3 1 1 0, Teed, dp, 2 1 0 1, Summney, cf, 3 1 1 1, Talsma, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 28 11 10 11.

W - Talsma. L - Vanourney.

Game 4

MARION (5)
Knapp, 1b, 4 1 1 0, Mohr, ss, 4 0 1 1, Rausch, 3b, 4 0 0 0, Perkins, c, 4 2 2 1, Nathem, lf, 1 0 0 0, Bacon, rf, 1 0 0 1, Banes, 2b, 2 0 1 0, Iehl, cf, 3 0 0 1, Vanourney, p, 2 1 1 1. Totals 25 5 6 5.

EAST MARSHALL (1)
A. Whitmore, ss, 4 0 2 0, Miller, lf, 3 0 0 0, C. Whitmore, p, 3 0 0 0, Long, 2b, 3 0 1 0, Stevens, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Roseland, c, 3 0 3 1, Roseland, rf, 2 0 1 0, Allen, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Long, dp, 2 0 0 0, Nuese, cf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 26 1 8 1.

W - Vanourney. L - Whitmore.

Mount Vernon squeezes past Marion

MOUNT VERNON – Mount Vernon pushed across two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and beat Marion, 5-4, Thursday night in a Wamac Conference softball game.

Michaela Martin laid down a squeeze bunt to end the game after batters reached base in the inning on an error, a single and a double.

Martin also was the winning pitcher.

Kylea Weber was 4-for-4 for Mount Vernon, scored three runs and had an RBI triple.

Marion's Leah Smith and Beth Knapp each went 2-for-4. Mikayla Goemaat was the losing pitcher.

Mount Vernon (22-6) is ranked ninth in Class 3A. Marion is 11-14, 5-10 in the Wamac.

MARION (4)
Leah Smith, ss, 4  1  3  1 , Allison Scott, rf, 3  1  2  0 , Beth Knapp, 3b, 3  0  2  1 ,  Amanda Sahm, dp, 3  0  1 0  ,  Paige Perkins, c, 2  0  0  0 ,  Michalyn Mohr, 1b,4  0  1  1, Lauren Rausch, 8, 2  1  1  0 ,  Kaitlyn Nathem, lf, 2  1  1  1 ,  Haley Vanourney, 2b, 3  0  0  0 , Mikayla Goemaat, 0  0  0  0


MOUNT VERNON (5)
S. Ryan, cf, 4  1  1  0,  K. Weber, 2b, 4  3  3  0,  K. Martin, 1b, 3  1  1  2,  M. Wieditz, c, 4  0  1  1,  M. Martin, lf, 4  0  1  1,  H. Wieditz, dp, 3  0  0  1,  J. Pisarik,p, 2  0  0  0,  M. Foxen,rf, 3  0  0  0, M. Chapman, ss, 3  0  0  0, K. Dixon,3b, 0  0  0  0

Mikayla Goemaat (7) ,  J. Pisarik (4) Martin (3);  L-Goemaat,  W-Martin

Marion splits softball twinbill with Benton

VAN HORNE - The Marion Indians collected 15 hits and defeated Benton Community, 10-4, in the first game of a Wamac Conference softball doubleheader Monday.

Leah Smith, Allison Scott, Beth Knapp, Paige Perkins, Michalyn Mohr and Haley Vanourney had two hits apiece. Vanourney drove in three runs. Smith, Knapp and Mohr had two RBIs.

Benton Community won the second game, 6-2.

Game 1

MARION (10)
Smith, ss, 5 1 2 2, Scott, cf, 5 1 2 0, Knapp, 3b, 4 1 2 2 , Perkins, c, 4 1 2 1, Mohr, 1b, 4 1 2 2, Rausch, lf, 4 1 1 0, Nathem, rf, 4 1 1 0, Sahm, dp, 4 1 1 0, Vanourney, 2b, 4 1 2 3, Goemaat, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 38 10 15 10.

BENTON (4)
Davis, lf, 3 0 0 0, Brunssen, ss, 4 1 1 1, Samson, cf, 3 2 2 2, Embray, p, 3 0 2 0, Busta, c, 3 0 1 0, Brecht, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Sindt, 2b, 3 0 1 1, Formanek, 1b, 3 0 1 0, Halstead, rf, 3 1 1 0. Totals 28 4 10 4.

W - Goemaat. L - Embray

Game 2

MARION (2)
Smith, ss, 3 0 1 0, Scott, rf, 3 0 0 0, Knapp, 3b, 2 0 0 1, Perkins, c, 2 0 0 0, Mohr, 1b, 3 1 1 1, Rausch, cf, 3 0 1 0, Nathem, lf, 2 0 1 0, Sahm, 2b, 2 0 1 0, Vanourney, p, 1 0 0 0, Goemaat, p, 1 1 1 0, Bacon, ph, 1 0 0 0. Totals 23 2 6 2.

BENTON (6)
Davis, cf, 3 0 1 0, Brunssen, ss, 2 1 0 0, Embray, 1b, 3 1 0 0, Busta, dp, 3 2 2 1, Brecht, 3b, 2 0 1 1, Sindt, 2b, 2 1 1 2, Formanek, c, 3 0 0 1, Halstead, lf, 4 1 0 1, Montville, rf, 2 0 0 0, Busta, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 24 6 5 6.

W - Busta. L - Vanourney.

Solon softballers batter Marion

SOLON -- Eighth grader Ali Herdliska had two hits and drove in three runs to power Solon past Marion, 7-1, Wednesday in the opener of a Wamac Conference softball doubleheader.

The second game was rained out.

Solon (9-1, 6-1) banged out 20 hits. Alyssa Rickels had four.

Marion (6-8, 3-5) was held to four hits. Kaitlyn Nathem drove in the Indians' run.

MARION (1)
Leah Smith, ss, 4  0  0  0 , Allison Scott, lf,  3  0  1  0, Beth Knapp, 3b, 3  0  1 0,  Paige Perkins, c,  3  0  0  0 ,  Michalyn Mohr, 1b, 1  0  0  0 , Lauren Rausch, dp, 3  1  1  0  ,  Haley Vanourney, 2b,  3  0  0  0, Kaitlyn Nathem, lf, 3  0  1  1 ,  Mikayla Goemaat, p, 0  0  0  0  , Abby Phillips, cf, 2  0  0  0. Totals 25 1 4 1.

SOLON (7)
E. Bronsky, cf, 4  1  2  0,  A. Rickels, rf, 4  0  4  0,  C. Musgrove, 1b, 4  0  2  0,  R.Purdy, pr, 0 1 0 0, M. Breza, 2b, 4  1  1  0,  K. Misel, 3b, 3  1  3  0,  E. Rickels, lf, 4  1  3  1,  A. Herdliska,ss, 4  1  2  3,  R. Stewart, c, 4  0  2  0,  S.Gunnells, cr, 0 1 0 0, A. Weeces, p, 3  0  1  0,  Hinkel, cr, 0 0 0 0, K Purdy, p, 0  0  0  0. Totals 34 7 20 4.

Mikayla Goemaat and Paige Perkins. Weeces, Purdy (7) and Stewart. W-Weeces. L-Goemaat.

2B-Misel 2, Breza, Weeces. SB-Bransky, A.Rickels, E.Rickels, Herdliska.