Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

No. 2 Marion rolls by Benton Bobcats

Tue - 15 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

VAN HORNE - The second-ranked Marion volleyball team used a balanced attack to sweep Benton Community, 25-15, 25-10, 25-12, in a Wamac Conference match Tuesday night in Van Horne.

Caitlyn Smith collected 39 assists and two blocks for Marion. Isabella Sade finished with 13 kills, five aces and three blocks. Kaela Halvorson contributed nine kills and six digs.

Olivia Frazier had nine kills for the Indians. Alyssa Thomas had seven kills and seven digs. Morgan Swanger had six kills, six digs and two blocks. Kenzie Redmond provided seven digs.

Marion raised its records to 10-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference.

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Nick Perkins (head on table) is comforted by his wife, Angela, during the Marion school board meeting Monday. The board voted unanimously to fire Perkins as an assistant football coach. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Nick Perkins fired by Marion board

Mon - 14 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

Nick Perkins made an emotional plea to the Marion school board Monday to keep his job as an assistant football coach at Marion High School, but the board voted unanimously at its meeting to officially terminate his position.

Perkins, 44, was removed from the football program two weeks ago based on allegations that he made inappropriate comments in the locker room during halftime of Marion's game against Mount Vernon at Thomas Park Field on Aug. 28.

Tony Perkins, Marion's head coach and Nick's older brother, was suspended for one game following the incident but was reinstated last week. Nick Perkins wanted to be reinstated as well, but the board followed the administration's recommendation and voted for termination.

Perkins spoke for 10 minutes at the open school board meeting, stressing how much he cares for Marion High School and the football program. Several other people spoke on his behalf, including several members of this year's team, with some of the speakers asking the board to give Perkins a second chance.

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Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2015 19:58

Cascade tops Marion in final seconds

Sat - 12 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

Cascade quarterback John Larkin found Trace Hoffman with a 16-yard touchdown pass with 15 seconds left in the game Friday night to give the Cougars a 29-26 victory over Marion at Thomas Park.

Marion grabbed a 26-23 lead in the fourth quarter on a 7-yard run by Gage Kray, but Cascade rebounded and handed the Indians their 11th straight loss dating back to last season.

Tony Perkins returned to the sidelines for Marion (0-3) after serving a one-game suspension last week. He still needs one victory to tie Les Hipple for the most in school history at 105.

Kory Walsh carried the ball 21 times for 210 yards for Marion and scored twice on runs of 5 and 55 yards, but it wasn't quite enough.

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Cougars jump to 4th in volleyball poll

Thu - 10 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

The Kennedy Cougars climbed three spots to No. 4 in the new Class 5A volleyball rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

Kennedy has an 8-3 record and trails Cedar Falls, Bettendorf and Ankeny Centennial in the poll.

Linn-Mar jumped one notch to No. 7 in the 5A rankings. Prairie fell five spots to No. 10.

The Marion Indians stayed No. 2 in Class 4A behind West Delaware.

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Tysen Vandraska of Prairie (left) defeated Brandon Cooley of Bettendorf for top honors at the Cedar Rapids Invitational cross country meet Thursday at Noelridge Park. (MSR photo by Ken Gilchrist).

VanDraska leads Prairie to title

Thu - 10 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

Tysen VanDraska was sorely disappointed when he finished seventh at the Class 4A state cross country meet last fall.

"I kind of choked a little bit," he claimed Thursday.

He does not plan to let it happen again.

VanDraska captured top honors and led Cedar Rapids Prairie to the team championship Thursday at the annual Cedar Rapids Invitational at Noelridge Park.

VanDraska won the 5K outing in 16 minutes, 7.68 seconds, edging Brandon Cooley of Bettendorf by 1.5 seconds in a tight race throughout. Prairie ran away with the team championship with 31 points with Jake Moore finishing fourth, Chris Oehlert sixth and Cam Steffens seventh.

VanDraska may have been a little harsh on himself by claiming he "choked a little bit" at the state meet, but he's always set high standards for himself as a distance runner.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:48