Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

No. 2 Indians down Center Point

The Marion High School volleyball survived a blip in the fourth set Tuesday night and defeated Center Point-Urbana, 25-15, 25-15, 18-25, 25-15, in a Wamac Conference match.

Marion, which is ranked No. 2 in Class 4A, raised its records to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the league.

Haley Dullea collected 21 digs for the Indians and was 17-for-17 on her serves with three aces. Caitlyn Smith finished with 35 assists. Morgan Swanger had 20 digs, went 20-for-20 on serves and had eight kills.

Alyssa Thomas contributed 15 digs, nine kills, three blocks and was 18-for-18 on serves with two aces. Kaela Halvorson had 16 digs and nine kills. Isabella Sade provided 12 kills and five blocks. Olivia Frazier had six kills.

Marion bumped off by Washington

WASHINGTON - The Marion Indians struggled without coach Tony Perkins on Friday night and lost to the Washington Demons, 42-12, in a Class 3A non-district game in Washington.

Perkins was suspended from the game by the Marion school district following allegations of verbal abuse in the football program.

Jack Giardino scored four touchdowns for Washington on runs of 6, 47, 82 and 4 yards. Washington quarterback Ryan Reighard scored twice on scampers of 4 and 16 yards as the Demons (1-1) collected all six of their touchdowns on the ground.

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No. 2 Marion girls spike Vinton

The Marion High School volleyball team began the season Thursday night with a 25-11, 25-13, 25-16 victory over Vinton-Shellsburg in a Wamac Conference match at Marion.

The Indians are ranked No. 2 in Class 4A after reaching the semifinals of the state tournament in 2014.

Isabella Sade led Marion with 10 kills and was 17-for-17 on her serves with four aces. Alyssa Thomas contributed eight kills and seven digs and went 16-for-17 on her serves with three aces.

Caitlyn Smith collected 26 assists. Kaela Halvorson had nine digs and four kills. Haley Dullea provided seven digs and was 10-for-10 on serves. Olivia Frazier had four kills. Morgan Swanger finished with eight digs.

Prairie jumps to 5th in volleyball

The Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball team jumped seven spots to No. 5 in the new Class 5A rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

The Hawks are now the highest-ranked Metro team in Class 5A after getting off to a 4-0 start. Kennedy is ranked No. 7 in Class 5A and Linn-Mar is ranked No. 8.

The Marion Indians, who open their season Thursday night against Vinton-Shellsburg, stayed in the No. 2 spot in Class 4A.

Iowa City High is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A and West Delaware is No. 1 in Class 4A.

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