Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion suffers two tough losses

The Marion High School baseball team suffered a pair of frustrating losses to West Delaware on Wednesday night in a Wamac Conference doubleheader at the Marion Field.

Both games went extra innings. West Delaware won the first game, 5-4, in eight innings and captured the second game, 13-6, in nine innings.

West Delaware is ranked No. 4 in Class 3A.

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Marion girls win twice in tourney

Alicia Steepleton and the Marion Indians won both of their games Wednesday in the Marion Classic.

Marion trimmed Cedar Rapids Washington, 5-3, and blanked Union, 1-0.

Steepleton pitched a complete game against Washington in the 5-3 victory. She allowed three hits and three earned runs, with two strikeouts and two walks.

Haley Dullea went 3-for-4 and scored two runs for the Indians. Shannon Sellers was 3-for-3 and also scored twice.

Emily Oler pitched for Washington in the first game and hit a home run. The Warriors scored three times in the bottom of the seventh, but the rally ended there.

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Marion sweeps CPU in baseball

CENTER POINT - The Marion High School baseball team raised its record to 18-10 Monday night by sweeping a Wamac Conference doubleheader from Center Point-Urbana, 10-7 and 12-0.

Owen Carstensen socked a three-run triple and pitched five strong innings in relief for Marion in the first game. He struck out seven batters. All nine players in the Marion lineup collected a hit and eight different Indians scored a run.

David Kuhn tossed a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts in the nightcap. Maverick Miller had three hits. John Carstensen and Owen Carstensen had two hits.

Center Point-Urbana fell to 4-23.

Steepleton tosses shutout for Marion

CENTER POINT - Alicia Steepleton pitched a five-hit shutout Monday night as the Marion Indians blanked Center Point-Urbana, 3-0, in the first game of a Wamac Conference doubleheader.

Center Point-Urbana won the second game, 5-1.

Steepleton struck out five batters and walked only one in the 3-0 shutout. Sydney Nielsen went 3-for-3 with two RBIs to pace the offense.

Haley Dullea and Maddie Knapp had two hits for Marion in the second game.

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