Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion softball team splits at tourney

LE GRAND - The Marion High School softball team split its two games at the East Marshall tournament in Le Grand Saturday.

East Marshall blanked the Indians, 7-0, in the first game on a three-hitter by Mariah Fritz.

Marion won its second game against Aplington-Parkersburg, 8-5. Bayley Fuller socked a home run, drove in two runs and scored two runs. Maddie Knapp had two hits and Camryn Cannoy scored twice.

The split left the Indians with a 10-6 record.

GAME 1

East Marshall   300 200 2 - 7
Marion          000 000 0 - 0

W - Fritz. L - Steepleton.

GAME 2

Aplington-Parkersburg   000 100 4 - 5
Marion                  322 010 x - 8

W - Draves. L - Yost.

Marion splits twinbill with DeWitt

DEWITT - The Marion Indians split a Wamac Conference doubleheader with DeWitt Central Wednesday night in DeWitt.

The Indians won the first game, 5-4. Parker Ridge and David Kuhn had two hits and Ridge drove in two runs.

DeWitt Central captured the second game, 8-4. The Sabers scored five runs in the fifth inning to break it open. Gage Kray had three hits for Marion.

The split left Marion with a 7-8 overall record.

Fuller, Nielsen power Marion

Bayley Fuller and Sydney Nielsen each hit homers as Marion rolled past North Cedar, 10-2, in softball action Tuesday night at Marion.

Nielsen had two hits and four RBIs. Fuller had two hits and a stolen base. Madison Wilson also had a pair of hits for the Indians.

Alicia Steepleton got the pitching win for Marion, allowing one earned run while striking out three.

North Cedar 000 010 1 - 2 8 2
Marion      006 202 x - 10 9 1

WP - Steepleton. LP - Bendixen

Marion baseball splits with Clippers

The Marion High School baseball team split a Wamac Conference twinbill with Clear Creek-Amana Monday night at Marion.

The Clippers took the first game, 5-3, in nine innings. The Indians captured the nightcap, 8-6.

Travis Bowman pitched all nine innings for Clear Creek-Amana in the opener. The Clippers scored twice in the top of the ninth for the victory.

Maverick Miller had a triple and three hits for Marion in the first game. John Carstenson had two hits.

Marion scored seven runs in the first two innings of the nightcap and held on for the victory. Owen Carstenson drove in four runs for the Indians. Bobby Vanderlind had three hits and Miller had two hits.

The split left Marion at 6-7 overall. Clear Creek-Amana is 7-4.