Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Steepleton wins Metro Spotlight Award

Alicia Steepleton of Marion is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Steepleton, a sophomore, has made major contributions as a hitter and pitcher for the Marion softball team this season.

She is hitting .519 with 17 RBIs in only eight games. And she has a 5-2 record and 3.43 ERA record as Marion's top pitcher.

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Marion softball splits at IC tourney

IOWA CITY - The Marion High School softball team split its two games at the Iowa City West tournament Saturday.

The Indians clipped Centerville, 7-3, and lost to Davenport Assumption, 9-1.

Maddie Knapp and Alicia Steepleton were 2-for-3 against Centerville. Steepleton had two RBIs and was the winning pitcher. Knapp, Bayley Fuller and Sydney Nielsen scored two runs.

Marion collected only three hits in the 9-1 loss to Assumption. The split left the Indians with a 7-4 record.

GAME 1

Centerville   000 300 0 - 3
Marion        400 200 x - 7

W - Steepleton. L - Boyle.

GAME 2

Assumption   001 040 4 - 9
Marion       001 000 0 - 1

W - Timmons. L - Steepleton.

Marion baseball splits with Union

LAPORTE CITY - The Marion High School baseball team split a Wamac Conference doubleheader with Union on Friday in LaPorte City.

Union won a pitchers duel the first game, 1-0, on a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning that scored Brady Driscol, who was the winning pitcher.

Marion took the nightcap, 12-6.

David Kuhn and Owen Carstensen had two hits for the Indians in the first game. Kuhn, John Carstensen, Bobby Vanderlind and Tyler Ellertson had two hits in the second game. John Carstensen and Mitch Wiese had two RBIs.

Vanderlind was the winning pitcher for Marion.

The split left Marion at 5-6 for the season. Union has a 7-3 record.

Marion baseball splits with Bobcats

The Marion High School baseball team split a Wamac Conference doubleheader with the Western Dubuque Bobcats Thursday night at Marion.

Marion won the first game, 10-9. Western Dubuque took the nightcap, 8-1.

Bobby Vanderlind had a double and three RBIs for Marion in the 10-9 victory. Maverick Miller and John Carstensen had two hits. Tyler Ellertson was the winning pitcher and Brady Donohue collected a save.

Gage Kray had two hits for Marion in the second game.

The split left the Indians with a 4-5 record.