Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion wins 3 events at Cascade

CASCADE - The Marion High School track teams captured three events at the Cascade Early Bird Co-Ed Meet on Thursday.

Mahila Brown won the shot put (39-7 1/4) and Haley Blazek claimed the discus (105-5) for the Marion girls.

Devin Quinn, Deshaun Quinn, Blair Brooks and Skylar Cook won the shuttle hurdle relay for the Marion boys (1:02.75).

Maddie Bach placed second in the 1500 and 3000 for the Indians. Kenzie Redmond was the runner-up in the 400. Breanna Smith placed third in the shot put and discus. Marion also placed third in the sprint medley.

The Marion boys collected second-place finishes from Hunter Reifschneider in the 800, Brooks in the 110 hurdles and Deshaun Quinn in the long jump. The Indians got third-place showings from Grant Meth in the 400, Jeremy Fopma in the 1600, Colton Forster in the 3200 and Brooks in the high jump.

The Indians also finished third in the 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay.

Marion netters blanked by Camanche

The Marion boys tennis team was blanked by Camanche, 9-0, in the season opener at the Marion High School courts Thursday.

Seth Tuetken gave Tait Vogel a good battle at No. 4 singles before falling, 10-8.

Camanche 9, Marion 0

Singles

1. Tanner Atkinson (C) def. Caleb Scott, 10-0
2. Devan Michels (C) def. Nate Meister, 10-1
3. Harsh Patel (C) def. Peter Ward, 10-5
4. Tait Vogel (C) def. Seth Tuetken, 10-8
5. Nate Thoms (C) def. Noah Sams, 10-1
6. Zach Phillips (C) def. Trevor Gamerdinger, 10-0

Doubles

1. Atkinson/Vogel (C) def. Scott/Meister, 10-3
2. Michels/Patel (C) def. Tuetken/Maverick Miller, 10-7
3. Thoms/Phillips (C) def. Ward/Kavin Nguyen, 10-

Schedule set for girls soccer jamboree

The annual girls soccer jamboree will be held at Kingston Stadium this Monday, April 6 beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Six Metro teams will participate in the jamboree.

Xavier meets Iowa City Regina in the first match at 3:30 p.m., followed by Jefferson against Iowa City West at 4:20 p.m. and Iowa City High versus Marion at 5:10 p.m.

The final two matches feature Linn-Mar against Prairie at 6 p.m. and Washington against Center Point-Urbana at 6:50 p.m.

All of the contests will last 40 minutes. The admission fee is $2 for all spectators.

6 Metro boys soccer teams in rankings

Six Metro boys soccer teams have cracked the preseason rankings by the  Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.

The Linn-Mar Lions are ranked No. 3 in Class 3A. Kennedy is ranked No. 5, Washington No. 8 and Prairie No. 16 in 3A.

The Xavier Saints are ranked No. 2 in Class 2A. The Marion Indians are ranked 16th in 2A.

The top-ranked teams are Iowa City West in Class 3A, Norwalk in Class 2A and Iowa City Regina in Class 1A.