Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion boys take 2nd in Iowa City

IOWA CITY - Blair Brooks and Colton Forster won individual events Saturday to help the Marion Indians place second at the Bob Brown Invitational track meet in Iowa City.

Brooks claimed the high jump at 6 feet, 4 inches and Forster took the 3200 meter run in 10 minutes, 2.2 seconds.

Anamosa won the team championship with 164.5 points in the eight-team field. Marion nipped Mount Vernon for second place, 105.5 to 105.

Marion received second-place finishes from Skylar Cook in the long jump (20-1 1/2), Jeremy Fopma in the 3200 (10:03.73), Jacob Manderscheid in the 400 (53.98), Brooks in the 110 hurdles (16.99) and Miles Bach in the 1600 (4:52.04). The Indians also finished second in the 4x800 relay (8:42.71) and the shuttle hurdle relay (1:06.00).

Team Standings

1. Anamosa 164.5, 2. Marion 105.5, 3. Mount Vernon 105, 4. Iowa City Regina 94, 5. Clear Creek-Amana 75, 6. Montezuma 67, 7. West Liberty 42, 8. Davenport Assumption 41.

Engle will join Cornell basketball

Craig Engle of Marion High School plans to continue his basketball career with the Cornell Rams.

Engle averaged 16.1 points, 3.3 assists and 2.7 rebounds for the Indians this season. He had 36 steals and hit 32 three-pointers.

Engle was named first team All-Wamac and first team All-Metro this season. Marion finished with a 14-8 record.

Stekl transfers from Marion to Jefferson

Caleb Stekl has transferred from Marion High School to Jefferson and will be eligible for the entire baseball season with the J-Hawks this year.

Stekl, a strong defensive catcher, hit .222 for Marion in 27 games last year as a sophomore and compiled an 0-2 record and 2.63 ERA in three appearances on the mound. He missed part of the season with an injury.

Stekl received honorable mention on the Wamac Conference all-star baseball team.

"Caleb is enrolled at Jefferson and will be eligible for the 2015 baseball season," Jefferson athletic director Chris Deam confirmed Sunday.

Stekl has moved into the Jefferson school district, according to sources. He has been attending the pitcher/catcher workouts with the J-Hawks.

Engle honored in Wamac basketball

Craig Engle of Marion High School was a unanimous selection on the Wamac Conference West Division all-star basketball team.

Jacob Manderscheid of Marion was named to the second team. Derek Smith and Terrence Williams of Marion received honorable mention.