Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion edges West Delaware 50-49

Craig Engle had 23 points to lead the Marion boys basketball team in a 50-49 win over West Delaware on Tuesday at Marion.

The game was close the whole way and came down to the final minute of play.

Marion improved to 7-2.

Jordan Nolz and Ty Cassutt each had 11 points for West Delaware (4-5).

WEST DELAWARE (49): R.Trainer 1 0-0 3, T.Trainer 4 0-0 10, R.Kelley 2 4-4 8, Gelwicks 1 0-0 2, Curley 0 0-0 0, Nolz 3 5-9 11, Cassutt 3 3-4 11, T.Kelley 0 0-0 0, Nagel 2 0-1 4. Totals 16 12-18 49.

MARION (50): Fish 0 0-0 0, Engle 7 7-9 23, Manderscheid 0 0-0 0, Alberts 0 0-0 0, Devin Quinn 2 2-2 6, Smith 4 3-4 11, Deshaun Quinn 1 2-2 4, Williams 2 2-3 6. Totals 16 16-20 50.

Halftime – West Delaware 21, Marion 21. 3-point goals – West Delaware 5 (T.Trainer 2, Cassutt 2, R.Trainer), Marion 2 (Engle 2).

Marion rallies for win

The Marion girls basketball team came back from a first-half deficit to beat West Delaware 54-37 Tuesday at Manchester.

The Indians led 14-9 after the first quarter, but trailed 23-21 at halftime before opening the second half with a 19-9 run to take control.

Mia Laube had 12 points for Marion (8-2), Amanda Sahm had 11 points, and Chloe Rice had 10 points.

Kasey Palmer had 12 points for West Delaware (6-3).

MARION (54): Fuller 0 0-0 0, Peyton 1 0-0 2, Rice 3 4-4 10, Smith 2 0-0 6, Cannoy 0 0-0 0, Sahm 4 2-2 11, Dunne 0 0-0 0, Mohr 5 0-0 10, Laube 5 2-3 12, Steepleton 0 0-0 0, Kelly 0 0-0 0, Redmond 0 0-0 0, Sade 1 1-2 3. Totals 21 9-11 54.

WEST DELAWARE (37): Lyness 1 0-0 2, Schrader 0 1-2 1, Moorman 1 1-2 3, Wegmann 3 0-0 7, Gaffney 1 0-0 2, Twole 1 3-4 5, Morrison 0 0-0 0, Boies 2 1-2 5, Palmer 5 1-3 12, Eilers 0 0-1 0, Reth 0 0-0 0, Cassutt 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 7-14 37.

Halftime – West Delaware 23, Marion 21. 3-point goals – Marion 3 (Smith 2, Sahm), West Delaware 2 (Wegmann, Palmer).

Craig Engle wins Metro Spotlight Award

Craig Engle of Marion is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Engle, a senior guard, is one of the top basketball players in the Wamac Conference. He is averaging 17 points per game, which ranks second in the Wamac Conference and also ranks second in the Metro.

Engle leads all Metro players with 26 assists and eighteen 3-pointers. He has made 18 of 40 3-pointers for 45 percent and also has 12 steals.

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Hembera tops state in scoring, rebounding

It was commonly assumed that Shelby Hembera's scoring average would dip a little this season now that Cedar Valley Christian has a much stronger basketball team, but that has not been the case so far.

Hembera's scoring average has actually climbed from 33.2 points last year to 34.0 this season through eight games.

Hembera's rebounding average has dropped from 16.4 per game last season to 14.6, but she still leads the state in scoring and rebounding by comfortable margins in both departments. She led the state in scoring and rebounding as a junior last year as well.

The big change at Cedar Valley Christian this season has been in the won/loss column. The Huskies have a 6-2 record heading into the new year after finishing with a 1-21 mark last season.

Hembera obviously leads all Metro players in scoring with her 34.0 average. Amanda Ollinger, who is the process of transferring from Jefferson to Linn-Mar, ranks second among Metro players at 17.8 points per game. Ollinger also ranks second in Metro rebounding at 11.8 per game.

Olivia Usher of Prairie leads Metro girls basketball players in assists (37) and Sydney Hayden of Kennedy is tops in 3-pointers (20).

In Metro boys basketball, there is a tight race in the scoring derby among four players heading into the new year. Nic Uhlir of Linn-Mar has a slight lead at 17.3 points per game, followed by Craig Engle of Marion (17.0), Adam McDermott of Xavier (17.0) and Jordan Bohannon of Linn-Mar (16.7).

Keegan Moore of Washington has the Metro rebounding lead at 9.2 per game. Engle leads in assists (26) and 3-pointers (18).

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