Marion Baseball

Kuhn stars as Marion tops Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG - David Kuhn went 5-for-5 and scored three runs Friday as the Marion Indians defeated Williamsburg, 10-3, in the first game of a Wamac Conference doubleheader in Williamsburg.

Williamsburg took the nightcap, 10-0, in five innings.

Kuhn pitched the final three innings of the opener in addition to his heroics at the plate. Bobby Vanderlind and Baylor Fish had two RBIs. Owen Carstensen was the winning pitcher.

Marion collected only three hits in the nightcap.

The split left Marion at 22-15.

Fish joins '600 Club' as Marion sweeps

TAMA - Steve Fish lived all over the United States and all over the world when he was growing up as a Navy brat, but he found a home in Iowa and never left after graduating from Coe College in 1983.

Now he's a member of an exclusive club in his adopted state.

Fish won his 600th game as a high school baseball coach Wednesday night when the Marion Indians swept a Wamac Conference doubleheader from South Tama, 7-5 and 11-0 in five innings.

Fish captured No. 600 in the opener and has an overall record of 601-336 in 27 years as a head coach, including 15 years at Marion and 12 years before that at Central City. He became the 36th member of the '600 Club' in Iowa among coaches who have spent all their time at the high school level, according to the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association website.

The milestone had extra meaning for Fish because his son Baylor, a sophomore shortstop who has been struggling at the plate this season with a .197 batting average, went 3-for-4 in the 600th victory to celebrate with his father.

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Marion lays the wood to North Cedar

Tyler Ellertson pitched a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts Tuesday as the Marion Indians clipped North Cedar, 7-1, in their annual wood bat game at Marion.

Mitch Wiese had two doubles and two RBIs for Marion. David Kuhn collected two hits.

Marion raised its record to 19-14.

Marion suffers two tough losses

The Marion High School baseball team suffered a pair of frustrating losses to West Delaware on Wednesday night in a Wamac Conference doubleheader at the Marion Field.

Both games went extra innings. West Delaware won the first game, 5-4, in eight innings and captured the second game, 13-6, in nine innings.

West Delaware is ranked No. 4 in Class 3A.

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