Marion Boys Basketball

Marion boys drop opener to Maquoketa

MAQUOKETA – Baylor Fish scored 17 points to lead the Marion boys basketball team in a 72-59 loss to Maquoketa to open the season Tuesday.

Chase Zielke added 12 points for the Indians.

Jon Ernst led Maquoketa with 23 points.

MARION (59): Baylor Fish 3 9-12 17, Chase Zielke 4 0-0 12, Noah Walter 2 0-0 4, Isaak Hahn 0 0-0 0, Jacob Mandershcheid 2 3-4 8, Ryan Whalen 3 1-1 7, Matthew Pflughaupt 2 0-0 6, Chris Mohwinkle 1 0-0 2, Owen Christensen 0 0-0 0, Mitch Wiese 1 0-0 2, Trent Kuethe 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 14-19 59.

MAQUOKETA (72): Skyler Bronson 6 1-1 14, Brandon Ambrosy 1 0-0 2, Drew Hare 2 0-0 6, Lincoln Aunan 0 0-0 0, Reese Ruppert 2 0-0 4, Ian Shea 1 0-0 2, Abe Kinrade 6 3-4 16, Jon Ernst 8 3-4 23, Kyle Davison 0 0-0 0, Logan Rockwell 2 1-3 5, Matt Ambrosy 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 8-12 72.

Halftime - Maquoketa 39, Marion 22. 3-point goals – Marion 9 (Zielke 4, Fish 2, Pflughaupt 2, Mandersheid 1).

Marion looks to replace 8 seniors

All basketball coaches like to have a big senior class on their team for the experience and expertise, but there's a flip side to the equation.

Once they graduate, they leave big holes to fill.

That's the case at Marion High School, where Coach Mike Manderscheid is trying to replace eight seniors who helped them fashion a 14-8 record last season.

So how do things look in practice without the eight seniors?

"It looks like we lost eight seniors," Manderscheid replied quickly, laughing.

It's not like the Indians are bumping into each other while they learn how to dribble and chew gum at the same time, but there have been a few growing pains at Marion. The first task is trying to replace all-star guard Craig Engle, who is now starting at Cornell College as a freshman.

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Jordan Bohannon commits to Hawkeyes

It took four tries, but another member of the Bohannon family is finally going to be a Hawkeye.

Linn-Mar senior Jordan Bohannon has accepted an offer from Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery to play basketball for the Hawkeyes, Linn-Mar Coach Chris Robertson confirmed Friday morning.

Gordy Bohannon played quarterback at Iowa during Hayden Fry's early years with the Hawkeyes, but his three eldest sons - all basketball players - went elsewhere for their college careers.

Jason Bohannon played at Wisconsin, Zach Bohannon played at Air Force and Wisconsin, and Matt Bohannon is currently a senior at the University of Northern Iowa. Now their kid brother will be a Hawkeye.

"He called me last night about 6 o'clock or so," Robertson said. "He had just gotten off the phone with Coach McCaffery and was getting ready to call back to accept. I know it's kind of been in the works the last couple of months, but it finally came to an end yesterday."

Bohannon shared the news on his Twitter account Friday morning. "I am extremely blessed and excited to announce that I have committed to play basketball at the University of Iowa," he wrote.

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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.