Marion Girls Basketball

Cougars 7th, Lions 8th in girls rankings

The Kennedy girls basketball team fell from No. 6 to No. 7 in the latest Class 5A rankings, released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Linn-Mar claimed the No. 8 spot in Class 5A, moving up from No. 10 last week. Washington stayed 15th.

Marion maintained its No. 7 ranking in Class 4A from a week ago.

CLASS 5A

1. Ankeny Centennial, 2. Johnston, 3. Iowa City High, 4. Cedar Falls, 5. Waukee, 6. Indianola, 7. Kennedy, 8. Linn-Mar, 9. Davenport North, 10. Southeast Polk, 11. West Des Moines Valley, 12. Iowa City West, 13. Dowling Catholic, 14. Pleasant Valley, 15. Cedar Rapids Washington.

CLASS 4A

1. Harlan, 2. Western Dubuque, 3. Council Bluffs Lewis Central, 4. Keokuk, 5. Ballard, 6. North Scott, 7. Marion, 8. Pella, 9. Fairfield, 10. Mason City, 11. Waverly-Shell Rock, 12. Grinnell, 13. Dallas Center-Grimes, 14. Boone, 15. Central DeWitt.

Marion girls hand CPU first loss

The Marion High School girls basketball team knocked off Center Point-Urbana, 61-54, Friday night at Marion and moved into a tie with the Stormin' Pointers for first place in the West Division of the Wamac Conference.

Both teams have 10-1 records in the division with two games left.

Center Point-Urbana, which is ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, suffered its first loss of the season and fell to 17-1 overall. Marion, which is ranked No. 7 in Class 4A, raised its overall mark to 13-4.

Center Point-Urbana won the first game against Marion this season, 58-42, on Dec. 18 in Center Point, but the rematch belonged to the Indians.

Marion blistered the Stormin' Pointers 16-4 in the second quarter and opened a 17-point lead in the third quarter.

Chloe Rice led Marion with 19 points and nine rebounds. Mia Laube added 14 points and eight rebounds for the winners.

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Kennedy girls fall; Lions, Warriors climb

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls basketball team dropped from No. 1 all the way down to No. 6 in the new Class 5A rankings Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Kennedy (15-2) lost last week to Cedar Falls, which used the victory to jump from 10th to fourth in the rankings. Ankeny Centennial is the top-ranked team in Class 5A this week.

The Linn-Mar Lions (12-4) jumped from 13th to 10th in the Class 5A rankings. The Washington Warriors (11-6) claimed the 15th and final spot in the poll.

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Rice paces No. 7 Indians by Benton

VAN HORNE – Chloe Rice scored 16 points as the seventh-ranked Marion girls basketball team pounded Benton Community, 60-32, in a Wamac Conference game Tuesday.

Mia Laube added 13 points for the Indians (12-4).

The Bobcats fell to 9-8.

MARION (60): Redmond 0 1-2 1, Rice 5 5-5 16, Smith 3 0-1 8, Wright 1 2-2 4, Cannoy 0 0-0 0, Dunne 1 0- 0 3, Laube 5 2-2 13, Willette 3 0-0 7, Herold 1 1-2 4, Sade 0 1-2 1, Jordan 1 0-0 3. Totals 20 12-16 60.

BENTON COMMUNITY (32): Halvik 0 0-0 0, Slouha 1 0-0 2, Maschino 0 0-0 0, VanWeelden 3 0-0 7, Lyons 1 0-0 2, Miner 2 0-0 6, Schmidt 0 0-0 0, Wiebel 2 3-4 8, Brunssen 0 0-0 0, McWhorter 1 2-4 4, Heilman 1 1-2 3. Totals 11 6-10 32.

Halftime – Marion 34, Benton Community 20. 3-point goals – Marion 8 (Smith 2, Rice, Dunne, Laube, Willette, Herold, Jordan), Benton Community 4 (Miner 2, VanWheelden, Wiebel).